:00:00. > 3:59:59find debris. That's all from the BBC News at Six
:00:00. > :00:19.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline.
:00:20. > :00:26.The deaths of 11 patients, including five babies, are being investigated
:00:27. > :00:31.by the Northern Health Trust. This is not good enough. We
:00:32. > :00:35.apologise to the family, families involved. Clearly a failure on our
:00:36. > :00:39.part. A mortar bomb is defused in a major
:00:40. > :00:41.security operation in West Belfast. A breakthrough by Queen's
:00:42. > :00:46.scientists. Drugs could replace preventative surgery for people at
:00:47. > :00:50.risk from cancer. Tributes are paid to the writer Sam
:00:51. > :01:00.McAughtry, who has died after a long illness. I am happy to stay. But I
:01:01. > :01:03.would be happier still for the Irish. I enjoyed being Irish.
:01:04. > :01:06.The football match which could decide the Irish League title. We
:01:07. > :01:10.look ahead to tomorrow's big game. And we may be going into British
:01:11. > :01:15.Summer Time this weekend, but the weather is lagging behind a little.
:01:16. > :01:20.The Northern Health Trust has tonight apologised to the families
:01:21. > :01:26.of 20 patients whose care it admits fell below standard. Of those cases,
:01:27. > :01:33.11 involved deaths, including five babies. The incidents which occurred
:01:34. > :01:38.between 2008 and 2013 took place in hospitals across the Health Trust's
:01:39. > :01:42.area. Shortly we'll be hearing from the Minister, Edwin Poots. But
:01:43. > :01:47.first, this report from our health correspondent, Marie-Louise
:01:48. > :01:51.Connolly. It is not the first time the
:01:52. > :01:57.Northern Health Trust has been the focus of criticism. Amid concerns, a
:01:58. > :02:02.team was appointed in 2012 to improve its performance. As a
:02:03. > :02:06.result, a number of cases have emerged where the care provided to
:02:07. > :02:10.patients fell below standard. These are described by medical
:02:11. > :02:15.professionals as serious adverse incidents, and today the minister
:02:16. > :02:31.spelt out details. In total, he said 20 cases have emerged.
:02:32. > :02:36.The Trust is now carrying out a review of procedures surrounding
:02:37. > :02:42.obstetrics and gynaecology. It plans to implement any recommendations.
:02:43. > :02:44.Since the review began, the reporting of serious adverse
:02:45. > :02:51.incidents within the Trust has increased by 50%. This is not good
:02:52. > :02:57.enough. Suddenly, we apologise to the families involved, it is clearly
:02:58. > :03:04.a failure on our part. A serious failure? Yes, a serious failure,
:03:05. > :03:08.something we are addressing, we have addressed, and continue to work on
:03:09. > :03:15.to make sure it does not happen again. The Trust is also completing
:03:16. > :03:22.a review of about 35,000 x-ray reports from a hospital in
:03:23. > :03:26.Coleraine. To date, nine patients have been recalled. That review is
:03:27. > :03:34.now being extended across the entire Health Trust, involving 48,000 x-ray
:03:35. > :03:41.reports from 2013. It is a culture which takes a while to develop. Why
:03:42. > :03:48.was it not in place five years ago? I cannot answer that. But it is
:03:49. > :03:54.serious. All I can say is that we are now, and have been, for many
:03:55. > :04:01.months, addressing that, to turn it around. The BBC understands not all
:04:02. > :04:05.of the deaths were reported at the appropriate time to the coroner. The
:04:06. > :04:07.other health trusts also are carrying out reviews of serious
:04:08. > :04:17.adverse incidents saw them number could increase. -- so, the number.
:04:18. > :04:22.In these 20 cases, it is not yet clear whether any of the 11 deaths
:04:23. > :04:26.were avoidable. But the very possibility is something that any
:04:27. > :04:31.medical professional, or indeed Minister, will take seriously. For
:04:32. > :04:36.the majority of people who attend the Northern Health Trust,
:04:37. > :04:41.undoubtedly, the outcome is successful. But no one is disputing
:04:42. > :04:49.that for these families, this is a very distressing time.
:04:50. > :04:54.The Health Minister, Edwin Poots, is with me now. The Northern Trust as a
:04:55. > :05:00.hands up, we are at fault approach, they have admitted failure. Where is
:05:01. > :05:07.the governance? We identified that the governance was weak. We set up a
:05:08. > :05:16.team shortly I came into office, it identified problems, and we have
:05:17. > :05:19.then put it to senior directors. It is those senior directors who have
:05:20. > :05:24.identified these issues who have brought the matter to my attention
:05:25. > :05:28.earlier this week, and I told the public straightaway. The public
:05:29. > :05:34.would expect there is a checking system, does that exist or more
:05:35. > :05:37.people ignoring it? There was such a system but the reporting of these
:05:38. > :05:42.serious adverse incidents were not followed in the way that should have
:05:43. > :05:46.happened. Last year, since we put in the new directors, we have twice as
:05:47. > :05:53.many of these incidents that have been reported. So, there is a
:05:54. > :05:56.culture, things do go wrong in hospital but it is important that
:05:57. > :06:01.when they do go wrong, they are reported, we identified if they were
:06:02. > :06:04.avoidable, and actions that can be taken to avoid those things
:06:05. > :06:07.happening in the future. The Trust said there needs to be a change in
:06:08. > :06:11.the culture in the reporting of problems, but what does that mean?
:06:12. > :06:15.Surely most people would say that there is a system in place, you are
:06:16. > :06:23.here to that system or not. Who is accountable for not making the
:06:24. > :06:28.checks? Everything in hospitals is not black-and-white, sometimes
:06:29. > :06:31.decisions are made which are compromised because of the
:06:32. > :06:35.circumstances people are put in. Very often they get it right,
:06:36. > :06:38.sometimes they get it wrong. When things go wrong, we need to reflect
:06:39. > :06:43.on it, as to whether we could have done better for that patients. That
:06:44. > :06:47.meant for that patient. Those reports are important to ensure that
:06:48. > :06:51.we provide the best care possible to people. We cannot provide perfect
:06:52. > :06:56.care but we can provide safe care. The Trust said today its safety
:06:57. > :07:01.record is good. Many people, to the hospitals that are on the other side
:07:02. > :07:05.and they do save lives. But what do you think is at the heart of this?
:07:06. > :07:12.Is to do with staff morale, is it bad management? We are looking at a
:07:13. > :07:16.period of almost six years when these incidents have happened. The
:07:17. > :07:19.numbers involved are not necessarily shocking, given the number of people
:07:20. > :07:24.who have passed through the hospital. But for each individual,
:07:25. > :07:27.this is massive. Whenever some of you gets it wrong, it can lead to
:07:28. > :07:33.death, and the consequences for that are terrible. This is the third
:07:34. > :07:37.review of this particular trust, are you not worried about its very
:07:38. > :07:42.future? I think this trust is in a much better place it -- than it was
:07:43. > :07:47.a year ago. We have moved things on immensely. We have people who are
:07:48. > :07:50.working very well within the Trust and we have seen a cultural change
:07:51. > :07:59.taking place. You have had several reviews. How worried are you about
:08:00. > :08:03.what comes out? I want to get to the facts, and when I find the fact I
:08:04. > :08:09.will tell the public. We will identify and we will use the proper
:08:10. > :08:12.resources to identify that, and people with the appropriate Norwich
:08:13. > :08:17.will carry that out on our behalf. What do you think this is doing with
:08:18. > :08:22.regard to the confidence of the public in our hospitals? What I find
:08:23. > :08:26.remarkable is that in spite of the media concentration on health
:08:27. > :08:31.issues, the conversations I have with the public, who do have
:08:32. > :08:36.confidence in the health service. I also note from the mailbag that
:08:37. > :08:41.comes in with complains about the hospital system, they are not
:08:42. > :08:49.spiralling. So there is strong evidence that the public to believe
:08:50. > :08:53.they have a good health service. Even 99% of the time operating good
:08:54. > :08:59.is not good enough. It can have a major impact on individuals, that is
:09:00. > :09:03.devastating for those individuals. We await the results of the other
:09:04. > :09:07.review. Now, thank you. The police found a mortar bomb and a
:09:08. > :09:10.command wire during a major security operation in West Belfast overnight.
:09:11. > :09:13.Homes on the Glen Road were evacuated. Two weeks ago, dissident
:09:14. > :09:16.republicans fired a mortar bomb at a police patrol on the Falls Road. Our
:09:17. > :09:24.home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.
:09:25. > :09:27.An undercover surveillance operation is believed to have led to the
:09:28. > :09:31.seizure of a mortar bomb last night. Lee's believe they may have foiled
:09:32. > :09:37.an imminent attack. The device was found by police found a man walking
:09:38. > :09:41.in this area of West Belfast at around 11pm last night. They seized
:09:42. > :09:45.a holdall containing a home-made mortar bomb and command wire. A
:09:46. > :09:53.22-year-old man was arrested and is being questioned in Antrim. Army
:09:54. > :09:58.bomb experts made it safe and it was taken away for forensic examination.
:09:59. > :10:02.Their work road closures and several families were moved from their
:10:03. > :10:08.homes. The alert ended short after 8am this morning. People have been
:10:09. > :10:15.too many years of conflict and they must now move on. I just know that
:10:16. > :10:21.people wanted to stop. The seizure comes two weeks after the dissident
:10:22. > :10:25.group fired a mortar at a police vehicle on the Falls Road. A father
:10:26. > :10:32.and three children were badly shaken in debris. The device was also an
:10:33. > :10:37.improvised mortar and was detonated by command wire. However, it is
:10:38. > :10:45.understood the incidents are not being linked. A different dissident
:10:46. > :10:48.republican organisation is believed to have been responsible for the
:10:49. > :10:52.device found here last night. A man with known dissident
:10:53. > :10:55.republican links has died a week after he was injured in a gun attack
:10:56. > :10:59.in North Dublin. Declan Smith, who was originally from Belfast, was
:11:00. > :11:03.shot by a gunman as he dropped his child at a creche in Donaghmeade
:11:04. > :11:06.last Friday. The 32-year-old was wanted for questioning about the
:11:07. > :11:11.murder of two men in Belfast in 2007.
:11:12. > :11:16.You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme...
:11:17. > :11:18.The GAA takes steps to tackle one of its biggest problems, the curse of
:11:19. > :11:33.the cruciate. A man charged with a double murder
:11:34. > :11:37.has appeared at the magistrate court. He is accused of killing
:11:38. > :11:43.Catholic work men in North Belfast 20 years ago.
:11:44. > :11:48.44-year-old Eamonn Fox and 24-year-old Gary Conde were gunned
:11:49. > :11:53.down in N. Queen St outside a building site in 1994. The UVF
:11:54. > :11:58.claimed responsibility for the killings. Appearing in the dock,
:11:59. > :12:04.charged with the murders, 48-year-old James Smith of North
:12:05. > :12:08.Belfast. He is also accused of trying to kill another man and of
:12:09. > :12:15.having a submachine gun with intent to endanger life. Smith only said he
:12:16. > :12:17.denied all the charges. In court, Mr Smith's defence lawyer asked a
:12:18. > :12:21.police officer if the main evidence against the defendant was from a
:12:22. > :12:27.supergrass. He replied he had other evidence, including DNA linking the
:12:28. > :12:30.accused to the crime. The lawyer argued for bail, as Mr Smith, who
:12:31. > :12:33.had previously been given a life sentence for murder, had not been
:12:34. > :12:39.known to the police since his release 14 years ago under the Good
:12:40. > :12:43.Friday Agreement. Bail was refused. Around 30 of his supporters were in
:12:44. > :12:50.the public gallery and as they left, they shouted, you give IRA men
:12:51. > :12:53.bail, call it justice. Cancer researchers at Queen's
:12:54. > :12:56.University have made a discovery that means women at high risk of
:12:57. > :13:03.breast and ovarian cancer could in the future be treated with drugs,
:13:04. > :13:07.rather than surgery. At present, women who carry a mutation in the
:13:08. > :13:16.BRCA1 gene are predisposed to have an 85% risk of breast cancer and 45%
:13:17. > :13:25.of ovarian cancer. Helen Jones reports.
:13:26. > :13:30.Caroline's extended family. Despite the smiles, seven people in this
:13:31. > :13:34.photograph carried the BRCA1 gene. Caroline, her four sisters and one
:13:35. > :13:39.of the two brothers. Her niece Sarah has also tested positive. There are
:13:40. > :13:46.whole world started to fall apart when one of the sisters was being
:13:47. > :13:53.treated for breast cancer. She had to cope with cancer, then she got
:13:54. > :13:57.the bad news of the gene, then she had to have more surgery to protect
:13:58. > :14:02.yourself from the gene. That included a bilateral mastectomy
:14:03. > :14:07.and the removal of ovaries. She was coping with that, we were supporting
:14:08. > :14:13.her, and we were being tested and, one by one, it was coming back
:14:14. > :14:18.positive, positive, positive. Each of the five sisters opted for
:14:19. > :14:22.surgery, but research being carried out by Queen's University Belfast
:14:23. > :14:26.could provide an alternative. What the research means for women is
:14:27. > :14:32.that we may be able to use drugs we already have available to reduce
:14:33. > :14:35.oestrogen levels and prevent current -- cancer forming.
:14:36. > :14:40.That means we may be able to prevent it with drugs rather than giving
:14:41. > :14:44.surgery. These are reversible dogs, so they could prevent -- possibly
:14:45. > :14:47.have these drugs for an amount of time to prevent cancer, come off the
:14:48. > :14:52.dogs and have children and go back on to help prevent cancer in the
:14:53. > :14:56.future. I consider myself done and dusted, I
:14:57. > :15:01.am all right, I am wanting to be there for children. Now with them
:15:02. > :15:05.approaching the age where they can test and know if they are carrying
:15:06. > :15:11.the gene and I am really excited to know that they don't immediately
:15:12. > :15:18.have to go, God, surgery. The drug will now go right on trial.
:15:19. > :15:25.Still to come on the programme before 7pm...
:15:26. > :15:31.A famous building restored to its former glory.
:15:32. > :15:36.The writer and storyteller Sam McAughtry has died. He was 90. He
:15:37. > :15:39.was also known for his campaign against the bombing of the Dublin to
:15:40. > :15:45.Belfast train. Our arts correspondent, Maggie Taggart, looks
:15:46. > :15:50.back at his life. Sam McAughtry was born in 1923 and
:15:51. > :15:54.lived in Loyalist north Belfast. He was from a mixed religion family and
:15:55. > :15:59.was scathing of bigotry on both sides. He joined the Royal air force
:16:00. > :16:02.as a teenager and later worked as a labourer and a civil servant. There
:16:03. > :16:07.followed a career in writing and broadcasting. He was a joy to work
:16:08. > :16:12.with. I think he was a very important
:16:13. > :16:15.writer in many ways. He would never have claimed to be, you know,
:16:16. > :16:21.writing high literature or anything like that, but he was a very good
:16:22. > :16:25.writer, very compassionate, and above all very, very honest and
:16:26. > :16:27.direct. He was a member of the Labour Party and also the Irish
:16:28. > :16:44.Senate. in 1989 he led the peace train
:16:45. > :16:48.movement which campaigned against the frequent bombing of the Dublin
:16:49. > :16:53.to Belfast railway line. I greet you in peace from the city of Belfast.
:16:54. > :16:56.He was described as a thinking man, great ambassador who treated all
:16:57. > :17:00.people equally no their social class.
:17:01. > :17:09.-- no matter their social class. One of Londonderry's famous
:17:10. > :17:13.buildings may be restored to its former glory.
:17:14. > :17:17.The Waterside Railway Station has been vacant in recent times. But it
:17:18. > :17:20.could be given a new lease of life and turned into a modern transport
:17:21. > :17:22.hub, as our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish, explains.
:17:23. > :17:27.There is no doubting the popularity of the old Waterside Station. From
:17:28. > :17:30.Victorian times until relatively recently the building and the old
:17:31. > :17:35.carriages were used by commuters going to and from work or taking a
:17:36. > :17:40.leisurely train journey in and out of the city. Now, after a recent
:17:41. > :17:45.public consultation, there are ambitious plans to turn this disused
:17:46. > :17:49.listed building into a modern transport hub, with the backing of
:17:50. > :17:54.the Minister. It will bring together all aspects of transport, rail, bus,
:17:55. > :17:59.walking, cycling. I think there is already the
:18:00. > :18:03.Greenway that has been developed, the Peace Bridge is there, we are
:18:04. > :18:09.continuing to build on the legacy of the UK City of Culture.
:18:10. > :18:13.Commuters on this city bound train will welcome any upgrade to current
:18:14. > :18:17.facilities. I think it will be lovely, I remember it as a station
:18:18. > :18:21.years ago and it will be nice. It is good to see things coming back
:18:22. > :18:24.to life, old buildings. Anything that conserves the old
:18:25. > :18:29.areas and brings them up so that people can use them is great.
:18:30. > :18:35.There has been a multi-million pound investment on the Derry- Coleraine
:18:36. > :18:36.line securing long-term sustainability.
:18:37. > :18:44.Passenger trips increased to around 1.5 million journeys on the line in
:18:45. > :18:49.2011-12. Campaigners say it makes sense to invest. We do not want a
:18:50. > :18:52.confusion of a transport hub with buses and bicycles being used as an
:18:53. > :18:55.excuse for not getting on with the job.
:18:56. > :19:08.Of giving Barry a moderate rail service that it needs -- of giving
:19:09. > :19:14.Derry the moderate rail service that it needs.
:19:15. > :19:17.The fact remains that no money has yet been pledged towards this
:19:18. > :19:22.project, and that remains the challenge for the Transport
:19:23. > :19:24.Minister. Will Linfield or Cliftonville win
:19:25. > :19:28.local football's Irish League? The answer to that question will be
:19:29. > :19:32.much clearer by this time tomorrow. Stephen Watson is here.
:19:33. > :19:35.It should be, Donna, it should be. With just five more fixtures to
:19:36. > :19:37.fulfil in the Danske Bank Premiership, Linfield hold a narrow
:19:38. > :19:43.two point lead over champions Cliftonville. Tomorrow the top two
:19:44. > :19:48.meet at Windsor Park in an encounter which will have a major bearing on
:19:49. > :19:52.the destination of the Gibson Cup. It's a game which has boiled over in
:19:53. > :19:55.the past, and the winners may be the side that keeps their cool.
:19:56. > :19:59.Mark Sidebottom reports. Right footed, takes a deflection and
:20:00. > :20:03.it goes in! Tomorrow, it is probable one team will take a tumble.
:20:04. > :20:08.What is certain is that David Jeffrey has a point to prove. News
:20:09. > :20:12.of his exit from high office came just six weeks ago. Since then,
:20:13. > :20:18.Linfield have won six games on the bounce. For now, restraint and
:20:19. > :20:22.reflection are the order of the day. It will go down to the wire, I would
:20:23. > :20:27.have thought. But it certainly makes for good
:20:28. > :20:32.viewing. And for those who lambast the Irish League, I tell you what,
:20:33. > :20:38.not bad for a small league from Northern Ireland.
:20:39. > :20:44.It is in! It is Mark Smyth. We have had a lot
:20:45. > :20:49.of big games in the last number of years, and we normally play best
:20:50. > :20:52.when there is pressure run the game.
:20:53. > :20:55.It should be a good game committed will be a good atmosphere, good
:20:56. > :20:59.advertisement hopefully for the local game. The Gibson Cup will not
:21:00. > :21:04.be won or lost tomorrow but those in blue are fighting for their manager
:21:05. > :21:06.to become the club was Michael most successful of all time.
:21:07. > :21:13.Those in red are chasing their own history. -- the club's most
:21:14. > :21:15.successful. For now, this bottle remains caught, but only
:21:16. > :21:24.temporarily. Ulster rugby today revealed a new
:21:25. > :21:27.signing for next season. He is a new tight head prop. Wiehahn Herbst will
:21:28. > :21:31.join this summer on a three-year deal from Sharks, the South African
:21:32. > :21:33.side. He is a project player who could play for Ireland in the
:21:34. > :21:35.future. Ulster's huge Heineken Cup
:21:36. > :21:39.quarterfinal against Saracens is just over a week away now, but first
:21:40. > :21:42.they have to jump the hurdle of Cardiff Blues away in the Pro 12
:21:43. > :21:45.tomorrow. Ruan Pienaar doesn't travel to Wales but Stephen Ferris
:21:46. > :21:48.starts for the second game in succession. And prop Tom Court will
:21:49. > :21:56.reach the milestone of his 150th appearance for Ulster in what is his
:21:57. > :22:00.final season with the side. It is going to be a really special
:22:01. > :22:03.day and obviously one I will really remember. To consider some of the
:22:04. > :22:08.other guys who have reached 150 it is something that has been a big old
:22:09. > :22:14.for me this year, to push on and hit 150. -- a big goal for me. I don't
:22:15. > :22:18.want to detract from the other boys this week, we have to make sure they
:22:19. > :22:22.get there and get their heads in the right place. It is about getting
:22:23. > :22:26.over there and doing a job against Cardiff, getting everything in place
:22:27. > :22:30.leading into next week. That match is live on BBC Two.
:22:31. > :22:32.Before Ulster's European quarter final next Saturday, there's a
:22:33. > :22:36.sell-out boxing event at the Odyssey. Headline fighter Carl
:22:37. > :22:39.Frampton meets Hugo Cazares in a world title final eliminator, a
:22:40. > :22:42.fight we can reveal tonight will have full live coverage on BBC Radio
:22:43. > :22:46.Ulster from 9:30pm next Friday. Today Frampton came face to face
:22:47. > :22:52.with his opponent for the first time in Belfast.
:22:53. > :22:56.I have dreams about becoming a world champion, and the fight is there
:22:57. > :22:59.with Santa Cruz, but I have to get over Hugo Cazares at first, years
:23:00. > :23:05.the only one we are thinking about at the moment. Everything we have
:23:06. > :23:11.done as Cazares in mind. Very important to get this one out of the
:23:12. > :23:14.way first. We are fighting a two-time world champion, this guy
:23:15. > :23:18.from Mexico. At 36 he is a veteran Committee
:23:19. > :23:24.punches very hard, he carries his speed with them.
:23:25. > :23:33.Karl will be in fantastic condition, I believe he will win
:23:34. > :23:36.emphatically. As Gaelic football's National League
:23:37. > :23:39.returns to action this weekend, the GAA has take steps to tackle one of
:23:40. > :23:43.its biggest problems. Many of the game's stars have suffered serious
:23:44. > :23:46.knee injuries which have led to long periods on the sidelines. But the
:23:47. > :23:49.association hope that prevention of damage to the anterior cruciate
:23:50. > :23:55.ligament, or ACL, will be the best cure. Thomas Kane reports.
:23:56. > :24:02.The curse of the cruciate strikes again. It has ended many seasons,
:24:03. > :24:07.led to surgery and months of rehab for some of the sport's biggest
:24:08. > :24:11.names. A routine ACL takes most people nine
:24:12. > :24:15.months. That would be the bog-standard accelerated programme.
:24:16. > :24:19.That is under the condition they have no other damage done. For some
:24:20. > :24:24.people it could take up to two years and we have some people who damage
:24:25. > :24:28.everything inside the knee and that rehab process may mean that they
:24:29. > :24:34.will never return to sport. They may just get back to walking again.
:24:35. > :24:39.Serious knee injuries are not necessarily on the increase in
:24:40. > :24:42.Gaelic games but this sport's specific warm up approach with an
:24:43. > :24:46.accompanying video has taken advice from top experts in the area. It is
:24:47. > :24:50.aimed at minimising the number of players are affected. It has to
:24:51. > :24:54.work, people have to enjoy it. It gets boring if you are doing the
:24:55. > :24:58.same thing over and over again. You have to see it helps performance and
:24:59. > :25:02.this warm up, if you do it well, not only will reduce the risk of injury
:25:03. > :25:06.but will help you perform and move better. The advancement in the
:25:07. > :25:11.medical techniques and technology in recent years has hugely benefited
:25:12. > :25:15.those with ruptured ligaments. MRI scans are much more available
:25:16. > :25:19.and we would see patients with an MRI scan at the clinic, therefore
:25:20. > :25:25.that expedites their treatment pathway.
:25:26. > :25:31.That is a good thing for their long-term mobility associated with
:25:32. > :25:34.their injury. Player welfare has been central to
:25:35. > :25:39.this programme, focusing not just on their short-term fitness but their
:25:40. > :25:41.long-term health and ability. That is making my niece saw just watching
:25:42. > :25:46.that. Now the weather.
:25:47. > :25:51.Welcome it is not the worst weekend coming up but not very exciting,
:25:52. > :25:55.either, especially as we spring forward into British summertime.
:25:56. > :25:59.There is a lot of cloud in the forecast, some rain at times and it
:26:00. > :26:06.starts quite breezy, as well. There is a positive - it will get milder.
:26:07. > :26:13.Julie J, often cloudy with some wet spells this morning. -- a chilly
:26:14. > :26:17.day, often cloudy. The easterly breeze once again
:26:18. > :26:22.gathering tonight to bring cloud, showers coming into Antrim and
:26:23. > :26:28.County Down, spreading across most parts for a time overnight. We may
:26:29. > :26:33.have briar patches, and other batch of rain spreads later into the
:26:34. > :26:38.night, some heavy. It will be frost free, most places sitting around
:26:39. > :26:42.four or five Celsius. Tomorrow is another breezy day, and smells of
:26:43. > :26:45.rain, particularly during the morning. We have a band of rain in
:26:46. > :26:50.the south moving north as we go through the morning, some at this
:26:51. > :26:55.stage could be very heavy, even the odd rumble of thunder. Dry spells in
:26:56. > :26:58.behind but in the afternoon there is a chance we could have another
:26:59. > :27:02.finger of rain heading into the southern counties in particular
:27:03. > :27:10.County Down, Armagh, across into plenty Tyrone. Further north you
:27:11. > :27:14.could avoid this one and stay dry. I had a brightness for the East but
:27:15. > :27:19.generally cloudy skies. It is a milder day, ten, 11, even 12
:27:20. > :27:22.Celsius. Tomorrow night we have cloud and still a risk of showers,
:27:23. > :27:29.particularly for central and western areas. A mild night, though, and as
:27:30. > :27:33.we head into Mother's Day on Sunday it starts quite cloudy and damp,
:27:34. > :27:35.hopefully becoming a little bit drier possibly brighter in the
:27:36. > :27:41.afternoon with highs of 13 or 14 Celsius. But we are one hour shorter
:27:42. > :27:44.run Sunday, the clocks go forward one hour tomorrow night. That is it,
:27:45. > :27:45.have a great weekend, thank you for watching.
:27:46. > :27:46.Goodbye.