:00:09. > :00:12.Good evening. Stars of the theatre have been paying tribute to the
:00:13. > :00:16.Belfast-born actor and writer James Ellis who died yesterday. He was 82
:00:17. > :00:19.and took seriously ill almost two weeks ago. Our arts correspondent
:00:20. > :00:26.Maggie Taggart looks back on his life.
:00:27. > :00:30.James Ellis received an honorary doctorate for his services to the
:00:31. > :00:37.performing arts as a tribute to his lights work as an actor on stage and
:00:38. > :00:39.television, a theatre director and more recently a reader and
:00:40. > :00:45.translator. As early break came in the 1960s as Bert Lynch and Z-Cars.
:00:46. > :00:52.His undiluted Belfast accent was the first to be here regularly on
:00:53. > :00:58.network television. You are married to an Angel! And 1960, James Ellis
:00:59. > :01:04.believes controversy by insisting on stage in the sand constantly, Over
:01:05. > :01:12.The Bridge about sectarianism on the Belfast shipyards.
:01:13. > :01:16.He was someone who grab the horn and he ended up with the very successful
:01:17. > :01:26.play. A new bridge is being built in Victorian Park to salute his memory.
:01:27. > :01:31.On the BBC Television Centre 's belly plays, Jimi played the flawed
:01:32. > :01:36.father alongside Kenneth Branagh who has been in touch with the family.
:01:37. > :01:42.He totally understood the character of Norman and came in each morning
:01:43. > :01:47.with any anecdote. He inhabited the skin of Norman. He made frequent
:01:48. > :01:53.trips to Belfast and was at the ceremony for the new Lyric Theatre.
:01:54. > :01:59.He also attended the opening of an updated billy clearly. We are sad
:02:00. > :02:05.but we are also very proud of his legacy. There was a standing ovation
:02:06. > :02:09.at the theatre last night. In doing so we were standing up for a man who
:02:10. > :02:12.stood up for ourselves. His family say they always loved Belfast and
:02:13. > :02:18.despite living in England for decades, never forgot his roots.
:02:19. > :02:22.James died in hospital at the age of 82 following a stroke. His family
:02:23. > :02:30.say they will follow his wish and nature of the and has hometown of
:02:31. > :02:33.Belfast. -- and make sure he is buried.
:02:34. > :02:36.A baby remains in a critical condition in hospital after an
:02:37. > :02:39.incident in East Belfast on Friday. Forensic officers have been
:02:40. > :02:43.examining a property in Connsbrook Avenue. It's understood the infant's
:02:44. > :02:46.mother has been arrested and is being questioned by the police.
:02:47. > :02:52.A man's been injured in a hijacking incident in Londonderry. Two men
:02:53. > :02:56.assaulted the driver of a van in De Burgh Terrace before taking the
:02:57. > :03:00.vehicle. It was later involved in a collision and was set on fire. The
:03:01. > :03:02.victim was taken to hospital for a suspected broken cheekbone. Two men
:03:03. > :03:06.have been arrested. Two women and a man escaped injury
:03:07. > :03:09.during an attack on a house in Larne. The front windows of the
:03:10. > :03:12.property in Greenland Parade were smashed and paint was thrown over it
:03:13. > :03:15.during the incident which took place in the early hours of Sunday
:03:16. > :03:20.morning. It's the second time the house has been attacked in a week.
:03:21. > :03:23.To sport, and Ireland can win rugby's Six Nations Championship
:03:24. > :03:26.next weekend if they defeat France in Paris. Yesterday, they set up an
:03:27. > :03:29.exciting finale to this year's tournament by beating Italy 47-17.
:03:30. > :03:44.It was an emotional afternoon for Brian O'Driscoll, who played in a
:03:45. > :03:53.record-breaking 140th test match. I haven't really thought about it,
:03:54. > :03:57.do not. It is very emotional. It has been a huge part of my all adult
:03:58. > :04:02.life and to be fair, it is going to be difficult, but hotly we have set
:04:03. > :04:04.ourselves up for a victory next week.
:04:05. > :04:07.Football, and in the Premier Division, Derry City drew 1-1 with
:04:08. > :04:11.Shamrock Rovers this evening away from home.
:04:12. > :04:25.Time for the weather. It has been a bit of a soggy end but
:04:26. > :04:30.as we go into the new league dry weather looks like it is on its way.
:04:31. > :04:34.There will be available amounts of cloud with brighter spells of
:04:35. > :04:38.sunshine at times. At night, patches of frost and fork. Today we have had
:04:39. > :04:43.the weather front moving through with spells of nine. As that moves
:04:44. > :04:48.away things will dry up during the course of the night and cool down as
:04:49. > :04:54.well. Temperatures close to freezing but rural spots could be be able
:04:55. > :04:57.that temperature. We are looking at frost and icy patches with some mist
:04:58. > :05:01.and fog. Things will eventually breaking up tomorrow but it could be
:05:02. > :05:06.a slow start with bits of frost around. We could have visibility
:05:07. > :05:10.issues with the mist and fog as well but that will lift into low cloud
:05:11. > :05:17.for a time during the morning before starting to break up. Some low cloud
:05:18. > :05:20.across Northern Ireland before things brighten up and people say
:05:21. > :05:24.some sunshine across parts of Scotland and Northern England. That
:05:25. > :05:28.increasingly weak weather front heads across the rest of England and
:05:29. > :05:35.Wales tomorrow so cloudy skies and as a result it will be a cooler
:05:36. > :05:39.day. For Northern Ireland, a better day, certainly a better afternoon
:05:40. > :05:43.sunshine coming through and that should see temperatures recovering
:05:44. > :05:46.to nine or 10 degrees. For the middle part of the week, we still
:05:47. > :05:53.have high pressure very much with us. The question murk is going to be
:05:54. > :05:57.over the amounts of cloud. Yes, lots of cloud feeding through England,
:05:58. > :06:02.Wales and the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland as well. The best
:06:03. > :06:09.start for the North of England and Scotland. For Wednesday, cloud will
:06:10. > :06:12.be an issue, the best of the sunshine for Southern parts of Wales
:06:13. > :06:16.and the East of England. The dry weather will continue into Thursday
:06:17. > :06:26.for Northern Ireland, there could be cloud but bright spells as well.
:06:27. > :06:27.Join us tomorrow morning. Goodbye. Goals were courtesy