:00:00. > :00:15.great news for the closing ceremony. That is it from
:00:16. > :00:19.A budget deal is finally done after weeks of deadlock at Stormont.
:00:20. > :00:29.We ask the Finance Minister how he now plans to implement the cuts.
:00:30. > :00:33.A mother admits to abandoning her three children at with no food.
:00:34. > :00:36.Calls for Mexico to be banned from the Milk Cup after this brawl
:00:37. > :00:45.Northern Ireland's record-breaking boxing team gets ready to go for
:00:46. > :00:48.gold. Join me from Glasgow. And today's thunderstorms will
:00:49. > :00:50.continue to die away tonight but it's time to look ahead to
:00:51. > :00:52.the weekend. A budget crisis at Stormont has
:00:53. > :01:02.been averted - for now, at least. Departments,
:01:03. > :01:04.except Health and Education, the DUP wanted to use any budget
:01:05. > :01:14.surplus to pay for penalties we face because of the failure to bring
:01:15. > :01:18.in changes to benefits payments. Our political correspondent
:01:19. > :01:27.Gareth Gordon reports. Weeks
:01:28. > :01:36.counterclaim and slow negotiation. Now a kind of deal has been done.
:01:37. > :01:43.Bar the rubber-stamping. What was Now a kind of deal has been done.
:01:44. > :01:47.about and what was at rest? Every four months the Executive takes
:01:48. > :01:51.money back from departments that haven't spent it and gives it to
:01:52. > :01:58.others, but this time the DUP wanted to take some of that money and
:01:59. > :02:02.instead of redistributing it, use it to pay penalties imposed by
:02:03. > :02:06.Westminster because of Sinn Fein's refusal to implement welfare
:02:07. > :02:13.reforms. The amount is substantial, ?87 million, and must be paid by
:02:14. > :02:17.spring. The DUP plan to use some of the money clawed back this quarter
:02:18. > :02:23.to meet those penalties met a brick wall. Sinn Fein refused and now the
:02:24. > :02:28.parties have compromised by parking the problem until the next orderly
:02:29. > :02:33.budgets in October and January. The deal has not come a moment too soon
:02:34. > :02:36.for some of those relying on Stormont for support. At one point
:02:37. > :02:42.the failure to agree a budget was said to have jeopardised funding for
:02:43. > :02:43.the historical abuse inquiry and there were
:02:44. > :02:49.the historical abuse inquiry and transport for pensioners was at
:02:50. > :02:53.risk. The Simon -- the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton is facing a
:02:54. > :02:59.budget deficit of ?78 million. His solution is to make cuts of 2%
:03:00. > :03:07.across all departments, except health and education. Next, the main
:03:08. > :03:12.parties seem as divided as ever. Penalties were to be imposed as part
:03:13. > :03:16.of this monitoring round. They have not been and my party believes we
:03:17. > :03:21.now need to present a united front to the British government, rather
:03:22. > :03:26.than what has seen some parties who seem to have accepted the
:03:27. > :03:31.inevitability of it. John O'Dowd clearly does not understand the
:03:32. > :03:36.document says ?13 million has already been taken from our budget,
:03:37. > :03:42.so the penalties are already under way and a further ?87 million has to
:03:43. > :03:48.be taken into account in October. The deal was not supported by other
:03:49. > :03:52.parties. We believe it represents a complete failure to address serious
:03:53. > :03:56.issues confronting the Executive. What is being present that back
:03:57. > :04:01.presented as decisions being taken is merely decisions postponed, it is
:04:02. > :04:07.a failure of responsibility for the parties, a fax for DUP and Sinn Fein
:04:08. > :04:13.and we will not support such a proposal. There is a degree of
:04:14. > :04:17.unreality from Sinn Fein and the DUP and that has led to voodoo economics
:04:18. > :04:24.being practised by both, and a harm in stun to the entire executive --
:04:25. > :04:31.is done to the Executive and services, my department in
:04:32. > :04:33.particular sex to provide. There will be relieve at Stormont and in
:04:34. > :04:40.the community that this impasse has been broken, but with no overall
:04:41. > :04:41.agreement on welfare reform, it is likely the problem will re-emerge
:04:42. > :04:44.down the line. As Gareth reported, a short-term
:04:45. > :04:46.solution to the financial row at Stormont may have been found, but
:04:47. > :04:49.many difficulties still lie ahead. BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been
:04:50. > :04:54.gauging reaction to today's deal. While politicians have engaged
:04:55. > :04:57.in a budget battle at Stormont all summer, the public have been
:04:58. > :05:14.watching their every move. Have you been following negotiations
:05:15. > :05:22.over the June monitoring round? No. No, I haven't. I haven't because I
:05:23. > :05:26.have stopped listening to Stormont because it is either about the other
:05:27. > :05:32.side or the others and I just switched off now. It is sad as well.
:05:33. > :05:36.What would switch you back on again? If they would all grow up.
:05:37. > :05:41.What is again? If they would all grow up.
:05:42. > :05:47.today? Get off your backside and do something for the people and make it
:05:48. > :05:51.work. It will be a while before there is harmony at Stormont but at
:05:52. > :05:57.least politicians did find some agreement to date on the financial
:05:58. > :06:01.way forward. Let's face it, alterations arguing over money is
:06:02. > :06:06.nothing new but while this financial wrangle matters is the impact it
:06:07. > :06:11.could have, not just on the overall economy but the money in people 's
:06:12. > :06:14.pockets. Cutbacks at Stormont, reductions in services will all make
:06:15. > :06:20.a difference, but how bad will it be? The department have been told
:06:21. > :06:26.today they have to start making cuts of 2%. We will see things that can
:06:27. > :06:32.be postponed the postponed, we will see an attempt to make other schemes
:06:33. > :06:39.operate more cheaply, it will be a period of difficulty, especially for
:06:40. > :06:43.the Department of learning and the Department of Social Development,
:06:44. > :06:47.who are taking major cuts. We have until the 1st of January for the
:06:48. > :06:51.Executive to get a solution that if they do not this since -- the
:06:52. > :06:58.situation in nine months is unimaginable. While politicians try
:06:59. > :07:01.to work it out, the public can only wait for the impact to hit.
:07:02. > :07:04.The Finance Minister Simon Hamilton is with me now.
:07:05. > :07:09.Others say it's been kicked down the road until October.
:07:10. > :07:15.I have listened to comments from Sinn Fein that we haven't agreed to,
:07:16. > :07:20.which is ?87 million from the budget. The First Minister said Sinn
:07:21. > :07:26.Fein have not understood what they agreed to it they believe that. The
:07:27. > :07:32.paper agreed before by the Executive makes it clear that not only has ?13
:07:33. > :07:36.million already been lost but paragraph 66 of that document says
:07:37. > :07:41.we agreed to reduce the budget further I80 7 million if required in
:07:42. > :07:47.October. Do Westminster not just take this money before they take the
:07:48. > :07:52.grand? There are all sorts of technical ways this is done. Surely
:07:53. > :07:57.this is a straight answer, do they take it for you give it back? They
:07:58. > :08:03.reduce our ability to spend by 87 million, that was me clear in March
:08:04. > :08:08.by a letter from the Treasury to me in a letter saying he will reduce
:08:09. > :08:13.our budget by ?87 million if we did not progress on welfare reform, so
:08:14. > :08:18.it is imperative that Sinn Fein or the SDLP to show leadership or these
:08:19. > :08:21.cuts of 2% will be dwarfed by further cuts to deal with those
:08:22. > :08:27.penalties. They are still saying they have not agreed to the
:08:28. > :08:31.penalties. I do not know why at 4pm the agreed to a paper which says
:08:32. > :08:35.there will be reductions in October to deal with welfare, white they are
:08:36. > :08:40.now saying they have not agreed to that. They are playing politics,
:08:41. > :08:43.that is what has been agreed and that is what we will have to deal
:08:44. > :08:48.with. I would rather we had dealt with today but in a spirit of
:08:49. > :08:53.compromise we agreed to deal with it in October. Critics say this is an
:08:54. > :08:58.example that Stormont cannot operate normally, Sinn Fein and DUP have
:08:59. > :09:02.just protected the departments you are in charge of and everyone else
:09:03. > :09:06.has to bear the brunt of these cuts. They are key departments, there is a
:09:07. > :09:11.good case to be made for protecting health, given the pressures that
:09:12. > :09:14.Edwin Poots has outlined his department is facing, a young lad we
:09:15. > :09:21.can give him an additional ?20 million, in terms of education I
:09:22. > :09:26.have to accept I do not think there is an objective rationale for
:09:27. > :09:30.protect thing it but to get a necessary agreement and not let this
:09:31. > :09:35.drag on, it was required we protected health. I would rather we
:09:36. > :09:40.did not do that but that was what we had to do for a deal. Given that
:09:41. > :09:45.things like the historical abuse inquiry, free bus passes for the
:09:46. > :09:48.over 60s, they have been used as political footballs and yet you
:09:49. > :09:53.found the money to look good. I am glad we could, because a lot of
:09:54. > :09:58.people are trying to scare people that this would disappear, that will
:09:59. > :10:02.be funded today and funding has been given to the abuse inquiry and there
:10:03. > :10:08.are positive things within this paper. I think there is a better way
:10:09. > :10:12.to run this country, my country has been clear the coalition we have is
:10:13. > :10:16.not right for northern Ireland and we should move to a more voluntary
:10:17. > :10:20.coalition taking decisions for the people. That is an argument for
:10:21. > :10:22.another day. Thank you for joining us.
:10:23. > :10:25.A mother with an address in Belfast, who abandoned her three children
:10:26. > :10:27.at home overnight with no food, has been given
:10:28. > :10:32.The children, two girls and a boy, were all under the age of eight
:10:33. > :10:37.The woman, who can't be named to protect the identity of her
:10:38. > :10:40.children, admitted six charges of neglect and abandonment between the
:10:41. > :10:47.Today, Belfast Magistrates heard that the children had been left
:10:48. > :10:52.overnight alone in the home, which was in an "unfit state".
:10:53. > :10:55.The court was told the mother had admitted when questioned the
:10:56. > :10:59."house was a disaster" and that she had abandoned her children before.
:11:00. > :11:02.Her defence lawyer said his client had been the victim
:11:03. > :11:07.of emotional, physical and sexual abuse in her home country, Poland,
:11:08. > :11:11.and she had therefore "detached" herself from her own children.
:11:12. > :11:15.District Judge George Connors said the case was serious enough to
:11:16. > :11:18.warrant a prison sentence, but as she had no previous record,
:11:19. > :11:23.he gave her a six-month sentence suspended for three years.
:11:24. > :11:34.All three children are now in foster care.
:11:35. > :11:37.A 32-year-old woman's been charged with collecting information likely
:11:38. > :11:41.to be of use to terrorists while working for the
:11:42. > :11:45.It's alleged that Charlene Pierce from Harmin Park in Newtownabbey
:11:46. > :11:47.tried to identify people under the Witness Protection Scheme.
:11:48. > :11:52.She's been granted bail with a number of conditions imposed.
:11:53. > :11:55.The manager of Northern Ireland's under-20 football team has said
:11:56. > :11:59.Mexico shouldn't be allowed to compete at the Milk Cup again
:12:00. > :12:03.after fighting during last night's game at the Coleraine Showgrounds.
:12:04. > :12:07.Four players who were sent off, three from Mexico and one from
:12:08. > :12:10.Northern Ireland, have been banned for the rest of the tournament.
:12:11. > :12:23.It was billed as one of the big games in a week-long festival of
:12:24. > :12:27.football. But Northern Ireland's clash with Mexico descended into
:12:28. > :12:31.violence, both sides involved in a brawl that lasted several minutes.
:12:32. > :12:35.When you're in involved in youth football you don't expect that.
:12:36. > :12:39.I don't think it is in our game here in the UK, I don't think fighting
:12:40. > :12:42.back and punching on the pitch and spitting at people and kicking
:12:43. > :12:45.Ultimately our boys were involved in it too.
:12:46. > :12:48.I have no idea who started it or what happened,
:12:49. > :12:53.I think some of our players had to protect themselves against kicks and
:12:54. > :12:59.There were young kids from around the world here to watch
:13:00. > :13:11.In a statement, the organising committee described the scenes as
:13:12. > :13:14.disgraceful. The Northern Ireland manager went further.
:13:15. > :13:17.The Milk Cup committee invite companies over and trust they will
:13:18. > :13:20.behave themselves, that is all you can do, give them the trust they
:13:21. > :13:25.will behave themselves, that is out of the control of everybody.
:13:26. > :13:27.They cannot control what happened on that pitch tonight.
:13:28. > :13:30.What they can control is the countries they bring to the
:13:31. > :13:32.Milk Cup and if you continually let people down
:13:33. > :13:35.and act in that manner, you have to ask questions, should they be here?
:13:36. > :13:39.The Mexican FA quickly condemned what happened today, issuing a
:13:40. > :13:44.formal apology to the Milk Cup organising committee. The Irish
:13:45. > :13:46.Football Association, and the young player, Dale Gorman, who was kicked
:13:47. > :13:50.in the head. Medical files containing sensitive
:13:51. > :13:52.information have been found by children after a former GP surgery
:13:53. > :13:55.was demolished in South Belfast. The building,
:13:56. > :13:57.owned by the SDLP leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell, also housed information
:13:58. > :14:00.about constituents in the area. Our health correspondent
:14:01. > :14:03.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Packed with personal information,
:14:04. > :14:07.our medical files can contain sensitive and confidential material
:14:08. > :14:11.that's often only shared But following the demolition
:14:12. > :14:15.of these buildings on the Ormeau Road in South Belfast,
:14:16. > :14:18.medical files were found The buildings included
:14:19. > :14:23.a health centre and two doctor's surgeries, including that of the
:14:24. > :14:28.SDLP leader, Dr Alasdair McDonnell. According to the Irish News,
:14:29. > :14:32.information belonging to patients of Dr McDonnell's, including women
:14:33. > :14:35.who'd had miscarriages, was found Local people say they're shocked
:14:36. > :14:55.at the apparent breach He's not speaking to us today. That
:14:56. > :14:58.was his building. It's a wonder he didn't say. I cannot understand why
:14:59. > :15:01.they left it lying. In a statement, Dr McDonnell said it
:15:02. > :15:04.would appear that the building which he shared with other health
:15:05. > :15:06.trusts was not fully cleared out by Clanmil Housing Association, who
:15:07. > :15:09.are currently demolishing the site. Dr McDonnell added, this is
:15:10. > :15:12.a matter of the utmost seriousness and that he was sincerely sorry
:15:13. > :15:14.for any upset caused. In response, the association denied
:15:15. > :15:18.any documents had been found on its land and pointed to
:15:19. > :15:21.the adjoining doctor's surgery, But it seems Dr McDonnell,
:15:22. > :15:27.who is also MP for the area, used the surgery to store
:15:28. > :15:39.constituent information. That is sensitive information under
:15:40. > :15:43.the Data Protection Act and in Northern Ireland because of the
:15:44. > :15:49.situation, it is even more sensitive than normal in the rest of the UK.
:15:50. > :15:51.The Health Service is slowly moving towards digitising health records,
:15:52. > :15:55.which may in itself trigger a whole new set of problems.
:15:56. > :15:57.But however patient records are stored, making sure they're safe
:15:58. > :16:05.and remain confidential must be the priority of every medical practice.
:16:06. > :16:08.It's Happy Days in County Fermanagh for the next week or so,
:16:09. > :16:10.as Samuel Beckett, the Nobel laureate, is celebrated.
:16:11. > :16:12.As our arts correspondent Maggie Taggart reports, Yiddish,
:16:13. > :16:23.coffins and an underground concert make this a festival to remember.
:16:24. > :16:30.This may look like a sad occasion but the coffin belongs to Finnegan
:16:31. > :16:35.and they are trying to set a new world record for a live reading of
:16:36. > :16:39.immigrants wait. Samuel Beckett has been taken over by Enniskillen
:16:40. > :16:41.because he went to school here and the town is taking full advantage of
:16:42. > :16:48.that. Although Finnegan's Wake was created
:16:49. > :16:51.by another Irish great, James Joyce, Beckett is said to have written it
:16:52. > :16:53.down for him There are two versions of
:16:54. > :16:57.the Beckett masterpiece Waiting for And another in Yiddish,
:16:58. > :17:11.by a New York company. The actor Adrian Dunbar's main role
:17:12. > :17:14.is directing a play by Beckett, The audience will be transported
:17:15. > :17:24.to a mystery venue. I needed to find some work with
:17:25. > :17:29.atmosphere and I didn't find it in the town but I thought I could look
:17:30. > :17:33.just outside the town, but it is good to gather and audience and send
:17:34. > :17:39.them off on a journey and it gets them all collected together so they
:17:40. > :17:43.become attuned and as one when they sit down to watch the play.
:17:44. > :17:45.One of Fermanagh's jewels, the Marble Arch caves,
:17:46. > :17:50.have a starring role as stage for a musical work about Finnegan's Wake.
:17:51. > :17:58.So as you can see a wide variety of events and the man who now runs the
:17:59. > :18:02.festival, Sean Doran, has the risk paid off? It has paid off
:18:03. > :18:08.wonderfully in terms of the local people embracing it, but people come
:18:09. > :18:10.from Los Angeles, Tokyo and Australia, so it is a wonderful mix
:18:11. > :18:11.across 40 venues. The branding of Enniskillen
:18:12. > :18:14.as a Beckett town has been taken to heart by some businesses,
:18:15. > :18:18.complete with themed menus. Film crews shooting scenes
:18:19. > :18:22.for the new Star Wars movie left the island of Skellig Michael
:18:23. > :18:25.in County Kerry last night. This morning, tourists were allowed
:18:26. > :18:38.back to the rock, and BBC Newsline A film set no more, now the
:18:39. > :18:44.mysterious lump of rock is back to being simply ancient they smack
:18:45. > :18:52.island. The crew, helicopter, and stars or left last night -- Skellig
:18:53. > :18:55.Michael. The security has gone too, along with the
:18:56. > :18:56.Michael. The security has gone too, ship. Finally we can take a look. We
:18:57. > :19:01.are the first camera ship. Finally we can take a look. We
:19:02. > :19:06.to Skellig Michael since they each finished shooting new scenes for
:19:07. > :19:11.Star Wars episode seven. Choppy seas, let's hope it is worth it. My
:19:12. > :19:15.wife and I are on our honeymoon and it just happens to our war was
:19:16. > :19:19.wife and I are on our honeymoon and so here we are headed out to Skellig
:19:20. > :19:27.Michael to see where they shot in the last few days. We found out once
:19:28. > :19:32.we were in Ireland that we were here just as they were filming Star Wars
:19:33. > :19:35.and this is the first trip on boats since the filming, so we are
:19:36. > :19:41.excited. Here we are, the first camera crew to set foot on Skellig
:19:42. > :19:46.Michael since they filmed the scenes and that was a very bumpy ride, no
:19:47. > :19:50.wonder Mark Hamill took a helicopter to the island. The only audience the
:19:51. > :19:56.stars would have had since shooting worthy Ireland's puffin population.
:19:57. > :20:00.There were fears they would be frightened of but they seem chirpy
:20:01. > :20:08.enough. They can fly to the top but for me it was a steep climb, up and
:20:09. > :20:16.up. But it was worth it. Wow. Look at that.
:20:17. > :20:23.These weather battled walls and huddled domes are centuries old.
:20:24. > :20:30.UNESCO has asked for a report on the impact filming has had on the world
:20:31. > :20:35.heritage site. I will be writing a report and I do not think it has,
:20:36. > :20:41.but my bosses will have to make up their mind if I am right or wrong.
:20:42. > :20:46.Everyone at every level has been sworn to secrecy on what has been
:20:47. > :20:50.filmed here. There is no harm in people having it exists as a prize,
:20:51. > :20:58.what ever in this movie, I have never seen one of them so it doesn't
:20:59. > :21:06.other me one way or another. The big question no one is answering because
:21:07. > :21:10.security has been so tight, is precisely which galaxy far far away
:21:11. > :21:14.Skellig Michael is supposed to be. We will have to wait until the film
:21:15. > :21:19.is released late next year to get an answer. The world is desperate for a
:21:20. > :21:23.glimpse of Holywood glitter on this tiny rock, but films and film stars
:21:24. > :21:30.like the monks who once lived here, come and go. Solid, stern, beautiful
:21:31. > :21:36.Skellig Michael and its puffins just carry on.
:21:37. > :21:41.Let's hope Andy and his cameramen get back down safely.
:21:42. > :21:43.Now to Glasgow, and the Commonwealth Games,
:21:44. > :21:46.where Northern Ireland's performance in the boxing has been outstanding.
:21:47. > :21:55.Here's Stephen Watson. They ate at the games is a rest day for the
:21:56. > :21:59.boxers, who have now won more medals than any previous team. -- they ate.
:22:00. > :22:02.They now prepare for tomorrow's big semifinal showdowns, all trying to
:22:03. > :22:05.book a place in the final of their respective weight decision.
:22:06. > :22:06.It's an unprecedented nine medals guaranteed,
:22:07. > :22:23.In the blue corner, representing Northern Ireland's... It's been a
:22:24. > :22:28.regular occurrence in Glasgow, Northern Ireland's boxers
:22:29. > :22:36.celebrating success in the ring. There are nine guaranteed medals.
:22:37. > :22:46.But the captain believes his team isn't finished yet. You look back on
:22:47. > :22:54.the bronze and say, I got a bronze medal, unless you get a gold, it
:22:55. > :22:59.isn't worth talking about. A very young team and we are the best
:23:00. > :23:05.nation here. It isn't just the men who are excelling, there are two
:23:06. > :23:08.female fighters going for gold, and the coaches are thrilled their
:23:09. > :23:19.meticulous planning is paying off. We are all happy. We started off at
:23:20. > :23:23.a training camp in Germany, and that chemistry cup, we started here with
:23:24. > :23:27.the Russians, a test match with Koreans and Germans and the Irish
:23:28. > :23:34.team, so that was a start and it snowballed from there. And for one
:23:35. > :23:40.of the boxers, the games are a family affair. My dad coached me all
:23:41. > :23:46.my life, it is great to have him there, especially working at the
:23:47. > :23:49.moment. He has so much experience in the corner and it is you so much
:23:50. > :23:54.confidence because you want someone good behind you. And all the boxers
:23:55. > :23:57.are determined to repay that support tomorrow. A massive day for the
:23:58. > :24:01.boxers tomorrow. In lawn bowls, Team Northern Ireland
:24:02. > :24:04.started the day with three teams But Martin McHugh bowed out
:24:05. > :24:07.in quarterfinal stage of the men's singles, losing by a
:24:08. > :24:10.single point to the world champion. In the men's fours this afternoon,
:24:11. > :24:13.Neil Booth's team were unable to make it past a strong England side
:24:14. > :24:15.and were defeated 18-11 Booth now retires
:24:16. > :24:19.but comes home with the silver medal he won in the triples, which leaves
:24:20. > :24:22.the women's pairs team of Mandy They also lost to England this
:24:23. > :24:27.afternoon in a semifinal but now will play Jersey
:24:28. > :24:34.for bronze in the morning. The women's rugby world cup kicks
:24:35. > :24:40.off in Paris tomorrow and two Ulster players have been named
:24:41. > :24:43.in the starting fifteen to take on Claire Glancy caught up with
:24:44. > :24:47.the duo at one of their final fitness sessions
:24:48. > :24:59.before they left for France. In 2013, Ireland's grand slam was
:25:00. > :25:03.celebrated not just with sporting success up because it was the first
:25:04. > :25:09.time the woman's game emerged from the shadow of the men's. Oster
:25:10. > :25:14.centre Grace Davitt has seen changes since making her international debut
:25:15. > :25:20.nine years ago. I got my first cap, I had to pay for it, so now for a
:25:21. > :25:26.new girl to come along and present Ireland they are presented with a
:25:27. > :25:31.cap. This is her third World Cup, so she is well placed to advise younger
:25:32. > :25:37.squad members, including provincial team-mate Ashley Baxter. I do know
:25:38. > :25:40.what to expect. The time we were away, I never experienced that
:25:41. > :25:46.either so it is super exciting for me. In pool B there is one challenge
:25:47. > :25:52.everyone is relishing. It is brilliant to have New Zealand, we
:25:53. > :25:55.have never played them and it is a great opportunity and everyone will
:25:56. > :26:00.be champing at the bit to get out there. Ireland meet the Black ferns
:26:01. > :26:04.in their second match but first up is the USA tomorrow. And we will let
:26:05. > :26:17.you know how they get on. Time for the weather now. For those
:26:18. > :26:22.who like thunder and lightning, today was a treat. We had some tense
:26:23. > :26:26.showers this afternoon, one from Fermanagh and another from the
:26:27. > :26:30.mourns. The worst of it is a wave now but for a while there was some
:26:31. > :26:35.flash flooding across parts of County Down. One way to beat the
:26:36. > :26:38.grey is to carve colourful umbrellas and raincoats and if you saw these
:26:39. > :26:44.skies coming towards you in Warrenpoint, you would run for
:26:45. > :26:49.cover. The worst of the chapters are now moving away, one or two still in
:26:50. > :26:53.the mix tonight, clear spells and light winds, temperatures could get
:26:54. > :26:58.into single figures in rural areas. We expect showers tomorrow but they
:26:59. > :27:04.will not be as intense as today, and to begin with a lot of places will
:27:05. > :27:07.be dry, quite cloudy for a while in the south-east but brightening with
:27:08. > :27:11.sunshine and overall the east will have the best weather in the
:27:12. > :27:14.morning. Lunch time onwards, there will be scattered showers and one or
:27:15. > :27:18.two could be sharp, but the thunder risk will be much lower,
:27:19. > :27:20.two could be sharp, but the thunder do not like thunder and lightning
:27:21. > :27:27.better news tomorrow. Because the winds are light, if you get a heavy
:27:28. > :27:31.job it could take a while to move but it will not rate all the time,
:27:32. > :27:34.there will still be dry and bright weather in between although with
:27:35. > :27:37.winds in the north-west it will feel a little cooler and fresher,
:27:38. > :27:43.especially towards the north coast. Tomorrow night fairly quiet but it
:27:44. > :27:47.is time to look ahead. There is still some uncertainty but it looks
:27:48. > :27:51.like the west is best, parts of Fermanagh and Tyrone. Northern and
:27:52. > :27:57.eastern counties will have rain and strong winds. Saturday is the better
:27:58. > :28:01.of the two days but you can see rain glancing parts of the east coast,
:28:02. > :28:04.then on Sunday it will affect the north and east for a while with
:28:05. > :28:09.quite a brisk wind before it moves away. Join me for our late summary
:28:10. > :28:14.at 10:25pm. Enjoy your evening.