:00:00. > :00:24.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...
:00:25. > :00:27.One of the biggest ever property deals in Northern Ireland sees a New
:00:28. > :00:30.York investment firm take control of business and land.
:00:31. > :00:32.Martin McGuinness says Peter Robinson "crossed the line" by
:00:33. > :00:35.saying they'd agreed a welfare reform deal.
:00:36. > :00:38.Cyber bullying - an international problem that's now in some of our
:00:39. > :00:40.primary schools. A new bridge over the Connswater
:00:41. > :00:45.River links two parts of east Belfast.
:00:46. > :00:52.Ravenhill is ready for the biggest Ulster rugby game of the year.
:00:53. > :00:54.And a mixed couple of days but there should be some decent spells! I'll
:00:55. > :01:04.have the weekend weather. A New York investment firm has
:01:05. > :01:09.completed the biggest ever Northern Ireland property deal. It
:01:10. > :01:10.completed the biggest ever Northern control office blocks, hotels,
:01:11. > :01:14.building sites, pubs and shopping centres which had, until now, been
:01:15. > :01:19.in the Irish government's bad debt bank NAMA. The sale means there's a
:01:20. > :01:23.better chance that unfinished building projects will be developed
:01:24. > :01:28.offering the prospect of work for local construction. Our economics
:01:29. > :01:36.and business editor John Campbell has more on this. We're talking a
:01:37. > :01:43.lot of money in this deal. Yes, this deal is for more than ?1
:01:44. > :01:47.billion. It looks at 800 separate properties, including the office
:01:48. > :01:51.block behind me. The money that is raised will go back to the Irish
:01:52. > :01:55.state, because that is what NAMA has been about, recovering as much money
:01:56. > :02:00.as possible from bad loans that were part of the Irish banking and
:02:01. > :02:07.property crisis. Peter Robinson has said that this is good news for the
:02:08. > :02:12.Northern Ireland economy. This deal is huge, one that alters
:02:13. > :02:18.the landscape in terms of commercial property. Out goes a major player,
:02:19. > :02:23.the so-called bad bank, NAMA, that managed to portfolio of loans, or as
:02:24. > :02:27.it hit by the crash. What is being sold here and not just buildings,
:02:28. > :02:32.but parcels of undeveloped land. In all, we're talking more than 1000
:02:33. > :02:41.property assets that are now under the control of new owners. A New
:02:42. > :02:44.York investment firm. NAMA had been funding the completion of this
:02:45. > :02:49.office block in Belfast, but a lot of other less attractive projects on
:02:50. > :02:53.the books are sitting idle. Experts are predicting that this New York
:02:54. > :03:01.company will change things. To a large extent, NAMA's hands were
:03:02. > :03:06.tied. A lot of this was in cold storage for a few years, but now,
:03:07. > :03:09.these projects can come out of cold storage and can work with local
:03:10. > :03:14.developers to bring these projects through to completion. The price
:03:15. > :03:20.paid to NAMA has not been disclosed, but is expected to have been more
:03:21. > :03:25.than ?1.3 billion. NAMA said this transaction represents a significant
:03:26. > :03:30.achievement and the sale was the best possible result for the Irish
:03:31. > :03:33.taxpayer. The fact in international investment firm sees an opportunity
:03:34. > :03:39.here is something viewed as encouraging. It is fantastic for the
:03:40. > :03:44.local property market. It is great news for the commercial construction
:03:45. > :03:46.sector, and if we can get more of these projects off the ground, then
:03:47. > :03:50.sector, and if we can get more of we can see jobs for people on these
:03:51. > :03:54.projects. The deal comes with the blessing of the first Minister who
:03:55. > :03:58.recently criticised NAMA for not doing enough to help the local
:03:59. > :04:10.economy. Now, it is all up to this new player.
:04:11. > :04:13.What happens next, John? We need to understand what happens with the
:04:14. > :04:17.purchasing of these loans, this company will want to be editor
:04:18. > :04:21.within about seven years after getting a good profit, and to do
:04:22. > :04:25.that, it will have to actively manage its portfolio, so it'll have
:04:26. > :04:28.to do deals with borrowers, form joint ventures with local builders,
:04:29. > :04:33.finished projects in cold storage that have not gone off the ground.
:04:34. > :04:37.Ultimately, it needs to be about selling, they want to sell off a lot
:04:38. > :04:44.of this as quickly as possible, so that means that the market, which
:04:45. > :04:52.has been flat for you years, would be much more active. The prospect of
:04:53. > :04:55.benefits for local workers? Yes, it will be things like solicitors,
:04:56. > :04:59.commercial property agents, hopefully this work will spill out
:05:00. > :05:03.into the overall economy and help to grow the overall economy, and that
:05:04. > :05:07.is the kind of line that Peter Robinson has been putting out. He
:05:08. > :05:13.said this can unlock a lot of value and good things for the local
:05:14. > :05:16.economy. The Secretary of State says it's
:05:17. > :05:19.unrealistic to suggest the government could take back powers to
:05:20. > :05:22.legislate for welfare changes. Last night the First Minister Peter
:05:23. > :05:25.Robinson told the BBC it might have to be one of the options explored if
:05:26. > :05:30.the logjam over welfare reform continues. Meanwhile Martin
:05:31. > :05:33.McGuinness has accused Mr Robinson of "crossing the line"
:05:34. > :05:36.McGuinness has accused Mr Robinson he'd agreed to try and sell a deal
:05:37. > :05:40.on introducing changes to the welfare system. This report from our
:05:41. > :05:48.political correspondent Gareth Gordon.
:05:49. > :05:53.Bridge building, not bridge burning was on Peter Robinson's minds today
:05:54. > :05:58.as he tried to open a new one in east Belfast, accompanied by the
:05:59. > :06:05.Sinn Fein Lord Mayor. Good morning, I am the welcoming committee! Less
:06:06. > :06:08.of a welcome for his government partners, but the DUP said they had
:06:09. > :06:15.an agreement with the debited first Minister over the subject of welfare
:06:16. > :06:20.reform. It is your belief that he took that agreements to the wider
:06:21. > :06:25.party and they said no? It is not my belief, it is my knowledge. They
:06:26. > :06:30.party and they said no? It is not my informed me that was the case. That
:06:31. > :06:37.was 11 months ago in May. Martin McGuinness does not agree. I think
:06:38. > :06:39.you cross a line that he should not have crossed, in terms of his
:06:40. > :06:43.interpretation of the government that took place between his party
:06:44. > :06:48.and my party over the whole issue of welfare cuts. What he said to the
:06:49. > :06:52.programme board for no reality to the outcome. The suggestion that I
:06:53. > :06:58.had said that I would go to my party to seek the sanction of my party,
:06:59. > :07:01.the supported by party, for the discussions, the outcome of these
:07:02. > :07:08.discussions that we had, was that the DUP is not true. I made it clear
:07:09. > :07:12.that no deal is done until we get the support of our parties, but we
:07:13. > :07:16.were all comfortable enough to go with the package to our parties.
:07:17. > :07:19.That was the position that I outlined, it is a
:07:20. > :07:23.That was the position that I over. But Mr Robinson's claimed that
:07:24. > :07:31.without an agreement, all forms of power could be handed back to
:07:32. > :07:34.Westminster, this could be a nonstarter. I do not think it is
:07:35. > :07:36.realistic to bring powers back to Westminster. They are very clearly
:07:37. > :07:39.in the devolution settlement. It is the approach of the current
:07:40. > :07:42.government that any changes to this settlement have to be broadly
:07:43. > :07:47.supported across the political parties, across the community. So
:07:48. > :07:53.these men have to sort it out themselves. We see them going
:07:54. > :07:59.abroad, they present a different narrative they are all happy, they
:08:00. > :08:01.put the best foot forward for Northern Ireland, we want to see
:08:02. > :08:06.that continued at home, good leadership. Here, they put it
:08:07. > :08:11.another way. If any couple knows how to make up after a row, it is Peter
:08:12. > :08:14.another way. If any couple knows how Robinson and Martin McGuinness. This
:08:15. > :08:17.dispute must be resolved, or it is unlikely to happen ahead of the
:08:18. > :08:21.elections in May. -- but it is unlikely.
:08:22. > :08:24.Still to come on the programme... Reaction from workers to the loss of
:08:25. > :08:31.around 50 jobs at the Fivemiletown Creamery factory. A lot of angry
:08:32. > :08:43.employees here, 50 workers here, 50 families are losing their jobs very
:08:44. > :08:45.shortly. Pensioners in Londonderry had to
:08:46. > :08:50.flee their homes this morning when arsonists set fire to an oil tank.
:08:51. > :08:56.It happened at the Caen Hill estate. The forehead rescue service say it
:08:57. > :09:03.is likely that nobody was hurt. -- it was lucky. I ran across the front
:09:04. > :09:06.lawn when I saw it, that is basically what happened. The fire
:09:07. > :09:10.brigade came, the lights are flashing, the sirens were roaring,
:09:11. > :09:15.they were jumping off, even before the fire brigades had stopped. They
:09:16. > :09:30.were on rolling the fire hoses. I can laugh about it now, but I was
:09:31. > :09:33.not laughing about it now. 50 staff at Fivemiletown Creamery are to
:09:34. > :09:36.begin talks over redundancy. While it has won many awards for its
:09:37. > :09:39.cheeses, in recent years the firm has also been making large losses
:09:40. > :09:42.and the decision was made yesterday to sell the factory. Our south-west
:09:43. > :09:46.reporter Julian Fowler reports on the end of more than a century of
:09:47. > :09:47.milk processing in the Clogher Valley.
:09:48. > :09:51.After 116 years, the factory gates here at the creamery will soon be
:09:52. > :09:58.closed. Shareholders met into the early hours last night. 35 voted to
:09:59. > :10:05.agree the sale, just seven voted against. The new owners have bought
:10:06. > :10:10.the milk supply from the farmers and the cheese brand, but production in
:10:11. > :10:15.the town will end. The staff have begun a 30 day consultation process
:10:16. > :10:21.to discuss the terms of their redundancy. A lot of angry employees
:10:22. > :10:26.here, 50 workers here. 50 families will lose their jobs very shortly.
:10:27. > :10:34.It is not a great atmosphere around here. We might be a small factory,
:10:35. > :10:37.but we have a big heart. Only last year, half a mile down the road, and
:10:38. > :10:46.of the creamery closed that I also worked in. 80 to 100 jobs inside a
:10:47. > :10:51.year. There is recognition for the amount of hard work in the
:10:52. > :10:54.redundancy packages. The amount of pride that some of the workers are
:10:55. > :10:59.put into producing this award-winning cheese, it is terrible
:11:00. > :11:03.that it is all gummy to an end. The enterprise minister is concerned
:11:04. > :11:09.about the closure and will meet workers next weekend. I want to find
:11:10. > :11:12.out if we have lost the brands to Northern Ireland. I want to find out
:11:13. > :11:17.what their plans are for the brand, will they use it? Will they make it
:11:18. > :11:21.elsewhere? Following the closure last year, the decision to stop
:11:22. > :11:26.cheesemaking marks the end of an era of milk processing in the Cocker
:11:27. > :11:31.Valley. -- Clara Valley. A police officer has been acquitted
:11:32. > :11:34.of fraud and misconduct. Keith Andrew Davidson, whose address was
:11:35. > :11:38.given as Bangor station, was accused of making a fraudulent application
:11:39. > :11:41.for the sale of his home under the Housing Executive scheme which buys
:11:42. > :11:45.properties from owners who face intimidation or threat.
:11:46. > :11:49.A prison officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct in public life after a
:11:50. > :11:54.prisoner he was supposed to be monitoring took his own life at
:11:55. > :11:57.Maghaberry Jail six years ago. The court heard that CCTV footage showed
:11:58. > :12:00.the officer, Daniel Barclay, making food, watching TV and trying to
:12:01. > :12:07.sleep while the prisoner, Colin Bell, made repeated attempts to kill
:12:08. > :12:10.himself. Barclay will be sentenced next week.
:12:11. > :12:13.The Vatican is to investigate claims of sexual misconduct which led to
:12:14. > :12:17.the resignation of Cardinal Keith O'Brien who is originally from
:12:18. > :12:20.Ballycastle. The Cardinal resigned from his position in St Andrews and
:12:21. > :12:23.Edinburgh last year following allegations of improper conduct in
:12:24. > :12:33.the 1980s. He acknowledged at the time that his behaviour had fallen
:12:34. > :12:41.short of what was expected of him. Still ahead on BBC Newsline...
:12:42. > :12:43.I'm live at Ravenhill to look ahead to the busiest sporting weekend of
:12:44. > :12:51.the year. With the rise in the number of
:12:52. > :12:56.tablets and mobile phones among children and young people comes a
:12:57. > :13:00.rise in cyber-bullying. And That's been shown in a new survey carried
:13:01. > :13:03.out among teachers at dozens of schools across Ireland. As Kevin
:13:04. > :13:14.Sharkey reports, many schools are already taking action to create a
:13:15. > :13:20.greater awareness of the problem. Hands up if you have a tablet of any
:13:21. > :13:26.description? Hands up if you have a mobile phone! Mobile communication
:13:27. > :13:27.technology becoming increasingly popular among schoolchildren. More
:13:28. > :13:33.and more pupils popular among schoolchildren. More
:13:34. > :13:37.mobile phones and tablet computers. Small to carry around and easy to
:13:38. > :13:40.communicate from instantly. But this also means that other people can
:13:41. > :13:44.contact them, whether they want to hear from them or not, and it is
:13:45. > :13:51.leading to an increase in cyberbullying. According to this new
:13:52. > :13:55.report, one third of primary school principals see cyberbullying as a
:13:56. > :14:00.growing problem in their own schools. Overall, more than 90% of
:14:01. > :14:04.school leaders want more guidance from the education authorities on
:14:05. > :14:09.tackling online bullying. Because when it happens, it hurts. This was
:14:10. > :14:15.sent to a 13-year-old in another part of Northern Ireland. Is that
:14:16. > :14:19.all you have got, you spoiled brat? Why are you so worthless? You are
:14:20. > :14:23.such a drama queen. Worthless, ungrateful and selfish, grew up and
:14:24. > :14:28.get a life, I do not care of your friends again, I do not want junior
:14:29. > :14:40.me. Cyberbullying is not a problem in this class, and the school wanted
:14:41. > :14:43.to stay that way. It is beginning to emerge. It is not crisis mode by any
:14:44. > :14:47.means, but we're finding evidence of children that have exposure to this
:14:48. > :14:49.technology beginning to miss use it. To this primary schoolers
:14:50. > :14:54.highlighting the dangers and trying to get the children to stay focused.
:14:55. > :14:59.But it is not just a problem in primary schools. According to this
:15:00. > :15:05.report, three quarters of postprimary schools principals agree
:15:06. > :15:08.that cyberbullying was a problem in their schools. This school does not
:15:09. > :15:10.have a cyberbullying problem, but it does have a strategy just in case.
:15:11. > :15:16.And helping in the does have a strategy just in case.
:15:17. > :15:21.campaign, pupils themselves. I know it is a growing issue. I've decided
:15:22. > :15:26.is almost more common than physical bullying, especially with so much
:15:27. > :15:30.technology available. There are restrictions on when and how the
:15:31. > :15:34.pupils use their mobile phones and tablet is that they bring to school.
:15:35. > :15:38.These people stick to the guidelines. Cyberbullying only
:15:39. > :15:43.begins to become a problem when others break the rules inside and
:15:44. > :15:46.outside of the school. A bridge, officially opened today, is named
:15:47. > :15:49.after the writer who penned the play, Over The Bridge.
:15:50. > :15:53.Sam Thompson was an east Belfast man and the new bridge is in that part
:15:54. > :16:02.of the city linking the Harbour Estate and the Titanic Quarter to
:16:03. > :16:15.Victoria Park. Will Leitch reports. Five, four, three, two, one. Sam
:16:16. > :16:19.Thompson's family helped open the new bridge bearing his name and
:16:20. > :16:23.connect to East Belfast to the high above the state. The bridge has been
:16:24. > :16:29.officially opened and people are streaming across. Because it is
:16:30. > :16:33.2014, they are hoping that 2014 people will cross it on its first
:16:34. > :16:39.day. But did not seem to be a problem. Lots of people can see
:16:40. > :16:43.Victoria Park from the Harbour estate but very few people know how
:16:44. > :16:49.to get in there, so it is important for us to make the connection. For
:16:50. > :16:56.people to get over to East Belfast and vice versa. Over 3000 people
:16:57. > :16:59.have used the bridge already and they are very excited about using it
:17:00. > :17:05.in lunchtimes and as a way to get to work. A lot of pride and really very
:17:06. > :17:11.honoured that the whole event has happened. The bridge is a great
:17:12. > :17:19.tribute to my Uncle Sam and the family are delighted. The name of
:17:20. > :17:26.Sam Thompson, trade union and -- trade unionist and playwright, was
:17:27. > :17:30.chosen by public vote. The moment has come and it is a very
:17:31. > :17:34.appropriate tribute to Sam. I could not think of a more appropriate one.
:17:35. > :17:40.This great link between the park and the heartland of the industry of
:17:41. > :17:44.Belfast. With this bridge, that link will be hard to forget.
:17:45. > :17:48.An update for you now on Will's reports earlier this week on the
:17:49. > :17:51.rare film footage of an RAF squadron at Aldergrove in the early days of
:17:52. > :17:54.the Second World War. We were looking for names to
:17:55. > :17:58.the Second World War. We were faces and have learned that this is
:17:59. > :18:01.Sergeant Menzies Paterson. He's living in Edinburgh and due to
:18:02. > :18:08.celebrate his 99th birthday in a couple of weeks time!
:18:09. > :18:16.We've so much sport to look ahead to this weekend. Joining us from
:18:17. > :18:24.Ravenhill is Stephen Watson. It looks a bit empty there at the
:18:25. > :18:27.moment. It does, but it will be packed to capacity tomorrow. We are
:18:28. > :18:32.here tonight because all Star have allowed us in to give everyone a
:18:33. > :18:38.sneak preview of the almost finished Ravenhill. There is still some work
:18:39. > :18:41.going on behind me. Just putting the finishing touches to this new stand
:18:42. > :18:49.which will open tomorrow night for the Heineken cup European final.
:18:50. > :18:53.This time tomorrow night, Ravenhill will no doubt be the noisiest place
:18:54. > :19:01.in Belfast as Ulster face Saracens in the Heineken Cup. It's a rematch
:19:02. > :19:04.of last year's quarterfinal when Saracens prevailed at Twickenham.
:19:05. > :19:08.But this time, Ulster are hosts and, with the added the boost of a key
:19:09. > :19:11.player back from injury, could home advantage be a key factor in the
:19:12. > :19:15.outcome? Gavin Andrews reports. That famous Ravenhill raw is waiting for
:19:16. > :19:22.England's most famous side. The energy they get behind their team is
:19:23. > :19:29.different to other places. I like that. If they don't like me, then I
:19:30. > :19:36.am doing my job well. It is going to be great. I am sure emotionally it
:19:37. > :19:41.will be good for them. It is a great rugby playing stadium. That will
:19:42. > :19:44.mean a lot to them, and for us, it is another memory we can make if we
:19:45. > :19:50.win there. That is what we are ready for. But Saracens are also at full
:19:51. > :19:57.strength and a force to be reckoned with. There are not many weaknesses
:19:58. > :20:02.in their squad. They do the basics and they do it all well. They will
:20:03. > :20:08.be a difficult team to break down. If you look at the few games they do
:20:09. > :20:13.lose, they probably struggle a bit in terms of their physicality at the
:20:14. > :20:20.breakdown, so if we want to have any kind of chance of winning, that is
:20:21. > :20:23.where we will have two target. We have some very experienced players
:20:24. > :20:29.here who know what it is like to play in big games, big crowds, so
:20:30. > :20:33.the important thing is for us to start well. We know if we can do
:20:34. > :20:36.that and get momentum, the crowd will be electric. We need to start
:20:37. > :20:44.well and give the crowd something to get behind. Ravenhill was rebuilt
:20:45. > :20:55.for nights such as this, with a full house and a clash to savour.
:20:56. > :20:58.And tomorrow's match is live on our radio station. As is tonight's
:20:59. > :21:01.boxing. Tonight, Carl Frampton faces the
:21:02. > :21:04.last opponent between him and a potential world title shot when he
:21:05. > :21:08.faces two-time former champion Mexican Hugo Cazares at a sold-out
:21:09. > :21:11.Odyssey in Belfast. The winner of should fight the WBC champion, Leo
:21:12. > :21:14.Santa Cruz, later this year. With a warning of flash photography, I
:21:15. > :21:20.spoke to Carl earlier about his mood ahead of the bout. I am very
:21:21. > :21:22.excited. It is the toughest fight of my career against a very good
:21:23. > :21:27.fighter. I am very, my career against a very good
:21:28. > :21:34.need to win this and I intend to do that. Barry says this needs to be a
:21:35. > :21:39.dynamic performance. Does that put you under pressure again? No, I
:21:40. > :21:48.understand that. I got a bit of stick before and people thought my
:21:49. > :21:50.fighting was boring. It is important, especially for American
:21:51. > :21:56.television, to look good, to look impressive, try your best and that
:21:57. > :22:02.is what I intend to do. How tough all this opponent be? He hasn't been
:22:03. > :22:08.stopped in a long time. He is a hardened veteran. It will be the
:22:09. > :22:12.toughest fight of my career. But, I believe I am improving with every
:22:13. > :22:16.bite and I think there will be no different this time. I
:22:17. > :22:32.hard enough and I have all the moves to beat him. That is a sell-out this
:22:33. > :22:35.evening. The Irish cup fairy tale continues
:22:36. > :22:38.for Queens University tomorrow. 90 minutes football and Ballymena
:22:39. > :22:41.United stand in the way of the Belfast-based students and a
:22:42. > :22:43.first-ever appearance in the cup final - Mark Sidebottom reports.
:22:44. > :22:50.This is the brains behind the students on the old success. This is
:22:51. > :22:58.the bunch of boys looking for victory. And this is the goal that
:22:59. > :23:01.booked the final. It is like a fairy tale. We are a unique club. The
:23:02. > :23:06.first thing I have to ask a player is, did you study at Queen 's use of
:23:07. > :23:14.adversity or do you study at Queens University? That is one of our
:23:15. > :23:20.policies and it is what makes the club what it is. It makes us work
:23:21. > :23:23.harder. Be under no illusion. We have got good players at this club
:23:24. > :23:31.and we have good coaches and facilities. The future is bright. A
:23:32. > :23:35.lot of people say, why don't we bring players from out side and a
:23:36. > :23:42.lot of people I know would like to play here, but it gives you that
:23:43. > :23:47.special atmosphere and when we progress, that makes it that bit
:23:48. > :23:54.more special. If it is a big game for the University, it is a big, big
:23:55. > :24:00.game for one player in particular. His father and grandfather both
:24:01. > :24:06.played the ball for the same club, winning the cup. People say, you are
:24:07. > :24:11.not as good as your dad, and he is not as good as your grandfather
:24:12. > :24:16.was, so I know where I am in the pecking order! My grandad won a lot
:24:17. > :24:31.of medals. And that was fairly handle -- handy too. So, Ballymena
:24:32. > :24:38.United, you have been warned. Come prepared for one tough examination.
:24:39. > :24:42.Jockey Barry Geraghty rode a treble of winner's at Aintree today but AP
:24:43. > :24:46.McCoy is also warming up nicely ahead of tomorrow's Grand National.
:24:47. > :24:49.The champion jockey rode the seven-to-two priced Holywell to win
:24:50. > :24:52.today's Novices Chase. The Moneyglass man rides the well backed
:24:53. > :24:56.Double Seven in tomorrow's big race, which he won for the first time four
:24:57. > :24:59.years ago on Don't Push It. In Gaelic games, this weekend's
:25:00. > :25:02.final round of Allianz National Football League games see Tyrone
:25:03. > :25:08.chasing a Division One semifinal spot. Mickey Harte's men take on
:25:09. > :25:11.Dublin in Omagh. Derry are already assured a semifinal place And the
:25:12. > :25:12.Belfast Giants face the Fife Flyers in the semifinal of the
:25:13. > :25:33.end-of-season play-offs that is it from us. I told you it
:25:34. > :25:37.was a busy weekend. Before we go to the weather, a
:25:38. > :25:40.question you can put to your friends and family this weekend. What do you
:25:41. > :25:45.get if you cross a goat with a sheep? The answer - a geep and I'm
:25:46. > :25:48.not kidding you when I say it's a real animal. A farmer in County
:25:49. > :25:52.Kildare is the proud owner of the rare cross-breed. The little fella
:25:53. > :25:54.was born about a fortnight ago on Paddy Murphy's sheep farm in
:25:55. > :25:58.Ballymore Eustace and is the unexpected offspring of a goat and
:25:59. > :25:59.one of the farmer's ewes. The geep has been become an internet hit and
:26:00. > :26:09.you can read more about him on our Now here's Angie with your weekend
:26:10. > :26:15.weather forecast. The weekend is upon us and it is
:26:16. > :26:21.mixed fortune. I read some rain in the broadcast, easy and blustery at
:26:22. > :26:27.times, but Di gaps in between rain and the breeze lifts the gloom from
:26:28. > :26:32.recent days. That is how we started off earlier, gloomy with mist and
:26:33. > :26:36.fog, but the cloud has lifted and we are seeing breaks in the cloud. This
:26:37. > :26:40.evening, the best part of the day. It will not stay that way all night,
:26:41. > :26:42.evening, the best part of the day. because we have a band of cloud
:26:43. > :26:49.edging its way in and that will bring spells of rain. Initially,
:26:50. > :26:54.this rain will be patchy and a mild night as well, temperatures no lower
:26:55. > :26:58.than six or seven degrees. Into tomorrow, we will see some
:26:59. > :27:02.improvement eventually, but a not -- not a good start to the day with the
:27:03. > :27:06.rain becoming more persistent. Probably clearing the East Coast
:27:07. > :27:12.made to late morning and drier weather as you can see starts to
:27:13. > :27:17.move into the West. Hopefully some bright intervals with temperatures
:27:18. > :27:24.of 13 or 14 degrees. One or two showers scattered around. As we head
:27:25. > :27:27.into the evening, there are signs of showers starting to return from the
:27:28. > :27:31.South full. Hopefully avoiding Belfast, so it looks as though it
:27:32. > :27:37.should stay dry at Ravenhill tomorrow evening. There will be some
:27:38. > :27:42.showers coming in tomorrow evening though, lingering on into Sunday,
:27:43. > :27:45.but at least it should writing up into the afternoon. Feeling a little
:27:46. > :27:47.fresher. Have a great weekend.