:00:14. > :00:25.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:25. > :00:35.Fein president, is found guilty of raping his daughter more than 30
:00:35. > :00:39.years ago. One of the mess bridge stooges cycling races is coming here
:00:39. > :00:42.next year. -- one of the most prestigious races is coming here
:00:42. > :00:49.next year. Face-to-face with the drugs problem in our prisons. I went
:00:49. > :00:55.into the cell. The smell was quite strong. The young man was of his
:00:55. > :00:59.head. The Dungannon woman accused of drug smuggling is in court again.
:00:59. > :01:05.The latest from our reporter in Peru. The European Cup in turmoil.
:01:05. > :01:09.We hear what the Irish provinces make of the current rugby crisis.
:01:09. > :01:12.And a damp old start to October with more heavy rain in the forecast over
:01:12. > :01:21.the next couple of days, bringing the threat of localised flooding.
:01:21. > :01:24.First, our main story, and the brother of the Sinn Fein President
:01:24. > :01:28.Gerry Adams has been found guilty of raping and abusing a daughter more
:01:28. > :01:31.than 30 years ago. 58-year-old Liam Adams from Belfast had denied ten
:01:31. > :01:34.charges of rape, indecent assault and gross indecency against his
:01:34. > :01:40.daughter Aine, who had waived her right to anonymity. Today, a jury
:01:40. > :01:49.decided he was guilty of all of them. Will Leitch was in the court
:01:49. > :01:53.for BBC Newsline. Liam Adams walk through the morning
:01:53. > :01:57.rain into court in Belfast, knowing the jury would be trying to decide
:01:57. > :02:03.if he had raped and sexually assaulted his daughter on your Adams
:02:03. > :02:09.when she was less than ten, from 1977 to 1983. She had told her
:02:09. > :02:13.mother Sally about it in 1996 and a statement was made in 1987. That was
:02:13. > :02:23.never pursued. They'd confronted Liam Adams that March. Liam's elder
:02:23. > :02:28.brother confronted him, too. Liam Adams denied it. He denied it when
:02:28. > :02:32.the police arrested him in 2007 in connection with these allegations.
:02:32. > :02:38.He fought extradition from the Irish Republic to Northern Ireland in
:02:38. > :02:43.2011. He denied it in court this year. And he denied it consistently
:02:43. > :02:48.during this trial. For his part, Gerry Adams had publicly supported
:02:48. > :02:53.his niece. In an earlier trial this year, he had testified. But Gerry
:02:53. > :02:57.Adams was not called as a witness in this trial. Liam Adams knew that the
:02:57. > :03:01.jury would be deciding if they believed his denials and the defence
:03:01. > :03:06.case. They didn't. After four hours and ten minutes, the jury returned
:03:06. > :03:16.to court as the ten counts were read out, the foreman said each time,
:03:16. > :03:21."guilty." As Aine and her family held hands and sobbed, the judge
:03:21. > :03:25.ordered Liam Adams to be so down. Aine was accompanied by her family
:03:25. > :03:30.as the police officer in front of the reporters read out a statement.
:03:30. > :03:36.I do not think this is a celebration. It has caused anguish
:03:36. > :03:39.to all of those involved. I can now begin my life at 40. And later
:03:39. > :03:43.arrested the memory of the five-year-old girl who was abused.
:03:43. > :03:48.In the year since all of this began, Liam Adams split from his first wife
:03:48. > :03:52.and, despite some meetings over the years, is largely estranged from the
:03:52. > :03:54.children of that marriage. He has been remanded in custody for
:03:54. > :03:59.presentence reports. His daughter been remanded in custody for
:03:59. > :04:03.Aine has said she wanted a father to admit to what he had done. A mother
:04:03. > :04:09.herself, she will be picking up the pieces and going on with her life.
:04:09. > :04:13.Her father will be paying the price for the way he lighted it. -- for
:04:14. > :04:17.the way he lighted it. This case drew in the Sinn Fein
:04:17. > :04:20.leader and shone a spotlight the Adams family. Unlike the first
:04:20. > :04:24.trial, this time Gerry Adams did not appear in the witness box. From the
:04:24. > :04:26.point his niece made her allegations until today's verdict, the affair
:04:27. > :04:30.has over-shadowed the family of Ireland's longest serving political
:04:30. > :04:32.leader. Our correspondent Shane Harrison has been looking at some of
:04:32. > :04:41.leader. Our correspondent Shane the issues raised.
:04:41. > :04:47.The funeral of Gerry Adams senior and a show of family and political
:04:47. > :04:51.unity. But Gerry Adams Junior, the president of Sinn Fein, had been
:04:51. > :04:58.aware for some time of two very dark family secrets. Since 1987, that his
:04:58. > :05:03.brother Liam had sexually abused his young daughter, Aine, and since the
:05:03. > :05:12.1990s, that his father was also an abuser. In 2009, the Sinn Fein
:05:12. > :05:18.leader went public. In the Court of dealing with the issue of Aine and
:05:18. > :05:27.the injustice done to her, a family member told me that they had been
:05:27. > :05:35.abused. And I immediately brought all my siblings together. And we
:05:35. > :05:42.tried to deal with that. Then I went and spoke to my father about it. I
:05:42. > :05:49.confronted him. The nature of the abuse by your father, what was it?
:05:49. > :05:56.It was physical. It was psychological and emotional. And it
:05:56. > :06:02.was sexual. And one of the big questions is why didn't I notice
:06:02. > :06:11.it? Brothers, sisters? I don't want to deal with the detail. The Sinn
:06:11. > :06:15.Fein leader made those remarks at a time when his brother had fled south
:06:15. > :06:21.to avoid charges of sexually abusing his daughter, Aine. Liam Adams was
:06:21. > :06:24.later extradited. It was here on a rainy day while out for a walk in
:06:24. > :06:28.later extradited. It was here on a 2000 that Gerry Adams says his
:06:28. > :06:32.brother confessed to sexually abusing his daughter, but claimed it
:06:32. > :06:37.only happened once. Seven years later, the Sinn Fein leader, after
:06:37. > :06:41.his party had voted to accept the PSNI, made his first statement to
:06:41. > :06:45.the police about the abuse allegation. He left in self open to
:06:45. > :06:49.the accusation of withholding information. It wasn't until 2009,
:06:49. > :06:52.nine years after that Liam Adams information. It wasn't until 2009,
:06:52. > :06:57.reported admission, that Gerry Adams, in a second statement, told
:06:57. > :07:04.the police that his brother had confessed. He said he didn't see
:07:04. > :07:12.Liam Adams as a danger to children. All I know is that my concern was to
:07:12. > :07:14.ensure that nobody else was going to be abused, that those who had been
:07:14. > :07:22.ensure that nobody else was going to abused had all the support they
:07:22. > :07:27.needed, and it wasn't up to me to be the person who decides what course
:07:27. > :07:30.of action to take. They had to take their own decision. In the years
:07:30. > :07:34.since Liam Adams reported admission to his brother, he worked at youth
:07:34. > :07:41.centres in west Belfast where Gerry Adams was the MP, and Dundalk, and
:07:41. > :07:43.the centre said that they were unaware of the allegations and that
:07:43. > :07:47.the centre said that they were he had been police checked. They say
:07:47. > :07:52.they were also unaware of Liam Adams reported admission to his brother
:07:52. > :07:56.that he was a child sex abuser. Gerry Adams says that because of
:07:56. > :08:02.Aine's accusation, she was estranged from his brother. And, that without
:08:02. > :08:04.telling people why, he moved quickly to get him expelled from Sinn Fein.
:08:04. > :08:07.During the first court case, Gerry to get him expelled from Sinn Fein.
:08:07. > :08:12.Adams was shown several photographs of himself and his brother together.
:08:12. > :08:16.He was asked about several references to Liam Adams in his
:08:16. > :08:20.autobiography. The Sinn Fein leader denied lying about the extent of
:08:20. > :08:25.their dealings, saying he had never said there was no contact. Liam
:08:25. > :08:30.Adams at also not been expelled from Sinn Fein but was photographed and
:08:30. > :08:35.written about in various articles in Dundalk and was involved in the
:08:35. > :08:37.party in West Belfast. Gerry Adams has said he was unaware of his
:08:37. > :08:42.party in West Belfast. Gerry Adams brother's Sinn Fein involvement in
:08:42. > :08:45.the city, which she described as deplorable and reprehensible. The
:08:45. > :08:51.first case collapsed for legal reasons in April. It is unlikely the
:08:51. > :08:55.Sinn Fein leader will suffer at the polls. Most will probably see the
:08:55. > :08:59.case as a family trauma. There is little question, though, that the
:08:59. > :09:05.person who has suffered most trauma is the victim, the young girl whose
:09:05. > :09:11.private torments to centre stage. The eyes of the cycling world will
:09:11. > :09:14.be on Northern Ireland next May when the prestigious Giro d'Italia rolls
:09:14. > :09:19.into town for its spectacular opening stages. The route is due to
:09:19. > :09:22.be officially unveiled in Milan next week, but BBC News has exclusive
:09:22. > :09:27.details of the proposed circuit which moves from Belfast to Dublin
:09:27. > :09:31.over three days. Day one and it's the grand opening. The race leaves
:09:31. > :09:35.the Titanic visitor centre, up the Newtownards Road, to Stormont. And
:09:35. > :09:40.then the 22 kilometre time trial finishes at the City Hall. Day two
:09:40. > :09:46.and the riders head north towards the Giant's Causeway via Ballymena.
:09:46. > :09:50.They return to Belfast along the Antrim Coast Road. Stage 3, the
:09:50. > :09:52.final day, and the route takes the cyclists from Armagh along a 187
:09:52. > :09:58.final day, and the route takes the kilometre stage across the border
:09:58. > :10:04.and ending up in Dublin. Kevin Magee has the full story.
:10:04. > :10:08.has the The Giro d'Italia is one of the most
:10:08. > :10:12.famous cycle races in the world and it begins in Northern Ireland next
:10:12. > :10:19.May. The final route is due to be announced next week but here is a
:10:19. > :10:24.cyclist side view of where the rich will go. We begin at the Titanic
:10:24. > :10:31.building. It moves up to Newtownards Road, around the Stormont, and back
:10:31. > :10:36.again into the city centre. A former champion cyclist owns a cycling shop
:10:36. > :10:41.Newtownards Road. Would he have ever thought he would see the Giro
:10:41. > :10:48.d'Italia? Never, in a million years. I've been in Italy, and I've seen
:10:48. > :10:54.the Giro d'Italia, and they get -- and to get a part of it, it's
:10:54. > :10:57.unbelievable. It's not going to be a bunch of cyclists going through.
:10:57. > :11:02.These are some of the top pros in the world and it's unbelievable for
:11:02. > :11:05.the people of Northern Ireland, for the Northern Ireland economy, for
:11:05. > :11:10.tourism to be able to see our country that can support something
:11:10. > :11:15.like this. They too will be a gruelling 200 kilometre circuit from
:11:15. > :11:18.Belfast to Bushmills, taking the Giant's Causeway before returning
:11:18. > :11:23.back down, through Lan and Carrickfergus back to both fast. Day
:11:23. > :11:27.three, a cross-border section begins in Armagh, crossing and fall kills
:11:27. > :11:33.before moving on to Dublin and home to Naples. Such is the interest in
:11:33. > :11:38.the pink jersey, the grand opening in Belfast could be viewed in more
:11:38. > :11:42.than 150 countries in the world. The riders will get a good few of the
:11:43. > :11:47.east of the city on the first aid. The race will go up and down the
:11:47. > :11:52.Newtownards Road. Not everybody is happy with the route. The MP for
:11:52. > :11:58.West Belfast says his constituency is being ignored. I think it is very
:11:58. > :12:04.unfair that West Belfast is not going to be touched. We live in this
:12:04. > :12:07.part of city, lots of visitors come here every single week to look at
:12:07. > :12:12.the whole culture of this part of the city. Yet, we are excluded. The
:12:12. > :12:14.US to look at the whole culture of this part of the city. Yet, we are
:12:14. > :12:22.excluded. The still the South down. this part of the city. Yet, we are
:12:22. > :12:28.-- the SDLP called. It is the organisers who determine the route.
:12:28. > :12:34.McCollum has made another appearance in court in Peru accused of trying
:12:34. > :12:37.to smuggle £1.5 million worth of cocaine out of the country. The
:12:38. > :12:40.20-year-old and her Scottish friend pleaded guilty to the charges last
:12:40. > :12:44.week, hoping their admission would get any prospective prison sentence
:12:44. > :12:47.reduced. But the prosecutors said they were not satisfied with their
:12:47. > :12:52.pleas and asked for today's hearing to give them the chance to make a
:12:52. > :12:56.more complete confession. Dan Collyns is reporting from the
:12:56. > :13:11.Peruvian capital Lima for us. What happened at today's hearing? Well,
:13:11. > :13:15.as we understand it, the hearing is still taking place. This is the
:13:15. > :13:19.third court hearing for these two young women, and it is being held in
:13:19. > :13:23.this present behind me. It is a private hearing and there is no
:13:23. > :13:26.access to the press or public. These two women are being cross-examined
:13:26. > :13:31.by a judge about their guilty pleas which they gave last Tuesday, and
:13:31. > :13:35.those keys have been called into question by prosecutors who are
:13:35. > :13:36.asking for more information, and are particularly questioning the version
:13:36. > :13:40.of events they gave in August soon particularly questioning the version
:13:40. > :13:44.after their arrest, in which they talk about being the worst by an
:13:44. > :13:54.armed gang in I be the and being forced to carry the cocaine. What do
:13:54. > :13:59.you think is going to happen next? Based on what happened today, and we
:13:59. > :14:04.have not been given any information about what the judge has decided,
:14:04. > :14:08.this will be crucial for these young women. We may see a sentencing
:14:08. > :14:12.hearing later this month. It may take longer. The judge may ask for
:14:12. > :14:18.more court hearings to hear more evidence but this is extremely
:14:18. > :14:24.important. If the guilty pleas are accepted, they could get a reduced
:14:25. > :14:29.sentence. If this is an accepted, eight years would be reduced to six
:14:30. > :14:34.years and eight months. Still ahead on the programme: Find
:14:34. > :14:42.out why it was an historic day for Markethill's cattle mart.
:14:43. > :14:55.offender's prison in Belfast. The Criminal Justice Inspector Brendan
:14:55. > :14:58.McGuigan says that, after eight Criminal Justice Inspector Brendan
:14:58. > :15:00.years, he is raising many of the same issues with prison management,
:15:00. > :15:02.years, he is raising many of the including excessive strip searching
:15:02. > :15:04.of women and its approach to tackling drugs. As our Home Affairs
:15:05. > :15:07.Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports, during one visit the
:15:07. > :15:19.inspector saw for himself the extent of the drugs problem.
:15:19. > :15:24.A new director general and new recruits were hailed as a bright new
:15:24. > :15:29.future for the prison service, but many of the same old problems
:15:29. > :15:33.remain. Just over 180 young men and up to 70 women are held at separate
:15:33. > :15:39.facilities. When inspectors visited in February, they were far from
:15:39. > :15:43.impressed. Disappointed and frustrated with the inspection
:15:43. > :15:47.because we did not see the improvements that we would have
:15:47. > :15:52.because we did not see the hoped for. In 2011 we believed that
:15:52. > :15:58.the prisons had turned a corner, but actually on this inspection we found
:15:58. > :16:02.they had regressed. Report published today make a combined 156
:16:02. > :16:07.recommendations for improvement. Criticisms include a failure to
:16:07. > :16:11.learn lessons from deaths in custody, and what is called
:16:11. > :16:14.excessive strip searching of women prisoners. The director-general of
:16:15. > :16:20.the prison service says that issue has been addressed. We have stopped
:16:20. > :16:25.the routine strip searching of women prisoners. We now strip search women
:16:25. > :16:31.prisoners on a risk basis, so where we think there is a need to do that.
:16:31. > :16:34.We no longer do it routinely, so we have addressed that recommendation.
:16:34. > :16:38.There is also criticism of the approach to tackling the drugs
:16:38. > :16:43.problem in the two prisons. The inspectorate had first-hand
:16:43. > :16:46.experience during their visit. We visited the segregation unit. Staff
:16:46. > :16:52.at that stage were dealing with a young man who they had found smoking
:16:52. > :16:56.dope. I went into the cell and the smell was quite strong, and the
:16:56. > :17:02.dope. I went into the cell and the young man was of his head. I spoke
:17:02. > :17:08.to him, I asked him why he was in the segregation unit. He was in it
:17:08. > :17:11.for abusing drugs. I asked why he continued to abuse drugs, and he
:17:11. > :17:15.indicated that this was the only way he could get through his time at the
:17:16. > :17:19.prison. The prison service says tackling the drugs problem is a
:17:19. > :17:23.priority, and that steps have already been taken in response to
:17:23. > :17:27.what the inspectorate said. When it comes to reports criticising the
:17:27. > :17:31.prison service here, it is like a case of deja vu. The two published
:17:31. > :17:35.today are the latest in a long line of such reports. Each time, the
:17:35. > :17:40.prison service says it will address the issues raised. Sue McAllister
:17:40. > :17:43.says she believes the new management team will ensure a more positive
:17:43. > :17:48.outcome the next and the inspectorate visits. We now have in
:17:48. > :17:52.place a brand-new management team, including a new governor and Deputy
:17:52. > :17:56.Governor. I have every confidence that in the next 12 months we will
:17:56. > :18:01.be able to demonstrate real tangible, lasting improvements.
:18:01. > :18:05.Inspectorate plan to return in the near future to assess progress.
:18:05. > :18:07.11 men have appeared in court charged with arson following a fire
:18:07. > :18:10.at a house in Dungannon on Friday charged with arson following a fire
:18:10. > :18:13.night. They are charged with entering a property in the
:18:13. > :18:15.Springdale estate in Dungannon armed with baseball bats and setting fire
:18:15. > :18:19.Springdale estate in Dungannon armed to the house. The men who are from
:18:19. > :18:22.Poland have been living in Dublin. A police officer said he believed the
:18:22. > :18:24.attack was the result of dispute between two groups in the Polish
:18:24. > :18:28.community. Bail was refused and the men were remanded in custody.
:18:28. > :18:30.They're due in court again later this month.
:18:30. > :18:34.The SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell says his party deeply regrets any
:18:34. > :18:36.hurt and distress caused by the actions of its councillors in
:18:36. > :18:40.supporting the naming of a Newry play park after IRA hunger striker
:18:40. > :18:42.Raymond McCreesh. Speaking during an Assembly debate on local government,
:18:42. > :18:45.Dr McDonnell said the play park had Assembly debate on local government,
:18:45. > :18:49.been known by the hunger striker's name for a decade, but what might
:18:49. > :18:59.have been understandable in local terms wasn't in wider terms.
:18:59. > :19:03.Our representatives acted entirely terms wasn't in wider terms.
:19:03. > :19:05.in good faith. It was not in their thinking or their intention to cause
:19:05. > :19:12.any hurt to anyone, and yet hurt and distress was called the macro
:19:12. > :19:15.course. The SDLP deeply regret that. We're familiar with out of town
:19:16. > :19:19.developments and their impact on our town centres. Well, in County Armagh
:19:19. > :19:23.today, for the first time in its history, Markethill was without a
:19:23. > :19:25.market at its heart. The famous sale yard has moved to a new site a
:19:25. > :19:41.couple of miles away. Gordon Adair the surroundings might be new, but
:19:41. > :19:48.the trade is old, familiar, and this morning, brisk. These are the first
:19:48. > :19:54.animals to be sold in Markethill's Newmarket. The thing about it,
:19:54. > :19:59.though, is that it is not in Markethill. Sites like this make
:19:59. > :20:03.sense. I suppose you could look at it that this is like an out-of-town
:20:04. > :20:09.shopping centre, but hopefully it will leave a bit more room for
:20:09. > :20:12.traders in the town. Tuesday is used to mean hustle, bustle and some
:20:12. > :20:23.would say Kate Russell for Markethill. Today, there was nothing
:20:23. > :20:27.but an eerie quiet. It is as if we have lost something. As kids, we
:20:27. > :20:39.would look around and see the animals. Farmers, they do many
:20:39. > :20:43.things. It has hit this town hard. There was an issue with many people
:20:43. > :20:47.trying to get parked, to get their children home from school, but you
:20:47. > :20:55.know, we have two depend on the farmer. The farmer is the person who
:20:55. > :21:01.gives us our food to live. If they can't get a book into the mart to
:21:01. > :21:08.turn it into beef on the counter, you know, it is a bit short-sighted.
:21:08. > :21:15.The mart will be missed in the town. The fact that we have left and a few
:21:15. > :21:18.months ago the bank closed at the top of the town, that created
:21:18. > :21:24.footfall in the town, which I think will be missed. Whatever the rights
:21:24. > :21:28.and wrongs of the move, one thing is for certain, it is the end of an era
:21:28. > :21:36.for this rural town, and the beginning of a new one for its
:21:36. > :21:42.farmers. With the latest on the Postel big
:21:42. > :21:43.change facing European rugby's top club competition, the Heineken club,
:21:43. > :21:52.Stephen Watson is here. All we know at this stage is that
:21:52. > :21:56.the Heineken Cup will go ahead this season. What format it takes after
:21:56. > :21:59.that is still very much up in the air. The French and English clubs
:21:59. > :22:03.are threatening to break away to form a new tournament. They want a
:22:03. > :22:06.bigger share of the teams involved and revenue. But the current
:22:06. > :22:11.uncertainty is a distraction for the players, as Nikki Gregg reports.
:22:11. > :22:15.This is a Heineken Cup loans with a difference. For once, the debate is
:22:15. > :22:19.not about favourites, upsets, or who will be lifting silverware in
:22:20. > :22:23.Cardiff next May, but whether the competition has a future.
:22:23. > :22:27.Anglo-French plans for a breakaway tournament are gathering momentum.
:22:27. > :22:30.It comes at a time when Irish provinces are negotiating new
:22:30. > :22:34.contracts, and the task of holding on to star players and attracting
:22:34. > :22:37.new signings is not being helped by uncertainty in Europe. It will have
:22:37. > :22:42.new signings is not being helped by an influence. You want to play
:22:42. > :22:46.against the best in the world, and if you are not going to get that
:22:46. > :22:50.opportunity, it takes a bit away from you as a player and what you
:22:50. > :22:53.want to achieve. The Heineken cup is a big part of the northern
:22:53. > :22:56.hemisphere rugby and it is recognised worldwide. You want to
:22:56. > :23:06.have a good European competition that complement the competition.
:23:06. > :23:10.Hopefully this will be resolved. The English and French clubs argue that
:23:10. > :23:15.it is easier for Celtic and Italian side to qualify for the existing
:23:15. > :23:19.opposition. There is also disagreement about how revenue is
:23:19. > :23:23.spent. Leinster manager was previously in charge of the Tigers,
:23:23. > :23:28.and he says these issues have caused great frustration. It has always
:23:28. > :23:35.been an issue for the English clubs. That was bandied around when
:23:35. > :23:39.I was at Leinster. If we can tidy that up, we can work out who is
:23:39. > :23:42.guaranteed, who is deserving of being in the top tournament, and
:23:42. > :23:47.then it should be pretty easy to find solutions from that point on.
:23:47. > :23:50.Today, the chief executive urged all parties to get around the table for
:23:50. > :23:54.talks that will be held in Dublin later this month. He insists that
:23:54. > :23:58.all sites must be willing to negotiate. The big Western is,
:23:58. > :24:01.whether officials in France and England are still listening. -- the
:24:01. > :24:04.big question is. Frank Dawson has resigned as the
:24:04. > :24:08.manager of the Antrim gaelic football team after just one season
:24:08. > :24:11.in charge. Antrim were relegated to Division Four of the Football League
:24:11. > :24:12.and lost both their championship outings this year. Dawson had been
:24:12. > :24:16.given a second season in charge by outings this year. Dawson had been
:24:16. > :24:19.the county board in August. Today, he said he stepped down reluctantly
:24:19. > :24:32.but said he felt the county board's ambitions did not match his own.
:24:32. > :24:35.A year ago, Celtic beat Barcelona in one of the biggest upsets in the
:24:35. > :24:37.Champions League. Today, that Catalan giants are welcomed back to
:24:37. > :24:43.Glasgow in the same conversation, but the Barcelona line-up will not
:24:44. > :24:46.include their superstar who is injured.
:24:46. > :24:50.Jonathan Rea confirmed today that he's staying with his Honda team for
:24:50. > :24:53.the World Superbike next season. Rea is currently recovering from a
:24:53. > :24:56.broken leg he sustained while racing in Germany last month. He was lying
:24:56. > :24:57.seventh in the championship before that injury.
:24:57. > :25:00.Meanwhile, title challenger Eugene Laverty has confirmed to BBC
:25:00. > :25:04.Newsline that he's holding talks with Ducati about a possible switch
:25:04. > :25:06.up to MotoGP in 2014. He's also been looking at that option with his
:25:06. > :25:23.current team Aprilia. Here's Angie with the weather
:25:23. > :25:29.forecast. Welcome to October. It really has
:25:29. > :25:34.been a dismal start to the month, and we are not out of the woods yet.
:25:34. > :25:38.Over the next couple of days, there is more rain in the forecast, and
:25:38. > :25:44.places it is going to be fairly heavy, and the winds are going to be
:25:44. > :25:46.a feature as well. Certainly those wins today, particularly across
:25:47. > :25:54.parts of the East Coast, were a feature today. Of course, they have
:25:54. > :25:57.been feeding in those bands of showery rain throughout the course
:25:57. > :26:00.of the day too. They did ease for a little while in the afternoon, we
:26:00. > :26:05.have if you cluster starting to develop once again, so this evening
:26:05. > :26:11.is overcast, breezy and damp. We are just watching that rain, which may
:26:11. > :26:13.tempt more persistent and heavy across many parts through the night.
:26:13. > :26:15.tempt more persistent and heavy The East will be mostly in the
:26:15. > :26:18.tempt more persistent and heavy firing line. We are talking Antrim,
:26:18. > :26:23.through Belfast, down into County Armagh. They could be seen up to 30
:26:24. > :26:28.millimetres in some areas through the night. The Met office has issued
:26:28. > :26:33.a cautionary rain warning. Big puddles and standing water on the
:26:33. > :26:38.roads, and a risk of localised flooding as we head into the morning
:26:38. > :26:41.rush hour for some. It'll be a windy day tomorrow, and pretty wet at
:26:41. > :26:45.times. As we have already established, the wettest areas will
:26:45. > :26:49.be in the morning. The West may get off to a dry start. By the time we
:26:50. > :26:54.get too late morning, into the afternoon, even in the west we may
:26:54. > :26:58.get some heavy showers developing. They are tracking eastwards, so
:26:58. > :27:07.again the East areas will get bits and pieces of rain throughout the
:27:07. > :27:10.day. A brisk southeasterly winds. Meanwhile, as those showers clear
:27:10. > :27:15.from the west, we may see something a little bit brighter later in the
:27:15. > :27:18.day, and the highs could reach 18 degrees. Still unsettled into
:27:18. > :27:24.tomorrow night, and once again, the East looks like it is in the firing
:27:24. > :27:29.line. All of us are at risk of some heavy spells of rain as we head into
:27:29. > :27:32.Thursday, and those wins are still strong. But that could be the end of
:27:33. > :27:34.it, and once it is for Friday, particular for the weekend, it is
:27:34. > :27:38.looking more cheery. particular for the weekend, it is
:27:38. > :27:42.Our late summary is at 10:25pm. You can also keep in contact with us via
:27:42. > :27:44.Facebook and Twitter. From BBC Newsline, good night.