:00:00. > 3:59:59changes to grading and assessment. That is all from the
:00:00. > :00:19.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:20. > :00:27.Tony McCoy moved a step closer to 4,000 winners today, and he
:00:28. > :00:33.after more discussions on flax, parades and the past, the chairman
:00:34. > :00:36.Richard Haass is still in optimistic mood.
:00:37. > :00:41.I continue to believe there is still a real chance of achieving
:00:42. > :00:45.meaningful progress. There is some good news for Ulster
:00:46. > :00:50.Bank staff today, but what does the future hold in six months?
:00:51. > :00:55.A former SAS member reflects on the changes here since his time as an
:00:56. > :01:00.undercover soldier in the 1980s. More than one week on the run - the
:01:01. > :01:06.last of the elusive monkeys from the Belfast zoo is finally caught.
:01:07. > :01:08.Tony McCoy moved a step closer to 4000 winners today We'll hear from
:01:09. > :01:10.the Champion jockey. And did
:01:11. > :01:15.It's all change in the weather - after a beautiful day for much
:01:16. > :01:25.Northern Ireland today, wind and rain are on the way for the weekend.
:01:26. > :01:31.Richard Haass says he believes there is a chance of meaningful progress
:01:32. > :01:34.as he tries to resolve the problems over flags, parades and the past. He
:01:35. > :01:42.chaired talks with the five Stormont Executive parties today as the
:01:43. > :01:45.process ends its first stage. Dr Haass revealed his team has received
:01:46. > :01:48.about 400 submissions to its online consultation. He will return in a
:01:49. > :01:50.fortnight, when negotiation will start to replace consultation.
:01:51. > :01:56.Here's our political correspondent, Gareth Gordon.
:01:57. > :02:02.After another week grappling with Northern Ireland's passed through
:02:03. > :02:08.London, Dublin and back to Belfast again, Richard Haass has appeared
:02:09. > :02:12.again, perhaps uprising the optimistic. I continue to believe
:02:13. > :02:16.there is a good chance and a real chance of achieving meaningful
:02:17. > :02:21.progress. What that might look like is yet to
:02:22. > :02:25.emerge, but already there are suggestions that should agreement be
:02:26. > :02:31.reached, some of the parties are in favour of a referendum. There is the
:02:32. > :02:35.issue of involving, to quote, the people, the citizens of Northern
:02:36. > :02:40.Ireland, and there is an array of potential ways of doing that, from
:02:41. > :02:44.informal consultations, which in -- political figures do as a matter of
:02:45. > :02:47.course, to something more structured and formal.
:02:48. > :02:55.I am not prepared yet to... Speak about that definitively. It is also
:02:56. > :03:00.not my call. It is only the second time the five executive parties have
:03:01. > :03:04.met Dr Haass around the same table, but already his optimism appears to
:03:05. > :03:12.be rubbing off on some. I think that some of the meetings
:03:13. > :03:15.have been surprising. Sometimes you are left with something you
:03:16. > :03:20.discussed some time ago and you still think that is the way it will
:03:21. > :03:25.be. I find that interesting. I don't want to go into that, but I think it
:03:26. > :03:30.interesting. I find a lot of people speaking about this have found it
:03:31. > :03:35.helpful, as well. It is all about moving on. Are you more optimistic
:03:36. > :03:39.than you were when it started? Honestly, yes.
:03:40. > :03:43.I think that all of the parties, including those with low ambitions,
:03:44. > :03:47.are more beginning to heed the voices from outside saying will you
:03:48. > :03:52.get your act together? I think the responsibility for the
:03:53. > :03:56.failure of this process rests not with Richard Haass but with the
:03:57. > :04:02.political parties gathered at the table who bring the wants and needs
:04:03. > :04:04.of the community to the table with them.
:04:05. > :04:10.Unionists struck a note of conflict -- caution. We have laid down very
:04:11. > :04:14.clearly to Dr Haass the basic principles, and they offer us the
:04:15. > :04:19.kind of bottom line is we need to see in a process that will
:04:20. > :04:24.comprehensively deal with what is a very troubled past.
:04:25. > :04:26.People are being somewhat cagey at the moment. Quite a lot of
:04:27. > :04:31.submissions have come in from the wider public and I am a shaming Dr
:04:32. > :04:36.Haass is trying to make some sense of where everyone is coming from. We
:04:37. > :04:41.have to be realistic, I am sure there are some of those submissions
:04:42. > :04:46.that are diametrically opposed to each other. Dealing with the past is
:04:47. > :04:50.probably the most difficult part of Dr Haass's agenda and today he spent
:04:51. > :04:56.more than two hours with victims right across the spectrum.
:04:57. > :05:02.There cannot be a sense that one narrative is more valuable or
:05:03. > :05:06.important than another. Everybody's experience is important and
:05:07. > :05:10.everybody's narrative counts. Richard Haass, who will leave for
:05:11. > :05:17.the US tomorrow, was asked if the process was wearing him down?
:05:18. > :05:19.Does it look like it is! ? Everyone has agreed real negotiations have
:05:20. > :05:28.not begun but the process should speed up when Richard Haass returns
:05:29. > :05:31.to Belfast in two weeks time. Ulster Bank says it is going to
:05:32. > :05:34.continue doing business but is undertaking a comprehensive review
:05:35. > :05:36.of its operations. There had been questions about its future. The
:05:37. > :05:40.Chancellor considered breaking up its parent company, RBS. But now
:05:41. > :05:43.there will be no change to its structure, although the Ulster Bank
:05:44. > :05:45.will have to consider its size and shape. Our economics and business
:05:46. > :05:56.editor, John Campbell, reports. Ulster Bank has been under a cloud,
:05:57. > :06:01.with huge property losses, and IT crash and in recent months questions
:06:02. > :06:06.about its future. The Chancellor was considering breaking up the parent
:06:07. > :06:10.company, the state owned RBS. That would have created two banks, one
:06:11. > :06:14.good, the other full of bad loans. That may have led to radical changes
:06:15. > :06:18.at the Ulster, but what has been decided is less dumb Attic Tash and
:06:19. > :06:24.internal bad bank to manage dodgy loans.
:06:25. > :06:28.-- it is less dramatic - and internal bad bank. That allows the
:06:29. > :06:32.team at company Micro to focus on what it should be doing, lending to
:06:33. > :06:37.its Irish customers. Will the customers notice any
:06:38. > :06:40.difference? The final batch micro-finance minister says
:06:41. > :06:46.stability is important for the local economy. It is very reassuring, in
:06:47. > :06:49.any case. Hearing that the Ulster bank is here to stay and will
:06:50. > :06:53.continue to do his business, yes there are details we will have to
:06:54. > :06:58.look at as they are worked out in the months ahead, but by and large
:06:59. > :07:02.this is good news for Ulster -- Northern Ireland. Ulster Bank got a
:07:03. > :07:06.lot wrong in the boom years. It loaned one company more than ?30
:07:07. > :07:12.million to buy this site. The firm is bust and the site is worth one
:07:13. > :07:16.fraction -- a fraction of the loan. Ulster Bank already has a unit to
:07:17. > :07:21.manage assets like these, but the new bank will speed up the pace at
:07:22. > :07:25.which they are sold off, even meaning bigger losses.
:07:26. > :07:29.That worries one former finance minister. We will have a fire sale,
:07:30. > :07:34.probably prices knocked down. That will affect people not in --
:07:35. > :07:39.negative equity in the moment. Ulster Bank staff have had a tough
:07:40. > :07:44.you years, with job losses and customer anger over the IT fiasco.
:07:45. > :07:48.-- a tough few years. Now there is to be a review that will mean more
:07:49. > :07:52.changes and maybe more cuts. There will be sizeable relief amongst many
:07:53. > :07:56.staff today. The parent company has made a firm
:07:57. > :07:58.commitment to keep doing business, but with another review under way it
:07:59. > :08:01.will be six months before we know the size and shape of the bank into
:08:02. > :08:07.the future. A sixth person has appeared in court
:08:08. > :08:10.in Glasgow charged with conspiring to murder loyalist paramilitaries.
:08:11. > :08:13.It is alleged that John Gorman, 56, acted with five others in planning
:08:14. > :08:16.to murder Johnny Adair and Samuel McCrory. He was also charged with
:08:17. > :08:17.conspiring to commit acts of terrorism. He was remanded in
:08:18. > :08:28.custody. Detectives investigating the murder
:08:29. > :08:31.of David Black have appealed to people living in Lurgan and
:08:32. > :08:36.Cookstown for help in tracking down his killers. The prison officer, who
:08:37. > :08:40.was from Cookstown, was shot dead on the M1 as he drove to work at
:08:41. > :08:44.Maghaberry Prison a year ago today. The police say the Toyota Camry car
:08:45. > :08:47.used by his killers was in Lurgan the night before the shooting. Two
:08:48. > :08:49.men face charges linked to buying and moving the car.
:08:50. > :08:59.The Policing Board says The Policing Board says it will be
:09:00. > :09:04.reviewing the appointment of the PUP's The BBC understands that the
:09:05. > :09:07.review will centre on a declaration members make on appointment to those
:09:08. > :09:10.partnerships. The declaration states that a Policing and Community Safety
:09:11. > :09:11.Partnership member will not by word or deed support a proscribed
:09:12. > :09:24.organisation or acts of terrorism. You're watching BBC Newsline, and
:09:25. > :09:28.still to come before 7pm... The game is finally up for Roxy, the
:09:29. > :09:33.last of the six escaped monkeys from Belfast Zoo.
:09:34. > :09:36.I got him on the phone straightaway and said, you have a monkey in your
:09:37. > :09:42.garden! He said, you are winding me up!
:09:43. > :09:47.As England faces radical changes to the GCSE exam system, there is a
:09:48. > :09:50.warning that hard-won grades of students in Northern Ireland could
:09:51. > :09:53.be seen as second class. A teachers' union says because of that grammar
:09:54. > :10:00.schools may want to choose the English exams rather than the local
:10:01. > :10:06.ones. Earlier, our education correspondent, Maggie Taggart, told
:10:07. > :10:11.me more about the changes. These changes will affect three
:10:12. > :10:14.subjects firstly, English language, literature and mathematics. There
:10:15. > :10:21.will be no module in the English exams, no tears for weaker pupils
:10:22. > :10:27.and the grades will be 1-9, not A* to C.
:10:28. > :10:30.How will that affect Northern Ireland? Northern Ireland plans to
:10:31. > :10:32.stay much the same at the moment though they are not ruling out big
:10:33. > :10:36.changes. The problem is one third of students
:10:37. > :10:40.in Northern Ireland go to university in England, Wales or Scotland, and
:10:41. > :10:45.that means universities are choosing pupils on the grounds of exam
:10:46. > :10:49.results. There is a worry that if these English exams are seen as more
:10:50. > :10:53.robust Northern Ireland exams will be undermined. There will be
:10:54. > :10:56.pressure on schools, and one union says it wants to know that it will
:10:57. > :11:01.have the freedom to go for the English exam board if necessary.
:11:02. > :11:07.What is the Department for Education's opinion? The department
:11:08. > :11:11.is very aware of the responsibility of undermining the Northern Ireland
:11:12. > :11:16.exam board results. When I asked I got no definitive answer on whether
:11:17. > :11:20.schools would be able to use the English board exams in the future.
:11:21. > :11:23.The Minister has previously said he currently sees no reason to
:11:24. > :11:28.discourage an open market, but to my mind that is not a wholesale
:11:29. > :11:32.agreement. The problem is that come if some Northern Ireland schools go
:11:33. > :11:37.for the English exam boards, which are seen as more robust, that could
:11:38. > :11:43.damage the reputation of the exam and the schools which do not go for
:11:44. > :11:46.those. The irony is that some Northern Ireland have in the past
:11:47. > :11:49.one for the English board is because they have been seen as easier to
:11:50. > :11:52.score a good grades in. And if you have an opinion, that
:11:53. > :11:57.consultation continues until the 20th of December.
:11:58. > :12:02.A former SAS soldier who was involved in numerous undercover
:12:03. > :12:05.operations during the Troubles has been talking about that time. He
:12:06. > :12:08.says, while there are still problems involving dissidents and ideology,
:12:09. > :12:09.he believes the vast majority of people here are focused on getting
:12:10. > :12:21.on with their lives. BBC Newsline's Mervyn Jess reports.
:12:22. > :12:25.Is the last time this former SAS soldier walked down Royal Avenue he
:12:26. > :12:29.was probably carrying an army issue weapon under his jacket. Since
:12:30. > :12:34.then, Andy McNab has become one of the best-known members of these
:12:35. > :12:41.secretive -- the secretive special air service. The millionaire author
:12:42. > :12:45.is you're promoting his latest book, a sequel to bravo to zero. Despite
:12:46. > :12:50.his fame, he still keeps his identity under cover. Basically, it
:12:51. > :12:56.is to do with the operations conducted in Northern Ireland. When
:12:57. > :13:01.I got into the SCSI was part of the special ear service contingent here
:13:02. > :13:06.in the province. Then I came back as an intelligence group, which is a
:13:07. > :13:11.group documented as undercover qubit -- operations. It is just being
:13:12. > :13:13.sensible. There have been two credible death threats over the
:13:14. > :13:18.years. There will be a controlled explosion
:13:19. > :13:21.in two minutes, over. During the 1970s and 1980s he was
:13:22. > :13:26.involved in firefights with the IRA on the border and undercover work.
:13:27. > :13:31.How did he view the enemy at that time two first of all, we called
:13:32. > :13:36.them players, not the enemy. Whoever we were operating against.
:13:37. > :13:42.Certainly, if I was a kid in a Bogside, in the Creggan, any of
:13:43. > :13:47.those estates, I would have joined the IRA, simple as that.
:13:48. > :13:53.Culturally, it is somewhere you would go. But I was not, I was a kid
:13:54. > :13:57.coming out of a housing estate in South London. I landed up joining
:13:58. > :14:03.the Army. I could understand what was going on. The more involved I
:14:04. > :14:09.got in the darker side, where there was no ideology, it was all about
:14:10. > :14:13.power, drugs, guns and money. As he strolled around Belfast today, he
:14:14. > :14:17.took in the enormous changes, at least architectural it.
:14:18. > :14:20.There are still problems, but there are problems everywhere.
:14:21. > :14:24.-- at least architecturally. There are still going to be two sets of
:14:25. > :14:28.ideology or posed to each other. It is early days and there are a
:14:29. > :14:34.couple of generations to go before the troubles of the past four
:14:35. > :14:43.gotten. -- before the troubles of the past are forgotten.
:14:44. > :14:45.There's plenty more to come on the programme - Gavin Andrews is in
:14:46. > :14:49.Antrim for us. Northern Ireland's Netballers are looking to make their
:14:50. > :14:52.mark here as hosts of an international tournament. More
:14:53. > :14:55.shortly. The last of the six monkeys that
:14:56. > :15:01.escaped from Belfast zoo is back in her enclosure.
:15:02. > :15:05.It was a nice ripe banana that coaxed Roxy to stay put long enough
:15:06. > :15:08.in a nearby garden to allow a team from the zoo to tranquilize and
:15:09. > :15:10.catch her. Martin Cassidy reports on the return of Roxy the runaway
:15:11. > :15:17.monkey. A final few moments of freedom, but
:15:18. > :15:22.after two weeks in the wild, Roxy's adventure was about to end in a
:15:23. > :15:27.garden near the zoo. I give it a couple of bananas, the poor thing
:15:28. > :15:30.was obviously hungry. Then the guys from the zoo came and unfortunately
:15:31. > :15:35.shot it in its backside with a dark and put it to sleep. Incidentally,
:15:36. > :15:39.it just pulled the dart out and threw it away. It knew what it was
:15:40. > :15:43.doing, I figured that seen them before.
:15:44. > :15:47.How did they get it down? Well, it fell asleep in the branches and once
:15:48. > :15:50.it actually keeled over and fell asleep they had to get their nets
:15:51. > :15:56.and poke the branches until it dislodged it. This has been the most
:15:57. > :16:01.wanted face in Belfast, not so much behind bars again as back home safe
:16:02. > :16:06.and sound. She had a dark, she is recovering
:16:07. > :16:10.from the anaesthetic at the moment. -- she had an anaesthetic dart.
:16:11. > :16:13.Tomorrow she will be back with the trip and Elaine extra week she will
:16:14. > :16:18.be allowed out in the packet -- paddock again. -- early next week.
:16:19. > :16:22.What a cheeky monkey, turning the city upside down and now just making
:16:23. > :16:27.faces. After a fortnight out in the cold,
:16:28. > :16:30.Roxy looks to be happy back in the warmth with a plentiful supply of
:16:31. > :16:36.food. Living wild was OK, but now fresh
:16:37. > :16:39.food on demand and a roof over her head seems a good idea. Roxy has
:16:40. > :16:51.decided to have a weekend in. Halloween is a time when people
:16:52. > :16:54.dress up as ghosts, monsters and witches. An eight-year-old in County
:16:55. > :16:57.Antrim, though, was told he was too scary for his primary school disco
:16:58. > :17:02.and he was sent home. Claire Millar went to meet him.
:17:03. > :17:06.Children can sometimes be known as Little horrors, but for Chad Morris
:17:07. > :17:11.that phrase became all too real. On the final day of term last week, the
:17:12. > :17:18.children were allowed to dress up for a Halloween disco. I decided to
:17:19. > :17:23.dress up as a zombie. I decided to put pyjamas on, because if I was not
:17:24. > :17:28.really in pyjamas it would not look like it was that scary, but I didn't
:17:29. > :17:31.want it to be too scary. The school had sent a letter to parents in
:17:32. > :17:35.advance which said there are children who may be frightened by
:17:36. > :17:39.scary costumes and there are also family is uncomfortable with the
:17:40. > :17:42.idea of Halloween celebrations. The school asked nor one where
:17:43. > :17:49.anything which may cause offence to anyone else.
:17:50. > :17:53.Chad Morris's mother thought it was a bit extreme.
:17:54. > :17:57.The school could have rallied around and thought if it was too skinny to
:17:58. > :18:02.let him take off his make up and attend.
:18:03. > :18:05.-- if it was too scary. I was upset and frustrated, because
:18:06. > :18:08.there are not many discos in schools.
:18:09. > :18:10.I felt really left out. Today, no one from the school was available
:18:11. > :18:16.for comment. There were plenty of strange-looking
:18:17. > :18:22.characters at the big Halloween Festival in Londonderry last night.
:18:23. > :18:25.An estimated 30,000 people travelling from near and far turned
:18:26. > :18:27.out for the carnival and fireworks display. Our North-west reporter,
:18:28. > :18:42.Keiron Tourish, was there for us. Around 600 people spent months
:18:43. > :18:48.making floats which captured the imagination of the huge crowds
:18:49. > :18:53.lining the route. Fantastic, where else would you want to be tonight?
:18:54. > :18:59.It is brilliant, buzzing, so it is. It is brilliant, so it is.
:19:00. > :19:04.It is brilliant to be in Derry, you cannot beat Derry for higher --
:19:05. > :19:07.Halloween. People watch the first ever
:19:08. > :19:13.performance of a new feature called in thermal.
:19:14. > :19:18.-- Inferno. The council said that increasingly more visitors are
:19:19. > :19:21.coming to enjoy the celebrations. Absolutely fantastic, we came all
:19:22. > :19:26.the way from Dublin. The atmosphere is great, loving it.
:19:27. > :19:29.You have travelled from Fermanagh, and it is incredible for Derry to
:19:30. > :19:34.turn on this show for us tonight. It is fabulous.
:19:35. > :19:38.The PSNI said that 17 arrests were made during the evening.
:19:39. > :19:42.Four were for Russell is that were not of a serious nature. The
:19:43. > :19:47.remaining 13 arrests were mainly for disorderly behaviour.
:19:48. > :19:54.The police described the evening is very successful. -- four were for
:19:55. > :19:57.assaults that were not serious. By all accounts it was a successful
:19:58. > :20:01.night in Derry. Next, a successful jockey who isn't just a champion,
:20:02. > :20:05.but is aiming to achieve what no other has in the sport. Tony McCoy
:20:06. > :20:08.from Moneyglass was on home turf adding to his wins. Gavin Andrews
:20:09. > :20:15.can tell us more at the Antrim Forum.
:20:16. > :20:19.First of all, the Northern Ireland netball 's are warming up behind me
:20:20. > :20:24.ahead of the game with St Lucia tonight at 7pm. A decent turnout for
:20:25. > :20:28.this international tournament. In a moment I will be speaking to
:20:29. > :20:32.the Northern Ireland captain, but first the great JP McCoy was back at
:20:33. > :20:41.down Royal today for the first time in five years.
:20:42. > :20:45.-- a P McCoy was at -- AP McCoy was at Downroyal.
:20:46. > :20:50.Earlier this week, Downroyal was mooted as a possible venue where
:20:51. > :20:55.money could be placed and one on this man reaching a remarkable
:20:56. > :20:59.number of wins. That was not possible today, but the
:21:00. > :21:03.star attraction cruised to victory in the feature race.
:21:04. > :21:14.Tony McCoy's last winner was in 2008 at Downroyal.
:21:15. > :21:18.I was on Jezki today, a very good horse, but he did the job
:21:19. > :21:22.professionally. It is nice to be back home, I have not ridden here
:21:23. > :21:28.for five years. That is just the circumstances of my job. It is nice
:21:29. > :21:32.to come back. I am not sure how many days I will be back in Downroyal,
:21:33. > :21:37.but it is nice to be back here. He will not achieve it at home, but the
:21:38. > :21:41.18 times champion jockey has his 4000th win on his mind.
:21:42. > :21:45.It is something I will be very proud if I am able to achieve that sort of
:21:46. > :21:50.number. You take it day by day if you are a jockey, you only have to
:21:51. > :21:56.look at other jockeys to realise if you take it day by day -- to realise
:21:57. > :21:59.you have to take it day by day. Hopefully in the next few weeks I
:22:00. > :22:06.will be lucky enough to ride another eight winners.
:22:07. > :22:14.When number 4000 is just ate a way as Tony McCoy celebrates win number
:22:15. > :22:19.3900 and 92. -- 3992. Only a matter of time.
:22:20. > :22:22.The Northern Ireland women have had a good start in the netball
:22:23. > :22:27.tournament, beating Botswana yesterday, Saint Lucy as tonight and
:22:28. > :22:31.tomorrow is Barbados. With me is the captain, how big is
:22:32. > :22:35.it for netball to have this tournament here two we have
:22:36. > :22:38.qualified for the Commonwealth Games next year so this is a massive
:22:39. > :22:41.opportunity to play against different countries.
:22:42. > :22:46.We are used to play against Scotland, Wales, England every
:22:47. > :22:50.year, whereas this is an opportunity to play Caribbean and African
:22:51. > :22:53.companies, where it is a different type of netball. It has been a good
:22:54. > :22:57.opportunity for us in the build-up to next summer, which is the main
:22:58. > :23:02.target this season. There is a big boost to watch the
:23:03. > :23:07.Commonwealth, there is a big new coach, how is that going? Yes, Kate
:23:08. > :23:11.Carpenter, it is great to have someone full-time in the post. She
:23:12. > :23:15.is not just coaching but doing a lot of background stuff in netball and
:23:16. > :23:19.pushing us further, making us think about the game and we are learning a
:23:20. > :23:23.lot with her. It is a great opportunity for us. What happens
:23:24. > :23:27.between now and the Commonwealths next year?
:23:28. > :23:30.Well, hopefully we will have more competitive opportunities. There is
:23:31. > :23:37.nothing organised yet but we are hoping for a couple of tools away
:23:38. > :23:40.places -- a couple of tours away. Sport Northern Ireland has put more
:23:41. > :23:45.funding behind us and we have more opportunity for that now.
:23:46. > :23:50.Also next May it is the world qualifiers for the Sydney World
:23:51. > :23:55.Championships in 2013. 2015, sorry. We are looking forward to that as
:23:56. > :23:59.well. Quickly, how is your injury? Not too bad, coming along, hopefully
:24:00. > :24:04.I will be back after Christmas time, that is my focus now.
:24:05. > :24:06.Gemma Gibney, thank you for joining us.
:24:07. > :24:09.Let's move on to the rest of the sport, and golf first.
:24:10. > :24:12.Rory McIlroy is in a tie for second place after a frustrating second
:24:13. > :24:15.round level par-72 at the World Golf Championship event in Shanghai. He
:24:16. > :24:21.is now five shots off the lead, with Graeme McDowell a shot further back.
:24:22. > :24:28.Were it not for a few wobbles on the back nine today, it could have been
:24:29. > :24:33.so much better for McIlroy. Just one of those things. I don't
:24:34. > :24:37.know, I just hit a couple of bad shots and even I guess I let it
:24:38. > :24:42.affect me a little bit. Then I started to doubt myself sometimes
:24:43. > :24:49.and didn't hit a lot of quality shots on the back nine.
:24:50. > :24:52.Now to rugby. Ulster Head Coach Mark Anscombe has made eight changes to
:24:53. > :24:56.his side for tomorrow evening's Pro 12 game against the Scarlets. Eight
:24:57. > :24:58.Ulster players are away on international duty, but Andrew
:24:59. > :25:00.Trimble and Roger Wilson were released by Ireland for the game.
:25:01. > :25:03.international duty, but Andrew Trimble and Roger With Johann Muller
:25:04. > :25:06.out injured, Jared Payne is named as captain. Michael Allen returns to
:25:07. > :25:09.the wing with Darren Cave and Chris Farrell paired in midfield. Ruan
:25:10. > :25:13.Pienaar moves from scrum-half to out-half with Paul Marshall starting
:25:14. > :25:15.at nine. In the forwards, Rob Herring is at hooker while an
:25:16. > :25:19.all-new second-row features Lewis Stevenson and Neil McComb. And Nick
:25:20. > :25:21.Williams returns at number eight. The game is live on the BBC Sport NI
:25:22. > :25:28.website. In Gaelic Football, the standout
:25:29. > :25:31.fixture of this weekend's Ulster Club Championship quarterfinals sees
:25:32. > :25:35.current holders Crossmaglen take on the Down champions Kilcoo. The game
:25:36. > :25:39.is a repeat of last year's final, which Crossmaglen won by six points.
:25:40. > :25:46.There's live coverage on BBC Radio Ulster medium wave from two on
:25:47. > :25:50.Sunday. As for local football, sports sound
:25:51. > :25:56.is near at 2pm from tomorrow, and all the goals are on Final Score
:25:57. > :26:01.tomorrow at 5pm. Here from the netball it is Northern
:26:02. > :26:04.Ireland against St Lucia you at 7pm. All of the games are over this
:26:05. > :26:09.weekend at 3pm and I think you should come down and have a look.
:26:10. > :26:11.Now to the weather forecast, and I think indoor netball might be a good
:26:12. > :26:15.idea. Good evening. After what has been a
:26:16. > :26:18.lovely day for many parts of Northern Ireland today we have a
:26:19. > :26:21.chilly night ahead. Clear skies today mean the
:26:22. > :26:26.temperatures drop off sharply tonight. In fact, as we go through
:26:27. > :26:30.this evening, don't be surprised to see the overnight low hovering just
:26:31. > :26:34.above freezing tonight. Definitely on the chilly side tonight. Then it
:26:35. > :26:39.is all change come Saturday. The reason for that is a low pressure
:26:40. > :26:43.system heading in our direction. That will bring rain and strong
:26:44. > :26:48.winds across Northern Ireland on Saturday. Here it is heading in our
:26:49. > :26:55.direction, straight at us. It is going to be pretty unpleasant. All
:26:56. > :26:59.that rain and some really strong winds swirling around it, too.
:27:00. > :27:03.Because the law is tracking right across Northern Ireland there will
:27:04. > :27:07.be a point where, when it is on top of us, the winds drop out a little
:27:08. > :27:12.bit and it will feel less literary ice blustery, but as it continues
:27:13. > :27:17.its journey to the North Sea we get some very strong winds following on.
:27:18. > :27:21.Look at the wind speed gauge in the North Channel, because on Saturday
:27:22. > :27:29.evening at the Irish Sea coasts could see gusts up to 70 mph. A cool
:27:30. > :27:32.night, not quite as cold as tonight but still pretty chilly. If you are
:27:33. > :27:37.near the coast I think you are going to need more than an I love the
:27:38. > :27:43.North Coast T-shirt because it will be quite blustery. Sunday is a
:27:44. > :27:48.better day, dry, still on the chilly side with highs of eight or nine
:27:49. > :27:53.Celsius. As we head into next week, Monday at least is not looking like
:27:54. > :27:56.a bad day. Make the most of it. If you are travelling by ferry
:27:57. > :28:01.tomorrow I would contact your operator.
:28:02. > :28:03.Our next news is at 10:25pm here on BBC One. Whatever you are doing this
:28:04. > :28:05.weekend, have a good.