10/05/2014 BBC Newsline

Hello there, and welcome to the programme.

A 60-year-old man has died after falling from a cliff near

Ballycastle in north Antrim. The victim, who's understood to be a

visitor to the area, fell into the sea off Kenbane Head shortly after

11am this morning. He was rescued by the Red Bay lifeboat and airlifted

to Coleraine Hospital, but died later.

A severely disabled woman and three other people have escaped injury

after two pipe bomb attacks in Ballymoney overnight. The woman was

left badly shaken. Our reporter Rick Faragher has been to the scene.

The 59-year-old woman is severely disabled and was asleep in a

downstairs bedroom at the house here when the device went off. It

shattered the front window and left her covered in glass. She suffers

from Down's syndrome and requires full-time care from her 63-year-old

sister who was also in the house. Neither she nor her 28-year-old son

went to appear on camera but said they were left terrified and badly

shaken by the attack. A short time later, another pipe bomb exploded at

a nearby property causing damage to the house and a parked car. A man

who was in the house was not hurt. Residents were evacuated while bomb

disposal experts examined the scene. On a day when Antrim has been

occupied by some of the greatest cyclist, the Giro d'Italia was not

affected by the security operations. Police said they are investigating a

link between the two incident and urged anyone with in the nation to

come forward. -- anyone with information.

Thousands of people have turned out for day two of the Giro d'Italia, a

135-mile cycle from Belfast to the Causeway Coast and back. It finished

at the City Hall late this afternoon. BBC Newsline's Mark

Simpson has been following the peloton

Simpson has been following the If you cannot beat them, join them.

On the beach, the horses tried to catch the bikes. The riders could

hardly believe their eyes. But there was only going to be one winner. Day

two of the Giro d'Italia had a bit of everything. For the riders, a

test of endurance, more than 130 miles, most of it in awful

conditions. The chance to show the world the Causeway Coast line at its

best was lost, but the bad weather did not seem to faze the riders or

spectators. It is Northern Ireland weather, isn't it! What can you

expect? Thank God for the ponchos. Everybody is very

expect? Thank God for the ponchos. think it has spoiled it at all. You

have been waiting more than four hours? I will not be able to stand

up! I am cold and wet but I would not miss it for the world. It was

very wet. It has rained not miss it for the world. It was

Bushmills all morning but it stopped just in time for the riders coming

through. Nonetheless, as you can see, the roads are still very

through. Nonetheless, as you can so the riders are being told to slow

down. The leading group took no chances. They saw the warning signs

and took it easy. It gave them more time to see the village and hear it.

The pink is fantastic! Why is your husband wearing a pink wig? If he

takes it off, you will see why. Are you ready? Not a lot there! In

Carrickfergus a bright almost missed her wedding because of the Giro

d'Italia but the police escort saved the day. It made it like a royal

event or something like that! The main event was won by a German rider

event or something like that! The in a sprint finish. He comes to

event or something like that! The fore, the big man! Non-bigger at the

moment and he proves that! What a sprint that was. They all delivered.

We love this race, so do the Irish Bostock thank you, thank you Marcel.

Tomorrow, they have to do it all again at this time from Armagh to

Dublin. Amazing. You saw a lot of wet

weather there, let's see what the forecast is like for the cyclists

tomorrow. It has been a mixed bag of weather

forced Day two of the Giro d'Italia, some heavy showers as

well. We will find those start to ease away a tad as we go through the

course of the evening. But with a north-westerly breeze throughout the

night, it will bring further showers, but not quite as happy as

they have been today and probably moving a little bit more quickly.

Into tomorrow, again looking at bright spells and scattered

showers, probably not too many of them during the morning, just a few

trickling through. As they start stage three of the Giro d'Italia,

they are likely to encounter a few showers on which to Dublin, but by

the time they get to Dublin the showers starting to ease away again.

A mixture of bright spells and showers for the Republic of

Ireland, Wales, across to England. With light winds, some of the

showers could be prolonged and slow-moving, also mixed with hail

and thunder, but a way from the showers some drier spells, too. For

Northern Ireland, sunshine and showers for the afternoon, maybe the

odd heavy one but not as many as today and generally speaking they

will be lighter and should start to ease away later in the day. Feeling

a little bit fresh on the north coast, but the odd short breeze,

Wednesday looks like bringing a band of more persistent rain.

That's it for now. BBC Newsline will be back tomorrow evening at 6.50pm.

Thanks for watching, good night.