:00:00. > 3:59:59Korean ferry capsized. That's all from
:00:00. > :00:21.Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline. A reprieve for four
:00:22. > :00:26.residential care homes that were earmarked for closure. I'm live in
:00:27. > :00:29.Dublin, where within the last hour former Anglo-Irish bank boss Sean
:00:30. > :00:37.Fitzpatrick has been cleared of fraud charges. The Secretary of
:00:38. > :00:41.State calls for a fresh approach to dealing with the past. As a display
:00:42. > :00:44.of remembering quilts dedicated to people killed in the Troubles is
:00:45. > :00:54.opened, I get reaction from some victims groups to those comments.
:00:55. > :00:57.Criticism of the sentence given to a woman who stole tens of thousands of
:00:58. > :01:06.pounds from people wanting to buy holiday homes in Spain. She never
:01:07. > :01:09.sold me the apartment, she had taken my money and given me false
:01:10. > :01:16.contracts. And we may have lost the sunshine. But there's still some
:01:17. > :01:19.good dry spells in forecast. Relief for many families tonight as several
:01:20. > :01:24.residential care homes which were earmarked for closure have now been
:01:25. > :01:26.told they will remain open. The Health Minister, Edwin Poots,
:01:27. > :01:29.visited residents this afternoon in the Northern and Western Health
:01:30. > :01:42.Trust areas. Marie-Louise Connolly is with me now. What can you tell
:01:43. > :01:47.us? The health minister visited for residential care homes and into
:01:48. > :01:52.Health Trust areas, Westlands, Pinewood and Rosedale residential
:01:53. > :01:56.homes in Antrim. In each care home, he told residents that it was his
:01:57. > :02:00.wish that they should stay there for as long as they so wished and as
:02:01. > :02:04.long as was physically possible. He told staff it was his wish that they
:02:05. > :02:11.should retain their jobs. There was no relation in two of them and the
:02:12. > :02:16.research a public outcry because last year, one year ago, care homes
:02:17. > :02:22.were told there was a very strong possibility that they would close.
:02:23. > :02:27.There were protests and we also met some residents and families who
:02:28. > :02:32.said, whereas where they meant to go if they were to close? You can see
:02:33. > :02:40.on the screens, we attended factory and there we met a woman whose
:02:41. > :02:44.mother turned 100 last week and told me they are so happy and so relieved
:02:45. > :02:50.that her mother will get to stay where she wants for the rest of her
:02:51. > :02:55.life. What about the other homes? We do not know and because alteration
:02:56. > :03:00.process ended in March and my understanding is the Minister will
:03:01. > :03:05.receive this report and he will deliver the rest of the news to the
:03:06. > :03:10.other care homes in due course but the big question is, will any of
:03:11. > :03:14.these care homes take any new admissions? That is the big
:03:15. > :03:20.question. If they do not, there is no change to the policy. Thank you
:03:21. > :03:23.very much indeed. The former chairman of Anglo-Irish Bank has
:03:24. > :03:26.been found not guilty of illegally supporting the bank's share price.
:03:27. > :03:28.The verdict came late this afternoon. Our business and
:03:29. > :03:36.economics editor, John Campbell, joins us from Dublin. Sean
:03:37. > :03:42.Fitzpatrick too many people is simply the most hated man in Dublin.
:03:43. > :03:45.He ran Anglo-Irish Bank and when it went bust it cost taxpayers 30
:03:46. > :03:51.billion euros and played a major part in the events leading to the
:03:52. > :03:55.bailout and disgrace of the country. He leaves the court an innocent man
:03:56. > :03:59.and he has been fined not guilty of involvement in this illegal share
:04:00. > :04:06.support scheme, closely linked to permanent as this ban Sean Quinn. --
:04:07. > :04:12.Fermanagh is this man. In the middle of 2008, the bank had a problem,
:04:13. > :04:15.Sean Quinn had taken a complicated financial bet which meant he and a
:04:16. > :04:20.flight controls 25% of the bank shares. His bed had gone
:04:21. > :04:25.horrendously wrong and he was sitting on huge and growing losses.
:04:26. > :04:28.There was the prospect of his shares being dumped in the market which
:04:29. > :04:34.would cause the share price to collapse. When the chairman, Sean
:04:35. > :04:39.Fitzpatrick, was told about the bed, he was horrified. The bank was big
:04:40. > :04:46.response was to get customers to buy the Quinn shares. A process managed
:04:47. > :04:49.by the Executive's Pat William. The bank lent the investors the money to
:04:50. > :04:54.buy the shares and did so on very favourable terms. Loans were also
:04:55. > :04:59.provided to members of the Quinn family to take up some of those
:05:00. > :05:02.shares. The deal had the desired effect and Anglo-Irish Bank
:05:03. > :05:06.staggered on for a few more months. The prosecution said the arrangement
:05:07. > :05:09.was a breach of company law. It prevents the firm lending to a
:05:10. > :05:13.customer with the intention of affecting the share price. The judge
:05:14. > :05:17.told the jury they could only deliver a guilty verdict if they
:05:18. > :05:25.were sure the loans had not been made in the ordinary course of the
:05:26. > :05:27.business. Mr Fitzpatrick's barrister argued his client's knowledge and
:05:28. > :05:33.understanding of the scheme was limited. Mr Fitzpatrick left the
:05:34. > :05:38.court tonight a very relieved man and he thanked his family and the
:05:39. > :05:44.Jerry and we heard a little more of what he had to say. I would simply
:05:45. > :05:52.ask that courtesy extended to me and my family during this trial by the
:05:53. > :05:59.media will be maintained. And the privacy of my family, which has been
:06:00. > :06:09.intruded on in the last six years, will cease. There are still two
:06:10. > :06:14.defendants in this case? You saw those earlier men, Pat William and
:06:15. > :06:17.William McAteer, they are also on trial facing a total of 16 charges
:06:18. > :06:21.and the judge said he would take a majority verdict from the jury and
:06:22. > :06:25.they have been considering their verdict for almost four days. They
:06:26. > :06:30.will return in the morning to consider the verdicts in terms of
:06:31. > :06:37.these two men tomorrow morning. Thank you. Is there too much focus
:06:38. > :06:40.on killings carried out by the state in the past and not enough on those
:06:41. > :06:43.committed by paramilitaries? The Secretary of State thinks so but her
:06:44. > :06:46.views have started a major political debate. Unionists have reacted
:06:47. > :06:56.favourably but nationalists have accused her of interfering. Here's
:06:57. > :07:03.our political correspondent, Gareth Gordon Northern Ireland's past
:07:04. > :07:07.continues to infect the present. Policing and justice are making it
:07:08. > :07:10.harder for politicians to agree so the Secretary of State says it is
:07:11. > :07:15.time for a new approach. More focus on the role of paramilitaries and
:07:16. > :07:18.less on that of state forces. It was meant to provide some reassurance
:07:19. > :07:24.for those who are anxious about the process, potentially being
:07:25. > :07:28.one-sided. To say that actually, this is a real opportunity to create
:07:29. > :07:35.a process which is subjective, Alan stands transparent and accountable
:07:36. > :07:39.and which is historically accurate. She outlined ideas for an audience
:07:40. > :07:43.which included for church leaders but news had got out and waiting for
:07:44. > :07:54.her some people whose relatives were among ten shot dead by soldiers in
:07:55. > :08:00.West Belfast in 1971. Why should she single anybody out? It has to go
:08:01. > :08:05.across the board. Her view find favour with unionists. What you do
:08:06. > :08:09.is you make all innocent victims become and at the moment, those
:08:10. > :08:14.victims of paramilitary groups feel they are ignored and forgotten
:08:15. > :08:17.whereas other cases are brought to the fore, millions of pounds spent
:08:18. > :08:21.on investigating the police and the army, so let us have the same
:08:22. > :08:26.Spotlight but onto the vast majority of cases where paramilitaries were
:08:27. > :08:31.involved on both sides of the committee. The balance is wrong. We
:08:32. > :08:36.look to the state and what the state aid rather than to the causes of the
:08:37. > :08:40.conflict and the real cause is that some people decided they wanted to
:08:41. > :08:43.undermine and destroy the state through terrorism, bombs and
:08:44. > :08:49.bullets. Among nationalists there is great concern. I find it
:08:50. > :08:53.extraordinary that she would interfere in such a way as to say,
:08:54. > :08:56.do not look at the past in an objective way, victims and survivors
:08:57. > :09:02.as individuals, but she isn't struck from her point of view that they
:09:03. > :09:06.must have bigger emphasis on what she would call paramilitary
:09:07. > :09:09.killings. The distance between both opinions will be difficult to
:09:10. > :09:15.bridge. For Theresa Villiers or anybody else. The Secretary of State
:09:16. > :09:17.says this is her attempt to move politics in Northern Ireland onwards
:09:18. > :09:21.but what represents progress from one side, in this case unionists, is
:09:22. > :09:31.seen as a step backwards by nationalists. An event organised by
:09:32. > :09:39.victims groups has taken place at Belfast City Hall and Donna Trainer
:09:40. > :09:41.is there. This is the opening evening of Remembering Quilt is,
:09:42. > :09:45.full of square is dedicated to people killed during the Troubles.
:09:46. > :09:51.Victims of paramilitary violence and state violence. I will speak to
:09:52. > :09:54.victims groups for their reaction to the Secretary of State's comments
:09:55. > :09:57.but first, the Commissioner for victims and survivors, Kathryn
:09:58. > :10:05.Stone, who announced she was stepping down from her post. She had
:10:06. > :10:08.intended to stay for four years and she is stepping down after 18
:10:09. > :10:15.months, moving to another post in England. She spoke to BBC Newsline.
:10:16. > :10:18.There is a lot of work to do, there is a lot of things that can continue
:10:19. > :10:22.to be done by the commission, supported by the victim 's Forum and
:10:23. > :10:28.is a work programme in place and that will continue. With the new
:10:29. > :10:34.Commissioner. This has been a very challenging role but very important
:10:35. > :10:40.and a role but I feel uniquely privileged to have played a very
:10:41. > :10:47.small part in. Kathryn Stone. Mark Thomson, what is your reaction to
:10:48. > :10:53.the legacy she leaves behind? I think she did a lot around services,
:10:54. > :10:58.there is a lot of evidence for that. She sided with groups and the
:10:59. > :11:04.victims and she did good work. That said, I wish you well. As any
:11:05. > :11:07.Commissioner, given with the definitions of the past, the
:11:08. > :11:11.contentious and of the governments and the parties cannot sort that, we
:11:12. > :11:16.cannot expect a handful of victims to do that. I wish you well, she has
:11:17. > :11:22.done good work and we need to move on. Do you think that role for
:11:23. > :11:28.victims and survivors is tenable? I do not know, history suggests not.
:11:29. > :11:33.Given me hard for commissioners and then Kathryn Stone and I think she
:11:34. > :11:41.was the right appointment at that time but if you ask about her
:11:42. > :11:46.legacy, she did not finish. I do not know why she felt the need to
:11:47. > :11:52.resign. I wish well. I still think there is a role for a champion for
:11:53. > :11:58.victims and survivors. It is finding the right person. That is the big
:11:59. > :12:02.question. What about the Commons today by the Secretary of State for
:12:03. > :12:07.more proportionate approach to the wrongdoings of paramilitaries and
:12:08. > :12:12.less on what the state did? I think there has to be balanced, at the end
:12:13. > :12:16.of the day, wherever wrongdoings were committed, whether paramilitary
:12:17. > :12:20.or the British state, or the Irish state, these things need to be
:12:21. > :12:22.looked at and investigated and I think there needs to be a process
:12:23. > :12:26.and one of the things we really suffer from here is that there has
:12:27. > :12:30.been no real joined up thinking in terms of this and we had two major
:12:31. > :12:34.consultations and nothing has happened and it is time to get back
:12:35. > :12:37.around the table and work out how we can go forward because the most
:12:38. > :12:44.important thing is we have a society which is peaceful and just and fair
:12:45. > :12:47.and we can take that forward together and I think that means that
:12:48. > :12:53.everybody and those affected by the conflict must other cases look at.
:12:54. > :12:56.There is a perception among victims that the focus is too much on state
:12:57. > :13:02.violence and there are thousands of people who need their concerns
:13:03. > :13:06.addressed? Of course. But Theresa Villiers, that statement is at odds
:13:07. > :13:09.with the reality in communities, loyalists and republicans are being
:13:10. > :13:13.pursued and arrested and taken to holding centres whilst state
:13:14. > :13:17.forces, British soldiers and people in the civil service, who made
:13:18. > :13:23.policies such as collusion, and cover that up, they are not being
:13:24. > :13:27.investigated so those comments do not reflect reality and I think it
:13:28. > :13:31.is highly political and I think there are obligations that the state
:13:32. > :13:35.has in terms of addressing killings they have been involved in and they
:13:36. > :13:39.have not done that and we have lived with impunity and they have still
:13:40. > :13:43.not been addressed. But we need to find a process for everyone equally
:13:44. > :13:47.and across the board and the Haass talks or the framework for that.
:13:48. > :13:53.Thank you very much for your comments. Victims groups can share
:13:54. > :14:00.opinions and they can differ. Consensus really is as far away as
:14:01. > :14:03.ever on a process for victims. A high-profile republican accused of
:14:04. > :14:06.murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb was being sought by police for
:14:07. > :14:09.five years, the High Court heard today. Prosecutors claim that Seamus
:14:10. > :14:13.Daly had been living under the radar close to the border before being
:14:14. > :14:16.arrested last week in Newry. Julian Fowler reports. Seamus Daly faces 29
:14:17. > :14:20.counts of murder and other charges connected to the Omagh bomb and an
:14:21. > :14:27.attempted bomb attack in Lisburn in 1998. Today he sought bail from the
:14:28. > :14:32.High Court. He has denied any involvement. He was named as a
:14:33. > :14:35.suspect in a BBC Panorama programme. Today, a judge was told that a
:14:36. > :14:40.former business associate, Denis O'Connor, is a pivotal prosecution
:14:41. > :14:44.witness. He says he spoke to Seamus Daly on a mobile phone believed to
:14:45. > :14:48.have been used by the bomb team that travelled to Omagh. Cell-site
:14:49. > :14:53.analysis also allegedly links him to the earlier bomb plot in Lisburn. A
:14:54. > :14:57.prosecution lawyer confirmed that the information was not new but that
:14:58. > :15:02.police had been trying to find Daly for five years. A defence lawyer
:15:03. > :15:05.said Seamus Daly had been living a normal family life in Jonesborough
:15:06. > :15:10.in South Armagh for nearly three years. He said there was no new
:15:11. > :15:12.evidence and that over the last 14 years this had undoubtedly been
:15:13. > :15:15.analysed and conclusions reached previously that it was insufficient
:15:16. > :15:21.to bring a prosecution, and nothing has changed from that. The judge
:15:22. > :15:25.pointed to Daly's decision not to appear at any stage of the civil
:15:26. > :15:28.case which found him and three others liable for Omagh bomb.
:15:29. > :15:42.Refusing bail, he said the prosecution had established a
:15:43. > :15:47.reasonable suspicion. A group of people from here who were swindled
:15:48. > :15:50.out of thousands of pounds in a Spanish property fraud say they're
:15:51. > :15:52.unhappy about the sentence given to the woman who took their money.
:15:53. > :15:55.Bernadette McGeary from Carntall Road in Dungannon was given a
:15:56. > :15:58.two-year suspended sentence last week after admitting eight counts of
:15:59. > :16:01.theft. Kevin Magee reports. These men's dreams of buying holiday homes
:16:02. > :16:04.in the sun have been shattered. Donaghmore businessman Chris Faloon
:16:05. > :16:11.handed over ?48,000 as a part payment for a property he thought
:16:12. > :16:17.he'd bought in Spain. But when he came to inspect it he couldn't
:16:18. > :16:21.believe his eyes. I got into the building and went to the left, up to
:16:22. > :16:27.where my penthouse was supposed to be, I'd knocked the door and
:16:28. > :16:34.outcomes as Spaniard. I said, what is happening? And he looked at me, I
:16:35. > :16:41.said, do you live your? He said yes. Do you own this? Yes, I boarded 12
:16:42. > :16:44.months ago. -- bought it. He was one of eight people who Bernadette
:16:45. > :16:47.McGeary from Dungannon admitted stealing from at a court hearing
:16:48. > :16:51.last week into a property scam she ran on the Costa Blanca. Another who
:16:52. > :17:00.alleges he lost money says he asked him to go to Spain to meet her when
:17:01. > :17:03.he raised concerns. The two flights were organised by Bernadette McGeary
:17:04. > :17:07.to speak to people to get the money back and that led to add her not
:17:08. > :17:11.turning up in Spain and at one stage I was left for hours on the street
:17:12. > :17:15.waiting for her to appear and she never did. The money Bernadette
:17:16. > :17:20.McGeary took as never been recovered. According to the
:17:21. > :17:23.authorities here, it disappeared in the Spanish property crash. And no
:17:24. > :17:28.one who lost money will get a penny back. Sentencing her, the judge said
:17:29. > :17:32.she had a clear record and there was no evidence that McGeary - seen here
:17:33. > :17:35.in Spain - had gained a lavish lifestyle from the fraud. But today,
:17:36. > :17:43.one of the victims criticised the two-year suspended sentence. I have
:17:44. > :17:49.mixed emotions. At one moment you are angry, the next you feel
:17:50. > :17:55.cheated. By the court service. Someone steals ?200,000. And they
:17:56. > :18:00.get a slap on the wrist? It does not make sense. If I went into a bag and
:18:01. > :18:05.store that money, what would happen to me? Or Tesco's? And still from
:18:06. > :18:10.the shelves? What would happen to me? I would go to jail. Those
:18:11. > :18:13.affected by the scam say they want to warn others thinking of buying
:18:14. > :18:20.property abroad to use only a reputable, well- established
:18:21. > :18:24.company. The local economy continues on the road to recovery, according
:18:25. > :18:27.to new figures, which also record another fall in unemployment. The
:18:28. > :18:30.improving business climate is being felt at one of Northern Ireland's
:18:31. > :18:32.best-known companies, Ulster Carpets, which is investing ?30
:18:33. > :18:38.million in its operation in Portadown. Here's our business
:18:39. > :18:42.correspondent, Julian O'Neill. Carpets made here travel all over
:18:43. > :18:48.the world. From casinos in Las Vegas to hotels in Paris. The business is
:18:49. > :18:53.about to invest ?30 million rebuilding its entire factory.
:18:54. > :18:57.Ulster Carpets hope it will be a springboard to further growth of the
:18:58. > :19:09.kind which has already led to new jobs. This will grab primarily is to
:19:10. > :19:13.protect. It is taking a very long-term look at where we need to
:19:14. > :19:17.be and that is securing the jobs we already have. In the last year, we
:19:18. > :19:24.have added around 40 jobs on the back of very strong export market.
:19:25. > :19:28.This family business employs 250 people and has seen good times and
:19:29. > :19:30.bad. So, too, has the broader economy. But today did bring some
:19:31. > :19:35.encouraging data. Local unemployment dropped by 700 last month. The total
:19:36. > :19:41.number claiming jobless benefit is now 57000. Our unemployment rate of
:19:42. > :19:53.7.7%, though, remains above the UK average. Other statistics showed a
:19:54. > :19:58.recent rise in economic activity. The overall Northern Ireland Economy
:19:59. > :20:01.Editor 2013 on the up, with a third successive quarter of growth.
:20:02. > :20:06.Generally, the economy is back to read was in 2010, which are still
:20:07. > :20:13.below the peak in 2007. But it's a move in the right direction. And
:20:14. > :20:18.Ulster Carpets see positive signs. The home market in retail, even
:20:19. > :20:23.though it is much smaller than it was, we have seen in the last six
:20:24. > :20:26.months of very strong pick-up and we have been increasing production in
:20:27. > :20:32.that area. For the first time in six years, people have got used to such
:20:33. > :20:34.tough times and we never thought we would see the light of the last six
:20:35. > :20:37.months have seen a marked improvement. This is a 75-year-old
:20:38. > :20:40.business about to modernise. The knock-down and rebuild will be
:20:41. > :20:54.gradual - a bit like Northern Ireland's recovery. Benfield
:20:55. > :20:59.football club has warned supporters that all variations of the Billy
:21:00. > :21:02.boys songs are deemed unacceptable. It said if a song is aired at
:21:03. > :21:09.matches in the future it would lead to severe unit of sanctions. --
:21:10. > :21:12.Billy Boys. Last year's spring blizzard didn't only cause problems
:21:13. > :21:16.for farmers in the Glens of Antrim, it wiped out access to a key tourist
:21:17. > :21:20.attraction in Glenariff Forest Park - the waterfall walk. It's been
:21:21. > :21:23.closed for over a year but now after ?100,000 of work it's once again
:21:24. > :21:26.open to the public and there are plans to further enhance visitor
:21:27. > :21:34.facilities in the area. Here's David Maxwell. Tonnes of snow wreaked
:21:35. > :21:38.havoc on the landscape last year. After the blizzard, the priority was
:21:39. > :21:43.to help people and livestock. But once the thaw setting, this
:21:44. > :21:47.committee realised access to its major tourist asset had been
:21:48. > :21:51.destroyed. The waterfall walk is what many came here for. But torn
:21:52. > :21:57.apart by heavy snow, it had to be closed. One of the trees beside here
:21:58. > :22:01.had punched a hole through the decking and unfortunately it was not
:22:02. > :22:04.a case of replacing the wooden boards, underneath it had
:22:05. > :22:08.destabilised the foundations and you can see that in several places where
:22:09. > :22:15.the concrete foundations were completely pushed away. They had to
:22:16. > :22:19.be rebuilt. These waterfall is or in a landscape which is inspired tales
:22:20. > :22:27.of fairies and ghosts. But restoring public public access has taken time
:22:28. > :22:32.and cost ?100,000. The difficulty is walking up the path, you cannot get
:22:33. > :22:37.at it from anywhere, and you have to carry everything. Then we are also
:22:38. > :22:41.in the river, we are dealing with the current, and we had a very wet
:22:42. > :22:46.winter. That played havoc with the work. They work on site to three
:22:47. > :22:51.months but the walkway has been closed for one year. During that
:22:52. > :22:55.time, many pathways which were once hazardous have been replaced. The
:22:56. > :23:01.work as part of an investment programme to improve the tourist
:23:02. > :23:04.offering in the Glens of Antrim. It is repaired and that is great but we
:23:05. > :23:13.are looking forward to further developments here, with the new
:23:14. > :23:22.visitor centre and exhibition rooms and a caravan park. A one-stop shop.
:23:23. > :23:26.The ?750,000 that has been set aside for the development of that caravan
:23:27. > :23:29.and camping site means it should be complete by next summer and a new
:23:30. > :23:39.visitor experience should be opened within the next five years. Looking
:23:40. > :23:42.lovely. The High Cross in Downpatrick stood outside the
:23:43. > :23:45.cathedral for over a century until December, when it was removed for
:23:46. > :23:49.preservation. Today, a replica took its place, just in time for Easter.
:23:50. > :23:53.Louise Cullen reports. It's not easy lifting a tonne weight into place.
:23:54. > :23:56.And it's important to know which way it should face. The scenes on the
:23:57. > :23:59.stone tell the story of Christianity, culminating in the
:24:00. > :24:05.crucifixion and resurrection, seen at the top of the cross. A lot of
:24:06. > :24:12.work has gone into making this stone look 1000 years old. It is a
:24:13. > :24:17.scripture cross and it has very special symbols on it. Stories from
:24:18. > :24:22.the presentation in the temple right through to the crucifixion and
:24:23. > :24:27.Testament scenes from Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, through to the last
:24:28. > :24:30.judgement. It tells the entire story of biblical history, really. The
:24:31. > :24:34.original cross has been ravaged by the elements in its 1100-year life.
:24:35. > :24:40.This replica is made from the same stone but the carving methods are a
:24:41. > :24:43.little bit different. Tenth century stonemasons would have painstakingly
:24:44. > :24:46.carved the biblical images by hand and although it's an exact copy,
:24:47. > :24:58.this cross wasn't touched by a human being. We had to scan this and the
:24:59. > :25:06.computer was able to reconstruct the drawing and it was able to create it
:25:07. > :25:09.through computerised abilities. It was a time cross, it was lower down
:25:10. > :25:14.the street and was outside the cathedral for over 100 years. A
:25:15. > :25:18.resident came up as are putting it back up and said it was great to see
:25:19. > :25:21.the cross back. People are very proud to have a piece of history on
:25:22. > :25:24.their doorstep. Safely packed away in Down County Museum, the original
:25:25. > :25:27.will be the centre of a new exhibition telling the story of
:25:28. > :25:30.Downpatrick's Christian roots. The hope is, like its predecessor, this
:25:31. > :25:37.stone will stand for another 1000 years.
:25:38. > :25:48.Sunshine in Downpatrick. Let's get the weather forecast. Some eastern
:25:49. > :25:51.areas did get whiteness but generally, the cloud has been piling
:25:52. > :25:58.in. Still very picturesque with those daffodils. Every look the
:25:59. > :26:01.satellite, cloud has been edging into the north and west with showers
:26:02. > :26:05.were western Scotland trailing in parts of Northern Ireland through
:26:06. > :26:11.today and there is a risk of more of those this evening, initially moving
:26:12. > :26:14.into the North and West and pushing eastwards but fragmenting as they do
:26:15. > :26:18.so. They will eventually move away so by the end of the night it is
:26:19. > :26:22.largely dry and mild flows between six and eight degrees. We are left
:26:23. > :26:26.with a legacy of cloud for a good part of tomorrow, still some showers
:26:27. > :26:30.on the scene but perhaps not many first thing. They will drift into
:26:31. > :26:34.the north and west and as a day progresses, a few of those will come
:26:35. > :26:40.further inland. Light as well scattered, and staying mainly dry
:26:41. > :26:45.but we have quite indivisible north-westerly breeze tomorrow so
:26:46. > :26:49.even in those dry slots it will feel chilly temperatures are around 11 or
:26:50. > :26:54.12 degrees. Tomorrow evening, things look cheery, it will be cold but it
:26:55. > :26:57.will be brighter to end the day as a cloud clears away to the south and
:26:58. > :27:01.we are left with clear spells through tomorrow night and that
:27:02. > :27:07.means it is going to be very cold one, temperatures getting close to
:27:08. > :27:10.freezing so quite a bit of grass frost around and there is a risk of
:27:11. > :27:16.some mist and fog patches. Cold start for Good Friday but a fine
:27:17. > :27:20.day, dry with sunshine and particularly for eastern areas
:27:21. > :27:24.because we have high pressure and it looks like it will hold well into
:27:25. > :27:29.the weekend. England and Wales, low-pressure moving in to bring wet,
:27:30. > :27:34.uncertainties about the position at this point but it looks like we will
:27:35. > :27:38.avoid the worst of that and it will stay largely fine and dry. Good
:27:39. > :27:42.news. Our late summary is at 10:25pm. You can keep in contact
:27:43. > :27:45.with us via Facebook and Twitter. From BBC Newsline - goodnight.