:00:00. > :00:23.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:24. > :00:27.A party leader and his former minister seemed to be at odds, so is
:00:28. > :00:31.there underlying pressure shear? As the Executive struggles to
:00:32. > :00:33.balance its shear? budget, Government departments face losing
:00:34. > :00:35.millions from their budgets. Baby Sophie Maguire died
:00:36. > :00:37.after surgery at Great Ormond Every night, I see her, dying in my
:00:38. > :00:48.arms. A charity set up in memory
:00:49. > :00:52.of footballer George Best is to be I will have all the latest news from
:00:53. > :00:58.the Ryder Cup. And after a fresher day, it's about
:00:59. > :01:02.to get a bit milder again, but also The First Minister Peter Robinson
:01:03. > :01:13.had to issue a statement today denying he plans
:01:14. > :01:16.to stand down at any stage The denial was prompted
:01:17. > :01:22.by an extraordinary interview on The former Health Minister Edwin
:01:23. > :01:26.Poots had claimed it was public knowledge Mr Robinson intended to
:01:27. > :01:30.step down in less than a year. Since then, Mr Poots has explained
:01:31. > :01:33.he misunderstood a newspaper Here's our political
:01:34. > :01:41.correspondent Gareth Gordon. We must now move onto questions to
:01:42. > :01:44.the Minister of health. that was Edwin Poots,
:01:45. > :01:47.who conducted his final Assembly Question Time before
:01:48. > :01:58.learning he was to be replaced. There was no bitterness, from people
:01:59. > :01:59.who were standing down. They recognised the need for us to
:02:00. > :02:01.continue to turn things around. Mr Robinson was also asked
:02:02. > :02:10.about his own future. How can I tell how long I'm going to
:02:11. > :02:12.live? I am taking here taking three full meals a day, happy at the job I
:02:13. > :02:13.am doing. But when Edwin Poots went
:02:14. > :02:15.on radio this morning, he said his leader would be gone
:02:16. > :02:24.before the Assembly election. It wasn't really the intention for
:02:25. > :02:32.him to stay on for that period of time, that is public knowledge. That
:02:33. > :02:35.was in a interview he carried out, and he referred to it as months.
:02:36. > :02:37.Months tends to be less than a year. It appears Mr Poots may have got
:02:38. > :02:40.his interviews mixed up. He later clarified his position -
:02:41. > :02:42.too late for Mr Robinson, who issued a statement saying he had
:02:43. > :02:48.no plans to stand down before the Assembly election, and when he
:02:49. > :02:51.did decide to go, it would be he He added he would continue to lead
:02:52. > :03:08.as long as the party He has given no intention that he
:03:09. > :03:11.will go anywhere for some time, and he will certainly not have
:03:12. > :03:15.appreciated a senior party member suggesting otherwise so publicly. It
:03:16. > :03:16.is not the way the party likes to do business.
:03:17. > :03:18.Public shows of unity are much more its thing.
:03:19. > :03:20.The DUP won't want any more days like today.
:03:21. > :03:29.?200 million of public sector cuts will have to be made over the next
:03:30. > :03:32.six months, as the Executive struggles to balance its budget.
:03:33. > :03:35.The cuts could lead to a significant number of redundancies
:03:36. > :03:38.The spending pressures have emerged during
:03:39. > :03:45.Health spending is likely to be protected, which means all other
:03:46. > :03:48.departments will have to cut 6% from their budgets.
:03:49. > :03:53.Here's our economics and business editor John Campbell.
:03:54. > :03:56.Over the last four years, our public services have had to
:03:57. > :04:02.The amount of money they've getting has been flat in real terms.
:04:03. > :04:07.But now we're reaching a crunch point.
:04:08. > :04:10.There's an almost limitless demand for health services, placing
:04:11. > :04:19.The failure to do a deal on welfare also means the Treasury
:04:20. > :04:24.Those welfare fines will amount to ?87m this year.
:04:25. > :04:27.But paying for health and other so-called inescapable
:04:28. > :04:33.That means all departments, except health, will have to cut
:04:34. > :04:53.One minister says it will affect his part in it. We already told them
:04:54. > :04:57.that this would have it impact on recruitment, and impact on how we
:04:58. > :05:06.deal with legacy cases, how long prisoners will be locked up for, how
:05:07. > :05:08.many officers we will have supervising the community, these are
:05:09. > :05:10.all serious issues which will impact our public safety.
:05:11. > :05:13.We could be seeing more scenes like this - civil servants facing
:05:14. > :05:23.Cutting jobs is one of the options for making big savings.
:05:24. > :05:31.We need to see our Government here at the Assembly standing up and away
:05:32. > :05:38.the people of Scotland have stood up. The people of Scotland will have
:05:39. > :05:41.more powers devolved to them. We already have many powers devolved to
:05:42. > :05:43.us, but Scotland will fight for more money and able get it.
:05:44. > :05:46.The Executive is due to discuss all this tomorrow.
:05:47. > :05:50.But even if they reach agreement, it?s not the end of the process.
:05:51. > :05:52.They'll shortly need to agree a comprehensive budget for 2015-16.
:05:53. > :05:59.And the context for those discussions will be even tougher.
:06:00. > :06:05.Feat public finances in the UK are even getting worse. We hear about
:06:06. > :06:07.the economic work operate, but it means there will have to be more
:06:08. > :06:09.public expenditure cuts. So the focus shifts to
:06:10. > :06:11.tomorrow's Executive meeting. Time is of the essence -
:06:12. > :06:15.because if a budget can't be agreed, it calls into question
:06:16. > :06:18.the future of devolution. The Labour leader Ed Miliband has
:06:19. > :06:26.urged the Stormont parties to press ahead with welfare reform
:06:27. > :06:28.and avoid penalties from London. In an interview with our political
:06:29. > :06:31.reporter Stephen Walker, Mr Miliband also said he wants to keep the
:06:32. > :06:35.Barnett formula - that's the system that sets the amount of money
:06:36. > :06:38.allocated to public services in Scotland, Wales and
:06:39. > :06:49.of course here in Northern Ireland. We said we will keep the Barnett
:06:50. > :06:54.formula. We think that although people have their complaints about
:06:55. > :06:59.the formula, it is the least worst there is. There does need to be a
:07:00. > :07:03.lock on going and whether we can have fairness in funding across all
:07:04. > :07:07.parts of the United Kingdom, but I think the Barnett formula is the
:07:08. > :07:14.right thing for the future. And if you are Prime Minister today, would
:07:15. > :07:24.you gives permit taxpayer and delete back -- gave taxpaying powers to
:07:25. > :07:30.Stormont? I know how they feel about this, because we have talked to them
:07:31. > :07:32.about it. My anxiety is, the reasons why we didn't want Scotland to be
:07:33. > :07:38.independent was because we didn't want this to happen. People have
:07:39. > :07:43.called it a game changer. I have heard that and it is something we
:07:44. > :07:49.will keep looking at. If you are Prime Minister, with the reforms
:07:50. > :07:55.that the Tories have pushed through, would you stand by them? We went get
:07:56. > :07:58.rid of them. We got rid of the bedroom tax. We know the
:07:59. > :08:04.conversations in Northern Ireland. We changed things for disabilities,
:08:05. > :08:10.as we know there are hardships for people who are facing life with
:08:11. > :08:13.disabilities. We would change welfare, and we would do it by
:08:14. > :08:15.listening to the people of Northern Ireland and that is what is not
:08:16. > :08:26.happening under this Government. We're joined now by our
:08:27. > :08:34.correspondents. There is not a lot optimism today and it didn't even
:08:35. > :08:39.seem that the DUP was agreeing. Yes, there seems to be some
:08:40. > :08:44.arguments. We had a rare public spat within the DUP. It made it into a
:08:45. > :08:50.bit of a misunderstanding in the background, because Mr Peretz
:08:51. > :09:08.thought that it had been reported something that hadn't been, Edward
:09:09. > :09:13.Prince -- Mr Poots. They have said that they have seen
:09:14. > :09:16.the Secretary of State today? Yes, they were meeting about the
:09:17. > :09:21.forthcoming interparty negotiations. They clearly want. And as soon as
:09:22. > :09:28.party delete back possible -- as soon as possible. As far as the
:09:29. > :09:35.inquiry is concerned, neither nationalist party likes the idea and
:09:36. > :09:43.Sinn Fein rev is that it said it was unacceptable. I am absolutely
:09:44. > :09:49.opposed to this. We should deal with it as we have done up to now.
:09:50. > :09:54.Dialogue for the coming year, we said it time and time again, we are
:09:55. > :10:01.up for dialogue that is our position. We have set up publicly
:10:02. > :10:06.and we have said it again today. And our politicians are facing more and
:10:07. > :10:12.more choices. Our public redundancies looking likely? I think
:10:13. > :10:17.they are. Sermon has been trying to protect jobs as much as they can,
:10:18. > :10:19.but now the question is can they continue to do that given the
:10:20. > :10:23.magnitude of the cuts which are required? The number of people
:10:24. > :10:28.employed in the public service have gone down over the last couple of
:10:29. > :10:32.years, it is down by about 4%. That is down to people not being replaced
:10:33. > :10:36.when they leave, but if we look at the number of people working in the
:10:37. > :10:40.public sector, it is followed by more than 10%. And Ed Miliband has
:10:41. > :10:45.not given us much hope about welfare reform today. We need to look at the
:10:46. > :10:50.broader context about where the economy is. They are making cuts in
:10:51. > :10:58.West Minster because they are trying to lower the deficit. They say they
:10:59. > :11:04.want to completely remove the deficit by the end of the next
:11:05. > :11:08.election. The Labour Party have said the same thing. They want to close
:11:09. > :11:11.the deficit, too. Their spending plans aren't we to be significantly
:11:12. > :11:20.different. Under Labour, there won't be any more money. Explain the
:11:21. > :11:24.meeting tomorrow? The finance minister will brief the other
:11:25. > :11:28.finance ministers on the seriousness of the situation, but there is no
:11:29. > :11:34.sign of any common approach between the DUP and Alliance on the one hand
:11:35. > :11:35.you want to get on with the cuts and Sinn Fein who want to get on with
:11:36. > :11:38.talks with London. The Chief Coroner
:11:39. > :11:40.in England has ordered an investigation into the death
:11:41. > :11:43.of a baby from Londonderry at Great Baby Sophie Maguire died
:11:44. > :11:47.after surgery in the world renowned The family have welcomed
:11:48. > :11:53.the fresh inquiry, after it emerged no post mortem
:11:54. > :11:56.examination was ever carried out. Here's our northwest reporter,
:11:57. > :12:00.Keiron Tourish. Baby Sophie Maguire lived for only
:12:01. > :12:03.15 day, but even in that short time Before her birth in Altnagelvin,
:12:04. > :12:10.it was discovered she had blood flow problems in her brain and she
:12:11. > :12:13.was later transferred to Great After undergoing brain surgery, she
:12:14. > :12:21.later developed a number of clots. Tragically, she deteriorated
:12:22. > :12:24.and her family say they took the heartbreaking decision to switch
:12:25. > :12:38.off the life-support machine That is all I see every night when I
:12:39. > :12:45.close my eyes, I see my baby dying in my arms. I know there is a lot of
:12:46. > :12:50.happy things that happy with us there, but for some reason, that
:12:51. > :12:51.awful image just sticks in our heads and it probably will stick in my
:12:52. > :12:53.head for the rest of my life. The family say there was never any
:12:54. > :12:56.post mortem examination to establish the cause of death and a call
:12:57. > :12:59.from a member of staff in Great Ormond Street hospital prompted
:13:00. > :13:07.more questions than answers. After I received a phone call from
:13:08. > :13:12.one of the members of staff, they said they reopened her case, I
:13:13. > :13:16.simply said, why did you feel the need to open the case? And she said,
:13:17. > :13:23.because she should never have died. We need answers. We need closure. We
:13:24. > :13:27.can't keep going and having people saying, you lost the baby, how did
:13:28. > :13:31.she die? And we say, we don't know. What kind of answer is that? How can
:13:32. > :13:32.we grieve properly if we don't know how her baby die?
:13:33. > :13:55.A spokesperson for Great Ormond Street said:
:13:56. > :14:02.The per se 's cause of her death, that is what this is about, because
:14:03. > :14:08.to date on what we don't know how or why she died. -- the precise cause.
:14:09. > :14:11.So far, the answers have not been satisfactory.
:14:12. > :14:12.Sophie Maguire's family have welcomed the investigation
:14:13. > :14:16.They believe that only a detailed public inquiry in the
:14:17. > :14:18.form of an inquest will establish what happened to their daughter.
:14:19. > :14:24.Some of today's other news now and a 24-year-old man has been
:14:25. > :14:26.arrested following a stabbing in west Belfast.
:14:27. > :14:29.The attack on a man in his sixties happened as he was
:14:30. > :14:32.delivering building mortar to a street just off the Springfield
:14:33. > :14:38.He is being treated in hospital for his injuries, where he is said to be
:14:39. > :14:42.Police officers with video cameras are patrolling the streets
:14:43. > :14:44.of south Belfast after two more cars were burnt out
:14:45. > :14:52.The vehicles were set on fire in Delhi Street off the Ormeau Road.
:14:53. > :14:55.Both belonged to families who have lived in the street for a number
:14:56. > :15:00.One of the cars was brand new and had only 20 miles on the clock.
:15:01. > :15:03.It brings to eight the number of cars set alight in the wider
:15:04. > :15:08.The police have appealed for information about the attacks.
:15:09. > :15:11.They also said they've stepped up their presence in the Holylands
:15:12. > :15:16.since students returned to university.
:15:17. > :15:21.In the last two weeks, there have been 27 incidents involving
:15:22. > :15:24.students, including two 18-year-olds arrested on suspicion of burglary.
:15:25. > :15:32.Officers have made 40 referrals to universities over student behaviour.
:15:33. > :15:34.A senior paediatric cardiologist in Dublin has told
:15:35. > :15:37.the BBC that it makes sense for there to be one centre in Ireland
:15:38. > :15:43.Yesterday it emerged that an international review team has
:15:44. > :15:51.recommended that surgery in Belfast be moved south of the border.
:15:52. > :15:54.In an interview with our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly,
:15:55. > :15:57.Dr Paul Oslizlok said it could take up to two years for
:15:58. > :16:13.We need to make sure there are enough beds available, I gas, or
:16:14. > :16:17.doctors and nurses, and all of the professionals need to be in place to
:16:18. > :16:22.provide an excellent service and that would take at least a year or
:16:23. > :16:27.perhaps longer. What would happen in the meantime if a child in an
:16:28. > :16:31.emergency situation comes to Northern Ireland, what would you
:16:32. > :16:37.propose would happen in that interim period? Again, remembering that we
:16:38. > :16:42.don't have the capacity to deal with all the patients, but we can provide
:16:43. > :16:47.limited emergency services to infants and children who can't be
:16:48. > :16:50.transported to the other hospital at the moment, that is what we have
:16:51. > :16:55.agreed with our colleagues in Belfast. That is what is happening
:16:56. > :17:01.now. But 96 children did travel all over the past year to England. We
:17:02. > :17:03.were told last year that there was this working relationship between
:17:04. > :17:10.yourselves and your counterparts in the north. That didn't really
:17:11. > :17:14.happen. Why not? To provide a safe and professional service, we have to
:17:15. > :17:19.restrict the numbers. This is a process that is yet to be decided
:17:20. > :17:23.on. Once it is, we will begin to put all our ducks in a row. We would be
:17:24. > :17:28.perfectly confident that we could have the infrastructure in place to
:17:29. > :17:30.provide an excellent service for infants and children, not just in
:17:31. > :17:35.Northern Ireland but throughout the country. Could there be a scenario
:17:36. > :17:43.where there are two separate waiting lists, one for Northern Ireland and
:17:44. > :17:47.one for the Republic of Ireland? No, there wouldn't be a separate waiting
:17:48. > :17:51.list. It is decided on medical grounds. Our hope is that there will
:17:52. > :17:56.be sufficient facilities put in place so there will be no waiting
:17:57. > :18:03.list, regardless of where you come from. What would your advice be to
:18:04. > :18:09.ministers about how quickly they should prioritise this? I think they
:18:10. > :18:15.need to, we all need to, but in particular, they need to look at the
:18:16. > :18:20.reviews, the outcome of the review, and act on it. How quickly? I think
:18:21. > :18:26.it needs to be done straight away, as quickly as possible. Even if they
:18:27. > :18:30.can go ahead with that, we need to get the services in place, and that
:18:31. > :18:38.could take a year or 18 months. The longer they delay the decision, the
:18:39. > :18:45.longer it will be. Cocaine with an estimated street value of several
:18:46. > :18:49.million was found off the coast. Two men have been detained who were on
:18:50. > :18:53.the yacht. It is believed to be one of the biggest drug seizures at sea
:18:54. > :18:58.in Europe this year. The folk musician Francis McPeake,
:18:59. > :19:00.who's on trial accused of sexual activity with
:19:01. > :19:02.a 15-year-old girl in 2009, has told the jury how a trip to Bangor
:19:03. > :19:06.with the girl was a big mistake. The 72-year-old, who denies all the
:19:07. > :19:09.charges, has been giving evidence for a second day a Belfast Crown
:19:10. > :19:12.Court, as Helen Jones reports. The court heard
:19:13. > :19:14.about a confrontation Mr McPeake, seen here with his wife,
:19:15. > :19:17.had had with the alleged victim's She said she had heard
:19:18. > :19:22.a rumour that the accused was seen He was told not to have any
:19:23. > :19:27.more contact with the girl. The court was told four months
:19:28. > :19:30.after Mr McPeake had been left in no doubt that there was to be no
:19:31. > :19:33.more contact, he brought the then 15-year-old
:19:34. > :19:37.and one of her friends to Bangor. You went back on your word,
:19:38. > :19:39.the prosecution told him. Did you try to walk away,
:19:40. > :19:42.get off side? She led me to believe she'd got
:19:43. > :19:53.everything sorted out, he said. The prosecution put it to him
:19:54. > :19:57.that he didn?t have to take her. It was a big mistake on my behalf,
:19:58. > :20:01.he replied. They met up again in 2012 outside
:20:02. > :20:05.a Belfast city centre bar. He said they had
:20:06. > :20:08.a pleasant conversation. The prosecution said she'd been
:20:09. > :20:12.upset and had told him It's claimed he told her she
:20:13. > :20:17.had wrecked his life because he That's a lie, a total lie,
:20:18. > :20:33.he told the jury. The court heard that she threatened
:20:34. > :20:40.to go to his wife. Would you not have walked away? He was asked. She
:20:41. > :20:42.was contemplating suicide. She had become fixated with you. I have done
:20:43. > :20:44.nothing wrong, he replied. The prosecution and defence will
:20:45. > :20:48.start summing up tomorrow morning. Helen Jones, BBC Newsline,
:20:49. > :20:50.Belfast Crown Court. Work is underway to flatten
:20:51. > :20:53.a site on the Shankill Road in Belfast which was once home to
:20:54. > :20:55.hundreds of people. But it's now emerged that there are
:20:56. > :20:59.no plans to redevelop the area. Some new replacement homes have been
:21:00. > :21:02.built, but it's not known what will replace the remaining houses
:21:03. > :21:17.as Kevin Sharkey reports. Long after the people left their
:21:18. > :21:21.homes, the houses are coming down. A number of years have passed us in
:21:22. > :21:27.this community was broken up. Hundreds of neighbours moved. In
:21:28. > :21:31.recent years, no families here, no homes, just vacant and boarded up
:21:32. > :21:43.houses. Up and down the streets, emptiness and neglect. Few signs of
:21:44. > :21:48.people living here. No homes here to pass to the next generation. It was
:21:49. > :21:51.a wonderful community and is sad to see it go and they couldn't get
:21:52. > :22:01.these houses out quick enough six years there there, I found my sister
:22:02. > :22:06.there six years ago last January, dead. It was the stress of having to
:22:07. > :22:11.move. They couldn't get them out of the house quick enough. And they are
:22:12. > :22:14.there. As these houses come apart brick by brick, the attention turns
:22:15. > :22:21.to future generations around here, what lies on the other side of this
:22:22. > :22:26.dereliction. For years, these houses have been homes to hundreds of
:22:27. > :22:32.families around here, part of the wider Shankill Road community. Well,
:22:33. > :22:40.what will take their place now? At the moment, there is no plan. The
:22:41. > :22:46.housing executive says that this area were are ready to mullet. The
:22:47. > :22:54.housing initiative says there are no development plans as of yet. --
:22:55. > :22:58.demolished. This is causing anger. We have been waiting years for these
:22:59. > :23:01.houses to come down. Were happy to see them come down now, but we're
:23:02. > :23:07.going to be left with derelict houses. It has been reduced to
:23:08. > :23:14.rubble. It is a reminder of the people who used to live here.
:23:15. > :23:17.A charity set up in memory of football legend George Best is to
:23:18. > :23:21.Last year, most of its board of directors
:23:22. > :23:24.Our business correspondent Julian O'Neill has the story.
:23:25. > :23:26.A foundation was set up in the footballer's memory
:23:27. > :23:33.It was the idea of his sister, who was helped by her husband.
:23:34. > :23:36.Now, after eight years, the charity is to fold and paperwork
:23:37. > :23:42.confirming the decision has just been filed at Companies House.
:23:43. > :23:58.In a statement, his sister Barbara McNarry said:
:23:59. > :24:00.There have been questions about the charity's future ever
:24:01. > :24:05.since the resignations of four of its six directors last year.
:24:06. > :24:08.It came at a time when the running of
:24:09. > :24:12.the organisation was being reviewed by a firm of chartered accountants.
:24:13. > :24:14.In the statement, the Foundation said during its eight
:24:15. > :24:21.years, it had given away ?280,000 to good causes in sport and health.
:24:22. > :24:25.It made no reference to what might happen to existing funds which,
:24:26. > :24:29.according to the last accounts it filed for 2012,
:24:30. > :24:38.But discussions are believed to have taken place with another local
:24:39. > :24:42.charity about the possibility of taking money as a donation.
:24:43. > :24:52.Context is everything and as the countdown to the Ryder Cup
:24:53. > :24:55.continues the Americans have taken a good natured swipe at European team
:24:56. > :24:58.work, poking fun in particular at Rory Mcilroy and Graeme McDowell.
:24:59. > :25:07.From Gleneagles, Stephen Watson reports.
:25:08. > :25:15.today, the gloves came off here at the Ryder Cup. One player said the
:25:16. > :25:26.European team's spirit may be dampened because of the case between
:25:27. > :25:37.worry McElroy. -- Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. We play well
:25:38. > :25:42.together. One other player was speaking more positively today. He
:25:43. > :25:51.said he would like to play in next year Ireland's open. I'm try to work
:25:52. > :25:56.that part of my schedule. It is my favourite course in the world. It is
:25:57. > :25:59.due to the 2007 cup. It is a special place that I would love to go back
:26:00. > :26:06.and have a chance to play there next year. Rory McIlroy and another
:26:07. > :26:12.player were thrilled when Alex Ferguson came last night. He gave a
:26:13. > :26:20.motivational speech. But he was not the only surprise sportsman to show
:26:21. > :26:23.up. A trio of Ulster rugby players arrive to especially see the world
:26:24. > :26:30.number one. They were still buzzing after last night's chat with Alex
:26:31. > :26:35.Ferguson. It was amazing. Just talking about the players and how he
:26:36. > :26:41.managed them. It was like to have them come over and watch. It was
:26:42. > :26:46.good to see them out there. He's been out a few games to support us
:26:47. > :26:48.so it is nice to see him here. Obviously, with Graeme McDowell
:26:49. > :26:55.being involved as well, maybe they can bring home the writer cup. --
:26:56. > :27:05.Ryder Cup. And there was one more visitor. It is so busy. We started
:27:06. > :27:09.off at four in the morning. The retired rugby cup captain. Rory was
:27:10. > :27:16.delighted to hear he would consider coming back to coach Ulster in the
:27:17. > :27:21.future. I've been trying to get involved in rugby and I would never
:27:22. > :27:25.say never, but at this stage in my life, I am where I want to be. --
:27:26. > :27:32.they have been trying to get me involved. My four years at Ulster
:27:33. > :27:36.was the best time of my rugby career. If I ever get back involved
:27:37. > :27:42.in rugby again, it is possibly the first place I will look to. Another
:27:43. > :27:50.rugby championship is not involved here, but he has received a bid to
:27:51. > :27:59.become the next Ryder Cup championship. -- another golf
:28:00. > :28:03.champion. I don't think there is any better candidate from the European
:28:04. > :28:08.side. He is loved. He would be just as well received in the US is
:28:09. > :28:12.probably the US captain will be, so it can only become an advantage for
:28:13. > :28:18.the working team if Darren was to lead us out in the states. You can
:28:19. > :28:21.see our three major champions tonight.
:28:22. > :28:32.The sun was shining, can we expect that to continue?
:28:33. > :28:39.It will change, unfortunately. We have seen some mild air, but it will
:28:40. > :28:47.go. It was a pleasant day for many of us, some cloud coming and going,
:28:48. > :28:53.but some sunny spells. This was the seams here earlier today,
:28:54. > :28:58.beautiful. We will see some rainy spells, they will be towards the
:28:59. > :29:06.west. As it will continue to do so through the course of the night, it
:29:07. > :29:09.will bring in murky conditions. Spells of rain and drizzle, most of
:29:10. > :29:14.us will get parts of that, but mostly in the west and north. That
:29:15. > :29:20.breeze swings around from the Southwest picks up a little bit. The
:29:21. > :29:24.temperatures will hold up, hopefully staying in double figures. As we
:29:25. > :29:28.head into tomorrow, we are looking at a cloudier day, a breezier day,
:29:29. > :29:34.and it looks as though it will be a bit of a dismal start first thing.
:29:35. > :29:39.And lots of low cloud, some rain and drizzle to move through. It won't
:29:40. > :29:43.die away completely everywhere. If you are in the West, there will be a
:29:44. > :29:48.risk that you will get patches of rain and drizzle throughout the day.
:29:49. > :29:53.The breeze may carry some along the north coast, as well. In the East,
:29:54. > :29:57.the breeze will bring one or two spots, but it will remain drier. The
:29:58. > :30:03.temperatures will remain good tomorrow. Above average, 17 to 18
:30:04. > :30:11.Celsius. We may even see 19 or 20. Into tomorrow evening, still breezy
:30:12. > :30:14.mamma mainly dried. I never weather front will move through. Another
:30:15. > :30:23.band of rainbow push through, keeping things mild. -- and other
:30:24. > :30:27.band of rain. At or cloud on Saturday, a few showers on Sunday.
:30:28. > :30:33.A reminder of our top story. The First Minister has issued a
:30:34. > :30:37.statement denying that he is standing down. His former Health
:30:38. > :30:40.Minister claimed this morning that it was public knowledge that he
:30:41. > :30:50.would be gone before the next Assembly elections. Since then, Mr
:30:51. > :30:50.-- Mr Poots has said he was mistaken.
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:30:55. > :31:05.Our three golfing superstars together
:31:06. > :31:11.I've got a very special relationship with these two guys.
:31:12. > :31:15.It goes beyond just the success that we've had.