:00:15. > :00:24.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. The Prime Minister tells
:00:24. > :00:34.BBC Newsline there is no political crisis at Stormont. The First
:00:34. > :00:37.Minister and Deputy First Minister work hard and they are doing the
:00:37. > :00:38.right thing by governing together. The architect behind the Peace
:00:38. > :00:41.right thing by governing together. Centre at the Maze says it won't
:00:41. > :00:43.glorify terrorism. Nine people are hurt in a morning crash involving
:00:43. > :00:52.several vehicles in West Belfast. We're at Ravenhill for Ulster's
:00:52. > :01:00.Pro12 game against Treviso. The Sports Minister joins us live. All
:01:00. > :01:04.singing, all dancing and toe-tapping in Belfast tonight as the city
:01:04. > :01:07.stages its first ever Belfast Tattoo. And finally, after a week of
:01:07. > :01:10.stages its first ever Belfast leaden grey skies, it's a brighter
:01:10. > :01:16.Friday evening and with the promise of a better weekend ahead.
:01:16. > :01:23.The Prime Minister says he does not believe there is a political crisis
:01:23. > :01:26.at Stormont. In a BBC Newsline interview, David Cameron accepted
:01:26. > :01:32.that power sharing had problems but he would not characterise the
:01:32. > :01:35.current difficulties as a crisis. Earlier this week, Sinn Fein said
:01:36. > :01:44.the Assembly was in crisis. A claim that was rejected by the DUP. David
:01:44. > :01:47.Cameron has also been speaking about the Haass talks and Labour claims
:01:47. > :01:49.that his government's approach to Northern Ireland is semidetached.
:01:49. > :01:58.Stephen Walker has been to Downing Street to speak to the Prime
:01:58. > :02:03.Minister. Do you accept that when it comes to Northern Ireland, the
:02:03. > :02:06.Labour Party are right and you have become semidetached? I do not accept
:02:06. > :02:11.Labour Party are right and you have that for one moment. I am the Prime
:02:11. > :02:14.Minister that brought the G8 to Northern Ireland and it is a vital
:02:14. > :02:19.part of the UK and deserves attention. I brought together a
:02:19. > :02:22.Martin McGuinness, Peter Robinson and the Secretary of State in
:02:22. > :02:27.Downing Street to sign a new accord for economic development so we can
:02:27. > :02:31.get a shared future going. I do not accept that. I do believe in
:02:31. > :02:34.get a shared future going. I do not trusting the default institutions to
:02:34. > :02:38.do their job and not try to interfere every five minutes but
:02:38. > :02:42.where the Westminster government can help galvanise change and help the
:02:42. > :02:45.economy, I look for -- I look forward. Sinn Fein says that
:02:45. > :02:52.economy, I look for -- I look Stormont is in crisis. Do you accept
:02:52. > :02:55.that? It is difficult to make these institutions work when parties who
:02:55. > :02:59.were so opposed in the past work together. I think that the first and
:02:59. > :03:04.Deputy first Ministers work hard at their relationship and they are
:03:04. > :03:10.doing the first thing -- right thing by governing together. But there are
:03:10. > :03:15.difficulties. There is a war of words between Sinn Fein and the DUP.
:03:15. > :03:20.Do you think Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness could do more to
:03:20. > :03:28.appear united? That is a good question and the result was more
:03:28. > :03:31.than all editions can do to focus on delivery for people rather than
:03:31. > :03:35.thinking about our own position. That is the real challenge in
:03:35. > :03:39.Northern Ireland and people are crying out for a shared future. For
:03:39. > :03:44.taking down peace walls and the barriers. Trying to bring people
:03:44. > :03:48.together. That takes bravery on behalf of the politicians. I do not
:03:48. > :03:53.sit here lecturing them as I know how tough it is. The US diplomat
:03:53. > :03:59.Richard Haas is hoping to get agreement on parades and the past
:03:59. > :04:04.and flags to Christmas. If he does not do that by Christmas, when you
:04:04. > :04:08.intervene? Let him do his work. That is not assume these things will
:04:08. > :04:14.fail. Let us hope for success. I will always do what I can to bring
:04:14. > :04:17.politicians and people together in Northern Ireland so that it can be a
:04:17. > :04:21.success story and would ever that takes. Richard is doing a good job.
:04:21. > :04:26.Would there be any point when you would intervene? I don't want to
:04:26. > :04:30.predict when things will go wrong before they have had any chance to
:04:30. > :04:34.go right. In one year there is a referendum in Scotland. Either way
:04:34. > :04:39.that filled goes, there will be applications for Northern Ireland.
:04:39. > :04:42.Do you accept that? Of course there will be applications and I hope they
:04:42. > :04:47.will be positive because I hope that Scotland will vote to stay in the UK
:04:47. > :04:48.and we can then take further steps to strengthen the UK and make sure
:04:49. > :04:50.and we can then take further steps everyone in our United Kingdom is
:04:50. > :04:57.proud. Would you be sad if Scotland everyone in our United Kingdom is
:04:57. > :04:59.left the union under your watch? I would be desperately sad and one of
:04:59. > :05:06.the messages from this conference should not just be to Scotland, that
:05:06. > :05:09.we think you're off inside the UK. One of the messages should be,
:05:09. > :05:12.whether we are English or Northern Irish are Welsh, we want you
:05:12. > :05:17.because we care about keeping our family of nations together. The
:05:17. > :05:27.Prime Minister speaking to our political reporter Stephen Walker.
:05:27. > :05:31.The architect who designed the proposed Peace centre at the Maze
:05:31. > :05:34.has told the BBC he's certain the project will go ahead. Last month
:05:34. > :05:37.the First Minister Peter Robinson withdrew support for the project
:05:37. > :05:40.saying it would be wrong to proceed in the absence of a consensus about
:05:41. > :05:43.how it would operate. But Daniel Libeskind says he's convinced issues
:05:43. > :05:52.surrounding the centre will be resolved. Ciara Riddell reports.
:05:52. > :05:54.Daniel Libeskind, the architect behind the Maze-Long Kesh project,
:05:54. > :05:58.is considered the leading architect in the field of conflict resolution.
:05:58. > :06:02.He led work on sensitive sites like the Ground Zero project in New York
:06:02. > :06:10.and the Jewish Holocaust Museum in Berlin. A documentary to be aired
:06:10. > :06:14.this Sunday, Daniel Libeskind says that critics who see the planned
:06:14. > :06:17.design as a shrine to republicans have got it wrong. And he would
:06:17. > :06:24.never be involved in anything that glorifies terrorism. My parents are
:06:24. > :06:27.Holocaust survivors, I was born in a Communist Party, which I dreaded and
:06:27. > :06:33.I had to go to school there. How can I, who embraces democracy, the
:06:33. > :06:38.involved in something as evil as a celebration of terrorism? Who in
:06:38. > :06:42.their right mind would do that? I have full confidence will happen. I
:06:42. > :06:46.have seen a pause button in every project, projects which are very
:06:46. > :06:54.emotional. Bringing peace is not easy, conflict resolution is not
:06:54. > :06:57.easy. Some victims' campaigners have reacted angrily to the architect's
:06:57. > :07:01.comments and want a clear statement on the shelving of the project.
:07:01. > :07:04.Where does this leave the Maze? There are many people in Northern
:07:04. > :07:07.Ireland who just felt that this site was not the proper place to put a
:07:07. > :07:12.Peace Centre, because of its association with the past and
:07:12. > :07:16.because of the retained buildings. It does buildings have been removed
:07:16. > :07:20.from the site and we were looking at a green field, I think people could
:07:20. > :07:24.have lived with that. But not with the retained buildings on site. That
:07:24. > :07:27.has been the problem here. No-one from Sinn Fein was available for
:07:27. > :07:36.interview. Others believe the plan could still go ahead. The Maze and
:07:36. > :07:37.other politics will happen if Peter Robinson stops following those who
:07:37. > :07:44.other politics will happen if Peter shout the loudest and when Sinn Fein
:07:44. > :07:46.recognise the hurt of the relentless promotion of the legitimacy of IRA
:07:46. > :07:49.recognise the hurt of the relentless terrorism and when everybody comes
:07:49. > :07:52.back to the values of being in politics. On the far side of that,
:07:52. > :07:56.much can happen. Meanwhile, little will. Although Daniel Libeskind's
:07:56. > :07:59.comments will give some hope to those who champion the controversial
:07:59. > :08:07.project, the ultimate decision now rests with the politicians. And you
:08:07. > :08:11.can hear that documentary, which is called Building on the Past, on BBC
:08:11. > :08:18.Radio Ulster at 1:30pm on Sunday afternoon. Nine people were injured
:08:18. > :08:22.in a multiple car crash on the Falls Road in Belfast this morning. At
:08:22. > :08:30.least four vehicles were involved in the collision. Claire Savage was at
:08:30. > :08:34.the scene. The scene along the Falls Road this morning told its own
:08:34. > :08:39.story. Dozens of emergency vehicles, even more paramedics,
:08:39. > :08:42.police officers and fire crews. The crash involved for vehicles, some of
:08:42. > :08:46.them were stopped at the traffic lights with the junction of beach
:08:46. > :08:52.might Avenue when it happened. There were cars everywhere and people were
:08:52. > :08:57.in shock. Carnage. It was like something from the Troubles. People
:08:57. > :09:02.were standing about, not knowing what was going on. And the Fire
:09:02. > :09:06.Brigade and amber lenses arrived. The emergency services were quickly
:09:06. > :09:11.on the scene. -- and... . We received a call about the collision
:09:11. > :09:18.at the junction of beach might Avenue and we sent seven vehicles,
:09:18. > :09:22.and some of the patients were seriously injured and have been a
:09:22. > :09:25.number of casualties which have been taken to hospital. At least four
:09:25. > :09:29.people had to be stretchered from the vehicles by emergency services.
:09:29. > :09:34.Investigations are underway to try to establish the exact cause of this
:09:34. > :09:40.accident. Still to come on this evening's programme. We're at
:09:40. > :09:44.Ravenhill, where the Sports Minister will be joining us, and we also have
:09:44. > :09:53.news of another change of management for Rory McIlroy. Two daughters of a
:09:53. > :09:56.Belfast man on trial for raping and abusing their elder half sister have
:09:56. > :10:02.testified that no such abuse ever happened to them. 58-year-old Liam
:10:02. > :10:05.Adams of Bernagh Drive denies ten charges of assaulting his eldest
:10:05. > :10:10.daughter, Aine, when she was a child. Today, both daughters from
:10:10. > :10:12.his second marriage were asked if he had ever abused them. They told the
:10:12. > :10:21.court it had never happened. Both had ever abused them. They told the
:10:21. > :10:25.prosecution and defence cases are now complete and the trial continues
:10:25. > :10:29.next week. The high-profile loyalist Willie Frazer has arrived at a court
:10:29. > :10:34.hearing in Belfast dressed as the Muslim cleric Abu Hamza. Mr Frazer
:10:34. > :10:37.said he was wearing the costume in protest at being charged under
:10:37. > :10:40.legislation which is aimed at curbing militant Islamic preachers.
:10:40. > :10:43.He faces a charge of obstructing traffic, possession of a prohibited
:10:43. > :10:51.weapon and encouraging or assisting an offence to be committed. He will
:10:51. > :10:55.appear in court again next week. A Sinn Fein Special Adviser has been
:10:55. > :10:58.paid thousands of pounds in compensation after losing his job.
:10:58. > :11:01.He was removed from his post under a new law which bans anyone with a
:11:01. > :11:08.serious criminal offence holding such a position. Paul Kavanagh is a
:11:08. > :11:12.serious criminal offence holding former IRA prisoner. He had been an
:11:12. > :11:17.adviser to Martin McGuinness. To explain further, here's our
:11:17. > :11:20.political editor, Mark Devenport. He stopped receiving his wages from the
:11:20. > :11:25.First and Deputy First Minister's Office earlier this month. Why did
:11:25. > :11:31.he get compensation and how much was it? We cannot say for sure but
:11:31. > :11:37.contractually he is entitled to compensation and the reason I cannot
:11:37. > :11:38.say is that the first and Deputy first Ministers office will not
:11:38. > :11:46.discuss individual personnel matters. Sources suggest it could be
:11:46. > :11:51.as much as £60,000 and others say less because he would get six months
:11:51. > :11:55.salary. We know it is into several thousand pounds and one of the
:11:55. > :12:03.curiosities is he still going into work but not been paid through the
:12:03. > :12:08.party purse. He is appealing that removal from his position, which he
:12:08. > :12:14.is allowed to do. How does that square with the new law? He is
:12:14. > :12:19.appealing this and is in a limbo situation because they lasted
:12:19. > :12:22.belated but he would be dismissed two months after coming into force
:12:22. > :12:28.and the appeal is yet to be heard. Sinn Fein make the point that the
:12:28. > :12:30.party is not touching any compensation payment until that
:12:30. > :12:36.appeal has been exhausted. For him to win that, he would have to show
:12:36. > :12:42.that he was resource full about his previous offence, and by Bud Chelsea
:12:42. > :12:48.barracks bombing in 1981, and that he cooperated with police. The MLA
:12:48. > :12:52.who push this through was Jim Allister. You have been getting
:12:52. > :12:55.reaction? It was all to do with the campaign about the Mary Travers case
:12:55. > :12:58.reaction? It was all to do with the and Jim Allister push through this
:12:58. > :13:02.long, working together with her sister. He says that he is happy the
:13:02. > :13:07.long, working together with her law has achieved the same inasmuch
:13:07. > :13:11.as Paul Kavanagh is no longer being paid from the public nurse. Insofar
:13:11. > :13:15.as the appeal is concerned, he says the coming months will tell whether
:13:15. > :13:20.Sinn Fein will challenge this in the courts or whether it is all offhand
:13:20. > :13:26.bluff. He told me that on my radio Ulster programme. Thank you. An MLA
:13:26. > :13:29.who is paying his wife and son around £60,000 a year says he has
:13:29. > :13:32.broken no rules and has done nothing wrong. The DUP's Robin Newton also
:13:32. > :13:37.paid his daughter £13,000 for research work. The man who chairs
:13:37. > :13:43.the body which sets MLA allowances says the arrangements are to be
:13:43. > :13:51.reviewed again next year. Here's our political correspondent, Gareth
:13:51. > :13:54.Gordon. The East Belfast MLA book up this morning to the kind of
:13:54. > :13:59.headlines no politician wants. The issue is a number of family members
:13:59. > :14:04.that he employs. Under one third of MLAs employee a family member. A
:14:04. > :14:07.handful, including Robin Newton, employ more than one and he says
:14:07. > :14:10.under current rules he has done employ more than one and he says
:14:10. > :14:13.nothing wrong. In spite of any perceptions people might have.
:14:13. > :14:16.nothing wrong. In spite of any Everything I have done has been
:14:16. > :14:20.transparent and recorded and every piece of work that I do is approved
:14:20. > :14:25.by the Assembly and approved through the finance committee. If there was
:14:26. > :14:31.anything wrong, I am sure that they would point that out. His wife
:14:31. > :14:35.manages his constituency office and his son, Adam, here in the
:14:35. > :14:45.foreground, is also employed. Together, the burned a ride for in
:14:45. > :14:47.nine years. -- the burned. A further 13,000 pounds went to his daughter
:14:47. > :14:48.for research work that this ended at 13,000 pounds went to his daughter
:14:48. > :14:51.the time that MLAs were required to 13,000 pounds went to his daughter
:14:51. > :14:57.declare all family members receiving payments. She was moving on to
:14:57. > :15:01.another career and I would not have minded employing her on other work
:15:01. > :15:05.but she wanted to improve her prospects with another career. She
:15:05. > :15:12.did not want to continue doing the work. If I wanted to give it a
:15:12. > :15:18.secret, I would have paid in some other way, wouldn't I? She went down
:15:18. > :15:24.with her name and then as a name which is a commendation of her
:15:24. > :15:28.initials. That company exists? That company was to be formed with three
:15:28. > :15:34.other girls that actually did not happen. Recent controversies
:15:34. > :15:38.involving the SDLP MLA Connell McDevitt and Trevor Nunn from the
:15:38. > :15:43.Alliance Party after the Spotlight on MLAs employing relatives. The
:15:43. > :15:46.rules about how many family members MLAs can employ were changed last
:15:46. > :15:52.year and the manic charge of that says it will be reviewed again. --
:15:52. > :15:56.man in charge. There will be a formal consultation next year and
:15:56. > :15:59.all of the expenses, including employment, and the employment of
:15:59. > :16:04.people in general by MLAs, is a matter of concern for us. Those
:16:04. > :16:07.terms and conditions, how they are recruited and all of those issues
:16:07. > :16:12.have somehow been tackled in other legislatures, such as on wheels, and
:16:12. > :16:15.we are very interested in that. It is not only the public who are
:16:15. > :16:19.concerned about Stormont 's finances. The Republic's Finance
:16:19. > :16:22.Minister says the bad bank, NAMA, is re-examining how it might help the
:16:22. > :16:25.economy in Northern Ireland by disposing of more properties under
:16:25. > :16:28.its control. Michael Noonan, who was in Belfast today, was responding to
:16:28. > :16:31.recent criticism by the First Minister Peter Robinson who claimed
:16:31. > :16:45.NAMA was hampering economic growth this side of the border. We will
:16:45. > :16:48.keep the northern authorities fully informed and when I was in Stormont
:16:48. > :16:52.Castle this morning the Peter Robinson, we had conversations along
:16:52. > :16:57.conversations, to agree a way forward. You're watching BBC
:16:57. > :17:04.conversations, to agree a way Newsline - still to come: final
:17:04. > :17:09.preparations are being made for the first ever Belfast Titanic and I can
:17:09. > :17:16.tell you, it is sounding good. -- Tattoo. The Ulster rugby team are in
:17:16. > :17:19.action this evening in the Pro12 League against Italian opponents
:17:19. > :17:27.Treviso. Austin O' Callaghan is there for BBC Newsline. Good
:17:27. > :17:32.evening. Here at Ravenhill, it's less than 20 minutes to kick-off in
:17:32. > :17:38.tonight's Pro12 clash with Treviso. Ulster welcome back Tommy Bowe
:17:38. > :17:43.Andrey Best for a strong team and there are 11 Ireland international
:17:43. > :17:48.is in the Ulster line-up. Ravenhill is taking shape as well. The Sports
:17:48. > :17:56.Minister is here to cast a right over the new facilities. -- Caster
:17:56. > :18:01.I. You must be pleased, given the job of the other projects? The other
:18:01. > :18:05.stadiums will end up looking like this, if not better, in their own
:18:05. > :18:10.right but Ravenhill is wonderful tonight. It looks good and we're not
:18:10. > :18:15.one yet. It is going on the right correction. What do you like? I
:18:15. > :18:20.think it looks moribund, it looks bigger. People look more comfortable
:18:20. > :18:26.and they are happy and they are still supporting Ulster Rugby but it
:18:26. > :18:29.shows that we can achieve. This will look like a world-class facility and
:18:29. > :18:35.rightly so. Soccer supporters will wonder about Ezra Park. It is also
:18:35. > :18:43.reliant on DCAL funding. -- Windsor Park. You have described the recent
:18:43. > :18:47.changes as a retrograde step. Without effective thinking in terms
:18:47. > :18:53.of allowing the cash to flow to the IFA? -- would that affect your
:18:54. > :18:58.thinking. We will deal with those difficulties around governance and
:18:58. > :19:03.take a problem-solving approach. As I believe the IFA are doing. We are
:19:03. > :19:06.going in the right reaction but we are not there. But we are working
:19:06. > :19:11.towards making sure that the money goes into soccer. What happens if
:19:11. > :19:16.you cannot make those changes? We will make those changes. It will
:19:16. > :19:24.happen. It will be achieved. Can I ask you about Casement Park? It also
:19:24. > :19:28.places a couple of hurdles, among them objections from residents.
:19:28. > :19:33.Would it be fair to say that the GAA venue is the one of the biggest
:19:33. > :19:38.challenges? I don't really want to go into the objections at the minute
:19:38. > :19:43.and there is a plan in application and process that is very sensitive.
:19:43. > :19:48.It has a bigger chance because it is a digger venue at the minute. But
:19:48. > :19:52.all of these governing bodies, we have sat for years and worked out
:19:52. > :19:54.our problems and that is what we are going to do, we will do the same
:19:54. > :19:56.our problems and that is what we are thing with soccer and have a good
:19:56. > :20:00.our problems and that is what we are stadium for soccer and a great
:20:00. > :20:05.stadium for GAA. Ravenhill looks the part. Politically, you need Windsor
:20:05. > :20:12.Park to be built and Casement Park? And they will be built. That is the
:20:12. > :20:16.assurance you can give fans? It'll be done, I give my fans the
:20:16. > :20:21.assurance that both soccer and the GAA will have their stadium. Sounds
:20:21. > :20:24.good. An update now on Rory McIlroy. The Holywood golfer has confirmed
:20:24. > :20:26.today that he has terminated his contract with the current management
:20:27. > :20:30.group, Horizon Sports, with the details of the termination in the
:20:30. > :20:36.hands of lawyers. It is his second change of management in little under
:20:36. > :20:37.two years. The golfer's business interests will now be managed by
:20:37. > :20:40.two years. The golfer's business Rory McIlroy Incorporated, run by a
:20:40. > :20:43.board which includes his father, Gerry. McIlroy has had an
:20:43. > :20:46.indifferent year by his previous high standards and failed to qualify
:20:46. > :20:48.for the final of the PGA Championship last week, knocking him
:20:48. > :20:58.for the final of the PGA down to number six in the world.
:20:58. > :21:02.Onto football. The Danske Bank leaders, Glenavan, face a trip to
:21:02. > :21:04.Crusaders tomorrow. Second-placed Portadown play Glentoran. And it's a
:21:04. > :21:08.Crusaders tomorrow. Second-placed sign of changed times in the Irish
:21:08. > :21:15.League to have two Armagh clubs leading the way. It is good for
:21:15. > :21:21.mid-Ulster foot or that Glenavan and ourselves are challenging. I hope we
:21:21. > :21:28.can sustain it. We are one of the top teams in this league and people
:21:28. > :21:32.are starting to see that. We will not get carried away. At the end of
:21:32. > :21:38.the season, the table does not lie. All the football results tomorrow
:21:38. > :21:41.the season, the table does not lie. from 5:00pm on Final Score on BBC
:21:41. > :21:44.One. The Belfast Giants face a big match this weekend away to the
:21:44. > :21:47.Nottingham Panthers, the reigning Elite League champions. And for the
:21:47. > :21:51.Giants' new head coach, it will probably feel a little odd being in
:21:51. > :21:55.the away dressing room, as Nigel Ringland explains. Games between the
:21:55. > :22:00.Giants and the Panthers are always feisty. There is added spice
:22:00. > :22:03.tomorrow as Belfast are led to a man who spent the majority of his career
:22:03. > :22:12.as a player and coach in Nottingham. It is a tough crowd. There is no in
:22:12. > :22:20.between. You're either a hero or a bomb. I got used to that quickly.
:22:20. > :22:23.That is the job we have. We will go in there and we know the crowd will
:22:23. > :22:29.be tough on us, trying to stir us up. But we will be smart. We will
:22:29. > :22:30.keep focus. The Giants travel without their captain, who was
:22:30. > :22:36.serving a suspension, and they face without their captain, who was
:22:36. > :22:42.a tough examination. You do find out. In this league, you have two
:22:42. > :22:46.give for every game because of the type of league it is and anybody can
:22:46. > :22:55.beat anybody. There is extra excitement when you play them, they
:22:55. > :22:58.are a top team to beat. Wedding in Nottingham would be a telling
:22:58. > :23:06.psychological blow by the Giants early in the title race. Good luck
:23:06. > :23:07.to them on and ladies in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.
:23:07. > :23:09.to them on and ladies in the Finally, a reminder that there's
:23:09. > :23:16.live coverage of Ulster against Treviso immediately after this
:23:16. > :23:19.programme over on BBC Two. -- the Monaghan ladies. The first-ever
:23:19. > :23:20.Tattoo begins tonight in Belfast. Think pipes, drums, dancers and
:23:20. > :23:23.singers. Two nights of entertainment Think pipes, drums, dancers and
:23:23. > :23:27.with a cast of about 500. The origins lie with military parades
:23:27. > :23:30.and the most famous is the annual event in Edinburgh. But the Belfast
:23:30. > :23:33.Tattoo will showcase a much wider musical talent. Mark Simpson was at
:23:33. > :23:38.the Odyssey Arena this afternoon for rehearsals. The Odyssey Arena has
:23:38. > :23:44.seen some events in its time. Coldplay, one direction. But nothing
:23:44. > :23:48.like this - the first Tattoo. Some rehearsals taking place. There were
:23:48. > :24:00.other rehearsals earlier. Let's have a quick look. That was impressive.
:24:00. > :24:04.Let's speak to the woman who put it all together. Michelle Johnson, the
:24:04. > :24:10.choreographer. These goals have to be pretty fit? Really fit. We have
:24:10. > :24:14.got to dance on items and they are longer than regular competition. We
:24:14. > :24:20.are jazzing things up and making it faster paced. How long have you been
:24:20. > :24:23.rehearsing? Since April. And that was just with the dancers meeting
:24:23. > :24:28.other dancers for the first time. Before that, we had preparations
:24:28. > :24:33.with auditions and a selection process as well. Where are the girls
:24:33. > :24:38.from? All over the place. The furthest is from Dublin. They have
:24:38. > :24:45.travelled from far-away. Good luck tonight. Break a leg. Can you say
:24:45. > :24:52.that? ! I hate to interrupt the pipes but can we have a quick word?
:24:52. > :24:56.What sort of music can be expected? There is a real mix of traditional
:24:56. > :25:00.music and some contemporary music. The flute bands and accordion bands
:25:00. > :25:06.and pipe bands, a massive spectacle of all types. You are the musical
:25:06. > :25:11.director, will you play yourself? I will be doing the piping for the
:25:11. > :25:15.dancing and the lone piper up their ad the end of the show. We
:25:15. > :25:18.appreciate that. I hope you are not afraid of heights. I tell you what,
:25:18. > :25:22.appreciate that. I hope you are not never mind the heights, down at the
:25:22. > :25:28.bottom, my toes tapping and everybody's tools will be tapping in
:25:28. > :25:35.the Odyssey Arena this weekend. The weather is next with Geoff.
:25:35. > :25:41.It has been a grey wig but finally, this evenly, we have seen the first
:25:41. > :25:47.It has been a grey wig but finally, signs of whiteness. Plenty of cloud
:25:47. > :25:52.the seasoning and means it is another mild night with those of 11
:25:53. > :25:58.degrees. Tomorrow we shall see the change. A brighter feel to the
:25:59. > :26:02.weather, staying mainly dry for the day but we shall start to see the
:26:02. > :26:08.sunshine perhaps. If you whole is getting punched into that blanket of
:26:08. > :26:14.cloud. It means temperatures will be quite reasonable through the day.
:26:14. > :26:20.Into the high teens. Feeling warmer than you would expect for this time
:26:20. > :26:23.of year. Very pleasant indeed. As we go into the evening as well, it
:26:23. > :26:29.means it will be another dry if running and another mild night
:26:29. > :26:33.overnight. Temperatures down to 10 degrees or so. A very pleasant
:26:33. > :26:36.weekend in prospect. After a week of degrees or so. A very pleasant
:26:36. > :26:41.looking at skies like this, Sunday in particular is going to be much
:26:41. > :26:48.brighter. Just look at this. We have not seen this for a very long time.
:26:48. > :26:54.We lose the temperature a little but we gain in those brighter skies. It
:26:54. > :26:58.will be a very nice day, a day to get out and make the most of it.
:26:58. > :27:05.Take a few pictures and send them to us. You might want to head into town
:27:05. > :27:11.on Sunday as well. It is well fast day at City Hall, a celebration of
:27:11. > :27:17.multicultural heritage. And it will be a very nice day, ice of 19
:27:17. > :27:21.degrees. Weather over the next few days as a battle between
:27:21. > :27:25.low-pressure and the high pressure to the east of us. That is winning
:27:25. > :27:30.the battle for the weekend. It starts to go downhill by Monday and
:27:30. > :27:35.Tuesday and it is getting breezy as well. 19 degrees! Our late summery
:27:35. > :27:39.is at 10:25pm. You can also keep in well. 19 degrees! Our late summery
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