:00:00. > :00:14.shaking your head. That is horrible. That is all from the
:00:15. > :00:19.Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. Tonight's top stories...
:00:20. > :00:22.Peter Robinson says he recognises the difficult position Ian Paisley
:00:23. > :00:33.Junior is in after the TV documentary about his father's life.
:00:34. > :00:36.I don't think he should say or do anything that makes his relationship
:00:37. > :00:38.with his family more difficult. But as an important element for him to
:00:39. > :00:41.keep. The police pay out more than 135
:00:42. > :00:45.million pounds to former officers who said their hearing was damaged
:00:46. > :00:50.on duty. A young boy from Belfast is in
:00:51. > :00:53.hospital in Glasgow with swine flu. The businessman who accused the
:00:54. > :00:55.Royal Bank of Scotland of deliberately bankrupting viable
:00:56. > :01:02.companies claims Ulster Bank is doing the same.
:01:03. > :01:05.The bookies are left counting the cost of one of the most daring
:01:06. > :01:09.gambles in betting history. And prepare yourself for some wet
:01:10. > :01:16.and windy weather - it'll be moving in this evening. I'll have the
:01:17. > :01:20.details shortly. It's been quite a week for the
:01:21. > :01:23.Paisley family and the DUP. And today the First Minister, Peter
:01:24. > :01:27.Robinson, broke his silence. The First Minister said he recognises
:01:28. > :01:30.that Ian Paisley Junior is in a difficult position in the wake of
:01:31. > :01:35.this week's BBC documentary, which focused on his father's departure as
:01:36. > :01:39.party leader. Mr Robinson says the DUP won't be sidetracked by the
:01:40. > :01:43.latest revelations in the media. Here's our political editor, Mark
:01:44. > :01:46.Devenport. Peter Robinson focussed today on a
:01:47. > :01:52.generation much younger than either Ian or Eileen Paisley. But before
:01:53. > :01:55.this youth work placement event got underway, the First Minister fielded
:01:56. > :02:08.questions about the controversial comments from the 87-year-old former
:02:09. > :02:11.DUP leader. We will not be losing our focus. We will not be
:02:12. > :02:18.sidetracked by the media, by television programmes, or anything
:02:19. > :02:21.else. But your former leader is obviously better about the treatment
:02:22. > :02:25.at the end of his time. How do you explain that, given that you say you
:02:26. > :02:29.treated him magnanimously? I have made a statement on the party has
:02:30. > :02:36.made a statement. I have indicated that I do not retain to take part in
:02:37. > :02:39.these kind of recriminations. -- I do not pretend. Mr Robinson wants to
:02:40. > :02:42.concentrate on the future, but the BBC documentary included Baroness
:02:43. > :02:51.Paisley's outspoken defence of his current North Antrim MP, Ian Paisley
:02:52. > :02:56.Junior. There was no sleaze. He never brought any sleaze, his wife
:02:57. > :02:59.didn't do anything wrong, he didn't do anything wrong, there was nothing
:03:00. > :03:09.wrong with his character or his life. Ian Junior is in a difficult
:03:10. > :03:16.position. I hope that you people do not make it any more difficult for
:03:17. > :03:20.him. I certainly don't intend to. I give him a prize as a father, rather
:03:21. > :03:25.than a party leader or his First Minister. I do not think you should
:03:26. > :03:28.say or do anything that makes his relationship with his family more
:03:29. > :03:32.difficult. That is an important element for him to keep,
:03:33. > :03:37.particularly at this stage in his parents' lives. So, this will not
:03:38. > :03:40.affect his future in the party? It will not, nor will it affect his
:03:41. > :03:47.relationship with me will stop I hope he gets the message and is not
:03:48. > :03:51.put under pressure from people like yourself. I am still friendly with
:03:52. > :03:55.Ian Paisley at this time. We still keep in contact. I would like to
:03:56. > :03:58.continue to remember the good bits. Whatever happens within the DUP, the
:03:59. > :04:00.First and Deputy First Ministers still have to resolve their
:04:01. > :04:06.differences over flags parades and the past. -- flags, parades, and the
:04:07. > :04:09.past. Martin McGuinness wants progress made in the next three
:04:10. > :04:15.weeks. Peter Robinson won't accept any deadlines.
:04:16. > :04:18.The police have paid out more than ?135 million to settle claims by
:04:19. > :04:23.former officers who said their hearing was damaged during the
:04:24. > :04:32.course of their duties. Nearly half that bill, over 65 million, was for
:04:33. > :04:41.legal fees. Our Vincent Kearney reports.
:04:42. > :04:50.Firing range training, as it should be. With high quality protection.
:04:51. > :04:54.But in the late 1960s, the police knew they should have provided
:04:55. > :04:59.proper protection for anyone in this activity but they did not do so
:05:00. > :05:02.until the late 1990s, after tougher health and safety regulations were
:05:03. > :05:08.introduced. Thousands of former RUC officers claimed their hearing was
:05:09. > :05:15.damaged. The figures involved in compensation are enormous. The
:05:16. > :05:19.response to a Freedom of Information request has revealed that up until
:05:20. > :05:25.November, more than 8500 former police officers received
:05:26. > :05:32.competition. The total paid out is well over ?135 million. Of that
:05:33. > :05:38.total, more than 70 million has been in damages paid to former officers.
:05:39. > :05:45.The rest, more than ?65 million, has been spent on legal and court costs.
:05:46. > :05:49.That ?65 million includes the PSNI's own legal costs. When I asked
:05:50. > :05:53.for a detailed breakdown of how much was paid to external solicitors and
:05:54. > :05:57.which firms received what, I was told that would be treated as a
:05:58. > :06:02.Freedom of Information request and could take up to 20 working days.
:06:03. > :06:08.Barrister and Justice committee member Albany in says those costs
:06:09. > :06:11.are unacceptable. It is a shocking figure. I think it could have been
:06:12. > :06:16.avoided. I did not begin has been well handled by the policing board
:06:17. > :06:23.or the Department of Justice and I think there should be a serious look
:06:24. > :06:30.into this. This solicitor have settled claims more than 3500
:06:31. > :06:35.officers and another 500 are in the pipeline. One of the senior partners
:06:36. > :06:39.gave the example of a client with a constant ringing sound in his ears,
:06:40. > :06:56.known as tenet 's. The main part of him case was tenet 's -- tinnitus.
:06:57. > :07:00.He asked the consultant to make him deaf, because it would have been
:07:01. > :07:04.better than coping with tinnitus. Even if he was deaf, he would still
:07:05. > :07:09.have the tinnitus. It drove him insane. She claims tens of millions
:07:10. > :07:12.of pounds could have been saved if the police had accepted medical
:07:13. > :07:18.evidence instead of contesting every case. Virtually every single case,
:07:19. > :07:22.except for a tiny minority, are settled at the door of the court.
:07:23. > :07:26.Generally, I do not see any reason why those could not have been
:07:27. > :07:31.settled once the medical evidence was in for both sides. I do not
:07:32. > :07:34.suggest that the Crown pay out money for the case has not been proven,
:07:35. > :07:39.but this case is proven at the earliest stage with medical reports.
:07:40. > :07:45.My estimate would be that they could have saved around half of that sum I
:07:46. > :07:48.settling cases at an early stage. One group representing victims says
:07:49. > :07:52.it is unfair that so much has been spent paying for the legal costs for
:07:53. > :07:58.former police officers at the same time as those taking action at the
:07:59. > :08:09.police and state have had legal aid cut. There is a double standard,
:08:10. > :08:15.there is hypocrisy. The same people championing security force personnel
:08:16. > :08:19.are denying money to victims. In a statement the police said all
:08:20. > :08:22.hearing loss claims have to be thoroughly investigated to establish
:08:23. > :08:26.liability and that all claims are dealt with as economically as
:08:27. > :08:34.possible. It said the Chief Constable's lawyers challenged legal
:08:35. > :08:40.costs when appropriate. A 39-year-old woman originally from
:08:41. > :08:44.Banker has been stabbed to death in Australia. Her husband is under
:08:45. > :08:48.armed guard. We've been bringing you the details
:08:49. > :08:51.of a sex abuse trial in Coleraine. You may find the content of the
:08:52. > :08:55.story upsetting. A woman has told a court she was raped 1000 times
:08:56. > :08:59.between the ages of six and 14. The claims came during the third day of
:09:00. > :09:02.the trial of three men accused of sexually abusing two siblings during
:09:03. > :09:08.the 1990s. Our north east reporter David Maxwell was at the court in
:09:09. > :09:11.Coleraine. Much of the evidence in this trial
:09:12. > :09:15.is simply too graphic to repeat. Today the woman who claims she was
:09:16. > :09:18.raped by her father, uncle and a family friend told the court that
:09:19. > :09:22.sometimes up to nine men were involved. She said it took place at
:09:23. > :09:25.parties in her father's home which were held most weekends. On her
:09:26. > :09:29.second day in the witness box, she was cross examined by the defence.
:09:30. > :09:35.Asked how long the sessions of abuse would go on for, she indicated they
:09:36. > :09:39.would go on all night. She said, "Sometimes the sun would come up". A
:09:40. > :09:43.defence lawyer asked her if she could remember any of the men. She
:09:44. > :09:51.said, "I don't remember their faces, I don't remember their voices, I
:09:52. > :09:55.don't know who they were." She later told the court the only men she
:09:56. > :09:58.knows who were involved are in the dock. The alleged victim also gave
:09:59. > :10:02.details of abuse carried out while on holiday and more details of the
:10:03. > :10:05.assaults she claims took place at her father's house after her parents
:10:06. > :10:09.separated. Asked why she ever agreed to go on contact visits to her
:10:10. > :10:13.father, she said, "I was afraid of him, I thought he would kill me."
:10:14. > :10:23.The trial continues. A boy from Belfast has been
:10:24. > :10:26.diagnosed with swine flu. The primary school pupil has been
:10:27. > :10:28.transferred to a hospital in Scotland. Our health correspondent
:10:29. > :10:36.Marie Louise Connolly is with me. What do we know? It is understood he
:10:37. > :10:38.became unwell at the weekend and was admitted to the Royal Belfast
:10:39. > :10:41.Hospital for Sick Children. The primary school pupil was isolated
:10:42. > :10:45.but eventually doctors thought it would be best for him to be
:10:46. > :10:57.transferred to a hospital in Glasgow. This could be because he
:10:58. > :11:01.required and ICMO machine. -- and ICMO machine. I understand the
:11:02. > :11:05.family had previously travelled outside Northern Ireland. Put this
:11:06. > :11:13.into perspective - should we be worried? Unthis is not an epidemic.
:11:14. > :11:16.A child transferred to a hospital outside Northern Ireland will give
:11:17. > :11:19.cause for concern, but to give it perspective, if you look at the
:11:20. > :11:25.Public Health Agency's figures, currently there are 20 people with
:11:26. > :11:30.the H1N1 swine flu virus. It does not mean they are all in hospital.
:11:31. > :11:35.Since it arrived in Northern Ireland in 2009, it has been considered as
:11:36. > :11:41.an treated like any other form or strain of flu. The pHA is advising
:11:42. > :11:44.people who are vulnerable, the elderly and those who had children,
:11:45. > :11:48.but if they do become unwell to seek help from their doctor immediately.
:11:49. > :11:54.But this is not in any way in epidemic.
:11:55. > :11:57.-- and epidemic. You have also been following the story of David
:11:58. > :12:02.Haddock, who has gone through treatment for severe burns that he
:12:03. > :12:07.received in a house fire. Ellis about that. This is treatment that
:12:08. > :12:11.is changing someone's life. David Haddock from East Belfast was
:12:12. > :12:16.horrifically injured by a fire in 1981. After the Belfast Health Trust
:12:17. > :12:22.cancelled several appointments in as many months, a benefactor contacted
:12:23. > :12:29.the BBC and said they would pay for his treatment. He has been to
:12:30. > :12:33.Dublin. David Haddock, being prepped for
:12:34. > :12:36.surgery. These areas around the hairline, moustache area and
:12:37. > :12:40.eyebrows, were all destroyed by fire, meaning that hair is unable to
:12:41. > :12:51.grow. Earlier tests are looking positive. Tests a few weeks ago
:12:52. > :12:58.shall it is growing, which is very early. David Haddock's grandmother
:12:59. > :13:02.and mother died in the fire. The burns unit at the Royal Victoria
:13:03. > :13:05.Hospital has been treating him for three decades and has cancelled
:13:06. > :13:10.several appointments last year. After the BBC broadcast his story, a
:13:11. > :13:15.benefactor offered to pay for the treatment. This type of
:13:16. > :13:19.reconstruction is not included in the health service. According to the
:13:20. > :13:22.Dublin clinic, they have received aid applications from people in
:13:23. > :13:27.Northern Ireland, however only one person's treatment received funding.
:13:28. > :13:32.It is a terrible shame that these patients are being denied service.
:13:33. > :13:37.This should be available for reconstruction. I am not talking
:13:38. > :13:43.about old men or women having hair transplants. That is nothing to do
:13:44. > :13:47.with it. Hair transplantation is a complex procedure, but basically,
:13:48. > :13:51.hair is removed from the patient where there is plenty, usually the
:13:52. > :13:58.back of the head. The area is numbed throughout the process. Mr Haddock
:13:59. > :14:03.has been drifting in and out of sleep. They have removed a strip
:14:04. > :14:07.with hair follicles and have calculated how many hair follicles
:14:08. > :14:14.they will get from this strip of skin. They are transplanting it. It
:14:15. > :14:18.is amazing. In an adjacent lab, clinicians dissect the hair into
:14:19. > :14:23.around 1500 follicles, which are transplanted back into David's skin.
:14:24. > :14:30.At last several hours. It requires a team of about 20 people. The average
:14:31. > :14:38.person has about 70 or 80 hertz per square centimetre -- 70 or 80 hair
:14:39. > :14:44.is per square centimetre but David has a lot more. It makes our job
:14:45. > :14:48.easier because we have lots of hair to fill the gaps. Doctor Collins
:14:49. > :14:53.says there is a mental and physical argument for the NHS to pay for some
:14:54. > :14:57.surgery. Eyebrows, after all, most of us take for granted. We will
:14:58. > :15:02.never bring him back to having a normal appearance, but we can
:15:03. > :15:07.greatly improve the situation. We are covering scar tissue and in his
:15:08. > :15:12.eyes, he will look much better, and that is the important issue. The
:15:13. > :15:16.story raises many questions, including which procedures should be
:15:17. > :15:24.defined as medical and which should be cosmetic. If the NHS's approach
:15:25. > :15:26.should be different. The businessman who used a
:15:27. > :15:29.government-commissioned report to accuse the Royal Bank of Scotland of
:15:30. > :15:32.deliberately bankrupting viable companies has accused Ulster Bank of
:15:33. > :15:35.the same practice. Lawrence Tomlinson has been here this week to
:15:36. > :15:38.talk to some of the bank's customers. He's been speaking to our
:15:39. > :15:40.economics and business editor, John Campbell.
:15:41. > :15:42.It's an extraordinary claim - a largely state owned bank,
:15:43. > :15:54.deliberately ruining people's businesses and lives in pursuit of
:15:55. > :15:58.profit. And Lawrence Tomlinson says it's been going on here, inside
:15:59. > :16:03.Ulster Bank which is owned by RBS. When I first came across the first
:16:04. > :16:10.few cases, and incidentally some of the first cases were Ulster Bank
:16:11. > :16:15.customers, I didn't believe it. And then I got more and more cases and
:16:16. > :16:20.they followed a very similar pattern. What I am saying is that it
:16:21. > :16:23.seems that they follow such a pattern that it is systemic and
:16:24. > :16:27.institutional within the bank as a whole. The allegations focus on the
:16:28. > :16:32.part of the bank known as the Global Restructuring Group or GRG. Loans
:16:33. > :16:36.which are going bad or look risky are moved into the GRG, with the aim
:16:37. > :16:39.of turning the situation around. But some customers accuse that part of
:16:40. > :16:43.the bank of behaving aggressively and forcing them out of business.
:16:44. > :16:46.The Ulster Bank effectively repossessed this building in central
:16:47. > :16:58.Belfast. Its former owner believes he was treated unfairly. From 2008,
:16:59. > :17:02.whenever the regulators decided that the RBS and the banks should reduce
:17:03. > :17:07.their lending and reduce their exposure, there has only been one
:17:08. > :17:10.way for them to do that and that has been to close good businesses. The
:17:11. > :17:13.bank doesn't comment on individual cases but says, "No evidence has
:17:14. > :17:16.been produced that backs the claims of systemic fraud. Ulster Bank is
:17:17. > :17:20.committed to working with customers who find themselves in difficulty."
:17:21. > :17:22.Mr Tomlinson says the bank should be thinking about compensation. There
:17:23. > :17:25.are sceptical views of Mr Tomlinson's claims. Yesterday, a
:17:26. > :17:28.former senior official in the Bank of England, who also investigated
:17:29. > :17:39.RBS, said he had seen nothing to back up the allegations. This is the
:17:40. > :17:43.Financial Services Watchdog. Now in the hands of We should hear its
:17:44. > :17:47.verdict before the end of the year. Coming up... The bookies can the
:17:48. > :17:54.cost of one of the most daring gambles in living memory. -- count
:17:55. > :17:57.the cost. The local council in Fermanagh has
:17:58. > :17:59.been asked to examine holding a county-wide referendum on fracking,
:18:00. > :18:03.the controversial method of extracting gas from rock. Parts of
:18:04. > :18:06.the county are thought to contain significant shale gas deposits.
:18:07. > :18:10.Campaigners on the council want the poll to take place on the same day
:18:11. > :18:19.in May when the local Government and European elections are held.
:18:20. > :18:23.Decisions are being taken far away from the mechanics of where fracking
:18:24. > :18:30.is going to happen, so it is very easy for someone 100 miles away or
:18:31. > :18:36.in London to say, let's frack in Fermanagh. They will not be affected
:18:37. > :18:44.by it every day. They should interview local people. It would be
:18:45. > :18:51.a lot cheaper and more likely to happen. I do not think folding will
:18:52. > :18:56.happen because I do not think government will allow that to
:18:57. > :19:00.happen. And you can see more on that on The
:19:01. > :19:03.View tonight on BBC One, 10.35 after our late news bulletin.
:19:04. > :19:06.The Department of the Environment is investigating the planning process
:19:07. > :19:08.over a new college theatre in Bangor. Local residents complained
:19:09. > :19:11.that the planning permission had expired before funding was granted
:19:12. > :19:12.for the building. Our education correspondent, Maggie Taggart
:19:13. > :19:15.reports. Last October, the South Eastern
:19:16. > :19:18.Regional College in Bangor was dancing for joy when the Department
:19:19. > :19:21.of Employment and Learning said it would pay for the ?12 million
:19:22. > :19:28.performing arts and technology centre.
:19:29. > :19:31.This car park is the site for the new theatre but, just as it won
:19:32. > :19:35.funding, eagle eyed residents spotted that planning permission had
:19:36. > :19:40.expired. The rule is that work must have begun to make sure the
:19:41. > :19:43.permission is still valid. There's now a dispute over the date of
:19:44. > :19:46.expiry but the Department of Employment and Learning says a new
:19:47. > :19:50.entrance was built within the time limits. Since we were there in
:19:51. > :19:55.October to reveal the ?12 million funding, a new trench has been dug
:19:56. > :19:58.and warning signage put up. While we were at the site today, officials
:19:59. > :20:01.from the Planning Department responded to the concerns and
:20:02. > :20:06.arrived to investigate what work has been done. Next, they'll be checking
:20:07. > :20:10.the exact time scale of any construction carried out. The local
:20:11. > :20:19.Green Party wants the college centre built, but say this is an
:20:20. > :20:22.embarrassing slip-up. I think there has been a lot of shouting and
:20:23. > :20:25.banging of tables and we need answers, not least because when you
:20:26. > :20:34.go on to the planning service website, the usual documentation is
:20:35. > :20:38.missing. The employment and learning Minister says he is confident the
:20:39. > :20:41.planning permission is still valid. He says today's site inspection
:20:42. > :20:45.showed the proper works had begun and all that remains is to show the
:20:46. > :20:51.evidence they were begun within the timescale required by law.
:20:52. > :20:54.Now sport, and it's very rare that the bookmakers are left licking
:20:55. > :20:57.their wounds, but the cost of one multiple bet has left the industry
:20:58. > :21:01.with a black eye. Yes, the bookies have been counting
:21:02. > :21:04.the cost of one of the most daring gambles in memory. Four horses
:21:05. > :21:07.racing yesterday, all with links to former trainer and legendary gambler
:21:08. > :21:10.Barney Curley, were all heavily backed early at combined long odds
:21:11. > :21:13.of nearly 15000-1, and all four came home winners, leaving one bookmaker
:21:14. > :21:25.to estimate a cost to the industry of ?2 million.
:21:26. > :21:29.It will live long in memory as a black day for the bookies. It was
:21:30. > :21:37.one of the most audacious gambles of modern times. Four courses, --
:21:38. > :21:42.horses backed a long bets. All had links to Barney Curley, and the
:21:43. > :21:49.bookies only saw what was coming too late. It was the overnight business
:21:50. > :21:53.that was so costly at the prices. When the shops opened in the
:21:54. > :21:56.morning, prices had been cut accordingly and they were cut all
:21:57. > :22:01.day because of the rate of money on the horses. Is this just a case of
:22:02. > :22:07.lesson learned, move on? I am afraid it is. We have to take our hats off
:22:08. > :22:11.to those involved. It is part of the game. The game has been well played.
:22:12. > :22:15.Barney Curley has made the game well and has done a number of times. They
:22:16. > :22:20.have not broken the rules, they have been well placed and planned, taking
:22:21. > :22:25.a long time to planet, and the bookmakers are smarting. That is the
:22:26. > :22:30.game you are in. The bookies, they say, always win. Will there be
:22:31. > :22:33.sympathy from the punters? I do not think so. The punters and the public
:22:34. > :22:37.in general think the bookmaker always wins and we're here for the
:22:38. > :22:42.people to take a pop art, but we will be right. It is part of the
:22:43. > :22:45.game. We will still be here tomorrow. At the meeting today in
:22:46. > :22:57.kill Kenny, sympathy was in short supply. No, I have no problem with
:22:58. > :23:02.it. Best of luck to him! Fairplay. As long as it doesn't affect me, I
:23:03. > :23:07.do not mind. Barney Curley has yet to comment but suffice to say, the
:23:08. > :23:09.gambler's legendary status has grown.
:23:10. > :23:12.The countdown to the Winter Olympics is well and truly on with two weeks
:23:13. > :23:15.to go until competition gets underway in Sochi. The Coleraine
:23:16. > :23:19.figure skater Jenna McCorkell is part of Great Britain's team. As
:23:20. > :23:23.Nikki Gregg reports, preparations are being fine-tuned on and off the
:23:24. > :23:25.ice. Even for the most seasoned
:23:26. > :23:29.campaigner, kitting out day is a special moment. From jackets, to
:23:30. > :23:34.boots, and an all important selection of hats... Members of the
:23:35. > :23:38.Great Britain team will take over 100 items of kit each to the Winter
:23:39. > :23:41.Olympics. Taking pride of place in Jenna McCorkell's luggage will be
:23:42. > :23:45.her skates, as she attempts to recapture form and confidence
:23:46. > :23:49.heading to Sochi. Jenna suffered a major setback in her latest outing
:23:50. > :23:53.at the European Championships. Aiming for a top ten finish, she
:23:54. > :24:05.came 24th after falling twice during her opening routine. They took my --
:24:06. > :24:10.it took me a while to get my head around it. I couldn't explain it.
:24:11. > :24:14.The practices were great, I was in good shape, didn't miss anything in
:24:15. > :24:16.the warm up, and then something like that happened with no explanation.
:24:17. > :24:24.Jenna has experienced disappointment at a major Championship before. --
:24:25. > :24:27.Illness and inexperience affected her performance at her first
:24:28. > :24:30.Olympics in Vancouver four years ago. Sochi offers Jenna another
:24:31. > :24:38.chance to prove herself among the elite in what will be her final
:24:39. > :24:42.competition before retirement. It is always hard to predict but I want to
:24:43. > :24:46.just put down to good skates and be happy. If I do what I have to do I
:24:47. > :24:49.could have a good results. After a career spanning over decade in which
:24:50. > :24:52.she has won 11 national titles, the 27-year-old is aiming to bow out of
:24:53. > :24:56.the sport on a high. Finally, Bangor's Kelly Gallagher
:24:57. > :24:59.had her place on the GB Winter Paralympic team confirmed. The
:25:00. > :25:02.visually impaired skier heads to Sochi tipped for major honours after
:25:03. > :25:06.winning medals at World Cup events this season. And that's tonight's
:25:07. > :25:16.sport. We haven't had much ice but the
:25:17. > :25:22.weather is going downhill. It is. If you get sunshine today, I
:25:23. > :25:25.hope you had a chance to enjoy it because over the next few days we
:25:26. > :25:30.have a fair amount of rain. We had showers today, and some are
:25:31. > :25:34.continuing this evening. Eventually it will become much worse. We have
:25:35. > :25:37.cloud rolling in from the West as an area of low pressure moves in. They
:25:38. > :25:41.will bring rain for everyone tonight and some of the rain is going to be
:25:42. > :25:44.heavy and persistent as the winds pick up as well. Chile, temperatures
:25:45. > :25:50.falling to just two or three degrees. -- feeling chilly. It will
:25:51. > :25:55.be a wet and unsettled start Friday, and quite windy. For rush-hour, not
:25:56. > :26:02.pleasant, especially in the east, with heavy rain. By the afternoon,
:26:03. > :26:09.the rain will become patchy. Dry spells at time staying down. Rain
:26:10. > :26:14.pushing from the West in the afternoon. Temperature is better,
:26:15. > :26:18.ten or 11 degrees, though out and about it should feel colder than
:26:19. > :26:22.that. Tomorrow is tomorrow evening it will turn much drier. If you are
:26:23. > :26:26.tomorrow evening you should not need the umbrella. Overnight into
:26:27. > :26:32.Saturday, it will become more active. More showers coming in from
:26:33. > :26:38.the west. Heavy rain during Saturday morning. Not as chilly with
:26:39. > :26:41.temperatures falling to five or six degrees. On Saturday morning,
:26:42. > :26:45.heavier rain around and heavy showers. We could have spawned and
:26:46. > :26:51.lightning, possibly hailstones as well with sleet and snow. -- thunder
:26:52. > :26:57.and lightning. That should ease off by the afternoon. Later in the day,
:26:58. > :27:02.more in the way of dry weather. Temperatures of seven or eight
:27:03. > :27:06.degrees. Westerly winds keeping it colder. Into Sunday, things change
:27:07. > :27:09.again. Low pressure pushing in from the Atlantic and with that, we are
:27:10. > :27:16.going to introduce some stronger winds. We will see the ice occurs --
:27:17. > :27:20.isobars tightening. Rain coming in, causing problems on the roads and
:27:21. > :27:25.localised flooding. We have a weather warning in force. If you
:27:26. > :27:30.have anything planned for the outdoors this weekend, plan for
:27:31. > :27:34.Saturday. I late summer is at 10:25pm.
:27:35. > :27:37.Keep in contact via Facebook and Twitter. Good evening.