:00:14. > :00:24.Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor. The headlines
:00:24. > :00:29.this Thursday evening. The red carpet rolled out for the most
:00:29. > :00:32.powerful woman in China. What does it mean for trade and jobs you? A
:00:32. > :00:38.man living in England is in court charged with the murder of a
:00:38. > :00:43.Coleraine pensioner 11 years ago. A search of the River Foyle discovers
:00:43. > :00:47.what might be a submarine and it could be declared a war grave.
:00:48. > :00:54.Banned for an illegal tackle - Ulster rugby is a key player ahead
:00:54. > :00:59.of the European Cup semi-final. I am live on the MS Balmoral as it
:00:59. > :01:03.continues its voyage to remember and we will catch up with Belfast's
:01:03. > :01:06.own titanic honeymooners. And the sun worked hard for us today but
:01:06. > :01:14.another clear night means frost for some of us. I'll have all the
:01:14. > :01:17.weather for you later. The most powerful woman in the Chinese
:01:17. > :01:22.government has just arrived in Northern Ireland for a three day
:01:22. > :01:26.visit. Liu Yandong was met by the First and Deputy First Minister.
:01:26. > :01:28.She will attend a reception at Stormont later. We'll hear from one
:01:28. > :01:31.of the guests attending that shortly. But first, our political
:01:31. > :01:41.correspondent, Gareth Gordon, joins me live from Belfast International
:01:41. > :01:41.
:01:42. > :01:48.Airport. What's happening there? The Air plane carrying Madam Liu
:01:48. > :01:52.touched down at 5:45pm and among those to meet her were the First
:01:52. > :01:57.and Deputy First Minister. And also here was the DUP Junior Minister
:01:57. > :02:01.Jonathan Bell, who has close connections with China and his
:02:01. > :02:06.children were here to present Madam Liu with a bouquet of flowers and
:02:06. > :02:12.she stepped onto the tarmac. Explain why it all this fuss is
:02:12. > :02:18.being made. That is a good question. I suspect that her name isn't known
:02:18. > :02:22.to many Newsline viewers but this is one very powerful politician.
:02:22. > :02:27.She is the most senior female politician in China and a member of
:02:27. > :02:32.the ruling 22 member bureau and she is hotly tipped for promotion in
:02:32. > :02:38.the near future. To give an example of how important this visit is
:02:38. > :02:42.viewed, it's the first time that the red carpet has been officially
:02:42. > :02:47.used at the airport since 1998, when President Clinton touched down.
:02:47. > :02:49.He is among those who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland and there
:02:49. > :02:54.are many people in the administration who hope that Madam
:02:54. > :02:59.Liu and her government will help bring prosperity. It's not about
:02:59. > :03:03.peace but business? Absolutely. China is the world's fastest-
:03:03. > :03:08.growing economy. Everybody in the world wants the peace of the action
:03:08. > :03:12.and we are no different. Madam Liu and her large team is on its way by
:03:12. > :03:16.a convoy and cavalcade to Belfast and it will go to Stormont to hold
:03:16. > :03:20.talks with Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson and I am sure that
:03:20. > :03:26.trade will be number one on the agenda and also a visit that they
:03:26. > :03:31.plan to make to China in the autumn. Lots to talk about. Another subject
:03:31. > :03:37.many people would like to see on that agenda is Amnesty
:03:37. > :03:40.International wanting the issue of human rights in China to be raised.
:03:40. > :03:45.What I can read up from these news releases, that has not been
:03:45. > :03:49.included? Patrick Corrigan from Amnesty International says that
:03:50. > :03:53.China has an atrocious human-rights record and he suspects Peter
:03:53. > :03:58.Robinson and Martin McGuinness to raise the issue of human rights and
:03:58. > :04:03.he says it is a matter of values and we must not trade human-rights.
:04:03. > :04:07.Whether or not they intend to do that, it is just conjecture,
:04:07. > :04:13.because we have not been able to ask that question of them. For now,
:04:13. > :04:15.thank you. Part of Liu Yandong's visit will be to encourage trade
:04:16. > :04:18.links with Northern Ireland. Our largest dairy company, United Dairy
:04:18. > :04:20.Farmers, already exports products to China. Its chief executive,
:04:20. > :04:28.David Dobbin, is at Stormont, where he'll be attending tonight's
:04:28. > :04:34.reception. What value is that current business to Northern
:04:34. > :04:40.Ireland? For our company alone, we do at least �5 million each year
:04:40. > :04:45.and that is growing by 40% per annum. We are seeing significant
:04:45. > :04:50.growth and good business. Some people might be confused. What do
:04:50. > :04:56.we have that China does not have in regard to business? And dairy
:04:56. > :05:04.products? With 1.3 billion people, they need to import significant
:05:04. > :05:06.amounts of food. And their diet is very much vegetarian and they are
:05:06. > :05:10.in need of protein products from dairy products and as they become
:05:10. > :05:14.more wealthy, they can afford better food and they have been
:05:14. > :05:18.importing larger amounts of dairy product over the last 10 years.
:05:18. > :05:24.What potential do you think we could have across the Northern
:05:24. > :05:30.Ireland economy was stronger links with China? We will see china
:05:30. > :05:34.interested in universities and the technology coming out of that,
:05:34. > :05:39.especially in specialist areas. They have environmental challenges,
:05:39. > :05:46.water purification and FG Wilson locally do lots of business on that.
:05:46. > :05:50.Water treatment, infrastructure, IT. Lots of services and goods that the
:05:50. > :05:56.Chinese economy requires because it is growing rapidly and they are
:05:56. > :05:59.still investing heavily. What is your view about the Chinese
:05:59. > :06:04.government and their reputation regarding human rights. Does
:06:04. > :06:08.business mean that is ignored? worked in China for five years and
:06:08. > :06:12.if you meet the Chinese people, they are very friendly and open and
:06:12. > :06:16.I find a Chinese very welcoming. From their viewpoint, they have
:06:16. > :06:20.never had things so that, they're seeing their best standard of
:06:20. > :06:24.living and a more open society and freedom to travel so in many ways
:06:24. > :06:27.it has made significant progress. Perhaps by Western standards there
:06:27. > :06:31.is more way to go but they are in the right direction. Thank you for
:06:31. > :06:34.joining us. A 42-year-old man has been in court charged with the
:06:34. > :06:37.murder of a Coleraine pensioner 11 years ago. Norman Moffatt died in
:06:37. > :06:47.hospital two months after being stabbed. David Maxwell was at this
:06:47. > :06:48.
:06:48. > :06:51.morning's hearing. James Alexander Matt Cooke, with an address as
:06:51. > :06:55.given at stone-built terrace in Stockport, was arrested earlier
:06:55. > :06:57.this week. He was brought back for questioning and this morning at
:06:57. > :07:02.Ballymena Magistrates Court he faced the charge of murdering a
:07:02. > :07:06.Norman Moffatt over one decade ago. The pensioner was walking home
:07:06. > :07:10.early in the morning after buying a newspaper. He was between Railway
:07:10. > :07:13.Road and Circular Road in Coleraine when stabbed. Mr Moffatt manage to
:07:13. > :07:17.make it back to his house and he was rushed to hospital but he died
:07:17. > :07:22.two months later. Police believe he may simply have been in the wrong
:07:22. > :07:25.place at the wrong time. During the brief appearance, James McCook
:07:25. > :07:28.spoke only to say that he understood the charge and the
:07:28. > :07:33.police officer told the court that he believed he could connect him to
:07:33. > :07:37.the charge. Members of Mr Moffatt's family were at the court and absent
:07:37. > :07:42.was his wife, who died last year without seeing anybody convicted
:07:42. > :07:46.for her husband's murder. James Maggot was remanded in custody to
:07:46. > :07:53.appear at Coleraine caught via videolink on Monday for the bail
:07:53. > :07:58.application. There has been a huge seizure of smuggled cigarettes and
:07:58. > :08:06.Dublin, including 38 million cigarettes with a retail value of
:08:06. > :08:09.nearly 15 million euros. The branded cigarettes were in for 40
:08:09. > :08:13.ft maritime containers which arrived in Dublin port via
:08:13. > :08:17.Rotterdam. They represent a potential lost to the Exchequer of
:08:17. > :08:24.around 30 million euros. Customs officials say several people have
:08:24. > :08:27.been interviewed and an investigation is going on. It's not
:08:27. > :08:31.clear whether any Mothercare stores in Northern Ireland will be among
:08:31. > :08:36.dozens of shops the firm is closing across the UK. Mothercare, which
:08:36. > :08:39.also runs the Early Learning Centre, has seven local stores. The firm
:08:39. > :08:42.plans to shut 111 shops over the next three years because of falling
:08:42. > :08:45.sales. But Mothercare has said it is not ready to announce which
:08:45. > :08:51.stores are to close. You're watching Newsline. Still to come on
:08:51. > :08:58.the programme. The poignant story of a family at the centre of the
:08:58. > :09:04.Titanic tragedy. And a rare chance to buy a piece of our industrial
:09:04. > :09:07.With the centenary of the Titanic disaster this weekend, we are
:09:07. > :09:12.reporting each night this week from the memorial cruise ship that's
:09:12. > :09:22.sailing the same route. Chris Buckler is on board the Balmoral
:09:22. > :09:25.
:09:26. > :09:29.and joins us live from the Atlantic Ocean. If you look around, you will
:09:29. > :09:34.see nothing but the sea. We are in the middle of the Atlantic on our
:09:34. > :09:38.way to that memorial site. And we have not seen land for days. Not
:09:38. > :09:42.even one ship. You have to key people entertained and we thought
:09:42. > :09:46.we would bring you a little slice of life. For some it is very
:09:46. > :09:51.serious. Talking about Irish emigration and the history of the
:09:51. > :09:54.Titanic but for others, they are enjoying the Jacuzzi. People
:09:54. > :09:59.learning about things like fruit and vegetable carving and even at
:09:59. > :10:02.Disco. The Balmoral is making good progress and it sails into the
:10:02. > :10:06.Atlantic. Coping With the wind perhaps better than some of the
:10:07. > :10:10.passengers. But there is no doubting the better weather and
:10:10. > :10:14.people are making the most of it. Although a traditional game of
:10:14. > :10:20.shuffle board is only a brief distraction. The talk is of the
:10:20. > :10:30.Titanic on every deck. I really like Star Trek for adults. It is
:10:30. > :10:30.
:10:30. > :10:35.like a convention. All these people know so much! Lots of things going
:10:35. > :10:45.on is quite serious, like lectures on the history of the Titanic. At
:10:45. > :10:45.
:10:45. > :10:55.the other side of the ship... Well, you can see for yourself. There has
:10:55. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:03.been line dancing. Ballroom dancing. Irish dancing. As you can tell,
:11:03. > :11:09.lots of dancing! But away from the traditional activities, there is a
:11:09. > :11:13.focus on the Titanic. Particularly when it comes to shopping. Their
:11:13. > :11:21.shared love of the ship means a lot, particularly to Derek and Glyn
:11:21. > :11:28.Chambers. They married in Belfast on Friday in a themed wedding. And
:11:28. > :11:32.this is their honeymoon. This is ideal, this is our dream. You could
:11:32. > :11:41.not ask for anything better. Fantastic telling everybody about
:11:41. > :11:45.Titanic and Belfast. Once we get this over, it is business as usual.
:11:45. > :11:51.There are reminders of the reason for this voyage everywhere, even
:11:51. > :11:54.playing movies into all of the cabins. Outside, the seating area...
:11:54. > :12:00.For some of the first class passengers, the accommodation
:12:00. > :12:05.includes 25 ft balconies. He had the world's largest royal suites on
:12:05. > :12:09.cruise liners and we enjoy the luxury. Like a lot of people, we
:12:09. > :12:12.like to love and comfort as well. The there was luxury in 1912 but it
:12:12. > :12:18.would have been very different in that time of the unsinkable Molly
:12:18. > :12:20.Brown. Up and down and up and down... This might be an
:12:20. > :12:24.impersonation of one of the most famous passengers on board the
:12:24. > :12:30.Titanic but this voyage and everything on it is intended to be
:12:30. > :12:40.nothing less than a tribute. And the memorial services are on Sunday.
:12:40. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:45.How far away are you? We are around 900 nautical miles away from the
:12:45. > :12:49.site were the Titanic sank and with the wreckage still lying there.
:12:49. > :12:53.There is plenty of fun on board the screws, people enjoying themselves.
:12:53. > :12:57.But make no mistake - this is a journey for so many passengers and
:12:57. > :13:00.when you walk around, you get a sense of growing reflection as they
:13:00. > :13:03.make their way towards the spot on Sunday and you have little groups
:13:03. > :13:07.of people gathering, often the people whose relatives were on
:13:07. > :13:13.board the Titanic, particularly those who died on board, and they
:13:13. > :13:17.are just having chats, people want to discuss, informally and formally,
:13:17. > :13:21.and to get a sense of those shared pieces of history, and together
:13:21. > :13:29.they want to find some trace of connection between each other as
:13:29. > :13:32.they come together. Thank you. More from Chris Buckler tomorrow. The
:13:32. > :13:38.Thomas Andrews, who helped designed the Titanic, lost his life on the
:13:38. > :13:41.ship. He's remembered as a hero as he helped others get into lifeboats.
:13:41. > :13:44.The naval architect left behind a young wife and child. In an
:13:44. > :13:50.exclusive interview for Newsline, a daughter of his widow gives us an
:13:50. > :13:58.insight into the private life of the famous the shipbuilder. She
:13:58. > :14:02.spoke to Sarah Travers. The -- the famous shipbuilder. He became the
:14:02. > :14:06.hero of all the heroes on board the Titanic. Gallant to the end. Once
:14:06. > :14:12.he realised the ship was done, Thomas Andrews met his fate bravely,
:14:12. > :14:18.giving up his own life to save other men's wives and children.
:14:18. > :14:26.That night, his own wife, Helen, or Nellie, slept, oblivious to the
:14:26. > :14:32.horrors unfolding. She never really spoke about it. And she never
:14:32. > :14:37.mentioned the tragedy but on one occasion, I was talking to her. And
:14:37. > :14:43.she said that she hoped that the wreck would be left as a memorial
:14:43. > :14:49.to all of the people who died on the ship. 100 years on and I have
:14:49. > :14:52.come to meet nellies youngest child. Now in her late 80s, Vera Morrison
:14:52. > :14:56.can reveal for the first time wonderful memories and stories
:14:56. > :15:02.about the woman who captured not only the heart of Thomas Andrews
:15:02. > :15:06.but also her father us. Another giant in the world of shipbuilding.
:15:06. > :15:11.Henry Harland, from Harland and Wolff. Andrews and Highland would
:15:11. > :15:15.have known each other well. They both courted Nellie, who came from
:15:15. > :15:19.another prosperous family, the barbers. The story passed down is
:15:19. > :15:27.that many could not decide on which man to marry until her mother made
:15:27. > :15:33.virtues. She picked Thomas. On Friday 24th March, 1906, Thomas
:15:33. > :15:38.proposed. By all accounts, she was stunned into silence and did not
:15:38. > :15:44.given the answer she was hoping for. My idea nelly... I cannot tell you
:15:44. > :15:51.how much it grieves me to give you any annoyance last at the point You
:15:51. > :15:57.acted wisely when you had any doubt. I am alone to blame. You are ever
:15:58. > :16:03.affectionate and loving friend, Thomas Andrews. Eventually, she got
:16:03. > :16:11.over her shock and agreed to marry Thomas. This is my mother's
:16:11. > :16:16.engagement ring. A goodness, and this is priceless when it comes to
:16:16. > :16:23.sentimental value? I think so. The two years after the wedding, they
:16:23. > :16:28.had a baby daughter, L Bale. However, little did I do know that
:16:28. > :16:31.they're happy world would soon come to an end. Shattered by Titanic and
:16:32. > :16:36.the loss of Thomas. Nellie was heartbroken but chose not to focus
:16:36. > :16:44.on her own grief but on the grief of others. She was totally
:16:44. > :16:52.devastated. She was very fond of the parents of an Armagh and
:16:52. > :16:57.describe them as being like a second set of parents. And she was
:16:57. > :17:03.trying to just console them. When she herself must have been
:17:03. > :17:07.devastated. The story does not end there. Despite a broken heart, five
:17:07. > :17:12.years after the death of Thomas, many would marry again. To none
:17:12. > :17:17.other than her old suitor, Henry hardened. They went on to have four
:17:17. > :17:21.children, including the Vieira. But it was only as an adult that Vera
:17:21. > :17:28.began to realise important connection to Titanic and her
:17:28. > :17:33.mother's first husband, Thomas Andrews. He told an LA that when
:17:33. > :17:40.they were driving out of the shipyard of one-day together, the
:17:40. > :17:50.workers were coming out and he said, these are my mates. The that he was
:17:50. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:59.And you can hear more from Vera Morrison in our commemorative
:17:59. > :18:03.Titanic programme this Sunday on BBC Two, it starts at 6:20am. We
:18:03. > :18:08.will take you to the memorial services in the North Atlantic and
:18:08. > :18:13.Belfast. The programme will also be shown on the big screen at Belfast
:18:13. > :18:16.City Hall and the Guildhall in Londonderry. It will also be
:18:16. > :18:24.screened live on our special Titanic website. Don't forget, we
:18:24. > :18:29.are on Twitter. You can follow those at cache. -- hash?. --
:18:29. > :18:38.@bbctitanic100. There is another chance to bid for
:18:38. > :18:42.some of our industrial heritage. A DeLorean, built in Cavan, is up for
:18:42. > :18:46.auction. It means there has been plenty of interest.
:18:46. > :18:51.It looks fine in the spring sunshine and it is in great
:18:52. > :18:55.condition. The DeLorean DMC-12 still has that magic. This product
:18:55. > :18:59.of the short-lived 80s dream of a local car industry. Although it was
:19:00. > :19:05.built with great effort and fierce pride, it rolled off the production
:19:05. > :19:09.line to mixed reviews and very quickly into history. It had a much
:19:09. > :19:16.longer life as a collector's item. Auctioneers are delighted when one
:19:16. > :19:20.turns up for sale. This one has only covered 16,500 miles. That's
:19:20. > :19:23.the big attraction for people. It has never been out of Northern
:19:23. > :19:27.Ireland and it's an original car, it hasn't had anything done to it
:19:27. > :19:31.after market. There has been interest from all over the world.
:19:31. > :19:37.Some overseas hopefuls will be bidding online. It is expected to
:19:37. > :19:41.sell for around �20,000. The auction started just as BBC
:19:41. > :19:51.Newsline came on air. They expect the car to go under the hammer at
:19:51. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:03.about 7 o'clock. That is just after Back to the Future! The award-
:20:03. > :20:07.winning television series game of thrones will be returning to
:20:07. > :20:11.Northern Ireland. The American television company HBO have
:20:11. > :20:18.commissioned a third series, which will be recorded and produced in
:20:18. > :20:23.studios in Belfast and Bambridge. Ulster rugby says it will not be
:20:23. > :20:28.appealing the four week suspension handed down to John Earth Hour. It
:20:28. > :20:31.follows a dangerous tackle in the quarter-final against Munster. It
:20:31. > :20:37.means he will miss the semi-final against Edinburgh at the end of the
:20:37. > :20:42.month. -- John Afoa. Here's the World Cup winner who has
:20:42. > :20:48.been instrumental in Ulster's success. So, a month on the
:20:48. > :20:52.sidelines for John FOM is a big setback. He attended a disciplinary
:20:52. > :20:57.hearing in Dublin today, accompanied by David Humphreys. It
:20:57. > :21:01.was to explain this tackle on Felix Jones. Competition officials
:21:01. > :21:06.decided it was dangerous play and they initially handed down a seven-
:21:06. > :21:09.week ban. However, they took into account his disciplinary record as
:21:09. > :21:13.a professional rugby player. He has never been sighted or sent off in
:21:13. > :21:19.his career before. The ban was reduced to four weeks. It's still
:21:19. > :21:23.rules him out of the Edinburgh game. It's not just about the scrummage,
:21:23. > :21:28.he brings other aspects to the game. His distribution, his ball-handling
:21:28. > :21:33.skills, his general open field play sets him apart from anything else
:21:33. > :21:40.out there at the moment. He would be a major loss. The suspension
:21:40. > :21:50.also means that he will miss Ulster's next two games against
:21:50. > :21:50.
:21:51. > :21:54.Cavan's young footballers have retained their title, but the win
:21:54. > :21:59.has been overshadowed by the resignation of their senior manager,
:21:59. > :22:05.Val Andrews. It follows a meeting by senior players on Tuesday. They
:22:05. > :22:10.called for his dismissal. This was a Val Andrews's second
:22:10. > :22:14.spell in charge of Cavan. Having worked alongside Terry Highland
:22:14. > :22:18.last year, the Dubliner took sole control this season. There was
:22:18. > :22:22.little to celebrate during his tenure. They were heavily defeated
:22:22. > :22:28.in the Ulster championship. Last weekend they narrowly avoided
:22:28. > :22:32.relegation to Division Four of the National League. With just over a
:22:32. > :22:38.month to go until their opening championship game against Donegal,
:22:38. > :22:43.the timing of his departure is far from ideal. Even more peculiar, the
:22:43. > :22:47.announcement comes less than 24 hours after the county lifted back-
:22:47. > :22:52.to-back Under 21 provincial titles. Nobody can predict what the future
:22:52. > :23:00.holds. If we keep up the hard work and effort, hopefully it will come
:23:00. > :23:04.our way. They are going to have to be patient and allow Cavan to build
:23:04. > :23:07.for the future. They have enjoyed unprecedented under-age success
:23:07. > :23:13.over the past 12 months. The challenge for the next county
:23:13. > :23:18.manager is to translate that winning form on to the senior stage.
:23:18. > :23:22.It is thought a wreck discovered at the bottom of the River Foyle could
:23:22. > :23:25.be a submarine dating back to the Second World War. The environment
:23:25. > :23:31.minister has called for work to be carried out urgently to see if it
:23:31. > :23:35.is a war grave. In case there are unexploded munitions, divers have
:23:35. > :23:44.been asked to avoid the area. So far it has only been seen on sonar
:23:44. > :23:49.Could this stretch of water on the River Foyle hide a secret that has
:23:49. > :23:53.been submerged for decades? These are the images that sparked an
:23:53. > :23:57.investigation after divers discovered what they beat a
:23:57. > :24:02.submarine -- what may be a submarine dating back to the Second
:24:02. > :24:07.World War. The City was a major base in the back of the Atlantic.
:24:07. > :24:10.Images from a sonar scan indicate that some sort of vessel lies
:24:10. > :24:17.beneath. That discovery was made a fortnight ago. We initially started
:24:17. > :24:20.the scan and the boys came down from Cork to view the images. It
:24:20. > :24:24.was a pleasant surprise to find there is something down there that
:24:25. > :24:30.looks like a submarine. We could have a Titanic on the River Foyle.
:24:30. > :24:35.Nobody knows yet. We are almost sure it is a submersible of some
:24:35. > :24:40.sort. What kind and he won't do it, when did it go down, how did it go
:24:40. > :24:43.down? Until further investigations are carried out, the Northern
:24:43. > :24:48.Ireland Environment Agency has recommended no diving takes place.
:24:48. > :24:52.If it is a submarine, then we do not want a Wacky Races scenario
:24:52. > :24:56.where everybody is going down and having a look, maybe taking bits
:24:56. > :25:03.from it. If they could hold back until it has been determined what
:25:03. > :25:13.it is and whether it is. Next week it is hoped that the mystery of
:25:13. > :25:18.what lies beneath the River Foyle Now, champion golfer Darren Clarke
:25:18. > :25:21.has married his fiancee, Alison Campbell, who runs a model agency
:25:21. > :25:25.business in Belfast. The wedding was at a beach in the Bahamas,
:25:25. > :25:29.where the couple have a holiday home. According to his website, the
:25:29. > :25:33.ceremony was a private affair attended by family and friends,
:25:33. > :25:38.including Portrush called star grey McDowell, who introduced the couple
:25:38. > :25:48.three years ago. -- Graham McDowell. But a lot of people have been
:25:48. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :26:01.commenting on our Facebook page. We may not have weather like the
:26:01. > :26:05.Bahamas today, but it was pretty No difference, really. Adjust the
:26:05. > :26:09.temperature! About 20 degrees, that's all. We did have lots of
:26:09. > :26:13.lovely sunshine today. A lovely evening out there at the moment.
:26:13. > :26:17.Temperatures today get up to about 20 degrees. They are going to drop
:26:17. > :26:19.a little bit. Well, actually quite a lot over the course of the
:26:19. > :26:23.evening. If we look at the satellite picture you can see that
:26:23. > :26:28.Northern Ireland is sitting in the sunshine. Many parts of central and
:26:28. > :26:33.southern Ireland, many parts of Britain, had showers today. But we
:26:33. > :26:38.stayed shower free. Clearer skies will continue into the evening. We
:26:38. > :26:41.had a couple of nice tweets. Bush Mills looking lovely in the
:26:41. > :26:46.sunshine. It is sunny at the moment, the temperatures are going to fall
:26:46. > :26:53.quite quickly. Most places will stay dry and clear. The frost, as
:26:53. > :26:56.you can see, minus one or minus two could be on the cards. As well as
:26:56. > :27:00.having a chilly start with some frost around tomorrow, the showers
:27:00. > :27:05.will be back as well. Because it will be told they could even be a
:27:05. > :27:11.little bit of iciness first thing. So, these are the kinds of clouds
:27:11. > :27:17.we will be getting tomorrow again, these towering clouds called QBE
:27:17. > :27:21.load members. They can bring a bit of hail and thunder. There will be
:27:21. > :27:27.some showers initially in the east. Take your umbrella with you.
:27:27. > :27:31.Elsewhere, sunshine before off the showers pushed across western areas.
:27:31. > :27:36.One or two of them could be on the sharp side during the early
:27:36. > :27:39.afternoon. Temperatures a little bit down today, nine or ten degrees.
:27:39. > :27:43.With some showers overhead it will feel colder than today with a more
:27:43. > :27:47.noticeable breeze. We should see the showers gradually fading away
:27:47. > :27:51.again late in the afternoon with some sunshine returning. It will be
:27:51. > :27:55.another chilly a night tomorrow night. Bear that in mind if you are
:27:55. > :28:00.out and about. Cold, frosty nights to come. Most of Saturday will be
:28:00. > :28:08.dry. Sunday looks like being pretty decent. Light wind and horrible on
:28:08. > :28:13.A reminder of the stories making the headlines: The most powerful
:28:13. > :28:18.woman in China has arrived here, a short time ago, for a three-day
:28:18. > :28:22.visit. Liu Yandong will be entertained at a reception at
:28:22. > :28:26.Parliament Buildings in Stormont. A man who has been living in
:28:26. > :28:30.England has appeared in court charged with the murderer of the
:28:30. > :28:36.Coleraine pensioner Norman Moffatt 11 years ago.
:28:36. > :28:40.Our late summary is on BBC One at 10.25. Just a reminder that our