:00:14. > :00:27.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:28. > :00:31.It is revealed that meat meant for pet food ended up in the human food
:00:32. > :00:34.chain. Nelson McCausland apologises to a
:00:35. > :00:38.Stormont committee saying he inadvertently misinformed them.
:00:39. > :00:41.The family of a mentally ill patient who took his life in the grounds of
:00:42. > :00:48.the Ulster hospital demand the area is made more secure. If these people
:00:49. > :00:54.do something now and stop it happening again, that would be
:00:55. > :00:59.something in memory of Patrick that would be more valuable than a
:01:00. > :01:03.gravestone. This pensioner's labour of love and
:01:04. > :01:06.20 year search for an uncle's grave.
:01:07. > :01:09.I will be reporting on the unseasonably mild weather.
:01:10. > :01:14.Temperatures soared into the teens today. Find out if we broke any
:01:15. > :01:18.records. Driving ambition - rally star Kris
:01:19. > :01:22.Meeke will take on the best in the world next year. He joins me here in
:01:23. > :01:26.the studio. It was revealed today meat which was
:01:27. > :01:28.meant to end up in pet food was fraudulently repackaged in Northern
:01:29. > :01:35.Ireland and sold for human consumption. But the crime was never
:01:36. > :01:39.investigated because the authorities didn't have the necessary resources.
:01:40. > :01:42.The finding is one example in a report commissioned by the UK
:01:43. > :01:47.Government following the horse meat scandal. In a moment we'll hear from
:01:48. > :01:51.the Queen's academic who wrote that report, but first our reporter Conor
:01:52. > :01:57.Macauley has more on the how that low grade meat ended up on our
:01:58. > :02:00.dinner plates. Dairy farmers at Balmoral for the
:02:01. > :02:04.annual Winter Show today. They've a keen interest in the integrity of
:02:05. > :02:07.the food chain, as examined in this review. It was conducted by Queen's
:02:08. > :02:12.academic Professor Chris Elliott and was commissioned after the horse
:02:13. > :02:15.meat scandal. It found the UK had some of the safest food in the
:02:16. > :02:21.world, but recommended setting up of a food crime unit to stop future
:02:22. > :02:25.fraud. Fraud like that found here in 2005 and which is covered in the
:02:26. > :02:28.report. A container load of beef from Asia stopped at a local port
:02:29. > :02:32.led to an investigation at an unnamed cold store. There, beef
:02:33. > :02:38.meant for pet food was being relabelled and sold for human
:02:39. > :02:47.consumption. The potential profit put at ?3 million. The report found
:02:48. > :02:50.there was clear evidence of criminal planning in relation to cold store
:02:51. > :02:54.fraud but because there was no capacity for a proper investigation
:02:55. > :02:58.it did not happen. The meat was seized and destroyed. Worryingly, as
:02:59. > :03:02.far as the report is concerned, if the same thing were to happen again,
:03:03. > :03:05.there still would not be enough resources to carry out a proper
:03:06. > :03:08.enquiry. Farmers say our traceability scheme for fresh meat
:03:09. > :03:14.is second to none. The problem is with processed meat which isn't
:03:15. > :03:21.tracked. We were campaigning hard that that should be across all areas
:03:22. > :03:24.after last winter's episodes. The consumer has every right to know
:03:25. > :03:27.what they are buying and where it is coming from. That has not come
:03:28. > :03:32.through for processed products. Anything labelled as locally sourced
:03:33. > :03:34.is perfectly safe. Professor Elliott recommends a intelligence and
:03:35. > :03:37.investigations unit. He says there's a worryingly lack of knowledge about
:03:38. > :03:46.the extent to which criminals are involved in this kind of food crime.
:03:47. > :03:49.Earlier I spoke to the man who led the review, Professor Chris Elliott,
:03:50. > :03:58.and asked him what surprised him most when conducting the review.
:03:59. > :04:03.When I looked at the food supply system in the United Kingdom, I find
:04:04. > :04:07.that it was incredibly resilient. We probably have one of the safest food
:04:08. > :04:16.supply systems in the world. But my review is very much about looking to
:04:17. > :04:20.stop fraud happening, the type of fraud uncovered during the horse
:04:21. > :04:23.meat scandal. Your review details one particular case in Northern
:04:24. > :04:29.Ireland dating back to 2005. What should we take from that? What
:04:30. > :04:31.comfort should we take about the standard of what is going into our
:04:32. > :04:38.food chain in Northern Ireland today? The most important thing
:04:39. > :04:42.about the case that happened in Northern Ireland was that there was
:04:43. > :04:50.the mechanism in place to first of all detects the suspicious activity,
:04:51. > :04:54.and then take action. What happened was there was a full investigation
:04:55. > :04:58.about that particular facility will stop all the meat was seized and
:04:59. > :05:05.destroyed and it is a model I would like to see taken much further
:05:06. > :05:11.across the United Kingdom. You call it fraud on an industrial scale.
:05:12. > :05:18.Whose job is it to monitor, regulate and police all of that? It is very
:05:19. > :05:23.clear in EU law, it is food business operators' responsibility to make
:05:24. > :05:27.sure the food is safe and authentic. Government has a major
:05:28. > :05:33.responsibility were looking after our food security. In my review I
:05:34. > :05:37.have talked about a partnership between industry involvement to make
:05:38. > :05:44.sure the food supply chain is safe and authentic. So you think there
:05:45. > :05:49.should be one body with teeth? What we have is the Food Standards Agency
:05:50. > :05:56.and they have done a remarkably good job since its inception to deliver
:05:57. > :06:00.safe food for us. I think it is now the role of that agency to go a step
:06:01. > :06:04.further and to take food crime under their arm brother as well. And that
:06:05. > :06:08.is something the politicians would have to get back into? Element
:06:09. > :06:17.absolutely, and it is important to think about what I published today
:06:18. > :06:20.as an interim report. I want to discuss with industry, government
:06:21. > :06:25.and other people about those recommendations. Do they make
:06:26. > :06:28.sense? Are they pragmatic? How long will it take to promote them?
:06:29. > :06:31.The Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has apologised to
:06:32. > :06:34.a Stormont committee saying he inadvertently misinformed them about
:06:35. > :06:41.who attended a meeting to discuss double glazing contracts for Housing
:06:42. > :06:45.Executive homes. The issue was highlighted by a BBC Spotlight
:06:46. > :06:49.programme. Our Political Correspondent Gareth Gordon reports.
:06:50. > :06:53.Until today, the Social Development Minister has always denied changing
:06:54. > :07:02.a letter about who he met to discuss double glazing contracts with the
:07:03. > :07:05.Housing Executive in April 2012. As revealed in this BBC Spotlight
:07:06. > :07:08.programme, the letter claimed the meeting had been with the Glass and
:07:09. > :07:11.Glazing Federation and a company called Fusion 21, when in fact it
:07:12. > :07:14.had been with a company called Turkingtons, who are alleged to have
:07:15. > :07:24.supported Mr McCausland's party, the DUP, in the past. In the light of
:07:25. > :07:30.the witness evidence and the document discovery in my department,
:07:31. > :07:37.I acknowledge that I unintentionally misinformed the committee in this
:07:38. > :07:42.letter. Let me in -- assure you that this was not deliberate. I realise
:07:43. > :07:54.there has been confusion around the letter. I never saw staff from
:07:55. > :07:59.Turkingtons at the meeting and I have held meetings with other
:08:00. > :08:03.companies. He denied there'd been any attempt to mislead. The
:08:04. > :08:09.committee chairman was unconvinced. There was a clear and concerted
:08:10. > :08:12.focus on ensuring that Turkingtons was deleted from the record of that
:08:13. > :08:15.meeting and I find it hard to explain. This former DUP member
:08:16. > :08:27.claimed Mr McCausland had simply run out of road. Was at that you had
:08:28. > :08:33.some sensitivity about putting up in lights that you had met with
:08:34. > :08:37.Turkingtons as a party donor and therefore had an anxiety to divert
:08:38. > :08:42.it to the Glass and glazing Federation? Mr McCausland replied
:08:43. > :08:51."absolutely not." He was pressed on Turkingtons' relationship with the
:08:52. > :08:56.DUP. You also heard it stated clearly that Turkingtons were
:08:57. > :09:05.funders and provided vans to your party and in fact, is it not the
:09:06. > :09:14.case that they funded what is known in DUP circles as your battle bus
:09:15. > :09:16.during election time? My interests are entirely within my constituency
:09:17. > :09:22.and the remit of my department. I have no knowledge at all in regard
:09:23. > :09:25.to the workings of internal financial regulations of the party
:09:26. > :09:32.because I am not an officer. The inquiry into the Spotlight programme
:09:33. > :09:36.will continue in the New Year. The father of a mentally ill patient
:09:37. > :09:39.who took his life in the grounds of the Ulster Hospital, is demanding
:09:40. > :09:43.the area is made more secure. Patrick Campbell was 26 when he died
:09:44. > :09:47.after climbing over a fence. It's the second time in three years that
:09:48. > :09:52.a patient from the hospital's mental health unit has died in that way.
:09:53. > :09:55.The South Eastern Health Trust says it's now reviewing the area. Our
:09:56. > :10:01.Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has the story.
:10:02. > :10:05.Patrick campbell was a much loved son, brother and friend. But all
:10:06. > :10:09.that was destroyed by depression - a demon he could never shake off. In
:10:10. > :10:12.September, Patrick asked to be admitted to the Ulster Hospital's
:10:13. > :10:21.Mental health unit for his own safety. Placed on suicide watch, he
:10:22. > :10:26.managed to to get away from a nurse while smoking in the garden. He
:10:27. > :10:31.scaled the fence and ran to another building where he fell and died.
:10:32. > :10:37.Patrick was not the first person to leave that board over that fence,
:10:38. > :10:44.and not the first to die having done that. I really demand that he is the
:10:45. > :10:48.last. In 2010, 22-year-old James Fenton, who was also a patient on
:10:49. > :10:51.suicide watch, managed to leave using the same fence. His body lay
:10:52. > :10:54.undiscovered in the hospital grounds for ten weeks. A report by the
:10:55. > :10:58.Police Ombudsman criticised the PSNI investigation. The BBC understands
:10:59. > :11:03.that investigators believed much more could have been done to make it
:11:04. > :11:12.more difficult to climb the fence. Three years later, and the issue is
:11:13. > :11:16.now being addressed. I would like to offer my sympathies and condolences
:11:17. > :11:24.to Mr Campbell's family. Our initial findings are that the nursing staff
:11:25. > :11:28.could not have prevented his death, nevertheless we are doing a detailed
:11:29. > :11:31.review. If that review identifies changes we can make, such as
:11:32. > :11:39.building a curve into the fence, those will be actioned. The family
:11:40. > :11:41.are angry that security cameras while operating weren't being
:11:42. > :11:47.monitored, also that staff had no means of raising the alarm from the
:11:48. > :11:57.garden. Patrick is gone. He is never going to come back. Sadly, there are
:11:58. > :12:02.an answer questions as to why he was not kept safe in the hospital when
:12:03. > :12:04.he thought he would be safe. Patrick's case raises many issues,
:12:05. > :12:13.including appropriate facilities used to treat suicidal patients and
:12:14. > :12:16.also the lack of continuity in care. Now they have gone public, his
:12:17. > :12:20.parents want to meet the Health Minister.
:12:21. > :12:26.Still to come on the programme before seven...
:12:27. > :12:30.This woman's 20 year search for her uncle's grave in Shanghai.
:12:31. > :12:33.The independent Bishop Pat Buckley has pleaded guilty to immigration
:12:34. > :12:38.offences linked to sham marriages. He's to be sentenced next week.
:12:39. > :12:43.Chris Page reports. Often controversial, and now a
:12:44. > :12:46.convict. Pat Buckley admitted 14 charges of conspiring to break
:12:47. > :12:52.immigration laws. He officiated at sham marriages in 2008 and 2009. The
:12:53. > :12:55.prosecution did not go ahead with five other charges against him.
:12:56. > :13:05.Outside court, Buckley said he wasn't going to hide. I feel a bit
:13:06. > :13:08.lighter because that has been hanging over me and it has been
:13:09. > :13:14.dealt with, but obviously I have a heaviness of heart because
:13:15. > :13:17.technically, at 61, I now have a criminal conviction. A defence
:13:18. > :13:21.lawyer said that Buckley's ministry of 37 years was renowned and that he
:13:22. > :13:27.had been used by the operators of the scam. The court heard that
:13:28. > :13:32.Buckley was not the instigator of the scam and that he was more of a
:13:33. > :13:37.receiver of fees than a reaper of profits. A prosecuting lawyer said
:13:38. > :13:40.although he might have been motivated by a desire to help
:13:41. > :13:45.others, afterwards he had a certain knowledge that what he was doing was
:13:46. > :13:48.wrong. The prosecution said it was accepted that because of his health
:13:49. > :13:52.and his exceptional nature of the case, the court would be allowed to
:13:53. > :13:56.suspend any prison term. He will be sentenced next week.
:13:57. > :14:01.If your household finances have been feeling under pressure, some new
:14:02. > :14:04.official figures explain why. They show that the typical full time
:14:05. > :14:09.worker saw their wages fall last year. In comparison, workers
:14:10. > :14:11.elsewhere in the UK saw a small rise in their pay
:14:12. > :14:24.. What is this report? This is an annual survey and it looks at how
:14:25. > :14:27.much people are and how many hours they work. It shows that for the
:14:28. > :14:33.typical full-time worker in Northern Ireland, they will earn just under
:14:34. > :14:40.?24,000 this year. That is lower than last year, it has fallen by
:14:41. > :14:43.0.2%. Inflation currently stands at 2.2%, so that is really bad news for
:14:44. > :14:49.household finances, because it shows prices are rising wide wages are
:14:50. > :14:53.falling. That is why you feel a little bit less wealthy. We hear the
:14:54. > :14:58.economy is recovering, so when will the sea wages recover? That is a
:14:59. > :15:05.question for our lot of people. The answer is it will happen eventually,
:15:06. > :15:12.as the economy gets stronger and wages catch up. It will probably
:15:13. > :15:15.take until 2015. I am afraid that next year is going to be another
:15:16. > :15:17.tight year for very many people. Difficult times. Thank you.
:15:18. > :15:21.A stolen fuel tanker was reversed into the Quinn Group headquarters in
:15:22. > :15:27.County Fermanagh and set on fire last night. Our South-west reporter
:15:28. > :15:32.Julian Fowler has more from Derrylin.
:15:33. > :15:36.This is the latest in a series of attacks on the company once owned by
:15:37. > :15:41.Fermanagh businessman, Sean Quinn. The oil tanker was driven through
:15:42. > :15:47.Barnard is at its headquarters just before 811 o'clock last night. --
:15:48. > :15:52.driven through warlords. It was reversed three times through the
:15:53. > :15:57.door. The Tiger did not explode after being set alight and
:15:58. > :16:08.firefighters prevented the flames spreading. Quinn Group has recently
:16:09. > :16:11.rebranded as Aventas. It is supposed to represent the arrival of
:16:12. > :16:16.something new but the attacks on this company are becoming all too
:16:17. > :16:20.familiar. The company said this latest incident is part of a
:16:21. > :16:25.continuing campaign of sabotage, intimidation and vilification. Those
:16:26. > :16:29.responsible, they said, had no regard for the impact on jobs or the
:16:30. > :16:34.local economy. It said it would continue to face down this me guided
:16:35. > :16:37.-- misguided minority with resolute determination.
:16:38. > :16:40.The former Prime Minister Sir John Major has said he has no sympathy
:16:41. > :16:45.for loyalists who claim the political process is eroding their
:16:46. > :16:48.British identity. Sir John, who was in Dublin to mark the 20th
:16:49. > :16:54.anniversary of the Downing Street Declaration, said there was no
:16:55. > :16:59.threat to their Britishness. I think it is a phantom fear. It is
:17:00. > :17:05.a phantom fear. It is perfectly clear from the Downing Street cat
:17:06. > :17:11.might declaration that for so long as Northern Ireland wishes to main
:17:12. > :17:14.British, they will remain British. No one is abandoning them, no one is
:17:15. > :17:18.pushing them to one side. We are saying, if you look at everyday life
:17:19. > :17:24.in Northern Ireland, it is in comparative better than it was 20 or
:17:25. > :17:31.25 years ago. -- income parody better. -- it is much better.
:17:32. > :17:34.There's more of that interview on The View at ten thirty five tonight
:17:35. > :17:38.after our late news. Next to a labour of love and a
:17:39. > :17:41.search that's taken 20 years. During that time Sarah Moran from
:17:42. > :17:45.Londonderry has been trying to find the grave of her uncle, who was in
:17:46. > :17:50.the British Army and was killed in Shanghai by the Japanese in 1937.
:17:51. > :17:53.Patrick McGowan was one of a number of soldiers from the Royal Ulster
:17:54. > :18:06.Rifles who died while serving as peacekeepers during the war between
:18:07. > :18:09.Japan and China. A story of love and determination.
:18:10. > :18:13.For 20 years, 74-year-old Sarah Moran has been trying to find the
:18:14. > :18:16.grave of her uncle, Patrick McGowan. The 25-year-old joined the British
:18:17. > :18:19.Army as a teenager following in the footsteps of his older brother John.
:18:20. > :18:24.Both boys are pictured here with their mother Harriet when they were
:18:25. > :18:33.aged seven and nine. She died a short time after this was taken.
:18:34. > :18:38.Shanghai has fallen to Japan. China is forced to withdraw. In 1937,
:18:39. > :18:40.China was at war with Japan. Private Patrick McGowan was part of an
:18:41. > :18:48.international peacekeeping force which included American, Italian and
:18:49. > :18:54.British soldiers. But tragically, he met his death while on guard duty.
:18:55. > :19:02.The Japanese and Chinese continued to have a go at each other and
:19:03. > :19:10.unfortunately, one of the Japanese planes was shooting at an area where
:19:11. > :19:15.Mr McGowan was on post and he was hit in the chest and back and died
:19:16. > :19:18.on his way to hospital. Back home in Derry, the family of Patrick McGowan
:19:19. > :19:21.knew that British servicemen had been buried in Shanghai but still
:19:22. > :19:28.the search continued for their graves. Growing up, they always
:19:29. > :19:32.talked about Paddy. Because of all the cuttings we had, I was really
:19:33. > :19:36.interested in finding out where he was buried. Chairman Mao's cultural
:19:37. > :19:39.revolution resulted in all symbols of colonial rule disappearing -
:19:40. > :19:43.including thousands of foreign graves. But after writing to David
:19:44. > :19:54.Cameron the graves were eventually found with help from the Shanghai
:19:55. > :19:58.Consulate and a military historian. The arrival of HMS Daring on a visit
:19:59. > :20:01.to Shanghai paved the way for senior British military personnel to pay
:20:02. > :20:10.their respects to the Royal Ulster Rifles' soldiers. They laid a floral
:20:11. > :20:13.tribute at the grave in shanghai yesterday, much to the delight of a
:20:14. > :20:17.pensioner back in Derry. I really think that is brilliant. I did not
:20:18. > :20:21.expect that. The fact that they found a grave is good enough for me.
:20:22. > :20:25.I think they have done a really good job. I think they have really
:20:26. > :20:30.respected him now, so I am quite happy. The families of these people
:20:31. > :20:35.are still interested. It still matters to them and I think the best
:20:36. > :20:40.thing about today is it shows to the families that the services still
:20:41. > :20:46.care about people, regardless of when they were lost. Sarah has been
:20:47. > :20:50.involved in the campaign for almost 20 years. She says it has been well
:20:51. > :20:59.worth the effort, so her uncle Paddy can be honoured and his memory
:21:00. > :21:02.cherished. This time last year, temperatures
:21:03. > :21:05.fell as low as minus six degrees Celsius at night, and the days
:21:06. > :21:08.struggled to get above freezing. A year later, and we've had an
:21:09. > :21:15.exceptionally mild winter's day. Barra Best reports.
:21:16. > :21:19.It was a day for forgetting the jacket, scarves and gloves as
:21:20. > :21:23.temperatures soared to 15 degrees. It is eight degrees above what it
:21:24. > :21:29.should be at this time of year. It was just a degree below the 1994
:21:30. > :21:32.record, when 16 degrees was recorded in County Down. The high
:21:33. > :21:37.temperatures are courtesy of mild air from the equator. Temperatures
:21:38. > :21:44.into the low teens in December, not frequent but not unusual. It is very
:21:45. > :21:49.nice for getting your heating bills down. It is no joke that winter
:21:50. > :21:53.temperatures have given us the slip but there are still two and a half
:21:54. > :21:57.months left for the sub-zero temperatures to return. I am from
:21:58. > :22:03.Africa, so I think it is quite cold. But I was expecting much colder. I
:22:04. > :22:08.am a PE teacher. I have been outside and the weather has been fantastic.
:22:09. > :22:12.Dreaming of a white Christmas? Very much. For the time being, it does
:22:13. > :22:16.not look like it will be a white on the issue. Over the weekend,
:22:17. > :22:19.temperatures are set to stay mild but with strong winds on the way it
:22:20. > :22:24.will feel much colder. More on the forecast later in the
:22:25. > :22:27.programme. Before that, a sportsman who's received a special early
:22:28. > :22:33.Christmas present. The rally driver Kris Meeke joins Stephen Watson here
:22:34. > :22:36.in the studio. This is a Christmas present that you
:22:37. > :22:39.cannot buy. Kris Meeke from Dungannon has just been handed the
:22:40. > :22:42.biggest opportunity of his career. Next year he will drive for Citreon
:22:43. > :22:46.in the prestigious world rally Championship. Kris has been testing
:22:47. > :22:49.for his new team for the last few days in the south of France - and
:22:50. > :22:51.has just flown back from Monte Carlo.
:22:52. > :22:58.Thank you for coming straight in Cialis. Is it fair to say after ten
:22:59. > :23:04.years in the sport that this is a bit of a dream come true? Yes, it is
:23:05. > :23:10.something I have worked all my career for. I have had a few
:23:11. > :23:17.setbacks along the way, but this year it has all come good and in
:23:18. > :23:24.2014 I will be on the Citron World Rally team. To learn from that team
:23:25. > :23:27.and get the experience and built my knowledge for future success is a
:23:28. > :23:32.bonus. We are watching pictures of you testing over the last few days
:23:33. > :23:37.just outside Monte Carlo. This team is backed by Abu Dhabi, putting tens
:23:38. > :23:43.of millions of pounds into this operation. Are you confident you can
:23:44. > :23:46.deliver for them? I would not take on the challenge if I did not think
:23:47. > :23:52.I was capable. You have two have self belief. We had been knocking
:23:53. > :24:02.the door for a long time and never got the opportunity. It is great to
:24:03. > :24:11.learn from a team with so much knowledge as Citroen. In 1964, Paddy
:24:12. > :24:17.Hochberg won the Monte Carlo Rally. Can you repeat the achievement? I
:24:18. > :24:24.learned the legend of Paddy Hopp Kirk. Such a feat he achieved back
:24:25. > :24:28.then, even against the bigger cars. It is one of those legends that will
:24:29. > :24:35.live for ever. It is great that 50 years on, I can get the opportunity
:24:36. > :24:39.to try for the Monte Carlo Rally. It might be a bit soon to emulate his
:24:40. > :24:44.success but I hope to build on my experience. Could we be sitting here
:24:45. > :24:54.next year with you as a world Rally Champion? 2014 maybe a bit soon. In
:24:55. > :24:57.Rally, experience is everything. It takes so many years to build up a
:24:58. > :25:05.knowledge of the events. 2014 might be soon. I will achieve success next
:25:06. > :25:09.year, but maybe 2015 and later, we could possibly dream of being a
:25:10. > :25:14.world Rally Champion and that is the off call. We love motorsport in
:25:15. > :25:19.Northern Ireland. Thank you. Alan's cricketers are in a
:25:20. > :25:24.commanding position on the third day of the ICC in to an act of -- ICC
:25:25. > :25:29.Intercontinental Cup Final in Dubai. They have set Afghanistan a target
:25:30. > :25:34.of 347 to win and they were 136-5 at the close of play.
:25:35. > :25:40.If you have ever wondered what it is like to be a passion in her -- a
:25:41. > :25:44.passenger in a rally car, there is an old video of Stephen Watson on a
:25:45. > :25:52.ferry rocky road. His face is a picture!
:25:53. > :25:58.The mild weather will stay with us for at least one more day but then
:25:59. > :26:01.it is all change come the weekend. There will be strong winds heading
:26:02. > :26:07.our way. Tonight is another mild night. It starts off reasonably dry.
:26:08. > :26:11.Then we get rain coming through later on this evening. It is going
:26:12. > :26:15.to stay mild with temperatures in many places seeing double figures as
:26:16. > :26:19.we go through this evening. The rain, by breakfast time, could be
:26:20. > :26:26.quite persistent and sharp. A damp start by Friday. Things brighten up
:26:27. > :26:29.nicely through the day. We will see breaks in the cloud and bright
:26:30. > :26:33.weather. We will have top temperatures of 11 or 12 degrees.
:26:34. > :26:37.Why we are playing a game of dodge the shower, if you manage to do that
:26:38. > :26:42.it will not be a bad day. Because we have got clear skies tomorrow, the
:26:43. > :26:46.temperatures drop down to something much more what we would expect for
:26:47. > :26:54.the time of year. Overnight lows of two or three degrees. It will be a
:26:55. > :26:59.wintry night. As we go into the weekend, everything changes. We have
:27:00. > :27:02.some strong winds heading our way. They are being driven by these
:27:03. > :27:07.low-pressure systems developing in the Atlantic. We have one heading
:27:08. > :27:10.our way on Saturday and another one following behind on Sunday. That
:27:11. > :27:14.means the weather on Saturday is going to have a very different feel
:27:15. > :27:19.to it. We have a band of rain coming through, we have strong winds, it is
:27:20. > :27:24.going to be wet and cold. It is really not going to be very nice at
:27:25. > :27:27.all. The message is to make the most of tomorrow because Saturday is the
:27:28. > :27:33.start of unsettled conditions for next week.
:27:34. > :27:42.13 degrees on Friday the 13th, with a wind speed of 13? Is that ominous?
:27:43. > :27:44.We are back at 10:15pm -- 1030 PM. Goodbye.