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staying. Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. The DUP Health | :00:13. | :00:20. | |
Minister criticises Gerry Adams over his brother's rape case - he accuses | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
the Sinn Fein president of letting his niece down. The Constable | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
Stephen Carroll murder - the two convicted men begin their appeal. A | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
reckless act - criticism of the vandal who threw life belts from the | :00:33. | :00:43. | |
Peace Bridge into the River Foyle. Where are the most fines issued for | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
driving a bus lanes? I will have the answer. The South African rugby star | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
Ruan Pienaar commits his future to Ulster - we have an exclusive | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
interview. Join me live for the details. And if you thought it was | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
fresher today, tomorrow could be a details. And if you thought it was | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
real shock to the system. It'll be feeling even colder! | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
We begin with the latest on the controversy surrounding Gerry Adams | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
and the questions that continue to be asked about his role in the case | :01:08. | :01:24. | |
of his brother, Liam. Last week, Liam Adams was convicted of raping | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
and abusing his eldest daughter, Aine. Gerry Adams had testified that | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
his brother confessed to him in the year 2000 but the Sinn Fein | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
President didn't tell the police that for nine years. This afternoon, | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
the Health Minister called for the police's handling of the case to be | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
examined by the Ombudsman. Mark Devenport is at Stormont. The office | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
has confirmed that it has received a complaint. Strong words from the | :01:45. | :01:52. | |
Health Minister. What did he say? Yes, strong words, capturing | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
Question Time this afternoon and first of all, when the issue of | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
child abuse was raised in general he said the should be zero tolerance | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
child abuse was raised in general he towards child abuse and he | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
challenged Sinn Fein politicians and called upon a Catholic cardinal to | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
consider his position to step up to the mark and then he got more | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
specific about the case of Gerry Adams and his brother. On the Adams | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
was let down by the RUC and was let down by her uncle, Gerry Adams. And | :02:23. | :02:30. | |
she was let down by the PSNI. I welcome the fact that there was a | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
she was let down by the PSNI. I conviction in that case and the good | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
work that was carried out. And by the Public Prosecution Service. In | :02:37. | :02:44. | |
bringing Liam Adams to justice. But I do think that when it comes to the | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
bringing Liam Adams to justice. But other issue of the cover-up, the | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
PSNI have got questions to answer. And they need to have those | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
questions answered in a very public way and that is why I believe that | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
the Police Ombudsman needs to look way and that is why I believe that | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
at the work of the PSNI. Gerry Adams accuses his critics of having a | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
political agenda? Yes, he was speaking in Dublin today and was at | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
an event where Sinn Fein were lunching their alternative proposals | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
for an Irish budget but he's faced questions and said that some | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
reaction was contrived and said it was coming from the DUP and some | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
elements in the enough oil and he again said that he had concern -- no | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
elements in the enough oil and he concern about the decision to review | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
this matter. I know that I committed no offence and I did would I | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
consider to be the right thing and I cooperated fully with the PSNI, with | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
the Public Prosecution Service and the court and I gave evidence to the | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
court so I don't have any concerns. the court and I gave evidence to the | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
What is the law on withholding information? Legal sources say that | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
What is the law on withholding in some respects, the law in | :03:56. | :03:57. | |
Northern Ireland is firmer and in some respects, the law in | :03:57. | :04:04. | |
clearer than elsewhere in the UK. There is a 1967 act which says that | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
if somebody has information about a serious offence, they need to pass | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
that within a reasonable time to a serious offence, they need to pass | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
constable and that they don't, they are committing an offence. It will | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
be up to the Attorney General, who says he will take a fortnight to | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
look at the papers and will decide whether whatever happened here falls | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
within that act and whether this was a relevant offence now the weather | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
the evidential decision made previously by the prosecution | :04:34. | :04:35. | |
service was correct. Mark Devenport, previously by the prosecution | :04:35. | :04:48. | |
thank you. Two men who were jailed for the murder of Constable Stephen | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
Carroll in 2009 have begun an appeal against their convictions. | :04:52. | :04:53. | |
41-year-old Brendan McConville from Glenholme Avenue in Craigavon and | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
22-year-old John Paul Wootton from Colindale in Lurgan were found | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
guilty of murder last year. Julie McCullough was in the High Court. | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
These are the men trying to have their convictions overturned. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton are currently both serving | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
life sentences for the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll, who was | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
shot dead as he responded to a call in this more as an effortless one | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
man in Craigavon four years ago. During the trial, a key prosecution | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
witness claimed he had seen one of the men, Brendan McConville, close | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
to the murder scene on the night of the killing. In the Court of Appeal | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
today, McConville's barrister described the witnesses account of | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
what happened that night as farcical. He told the court that the | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
witness was known within his own family as a Walter Mitty character | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
who had a habit of making up stories. He said the court would | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
hear fresh evidence from a new witness who claimed that witness -- | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
the witness claimed in a world that Michael lived in a world of his own. | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
Barry MacDonald QC pointed out what he described as discrepancies in the | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
accounts given only witness to the police almost one year after the | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
murder. He said these should have alerted the police and the trial | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
judge that this was not a reliable historian, to put it mildly. | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
Constable Carroll 's widow was in historian, to put it mildly. | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
the court to hear the beginning of historian, to put it mildly. | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
the appeals and the hearing is due to continue tomorrow. Bomb alerts | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
have caused disruption in north and East Belfast. Several families were | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
moved out of their homes overnight because of a hoax device in the | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
Silverstream Avenue area of Ballysillan. In the east of the | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
city, a controlled explosion was carried out on a suspect device near | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
an Alliance Party office. An army bomb unit used a robot to examine a | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
plastic bag on top of a bin on Grampian Avenue. A section of the | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
Upper Newtownards Road was closed and traffic diverted during the | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
security operation, which lasted more than three hours. Staff were | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
moved out of the Alliance office and other nearby buildings. The package | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
was later declared a hoax. Coleraine Council has been told it was | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
inexcusable for it not to follow safety warnings which could have | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
prevented the death of an employee. A court has been dealing with the | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
case of Alan Devenney, who was crushed by a skip while he was | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
working two years ago. David Maxwell was in Antrim Crown Court for BBC | :07:22. | :07:32. | |
Newsline. The 39-year-old father of two worked for the council for 18 | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
years. In July 2011, Alan Devenney died while doing his job here - | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
crushed by a skip which was incorrectly loaded. Last month, | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
Coleraine Borough Council admitted it failed to ensure the safety of | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
employees and the public at this site. In court today, Mr Devenney's | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
wife and family came to hear details of what led to the death. A | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
prosecution lawyer told the court that opportunities were missed and | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
this incident always have the potential to happen. She said it was | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
inexcusable that the risks involved were not identified. The failings | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
included not imposing a safety distance from the skip and no | :08:11. | :08:12. | |
barriers to prevent the public distance from the skip and no | :08:12. | :08:15. | |
gaining access to the area. The court also heard that a circular | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
about a safety adjustment to the skip issued in 2008 was not | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
followed. After expressing sympathy to the family, a defence lawyer | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
informed the court that the council had admitted responsibility at the | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
earliest opportunity. The court was told the required adjustments have | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
been made to all its skips and cameras fitted to improve safety | :08:33. | :08:41. | |
when loading. The judge said it was important that lessons were learned | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
from this case that no council employee meets the same fate. He | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
reserved judgement until Thursday afternoon. Still to come... A new | :08:48. | :09:00. | |
rugby stadium and a new contract for star player Ruan Pienaar. Join me | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
live from Ravenhill to find out why the South African has decided to | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
illegal drugs have been seized by the police over the past year. They | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
say tackling the problem is a priority and that's why they have | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
re-launched an initiative targeting the distribution of drugs on the | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
streets. Operation Torus will have an advertising campaign aimed at | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
encouraging people to report dealing coupled with police action against | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
the dealers. Helen Jones has more. Acting on intelligence, this man is | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
arrested. Substances believed to be cocaine, cannabis resin and herbal | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
cannabis are seized. This is Operation Torus in action. A | :09:46. | :09:55. | |
clamp-down on illegal drugs. Illegal drugs is a priority for the police | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
clamp-down on illegal drugs. Illegal service and we are increasing | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
activity. In the last year there has been £10 million worth of illegal | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
drugs taken off the streets of Northern Ireland and over 2700 | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
arrests. They are supplementing that by relaunching Operation Torus, | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
increasing activity in addition to searching, arresting and seizing | :10:15. | :10:17. | |
drugs. It's thought drugs were behind a number of recent | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
unexplained deaths. They're still being investigated by the PSNI, who | :10:20. | :10:26. | |
say there's no link between them. This is intelligence received by the | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
police and what we are doing is acting upon intelligence. This is a | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
planned search of one of three addresses in the Antrim area. Just | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
over 1000 such searches have been carried out across Northern Ireland. | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
And so far they've had some success. The police were keen to put these | :10:41. | :10:44. | |
drugs on public display - £200,000 worth. This is a sample of drugs | :10:44. | :10:53. | |
taken from the streets. We have got Valium, legal highs, cannabis resin | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
and also a particularly potent form of cannabis. Herbal cannabis. Skunk. | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
And the smell would let you out. Operation Torus is designed to | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
tackle drug dealing at a street level. And that's where the campaign | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
is focused - out on the streets. Images like this will be seen on | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
billboards, in bus shelters and in Images like this will be seen on | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
the washrooms of pubs and restaurants. The theft of five life | :11:16. | :11:27. | |
belts from the Peace Bridge in Londonderry has been described as a | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
reckless act which could have endangered lives. A man threw them | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
into the Foyle river in the early hours of Sunday morning. Here's our | :11:34. | :11:40. | |
North West reporter, Keiron Tourish. A patrol by members of foil search | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
and rescue. It was while volunteers were tracking the life boats on the | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
Peace Bridge early on Sunday morning that they noticed all five were | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
removed. A man caught on CCTV who was with two other men and a woman | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
had thrown them over the railings into the water. They were left | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
dangling over the side of the bridge before being retrieved by the | :12:02. | :12:07. | |
charity. It has become worrying for us because it seems to be somewhat | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
on the increase. I know there have been several individuals taken | :12:11. | :12:18. | |
through courts for summer acts. -- similar. And the judges have been | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
quite severe. The public has been angered by this. It is hard to get | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
into the mindset who would stoop to that level and I know that drink | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
plays a big part in situations like that. It is crazy because that is | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
life-saving equipment which is needed. Whoever did this is | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
completely irresponsible. They save lives. They are not for taking off | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
and playing with, to be honest. They are there to save lives. They should | :12:49. | :12:55. | |
stay there. A former Mayor said lives were being put at risk. I saw | :12:55. | :13:02. | |
the work that this charity do, fantastic work and their volunteers. | :13:02. | :13:03. | |
the work that this charity do, But they give their time every | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
night, protect thing the people of this city and here we have an | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
individual thinking this is fun and throwing these into the water. This | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
is life-saving equipment and is vital. The man police are trying to | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
trace was tall, thin with cropped hair and wearing a black body | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
warmer. Police will study CCTV footage in an effort to track down | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
the individual. They want anyone who might have information which would | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
help with the enquiry to get in touch. Still to come... Gordon Adair | :13:34. | :13:49. | |
takes us on a trip down memory lane. You might have found one of these | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
tucked away in a glovebox in the 1970s. And illegal CB radio. Copy? | :13:52. | :14:01. | |
You may remember last week we highlighted a plan to crack down on | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
motorists who block key routes such as bus lanes. This evening, BBC | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
Newsline can reveal which Belfast roads are worst affected by drivers | :14:08. | :14:09. | |
who park where they shouldn't. roads are worst affected by drivers | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
Here's Kevin Sharkey. The message is clear. There are around 40 roads | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
around Belfast with bus lanes and clearways like these. Some operate | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
for most of the day, others at peak periods, in the mornings and | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
evenings. But the time of day doesn't seem to matter. Thousands of | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
drivers ignore the warnings. Almost 5,500 fines in the most recent | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
period under review. And the roads where the worst offending takes | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
place? At number five, the Grosvenor Road close to the Royal Victoria | :14:39. | :14:41. | |
place? At number five, the Grosvenor Hospital, where a lot of people | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
park, even at rush hours. The road with the fourth highest number of | :14:45. | :14:54. | |
offenders is the Crumlin Road. Again, a road around a hospital, | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
this time the Mater. At number three, - College Square East at the | :14:57. | :14:59. | |
this time the Mater. At number heart of city centre traffic - not | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
just at peak times but all day long. This is one of the roads where we | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
had a lot of parking tickets and it could be areas with shops, people go | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
into shops to get their paper and people drop of children to school. | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
They might think they are only stopping for one minute but that | :15:17. | :15:19. | |
does cause real safety and congestion issues. When motorists | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
offend in designated lanes, it's not only other drivers who are affected. | :15:22. | :15:24. | |
offend in designated lanes, it's not So the fines keep coming. The road | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
offend in designated lanes, it's not where the second highest number of | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
fines are issued in Belfast is Stranmillis, always with college | :15:29. | :15:36. | |
life and close to the Ulster Museum. And the number one hotspot for fines | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
- maybe it's no surprise - is the Lisburn Road, where almost 1,500 | :15:40. | :15:48. | |
fines have been issued. This area is one of the busiest hearts of | :15:48. | :15:55. | |
Belfast. Perhaps surprisingly, while thousands of fines have been issued | :15:55. | :15:58. | |
to motorists, there are four roads in the city where not a single fine | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
has been issued for bus lane and clearway contraventions in 2012 and | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
2013. York Road, York Street, the Glen Road and here on the busy | :16:05. | :16:15. | |
Andersonstown Road. A Belfast-based software company is almost doubling | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
its workforce in a £2 million expansion. Etain is creating 34 jobs | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
and wants to win more business in the Republic and Britain. More than | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
900 officers have left the police in the past four years. Another 112 | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
officers are expected to go by April next year. The figures were released | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
in a Freedom of Information request by the Ulster Herald newspaper. The | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
police recently launched a recruitment drive for 100 officers. | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
Planning permission has been approved for a multi-million pound | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
development in West Belfast. It includes a plan to build 450 houses | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
and a hotel at the Glenmona site just off the Glen Road. It had been | :16:50. | :16:58. | |
reported that the rugby star Ruan Pienaar was leaving Ulster to join | :16:58. | :17:05. | |
Toulon, but he is going nowhere. Stephen Watson is at Ravenhill for | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
us. Many fans thought they were losing a great talisman. Most fans | :17:09. | :17:17. | |
feared the worst. Losing Ruan Pienaar would have been a massive | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
load for Ulster. Since he arrived he Pienaar would have been a massive | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
has been an unbelievable success story. He is a truly world-class | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
player. And I can reveal that he turned down a much more lucrative | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
contract with the reigning European chappies, Toulon, to stay in | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
Northern Ireland. He has extended his contract to keep him at | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
Ravenhill until 2017. Why is he staying? He told me in a special | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
interview. It is a tough decision but I think I family is settled here | :17:48. | :17:54. | |
and I have enjoyed my time with Ulster and the way we tried to play | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
and still to be a part of this process of trying to become one of | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
the top teams in Europe. But especially for me and I think that | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
is the biggest reason that I have enjoyed this so much. We are looking | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
forward to the next couple of years. We can see the building work going | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
on at Ravenhill, was that part of it? Ulster trying to build this | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
world-class facility? I cant believe I have been here for a couple of | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
months and to see this change is amazing. The facilities will be some | :18:23. | :18:30. | |
of the best in the world. Andrew part of something special is amazing | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
for me. Did you have to turn down better offers? That is difficult to | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
say. I am just happy to stay here longer. Hopefully I can continue to | :18:40. | :18:46. | |
play as well as possible here and add something to the team and I'm | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
just delighted to make that decision. And to be certain of what | :18:50. | :18:58. | |
my future holds. It was not all about money? Much more than that? | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
For sure. You have to enjoy your job. I only have a couple of years | :19:02. | :19:11. | |
left and to play with a side as good as this is very special for me. Like | :19:11. | :19:17. | |
I said, I have made the decision and hopefully | :19:17. | :19:19. | |
memories on this pitch in the next couple of years. It is a massive | :19:19. | :19:26. | |
boost for Ulster rugby. The man who convinced him to stay was Ulster's | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
Director of Rugby, David Humphreys. He's also been speaking to BBC | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
Newsline. At this time of year in every contract cycle, there are lots | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
of players looking at options and we were delighted that Ruan Pienaar has | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
decided to stay with Belfast. Any player will find someone willing to | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
pay more. You have to offer an opportunity to maximise your career | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
and the potential that every player has and slowly but surely, Ulster | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
have done that. The fans thought he was gone. Did you think that? If you | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
ask him, he would have told me if you weeks ago when we started with | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
these rumours, he told me that he was going to stay. It is easy to get | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
caught up in speculation and for us, he was central to what we are doing. | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
We have to keep that quality. And Ruan Pienaar told me he has arrived | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
back from South Africa and cannot wait to get into the team for the | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
European match on Friday night against Leicester. Four of Belfast's | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
top boxers have arrived in Kazakhstan ahead of the World | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
Amateur Championships. Among the quartet is double Olympic medalist | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
Paddy Barnes, who has yet to win a medal of any colour at the elite | :20:40. | :20:42. | |
Paddy Barnes, who has yet to win a event, but is determined to do so | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
this time round. Nikki Gregg reports. He's written his name into | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
the history books in recent years as one of Ireland's most decorated | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
boxers. Winning medals at Olympic, European and Commonwealth level, | :20:52. | :20:54. | |
Paddy Barnes has found success at the World Championships harder to | :20:54. | :21:05. | |
come by. I am always train to go the full mile. Anything else, you are | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
second best. Or a loser. I will be very happy with a medal because that | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
is the only medal I have never got. I got to the quarterfinals in 2007 | :21:17. | :21:22. | |
but this is my year for a medal and please God, Gold. If the tournament | :21:22. | :21:25. | |
in Kazakhstan gives Barnes the opportunity to fill a long-standing | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
gap on his CV, it also marks the arrival of a rising star on the | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
world stage. Holy Trinity's Sean McComb joined the senior team | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
earlier this year. The lightweight is regarded as one of the most | :21:36. | :21:38. | |
earlier this year. The lightweight exciting prospects on these shores. | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
You have to do with the pressure in the ring and that comes with being a | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
good boxer. You can have all the talent in the world and not juice | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
the goods in the ring. It is just natural. I can handle the pressure. | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
It helps being part of a tight-knit team. There is a great bond between | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
all of us because we have come through | :22:02. | :22:10. | |
of teasing to be had. I am afraid of flying so I wish the championship | :22:11. | :22:18. | |
was in Belfast. Paddy is a bit of a hypochondriac. If there is anything | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
to the plane about, he will. He complains about waiting to long in | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
the airport and about the heating. Always complaining. But it is worth | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
it. But as part of his routine - complaining. There's no doubt that | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
return flight will be much more bearable with a few medals on board. | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
Gaelic football and Kieren McGeeney has rejoined Armagh as part of the | :22:39. | :22:47. | |
county's management team. And the League Cup tonight as Glentoran | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
against Linfield at the Oval. We will have all of the results on the | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
late bulletin. There was a surprise new DVD released this week - a | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
reworked version of the 1970s hit Convoy. It was first made when the | :23:00. | :23:06. | |
CB radio craze was at its height. The radio sets were hugely popular | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
here, even though they were illegal at the time. Our good buddy, Gordon | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
Adair, has been taking an affectionate look back at a time | :23:15. | :23:23. | |
when CB ruled the waves. 1978, haircuts were a criminal and the | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
clothes were desperate and car as... They were actually quite cool. In | :23:28. | :23:48. | |
many of these motor car as you might have find in the glovebox one of | :23:48. | :23:56. | |
these. And illegal CB radio. Copy? You always had them selling | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
accessories but never CB radios. That was always bought under the | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
counter. You always had to look around for anybody watching. Get | :24:06. | :24:10. | |
that into a bag quickly. Always great fun. I know if you people that | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
brought them into the country at that time and were brought in by any | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
means. You could have brought them in on a card trailer or by | :24:21. | :24:28. | |
aeroplane. Boats and lorries. CB was the forerunner of social media, and | :24:28. | :24:34. | |
we are so addicted to that night. I used to sit and do my homework and | :24:34. | :24:36. | |
listen to these American truckers and it was fantastic. You heard that | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
slang and then the movies came along. And you related to that slang | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
slang and then the movies came they were using in the movies | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
because I had heard that on my CV. Did you find yourself slipping into | :24:49. | :24:51. | |
an American accent? Sure! Time to Did you find yourself slipping into | :24:51. | :24:58. | |
see if there are any good buddies left at their... -- out there. Copy? | :24:58. | :25:11. | |
One, four, copy? Hello? Hello! You need the American accent! What was | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
your handle? Your wrapper? Your 20? CB radio had a lingo all of its own. | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
We're sharing memories on our Facebook page. Join the conversation | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
if you like. The weather forecast is next with Angie. Some suggestions | :25:22. | :25:30. | |
for your handle? The weather woman. Ray of sunshine? That will do! | :25:30. | :25:37. | |
I am not into that lingo. There will be a transition today. We have lost | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
the southerly winds the problem winds brought those reasonable | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
temperatures over the last few days but we still reached 16 today. That | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
is above average. Still clinging on to that mild air. This cold air is | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
to the north and over the next couple of days brisk northerly wind | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
will bring that cold air across many parts of Britain and Ireland and | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
also some showers as well. Before this even, the wind is not too | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
strong and apart from the odd shower it is mainly dry and cloudy for the | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
end of the day. We might get one to light showers feeding in as a breeze | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
picks up from the north-west through the night but most places stay dry | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
and it's a cooler night then recently with temperatures around | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
nine or ten but some rural spots good tip to eight degrees. Tomorrow, | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
that brisk north-westerly wind has to be a feature. It will make it | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
feel quite a good bet colder and will bring showers. Project eagerly | :26:36. | :26:44. | |
for the morning. Especially across mid-Ulster and Fermanagh but more | :26:44. | :26:46. | |
frequent showers across Londonderry, County Antrim and towards Belfast | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
and particularly North Down. There could be the odd sharp one. Even | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
once they clear away, we are not out of the woods. We could get some | :26:57. | :27:00. | |
trickling into the northern counties. But some places will avoid | :27:00. | :27:06. | |
them for the afternoon and there will be gaps in between. | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
them for the afternoon and there Particularly for parts of Fermanagh, | :27:09. | :27:12. | |
County Down and armour, mainly dry with sunshine and look at those | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
temperatures. 11 or 12 degrees. If you are planning any walk tomorrow, | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
you will need layers of clothes and those leaves on this Lagan took part | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
were be blowing around. And that stays with us tomorrow night, it | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
will be colder still, perhaps five degrees in rural spots. Thursday, | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
windy and dry with sunshine but the degrees in rural spots. Thursday, | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
chilly weather continues into the weekend. You can keep in contact on | :27:37. | :27:48. | |
Facebook. Do you copy, good Audi? ! | :27:48. | :27:48. |