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:00:00. > :00:23.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline. The Ulster Unionists

:00:24. > :00:27.accuse Sinn Fein of bad faith over the Haass negotiations. I'm live

:00:28. > :00:37.with the latest. Also on the programme:

:00:38. > :00:44.the Orange order plans agreed Christmas parade. Condemnation of a

:00:45. > :00:48.gun attack on a teenage boy in Coleraine. The charity says it is

:00:49. > :00:53.time to ban all phones behind the wheel. -- a charity. Is an Irish

:00:54. > :00:56.World Cup bid about to get the green light? And the first spell of wintry

:00:57. > :00:59.weather sets in across Northern Ireland tonight. I'll have the full

:01:00. > :01:07.forecast for you later in the programme.

:01:08. > :01:12.The Ulster Unionist accused Sinn Fein of bad faith by

:01:13. > :01:15.publishing its submissions to the Haass Talks. The UUP's negotiator

:01:16. > :01:17.Tom Elliott says the parties had been asked to keep their proposals

:01:18. > :01:23.to the inter-party discussions confidential. Sinn Fein's ideas

:01:24. > :01:26.include making parade organisers pay for the cost of their events and

:01:27. > :01:30.erecting single flag posts in certain areas for Tricolours or

:01:31. > :01:41.Union flags. Our Political Editor Mark Devenport is at the talks hotel

:01:42. > :01:45.venue. Sinn Fein's decision to publish its submissions, what sort

:01:46. > :01:50.of surprise was that for you? It was a bit of a surprise, because whilst

:01:51. > :01:54.around 500 groups and individuals have given Richard Haass

:01:55. > :01:59.suggestions. In the sense of how the talks should tackle the problems of

:02:00. > :02:02.correct -- flags and parades, most have remained private. Sinn

:02:03. > :02:05.correct -- flags and parades, most today came out with three

:02:06. > :02:08.submissions and took off the table a deal they had previously done with

:02:09. > :02:14.the D a deal they had previously done with EDU people replacing the

:02:15. > :02:18.parades commission -- the D U P. As you have already indicated, they had

:02:19. > :02:23.an idea that parade organisations should be made more financially

:02:24. > :02:28.liable for the events they do, and then there was the organise -- idea

:02:29. > :02:33.from Gerry Kelly is about to explain which would see instead of a

:02:34. > :02:36.profusion of flags fluttering from various lamp posts, individual lamp

:02:37. > :02:42.post being erected in certain areas that could fly either the Irish

:02:43. > :02:48.tricolour or the union flag. We want a provision so that public spaces

:02:49. > :02:55.are dealt with, legislation for enforcement there. So we want

:02:56. > :02:57.are dealt with, legislation for have that in particular areas,

:02:58. > :03:00.rather than an area completely consumed with flags, whatever they

:03:01. > :03:08.may be, by the way. These are the ideas we are putting out that we

:03:09. > :03:10.want people to discuss. UUP were the first out of the negotiation door

:03:11. > :03:16.this morning. How did they respond to the Sinn Fein initiative? Not

:03:17. > :03:21.very impressed. Tom Elliott the Ulster Unionist did not like the

:03:22. > :03:24.element of the Sinn Fein document that it suggested an equality of

:03:25. > :03:29.treatment between the Irish trigger and the union flag. He said the

:03:30. > :03:32.union flag should have a special place as it is still in the UK in

:03:33. > :03:40.Northern Ireland. And he did not like the fact that Sinn plane had

:03:41. > :03:43.gone public. We were asked to respect the confidentiality and I

:03:44. > :03:48.raised the matter with Dublin house today. If Sinn Fein want to do that,

:03:49. > :03:52.a bit of bad faith from them, but you come to expect nothing more from

:03:53. > :03:58.Republicans. What was the reaction of Richard Haass to the fact that

:03:59. > :04:02.some details have been made public? He was more diplomatic than Tom

:04:03. > :04:05.Elliott. He confirmed he had initially asked the parties to

:04:06. > :04:09.submit their submissions in confidence but said it was up to

:04:10. > :04:13.them which documents they wanted to make public and when. He and his

:04:14. > :04:20.co-chair, Meghan O'Sullivan, repeated a determination to meet the

:04:21. > :04:25.deadline next month. Our goal was, is and will be to complete this work

:04:26. > :04:29.before the end of the year. That is, to reach agreement and to make a

:04:30. > :04:35.full report to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister and soon

:04:36. > :04:38.after to the public. I and we continue to believe that this goal

:04:39. > :04:45.and schedule are equal parts achievable and desirable. The Orange

:04:46. > :04:50.Order in Sandy Row have applied to march through Belfast City Centre on

:04:51. > :04:53.Saturday 14th December. The plan is to go from Sandy Row via Royal

:04:54. > :05:03.Avenue to Twaddell Avenue in North Belfast. The Parades Commission will

:05:04. > :05:07.make its ruling on December third. That is the first anniversary of the

:05:08. > :05:10.flag dispute. We learned today that since the protests began over the

:05:11. > :05:17.restricted flying of the union flag at the City Hall, 560 people have

:05:18. > :05:21.been charged or reported over the riots. 260 of them have been

:05:22. > :05:28.convicted and the police are still to locate more than 100 suspects.

:05:29. > :05:32.The police have released photographs of 150 suspects still wanted for

:05:33. > :05:37.questioning of 150 suspects still wanted for

:05:38. > :05:40.in Belfast earlier this year. The senior investigating officer from

:05:41. > :05:43.operation titan says anyone involved in rioting over the last 12 months

:05:44. > :05:49.or in the weeks ahead will be held accountable. By the way of update

:05:50. > :05:53.and reassurance to the commitment being made, I can tell you that

:05:54. > :05:59.already our investigations have resulted in 560 people being charged

:06:00. > :06:07.or reported. That is for a range of criminal offences. Remarkably, we

:06:08. > :06:15.have 260 people already convicted. And we are seeing increasingly

:06:16. > :06:18.custodial sentences handed down. There are growing concerns amongst

:06:19. > :06:22.the police, public and city businesses about planned protests to

:06:23. > :06:29.mark 12 months since the dispute began. I think it is pretty fluid at

:06:30. > :06:33.the moment, that is the honest description. A lot of people are

:06:34. > :06:36.still angry and we can understand it, and people are concerned about

:06:37. > :06:41.expressing their views on the street. They are entitled to do so

:06:42. > :06:46.but they have to act within the law. But the first anniversary of the

:06:47. > :06:50.controversy is just a fortnight away and the PS and I issued a timely

:06:51. > :07:05.reminder to anyone considering protesting -- the PSNI. The police

:07:06. > :07:08.say the shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Coleraine this morning was

:07:09. > :07:11.not just a crime but morally reprehensible. The teenager was

:07:12. > :07:15.wounded in both legs by a gang of masked men who forced their way into

:07:16. > :07:18.a house at Glebe Avenue in the Harpur's Hill area. Our northeast

:07:19. > :07:22.reporter David Maxwell has been to the

:07:23. > :07:30.housing estate on the outskirts of Coleraine. The attack took place

:07:31. > :07:34.before five o'clock. This is the street where the shooting took

:07:35. > :07:38.place. It is still cordoned off. I been able to speak to a few members

:07:39. > :07:41.of the public about what happened here and none of them wanted to

:07:42. > :07:47.appear on camera, but most used the same word to describe their

:07:48. > :07:50.feelings, discussed. Like the whole community I am shocked a 15-year-old

:07:51. > :07:55.boy could be treated in this way. It's not something we are used in

:07:56. > :08:02.Coleraine and certainly our future. I think it is disgusting to have to

:08:03. > :08:05.accept that level of savagery exists out there with three grown men with

:08:06. > :08:11.masks and baseball bats and revolvers were coming to a house at

:08:12. > :08:15.5am and mutilate the limits of a 15-year-old child. The 15-year-old

:08:16. > :08:20.victim was initially taken to the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine but

:08:21. > :08:22.has been transferred to the Royal Victoria in Belfast. Police are

:08:23. > :08:29.continuing to investigate who carried out the attack and why.

:08:30. > :08:33.There is no place in any civil Society for the shooting of

:08:34. > :08:37.children. It is not just a crime, it is morally reprehensible, and we

:08:38. > :08:41.continue to chase those people and try to put them before the courts.

:08:42. > :08:45.It is the third shooting in a week in North Antrim. Last week

:08:46. > :08:48.21-year-old man was shot in both legs in Port Rush and a man was

:08:49. > :08:53.injured in the arm after shots were in Ballymena -- Ballymoney. No

:08:54. > :08:57.arrests have been made in relation to the incidents and police are

:08:58. > :09:00.asking for information. Next the latest on the fight to maintain

:09:01. > :09:10.cardiac and surgical services at the Royal Belfast Hospital

:09:11. > :09:12.cardiac and surgical services at the Children. In April, experts said

:09:13. > :09:16.that while safe, surgery in Belfast was unsustainable and that patients

:09:17. > :09:18.should go to the children's hospital in Dublin. Some cases have been

:09:19. > :09:22.already been transferred there but BBC Newsline understands that the

:09:23. > :09:25.Stormont Health Minister is about to make a statement about the Royal.

:09:26. > :09:30.With the details, here's our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.

:09:31. > :09:33.It has been a long and hard fought campaign. Over the past year,

:09:34. > :09:37.thousands have taken to the streets while public meetings up and down

:09:38. > :09:45.the country heard from families demanding that children's heart

:09:46. > :09:48.surgery be maintained in Belfast. The public outcry followed a

:09:49. > :09:54.national report which concluded that whilst safe, the unit at the Royal

:09:55. > :09:54.is not sustainable, partly due to not

:09:55. > :10:00.is not sustainable, partly due to performed and a senior surgeon June

:10:01. > :10:04.to retire this December. After listening to parents, Edwin Poots

:10:05. > :10:06.intervened and called for a separate review and consultation which

:10:07. > :10:09.recommended that the service be moved to Dublin. While some felt it

:10:10. > :10:14.was better than England, many believed that local health officials

:10:15. > :10:18.were not fighting Belfast's corner. We think that by the time the

:10:19. > :10:21.minister had got the vote, a lot of the ground work dismantling the

:10:22. > :10:25.service in Belfast had taken place and some of the damage done. We

:10:26. > :10:31.would hope that there is some way that the Minister can still maintain

:10:32. > :10:34.safe cardiac surgical services for children in Northern Ireland.

:10:35. > :10:39.Deciding what to do about the future of children's heart services in

:10:40. > :10:42.Belfast is perhaps one of the most emotive and toughest decisions

:10:43. > :10:46.facing the health minister. Having made an early commitment to the

:10:47. > :10:49.parents, he is now trying to marry their wishes with those of

:10:50. > :10:54.consultants working north and south of the border. In April, Edwin Poots

:10:55. > :10:59.and his Irish counterpart, James Reilly, agreed to set up an oil --

:11:00. > :11:02.an all Ireland child medical network. While there is disagreement

:11:03. > :11:08.over Dublin just providing the surgery, the BBC understands that

:11:09. > :11:11.Edwin Poots insists that will fast delivers on diagnostic and

:11:12. > :11:14.nonsurgical interventions, making it a centre of excellence for

:11:15. > :11:17.children's cardiology -- Belfast delivers. A unit that will also

:11:18. > :11:22.cater for the border counties. Politicians will give their report

:11:23. > :11:26.on the best outcome, and that's a dangerous road, because it is

:11:27. > :11:28.medical need. It's important politicians give the time and space

:11:29. > :11:33.for the best possible outcome for patient care. Both ministers have

:11:34. > :11:36.enlisted the care of a doctor who runs a similar double centre model

:11:37. > :11:39.in Boston, but runs a similar double centre model

:11:40. > :11:47.approaching December, time is running out. After their historic

:11:48. > :11:52.visit of the Queen to the Republic, President Higgins is to reciprocate.

:11:53. > :11:56.This time he will make history, on the first state visit of an Irish

:11:57. > :12:00.president to the UK. Here is our Dublin correspondence.

:12:01. > :12:06.Helping to banish the ghosts of the past. The Queen paying her respect

:12:07. > :12:13.to those Irish men and women who fought against her ancestors and

:12:14. > :12:16.forces. The moment, probably more than any other, that set the tone

:12:17. > :12:24.during her historic visit to Ireland.

:12:25. > :12:29.And it is in the afterglow of that occasion that President Higgins will

:12:30. > :12:37.make the return state visit to the UK, another first. It will be a

:12:38. > :12:41.visit drawing attention to the richness of this relationship, which

:12:42. > :12:45.is really, in terms of the people to people links, and the commercial

:12:46. > :12:50.links, a very unusually close relationship. And I think it will be

:12:51. > :12:53.a celebration of that, first and foremost. Although, of course, very

:12:54. > :13:00.important subjects like Northern Ireland will not be forgotten. And

:13:01. > :13:03.if the marching band outside Windsor Castle again played a sash, Northern

:13:04. > :13:10.Ireland certainly won't be forgotten. President Higgins will

:13:11. > :13:15.stay with the Royal family at the more homely Windsor residence rather

:13:16. > :13:18.than Buckingham Palace. Another indication of the warm and deep

:13:19. > :13:23.relations that now exist between the two states. The official programme

:13:24. > :13:29.has yet to two states. The official programme

:13:30. > :13:33.the coming months officials here, at the President's home, and their

:13:34. > :13:36.British counterparts, will finalise the details. President Higgins will

:13:37. > :13:40.be the special guest at a state banquet, as protocol for such visits

:13:41. > :13:46.demands. The news has been widely welcomed both by officials in

:13:47. > :13:49.Ireland and ordinary people. Anything to promote good relations

:13:50. > :13:54.is a good idea. Queen Elizabeth came over here, so it's fair we return

:13:55. > :13:57.the favour as well. I think we should unite the two states as much

:13:58. > :14:04.as we can, and hopefully something good will come of it. I don't mind,

:14:05. > :14:07.as long as everyone is happy. That's all right. The three-day state visit

:14:08. > :14:14.will begin on the 8th of April. One of the six people wrongly jailed

:14:15. > :14:18.over the Birmingham pub bombings is helping the families of the victims

:14:19. > :14:22.to find out what really happened. 21 people were killed in the attacks 39

:14:23. > :14:29.years ago this week. As Anthony Bartram reports, there's still hope

:14:30. > :14:31.for justice among their relatives. Brian and Julie Hambleton's sister

:14:32. > :14:36.Maxine was killed in the Birmingham pub bombings almost 40 years later

:14:37. > :14:42.they have not given up hope of finding who did it and support for

:14:43. > :14:53.the Justice campaign is growing. Hello, Maureen. Oh, my God, it is so

:14:54. > :15:00.nice to meet you. You have got so many people around you. Surprisingly

:15:01. > :15:03.few of those affected by the bombings know each other. Julie and

:15:04. > :15:06.Maureen Mitchell had ever met, she was so badly injured in the mulberry

:15:07. > :15:13.bush explosion that priests gave her was so badly injured in the mulberry

:15:14. > :15:23.the last rites. It is emotional for me because you were there. We were

:15:24. > :15:31.going through it and my heart goes out to you. Ladies and gentlemen,

:15:32. > :15:34.for 16.5 years, we have been... At many of the Victors' families feel

:15:35. > :15:39.they have been forgotten in the controversy -- many of the victim 's

:15:40. > :15:45.families. 22 years after their release, one of them is now offering

:15:46. > :15:55.to help the family but can they accept? And stand how those people

:15:56. > :15:57.feel. They have had years of something to focus their anger on

:15:58. > :16:03.and of course their anger was focused on us. I have a similar

:16:04. > :16:10.anger that might anger is focused on the West Midlands serious crime

:16:11. > :16:22.squad. The meeting took those at Warrington's his foundation. It is

:16:23. > :16:25.in our DNA that we were told that you were the ringleader of the

:16:26. > :16:31.so-called Birmingham six. And as far as I was concerned, you killed her

:16:32. > :16:34.sister and the other 20 innocent people. I understand that, you don't

:16:35. > :16:40.have to tell me, I know what they said. I would love to see my country

:16:41. > :16:45.united but I had nothing to do with the IRA. It is the 39th anniversary

:16:46. > :16:50.on Thursday, tattoos are currently reassessing the case. The Hambleton

:16:51. > :16:52.'s and Mr Hill understand they make an odd alliance but said they think

:16:53. > :17:00.the The road safety charity Brake says

:17:01. > :17:03.it wants tougher fines for those caught on their mobile phones while

:17:04. > :17:10.driving and a ban on hands-free sets in cars. It's released a survey at

:17:11. > :17:16.the start of Road Safety Week which shows many motorists are still using

:17:17. > :17:22.their phone at the wheel. Dialling and driving, more than 5000

:17:23. > :17:26.motorists in Northern Ireland were fined last year for using a phone at

:17:27. > :17:30.the wheel. It is illegal to use a mobile phone while driving and the

:17:31. > :17:35.Department of Transport says that if you do, you are four times more

:17:36. > :17:39.likely to crash. But this survey suggests that many motorists,

:17:40. > :17:46.despite the warnings, still not hanging up when out on the road. We

:17:47. > :17:49.would like to see a ban on phone use at the wheel extended to

:17:50. > :17:51.would like to see a ban on phone use hands-free phones. At the minute, if

:17:52. > :17:57.you are caught using a hand-held phone, you get a ?60 fine. We would

:17:58. > :18:01.like to see that but up to ?1000 to really send a strong message out to

:18:02. > :18:06.drivers that this is not OK, not acceptable. Some drivers say they

:18:07. > :18:12.would be in favour of tougher fines. I do quite a lot of miles and I see

:18:13. > :18:19.a lot of people text in or even phoning and it is very dangerous. I

:18:20. > :18:26.think that something to stop people from using their mobile phones in

:18:27. > :18:30.the car while driving would be good. I see lots of people driving with

:18:31. > :18:35.mobile phones, the police and camera should pick it up as well. Brake

:18:36. > :18:40.visited the school in Belfast today for the start of Road Safety Week.

:18:41. > :18:44.At the moment, mobile phones are really part of our student might was

:18:45. > :18:51.lives. They are attached to their hands at all times -- our students'

:18:52. > :18:58.hands. When they are in the car, the message must be taken to them that

:18:59. > :19:01.they are driving with a phone and it should not happen. People have to

:19:02. > :19:07.know the dangers when they are my age because we all get really

:19:08. > :19:13.excited when they are first out on the roads and they need to know the

:19:14. > :19:16.risks. Break is now hoping that they call will get through to older

:19:17. > :19:19.drivers as well -- Brake is now hoping.

:19:20. > :19:23.Ireland's rugby team may have had a heavy defeat at the weekend but

:19:24. > :19:26.today has brought what could be a huge boost for Irish rugby - a World

:19:27. > :19:29.Cup bid. Gavin Andrews is here. What's the story?

:19:30. > :19:31.The Irish Government is close to deciding on a bid for the Rugby

:19:32. > :19:35.World Cup in 2023. The proposal will go to Cabinet tomorrow for

:19:36. > :19:39.authorisation. A successful bid for the tournament would, in theory, see

:19:40. > :19:44.games played on both sides of the border.

:19:45. > :19:48.This is what the Irish sports minister had to say today pulled up

:19:49. > :19:54.the response has been hugely enthusiastic. They asked us to do

:19:55. > :19:59.the financial analysis which we have done and it is favourable. We are

:20:00. > :20:03.looking for authorisation for my colleague and I to engage with our

:20:04. > :20:07.northern Canada parts and with the RFU with a view to formalising a bit

:20:08. > :20:10.-- and with our northern counterparts.

:20:11. > :20:14.To matters on the pitch and it's back to the drawing board for

:20:15. > :20:16.Ireland after a 32-15 defeat against Australia. Six players in the

:20:17. > :20:19.Wallabies squad have been given one-match bans for excessive

:20:20. > :20:23.drinking in the build-up to the game at the Aviva Stadium, while nine

:20:24. > :20:24.others have been warned for a breach of team discipline. But it didn't

:20:25. > :20:28.seem to affect performance.

:20:29. > :20:34.Ireland felt the full force of southern hemisphere rug the on

:20:35. > :20:40.Saturday and were humbled conceding four tries to the Aussies and

:20:41. > :20:46.scoring none in a sobering defeat. It will be a brilliant try for

:20:47. > :20:51.Australia. We are disappointed with that, we could have dealt with some

:20:52. > :20:57.of those things and unfortunately we didn't. We have built up a belief

:20:58. > :21:05.that we can take on these teams over the years and to be beaten four

:21:06. > :21:11.tries to none is disappointing. If you give up the access points into

:21:12. > :21:16.the game, you don't get to control the tempo of the game, you don't get

:21:17. > :21:23.to attack them. We kept giving them the ball back and they are too good

:21:24. > :21:26.a side to do that. Luke Marshall who gained his fourth cap and did not

:21:27. > :21:32.look out of place on the international stage and relished the

:21:33. > :21:42.step up in quality. The pace I found a little quicker, the conditions

:21:43. > :21:46.helped a bit as well. A bit more flair and a bit more skill than what

:21:47. > :21:54.we are used to playing. I enjoy defending against them. It is one of

:21:55. > :21:56.those things. A bruising encounter against the Wallabies for Joe

:21:57. > :22:00.Smith's side and it doesn't get any easier as they host the all Blacks

:22:01. > :22:08.on Sunday. One breaking piece of rugby news,

:22:09. > :22:15.Stuart Olding injured his right knee playing for the Ulster ravens on

:22:16. > :22:19.Friday, a scan has revealed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

:22:20. > :22:21.Healy Park in Omagh will be the venue for this year's Ulster Club

:22:22. > :22:25.final between Glenswilly and Ballinderry. The Donegal and Derry

:22:26. > :22:26.champions made it though to the decider after semifinal victories

:22:27. > :22:36.yesterday. He has captained his captain to

:22:37. > :22:41.Ulster and all Ireland titles and his country to victory in the

:22:42. > :22:47.compromise rules series. But at club level, Michael Murphy has never

:22:48. > :22:53.enjoyed a more successful season. He had a part to play in two of his

:22:54. > :23:02.side's three goals and while they were given hope after a goalkeeping

:23:03. > :23:03.error cut the deficit to two points, Glenswilly finished stronger to book

:23:04. > :23:16.their place in the final. Fresh from two titanic tussle is

:23:17. > :23:23.against Crossmaglen, their opponent struggled against Ballinderry. Two

:23:24. > :23:27.players sent off. They chipped away at the lead but frustration led to

:23:28. > :23:31.two of their players being dismissed as well. Lots of these boys have

:23:32. > :23:35.been in this position before, Ulster semifinals and finals. Some of the

:23:36. > :23:41.lads have had success in one of them, and we have been there and

:23:42. > :23:48.played in a few games at this level and it does come down to you. That

:23:49. > :23:50.experience could be key for Ballinderry but with Michael Murphy

:23:51. > :23:53.on your side, Glenswilly know that anything is possible.

:23:54. > :23:57.In local football the gap at anything is possible.

:23:58. > :23:59.of the Irish Premiership narrowed at the weekend after leaders Linfield

:24:00. > :24:02.slipped up at Dungannon. Cliftonville and Crusaders are now

:24:03. > :24:09.challenging after both picked up wins. Thomas Niblock has the best of

:24:10. > :24:12.the action. In just one weekend, the race for

:24:13. > :24:20.the Irish premiership cup completely changed. With the aid of a

:24:21. > :24:29.deflection, it was Dungannon who took the lead. Spiller three search

:24:30. > :24:34.for -- Linfield search for an equaliser but Dungannon finished 1-0

:24:35. > :24:39.winners. We have very few chances but one of the few chances that came

:24:40. > :24:44.our way, we took them. We gave every last bit for the manager and

:24:45. > :24:55.certainly I have no complaints about the result or the victory for

:24:56. > :25:02.Dungannon. One minute from the end, Jordan Owens poked home this winner

:25:03. > :25:13.as it finished 2-1 to Crusaders. I have to be careful what I say that

:25:14. > :25:21.it looked it's dreamy soft and those of the big decisions that change

:25:22. > :25:27.games. The game of the data base at Coleraine -- the game of the day

:25:28. > :25:31.took place. Cliftonville came back each and every time and with the

:25:32. > :25:34.game level at 3-3, snatched a late winner with this strike.

:25:35. > :25:38.And if you want to see all of the weekend's goals, you can find them

:25:39. > :25:42.on the BBC Sport NI website. weekend's goals, you can find them

:25:43. > :25:45.Irish League Show will is online now.

:25:46. > :25:46.It's been a cold start to the week. Let's get the forecast for the next

:25:47. > :25:55.few days, here's Cecilia. The frosty globe is out tonight, a

:25:56. > :26:01.cold which unite to come and the start of a busy week of weather.

:26:02. > :26:05.Most nights, we can expect Frost and the potential for icy roads. A bit

:26:06. > :26:09.of snow in places tonight and tomorrow morning and it is quite

:26:10. > :26:14.common that we get our first taste of snow during the second-half of

:26:15. > :26:19.November. As if that was not enough, the middle of the week promises

:26:20. > :26:23.strong winds. The main hazard tonight is ice, we can expect

:26:24. > :26:26.temperatures to fall below zero and the combination of wet surfaces and

:26:27. > :26:31.low temperatures will mean there will be ice in places. We had some

:26:32. > :26:38.snow reported over the hills in the last hour or so. This looks like

:26:39. > :26:50.snow in them about the boat the hail came down quickly -- in Limavady.

:26:51. > :26:54.You could get just about anything over the hills. There will be lying

:26:55. > :26:57.snow in places particularly over the high ground in the north-west but

:26:58. > :27:02.not exclusively. Any significant snow up to three centimetres will be

:27:03. > :27:06.overly higher ground. With icy roads, that will mean some difficult

:27:07. > :27:11.driving conditions for the morning commute. You may need to give

:27:12. > :27:14.yourself some extra time to scrape the car windscreen at the very

:27:15. > :27:23.least. A cold wind picking up towards the North and East coasts.

:27:24. > :27:24.The hills around Belfast may see some snow in the morning rush-hour.

:27:25. > :27:28.It will be cold tomorrow with some snow in the morning rush-hour.

:27:29. > :27:31.bitter wind going from the north, with the west of the wintry showers

:27:32. > :27:37.moved away, before the end of the morning, leaving some pretty

:27:38. > :27:40.sunshine that but much heat around. Five or six degrees with the wind

:27:41. > :27:45.added, it will feel like it is freezing. And then our next whether

:27:46. > :27:52.the system -- weather system moves in. We will find some very strong

:27:53. > :27:55.winds picking up with gales and even severe gales towards the north coast

:27:56. > :27:59.and through parts of the East Coast. Not as cold on Wednesday but

:28:00. > :28:02.extremely windy and it will settle down towards the end of the week.

:28:03. > :28:07.Our late summary is at 10:25. You can also keep in contact with us via

:28:08. > :28:11.Facebook and Twitter. From BBC Newsline, goodnight.