:00:20. > :00:23.Good evening, this is BBC BBC Newsline.
:00:23. > :00:28.Tom Elliott quits as Ulster Unionist leader. We will be talking
:00:28. > :00:33.to him about his decision. A Belfast businessman who pride to
:00:33. > :00:38.civil servants may have to hand over �1 million -- who bribed two
:00:38. > :00:42.civil Stowe -- two civil servants. The spiralling cost of managing one
:00:42. > :00:46.student area of Belfast. The local scientists boldly going
:00:46. > :00:51.where no scientists have gone before. We want to know the origins
:00:51. > :00:55.of life on Earth. We hear from snooker star Mark
:00:55. > :00:59.Allen about the outspoken comments he made on the tournament he won in
:00:59. > :01:05.the Far East. A mild weekend, but only the chosen
:01:05. > :01:11.few will catch a few rays of sunshine.
:01:11. > :01:14.The old cynic -- the Ulster Unionist leader is once again in
:01:14. > :01:19.search of a new leader following Tom Elliott's dramatic announcement
:01:19. > :01:22.that he is quitting after 18 months. He accused some members of his
:01:22. > :01:27.party of briefing journalists against him. Today members of the
:01:27. > :01:31.party paid tribute to him after an emergency meeting of the team and
:01:31. > :01:41.said they were this shocked and surprised about his decision.
:01:41. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:45.I am now do -- I am a new leader of the party. Leading the Ulster
:01:45. > :01:51.Unionist Party is not for the faint-hearted, as Tom Elliott has
:01:51. > :01:57.decided. He had a decisive win but was on the defensive from the start.
:01:57. > :02:01.Attacked from inside his own party and beyond for refusing to attend
:02:01. > :02:08.the GAA match each, and lashing out at Sinn Fein after it is a poll
:02:08. > :02:14.think -- a disappointing Paul. see many people with flags today,
:02:14. > :02:24.some of them with flags from a foreign nation. I will say... I
:02:24. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:30.must say, I am also... Yes, I will. I will expect nothing better. I
:02:30. > :02:35.would expect nothing better from the scum of Sinn Fein began to come
:02:35. > :02:39.up with this. He did eventually apologise for his remark, but not
:02:39. > :02:42.for attending the funeral of a Catholic policeman shot dead by
:02:43. > :02:47.republican dissidents. Mr Elliott won plaudits for this and facing
:02:47. > :02:51.down some critical voices in the Orange Order, but this controversy
:02:51. > :02:57.continued. One Assembly member quit weeks ago and publicly criticised
:02:57. > :03:03.Tom Elliott for trying to punish him. He made a mistake by choosing
:03:03. > :03:09.to sack me. I know I have had tremendous support. When Tom
:03:09. > :03:13.Elliott met his assembly team on Monday as usual, party sources he
:03:13. > :03:17.said he had something on his mind. Danny Kennedy was coming under
:03:17. > :03:21.pressure to stand for the leadership. This was discussed at a
:03:21. > :03:26.party meeting and stories like these seem to have undermined Mr
:03:26. > :03:30.Elliott's resolved to stay in the job. If there are briefings against
:03:30. > :03:34.two, the media is running a campaign against you, it clearly
:03:34. > :03:38.gets to the point where you have to make this judgment call. There is a
:03:38. > :03:42.time to move on and allow someone to take over. He seemed relieved by
:03:42. > :03:48.his decision, but members of his assembly team, who met this
:03:48. > :03:56.afternoon, seemed genuinely shocked. I think to some extent, to some
:03:56. > :04:00.extent I think, was frustrated with certain aspects. It is a shock that
:04:00. > :04:04.he has gone, and a loss. There is great shock, surprise and
:04:04. > :04:10.disappointment that he has taken this decision. We respect it and we
:04:10. > :04:13.continue to respect him. He will still be a big force in Ulster
:04:14. > :04:18.Unionist politics. All three of these members, along as -- along
:04:18. > :04:24.with basil McRae, are seen as potential candidates. None of them
:04:25. > :04:28.have ruled themselves in or out yet. There is a leadership contest set
:04:28. > :04:32.by the end of the month. Tom Elliott has refused to be drawn
:04:32. > :04:37.on who he thinks should succeed him. I asked him to name the party
:04:37. > :04:40.colleagues he said had been undermining his leadership. I think
:04:40. > :04:44.over the last number of weeks, some people in the party had been
:04:44. > :04:47.discontented. What they have done is they have been briefing
:04:47. > :04:52.journalists. The journalists have been going to other members of the
:04:52. > :04:57.party, as well as myself, and causing quite considerable upset
:04:57. > :05:01.within the party ranks. Obviously that left people uneasy. It meant
:05:01. > :05:05.that people were obviously starting to question where we were going
:05:06. > :05:09.forward. I took the decision, is it better for me to stay on as party
:05:09. > :05:14.leader or is it more appropriate for the Ulster Unionist Party that
:05:14. > :05:17.I leave? At all times in my decisions, the Ulster Unionist
:05:17. > :05:22.Party has been foremost in my thoughts. Are you going to name
:05:22. > :05:27.names of these Ceric -- senior members at Stormont? I am still a
:05:27. > :05:30.member of the party and intend to be. Some of those in the past have
:05:30. > :05:35.lambasted me personally, and had personal attacks on me, I am not
:05:35. > :05:40.going down that long -- that road. I would make sure the party moves
:05:40. > :05:45.forward, with a united front. I am not going to put a knife through
:05:45. > :05:48.that. What was the final straw for you? Earlier this week, you
:05:48. > :05:53.announced he would be standing for leadership again. There were a
:05:53. > :05:58.number of issues, especially over the last 10 days. When you get
:05:58. > :06:02.journalists continually coming back and saying, a member of a party has
:06:02. > :06:08.told me this, and reports of private meetings were appearing in
:06:08. > :06:12.newsprint. This is quite difficult to continue. I had to consider the
:06:12. > :06:16.Ulster Unionist Party, the integrity of the party and consider
:06:16. > :06:20.whatever I did was for the best of the party. You sat with me that
:06:20. > :06:24.this -- in this very studio when he became Leader 18 months ago. Are
:06:24. > :06:28.you saddened by what has happened? I do not take these decisions
:06:28. > :06:35.lightly, but could do not apologise for taking on the leadership of the
:06:35. > :06:39.party. I give the best job I could. -- I did the best job I could, a
:06:39. > :06:44.reformed internal party structures, moved the party forward with
:06:44. > :06:48.internal communication structures, and that I am hard of -- proud of.
:06:48. > :06:51.Will the public cannot see these internal spats, this division, is
:06:51. > :06:56.this not the final nail in the coffin for the Ulster Unionist
:06:56. > :07:01.Party? Politics goes round in a circle. Some parties are on a high
:07:01. > :07:05.point, and in government at times, and some are not. That is very
:07:05. > :07:09.easily seen within the Republic of Ireland and the UK government, the
:07:09. > :07:13.Conservative Party were back in government after being out of
:07:13. > :07:16.favour. It will happen with the Ulster Unionist Party, we will be
:07:16. > :07:21.back in government again. It is my intention to support the leader and
:07:21. > :07:25.give he or she that the sport that they deserve and they will need --
:07:25. > :07:31.the support they deserve and need. I ask and appeal that other members
:07:31. > :07:34.of the party do the same. Belfast Crown Court has been told a
:07:35. > :07:38.Belfast businessman at the centre of a corruption scandal who bribe
:07:38. > :07:43.staff at the Ministry of Defence there may have to pay �1 million in
:07:43. > :07:52.restitution. Jimmy McGeown received �16 million in contract with the
:07:52. > :07:56.MoD, he paid �80,000 in bribes to two civil servants.
:07:56. > :08:00.This is 73 year-old Jimmy McGeown. A successful businessman with all
:08:00. > :08:05.the trappings of wealth. Today the Crown Court heard he is also a
:08:05. > :08:10.crook, who bribed Ministry of Defence staff to help when multi-
:08:10. > :08:18.million-pound contracts for his CCTV business. Between 1999 and
:08:18. > :08:23.2004, his company, now under new management, one contract's 1 --
:08:23. > :08:27.worth �60 million to provide security systems for army bases.
:08:27. > :08:34.The contract process was rigged, Jimmy McGeown was bribing people on
:08:34. > :08:39.the inside to help his company get the work. Ronnie Knox was the main
:08:39. > :08:48.beneficiary, a contract manager for the MoD based at feed Field backs.
:08:48. > :08:54.He took �66,500 in bribes. The other inside man was a quantum leap
:08:54. > :08:58.so there based in Portadown. -- a quantity surveyor. Whilst Jimmy
:08:58. > :09:04.McGeown's company carried out �60 million worth of work for the MoD,
:09:04. > :09:08.the court was told the focus of the case was the extent of the bribery.
:09:08. > :09:11.The prosecuting QC told the judge that in spite of the corrupt
:09:11. > :09:15.payments main to buy it Jimmy McGeown, there was no cost to the
:09:15. > :09:19.public purse. -- made by Jimmy McGeown. There is no evidence that
:09:19. > :09:22.the MoD did not give value for money for the work that had been
:09:22. > :09:28.carried out. The principle it defence, he said, was one of
:09:28. > :09:32.corruption. All three appeared in court although sentencing was
:09:32. > :09:37.delayed. The court was told they would all face financial penalties,
:09:37. > :09:40.in Jimmy McGeown's case, after �1 million.
:09:40. > :09:46.The first photographs of the former First Minister Ian Paisley
:09:46. > :09:50.recovering after his recent illness have been published. They show the
:09:50. > :09:54.85 year-old relaxing at home with his wife Eileen, just 10 days after
:09:54. > :09:59.his release from hospital. Lord Bannside was rushed to the Ulster
:09:59. > :10:02.Hospital at the Parc de start of last month suffering from heart
:10:02. > :10:05.problems. The former Moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church fell
:10:05. > :10:08.ill less than a fortnight after preaching his final sermon as a
:10:08. > :10:16.minister. You are watching BBC Newsline.
:10:16. > :10:19.Still to come, a find out why Belfast has to do with stars that
:10:19. > :10:23.exploded billions of years ago. I am at the stadium where Ireland
:10:23. > :10:29.are hoping for their first victory against Scotland on home soil since
:10:29. > :10:32.2008. The captain of the cargo ship that
:10:32. > :10:38.was in collision with a passenger ferry in Belfast Lough has appeared
:10:38. > :10:41.in court. 55 year-old Miroslaw Pozniak from Poland is charged with
:10:41. > :10:47.being over the alcohol limit whilst in charge of his ship last
:10:47. > :10:50.Wednesday night. Today, through his lawyer, he pleaded guilty at Bangor
:10:50. > :10:54.court. Miroslaw Pozniak, who has no links with Northern Ireland, will
:10:54. > :10:58.remain in custody. The annual cost of providing
:10:58. > :11:03.policing and other services in Belfast's Brit -- Holyland area has
:11:03. > :11:07.risen to more than 3000 -- �3 million per year. It is very
:11:07. > :11:12.popular with students, which often causes friction with those who live
:11:12. > :11:17.there all year round the point It can be troubled and messy, but it
:11:17. > :11:22.should be vibrant and diverse. Belfast's Holyland has often to
:11:22. > :11:27.anti-social behaviour, and sometimes more serious trouble. The
:11:27. > :11:35.cost of policing, wardens, CCTV, housing and other services have
:11:35. > :11:38.spiralled. Day-to-day costs rose from �500,000 in 2006 to �2.7
:11:38. > :11:46.million in 2010. There are extra costs associated with special
:11:46. > :11:51.events like St Patrick's Day. In 2010, does cost �300,000. This adds
:11:51. > :11:56.up to eight built in 2010 of more than �3 million. If we did not
:11:56. > :12:04.prove the money in, life would be unbearable for people living there.
:12:04. > :12:10.They need to have a quality of life. It is not for the ratepayer to pick
:12:10. > :12:13.the tap up. For those of living here, the figures is no surprise.
:12:13. > :12:17.We welcome the report, an independent report which has been
:12:17. > :12:21.put -- which has put what we have been saying on to paper for the
:12:22. > :12:28.first time. The main thing coming out of the report is the huge short
:12:28. > :12:31.ball in university provided accommodation for students. Queen's
:12:32. > :12:37.University is providing more official housing. The University of
:12:37. > :12:40.Ulster has no plans. The report suggests that is not enough. If you
:12:40. > :12:47.take comparable cities like Nottingham, Cardiff -- Cardiff or
:12:47. > :12:53.lead, -- Leeds, there are five students per bed space. The figure
:12:53. > :12:58.in Belfast is worse, 16 students. have an outstanding private rented
:12:58. > :13:03.sector, and I think out of all the places in the UK, we have no
:13:03. > :13:07.regulation of the rented sector, no landlord registration, we need to
:13:07. > :13:17.sort that out as soon as possible. Neither university would comment on
:13:17. > :13:21.the report and will the full The chairman of a Dublin tribunal
:13:21. > :13:24.investigating allegations of collusion has expressed
:13:24. > :13:28.disappointment at the lack of co- operation from some former RUC
:13:28. > :13:34.officers. In his report, Judge Peter Smithwick said a small number
:13:34. > :13:41.of potentially important witnesses had refused to give evidence. It is
:13:41. > :13:47.investigating the murders of two officers in 1989. They were the two
:13:47. > :13:57.most senior men killed during the Troubles. Murdered by M I are a hit
:13:57. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:03.squad in 1989 on the way home from a meeting. -- the IRA. Rumours
:14:03. > :14:10.abounded that a Garda Moll had been informed of the officer's movement
:14:10. > :14:18.but that was dismissed by the of parities. I reject any suggestion
:14:18. > :14:22.of that kind. -- authorities. We reject that firmly and clearly.
:14:22. > :14:28.Investigations found no evidence of collusion but suspicion persisted
:14:28. > :14:34.and in 2005, the tribunal was set up to investigate. Getting to the
:14:34. > :14:42.truth of what happened is not easy. The tribunal has heard from 170
:14:42. > :14:47.witnesses so far, including a bomb maker, former Garda officers, a DUP
:14:47. > :14:53.MP and an IRA spite. There has been much to eliminate but there has
:14:53. > :14:58.been claim and counter-claim, confusion and contradiction. A
:14:58. > :15:03.former British agent claimed he was present when a Garda officer passed
:15:03. > :15:11.information to the Provisionals and he thought he was implicated in the
:15:11. > :15:14.murders. This was denied by others and the agent has been described as
:15:14. > :15:19.an intelligence nuisance. Judge Peter Smithwick will have to decide
:15:19. > :15:25.who two believed it. But in today's report he said he was disappointed
:15:25. > :15:30.that some officers were refusing to help with inquiries. He said the
:15:30. > :15:33.British authorities in Northern Ireland had Heidi relevant
:15:33. > :15:37.intelligence information regarding pollution but so far no agreement
:15:37. > :15:42.could be released to put that into evidence. Whether that agreement
:15:42. > :15:47.could be reached or not, the trial is almost finished, with a small
:15:47. > :15:51.number of witnesses yet to appear, including free officers under the
:15:51. > :15:56.spotlight. They might hear from an IRA man directly involved and a
:15:56. > :16:06.former agent from the British Army. The dying days of the tribunal
:16:06. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:12.Just a look ahead to what is coming up on Newsline next week and we
:16:12. > :16:18.reveal the extent of shocking animal cruelty in the countryside.
:16:18. > :16:23.We have had access to a USPCA operation targeting badger-baiting.
:16:23. > :16:28.These men are in the countryside intending to kill badgers. Country
:16:28. > :16:34.been -- USPCA has tracked them and we are showing images of badgers
:16:34. > :16:39.been attacked. We are looking at the affect on animals involved and
:16:39. > :16:42.the extraordinary lengths at USPCA is going to to stop the activity
:16:42. > :16:47.and we are asking if more can be done to bring these gangs to
:16:47. > :16:51.justice. That is all next week. A Queen's University scientist has
:16:51. > :16:56.been chosen to lead a search to discover the first chemical
:16:56. > :17:01.elements and how they were created. The team has got funding of almost
:17:01. > :17:11.�2 million to look deep into space for the first exploding stars. Here
:17:11. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.To boldly go where few other scientists have gone before, to the
:17:19. > :17:24.edge of the universe. They are looking for the first supernova.
:17:24. > :17:29.Stars that exploded billions of years before and build the universe
:17:29. > :17:33.today. Be team are planning to use substantial funding to search deep
:17:33. > :17:40.into space. They are looking for the light from the first exploding
:17:40. > :17:47.stars. But East Belfast the best place to start? It would be a
:17:47. > :17:52.terrible place if we had inferior equipment but we have got the best
:17:52. > :17:57.telescopes on Earth and we are frequent users of them. We have got
:17:57. > :18:02.internet connectivity and eat is easy to do top level astronomy from
:18:02. > :18:07.Belfast and any university. They have discovered that they can strip
:18:07. > :18:13.away identical images by computers, taking different times and leaving
:18:13. > :18:17.just the very start they are looking for. We want to understand
:18:17. > :18:22.the origins of the solar system and life on her and the fundamental
:18:22. > :18:27.building blocks like carbon, silicon and oxygen. These were
:18:27. > :18:32.formed in explosions. We want to push that back to the earliest
:18:32. > :18:36.stages when chemical elements were formed. It could take many years to
:18:36. > :18:43.find the first exploding star but after billions of years, it is
:18:43. > :18:47.probably worth the wait. You will hear it first on Newsline if they
:18:47. > :18:53.discover these stars. We have heard from the Irish Olympians of 1948
:18:54. > :18:58.but first, the rest of the sport. Mark Allen has come back home with
:18:58. > :19:01.the coveted World Snooker Open title which he got last weekend.
:19:01. > :19:08.But it has been eclipsed by comments he made about China on
:19:08. > :19:14.Twitter. He has told BBC Newsline he expects to be disciplined by the
:19:14. > :19:19.governing body but said he would continue to speak his mind.
:19:19. > :19:25.home club in Antrim is a far cry from China but Mark Allen is not
:19:25. > :19:31.far from controversy. He described the venue hosting the event as
:19:31. > :19:35.horrendous and ski arena rubbish and toilet inadequate. There is a
:19:35. > :19:42.lot of truth in what I said. It is a different culture as I talked
:19:42. > :19:47.about before. I had to adapt but the facilities and the venue, in
:19:47. > :19:51.Marks out of 10, it was definitely nothing. It was that bad. It was
:19:51. > :19:57.not very nice for us to come over and they are trying to encourage us
:19:57. > :20:02.to participate in these events but the standards were not good enough.
:20:02. > :20:06.The body has described his remarks as extremely disappointing. I was
:20:06. > :20:10.expressing my opinion. It gets me into trouble now and again and I am
:20:10. > :20:20.sure I will get reprimanded but it is just an opinion at the end of
:20:20. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:26.Ballymena United Football Club will contest the Irish Cup semi-final
:20:26. > :20:28.after role. It was expected they would be expelled from the
:20:28. > :20:35.competition after fielding an ineligible player, Alan Davison,
:20:35. > :20:41.who got the winner against Newry. But the authority said a opinion
:20:41. > :20:46.indicated that he had been eligible to play. Steven Davis is one of a
:20:46. > :20:52.number of Rangers players that might accept it's a 75 % pay cut in
:20:52. > :20:56.an attempt to avoid redundancy as the club fights for survival. In
:20:56. > :21:00.view of the doom and gloom surrounding Rangers, Scottish
:21:00. > :21:06.Sports needs a lift and the rugby team is hoping to spring a surprise
:21:06. > :21:16.against Ireland in the Six Nations. But Ireland, led by an Ulsterman
:21:16. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:20.tomorrow, need a victory to get Tomorrow, he will be walking out as
:21:20. > :21:23.the captain but today, alongside Declan Kidney, it was all about
:21:24. > :21:30.perfecting the structure as Ireland try to salvage pride from the
:21:30. > :21:36.remaining matches. Too much is left. Four points are available and that
:21:36. > :21:39.is the great thing about the Six Nations against other countries. It
:21:39. > :21:43.is a different challenge and every game will throw up different
:21:43. > :21:48.scenarios and that is what makes it a fantastic competition and long
:21:48. > :21:56.may that continue and tomorrow will be another one of these games.
:21:56. > :22:00.last time, they prevented Ireland from getting the Triple Crown. But
:22:00. > :22:06.this time round, Scotland are hoping to avoid picking up the
:22:06. > :22:10.wooden spoon. There is pressure on you and from your friends, your
:22:10. > :22:15.family and your fellow Scottish people and people watching the game.
:22:15. > :22:21.There will always be pressure. You do not feel it more. It is always
:22:21. > :22:24.going to be there. The stadium will host Scotland for the first time
:22:24. > :22:30.tomorrow and Scotland will be hoping to end a run of five
:22:30. > :22:37.successive defeats. Ireland will be hoping to start Rory Best's ten-
:22:37. > :22:40.year with victory. -- career. They have never qualified for the
:22:40. > :22:48.Olympics but the men and women's hockey teams have got a chance for
:22:48. > :22:51.2012. The Irish hockey teams are not familiar with this attention
:22:52. > :22:56.but it all goes according to plan, the men and women's teams could
:22:56. > :22:59.qualify for the Olympic Games for the very first time. That is if
:23:00. > :23:07.they win a qualification tournament, starting with the men tomorrow in
:23:07. > :23:11.Dublin. I think the last few years of qualification have seen Ireland
:23:11. > :23:16.finish six, 4th, third and the natural progression would be into
:23:16. > :23:22.the finals. That would be delightful. The way we are training,
:23:22. > :23:25.it is another tournament. As much as we have got the glory of
:23:25. > :23:31.qualification, we have got it ends after this tournament and the
:23:31. > :23:36.Olympics. We have got life after 2012. It is important but we have
:23:36. > :23:42.got the big picture. That is to stop the trickle of Irish players
:23:42. > :23:45.playing for Great Britain instead of Ireland. We hope every player in
:23:45. > :23:51.Ireland will play for asked. We have struggled financially and we
:23:51. > :23:56.cannot offer what other countries camp. Team GB is one of them. But
:23:56. > :24:01.we can create a mind set and attitude and expectation and I
:24:01. > :24:10.think the players recognise that. Qualification would certainly help
:24:10. > :24:16.The second round of the Gulf world championship event is underway in
:24:16. > :24:20.Miami and Rory MacIlroy has started seven behind the leader. -- golf.
:24:20. > :24:26.He had an eagle on the first hole and followed that with an
:24:26. > :24:31.impressive approach for a birdie on the second but dropped shots on the
:24:31. > :24:37.third and is just one under par. Graeme McDowell is on the same. He
:24:37. > :24:41.has been in fantastic form before, four under on the first four holes.
:24:41. > :24:49.But not good Paul Darren Clarke, three Labour. The hockey players
:24:49. > :24:59.are trying to qualify. -- freak over par. The Olympic Council of
:24:59. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:05.Ireland on the surviving members of The 14th Olympiad of the modern era.
:25:05. > :25:12.The athletes of the nations gather to pit their strength and skill. 4
:25:12. > :25:20.B team of 1948, the category was bureaucratic. -- for the Irish team
:25:20. > :25:24.of 1948. They were parading under this banner instead of Ireland and
:25:24. > :25:30.some athletes refused to co-operate. Other athletes were denied the
:25:30. > :25:33.right to compete because some team members were from Northern Ireland.
:25:33. > :25:40.We had team members from Northern Ireland on the team and we were
:25:40. > :25:44.told that we had to have an Irish Free State. People were getting
:25:44. > :25:49.rejected. People from the south could take part and the North were
:25:49. > :25:54.getting ignored and we said, no way. We are the same team and we get
:25:54. > :26:04.together or not at all. Were you devastated because you could not
:26:04. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:11.compete? The standards were so poor. Do not beat last anyway! Given the
:26:11. > :26:15.widespread rationing, the Olympics became known as the austerity Games.
:26:15. > :26:22.When they were released at the opening, we had thousands of
:26:22. > :26:30.pigeons cooped up. They were flying everywhere. We were disappearing.
:26:30. > :26:40.But it was great. Some 64 years after the London Games, the former
:26:40. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:45.Olympians were presented with a What a lovely day. Now the weather.
:26:45. > :26:52.Mild weather is here and will stay for a few days and not just for the
:26:52. > :26:59.weekend. Dry weather to come. Sunshine will be in pretty short
:26:59. > :27:05.supply and a lot of cloud, much as we had today. Cloud across Northern
:27:05. > :27:11.Ireland. This system brought rain. Not heavy but quite persistent at
:27:11. > :27:17.times and that reduced visibility and left puddles. Overcast tonight
:27:17. > :27:22.and a bit disappointing if you were hoping to get better conditions. In
:27:22. > :27:29.the centre and the south, it will fragment tonight. But we will get a
:27:29. > :27:37.bit of rain. Fog and mist but it is mild with temperatures and 10
:27:37. > :27:43.degrees. That stays this weekend. Cloudy and dry, apart from these
:27:43. > :27:51.places tomorrow morning in the north. But rain and that will be
:27:51. > :27:59.edging north and by the time we get to the after being, dry. -- after
:27:59. > :28:05.lunch time. We have got a chance that we might get a bit of rain in
:28:05. > :28:10.the east but it will be mild and at about 14 degrees. A chance of
:28:10. > :28:20.bright conditions for the islands- Scotland match. Pretty mild at 13
:28:20. > :28:21.
:28:21. > :28:26.degrees. -- Island-Scotland. More cloud but still mild at 12 degrees.