:00:00. > :00:00.independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six, so
:00:00. > :00:20.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:21. > :00:25.Four cars belonging to foreign nationals are set on fire in North
:00:26. > :00:34.Belfast. This man says he won't be intimidated. I am not afraid from
:00:35. > :00:37.nobody. An inquiry hears distressing evidence of physical and sexual
:00:38. > :00:44.abuse at a children's home run by nuns. A change of UK government
:00:45. > :00:47.policy over Syrian refugees. We hear from one family who've been in
:00:48. > :00:50.Belfast for more than a year seeking asylum.
:00:51. > :00:52.The Ulster Bank boss admits that there will be more branch closures.
:00:53. > :00:55.As Russia promises unprecedented security at the Winter Olympics, our
:00:56. > :00:59.top snowboarder outlines her concerns.
:01:00. > :01:10.And tomorrow's weather may not be perfect but it's the best of the
:01:11. > :01:14.next few days. A Polish man whose car was destroyed
:01:15. > :01:16.in an arson attack in North Belfast last night says he's considering
:01:17. > :01:20.leaving Northern Ireland. His vehicle was one of four targeted in
:01:21. > :01:32.an attack which the police are treating as a hate crime. A man has
:01:33. > :01:37.been arrested. He has been a released on police bail. Far from
:01:38. > :01:42.home, for families try to make a life in Northern Ireland. They live
:01:43. > :01:47.on this stretch of road. Late last night, four cars were set alight. It
:01:48. > :01:51.is being treated as a hate crime, and the police are back again this
:01:52. > :01:56.morning. Four different cars with one thing in common, they are all
:01:57. > :02:01.owned by foreign national families, who work here and live here trying
:02:02. > :02:06.to make ends meet, and they are really angry about what happened.
:02:07. > :02:12.Seeking refuge from war Afghanistan, it has not been an easy transition
:02:13. > :02:16.for this man and his young family. He has been living in Northern
:02:17. > :02:23.Ireland for 15 years, and this is not the first time he has been
:02:24. > :02:30.targeted. Someone burned my house previously as well, and I came from
:02:31. > :02:39.work and I saw my house was burnt. The you intend to stay? -- do you
:02:40. > :02:43.intend to stay? Yes. I am not afraid of nobody. The damage to this car is
:02:44. > :02:48.extensive. They are just thankful the fire and rescue service was able
:02:49. > :02:52.to prevent the fire from spreading to the property. For the young
:02:53. > :02:56.Polish family living here, it is too close to home. We have been in this
:02:57. > :03:02.house for about six weeks to the and I have lived here -- six weeks, and
:03:03. > :03:11.I have lived here for six years. I do not know what to say. I am in
:03:12. > :03:16.shock. I want to move as fast as I can from that house. Originally from
:03:17. > :03:25.Slovakia, this man examined the damage of the car he so desperately
:03:26. > :03:33.needs for work. No work, no car. No good.
:03:34. > :03:36.A man who was jailed for shooting dead his former partner in
:03:37. > :03:39.Portstewart has had his murder conviction quashed. 51-year-old Fred
:03:40. > :03:42.McClenaghan, from Broad Street in Magherafelt, will now face a retrial
:03:43. > :03:46.over the killing of Marion Millican at a laundrette three years ago. No
:03:47. > :03:49.further details of the decision reached by the Court of Appeal can
:03:50. > :03:58.be reported for legal reasons. The inquiry into historical abuse
:03:59. > :04:01.has been told that those in charge of young boys at Termonbacca
:04:02. > :04:09.children's home in Londonderry behaved like the Taliban. The
:04:10. > :04:12.inquiry, which is investigating abuse at a number of children's
:04:13. > :04:16.homes in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995, heard today from a man who
:04:17. > :04:24.went into Termonbacca as a young boy in 1950. Some people may find
:04:25. > :04:29.details in this report distressing. Desperate cries from scared children
:04:30. > :04:33.regularly rang through the corridors of this building. The claim came
:04:34. > :04:40.from a witness who gave his description of what happened while
:04:41. > :04:44.he lived here as a child. He said it became the Holocaust of his lost
:04:45. > :04:52.childhood. The environment of Nazareth House was such that no-one
:04:53. > :04:56.was safe at any time. I was not safe. Since his childhood, the
:04:57. > :04:58.alleged victim has tried to cope with his experience of the
:04:59. > :05:05.institution, and today, he revealed his story to the inquiry. He told
:05:06. > :05:09.how he was once hit over the head with a steel ladle, leaving blood
:05:10. > :05:13.gushing from the wound. He then spoke of sex abuse. He said he
:05:14. > :05:18.witnessed a boy of eight years being abused, and he said he saw a
:05:19. > :05:21.ten-year-old boy being raped. He said he was so terrified he
:05:22. > :05:27.delivered the wet himself many nights to avoid being sexually
:05:28. > :05:33.abused. -- he tried to wedge himself. He described those in
:05:34. > :05:36.charge as like the Taliban, he said, because of their fundamentalism and
:05:37. > :05:44.sadism. Then, addressing the chairman of the inquiry, asked, in
:05:45. > :05:50.the name of God and humanity, I ask the free world, how did any church
:05:51. > :05:54.organisation is like that on me? The man said that as a 60-year-old he
:05:55. > :06:00.told a priest what he had seen and the priest told him, you must never
:06:01. > :06:05.speak about that. -- 16-year-old. He then added, you are the product of a
:06:06. > :06:10.syntenic relationship. The entire experience left him with hermetic
:06:11. > :06:14.memories. -- Satanic relationship. The entire experience left him with
:06:15. > :06:19.traumatic memories. One boy would start crying for his mother in bed,
:06:20. > :06:25.and you would hear him crying, and the next boy would start, and it
:06:26. > :06:29.resulted in all of the boys, including myself, though we did not
:06:30. > :06:34.have any idea what a mother was, would cry out for our mothers. Did
:06:35. > :06:39.that echo around the dormitory? Several times a night. The man also
:06:40. > :06:43.told of how later in life he made a discovery about his family. Two of
:06:44. > :06:47.his others were also at the home while he was there, and five of his
:06:48. > :06:51.sisters were at a nearby home he visited occasionally. He never knew
:06:52. > :07:01.and the nuns did not tell them. A man accused of raping a child in
:07:02. > :07:05.the 1990s has told a court the alleged victim is lying. He's one of
:07:06. > :07:13.three men facing a series of sexual abuse charges. The alleged victims
:07:14. > :07:16.are a brother and sister. Today the only defendant not related to them
:07:17. > :07:20.took the witness box and told the jury at Coleraine Crown Court the
:07:21. > :07:23.man accused is innocent of all charges.
:07:24. > :07:27.Today was the first time one of the defendants has given evidence. He is
:07:28. > :07:31.described as a family friend, and faces charges in connection to the
:07:32. > :07:36.alleged female victim. He said he first met her father in the early
:07:37. > :07:40.90s while out socialising. In later months, he would go back to the
:07:41. > :07:44.man's house once the pub shot. He confirmed to the court that while
:07:45. > :07:48.socialising there, he would drink and watch pornography, and on one
:07:49. > :08:00.occasion, played a card game, but he denied any allegations of sexually
:08:01. > :08:05.used -- abusing a child. The man said that the allegations were true
:08:06. > :08:09.and the shark are untrue and never happened. He admitted he was aware
:08:10. > :08:12.of children, saying he had seen them when he picked up their father to
:08:13. > :08:16.play golf, but that he did not know them well. He revealed he was first
:08:17. > :08:20.made aware that allegations were being made against him when to
:08:21. > :08:23.unknown individuals shouted at him in a shopping centre. The defendant
:08:24. > :08:28.was asked what impact the allegations have had on him and he
:08:29. > :08:34.said the last 20 months had been bad for him and his family and rebuild
:08:35. > :08:44.the was taking -- and revealed he was taking medication for anxiety.
:08:45. > :08:49.In 1998, the alleged victim was 13, and she showed a photograph from
:08:50. > :08:53.around that time. She was asked why she did not say more at the time and
:08:54. > :08:55.replied that she was scared and ashamed I did not think she had the
:08:56. > :09:03.words for what had happened. -- and ashamed, and did not think
:09:04. > :09:05.she had the words for what has happened.
:09:06. > :09:11.Plenty still to come before seven, including: Londonderry's year of
:09:12. > :09:14.City of Culture brought world-class entertainment to the city, but did
:09:15. > :09:25.it ring both sides of the divide closer together? -- bring both
:09:26. > :09:28.sides. The bus driver who blacked-out causing his double
:09:29. > :09:32.decker to crash and topple over on Belfast's Albert Bridge has won an
:09:33. > :09:35.unfair dismissal case. The Industrial Tribunal has found that
:09:36. > :09:38.following the incident in August 2011, and a subsequent black out at
:09:39. > :09:40.work, Ernest Wardlow was unilaterally redeployed to a
:09:41. > :09:43.Cleaners post. The Tribunal found that this mounted to a dismissal
:09:44. > :09:45.that was automatically and substantively unfair. Mr Wardlow was
:09:46. > :09:50.awarded over ?37,000 in compensation.
:09:51. > :09:54.Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that hundreds of the most
:09:55. > :09:57.needy Syrians in refugee camps will be allowed into the UK. The move
:09:58. > :10:01.follows mounting pressure for more to be done to help the 2.5 million
:10:02. > :10:08.refugees whose lives have been impacted on by conflict in the
:10:09. > :10:11.Middle Eastern country. We report on the plight of one Syrian who is
:10:12. > :10:23.currently seeking asylum here in Northern Ireland.
:10:24. > :10:28.The scale of the humanitarian crisis... The government is to allow
:10:29. > :10:32.several -- several hundred of the most needy to come to the UK on
:10:33. > :10:38.temporary visas for at least three years. It is estimated there are
:10:39. > :10:43.3500 Syrian refugee asylum seekers already in the UK. This man is one
:10:44. > :10:50.of them. He and his family ended up in Belfast after paying 1500 euros
:10:51. > :10:55.to someone on the black market. I come to the UK just to save my
:10:56. > :11:06.family. How did you get here? It was difficult, very difficult and very
:11:07. > :11:14.expensive. We paid about 1,500 euros to get us just to the UK. We do not
:11:15. > :11:19.have a choice. I come for my children. I think the best place, to
:11:20. > :11:26.come here, and we paid a lot of money to come here, but I do not
:11:27. > :11:31.know. The real life is not like our dream. During the past year, the
:11:32. > :11:35.children have been integrating into the local community, attending a
:11:36. > :11:41.nearby primary school. They quickly speak English. I think they speak
:11:42. > :11:47.English only. I told them they speak English now. You can ask her if you
:11:48. > :11:56.want. Tell me a little bit about your school. It is really good, and
:11:57. > :12:05.today for my lunch I got chicken curry. What is your favourite
:12:06. > :12:09.subject in school? Free time. This man says the situation has been made
:12:10. > :12:15.worse by not knowing what has happened to his family left behind
:12:16. > :12:19.in Syria. My mother, all of the family, I do not know where they
:12:20. > :12:28.stay. Not really. I have one sister in Lebanon now and I have another
:12:29. > :12:34.one in Turkey, and the rest of the family are in Syria, I don't know
:12:35. > :12:38.where. The family say they have already had their asylum request
:12:39. > :12:41.turned down once, but it is up for appeal next month, and they hope the
:12:42. > :12:46.change in the government's tack might work in their favour.
:12:47. > :12:49.Still to come on the programme tonight: Find out why this London
:12:50. > :13:00.based soprano went back to school today.
:13:01. > :13:03.Ulster Bank's Chief Executive has told an inquiry into the Northern
:13:04. > :13:06.Ireland banking industry that he will have to close more branches.
:13:07. > :13:10.The Westminster inquiry is looking at the way banks in Northern Ireland
:13:11. > :13:18.are run, access to banking in rural communities and provision of finance
:13:19. > :13:22.to business. Did the bank make clear today how
:13:23. > :13:27.many branches would have to close? The boss of the bank was not able to
:13:28. > :13:32.get that detail. He did have one very striking figure, by the end of
:13:33. > :13:36.last year, just 16% of all the transactions the bank carry out
:13:37. > :13:40.happen in a branch, so that means the vast majority of transactions
:13:41. > :13:44.being done by the bank are happening online, and mobile phones, on the
:13:45. > :13:48.phone itself or a hole in the wall, soap branch closures are being
:13:49. > :13:53.driven by customer demand. We will not know the more detail about this
:13:54. > :13:57.until later Lex -- next month when there is a big review of the banks
:13:58. > :14:03.across Northern Ireland, and the night -- we might know more then.
:14:04. > :14:08.The MPs who were questioning the bank today wanted to know if
:14:09. > :14:12.something like the IT fiasco of 2012 happening again. What the bank told
:14:13. > :14:16.them is, since that happens, their parent company, RBS, has spent a
:14:17. > :14:20.fortune on IT systems. They say it will take about another two years
:14:21. > :14:24.before they are happy that the systems are robust enough, but they
:14:25. > :14:27.are no longer so dependent on the systems, so if they fall over, they
:14:28. > :14:31.should not suffer the same consequences that they did in 2012.
:14:32. > :14:36.Some slightly attorneys today, some new figures suggesting there was a
:14:37. > :14:42.Bert in the economy over the summer. Really striking figures. They are
:14:43. > :14:46.like the local version of GDP, which gives us a number for the growth of
:14:47. > :14:53.the economy in northern islands. It grew by 1.6% between July and
:14:54. > :14:56.September. -- in Northern Ireland. For the last three years, those
:14:57. > :15:02.numbers are pretty striking, and when we compare them to read figures
:15:03. > :15:05.in the UK, a are twice as fast than in the summer months, and we are
:15:06. > :15:09.getting great in all parts of the economy. The service sector had a
:15:10. > :15:12.good time. Manufacturing was having a good time and even the
:15:13. > :15:16.construction sector was growing. One slight note of caution, these are
:15:17. > :15:20.just the figures for one quarter, and our economy was really badly
:15:21. > :15:24.damaged in the recession, and is still 10% smaller than it was in
:15:25. > :15:28.2007. The Londonderry classical singer Margaret Keys returned to her
:15:29. > :15:31.roots today as an ambassador for the Prince of Wales charity which
:15:32. > :15:34.promotes Children and the Arts. The former teacher, who's now making a
:15:35. > :15:38.name for herself as a Soprano in London, said a new project to get
:15:39. > :15:40.young children involved in the arts was inspiring. Our North-West
:15:41. > :15:50.reporter, Keiron Tourish, caught up with her. I'm here to congratulate
:15:51. > :15:54.you today on the fantastic work you have been doing. It is like going
:15:55. > :16:00.back to the classroom for Margaret Keys as she prays children for their
:16:01. > :16:03.artistic efforts for the Prince Charles charity. They had been
:16:04. > :16:07.working in conjunction with this gallery to produce an array of work.
:16:08. > :16:14.Everything from paintings to clay models. Art is something that I
:16:15. > :16:19.certainly have always enjoyed as a child. And obviously, as an adult
:16:20. > :16:23.now, it is my career. So I think particularly getting children to
:16:24. > :16:27.begin from a very young age is something which is very necessary.
:16:28. > :16:32.If we are to create children of the future with some kind of creative
:16:33. > :16:37.and artistic flair. It's all about inspiring confidence and promoting
:16:38. > :16:45.creativity. Our teacher came in and we did work. We did artwork. It has
:16:46. > :16:55.good crack. It felt really, really great. I was going to be proud of
:16:56. > :16:59.myself. My mum will be proud of me too. The exhibition of 's work
:17:00. > :17:06.continues at Centre for contemporary Art. So good news for the Arts in
:17:07. > :17:09.Derry. But what impact did the UK City of Culture have on community
:17:10. > :17:14.relations. Organisers promised a lasting legacy for the city. More
:17:15. > :17:18.than ?16 million was spent. What difference did it make and did it
:17:19. > :17:22.help bring the two sides of the Foyle closer together? Our reporter
:17:23. > :17:37.Mark Simpson has been to Londonderry to find out. It has one big party.
:17:38. > :17:43.And it lasted a whole year. But did it make any real difference? The two
:17:44. > :17:51.names of the city came together, but what about the people? These people
:17:52. > :17:54.all work on the waterside. They had some involvement in the city of
:17:55. > :18:00.culture events, but did people from a Protestant and unionist background
:18:01. > :18:03.really feel part of the big year? I think everybody was. One of the
:18:04. > :18:08.things which came out of it, whether you call it Londonderry or Derry,
:18:09. > :18:17.people looked at it in a different way. I played in three events in the
:18:18. > :18:27.city. I did something in the Cathedral with a band. As a
:18:28. > :18:30.musician, I had a great time. From a pot of some perspective, you get a
:18:31. > :18:35.lot more involvement than we ever thought we would. -- Protestant.
:18:36. > :18:39.Going forward, I don't think that will change now. It will be us going
:18:40. > :18:45.forward. I think people are making the most of it. The Derry side feels
:18:46. > :18:49.far close of it ever has been. This former priest is from the other side
:18:50. > :18:54.of the river, and were surprised at how people from both banks of the
:18:55. > :18:58.Foyle came together. Those who are against it because it was the UK
:18:59. > :19:02.city of culture, and those who are against it because it was two areas,
:19:03. > :19:06.I think all of them got involved. The big question is will they stay
:19:07. > :19:11.involved? Were those relationships, which were improved, helps,
:19:12. > :19:16.encourage, will they stay? The problems here run deep. And the
:19:17. > :19:21.reality is that one year of culture is not going to solve decades of
:19:22. > :19:25.division. Dissident Republicans bombed the city of culture's office
:19:26. > :19:31.two years ago but, in the end, it didn't disrupt any of the actual
:19:32. > :19:36.events. Stephen Marchand was in charge of policing the city last
:19:37. > :19:40.year, so what was his secret of success? People power. The people in
:19:41. > :19:47.the region came to the events in their thousands and they came to
:19:48. > :19:53.look at the festival. When the public support events like that, it
:19:54. > :19:57.is people power, people who wanted the city of culture. It wasn't a
:19:58. > :20:01.year of complete harmony. But it was 12 months when people in the city
:20:02. > :20:05.with two names, seemed to edge a little closer. Protestors have
:20:06. > :20:11.gathered outside Ards Borough Council in support of the under
:20:12. > :20:14.threat Exploris centre. The visitor attraction in Portaferry is
:20:15. > :20:19.earmarked for closure because of a lack of funds. Our reporter Conor
:20:20. > :20:25.Macauley is at the council building in Newtownards. The future this
:20:26. > :20:31.tourist attraction has been in doubt for some time. First of all, give us
:20:32. > :20:36.the background to the story. Yes, as you say, the aquarium has been under
:20:37. > :20:40.threat since September of last year. It has 18 staff but has run a
:20:41. > :20:44.deficit of ?600,000 a year, and towards the end of the year, Ards
:20:45. > :20:48.Borough Council said they might not be able to continue to afford to run
:20:49. > :20:52.it and might have to close. That led to a huge public outcry for that you
:20:53. > :20:55.consider protesters here behind me and also an offer from the
:20:56. > :21:00.Department of the Environment that Iraq be but some public money into
:21:01. > :21:04.it. Capital grant to help refurbishment of the premises, and
:21:05. > :21:10.also some help with running costs of the Seal Sanctuary. The processes
:21:11. > :21:15.around that has led it -- to this council meeting tonight. Some people
:21:16. > :21:20.say it's madness to close after 26 years. What exactly is happening
:21:21. > :21:23.this evening? Essentially, what happened the council was told to go
:21:24. > :21:27.away and come up with a business case for the long-term viability of
:21:28. > :21:31.the aquarium. It was being done by a subcommittee which is bringing about
:21:32. > :21:35.report to the council tonight for ratification. If the council doesn't
:21:36. > :21:38.ratify that, then the business case will have to go to the Northern
:21:39. > :21:42.Ireland executive who will look at it, see if there is nothing to
:21:43. > :21:46.persuade them to release those promised public funds, but as far as
:21:47. > :21:49.the people here are concerned, they say you need to hurry up and get on
:21:50. > :21:53.with it because they want some commitment about the long-term
:21:54. > :21:57.viability of what is, as far as they are concerned, and very important
:21:58. > :22:02.tourism resource in that area. If the council votes to ratify that
:22:03. > :22:05.report, there will public the another state execution for the
:22:06. > :22:07.aquarium while we sort this out and see whether the executive is
:22:08. > :22:10.prepared to release that public money. Thank you. The Winter
:22:11. > :22:14.Olympics and Paralympics get underway in just over a week's time
:22:15. > :22:18.in Sochi in Russia. Three athletes from Northern Ireland will be
:22:19. > :22:27.competing as part of Team GB. Tonight we hear from one of them.
:22:28. > :22:29.Thomas Niblock's here. Well, We've already heard from figure skater
:22:30. > :22:32.Jenna McCorkill, and alpine skier Kelly Gallagher. Tonight its
:22:33. > :22:35.snowboarder Aimee Fuller, who's due to arrive in Sochi tomorrow. And
:22:36. > :22:38.she's admitted to being apprehensive. Fears of a terrorist
:22:39. > :22:42.attack at the Games were heightened last month by a twin bomb attack on
:22:43. > :22:46.the nearby city of Volgograd, which killed 34 people. Organisers have
:22:47. > :22:54.promised the venue will be the most secure on the planet. Nial Foster
:22:55. > :22:59.reports. It's been a tough track to the top four Aimee Fuller. But every
:23:00. > :23:02.step along the way, the 22-year-old has proved she is perfectly
:23:03. > :23:07.comfortable at the very highest level. Their main focus in Russia is
:23:08. > :23:12.on the slopes. But security is an issue. It's a little bit concerning.
:23:13. > :23:16.Definitely, I'm aware of the risks, but I have heard the security
:23:17. > :23:21.measures are really good, so I think it's just about being smart and
:23:22. > :23:25.staying in the right place. At the end of the day, we are going there
:23:26. > :23:29.to the best we can in our sport, so I'm just going to try to stay
:23:30. > :23:35.focused as I can on the job I'm going there to do. And just enjoy
:23:36. > :23:39.it. She qualified for the 56 strong Great Britain team in Colorado last
:23:40. > :23:46.week. And she believes her alternative training regime centred
:23:47. > :23:49.at Sochi. It helps putting the work in on the slopes because you can
:23:50. > :23:53.relate to those days where you have been pounding away in the gym. You
:23:54. > :23:57.think, this is easier than that. I'm not in the gym, I'm on the slopes
:23:58. > :24:02.and look at the surroundings. It's an honour to be wearing the sports
:24:03. > :24:07.kit, and going to rush out to represent team GB. It's something I
:24:08. > :24:11.absolutely love. -- Russia. Her career is on an upward curve and it
:24:12. > :24:19.seems the sky is the limit for Aimee Fuller. We wish all the. Rugby.
:24:20. > :24:23.Johnny Sexton who left Leinster this summer for a big money move to
:24:24. > :24:26.France has admitted he felt like quitting Racing Metro in Paris and
:24:27. > :24:29.returning home. Ireland open their RBS Six Nations campaign by hosting
:24:30. > :24:40.Scotland in Dublin on Sunday, with this man expected to start fly-half.
:24:41. > :24:44.Mark Sidebottom reports. The boy with ice in his veins has been slow
:24:45. > :24:46.to settle in France. A change of scene and culture have left things
:24:47. > :24:52.are just a little too topsy-turvy for his liking. Everything is just
:24:53. > :24:56.stressful, tough going at the start. There been some games where I'm
:24:57. > :25:01.walking in on Monday and telling them I'm going home. There's other
:25:02. > :25:07.games where I have come off and thought, this is brilliant. I could
:25:08. > :25:13.be here forever. His move to Paris pondered speculation of an exodus
:25:14. > :25:16.from Ireland to France. He revealed Jamie he said and Sean O'Brien
:25:17. > :25:21.sought his counsel on similar big-money moves. And he was glad
:25:22. > :25:31.when he opted to spin the deals. -- Heaslip. They really stepped up to
:25:32. > :25:36.the plate, the two lads. Playing for the provinces and the national team,
:25:37. > :25:41.I hope to stay. The hope is this weekend that act in a green shirt
:25:42. > :25:48.and Lansdowne Road, he will be more at home than ever. This weekend
:25:49. > :25:51.marks the start of the Allianz Leagues in Gaelic football as the
:25:52. > :25:54.new season gets into full swing. As for standout fixture from an Ulster
:25:55. > :25:57.perspective, well that's an easy one. Old rivals Derry and Tyrone
:25:58. > :26:04.clash at Celtic Park. Thomas Kane reports. Without many of the
:26:05. > :26:10.established stars, a new look Tyrone give their supporters a glimpse into
:26:11. > :26:13.the future during their cup campaign. The conveyor belt of
:26:14. > :26:19.talent in the county is now said to be given a chance to impress and at
:26:20. > :26:25.an even higher level. As a team, I think we are going to be a different
:26:26. > :26:29.animal last year, we saw three or four new faces. This year, I think
:26:30. > :26:38.we will see five or six which can only be good for Tyrone in terms of
:26:39. > :26:42.who we can trust in the talent. I think there's another batch coming
:26:43. > :26:46.behind them also. Derry have made a step up to division one. Their
:26:47. > :26:52.opening two fixtures will be a serious test of their credentials.
:26:53. > :27:03.Everyone is expecting us to go straight back down again. A big
:27:04. > :27:07.first two games. We know we are up against it. If we put on a big
:27:08. > :27:11.performance, we can get good results. In recent years, league
:27:12. > :27:14.form has been the best indicator of success the following summer in a
:27:15. > :27:17.championship. Something every county will be bearing in mind as they
:27:18. > :27:29.prepare for the coming campaign. The match will be the live game on BBC
:27:30. > :27:32.Radio Ulster at 6:30pm. Thomas, thanks very much. I love watching
:27:33. > :27:36.those snowboarding pictures but never mind the snow come what about
:27:37. > :27:40.the rain? Is it ever going to stop raining?
:27:41. > :27:49.It's going to be very rainy by the time we get to the end of the week.
:27:50. > :27:52.It's not going to be the wettest of nights tonight. Certainly not
:27:53. > :27:56.compared to the last few nights. Yes, some showers around. Quite
:27:57. > :28:00.chilly, though. Temperatures could get close to freezing. It's not
:28:01. > :28:06.possible for there to be ice around tomorrow morning and these two doper
:28:07. > :28:10.cabbie in the fields. A lot of us are feeling right at the moment. How
:28:11. > :28:21.was supposed to like the puddles. Tomorrow isn't going to be nice.
:28:22. > :28:24.Tomorrow, Chilean places. There will be some showers around Eastern
:28:25. > :28:28.counties in particular. -- chilly in places. As you can see, 8am,
:28:29. > :28:34.temperatures not too far away from freezing in parts of the country.
:28:35. > :28:39.There could be a bit of ice and frost arriving. Through the day,
:28:40. > :28:42.yes, you will need an umbrella. Showers, not heavy, and some dry and
:28:43. > :28:50.bright spells, too, particularly over towards the east. Temperatures
:28:51. > :28:55.just 4-5. Into what's coming our way for the weekend, a big area of low
:28:56. > :28:58.pressure for the lots and lots of isobars abounded. Heavy rain on
:28:59. > :29:03.Friday and then, as the low pressure comes towards us, some very strong
:29:04. > :29:07.wind coming our way for this weekend. Already a heavy warning in
:29:08. > :29:11.force, especially in the east. Look away if you don't like the rain
:29:12. > :29:15.because it will be a wash-out. Localised flooding in Eastern
:29:16. > :29:19.counties in particular. It may be a bit dry over the weekend but still
:29:20. > :29:28.some showers around. Very windy. Possibly damaging winds on
:29:29. > :29:32.Saturday. 60-70 mph wind. Still rain on Friday. Flooding in the east.
:29:33. > :29:37.Heavy showers and scrawny winds on Saturday. If I had to pick a day out
:29:38. > :29:47.of the weekend, Sunday is the best. It's a tough choice.
:29:48. > :29:48.So the answer is, it's not going to stop raining. I buy. --