:00:14. > :00:22.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:23. > :00:25.Bill Clinton tells local politicians to finish the job - to resolve
:00:26. > :00:31.remaining issues in the peace process as he pays tribute to John
:00:32. > :00:35.Hume. I'll have more on the visit of the former US President.
:00:36. > :00:38.Also on the programme... The Chief Constable rejects claims
:00:39. > :00:43.that letters sent to so called On The Runs amounted to an amnesty.
:00:44. > :00:45.Planners reject a Tesco store for Ballycastle and accuse the
:00:46. > :00:50.supermarket chain of damaging the town.
:00:51. > :00:57.Remembering the Vietnamese boat people who came to Northern Ireland
:00:58. > :01:01.to begin a new life 35 years on. One night in Nicosia - we'll have
:01:02. > :01:03.the latest from Northern Ireland's friendly international away to
:01:04. > :01:06.Cyprus. Wet tonight, even wetter tomorrow.
:01:07. > :01:15.Thank goodness it gets a bit brighter by Friday!
:01:16. > :01:19.The Former US President Bill Clinton has arrived at Queen's University in
:01:20. > :01:22.Belfast for a special event on what is his fifth visit to Northern
:01:23. > :01:26.Ireland. -- is due to arrive shortly at Queens University in Belfast. He
:01:27. > :01:30.started the day in Londonderry and had a meeting with the First and
:01:31. > :01:40.Deputy First Ministers at Stormont this afternoon. Let's go first to
:01:41. > :01:44.Donna, who's live in south Belfast. We are waiting for the arrival of
:01:45. > :01:49.Bill Clinton here at redoubt hall here in south Belfast, where once
:01:50. > :01:52.again, Queens University is celebrating the former president. In
:01:53. > :01:56.2001 he was awarded an honorary degree. Tonight, an institute
:01:57. > :02:02.concentrating on leadership will be named after him. His job tonight is
:02:03. > :02:07.to give the inaugural lecture. Earlier today, he told local
:02:08. > :02:12.political leaders that they had to finish their job - to resolve the
:02:13. > :02:16.outstanding issues in peace process. This afternoon he met the First and
:02:17. > :02:19.Deputy First Minister at Stormont, where they discussed the challenges
:02:20. > :02:24.facing power-sharing just a few days after the threatened resignation of
:02:25. > :02:27.Peter Robinson. His schedule has been put back because of that
:02:28. > :02:36.meeting and we are still waiting for his arrival here. The day started in
:02:37. > :02:41.Londonderry, where thousands of people turned out to see and hear
:02:42. > :02:49.the former president. His focus was very much on peace. And on the Nobel
:02:50. > :02:51.Peace Prize winner John Hume. Our North-West reporter Keiron Tourish
:02:52. > :02:54.has more. President Clinton used this visit to
:02:55. > :02:57.Derry to honour the contribution to the political process of former SDLP
:02:58. > :03:00.leader John Hume and his wife Pat. Symbolically, all three walked
:03:01. > :03:03.across the city's iconic Peace Bridge. It links both sides of the
:03:04. > :03:11.Foyle and underlined the former President's message of
:03:12. > :03:18.reconciliation. Bill Clinton, with John Hume. President Clinton was
:03:19. > :03:22.warmly welcomed in Guild Hall Square and in his speech paid tribute to
:03:23. > :03:24.John Hume. He also urged politicians here to find the resolve and
:03:25. > :03:31.determination to overcome any difficulties in the peace process.
:03:32. > :03:35.You can't resolve the parades, the flags, the history issues. We can't
:03:36. > :03:43.resolve all the other issues. -- you can resolve a grades. You have to be
:03:44. > :03:46.free. These children have to have a future. I don't really care, it's
:03:47. > :03:52.not for me to say what the details should be. You have inspired the
:03:53. > :03:55.world. You have to finish this. President Clinton was here at the
:03:56. > :03:58.invitation of the University of Ulster and helped launch a book
:03:59. > :04:03.entitled Peacemaking In The 21st Century. The Peace lectures include
:04:04. > :04:11.contributions from himself and his wife Hillary, as well as John Hume.
:04:12. > :04:16.It was a great visit and very good of him to come here. It was very
:04:17. > :04:20.interesting that the man of his international status has come to
:04:21. > :04:23.Derry. Looking at all the young people who were there today, I
:04:24. > :04:30.thought the message was so right for them and I dearly would love the
:04:31. > :04:32.message to be taken to heart by everyone. Although President Clinton
:04:33. > :04:40.was heckled briefly over Iraq, for the overwhelming majority, this was
:04:41. > :04:46.a memorable experience. We are visiting from Qatar. We happen to be
:04:47. > :04:50.here delay and we thought, what a great chance to see the president.
:04:51. > :04:53.We got a salute from President Clinton. It felt great. Before
:04:54. > :04:57.leaving, President Clinton said this was a visit that had given him "one
:04:58. > :05:10.more day in Derry I will never forget."
:05:11. > :05:14.We are waiting here at Queens University in south Belfast for the
:05:15. > :05:20.arrival of the former US president. Tonight, and Institute of leadership
:05:21. > :05:26.will be named after him. Queen's Vice-Chancellor Professor Patrick
:05:27. > :05:30.Johnston is with me. Why choose Bill Clinton for the name of the
:05:31. > :05:37.Institute? It is a very important evening and a real pleasure to have
:05:38. > :05:41.President Clinton here. He has shown global leadership, when he was
:05:42. > :05:46.president, and since, after he stepped down, particularly here in
:05:47. > :05:51.Northern Ireland. He has made a huge impact on our society and to be able
:05:52. > :05:56.to name our institute that embodies his spirit of passion and
:05:57. > :05:58.commitment, making a difference to people and societies, particularly
:05:59. > :06:03.in Northern Ireland but also in other parts of the world, is an
:06:04. > :06:05.honour and privilege for us. You have recently become vice
:06:06. > :06:10.chancellor, a leader in your own right. What inspiration do you get
:06:11. > :06:13.from President Clinton? I was working in the United States when he
:06:14. > :06:20.became president. During that time he doubled the culture budget and
:06:21. > :06:23.look at the impact that has had. -- the cancer budget. He has done the
:06:24. > :06:31.same thing with anything else he has taken forward, particularly in
:06:32. > :06:36.Northern Ireland. We will have the William J Clinton Leadership
:06:37. > :06:42.Institute at Queens. We can begin to shape leaders in culture and arts
:06:43. > :06:48.and network them with other foundations like the Kennedy
:06:49. > :06:53.Foundation in Boston. It will bring enormous benefits to our society. He
:06:54. > :07:01.is a great speech-maker. What do you expect from today's lecture. I think
:07:02. > :07:05.it will be a real inspiration, I have no doubt. It will inspire
:07:06. > :07:11.everybody in the room and hopefully inspire beyond Queens. Thank you for
:07:12. > :07:17.joining us. We have cameras inside to hear a lecture this evening as we
:07:18. > :07:21.await Bill Clinton's arrival. He is a little bit behind schedule because
:07:22. > :07:26.of the meeting at Stormont. We will have the latest on his visit on BBC
:07:27. > :07:32.One at 10:25pm on the late BBC Newsline.
:07:33. > :07:39.You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come... Tesco's plan for a store
:07:40. > :07:41.in Ballycastle is rejected as planners hit out at the supermarket
:07:42. > :07:49.chain for damaging the Northampton Town. -- North Antrim town.
:07:50. > :07:52.The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster is to
:07:53. > :07:54.conduct an inquiry into the letters sent to republican fugitives. The
:07:55. > :07:58.Committee chair, Laurence Robertson, says the terms of reference of the
:07:59. > :08:01.judge-led inquiry announced by the Government last week are too narrow.
:08:02. > :08:04.The Chief Constable has rejected claims that the letters amounted to
:08:05. > :08:06.get out of jail free cards or an amnesty. Our home affairs
:08:07. > :08:10.correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:08:11. > :08:14.Matt Baggott arrived to face questions about a scheme set up by
:08:15. > :08:18.the government and republicans but was greeted by loyalist protestors.
:08:19. > :08:20.The Progressive Unionist Party claims the scheme proves that
:08:21. > :08:25.republicans have been given preferential treatment. It says the
:08:26. > :08:28.police should now suspend investigations by the Historical
:08:29. > :08:34.Enquiries Team, many of which have focused on the activities of the
:08:35. > :08:37.UVF. Cameras were allowed to record his arrival at a specially convened
:08:38. > :08:42.private meeting of the Policing Board to discuss the issue. But
:08:43. > :08:47.there were no cameras present to witness what sources described as 90
:08:48. > :08:50.heated minutes of debate. Afterwards, the Chief Constable
:08:51. > :09:00.defended the PSNI's role in the process. Are legal advice is that we
:09:01. > :09:03.had a duty to clarify someone's status. That is under existing
:09:04. > :09:07.legislation and a responsibility the police have. This meeting was the
:09:08. > :09:11.result of a ruling by a judge at the Old Bailey last week that John
:09:12. > :09:14.Downey would not stand trial for the murders of four soldiers because
:09:15. > :09:17.he'd been sent a so-called "letter of assurance" by the Northern
:09:18. > :09:21.Ireland Office, saying he would not be prosecuted. It was revealed that
:09:22. > :09:24.more than 180 other On The Runs had been sent similar letters. The court
:09:25. > :09:27.judgement revealed that the letters contained caveats, stating that they
:09:28. > :09:30.had been sent based on "evidence currently available" and that the
:09:31. > :09:38.issue may be reconsidered if fresh evidence became available. But the
:09:39. > :09:41.First Minister reacted angrily. There are people going around with
:09:42. > :09:45.letters stuffed in their pockets which say that even if somebody
:09:46. > :09:49.fingers you, you cannot go to jail. That is an outrage, I think, in any
:09:50. > :09:54.democratic state. Matt Baggott today made it clear he doesn't share that
:09:55. > :09:57.view. As far as we are concerned, and there is nothing in the
:09:58. > :10:02.judgement that contradicts us, there are no get out of jail cards, no
:10:03. > :10:05.amnesties, and there are no letters of immunity. If new evidence emerges
:10:06. > :10:09.then it will be investigated and we will send reports to the Public
:10:10. > :10:13.Prosecution Service. I wanted to make that clear. Afterwards, the DUP
:10:14. > :10:16.said it wasn't satisfied with the answers provided by the Chief
:10:17. > :10:22.Constable and accused the NIO of a cover up. I think it is quite clear
:10:23. > :10:26.that there was a conspiracy to withhold the information about the
:10:27. > :10:31.letters. It was stated time and time again that that was an issue for the
:10:32. > :10:36.Northern Ireland Office and others and was not part of the PSNI's
:10:37. > :10:39.remit. I think anybody with a bit of sense can see that this information
:10:40. > :10:43.was withheld from politicians. The debate that took place behind closed
:10:44. > :10:46.doors today is likely to be repeated when the board holds its next public
:10:47. > :10:52.meeting. Its members won't have long to wait - that meeting will take
:10:53. > :10:55.place here tomorrow afternoon. Sean Hackett, the 19-year-old who
:10:56. > :10:58.shot his father Aloysius, is either a dangerous manipulative murderer or
:10:59. > :11:01.a mentally disturbed teen on the possible verge of schizophrenia,
:11:02. > :11:07.caught up in one of the most extraordinary and complex criminal
:11:08. > :11:10.cases ever. The conflicting descriptions came from prosecuting
:11:11. > :11:18.and defence lawyers in their closing submissions to the jury. Julian
:11:19. > :11:21.Fowler was at Dungannon Crown Court. A gifted footballer, a good
:11:22. > :11:24.sportsman with a good life given to him by a good family, but the
:11:25. > :11:32.prosecution say Sean Hackett was a dangerous man. The prosecution
:11:33. > :11:39.lawyer said underneath Sean Hackett's smiling face was a wicked,
:11:40. > :11:41.and a plate of Keller. He said the meticulously planned and executed
:11:42. > :11:45.slaughter of his father was a brutally selfish act in order to get
:11:46. > :11:50.over whatever problems he had in his life. He said Sean Hackett was not
:11:51. > :11:55.suffering from depression and that feeling a bit down after a break-up
:11:56. > :12:00.with his girlfriend was not an excuse for murder. His defence claim
:12:01. > :12:04.he was little more than a child and two convicted of murder would create
:12:05. > :12:11.another injustice for the family. The defence lawyers said the central
:12:12. > :12:14.question was how an 18-year-old of impeccable character with everything
:12:15. > :12:18.to live forward on to develop the bizarre notion that it would help
:12:19. > :12:23.him if he killed one of his parents. He asked the jury, do you really
:12:24. > :12:28.need be a psychiatrist to know that something inside this young man's
:12:29. > :12:31.head was badly wrong? He said a finding of manslaughter on the
:12:32. > :12:37.grounds of diminished responsibility would be the right verdict, a just
:12:38. > :12:42.verdict, and the proper verdict. The jury is expected to retire to
:12:43. > :12:45.consider its verdict tomorrow. The Planning Appeals Commission has
:12:46. > :12:48.said that Tesco has caused "significant loss of investment" to
:12:49. > :12:53.a County Antrim town by pursuing a development plan. The retail chain
:12:54. > :12:56.wanted to build a supermarket on the edge of Ballycastle, but that was
:12:57. > :12:59.rejected by planners. Here's our business and economics editor John
:13:00. > :13:01.Campbell. A review of the six further
:13:02. > :13:13.education colleges here has -- to date Mark the end of a long
:13:14. > :13:18.battle for traders in this seaside resort. The Chamber of Commerce says
:13:19. > :13:25.there is a sense of relief. There is a sense of relief that this has
:13:26. > :13:29.passed. It had been gone going -- on going for ten years and had put a
:13:30. > :13:33.negative shadow over local businesses. Hopefully we can go
:13:34. > :13:36.forward. The Planning Appeals Commission agreed that allowing a
:13:37. > :13:40.Tesco development on the outskirts of Ballycastle would have caused
:13:41. > :13:43.unacceptable damage to the town centre. The commission went
:13:44. > :13:48.further. It says Tesco has already caused a problem. The ruling refers
:13:49. > :13:51.to a Tesco cloud hanging over the time. By that it means existing
:13:52. > :13:56.retailers were reluctant to spend money on their businesses while
:13:57. > :14:00.waiting on the outcome of the planning process. It means there was
:14:01. > :14:04.a significant loss of investment to the town centre. That is a view
:14:05. > :14:07.echoed by one local businessman. There is a bank building across the
:14:08. > :14:11.street that nobody was prepared to buy, despite it being very very
:14:12. > :14:17.cheap as a consequence of the cloud hanging over the town centre. Not
:14:18. > :14:22.everyone opposed the plan. In a statement, Tesco said, this would be
:14:23. > :14:30.extremely disappointing to the local people who wanted our investment.
:14:31. > :14:39.Dot. -- wanted our investment... Tesco has slowed the space of no --
:14:40. > :14:45.piece of new openings. It could mean that this sort of planning battle is
:14:46. > :14:49.increasingly a thing of the past. It is hard not to be moved by some
:14:50. > :14:53.of the images which have been broadcast from Syria in recent
:14:54. > :14:57.months. 2.5 million refugees are fleeing the war-torn country. 35
:14:58. > :15:03.years ago, it was a crisis in Vietnam that was making the
:15:04. > :15:06.headlines and some of those granted refugee status ended up here in
:15:07. > :15:10.Northern Ireland. Our reporter Julie McCullough has been to meet a couple
:15:11. > :15:14.of them. 1979, and these were some of the
:15:15. > :15:19.pictures being beamed around the world. Vietnamese refugees, crammed
:15:20. > :15:24.into small fishing boats, fleeing their home country in fear of
:15:25. > :15:31.persecution. Many didn't make it, but Saychan Lau and Amui Lay were
:15:32. > :15:35.among the 295 people packed into this 15 metre long boat when they
:15:36. > :15:38.were picked up by a British ship. There were also some of the first to
:15:39. > :15:47.make Northern Ireland their new home. TRANSLATION: The leader of the
:15:48. > :15:52.refugees told them that there were not enough jobs in London, but in
:15:53. > :16:00.Northern Ireland, there is a lot of work and good housing and they would
:16:01. > :16:04.like us to go over to Northern Ireland to start a new life. Here in
:16:05. > :16:08.the Public Records Office, you can read some of the recently made
:16:09. > :16:11.public government files that give you more details about the
:16:12. > :16:17.Vietnamese boat people coming here. For example, most of them, around 19
:16:18. > :16:22.families, were settled in Craigavon. And it wasn't always easy
:16:23. > :16:30.for them. They had problems adapting to their new home and, of course,
:16:31. > :16:35.had to be warned about the Troubles. The first time we came it was really
:16:36. > :16:42.scary, because there was a soldier. We had to be checked before you got
:16:43. > :16:46.into a shop. I saw the soldier had I gone and -- had a gun and it was
:16:47. > :16:50.really scary. Because we came from Vietnam it was really bad. I had
:16:51. > :16:56.just come to Northern Ireland and it was really scary, and I nearly
:16:57. > :17:01.cried. Alan Locke, who was Maier of Craigavon at the time, has a better
:17:02. > :17:08.memory of their arrival. -- the Mayor of Craigavon. I have a lot of
:17:09. > :17:15.very pleasant memories. The boat people were wonderful, I must say.
:17:16. > :17:19.It felt wonderful that we were doing what we could do for people that
:17:20. > :17:27.were less fortunate than ourselves. I was very proud of, generally, the
:17:28. > :17:39.people of Craigavon. But there was also disappointment, because many of
:17:40. > :17:45.the boat people, including one of these women, went back to England.
:17:46. > :17:49.TRANSLATION: When they went out to work at night and in the daytime
:17:50. > :17:55.came back, they discovered that other communities had broken into
:17:56. > :18:00.their house and taken the TV and thereby got -- their belongings.
:18:01. > :18:04.They weren't even worried about coming in broad daylight and they
:18:05. > :18:08.robbed the place. Despite the problems, these women and their
:18:09. > :18:10.families did return to Northern Ireland and they have no intention
:18:11. > :18:18.of leaving again. Still to come on the programme
:18:19. > :18:21.before seven... We continue our series commemorating
:18:22. > :18:25.the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and how a cargo ship
:18:26. > :18:31.landing in Larne Harbour would shape history in Ireland.
:18:32. > :18:35.There are more people who need organ transplants than donor organs
:18:36. > :18:38.available. One couple from County Down have been telling how they took
:18:39. > :18:42.part in a UK-wide scheme which pairs donors and recipients and it's made
:18:43. > :18:52.a huge difference. Chris Page has more.
:18:53. > :18:56.The science of transplant surgery is advancing all the time, but the need
:18:57. > :18:59.for donors remains a big issue. Seamus Kenny needed a kidney
:19:00. > :19:05.transplant. His wife, Pauline, was willing to donate, but her kidney
:19:06. > :19:13.was not suitable, so they entered a new way -- UK wide scheme which
:19:14. > :19:19.matches donors and recipients. They were matched with another couple.
:19:20. > :19:23.Respective partners donated their kidneys. It all took place on the
:19:24. > :19:27.same date nine months ago. When the Kennys got news of the match, it was
:19:28. > :19:32.a great relief. We were shocked because we were not expecting the
:19:33. > :19:39.news that day. Over a period of time, it was sinking in. We had lots
:19:40. > :19:44.of contact with the hospital to keep us informed. It gave us time to come
:19:45. > :19:51.to terms with it and gave us time to plan. I expected I would have to go
:19:52. > :19:55.onto dialysis. To get the news that you are going to get a kidney was
:19:56. > :20:02.like a miracle. I could not believe it was going to happen and all of
:20:03. > :20:07.the time, I kept thinking it would not happen. It was like a dream.
:20:08. > :20:12.They are an amazing advert for all that is good about kidney
:20:13. > :20:17.transplantation. Both of them look so good and so healthy now. Shimmers
:20:18. > :20:21.and Pauling wanted to give something back to the staff at City Hospital.
:20:22. > :20:26.With the help of Seamus's employers, they have raised ?100,000 for the
:20:27. > :20:29.renal unit. Now we continue our series
:20:30. > :20:32.commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. Tonight,
:20:33. > :20:35.Mervyn Jess reports from Larne, where local school children are
:20:36. > :20:40.remembering the UVF gun-running episode at the harbour. It happened
:20:41. > :20:52.just months before the outbreak of war in Europe.
:20:53. > :20:56.Larne in the early part of the twentieth century was a busy
:20:57. > :20:59.commercial port. But what was brought into the harbour by day was
:21:00. > :21:05.far removed from what was landed one night in April 1914. The Clyde
:21:06. > :21:08.Valley, loaded with 200 tonnes of guns and ammunition from Hamburg in
:21:09. > :21:12.Germany sailed into port to be met by teams of UVF men ready to receive
:21:13. > :21:26.a cargo that would shape history in Ireland. A massive operation,
:21:27. > :21:32.involving 600 cars, dispersing guns to places like Tyrone, Fermanagh,
:21:33. > :21:35.Cavan, and suddenly the UVF had military supremacy in Ireland. This
:21:36. > :21:37.brought Ireland to the brink of civil war. Some young people in
:21:38. > :21:44.Larne are currently involved in project retelling the story of the
:21:45. > :21:48.Clyde Valley. Because I go to school in Ballymena, it was good that it
:21:49. > :21:52.was happening locally. It has brought us a better understanding of
:21:53. > :22:00.the town and something that happened helped to shape events taking place
:22:01. > :22:05.in a more global scale as well. It is one of those events, like 1912
:22:06. > :22:10.other 1916 rising, which shape this island North and South. The more
:22:11. > :22:16.understanding we have, the more we can't escape our past. -- the more
:22:17. > :22:20.we can escape. The story has lasted longer than the ship. The Clyde
:22:21. > :22:22.Valley was sold for scrap in the mid '70s.
:22:23. > :22:25.There will be more on that story on BBC Radio Ulster tonight at 11:50pm.
:22:26. > :22:27.BBC Newsline and Good Morning Ulster will have another World War One
:22:28. > :22:30.story tomorrow. Northern Ireland's footballers
:22:31. > :22:42.haven't won a friendly game home or away in 18 attempts. So how are they
:22:43. > :22:46.faring tonight against Cyprus? George Best way back in 1971 is the
:22:47. > :22:51.last Northern Irish man to score a goal in Nicosia and that remains the
:22:52. > :22:57.case. Martin Paterson had a great opportunity to end that run early
:22:58. > :23:05.on. His header was well saved, though. And at the other end, the
:23:06. > :23:14.hosts exerted pressure. Late in the half, Manus produced a fine save. At
:23:15. > :23:20.half-time there is no score. We will bring you any goals in the late
:23:21. > :23:24.bulletin. There's a 7.45 kick off in Dublin,
:23:25. > :23:27.where the Republic face a tough test in a home friendly against Serbia.
:23:28. > :23:30.Ahead of this evening's game, Martin O'Neill's number two, Roy Keane,
:23:31. > :23:33.who'd been quite scathing of Manchester United's performance in
:23:34. > :23:40.Europe last week. - was asked if the international team was bad against
:23:41. > :23:49.Serbia tonight would he be critical? I would hope that my comments have
:23:50. > :23:52.always been fair and I hope that will continue. If we did put in a
:23:53. > :23:58.bad performance I probably will not speak to the media! He is developing
:23:59. > :24:01.a sense of humour, as is this man. It's 31 trophies and counting for
:24:02. > :24:05.David Jeffrey. The Linfield boss, who's set to quit Windsor Park at
:24:06. > :24:08.the end of this season, has just drawn level with Roy Coyle's record.
:24:09. > :24:17.Last night's County Antrim Shield win over Crusaders was decided on
:24:18. > :24:22.penalties. David Jefferies' 31st trophy as
:24:23. > :24:29.Linfield manager had to be won on penalties after a scoreless final.
:24:30. > :24:35.The goalkeeper was the Linfield hero as he saved two. Billy Joe Bones
:24:36. > :24:42.converted the winner. David Jeffrey was accepting none of the praise. My
:24:43. > :24:47.focus for tonight was to make sure that the focus was on the players
:24:48. > :24:54.and on the club winning another trophy. If you put things in the
:24:55. > :25:00.right order, then a lot of the time things come out in the right way.
:25:01. > :25:08.Eight more cup finals lie ahead for a Linfield as they aim to win the
:25:09. > :25:10.league and claim a historic 32nd trophy for David Jeffrey as manager.
:25:11. > :25:13.Finally, following recent tests, British Horseracing Authority has
:25:14. > :25:16.confirmed that Irish trainer Philip Fenton's horses are clear to run at
:25:17. > :25:25.the Cheltenham Festival. He's been charged with possessing banned
:25:26. > :25:29.anabolic steroids in Ireland. The Cheltenham Festival starts next
:25:30. > :25:34.Tuesday. These are live pictures from Queens University. The former
:25:35. > :25:38.US President Bill Clinton, here on a one-day visit. He has arrived for a
:25:39. > :25:43.special event at the University. This is his fifth visit to Northern
:25:44. > :25:48.Ireland. He is being welcomed by Professor Patrick Johnson. Tonight,
:25:49. > :25:52.Mr Clinton will give a lecture on leadership at a new institute which
:25:53. > :25:57.is being named after him. We will have a special report on that story
:25:58. > :26:00.on our 10:25pm bulletin. Time for the weather.
:26:01. > :26:07.Has there been a dry basis the start of this year? There have not been
:26:08. > :26:10.many and today was not one. The president was complaining about
:26:11. > :26:14.the rain earlier and it has been coming down through the day. Showers
:26:15. > :26:19.will persist this evening and through the early part of the night
:26:20. > :26:24.as well. The skies will dry across the north and west just before dawn.
:26:25. > :26:29.As we head into tomorrow, it is going to be another wet day.
:26:30. > :26:33.Gradually, the rain starts to work its way north, spreading to all
:26:34. > :26:40.parts. The rainfall totals are not big. 15-20 millimetres. Given the
:26:41. > :26:43.amount of water in some rivers, there is a yellow warning in place
:26:44. > :26:48.across County Fermanagh through the day tomorrow. It is a pretty wet
:26:49. > :26:52.picture wherever you are. The cloud cover means that temperatures stay
:26:53. > :26:56.reasonable, ten or 11 degrees as we go through the day. It is pretty
:26:57. > :27:02.well wherever you look. Gradually through Thursday evening and into
:27:03. > :27:07.Friday, the skies clear. And when that happens, temperatures drop away
:27:08. > :27:12.markedly. A chilly night on Thursday going into Friday. Friday will have
:27:13. > :27:16.a different field. Brighter and colder as a high pressure comes into
:27:17. > :27:21.force. Seven or eight degrees, but she a much more usable day. You can
:27:22. > :27:25.see high pressure trying to keep us safe from the low pressure systems.
:27:26. > :27:30.It will not be strong enough to do that on Saturday and guess what
:27:31. > :27:35.happens - the rain is on its way back. It will be a soggy start to
:27:36. > :27:39.the weekend but at least temperatures are going up. It is a
:27:40. > :27:43.reasonably unsettled picture as we look through the weekend. Rain still