:00:10. > :00:14.New information has led to fresh efforts to find the body of one
:00:15. > :00:19.A specialist forensic team is preparing to examine part
:00:20. > :00:23.of a bog in County Meath for the remains of Brendan Megraw.
:00:24. > :00:26.It'll be the fourth attempt in 14 years.
:00:27. > :00:35.Brendan Megraw was 23 and a newlywed when he was abducted near his home
:00:36. > :00:44.His wife was pregnant with their first child.
:00:45. > :00:50.Finally in 1999, the IRA admitted the murder and named an area
:00:51. > :00:55.in County Meath where they claimed to have buried Brendan.
:00:56. > :00:58.Since then, three separate searches have taken
:00:59. > :01:10.place there, the first one lasting more than one month.
:01:11. > :01:18.In nothing was found. There was another search in 2010. A game
:01:19. > :01:23.ending in disappointment. It has left the family wary.
:01:24. > :01:26.You don't want to get ahead of yourself, hopeful that it will
:01:27. > :01:28.get worked out but we have had three diggs before and especially
:01:29. > :01:32.the first one which lasted a long time, maybe four or five weeks.
:01:33. > :01:44.The Independent Commission for the location of victims'
:01:45. > :01:47.remains says the information they had received involves an area
:01:48. > :01:51.It is a terrible time for the families and even more
:01:52. > :01:53.disturbing when we undertake these searches and draw a blank.
:01:54. > :01:56.I don't want to raise hopes unnecessarily but we would
:01:57. > :02:00.like to think that what we have is significant and that it will lead to
:02:01. > :02:07.a successful outcome on this occasion.
:02:08. > :02:10.Forensic archaeologists are due to begin a survey of the land within
:02:11. > :02:17.If they find anything beneath the surface, only then will a dig begin.
:02:18. > :02:20.A 25-year-old man has been stabbed in the stomach in north Belfast.
:02:21. > :02:24.It happened near the top of the Oldpark Road at about a 5:15
:02:25. > :02:29.The victim was able to walk into a local business after the attack,
:02:30. > :02:33.He was taken to hospital but his injuries aren't believed to
:02:34. > :02:37.It comes after a series of violent incidents in the area
:02:38. > :02:54.This is 58 time of tension. There have been a number of attacks. This
:02:55. > :02:55.early to say whether this incident is related to previous incidents.
:02:56. > :03:16.But it is of concern. Men are going to be in court
:03:17. > :03:18.tomorrow accused of using a far wrong. A man was shot in the leg on
:03:19. > :03:22.Friday. Forensic scientists say drug users
:03:23. > :03:25.here are dying horrific deaths as a result of new substances
:03:26. > :03:27.on the market. 20 people have died
:03:28. > :03:30.in the last year from drugs known Many more have died
:03:31. > :03:33.from a cocktail of other chemicals. Tara Mills has been to the forensics
:03:34. > :03:40.laboratory in Carrickfergus. State-of-the-art equipment detecting
:03:41. > :03:43.drugs which have killed more than 100 people here in the last year. 20
:03:44. > :03:46.of those are connected to drugs known as speckled cherries which
:03:47. > :03:57.contained the compound 44 D Mark, A substance which has killed people
:03:58. > :04:06.here and in Hungary. It is this lady is job to record
:04:07. > :04:11.what substances are detected in the report carried out after a death. So
:04:12. > :04:14.call your highs have presented the biggest challenges. We don't know
:04:15. > :04:17.what is in these compounds and that is what people have to remember.
:04:18. > :04:20.They may have taken one before and they might think they will get the
:04:21. > :04:23.desired effect but if you take it again, it might not be the same. The
:04:24. > :04:26.packaging, the components are not consistent. Therefore they are not
:04:27. > :04:35.safe. You will see on the ingredients, the ingredients means
:04:36. > :04:36.nothing. energy drink? Some will say, not fit
:04:37. > :04:59.for human consumption. All this is Convulsions can be caused by these
:05:00. > :05:02.drugs. We have had horrific effects from people taking these drugs
:05:03. > :05:08.because they are psychotropic effects. We need to be strict. We
:05:09. > :05:12.have a drink-driving campaign with a stark realities, may then east to be
:05:13. > :05:21.that sort of attack in terms of public perception of drugs. The
:05:22. > :05:24.police have made an arrest. The PS and I say workers continuing to
:05:25. > :05:31.identify people. Part of a main road in east Belfast
:05:32. > :05:34.will be closed all weekend after a large cavity was found
:05:35. > :05:36.underneath it.A section of Castlereagh Street
:05:37. > :05:38.between the Albertbridge Road and the Beersbridge Road had to be
:05:39. > :05:41.closed after it began to sink. It follows the discovery
:05:42. > :05:43.of a similar problem The Roads Service said it hoped
:05:44. > :05:47.the road would be re-opened Van Morrison tonight performed at
:05:48. > :05:53.what must have been one of his most unusual venues - his former school,
:05:54. > :05:55.Orangefield High, in east Belfast. The school closed this year and
:05:56. > :05:59.tonight's audience of just 450 was Van Morrison returned to
:06:00. > :06:14.the corridors of his youth, but this time it was for lyrics
:06:15. > :06:20.and not lessons. Van taught me the flute is I first
:06:21. > :06:40.performance for pupils and teachers. Van taught me the flute is I first
:06:41. > :06:45.joined the fluid. He is me to the saxophone. It is
:06:46. > :06:50.joined the fluid. He is me to the him, I have seen him a couple of
:06:51. > :07:01.times. It will be great to see him here in such a small audience. And
:07:02. > :07:05.you you will not be rowdy? No, I have got my scarf.
:07:06. > :07:08.But he wasn't the only musical icon to get his education here,
:07:09. > :07:15.with one of the founding members of Thin Lizzy delighted to be back.
:07:16. > :07:19.It is so nostalgic. I have not been years since the day I left many
:07:20. > :07:25.moons ago. in east Belfast as part
:07:26. > :07:37.of the Eastside Arts Festival. It is a unique event. He is coming
:07:38. > :07:40.back to his old school, a big moment that will never happen again.
:07:41. > :07:43.It is one of the last times this assembly hall
:07:44. > :07:45.will be filled with pupils and Van made sure everyone was
:07:46. > :07:52.Ulster's rugby players lost their first game of
:07:53. > :08:00.lost 22-21 to English side Exeter at the Kingspan stadium.
:08:01. > :08:04.Ulster touched down for two first half tries by Rory Scholes
:08:05. > :08:09.But the visitors scored two late second-half tries to win
:08:10. > :08:13.Ulster's next game is away to Leinster next weekend
:08:14. > :08:25.Time now for a look at the weekend weather.
:08:26. > :08:31.A little more cloudy overnight tonight which will hold the
:08:32. > :08:37.temperatures at around seven or 8 degrees. Not quite as surely as last
:08:38. > :08:42.night. A few showers going through the night. It sets up for not a bad
:08:43. > :08:47.day tomorrow. Sunshine and showers and a little on the call side but it
:08:48. > :08:54.will be a pretty usable start to the bank holiday weekend. The odd shower
:08:55. > :09:01.here and there. But more sunshine and showers. That story is repeated
:09:02. > :09:05.right across the UK and Ireland. Some quite decent temperatures
:09:06. > :09:11.across the south-east. The further north and east you go, the cooler it
:09:12. > :09:16.gets. That breeze continue past the north-east corner of Scotland. For
:09:17. > :09:23.us, we are protected in Little by this system on Saturday but the
:09:24. > :09:28.change comes as the front approaches through the day on Sunday. Saturday
:09:29. > :09:33.starts bright but cool. A cloudy day on Sunday before the rain arrives in
:09:34. > :09:38.the late afternoon. By Monday, it could be quite wet and windy.
:09:39. > :09:43.Saturday is definitely the pick of the bank holiday weekend days. Just
:09:44. > :09:50.the odd shower here and there. Temperatures in little on the chilly
:09:51. > :09:53.side. Then rain arriving in the afternoon on Sunday. When the front
:09:54. > :09:57.comes through on Monday, the chance of widespread rain.