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councillor, Ruth Patterson, is arrested by the police over remarks | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
that she made on Facebook. The parents of this teenager | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
criticised the benefits system, saying it has let her down. Like US | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Government guidelines. They are wrong! Fix them. -- like he is | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
Government guidelines. Children are using their holidays to gain vital | :00:48. | :00:56. | |
work experience. A day on the firing range for the | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
elite at the World Police and Fire Games. | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
And we are live in this town ahead of a massive weekend of football. | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
And the sun was back today, but so were the showers. I will have your | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
weekend weather later in the programme. | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
The DUP has accused the police of making 'a sensational arrest' of its | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
Belfast councillor Ruth Patterson. Mrs Patterson is being questioned | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
about comments she made on a social media site. She unreservedly | :01:25. | :01:34. | |
apologised. As we went on here this evening, the councillor, who was | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
arrested this morning, was still in custody. This report from our | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
political correspondent Martina Purdy. | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
It was Sinn Fein's plan to parade here next weekend. The parade has | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
since then berated by the Rate Commission would have honoured to | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
IRA men killed by their own bomb, bomb planned for the town. Unionist | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
and Loyalists were incensed. On Facebook, one fantasised about a gun | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
attack on the parade in which senior Sinn Fein members were killed. In | :02:09. | :02:19. | |
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Sinn Fein members were killed. In condemned by her party. | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
I think it is utterly disgraceful. I welcome the fact that she has | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
unreservedly apologised and the party will take action. I think it | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
was right that she apologised immediately and I think it is very | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
unhelpful that those comments were made. We are very pleased that she | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
apologised immediately. Ruth Patterson herself issued a | :02:44. | :02:54. | |
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investigating offences concerning the sending of grossly offensive | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
communications and other serious male offences in relation to | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
intimidation and encouraging criminal acts. A source close to | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
Ruth Patterson says she was arrested before nine o'clock this morning as | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
she prepared to leave work. Her elderly parents heard about the | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
arrest on the radio. In a statement this afternoon, the DUP accused the | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
police of making a "sensationalist arrest", a matter it intends to | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
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raise with the Chief Constable. The was given this option after he | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
obstructed a police Land Rover in June. I am going to talk to the | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
police today. I have already spoken to them. It is being followed | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
through in terms of that. Ruth Patterson's party is considering her | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
Facebook comments. She spent last Saturday visiting homes in Suffolk | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
after nationalist youths carried out a sectarian attack. I think immunity | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
representatives and communities need to be working together. I've been | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
greenie to respect each other. The words respect and tolerance are very | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
high on my book. It is something that is greatly needed right across | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
this area. The DUP said Ruth Patterson was entitled to equal | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
treatment under the law. A man has been killed in a road | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
accident in Carrickfergus. The 68-year-old was jogging along Brae | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
Road when he was struck by a car at about half past eleven this morning. | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
Mourners at the funeral of a ten-year-old boy who died in County | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
Down on Tuesday have been told he was someone who touched many hearts | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
and lives. Aaron McAuley fell from a farm vehicle on the family's land at | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
Moneyslane. At the funeral service the minister said it had been a | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
devastating and heartbreaking week for the boy's family. Aaron's sister | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
Hazel read a tribute to her young brother which was written by one of | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
his friends. The congregation was told that he was a sociable boy, | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
full of life and full of fun. And in County Carlow the funeral has | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
taken place of the two young brothers who were found dead in the | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
boot of their father's car. Ten-year-old Eoghan Chada and | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
five-year-old Ruairi were buried side by side in their home village | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
of Ballinkillen. The Parish Priest said the boys had lived with joy and | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
were so close that they shared the same bed. Their bodies were found | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
after a nationwide police alert on Monday. Their father Sanjeev Chada | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
had crashed his car into a wall near Westport. He is now in custody | :05:41. | :05:50. | |
charged with their murders. You are watching BBC News. Still to | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
come before seven. I'm live at the Ballymena | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
Showgrounds with the two local teams who have made history at the Milk | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
Cup. The parents of a teenage girl who's | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
profoundly disabled say the benefits system has let her down. They've | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
told us that changes to incapacity benefit mean she's spent the summer | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
without any money. And it could be four months before that's addressed. | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
BBC Newsline's Tara Mills has been speaking to the Belfast family for | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
the latest in our reports on the major changes to social security | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
payments. In some ways, Jessica is like other | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
19-year-old. She loved music, dancing, and television. In so many | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
other ways, however, how life could not be more different. She can | :06:33. | :06:41. | |
barely talked and has had lots of surgeries and hospital stays. She | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
will have a lifetime benefits. And yet, the setup of benefits mean that | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
she must be assessed by everyone else. Why must my daughter proved | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
that she cannot work? You just have to look at Jessica and you know that | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
she cannot work. I find it a personal insult and possibly | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
discriminating against her. And it is not just the assessment that has | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
angered her parents. I child benefit stopped when she left school, but | :07:07. | :07:13. | |
since then they have not had any money. They said a 52-page booklet | :07:13. | :07:23. | |
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with questions like, does she have children? Does she owned a home? You | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
just want to say to use of, "why are they asking us about my daughter? | :07:28. | :07:36. | |
Goes good --". Jessica's parents believe that | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
people like her should automatically be entitled to adult benefits. | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
hear is that this is Government guidelines. Well, fix them! Gets in | :07:46. | :07:53. | |
and fix them. And maybe putting a little bit of common sense. Talked | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
to some of these families. I would imagine one phone call to your GP | :07:58. | :08:08. | |
would have stopped all of these forms. In a statement, the | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
Department For Social Development said they would not comment on | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
individual cases, but would be contacting the family. | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
To get employment, you need direct skills and, in many cases, the rate | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
experiences. Lastly, local computer companies told us they cannot find | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
people with the IT skills to meet their needs. In a moment we will | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
hear how a summer camp is trying to address that is sorted. First, | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
however, if you are enjoying your school holidays, sit up and listen | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
because our education correspondent has discovered that even primary | :08:43. | :08:44. | |
schoolchildren are looking at building up their employment | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
experience. They are starting college every | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
year, as these children get ready for a catering lesson. If you find | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
it gets like so, just add some ice. They have chosen to get hands-on | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
experience of life in further education, even though some are only | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
ten years old. Benjamin chose this over art this summer. This is so | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
much more practical. At the others, you do not get to do as much. Here | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
you have your own work stations and everything. 28 children and taking | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
part in this new summer camp. This week, they are also doing computer | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
classes and performing arts, with a budding actors planning and | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
directing their own film trailer. The next part will be editing it | :09:35. | :09:38. | |
together for the trailer. Just now we are just filming and practising. | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
OK? The thought of being in college, rather than outside | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
playing, does not seem to have bothered them. I was a bit worried | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
about it because I would not have much time to see my friends outside, | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
but it has been beleaguered. I would really like to be an actor when I | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
grew up -- been great. The college is hoping to do more classes next | :10:07. | :10:13. | |
year, but these youngsters are charged for the exteriors. Parents | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
pay a small contribution. The staff are delivering it and they are very | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
experienced and qualified and working with the children. Next | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
week, forensic science, and hair and beauty, art on the menu. It is no | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
surprise that all of the hair and beauty classes have been snapped up | :10:32. | :10:41. | |
by girls. Can I have a volunteer? Thank you. | :10:41. | :10:44. | |
Growing demand for applications and programmes on our mobile devices | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
have left some local computer companies struggle to fill -- | :10:50. | :10:56. | |
struggling to fill posts. However, courses like this Some Code Camp | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
have attracted dozens of young people eager to get into the | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
industry. Companies and people in this economy are asking what they | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
have to do to get opportunities. They attacked that active software | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
engineering and mobile data engineering. -- track that back to | :11:13. | :11:20. | |
active software engineering. This just creates links for the future. | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
The students have already learned about how software is built, | :11:23. | :11:30. | |
designed, and tested. Everybody wants to learn about apps. It is | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
easy to pick up your iPhone or your tablet and play around with them. It | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
is a little bit scary to go away and figure out how to make them. This is | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
a stepping stone to learn how to go off and do your own apps. | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
organisers of this can say they hope to plug a gap in the local market | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
for software developers by getting people involved at a young age. | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
People have been taking part here for the past two weeks, with a | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
further 25 students on a waiting list. That is good news for local | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
firms struggling to fill posts. Those taking part have found it | :12:02. | :12:06. | |
challenging, but say it is worthwhile. It is something new and | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
I have never done this sort of thing before, so it is great. I have | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
really enjoyed it. It is a great opportunity and you get to learn so | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
much. It is very challenging but very rewarding. You get to see what | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
work you have put in. Organisers say they hope to build on this of this | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
cap with a follow follow-up next summer. | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
And some business news that has just come in. The company that owns | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
Phoenix Energy has sold it to another investment group for a | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
reported �700 million. The financial news service, Bloomberg, is | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
reporting that the specialist investment fund manager has bought | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
the farm in one of the biggest sales of any Northern Irish company. This | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
sale will not affect their daily operations of it. | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
There is plenty more to come before seven, including: our reporter finds | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
out for himself about the hard work of local firefighters ahead of the | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
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World Police and Fire Games. Most of the events at those games | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
are open to the public, but an exception was made today when the | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
SWAT police team was being put through its paces. That is because | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
they were firing live bullets. Getting access for the BBC was our | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
reporter. You could be forgiven for thinking | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
this was the set of the latest blockbuster being filmed in Northern | :13:37. | :13:46. | |
Ireland. It is not Hollywood. It is not even Hollywood, County Down. | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
the morning we did the first event of the team competition and now we | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
have just finished this course. is a very difficult course, I have | :13:58. | :14:06. | |
seen you do it. It was not so bad. It went well, so it is easy to smile | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
afterwards. All of the events are designed to mirror real-life | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
situations. These guys work against serious organised criminal gangs and | :14:17. | :14:26. | |
terrorists organisations. Just like that, taken down. What else makes a | :14:26. | :14:33. | |
good SWAT team member? You need to be a team player, you need to be | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
good on your feet and good problem-solving. You muscle problems | :14:38. | :14:48. | |
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like this. Right. Two times plus that -4 equals 5... There are two | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
part-time teams that are here. When we do SWAT stuff, it is only | :14:54. | :15:04. | |
part-time. He does the SWAT then when we need it. So... They utilise | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
as for special callouts and high-risk stuff. How are you finding | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
this course? Well, I just got done, so I'm trying to catch my breath. | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
But it is a challenge. It took a while, but I got it. Somebody told | :15:20. | :15:28. | |
me that the answer was three. Now, four Ulster counties are an | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
All-Ireland action this weekend. Tyrone and Monaghan get the ball | :15:31. | :15:40. | |
rolling. Mark Sidebottom is in the border town of Aughnacloy. | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
High. The Blackwater River marks the border. It is a massive weekend of | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
Games, and are particularly proud one for the man in my immediate | :15:50. | :15:55. | |
right. I guess this weekend, president of the Ulster Council. Do | :15:55. | :16:03. | |
you recall we can like it? really . It is really great to have | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
fought teams in the final. Over the last few weeks, much has been said, | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
spoken and written about this and written about the last few weeks, | :16:12. | :16:14. | |
much has been said, spoken and written about this and this is | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
within tackling, specifically within the last maybe ten or 15 minutes of | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
Games. It seems from the outside a problem. How big do you see it as a | :16:22. | :16:29. | |
problem? This year, from the first match to the final, I think there | :16:30. | :16:37. | |
have been a lot of Games that went right down to the wire, so at the | :16:37. | :16:43. | |
end boys are tired, and maybe get some tackles, but I don't think it's | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
much problem. I don't want to single out tyrants is, but they have come | :16:46. | :16:52. | |
to some criticism. Maybe recently, their most recent game. To the fans | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
say this is a scourge and a blight on the game, what is the answer? | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
am not sure. Overall, the number of Games we have been in, the quality | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
begins this year's championship and any others I have seen, and I don't | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
get to see them all, most of them were in Ulster. There were issues | :17:10. | :17:20. | |
there, but at this year's congress, we discussed this. It may be that | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
this could be the answer. Those who will say that the black guide is the | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
answer will also point out that with ten minutes to go, there is maybe | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
one person on a placard, and the second or third person will happily | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
take that. The placard will mean that person goes off and is | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
replaced. There would still be a concern that managers will mutate to | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
overcome this. I think this year, managers and coaches are already | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
training their guys to tackle properly and use the strong tackle. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
This year, we have exceptionally good tackling, the shoulder charge | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
that people like to see us back in the game. I guess the difficulty is, | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
if you're a manager and you are a player, there is a win at all costs | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
mentality, and if you're a fan, it is not a case of how you win, it is | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
that you win. You'll yes, if you were not successful, we would not | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
talk about this. But teams are in the limelight because they are | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
winning, and long may that go on. Final question and Tyrone and | :18:22. | :18:31. | |
Monaghan. Who will win it? Look, I am looking forward to it. I know | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
both of them have given a good commitment and give good | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
entertainment. It is the only sure thing out of that game, will have | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
one Ulster team going into the last four. I appreciate that. They will | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
be four counties in this weekend at Croke Park, but a fifth Ulster | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
representation, albeit by proxy. James Loughrey who once starred | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
tantrum has followed his work and his girlfriend to court, where he is | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
becoming something of a star. Thomas Niblock is being to meet him. | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
He is one of the best Gaelic football is an island. It is a | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
remarkable journey given he had no interest in the sport until a | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
teenage friend took him for a kick around. It doesn't mean as much to | :19:16. | :19:23. | |
belittle corkers for Antrim. ? I only started playing football at 16 | :19:23. | :19:32. | |
or 17. I had a strong interest in basketball. I love the sport. I want | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
my children to be involved with it, and I love it now, but growing up, | :19:35. | :19:43. | |
it was one of those things was not steeped in. Lottery has moved to his | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
girlfriend's native County Court, and his new team-mates are very | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
glad. I didn't know much about them, but when we saw him, he was winning | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
all the races, one of the biggest in the gym. I think this season he has | :19:56. | :20:03. | |
been our best player. Definitely. for this weekend, it is Croke Park | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
in Dublin. For this Saturday, it is just going to be like a Coliseum. In | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
Rome, when you are a gladiator, walking in. 80,000. You have to | :20:12. | :20:19. | |
relish those moments. It is either kill or be killed. If we don't step | :20:19. | :20:26. | |
up, they will step over is, so we just have to do it. He said it is | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
unlikely he will play for Antrim again, something that suits the | :20:29. | :20:36. | |
Rebel County just fine. Tyrone and Monaghan is live on BBC | :20:36. | :20:45. | |
Radio one television tomorrow, and also live, there is history being | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
made already at the Milk Cup. That is down to two local Long Island | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
teams. Let's go live to the Ballymena Showgrounds and say good | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
evening to Gavin Andrews. Good evening. This is the 31st | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
edition of the Milk Cup, and the first time we have had to county | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
teams of finals night. County Antrim had been beaten, but their coaches | :21:05. | :21:13. | |
with us. What a week you have had. It has been great. The players are | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
given a great account of themselves, and they have cast football in | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
Northern Ireland and the right light. It is a shame it ended how it | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
did today, but the boys can be very proud of their achievement. The pain | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
of penalties is never good. Yes, I was tied to take the pressure off | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
and tell them that it is a draw, but they are babies in their career and | :21:36. | :21:43. | |
you don't want stuff like that affecting them. They are under-15 | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
is. How much can they take out of this? A massive stage, massive | :21:47. | :21:54. | |
occasion. It is more the profile of Games also. We are trying to develop | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
everybody around County Antrim as much as reports began. In terms of | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
players, we have Michael O'Neill coming in after the game and having | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
a chat with the boys and lifting them there, and maybe it will give | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
him a greater pool to pick from and for five years. Defeat for Antrim, | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
but a chance later on as Manchester United take on County Tyrone. It | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
doesn't get any better than that. Yes, we have them in their own | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
backyard this time last year, and we beat them, so lets hope its second | :22:22. | :22:29. | |
time lucky. Or you can do is wish them all the best. You have it had a | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
dramatic week, beating Moscow last night. Yes, really hard game and a | :22:33. | :22:41. | |
big side all the way from Russia. They were great scenes at the end | :22:41. | :22:46. | |
when they finally one. When we were up to nil, it looked like a great | :22:46. | :22:54. | |
occasion. Kick-off is eight o'clock tonight here in the Ballymena | :22:54. | :22:57. | |
Showgrounds. Manchester United against County Tyrone, and that is | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
live on the red button. The job of deploying a hose and | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
tackling the blaze is part and parcel of a firefighter 's job. But | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
in competition at the World Police and Fire Games those talents are | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
pushed to the limit. Will Leitch watched one of the local crews in | :23:11. | :23:20. | |
training. Mustering enthusiasm, firefighter | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
skills involve teamwork and having plenty of fun. The last few days the | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
Northern Isles team to practice for the firefighter's muster. The | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
running symbolises getting to fires on time. The axis for the breaking | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
down doors to get in. The hose, the water work for hitting the target. | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
All that speaks for itself. The prospect of international | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
competition at these Games has focused local mines. When they first | :23:47. | :23:53. | |
come down, they think that look sleazy, and all of a sudden, they | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
trail the techniques and think that those in work, we need to try | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
everything else. They have fine tuned it and are now taking a lot | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
more care and realise they could win this, but they need to put together | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
a bit of teamwork and thought behind it. Working out how they should do | :24:07. | :24:13. | |
this to insure they win. There is history to. The event takes place | :24:13. | :24:21. | |
next Monday. It kind of hose cart is specially remade for the 20th | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
century by wrought iron experts from Omagh. If Northern Ireland is to | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
stand any chance of a medal, they need to get the job done in under 60 | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
seconds. That means only the best of crews. They are keeping up with the | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
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training year, but may not want Hitting the spot again! Well done, | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
well. I would have needed that hose in my garden a few weeks ago with | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
all that hot weather. Certainly not with the heavy downpours the past | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
week. My garden looked quite faded and a bit miserable, but this | :25:00. | :25:06. | |
weekend could be better. My garden will not be like this. Antrim Castle | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
Gardens, which today were given green flag status by tidy Northern | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
Ireland, which recognises the high quality of their facilities. The | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
gardens look lovely there. Open to the public last year after a �6 | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
million restoration project. Lots of butterflies with the sun. Cecilia, | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
are they falling leaves behind you, what can we expect? Yes, that is | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
just because it has been blustery just because it has been blustery | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
today. Not a cold wind, though. I am starting with news that this July | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
has in fact been our warmest July on record. Most of us will have noticed | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
how many times you have to wear your summer clothes, which normally you | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
just bring on holiday. You have worn them practically every day. The | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
records go back to 1910, over 100 years. The average height for this | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
July comes out that 21 degrees, over three degrees over the long-term | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
average for this time of year. Still quite warm today, but some exciting | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
storms. This lightning was seen over Ballymena earlier. I will show you a | :26:12. | :26:21. | |
snapshot of where most of these storms were earlier. So, some | :26:22. | :26:26. | |
sunshine obviously as well. This is our latest radar and satellite | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
picture. It shows where the showers actually were. Most of them tend to | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
fade away now. A lot of dry, bright weather this evening, but overnight, | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
showers will move into the North West, whereas farther south that | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
should be drier. Still breezy tonight and quite breezy tomorrow, | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
but over the weekend, the winds will gradually ease and it should | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
continue to feel warm when the sun is out, but we need to keep an eye | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
on those showers and keep a brolly nearby as well. Tomorrow, most of | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
the showers in the north-west, but they gradually disappear from the | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
north coast, and tomorrow afternoon looks to be decent along the north | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
coast. Quite breezy, fresh air compared to today, but dry weather | :27:06. | :27:12. | |
with sunshine, whereas further south, once you hit Belfast, Down | :27:12. | :27:14. | |
and Armagh, this is weather is the risk of heavy showers and possible | :27:14. | :27:23. | |
thunder, that in between, sunshine, so by no means a wash-out. The | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
Windies is tomorrow night, so a lot of places and a dry. On Sunday, | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
winds will not be so strong. Sunshine is around, and it will feel | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
warm, but a couple of showers break-out as well. Things not too | :27:35. | :27:38. |