:00:08. > :00:12.Good evening. Two women and two children have escaped injury in a
:00:12. > :00:15.gun attack at their home in West Belfast. A shot was fired through
:00:15. > :00:25.their living room window. The women, who are originally from the
:00:25. > :00:29.Philippines, work in local hospitals. Kevin Sharkey reports. A
:00:29. > :00:33.shot was fired through the double glazed window, hitting the back
:00:33. > :00:38.wall. One of the women was working during the night, the others were
:00:38. > :00:41.slipping. They heard a bang but thought it was fireworks. This
:00:41. > :00:47.morning, this six year-old girl found broken glass on the floor and
:00:47. > :00:54.the police found a bullet. The family is distressed. It might be a
:00:54. > :01:00.racist attack, I cannot explain. I am in a state of shock because I
:01:01. > :01:07.cannot really stop thinking about it. Do we stay here? I am paying
:01:07. > :01:12.for the mortgage. A local man also stays at the address and police say
:01:12. > :01:14.they are examining several lines of inquiry. The SDLP leader, Alasdair
:01:14. > :01:22.McDonnell, says that the party's only Executive minister will be
:01:22. > :01:24.changed next year. As part of the plan to rotate the post every 18
:01:24. > :01:30.months, the current Environment Minister, Alex Attwood, will be
:01:30. > :01:33.replaced. Natasha Sayee reports. It is two months since Alasdair
:01:33. > :01:39.McDonnell took over the reins of the SDLP and this announcement in
:01:39. > :01:43.today's Irish News represents his boldest move. The party has only
:01:43. > :01:48.one seat in the Executive, the Environment Minister. Alex Attwood
:01:48. > :01:58.holds the title but the plan is to rotate the job every 18 months.
:01:58. > :01:58.
:01:58. > :02:03.Why? We have one ministry and a chairman ship and a vice
:02:03. > :02:07.chairmanship and people say that they want their cake shared out.
:02:07. > :02:12.And I am intending to share it and I plainly see at the beginning of
:02:12. > :02:17.the New Year that I will be sharing out the cake and there is no
:02:17. > :02:20.implications in that, positive or negative. It's the first time the
:02:20. > :02:24.SDLP will have tried a mid-term reshuffle so who are the
:02:24. > :02:32.environment ministers of the future? Mr McDonnell would not tell
:02:32. > :02:35.us. Mid Ulster's Patsy McGlone is tipped for promotion, as is Newry
:02:35. > :02:40.and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley. It could also go to Dolores Kelly to
:02:40. > :02:48.raise your profile in Upper Bann. We will definitely no in the summer
:02:48. > :02:50.of 2013, when the new minister is set to step in. A 29-year-old man
:02:51. > :02:55.has appeared in court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm
:02:55. > :02:57.during an attack in North Belfast. Jonathon Rossborough of Armoy
:02:58. > :03:01.Gardens in Newtownabbey faces charges connected to an assault on
:03:01. > :03:11.a man at Alliance Parade early on Sunday morning. The victim, a man
:03:11. > :03:14.in his 20s, suffered serious head injuries and is still in hospital.
:03:14. > :03:19.The man who died in an accident in County Antrim on New Year's Eve was
:03:19. > :03:24.51 year-old Eamonn Hassan. He was trapped under a vehicle at his home
:03:24. > :03:33.near Rasharkin. He was married with three children. Now a look at the
:03:33. > :03:37.After a cold day and with wintry showers and places, we have the
:03:37. > :03:41.prospect of wet, windy weather developing through the course of
:03:41. > :03:45.tonight and into tomorrow. Before that, you'll find today's wintry
:03:45. > :03:49.showers eased to give us some drier weather through the evening and the
:03:49. > :03:53.windows still gusty and they will pick up through the night. Not
:03:53. > :03:58.before the rain arrives, some very wet weather, persistent spells for
:03:58. > :04:02.a few hours tonight before clearing away and turning showery. At the
:04:02. > :04:07.end of the night, temperatures can drop to three degrees, low enough
:04:07. > :04:11.for some icy patches. The wind is the Den feature, the Met Office has
:04:11. > :04:17.issued an amber warning, which means we must be prepared for some
:04:17. > :04:22.damaging and destructive costs. More likely the further north, 70
:04:22. > :04:29.and 80 mph but even inland, we could see 60 mph. It's a very
:04:29. > :04:32.stormy start to the day, mainly dry but that wind will bring colder air
:04:32. > :04:37.and showers towards the afternoon and again, some of those could turn
:04:37. > :04:41.wintry with a mixture of rain, sleet and hail still. More frequent
:04:41. > :04:44.in the north and west, you were in the south and east but a cold day
:04:45. > :04:50.with highs of around five or six degrees and when the showers, long,
:04:50. > :04:53.some pretty high costs. Wednesday, still Wendy, matter but a wet day