:00:16. > :00:22.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: Michaella McCollum from
:00:23. > :00:27.Dungannon finds out how long she'll spend in jail for drugs smuggling -
:00:28. > :00:30.we'll have the latest from Peru. A dissident republican attack on a
:00:31. > :00:42.Belfast store injures the man leaving the device. Within seconds,
:00:43. > :00:45.his jacket went on fire. And flames were coming out of all parts of his
:00:46. > :00:47.body. The republican Colin Duffy appears in court charged with
:00:48. > :00:58.conspiracy to murder. Is a deal on parades, the past and flags on the
:00:59. > :01:04.horizon? I will have the latest shortly. Over 1000 -year-old GP
:01:05. > :01:10.patients recalled to the Belfast City Hospital after patients receive
:01:11. > :01:20.a late cancer diagnosis. And no frost tonight but wet and the windy
:01:21. > :01:24.weather is on the way. First to Peru and the two young women caught
:01:25. > :01:28.trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country have been sentenced to six
:01:29. > :01:31.years and eight months in prison. Michaella McCollum from Dungannon
:01:32. > :01:41.and her Scottish friend Melissa Reid were stopped at Lima airport with
:01:42. > :01:48.the drug in their suitcases. Worried Davis joins us. He will take us
:01:49. > :01:53.through what happened. We were in a very dusty courthouse in a very
:01:54. > :01:59.rundown district of Lima where the young women a couple of months ago
:02:00. > :02:03.they let guilty. You might remember we had expected them to be sentenced
:02:04. > :02:09.back then but the prosecutor was not happy with the level of cooperation
:02:10. > :02:13.and the prosecutor asked for a sentence of about 15 years so the
:02:14. > :02:16.young women and their families will be quietly pleased with the fact
:02:17. > :02:21.they have got the minimum sentence, which is eight years, reduced to six
:02:22. > :02:28.years and eight months on account of their guilty plea. They will be here
:02:29. > :02:32.until 2020 and they will have to spend all of that sentence in Peru.
:02:33. > :02:36.But that is better than they could have expected. Is there no such
:02:37. > :02:44.thing as remission in Peru? And what is the likelihood they might spend
:02:45. > :02:49.some of that sentence here at home? They would have been given some
:02:50. > :02:54.remission because of a guilty plea but the authorities are not very
:02:55. > :02:59.keen to empty their jails of the many foreigners here we have been
:03:00. > :03:05.convicted of smuggling drugs. There was talk at some point that the
:03:06. > :03:09.young women might serve three or four years of their sentence in Peru
:03:10. > :03:13.and the rest in the UK, paid for it by the UK Government. That was not
:03:14. > :03:17.an up-to-date in court and the women are still in the courthouse, and try
:03:18. > :03:31.to grab a word with them when come out. But as it stands, they will be
:03:32. > :03:34.in Peru until 2020. Thank you. Police are trawling through CCTV
:03:35. > :03:38.pictures to try to find the man who ignited a firebomb and set his
:03:39. > :03:41.clothes alight in a Belfast shop last night. The bomber fled through
:03:42. > :03:44.Cornmarket in the city centre, passing shoppers at around 6.30pm.
:03:45. > :03:48.It's believed he is in his 40s. As well as appealing to the public for
:03:49. > :03:51.information the police have been in contact with hospitals as they say
:03:52. > :03:54.the man probably needed medical help. Helen Jones reports. It was
:03:55. > :03:58.business as usual at this shop this morning but things could have been
:03:59. > :04:01.so different. Just after 6.30pm last night, the co-owner came
:04:02. > :04:10.face-to-face with the dissident republican intent on destroying his
:04:11. > :04:16.business. He stood with his head down and within seconds his jacket
:04:17. > :04:21.went on fire. And flames were coming out of all parts of his body. And
:04:22. > :04:27.the package dropped onto the floor. Which we moved onto the street. And
:04:28. > :04:30.he ran off in the direction of and street. It seems the attempt to
:04:31. > :04:35.firebomb the shop hasn't put customers off from returning. People
:04:36. > :04:40.have got the confidence to come back and spend their money. We are
:04:41. > :04:45.staying in hotels and shopping and we cannot let things like this put
:04:46. > :04:53.you off. This is all the evidence there is. With so few days left to
:04:54. > :04:59.Christmas, as Mrs have to get up, dust themselves off and get on with
:05:00. > :05:05.it. We have come through a lot and we are getting there. Nobody. Us
:05:06. > :05:12.coming into our time. We have had 30 years of trouble in the past and we
:05:13. > :05:16.had to shop in town and we cannot that people like that rule our
:05:17. > :05:19.lives. We just have to do what is right. The PSNI are scrolling
:05:20. > :05:22.through hours of CCTV images in a bid to identify the would-be
:05:23. > :05:26.fire-bomber. He is described as being in his 40s, plump and at the
:05:27. > :05:34.time was wearing a three-quarter length coat and black beanie hat.
:05:35. > :05:37.This man running away with the flames still around him so clearly
:05:38. > :05:42.he was very evident running down the street at 6:30pm on a Monday evening
:05:43. > :05:46.with flames. Anybody who saw that, it is important they contacted
:05:47. > :05:49.detectives. This afternoon the Enterprise Minister showed her
:05:50. > :05:55.support for the city. She had this to say about the people behind the
:05:56. > :06:00.attack. These people are reckless morons with no agenda for Northern
:06:01. > :06:04.Ireland. Except to destroy it and send out negative messages. Whereas
:06:05. > :06:09.the greater number of people in Northern Ireland want to send out
:06:10. > :06:12.positive messages about Belfast. Business leaders are urging the
:06:13. > :06:21.public to keep stopping but to stay -- shopping to stay vigilant in the
:06:22. > :06:23.run-up to Christmas. Last night's attempted firebombing comes amid an
:06:24. > :06:28.upsurge in activity by dissident republican groups, as Chris Buckler
:06:29. > :06:31.reports. The last few weeks have seen the return of checkpoints and
:06:32. > :06:35.increased security throughout Belfast. The city has become the
:06:36. > :06:38.target of attempts to cause terror. The most serious of recent attacks
:06:39. > :06:41.was the attempted car bombing at Victoria Square. The device only
:06:42. > :06:46.partially exploded but the incident has greatly concerned police. When
:06:47. > :06:49.you look at that capability of people who have the knowledge,
:06:50. > :06:54.technical knowledge, to know how to explode a car bomb, it means we are
:06:55. > :07:00.concerned about that but we are also concerned about the new generation
:07:01. > :07:05.of young active republicans who are determined to keep this campaign
:07:06. > :07:11.going. Let us be clear - this campaign has got no community
:07:12. > :07:15.support. Despite that worry, last month the head of MI5 indicated that
:07:16. > :07:20.the threat from dissident groups was decreasing. The people we are
:07:21. > :07:25.talking about are a very small number of people, a residue of
:07:26. > :07:29.terrorism from what I call a bygone era. However, in the weeks since
:07:30. > :07:33.then police have been shot at and there have been attempts to cause
:07:34. > :07:36.more widespread disruption. We are going through a current surge and
:07:37. > :07:40.that is undeniable and we need public support and information and
:07:41. > :07:46.vigilance to help us deal with that. The head of MI5 was badly briefed?
:07:47. > :07:51.He was talking at a time when there was a dip in activity but against
:07:52. > :07:55.the definition of the threat, it has been five years and we have a
:07:56. > :07:57.current surge that might dip again in the future if we are successful.
:07:58. > :08:00.The police believe that several different dissident organisations
:08:01. > :08:04.have been involved in recent attacks and they say they need the public's
:08:05. > :08:12.help to keep the city safe this Christmas. Three republicans,
:08:13. > :08:15.including Lurgan man Colin Duffy, have appeared in court charged with
:08:16. > :08:18.conspiracy to murder members of the security forces. They also face
:08:19. > :08:24.firearms offences and are charged with IRA membership. Martin Cassidy
:08:25. > :08:26.reports. In court were three men. The prominent republican,
:08:27. > :08:32.46-year-old Colin Duffy, pictured here in his home town of Lurgan.
:08:33. > :08:35.Appearing alongside him were Henry Fitzsimons, aged 45, of no fixed
:08:36. > :08:42.abode and 52-year-old Alex McCrory of Sliabh Dubh in Belfast. All three
:08:43. > :08:49.were charged with conspiracy to possess firearms and explosives with
:08:50. > :08:52.intent to endanger life. They were also charged with conspiracy to
:08:53. > :08:58.murder and of belonging to a proscribed organisation, namely the
:08:59. > :09:01.IRA. Alex McCrory and Henry Fitzsimons are charged with trying
:09:02. > :09:04.to murder members of the PSNI on Belfast's Crumlin Road on the 5th of
:09:05. > :09:12.December when two police vehicles were hit by gunfire from assault
:09:13. > :09:15.rifles. There was no application for bail and all three men were remanded
:09:16. > :09:20.in custody until the 14th of January. Colin Duffy gave a thumbs
:09:21. > :09:27.up sign to supporters who cheered from the public gallery as the three
:09:28. > :09:30.men were led away. The talks chairman Richard Haass says he's
:09:31. > :09:34.still hopeful of reaching agreement with the five main Stormont parties
:09:35. > :09:40.this week on flags, parades and the past. Sinn Fein have reacted to the
:09:41. > :09:46.draft document produced by the Haass team yesterday. The party says it
:09:47. > :09:51.poses a series of difficulties for it but has predicted a deal can be
:09:52. > :09:59.done in 48 hours if there is the political will. Stephen Walker is at
:10:00. > :10:05.the talks venue in East Belfast. What was going on? All of the
:10:06. > :10:11.parties have been meeting Doctor house today in a round of intensive
:10:12. > :10:16.than decisions and we got a sense of this first draft from Richard Haass,
:10:17. > :10:20.very much a work in progress. There was a sense of something about the
:10:21. > :10:25.past and about parading and when it comes to the past, the DUP have been
:10:26. > :10:29.talking about the past and they made it clear they will not accept any
:10:30. > :10:35.amnesty. Here are the thoughts of the DUP MP, Jeffrey Donaldson. We
:10:36. > :10:41.want to make very clear that we have seen nothing in the document that is
:10:42. > :10:46.before us that is an amnesty, looks like an amnesty, sounds like one or
:10:47. > :10:50.is an amnesty. There is no question of the final agreement or even this
:10:51. > :10:58.draft agreement containing anything that represents an amnesty. It is
:10:59. > :11:02.off the table, it was never on, it will not be in the final document.
:11:03. > :11:11.We are clear about that. And the other parties? Well, the SDLP, the
:11:12. > :11:14.Alliance Party and the UUP to varying degrees say a deal is
:11:15. > :11:18.possible but it is clear that work needs to be done. These are the
:11:19. > :11:23.thoughts of the Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly. If the political will is
:11:24. > :11:28.there we can do this in 48 hours and if not, we cannot. People have
:11:29. > :11:33.thought before that these things were in tractable and we have dealt
:11:34. > :11:38.with them and we can deal with the issues here. They are not new. All
:11:39. > :11:43.of the arguments involved have been gone through before and we are in a
:11:44. > :11:47.different place than the word two years ago or ten years ago and I
:11:48. > :11:52.think we need to use this opportunity that Richard Haass has
:11:53. > :11:57.produced. In fact, that the First and Deputy First Ministers have
:11:58. > :12:02.produced with the Americans. The thoughts of Gerry Kelly. Tomorrow,
:12:03. > :12:06.we understand there will be some rewriting going on that Richard
:12:07. > :12:15.Haass insists a deal is possible this week. Stephen Walker at the
:12:16. > :12:19.talks venue. A survey on the talks issues of flags, parades and the
:12:20. > :12:22.past has been carried out for BBC Newsline. It has found significant
:12:23. > :12:24.levels of support for retaining the Parades Commission and building a
:12:25. > :12:28.Peace and Reconciliation Centre at the site of the former Maze jail.
:12:29. > :12:31.The poll also indicates people don't want a line drawn under the
:12:32. > :12:35.investigation of offences during the Troubles. On the flying of flags
:12:36. > :12:37.over public buildings, the designated days option
:12:38. > :12:40.controversially adopted by Belfast City Council emerges as the practice
:12:41. > :12:53.with the most cross-community support. Mark Devenport has been
:12:54. > :12:56.looking at the findings. If they were easy questions, politicians
:12:57. > :13:00.would not spend so much time trying to come up with answers. It is no
:13:01. > :13:05.surprise that this poll does not provide many crushing majorities.
:13:06. > :13:08.Instead, there was plenty of evidence of communities pulling in
:13:09. > :13:13.different directions. On the past, the Attorney General sparked a
:13:14. > :13:17.Ferrari when he adjusted the prosecution of troubles era offences
:13:18. > :13:21.should end. We asked people if police should stop investigating
:13:22. > :13:29.those wooded offences dating back to before the Good Friday Agreement.
:13:30. > :13:35.30% said yes. But 45% said no, believing investigations should
:13:36. > :13:39.continue. But if I % had no opinion. More than half of those describing
:13:40. > :13:42.themselves as from a Protestant background said investigations
:13:43. > :13:47.should not stop, whereas those from a Catholic background and more
:13:48. > :13:52.evenly split overall. Just over one third agree that police should
:13:53. > :13:56.continue to investigate offences. It does break down into the committee
:13:57. > :14:00.and political back down and -- background and parties will look at
:14:01. > :14:04.this and decide they are right to take the position they have taken.
:14:05. > :14:08.In the Haass talks there has been discussion around creating an office
:14:09. > :14:13.which could offer some sort of limited immunity to those providing
:14:14. > :14:17.information about troubles murders. We ask of Northern Ireland should
:14:18. > :14:20.have a truth commission offering immunity to those who admit what
:14:21. > :14:27.they did during the Troubles. Slightly more people, 38%, were in
:14:28. > :14:32.favour, compared to 36% against. Around a quarter, 26%, had no
:14:33. > :14:36.opinion. A lotta people on both sides want some method of finding
:14:37. > :14:41.out what happened other than just enquiries which are hugely expensive
:14:42. > :14:44.and very long and drawn out. Over the summer in response to tensions
:14:45. > :14:51.over marching, the First Minister put the proposed Maze prison peace
:14:52. > :14:55.and reconciliation Centre on hold. 39% interviewed for the poll agreed
:14:56. > :15:02.that the centre should be built asked on the 26% said it should not
:15:03. > :15:05.be. Richard Haass was called in after trouble erupted in Belfast
:15:06. > :15:09.over the council decision to fly the union flag on designated days only.
:15:10. > :15:14.Although that option might tested tension, our poll suggests it is the
:15:15. > :15:23.only one significant committee support. 33% giver flying the union
:15:24. > :15:28.flag only on 18 designated days. 25% say the Union flag should flatter
:15:29. > :15:32.all year round and 15% say it should never be flown. Those who favour
:15:33. > :15:38.flying the flag owned on designated days include roughly a third of
:15:39. > :15:41.those from both Protestant backroads. Nearly half of the
:15:42. > :15:47.Protestant background told the pollsters they wanted the flag flown
:15:48. > :15:52.306 five days a year, and only 4% of Catholics favoured that. Similarly,
:15:53. > :15:57.only to of Protestants opted for never flying the flag whereas 28%
:15:58. > :16:01.others from a Catholic background selected that option. There are a
:16:02. > :16:05.lot of people who do not care. I would be willing to bet the majority
:16:06. > :16:11.of people do not care that much but for some people, it is a very
:16:12. > :16:16.emotive issue. In a way, the few thousand that my protest are not
:16:17. > :16:21.representative of the population of Northern Ireland by any means. But
:16:22. > :16:25.they are an important group. It is understood that the Richard Haass
:16:26. > :16:29.talks team is suggesting that all councils and public buildings should
:16:30. > :16:34.fly flags only on 18 designated days as a default option. What is under
:16:35. > :16:39.discussion is whether individual councils should have the power to
:16:40. > :16:43.vary the number of days -- vary the number of days, and should national
:16:44. > :16:49.councils be able to update from the designated scheme, and if they do,
:16:50. > :16:52.should unionist majority councils be able to increase the number of days
:16:53. > :16:58.on which the flag flutters over buildings? Wheels asked people about
:16:59. > :17:04.flags flying from lamp posts. Said it should be against the law. And an
:17:05. > :17:08.objective for the Haass talks is to come up with a replacement for the
:17:09. > :17:12.much criticised Parades Commission. One of the more striking findings of
:17:13. > :17:17.our poll is up 39% of those interviewed believed the commission
:17:18. > :17:24.should be retained. Whilst only 24% want to see it abolished. 37% have
:17:25. > :17:26.no opinion. In the context of a process looking to replace the
:17:27. > :17:30.commission, in the context of some very sensitive and ethical issues
:17:31. > :17:35.around at the moment, these are very encouraging results. There are quite
:17:36. > :17:39.high percentages registering no opinion. Does this reflect weariness
:17:40. > :17:44.when it comes to these intractable disputes? Our pollsters tell us that
:17:45. > :17:48.when asked questions about education, the economy or health,
:17:49. > :17:55.far fewer people choose to take the no opinion box. Our BBC Newsline
:17:56. > :17:57.poll was carried out over the last three weeks by pollsters Ipsos Mori.
:17:58. > :18:04.They interviewed 1,021 people face-to-face at locations across
:18:05. > :18:07.Northern Ireland. When it came to community background, 9% said they
:18:08. > :18:12.belonged to neither or other categories or refused to answer the
:18:13. > :18:19.question. If you want to take a look at more of the poll's findings,
:18:20. > :18:23.details can be found online. Still to come: Was 2013 the year the local
:18:24. > :18:30.economy turned? We've a special report.
:18:31. > :18:38.1,100 people have been recalled by the Belfast Health Trust following a
:18:39. > :18:41.review of patient notes. The problem emerged after three urology patients
:18:42. > :18:44.received a late cancer diagnosis. This is the fourth recall of
:18:45. > :18:59.patients by the trust in almost three years. Marie-Louise Connolly
:19:00. > :19:01.reports. According to the trust, the letters were despatched yesterday so
:19:02. > :19:07.anyone affected will have received a letter either today or perhaps
:19:08. > :19:15.tomorrow. To explain more, I am joined by the medical director, Tony
:19:16. > :19:18.Stevens. Who is affected? We are talking about patients who have
:19:19. > :19:22.attended our urology service with problems affecting their bladder.
:19:23. > :19:27.People who have had a camera test into their bladder in the last two
:19:28. > :19:33.years who we are asking to come back to have a repeat. How did the
:19:34. > :19:39.problem emerge? I was notified three weeks ago by my senior medical staff
:19:40. > :19:44.in the service that there might be a small cluster, very small, three
:19:45. > :19:50.patients, whose diagnosis of growth might have been delayed. Just how
:19:51. > :19:53.serious is this? We are talking about people who have been diagnosed
:19:54. > :19:59.with cancer who could have received that diagnosis perhaps sooner? The
:20:00. > :20:03.first thing to say is we are talking about people who are often on repeat
:20:04. > :20:08.investigations, who might have been diagnosed earlier, so it has a
:20:09. > :20:12.potential to be serious but that is why we are reacting the way we are.
:20:13. > :20:18.This is the fourth recall within the Belfast trust in three years. That
:20:19. > :20:23.does not sound good? We would rather not do recall is and we treat over 1
:20:24. > :20:29.million people in the trust and the vast majority very successfully. We
:20:30. > :20:34.have a very high level of vigilance, we are an open organisation and we
:20:35. > :20:36.all at what we do and when we have concerns we shall make sure we get
:20:37. > :20:42.everything completely right. Thank you. The screening will start this
:20:43. > :20:47.week and according to the trust, it will be completed by the end of
:20:48. > :20:52.February. And a helpline is also operating. A shot has been fired
:20:53. > :20:55.through the window of a house in West Belfast. Two men, one with a
:20:56. > :20:58.shotgun, also poured flammable liquid through a window of the
:20:59. > :21:04.property at Mill Race last night. No-one was injured. We'll find out
:21:05. > :21:09.tomorrow if the number of people claiming Jobseekers' Allowance is
:21:10. > :21:13.continuing to fall. The declining rate of joblessness is just one sign
:21:14. > :21:22.that the local economy has begun to slowly recover this year. Here's
:21:23. > :21:26.John Campbell. Here we are at the end of the year and Belfast at the
:21:27. > :21:30.centre is bustling. It should be, it is almost Christmas. What has been
:21:31. > :21:33.happening in the wider economy? Providers, the finances of
:21:34. > :21:42.households and businesses have been battered. But is 2013 the year we
:21:43. > :21:46.finally bounced off the bottom? I will look at the numbers with the
:21:47. > :21:50.help of graphics. We are going to drill into this figure is that
:21:51. > :21:55.really count. Let's start with the defining economic event. The
:21:56. > :22:02.property crash. Remember how dramatic that room was. Between 2005
:22:03. > :22:08.and 2007, prices balloon. When the crash came, it was among the worst
:22:09. > :22:13.world has ever known. By the end of last year, prices collapsed to
:22:14. > :22:17.?92,000 but at the start of this year, they stopped falling. They
:22:18. > :22:23.came up a little bit. Rising to an average of ?99,000. The first signs
:22:24. > :22:26.of recovery. It is similar in the jobs market. Official figures show
:22:27. > :22:31.the drummer of people claiming jobseeker's allowance has come down
:22:32. > :22:38.slowly this year. In January it stood at nearly 65,000. By November,
:22:39. > :22:42.it was down to 61,000. That is a very gradual but sustained
:22:43. > :22:45.improvement. Even if you have a job, what about your disposable income?
:22:46. > :22:54.The money left over after paying for essentials. Inflation touched 2.8%
:22:55. > :23:00.this year and it has come down to 2.1% but prices are still rising.
:23:01. > :23:04.The problem is uppermost triple, wages are not going up I even that
:23:05. > :23:10.amount. That means finances are still really squeezed. Research
:23:11. > :23:13.produced by one of the super markets suggests that when a typical UK
:23:14. > :23:18.household has paid all their bills and taxes, they have just ?137 a
:23:19. > :23:22.week to play with but in Northern Ireland the figure is lower. Just
:23:23. > :23:27.?60 a week in disposable income. What is the big picture? Official
:23:28. > :23:31.figures suggest things are getting worse at the start of this year
:23:32. > :23:36.before levelling out and then some growth kicking in for the summer.
:23:37. > :23:39.All told, experts think we are only getting 1% growth this year and
:23:40. > :23:45.next, things are brighter. Growth might reach 2%, still unspectacular
:23:46. > :23:52.but better than anything we have had for ages. John Campbell reporting.
:23:53. > :23:55.One of Ulster and Ireland's best rugby players has signed a new
:23:56. > :23:59.contract. Stephen Watson has that news. It is most certainly good
:24:00. > :24:02.news. Ulster rugby and the IRFU confirmed today that Rory Best has
:24:03. > :24:09.signed a new two-year deal that will run until June 2016. In just under a
:24:10. > :24:12.decade, Best has represented Ulster 143 times and has also made 70
:24:13. > :24:15.appearances for Ireland, scoring eight tries - the most recent in
:24:16. > :24:23.that narrow defeat against New Zealand in Dublin. A game in which
:24:24. > :24:27.he also suffered a broken arm. Best also was in the Lions squad in
:24:28. > :24:34.Australia this year, captaining the side in one match on the tour.
:24:35. > :24:38.Tonight sees the semifinal stage of the Irish League Cup with holders
:24:39. > :24:41.Cliftonville away to Ards. And last year's runners-up Ballymena face a
:24:42. > :24:51.tough trip to Seaview, up against a Crusaders side that has now gone 24
:24:52. > :24:54.games unbeaten in all competitions. They have strength all over the
:24:55. > :24:58.parks we must contain them as much as possible and create chapters of
:24:59. > :25:04.your own. When we create them, there will not be many, but we must be
:25:05. > :25:07.clinical and take them. Another semifinal and the boys are getting
:25:08. > :25:11.to these and the enjoyed the final last year so hopefully we can go one
:25:12. > :25:15.step further. There's live coverage tonight on BBC Radio Ulster Medium
:25:16. > :25:19.Wave from 7.30pm and we'll have the results on our late bulletin at
:25:20. > :25:20.10.25pm here on BBC One. Short and sweet tonight! The weather forecast
:25:21. > :25:31.is next with Barra. It will be difficult? Today was the
:25:32. > :25:37.calm before the storm. It was not a bad day for getting out. Scented
:25:38. > :25:42.Christmas shoppers enjoying the dry, right and sunny weather. Through the
:25:43. > :25:45.rest of the seasoning, we will have a few showers coming and going but
:25:46. > :25:50.last night was exciting. We had this thunder cloud coming across
:25:51. > :25:57.Donegal. They give are sending that in. Keep those photos coming in.
:25:58. > :26:01.This evening and overnight, it becomes unsettled with outbreaks of
:26:02. > :26:05.rain and it will become much windier but on the upside, no frost to worry
:26:06. > :26:09.about tomorrow that average is falling to around six degrees.
:26:10. > :26:11.Through tomorrow, it will stay windier with further outbreaks of
:26:12. > :26:17.rain and it will not be raining all the time. Plenty of dry spells out
:26:18. > :26:21.there but not much in the way of sunshine, like today. The odd
:26:22. > :26:27.glimmer coming and going but it will be rather cloudy. On the upside,
:26:28. > :26:33.higher temperatures of 11 degrees but when we get rain and wind, it
:26:34. > :26:36.will feel colder. The bulk of the rain will come in later tomorrow
:26:37. > :26:40.afternoon and through the evening, especially for rush hour. You will
:26:41. > :26:43.get heavy bursts heading this way. It could lead to treacherous driving
:26:44. > :26:48.conditions, especially with that strong wind. The winds will pick up
:26:49. > :26:54.and we have an early weather warning for strong wind and gusts of up to
:26:55. > :26:57.80 mph and maybe more towards the north coast. Enough to cause some
:26:58. > :27:02.disruption. We will keep an eye on that and we shall keep you updated.
:27:03. > :27:05.Strong wind coming tomorrow evening and overnight, blowing in the
:27:06. > :27:11.showers and some of those could be quite wintry. A centimetre of snow
:27:12. > :27:14.over the Sperrins for example. Most areas will avoid those but there
:27:15. > :27:20.could be sleet and snow for low-level areas. Thursday is feeling
:27:21. > :27:23.quite nippy and raw. Three or four degrees but with that strong wind it
:27:24. > :27:27.will feel closer to freezing. And again, the chance of seeing showers.
:27:28. > :27:33.The strong wind stays with us for Friday and into the weekend. Our
:27:34. > :27:36.late summary is at 10.25pm. You can keep in contact with us via Facebook
:27:37. > :27:41.and Twitter. Goodnight.