:00:00. > :00:13.BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me
:00:14. > :00:24.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: Northern Ireland's richest
:00:25. > :00:26.man, Lord Ballyedmond is among four people killed in a helicopter crash
:00:27. > :00:34.in England. I'm live at the scene. It's emerged
:00:35. > :00:36.the Conservative peer had raised concerns about the safety of the
:00:37. > :00:40.helicopter which crashed. An under-car booby trap bomb is
:00:41. > :00:42.found on a road in West Belfast. Two self-confessed paedophile
:00:43. > :00:48.brothers are jailed for over 50 years for child abuse.
:00:49. > :00:50.A workman is rescued after he got stuck 50 feet above the ground while
:00:51. > :00:53.painting a lighthouse in County Down.
:00:54. > :00:56.On the day Northern Ireland and Newry land an historic one-two at
:00:57. > :01:00.the Cheltenham Festival, all-time leading jockey Ruby Walsh lands in
:01:01. > :01:03.hospital with a broken arm. Another cloudy day today, but
:01:04. > :01:12.tomorrow is looking very nice indeed. I'll have all the details
:01:13. > :01:15.just before 7pm. Investigators have spent the day
:01:16. > :01:18.sifting through the wreckage of last night's helicopter crash in England
:01:19. > :01:20.in which four people were killed, including Northern Ireland's richest
:01:21. > :01:27.man, Lord Ballyedmond, Eddie Haughey. A County Down man, Declan
:01:28. > :01:33.Small from Mayobridge, also lost his life. The helicopter came down in a
:01:34. > :01:43.field near the Conservative peer's home in Norfolk. Our reporter Chris
:01:44. > :01:49.Page is near the scene. People living in this normally quiet part
:01:50. > :01:53.of rural England cannot quite believe today that it has been the
:01:54. > :01:59.scene of such a catastrophic crash. The accident almost 24 hours ago
:02:00. > :02:04.killed Lord by Ben and -- Lord Ballyedmond, and three men who
:02:05. > :02:09.worked for the firm he ran. Today police and asked by fax accident
:02:10. > :02:13.investigators have been examining the wreck of the helicopter. It
:02:14. > :02:17.looks like no-one on board the helicopter had a chance of surviving
:02:18. > :02:20.the crash. The aircraft smashed into the ground, just minutes into its
:02:21. > :02:26.flight to Northern Ireland and just yards from Lord Ballyedmond's
:02:27. > :02:31.English country mansion. Just over there is Gillingham Hall, a stately
:02:32. > :02:36.home owned by the family. The helicopter took off on the grounds
:02:37. > :02:40.of the estate. It is not clear what went wrong when it was in the air
:02:41. > :02:43.but the helicopter came down in the field just beyond those trees. There
:02:44. > :02:46.was thick fog here last night, but today conditions improved, giving
:02:47. > :02:55.the police the chance to do their work. Close examinations of the
:02:56. > :03:01.scene are taking place, including support from parental officers.
:03:02. > :03:04.Specialists detect those from the major investigations team are
:03:05. > :03:07.leading the investigation to support the coroner while local officers
:03:08. > :03:10.manage traffic. Lord Ballyedmond died along with one of his
:03:11. > :03:16.employees, Declan Small, who was 42 and from Mayobridge. Two crew
:03:17. > :03:21.members were also killed. This is the aircraft which crashed, taking
:03:22. > :03:25.off from Gillingham Hall recently. It was an AgustaWestland AW139. It's
:03:26. > :03:28.emerged that last year, Lord Ballyedmond raised concerns about an
:03:29. > :03:39.AgustaWestland helicopter which he owned. He claimed it had a number of
:03:40. > :03:44.problems, including a hole in able aid, and an oil leak. And -- in a
:03:45. > :03:52.blade. Asked the manufacturer for a refund. The company say they are
:03:53. > :03:55.making investigations internally. The Air Accident Investigation
:03:56. > :03:57.branch are trying to find out what caused the accident. This afternoon,
:03:58. > :04:01.the emergency services removed the bodies from the wreckage. Four
:04:02. > :04:08.families are in mourning after this countryside tragedy. Lord
:04:09. > :04:14.Ballyedmond's firm have released the names of the two crewmen who died.
:04:15. > :04:20.They were Captain Carl Dickerson and Captain Lee Hoyle. The manufacturers
:04:21. > :04:24.of the helicopter say the art corporately with the investigation
:04:25. > :04:30.and say they crash could have been caused by a number of factors,
:04:31. > :04:32.including technical and human air. -- human mistake.
:04:33. > :04:35.Paying tribute to Eddie Haughey, the First Minister Peter Robinson
:04:36. > :04:38.described him as a significant employer who will be greatly missed.
:04:39. > :04:42.Martin McGuinness said it was a shocking tragedy and a tremendous
:04:43. > :04:47.loss. Management at the company he founded, Norbert laboratory, say
:04:48. > :04:55.they took pride in his extraordinary legacy.
:04:56. > :05:00.The flags over Norbert flew at half-mast today as the workforce and
:05:01. > :05:05.the people of Newry came to terms with the tragedy. While four people
:05:06. > :05:11.died in the crash, the focus today was an Lord Ballyedmond, who was one
:05:12. > :05:17.of Northern Ireland's richest men. He founded and ran this worldwide
:05:18. > :05:22.pharmaceutical company. He was a great model of what can be achieved
:05:23. > :05:27.coming from a humble background to great things in his chosen area, but
:05:28. > :05:32.he was also very generous with his time and his energy, he spent a lot
:05:33. > :05:39.of time promoting Northern Ireland as a place to do business across the
:05:40. > :05:48.world. The conference here in 95, he gave a taste of his recipe for
:05:49. > :05:52.success. If you look at the island of Ireland, you can build a
:05:53. > :05:56.reasonable business, that if you want to become a multinational
:05:57. > :06:00.company, you can do it from Northern Ireland, you can do with very
:06:01. > :06:08.successfully but you can't -- you must go abroad to sell. This was one
:06:09. > :06:13.of four plants here in Newry. The company employs 1700 people
:06:14. > :06:18.worldwide with 1000 of those based in Northern Ireland. He was not just
:06:19. > :06:22.a major employer here but a major figure within the world of business
:06:23. > :06:28.in Northern Ireland. The man was a self-starter. He started, in his own
:06:29. > :06:34.words, with a briefcase and a price list and he went out there. He grew
:06:35. > :06:39.it all himself. He was a formidable and assertive individual but his
:06:40. > :06:45.passion for growing the company, nothing would get in his way and he
:06:46. > :06:48.built an amazing business. There was little in the wake of comments and
:06:49. > :06:53.going is outside his home near Rostrevor today. It is believed he
:06:54. > :06:59.was flying home to hear when his helicopter crashed last night. We
:07:00. > :07:05.woke to terrible news that we have lost one of our own, one who had
:07:06. > :07:11.built an empire from scratch who had been very generous to a local
:07:12. > :07:14.committee. I phoned him someone who was very driven and text in what he
:07:15. > :07:23.wanted to achieve for himself and his company. He always treated me
:07:24. > :07:28.with respect. This is not the first time it has been linked to an
:07:29. > :07:31.aircraft today. In 1996 at helicopter owned by the company
:07:32. > :07:37.crashed into a mountainside near Carlingford in the Republic, killing
:07:38. > :07:43.three crewmen. Today staff and students at Newry regional College
:07:44. > :07:48.remembered a sponsor and a friend. I was talking to him a few months
:07:49. > :07:51.back, and we launched the apprenticeship programme and he was
:07:52. > :07:57.full of enthusiasm for that of allotment and those developments
:07:58. > :08:04.continuing in the context of higher operable chips. We will miss him.
:08:05. > :08:12.Lord Ballyedmond has gone but his influence in South down and further
:08:13. > :08:18.afield is likely to live on. John Campbell, our economics and
:08:19. > :08:25.business editor, is here. John, put into context his success and his
:08:26. > :08:29.legacy? We often talk about businesses which are high-tech and
:08:30. > :08:34.do exports and employ people and pay good wages, and that is what the
:08:35. > :08:40.hockey created. He started that was not in the 1960s and 1970s, a time
:08:41. > :08:44.when Northern Ireland was not a good place to do business and he built
:08:45. > :08:48.that up. He was also taking on some of the biggest pharmaceutical
:08:49. > :08:52.companies in the world and his legacy is hundreds of jobs and
:08:53. > :08:54.millions of pounds in salary is paid into the economy, so you cannot
:08:55. > :08:58.underestimate what he achieved. Originally from Dundalk, he was a
:08:59. > :09:04.pretty tough character by all accounts. Yes, he was a
:09:05. > :09:09.single-minded and driven man and those attributes helped build this
:09:10. > :09:13.business. He could be abrasive, he was not beyond going to the court to
:09:14. > :09:18.defend his business or his name, but other people speaking about today
:09:19. > :09:25.spoke about a man of great hospitality and generosity. Thank
:09:26. > :09:27.you, John Campbell. The Police Federation, which
:09:28. > :09:31.represents police officers, has warned them and the public to be
:09:32. > :09:34.vigilant after the discovery of a bomb in Belfast today. The under-car
:09:35. > :09:38.booby trap device was found on a road in the west of the city. It's
:09:39. > :09:41.believed it had fallen from a vehicle at breakfast time. Conor
:09:42. > :09:44.Macauley reports. The under-car booby trap was found lying on
:09:45. > :09:48.Black's Road in West Belfast at around 8am this morning. The road
:09:49. > :09:53.was closed and a number of houses were cleared as army bomb disposal
:09:54. > :09:55.experts were called to defuse it. A lengthy security operation was
:09:56. > :10:04.needed before the area could be declared safe. This is yards from a
:10:05. > :10:08.bus stop where kids were standing waiting to go to school, where
:10:09. > :10:11.parents were bringing children to school and where people were
:10:12. > :10:14.travelling. Black's Road is close to Woodbourne PSNI station. Detectives
:10:15. > :10:18.have declined to be drawn on whether one of their officers on the way to
:10:19. > :10:22.work may have been the target, but the union which represents rank and
:10:23. > :10:25.file police says it can't be ruled out. They've told their members and
:10:26. > :10:33.the public to stay vigilant and report anything suspicious.
:10:34. > :10:36.Two brothers found guilty of a series of sex offences against
:10:37. > :10:41.family members have been jailed for a total of over 50 years. The men
:10:42. > :10:45.were told by a judge that their actions showed a level of cruelty
:10:46. > :10:49.and depravity which would not be tolerated by society. The men can't
:10:50. > :10:55.be named to protect their victims, who were all children when they were
:10:56. > :11:05.abused. David Maxwell has followed the case. Remind us of the scale and
:11:06. > :11:09.nature of the charges in this case. There were over 60 charges in this
:11:10. > :11:15.case and both men were found guilty of multiple counts of rape. Before
:11:16. > :11:21.the trial began, he pleaded guilty to a string of sex offences against
:11:22. > :11:26.their sister in the 1970s and 1980s but they always denied the charges
:11:27. > :11:31.against the two other victims, who weren't the son and daughter of one
:11:32. > :11:34.of the men. The court heard from those victims who described
:11:35. > :11:39.childhoods blighted with sexual and physical abuse, where cigarettes
:11:40. > :11:43.were stubbed out on them, they were forced to watch recordings of
:11:44. > :11:46.themselves being sexually abused. The jury believed the victims and
:11:47. > :11:53.found the men guilty of most of those charges. What did the judge
:11:54. > :11:59.have to say today? The judge said of the father that his rape, cruelty
:12:00. > :12:02.and abuse revealed a level of deprived behaviour which is almost
:12:03. > :12:08.unprecedented. The actions were described as cold, cynical, evil
:12:09. > :12:12.exportation. The judge sentenced the father of the two victims to 28
:12:13. > :12:16.years in jail and his brother to 23 years. Both men will appeal their
:12:17. > :12:20.sentences. A man was rescued from a lighthouse
:12:21. > :12:23.on the County Down coast this morning. The workman got stuck 50
:12:24. > :12:29.feet above the ground while he was painting St John's Point Lighthouse
:12:30. > :12:32.in Killough. Claire Savage reports. Emergency crews got the call this
:12:33. > :12:36.morning to say a man had been injured and was hanging off the side
:12:37. > :12:39.of the lighthouse. He was suspended for more than a hour and a half,
:12:40. > :12:44.before specialist rescue fire crews got him down. It is understood the
:12:45. > :12:47.man had been painting when a gust of wind caught him and spun him around
:12:48. > :12:57.and he crashed into the building, hurting himself. Time was critical
:12:58. > :13:01.for us. We were aware due to a medical condition he might have that
:13:02. > :13:06.we had to get him down quickly, so it was a matter of working with
:13:07. > :13:10.first responding crews to stabilise and they helped us with the system
:13:11. > :13:16.above, so a team effort to get him down as quickly as possible. Our
:13:17. > :13:19.main concern was suspension trauma, which can be associated with hanging
:13:20. > :13:23.for that amount of time. He was lucky he had colleagues with them
:13:24. > :13:27.and a safety harness in place when this happened. The man's now being
:13:28. > :13:31.treated at the Downe Hospital and is said to be in a stable condition.
:13:32. > :13:33.There's been a new development this evening relating to the problems at
:13:34. > :13:37.the Royal Victoria Hospital's Emergency Department. We have
:13:38. > :13:41.learned that legal action is being taken against the Belfast Health
:13:42. > :13:51.Trust. Our correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly is at the
:13:52. > :13:55.Royal. Tell us more. We know now that a senior medical consultant who
:13:56. > :14:02.works in the emergency department behind me here and a patient have
:14:03. > :14:08.both instructed solicitors to start formal legal proceedings against the
:14:09. > :14:11.Belfast health trust. According to a statement, the action relates to
:14:12. > :14:16.negligence at the hospital and a systematic failure which has left
:14:17. > :14:20.patients suffering avoidable harm and according to the statement,
:14:21. > :14:26.deprivation of their basic human rights. This list is say they have
:14:27. > :14:30.evidence which show appalling standards of care and also an
:14:31. > :14:35.environment which the solicitors described as being toxic for both
:14:36. > :14:39.patients and those who work within the emergency department. They say
:14:40. > :14:45.due to the evidence they have, they are now calling for a full public
:14:46. > :14:54.inquiry. Explain how serious this is or could be. I think this is pretty
:14:55. > :14:58.serious. While it is not unheard of for patients to take medical
:14:59. > :15:04.negligence cases, as a senior medic said to me, it is virtually unheard
:15:05. > :15:07.of for one of their own to take a case against the Belfast health
:15:08. > :15:13.trust. I think this is perhaps a first for the trust and in a
:15:14. > :15:16.statement from the trust, they said we are still awaiting correspondence
:15:17. > :15:20.from the solicitor and they wanted to remind the public they are
:15:21. > :15:26.cooperating with a full investigation either health
:15:27. > :15:29.regulators. Local politicians have been paying
:15:30. > :15:32.tribute to the veteran Labour politician Tony Benn, who died this
:15:33. > :15:36.morning after a long illness. He was 88. During his political career, Mr
:15:37. > :15:45.Benn gave support to Sinn Fein and was an advocate for a united
:15:46. > :15:48.Ireland. Mark Simpson reports. Shoulder to shoulder with Gerry
:15:49. > :15:52.Adams. That is how many people on this side of the Irish Sea will
:15:53. > :16:00.member Tony Benn. Some liked him for it, others were outraged. But Tony
:16:01. > :16:05.Benn always did his own thing. So the minister has no power anyway. he
:16:06. > :16:08.knew she would not win much support when he invited the Sinn Fein
:16:09. > :16:15.president to Westminster but he did it anyway. Irish and liked his
:16:16. > :16:22.style. he disavowed hereditary peerage, he left himself outside the
:16:23. > :16:30.pay of British governance because he took a political principle stance.
:16:31. > :16:33.When he came to Belfast, he stayed with a local politics teacher,
:16:34. > :16:38.Michael Kennedy. Does he think Tony Benn should go down in Irish history
:16:39. > :16:45.is simply a friend to Irish -- Sinn Fein politicians? Mode, not at all,
:16:46. > :16:48.he was a friend of working-class people. He had close contacts and
:16:49. > :16:56.had friends within the Unionist committee. Ian Paisley would be an
:16:57. > :17:04.example I would put on board. They got on personally. There was a
:17:05. > :17:09.respect for him, even among his enemies. One Unionist MP said I may
:17:10. > :17:13.have hated every word he said but I admired the way he said it.
:17:14. > :17:16.The US President says he and his administration are disappointed that
:17:17. > :17:19.multiparty talks on flags parading and the past failed to reach
:17:20. > :17:24.agreement. The American President urged the parties to continue to
:17:25. > :17:27.work and negotiate. The remarks come as he prepares to host St Patrick's
:17:28. > :17:30.Day celebrations in the White House this evening. Our political
:17:31. > :17:44.correspondent Martina Purdy has the latest from Washington. Barack Obama
:17:45. > :17:47.has kept the first and debited First Minister is guessing about whether
:17:48. > :17:50.he would join them for talks at the White House but there was a welcome
:17:51. > :17:57.mat for the Taoiseach who met the American resident to discuss a range
:17:58. > :18:05.of issues. I was disappointed, the US government was disappointed. But
:18:06. > :18:11.we're urging parties to continue to work and I know that the good
:18:12. > :18:19.influence coming from Dublin will have to encourage them to move out
:18:20. > :18:23.of the past and get the kind of future that Northern Ireland so
:18:24. > :18:28.richly deserves. The mood was more upbeat last night. The ministers met
:18:29. > :18:35.up with guests but the message was the same. my prayer is make all of
:18:36. > :18:41.us have the wisdom to see the past scars and the courage to keep moving
:18:42. > :18:45.forward until peace is permanent and all in the North can fully enjoyed
:18:46. > :18:52.the dignity they deserve in the future that is shared. Later, at the
:18:53. > :18:54.Northern Ireland bureau breakfast, the First Minister and beauty First
:18:55. > :19:01.Minister insisted they too wanted deal. We all recognise there is work
:19:02. > :19:06.to be done. The issues are yet unresolved. Our issues that we have
:19:07. > :19:14.to face up to. We have to find a solution to them. We will continue
:19:15. > :19:17.to work until we do. I have no intention of forsaking the
:19:18. > :19:20.tremendous work that was done which certainly points us in the right
:19:21. > :19:24.direction of where we need to go. The finer details of how we do
:19:25. > :19:27.that, but as a challenge for all the parties, it is a challenge of
:19:28. > :19:33.leadership. One thing they immediately agree on, this Belfast
:19:34. > :19:39.teenager is an inspiration, she is still winning plaudits for that
:19:40. > :19:44.speech she delivered last year. And she is on her way to the White
:19:45. > :19:49.House. I am so excited to be able to say that in my first time in
:19:50. > :19:53.America, I will get to be in the White House with the president. It
:19:54. > :19:59.is an amazing opportunity and I am so thankful and grateful to be where
:20:00. > :20:02.I am. The much and as they to between the Deputy First Minister
:20:03. > :20:08.and the First Minister and the president has been taking place in
:20:09. > :20:11.the White House but there is no confirmation as to whether President
:20:12. > :20:14.Obama has dropped in. The Finance Minister Simon Hamilton
:20:15. > :20:18.has sounded a warning about future cuts in public spending. He's told a
:20:19. > :20:21.business event in Belfast that what lies ahead will eclipse the last
:20:22. > :20:23.four years of austerity. Here's our economics and business editor John
:20:24. > :20:27.Campbell. The economy is slowly growing again.
:20:28. > :20:30.Jobs are being created at places like this technology firm in
:20:31. > :20:35.Belfast. The housing market is finally stabilising and consumer
:20:36. > :20:39.confidence seems to be increasing. So, that means everything's all
:20:40. > :20:42.right now? Well, just hold on a moment. A modest economic recovery
:20:43. > :20:46.isn't enough to radically change the government's spending plans. The
:20:47. > :20:49.Chancellor's big aim is to close the gap between what the government
:20:50. > :20:53.spends and what it raises in tax. And that's a long and painful
:20:54. > :20:57.process. The Chancellor's plan involves nine years of cutbacks but
:20:58. > :21:02.five years of that are still to come. And only 46% of planned cuts
:21:03. > :21:11.or tax rises have been implemented so far. That's what's prompted the
:21:12. > :21:16.Finance Minister's warning. Further austerity runs the risk of heading
:21:17. > :21:20.towards front-line services and none of us want to see that happen. It
:21:21. > :21:24.presents us with an opportunity to reform how we do things in the
:21:25. > :21:29.public sector and improve our public sector delivery and use different
:21:30. > :21:33.methods, better collaboration across departments and being much more
:21:34. > :21:36.innovative within the set -- public sector. This is the reality of
:21:37. > :21:40.public sector cost cutting - job losses at the DVA in Coleraine. So,
:21:41. > :21:43.is there more of this on the way? The Finance Minister says not
:21:44. > :21:47.necessarily. But as time goes on, and after all the easy savings have
:21:48. > :21:54.been made, some fear there could be more bad news. Coleraine was
:21:55. > :21:58.devastated, is this the best politicians can do, and then warn us
:21:59. > :22:01.about the future? There will be nothing left of Northern Ireland
:22:02. > :22:06.after four more years. It is disgraceful. One -- Stormont is
:22:07. > :22:08.going to have to live with shrinking budgets. Ministers will soon be
:22:09. > :22:12.considering detailed proposals for public sector reform. And what that
:22:13. > :22:16.means for jobs and services still remains to be seen.
:22:17. > :22:19.It's been a day of cheers and tears at the Cheltenham Festival and we're
:22:20. > :22:23.expecting something similar in Paris tomorrow. Mark Sidebottom is here
:22:24. > :22:38.with the sport. Well, we want tears of joy. We are hopeful. It is going
:22:39. > :22:44.to be a massive day for Brian O'Driscoll. He is island of Centre.
:22:45. > :22:52.He will take his curtain call tomorrow. He says he cannot
:22:53. > :22:56.guarantee there will not be tears. In the beautiful Paris sunshine, the
:22:57. > :23:08.whole of France seems to be talking about Brian O'Driscoll. Ireland has
:23:09. > :23:18.maxed top try scorer. After tomorrow, his error comes to an end
:23:19. > :23:22.-- his era comes to an end. and would like to be thought of as a
:23:23. > :23:30.committed, honest player that talked for the team. -- played for the
:23:31. > :23:35.team. You can share the great days and the sad days and the pain of it
:23:36. > :23:41.is never as bad when you share it. So, I know that that has been a
:23:42. > :23:45.great thing but that will also be something I missed. So, it will end
:23:46. > :23:51.where it all started. The last time Ireland won in France was in 2000
:23:52. > :23:57.when a future star announced his name on the world stage. Tomorrow,
:23:58. > :24:01.it comes to an end. the best thing I can say is when you think of Brian
:24:02. > :24:11.O'Driscoll, you think of 13. That is probably the best way.
:24:12. > :24:18.He wants to go out on his own terms. He wants to be able to play at a
:24:19. > :24:23.world-class level and has demonstrated that last week. I have
:24:24. > :24:28.my fingers forced that he will demonstrate again. inside, there
:24:29. > :24:31.will be more emotion this week but hopefully, I can keep it all in
:24:32. > :24:37.check and projected in the best positive of ways in the performance.
:24:38. > :24:43.I am sure there will be tears, whether you see them or not, we will
:24:44. > :24:46.have to wait and see. Amongst all the nostalgia and sentiment, Ireland
:24:47. > :24:50.have a serious job to do tomorrow. And that is to win the six Nations
:24:51. > :24:54.championship and I can only be achieved by defeating France in
:24:55. > :24:57.Paris. Considering Ireland have only managed to do that once over the
:24:58. > :25:02.past 42 years shows how difficult that passed task has proven but it
:25:03. > :25:10.will be a wonderful sendoff to the quite incredible career of Brian
:25:11. > :25:16.O'Driscoll. That will be live on BBC One tomorrow. ?NEWLINE Live on BBC
:25:17. > :25:19.One tomorrow, including more of that exclusive interview with Brian
:25:20. > :25:23.O'Driscoll. And Ulster v Scarlets in the Rabo Pro 12 tonight is live on
:25:24. > :25:26.BBC Two from 7pm. Now, even by Cheltenham's standards, it's been a
:25:27. > :25:29.day of almost unprecedented drama in the Cotswolds - two jockeys ended up
:25:30. > :25:32.in hospital and a Newry trio of father, son and trainer wrote their
:25:33. > :25:40.own little piece of Festival history. Ruby Walsh, suffered a
:25:41. > :25:44.fractured right arm after a heavy fall in the first race of the day.
:25:45. > :25:47.The tumble from his mount resulted in a compound fracture. Further
:25:48. > :25:50.drama came before the start of the Novice Hurdle when Port Melon
:25:51. > :25:55.crashed into an enclosure packed with racegoers and sent the jockey
:25:56. > :25:59.hurtling onto an area of hard concrete. He was taken to hospital
:26:00. > :26:05.for x-rays. Then came the Gold Cup which was won by Lord Windemere by
:26:06. > :26:12.the tightest of margins, coming in at 20 to one by a nose. Then, an
:26:13. > :26:27.unprecedented success, Tammy's Hill owned by his dad Patrick came home
:26:28. > :26:31.in the fox hunters Chase. Paul Jacob has broken his leg but there will be
:26:32. > :26:42.something of a party in Newry this evening. The weather forecast is
:26:43. > :26:45.next. It has been a bit of a great and blustery old day-to-day but all
:26:46. > :26:49.the cloud cover we have had through the day means that as we go into the
:26:50. > :26:54.ceiling, it will be really mild for the middle of March. Overnight close
:26:55. > :26:58.tonight of seven or eight degrees which is pretty warm. All of that
:26:59. > :27:04.cloud hangs around through the early part of the day tomorrow. But it
:27:05. > :27:07.does get better and better as we go through Saturday. We wake up to a
:27:08. > :27:14.blanket of cloud but it starts to break and then and the sun starts to
:27:15. > :27:17.poke through. That has a positive impact on other temperatures as we
:27:18. > :27:24.go through the day. Wherever you are Northern Ireland, you are in for a
:27:25. > :27:26.nice, bright -- dry and bright day. A lovely day whatever you are up to
:27:27. > :27:37.and that might involve watching little bit of rugby. It is
:27:38. > :27:43.going to be a beautiful evening for watching the game. Full coverage on
:27:44. > :27:46.the BBC. Saturday evening going into Sunday, we start to see Elizabeth
:27:47. > :27:51.the change, little bit of rain starts to work its way in from the
:27:52. > :27:55.west, and again a mild night. On Sunday, we might need the beautiful
:27:56. > :27:59.spring flowers to give us a bit of a lift because it will have a bit more
:28:00. > :28:03.of a grey feel to it. We'll have a bit of light rain before things
:28:04. > :28:07.brighten up later in the day. Monday as well has a bit of rain in the
:28:08. > :28:12.mix, too. Casting out I had to next week, the pick of the next few days
:28:13. > :28:14.is going Our late summary is at 10.25pm.
:28:15. > :28:17.To be Saturday. You can also keep in contact with us via Facebook and
:28:18. > :28:23.Twitter. From BBC Newsline, goodnight.