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:00:00. > :00:16.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

:00:17. > :00:20.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

:00:21. > :00:21.A report finds that Maghaberry Prison is unsafe,

:00:22. > :00:34.This is the most dangerous prison I have been into Stroud my times as a

:00:35. > :00:37.The report also criticises health care at the jail and says it falls

:00:38. > :00:48.They just kept putting them out of commission up and up and up. To the

:00:49. > :00:50.point I was just sleeping 18 hours a day.

:00:51. > :00:53.The Justice Minister stands by the head of the prison service and says

:00:54. > :01:01.I will certainly not be resigning while I lead the important reform

:01:02. > :01:04.A complaint's made to the police about remarks in Parliament nine

:01:05. > :01:08.years ago by the DUP leader Peter Robinson.

:01:09. > :01:10.Thought-provoking, or just provocative - the painting that's

:01:11. > :01:26.How the rising cost of childcare is putting some families into debt.

:01:27. > :01:29.He's back from the World Cup, back for Ulster - and all a year after he

:01:30. > :01:32.suffered a mini stroke - Chris Henry on a remarkable year.

:01:33. > :01:35.And there is a bit of sunshine in the forecast for tomorrow, but not

:01:36. > :01:43.The government's chief inspector of prisons has said

:01:44. > :01:45.Northern Ireland's high security prison at Maghaberry is the most

:01:46. > :01:53.An inspection report published this morning describes the jail

:01:54. > :01:56.as unsafe, unstable and in a state of crisis.

:01:57. > :02:01.Inspectors said they had real concerns that if the issues

:02:02. > :02:04.identified were not addressed as a matter of urgency, there could be

:02:05. > :02:13.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

:02:14. > :02:19.Maghaberry Prison was built to hold Northern Ireland's most dangerous

:02:20. > :02:24.criminals. But the prison itself is now considered a dangerous place.

:02:25. > :02:28.We inspect about 40 prisons a year and I have been doing it for five

:02:29. > :02:34.years. This is the most dangerous prison I have been into throughout

:02:35. > :02:37.my time as chief inspector. There have been many reports

:02:38. > :02:42.criticising prisons here but none quite like this one.

:02:43. > :02:50.This inspection of ten won carried out in May 2015 was undoubtedly the

:02:51. > :02:53.most concerning of all the reports published to date of any local

:02:54. > :02:57.prison. A team of more than 20 inspectors

:02:58. > :03:02.spent two weeks in Maghaberry Prison in May and they assess the prison's

:03:03. > :03:07.performance against for internationally recognised criteria.

:03:08. > :03:11.In three areas, safety, respect, and activity, they described performance

:03:12. > :03:17.as poor. The lowest possible ranking. When it came to the fourth

:03:18. > :03:21.area, resettlement, they described performance as reasonably good.

:03:22. > :03:32.Ten won had become unsafe and unstable. -- Maghaberry Prison. This

:03:33. > :03:37.was in our opinion a prison in crisis.

:03:38. > :03:41.The Department of Justice says major changes and reforms have taken place

:03:42. > :03:42.at Maghaberry Prison. The gunmen's Chief Inspector of Prisons does not

:03:43. > :03:50.agree. It feels like going back in time.

:03:51. > :03:54.Dickens could write about Maghaberry Prison without batting an night.

:03:55. > :03:58.The justice minister said he only had time for a limited number of

:03:59. > :04:05.questions about the report. This was his response to a BBC does not

:04:06. > :04:09.report. The report criticised leadership of

:04:10. > :04:13.Maghaberry Prison in May this year. The director-general has a fresh and

:04:14. > :04:17.strengthened the leadership team in the prison and that is the team

:04:18. > :04:19.which is now delivering significant improvements. That is the important

:04:20. > :04:26.thing to focus on. They are not bringing in

:04:27. > :04:31.improvements? Should you resign possibly? Is that on your mind?

:04:32. > :04:35.You were told that I had time for two questions then I had to see the

:04:36. > :04:39.Secretary of State. That is the position. I will certainly not be

:04:40. > :04:42.resigning while I lead the important reform programme.

:04:43. > :04:48.These vectors are highly critical of the resume. They are held here in

:04:49. > :04:54.row house, a separate unit within the prison. They account for just 5%

:04:55. > :04:58.of the total prison population but are much greater proportion of

:04:59. > :05:02.resources. The report says giving preference to contain the resume for

:05:03. > :05:16.separate prisoners over every other area in the prison is unfair...

:05:17. > :05:24.There are harsh words about health care was in the prison. Concerns are

:05:25. > :05:27.shared by this protest who served 17 months in Maghaberry Prison. He

:05:28. > :05:30.suffered from a rare condition which means his jaw did not grow normally

:05:31. > :05:35.and says he did not receive proper treatment.

:05:36. > :05:41.I was in the cell 20 47 just to soar. Because the doctors did not

:05:42. > :05:45.seem to understand they just kept putting my medication up and up and

:05:46. > :05:49.up to the point where I was just sleeping 18 hours a day.

:05:50. > :05:54.Improvements to the prison buildings are currently taking place but

:05:55. > :05:58.bricks and mortar won't fix the problems identified in this report.

:05:59. > :06:00.The inspectors will go back in January to assess what progress has

:06:01. > :06:06.Sue McAllister is the director general of the prison service.

:06:07. > :06:13.She is with me. How do you defend your leadership after hearing about

:06:14. > :06:17.that? That damning report. I'm certainly not going to defend

:06:18. > :06:23.the performance of Maghaberry Prison in May when the inspectors visited

:06:24. > :06:27.will stop what they found was not a surprise to me and to my senior

:06:28. > :06:32.colleagues. We were addressing the deficiencies that we had identified

:06:33. > :06:35.and that is really, I think, what underpinned the very difficult

:06:36. > :06:39.relationship between local management and the senior leadership

:06:40. > :06:42.of the service. You were addressing issues but

:06:43. > :06:46.actually the report is damning of your leadership and the local

:06:47. > :06:51.leadership. In the jail it is not just about the issues that you were

:06:52. > :06:56.trying to address,... That report is not damning of my

:06:57. > :07:03.leadership. That report specifically criticises local leadership.

:07:04. > :07:07.Sorry to interrupt you but I want to explain. The benefit of our viewers.

:07:08. > :07:10.It says the report and the independent inspection has revealed

:07:11. > :07:14.significant values and local leadership, as you have said,

:07:15. > :07:19.combined with the ineffective relationship with senior management

:07:20. > :07:23.within the prison service. That has contributed to the prison becoming

:07:24. > :07:26.unsafe and unstable. Are you distancing yourself from any

:07:27. > :07:30.responsibility that? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. But

:07:31. > :07:34.the causation I have had since with Brendan Grogan confirmed that he

:07:35. > :07:39.absolutely gets that I am the right person to lead this service. Above

:07:40. > :07:43.is not the right person to lead the service I would not be here. I knew

:07:44. > :07:48.when I do this job on that it was a challenging job and everybody

:07:49. > :07:50.acknowledges that this is a very complex service. Maghaberry Prison

:07:51. > :07:53.is a very complex prison and you would not expected to reform the

:07:54. > :07:57.servers overnight. I'm here to finish the job that I started.

:07:58. > :08:03.You're been in the position since 2012 if I'm correct. Though where

:08:04. > :08:10.improvement is in a previous report but it has now deteriorated to be

:08:11. > :08:13.the worst prison in Europe. There was significant improvement at

:08:14. > :08:19.Maghaberry Prison and over a period of about 12 months there was

:08:20. > :08:23.deterioration and that was about the capability and capacity of the local

:08:24. > :08:27.leadership which we have now changed. And we're now seeing the

:08:28. > :08:32.impact of having a really capable, strong, effective, if the black

:08:33. > :08:38.experienced governor. This has all happened under your

:08:39. > :08:41.watch in the past three years. This unscheduled inspection happened in

:08:42. > :08:45.May this year. Things are not going to happen overnight but under your

:08:46. > :08:48.watch you have seen that deterioration. Why are you still in

:08:49. > :08:54.your job? I have overseen significant

:08:55. > :08:57.improvements with the service acknowledged by the Minister, by the

:08:58. > :09:01.independent oversight panel which includes the chief inspector of

:09:02. > :09:04.criminal justice, there is much work left to do and I think I am the

:09:05. > :09:09.right person to lead that would be a bishop point of no return. This is a

:09:10. > :09:12.huge, huge reform programme and you would not expected to be delivered

:09:13. > :09:17.quickly. But since 2012 only 16 of the 93

:09:18. > :09:22.recommendations made in a previous report been achieved in full. 16 out

:09:23. > :09:30.of 93! The report which is what has

:09:31. > :09:33.informed our programme had 40 strategic recommendations delivered

:09:34. > :09:40.35 of those recommendations. They've been signed up as delivered. There

:09:41. > :09:45.was still work left. In full or in part? In full.

:09:46. > :09:49.Some of the rest depend on finance being made available and some will

:09:50. > :09:55.just take more time but I believe that we are on the way to reform,

:09:56. > :09:57.that is acknowledged by many of our external stakeholders and I believe

:09:58. > :09:59.that I'm the right person to lead the service.

:10:00. > :10:02.A complaint has been made to the police about the

:10:03. > :10:05.First Minister Peter Robinson in relation to remarks he made

:10:06. > :10:09.Lawyers acting for the Belfast businessman Peter Curistan allege

:10:10. > :10:10.there are grounds for an investigation.

:10:11. > :10:19.Here's our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.

:10:20. > :10:24.Peter Curistan accompanied by his lawyer called at the police

:10:25. > :10:28.headquarters this afternoon and handed in a statement of complaint.

:10:29. > :10:33.It calls for Peter Robinson to be investigated and veg in what is

:10:34. > :10:37.termed misfeasance in public office. It all goes back to 2006 and

:10:38. > :10:43.damaging remarks made by Mr Robinson as an MP in regard to Peter

:10:44. > :10:47.Curistan's business interests as a developer.

:10:48. > :10:51.Will the Secretary of State when he's winding up in this debate

:10:52. > :10:55.ensure that the activities of the Sheraton group and its association

:10:56. > :10:58.with the IRA's dirty money are fully investigated and Willie guarantee

:10:59. > :11:03.that no further public money is challenged in their direction until,

:11:04. > :11:06.if ever, they get a clean bill of health?

:11:07. > :11:11.Peter Curistan has always rejected the claim and in the intervening

:11:12. > :11:15.years a High Court judge said he was entirely innocent of the allegation.

:11:16. > :11:20.But his lawyer says his business life never recovered.

:11:21. > :11:25.It remains very much a part of his life. And even though Mr Robinson

:11:26. > :11:28.said those words in Parliament the vast bulk of the damage to Peter

:11:29. > :11:33.Curistan card in this jurisdiction and that is why we are engaging the

:11:34. > :11:38.Chief Constable with our complaints. Peter Curistan was the developer

:11:39. > :11:43.behind the Odyssey and a top QC has now told his legal team that

:11:44. > :11:46.parliamentary privilege while covering defamation actions does not

:11:47. > :11:50.extend to an allegation of a criminal offence.

:11:51. > :11:56.Mr Robinson has been invited on a number of occasions to come out into

:11:57. > :11:59.the public arena without the protection of parliamentary

:12:00. > :12:05.privilege and repeated claims and put up or shut up in terms of

:12:06. > :12:07.evidence against Peter Curistan. In the intervening years he has never

:12:08. > :12:11.once done either of those two things.

:12:12. > :12:16.In response, the DUP issued a statement on the half of the First

:12:17. > :12:18.Minister. It said the police may have to waste their time on the

:12:19. > :12:25.complaint but Mr Robinson does not. A public warning notice has been

:12:26. > :12:28.added to an art exhibition at the Ulster Museum in Belfast following

:12:29. > :12:31.a claim that one of the paintings The painting, entitled

:12:32. > :12:33."Christian Flautists Outside St Patrick's," is by the artist Joseph

:12:34. > :12:35.McWilliams, who died recently. The DUP

:12:36. > :12:37.and TUV have demanded its removal. But, as our arts correspondent

:12:38. > :12:53.Robbie Meredith reports, It was a controversial parade and

:12:54. > :12:59.now this representation of it is also making waves. Because of these

:13:00. > :13:02.five figures. The artist has painted some of the Orangemen accompanying

:13:03. > :13:08.the band in what appeared to be Ku Klux Klan masks. The Royal Ulster

:13:09. > :13:12.Academy says artist should be free to express what they want but the

:13:13. > :13:16.museum had put a warning sign up for visitors. Many people have come to

:13:17. > :13:21.view the painting today. I think it is a tremendous painting.

:13:22. > :13:24.And it is giving me a great deal of difficulty finding the controversial

:13:25. > :13:28.part of that painting. I don't think it should come down

:13:29. > :13:31.because of feel like art is really open to interpretation and it can be

:13:32. > :13:35.provocative. I think it is a beautiful painting.

:13:36. > :13:41.The movement captured with the band moving at the bottom.

:13:42. > :13:44.But the DUP have condemned the painting. The Orange Order say they

:13:45. > :13:49.don't want it to be removed. We are not calling for this painting

:13:50. > :13:53.to be taken down four. This is not about censorship but this is about

:13:54. > :13:57.acknowledging the fact that it is offensive to our organisation and

:13:58. > :13:59.membership. We are going see the painting

:14:00. > :14:03.yourself? I will make a point of going into

:14:04. > :14:08.Cor. They did is good to see it in its own environment.

:14:09. > :14:11.This curator of a gallery that regularly holds exhibitions says the

:14:12. > :14:17.painting is doing its job. It's intended to provoke a stimulate

:14:18. > :14:23.debate and illustrate ways of seeing things. This series we have got on

:14:24. > :14:26.now, if there has been work that hasn't wouldn't have offended

:14:27. > :14:29.someone, we're doing our jobs wrong.

:14:30. > :14:33.The painting has already been sold to a private collector but it will

:14:34. > :14:36.hang here at the Ulster Museum until mid-January. The irony is that the

:14:37. > :14:40.publicity around it will undoubtedly mean that many more people will now

:14:41. > :14:44.The Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin from Sinn Fein has told

:14:45. > :14:49.a DUP Assembly member that he's a disgrace, claiming he accused her

:14:50. > :14:51.The clash happened during a fractious committee meeting

:14:52. > :14:54.at Stormont when she was accused of ignoring unionist areas for funding.

:14:55. > :14:58.Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

:14:59. > :15:06.The arts community wrote the fight against cuts right to the

:15:07. > :15:10.Minister's door this week. Caral Ni Chuilin invited them inside so she

:15:11. > :15:15.could hear their case in person. She faced an even more hostile audience

:15:16. > :15:20.today. Unionists have accused her of diverting arts funding into pet

:15:21. > :15:25.projects such as the west Belfast Festival and the Irish language.

:15:26. > :15:31.In terms of the money being shifted across, is that the case of

:15:32. > :15:36.re-prioritising? First of all, your premise is wrong.

:15:37. > :15:40.There is Tory this territory. Could I finished answering my

:15:41. > :15:46.question please could I finished answering my question, please.

:15:47. > :15:51.-- Tory austerities. I did not say there was not Tory austerities.

:15:52. > :15:55.It is a pity I couldn't put words in your mouth.

:15:56. > :16:02.A bit more respect from you. It is demeaning and grading for you

:16:03. > :16:05.to behave in that manner. She listed a series of rural areas

:16:06. > :16:11.which had also received funding. This is what followed.

:16:12. > :16:16.You didn't touch on many Unionist areas there, I noticed. Is that the

:16:17. > :16:20.Minister's priority? I think that's a complete disgrace.

:16:21. > :16:24.I think it's an absolute disgrace that you have accused me of being

:16:25. > :16:28.sectarian. As the session drew to a close the

:16:29. > :16:33.minister seemed to determine to have the last laugh.

:16:34. > :16:38.I think that is disgraceful. I am glad you agree that there is Tory

:16:39. > :16:42.austerities. I would love some of the money they're spending on

:16:43. > :16:54.trading to be in the arts. Even with one fifth of a percentage.

:16:55. > :16:58.The Minister and the committee meet again later this month.

:16:59. > :17:01.Holidaymakers from Northern Ireland are among those caught up in the

:17:02. > :17:03.uncertainty over flights out of the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh.

:17:04. > :17:05.The British and Irish aviation authorities have suspended all

:17:06. > :17:09.flights amid fears that a bomb caused a plane which had just left

:17:10. > :17:16.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has more.

:17:17. > :17:24.It was supposed to be a stress-free luxury holiday. But not any more for

:17:25. > :17:30.this Belfast couple. I came away on Friday with my fiance

:17:31. > :17:34.to spend a day at Channel chic and every thing was very relaxing. Then

:17:35. > :17:39.the news started to filter that thereupon plums are never going to

:17:40. > :17:43.be delays with the crafts. The whole resort started to panic mostly

:17:44. > :17:47.because it is mostly British people here. There are a lot of concerns

:17:48. > :17:51.and a lot of people who were not in the position to pay for more

:17:52. > :17:55.accommodation and pay for additional food costs. We hadn't told by our

:17:56. > :17:59.tour operators that we will hear from them tomorrow morning at

:18:00. > :18:03.whether or not we will get. As things stand, all flights from

:18:04. > :18:06.here to Britain and Ireland are suspended. That may change.

:18:07. > :18:11.Nonetheless, these are worrying times will. Not just the people

:18:12. > :18:15.currently in this red Sea resort, and those due to travel here for a

:18:16. > :18:19.winter break in the coming months. So what happens if you booked a

:18:20. > :18:23.flight or a holiday but are now concerned about your destination?

:18:24. > :18:27.You are advised to check out the official travel advice. From either

:18:28. > :18:31.the Foreign Office in London or the Department for foreign affairs in

:18:32. > :18:32.Dublin. So how was the local travel industry coping with all of the

:18:33. > :18:37.uncertainty? People will still travel. You just

:18:38. > :18:44.need to look at your window and look at the window the bad weather.

:18:45. > :18:49.Despite the tragedy, someone else's misfortune is someone else's game.

:18:50. > :18:55.It may look like the perfect holiday here but all are and Darren just

:18:56. > :18:55.can't wait to get home. -- or allow.

:18:56. > :18:59.BBC Newsline can reveal details of a new survey

:19:00. > :19:02.which indicates that about a quarter of parents are getting

:19:03. > :19:06.We have some of the findings of the survey which was commissioned by the

:19:07. > :19:09.charity Employers for Childcare and is due to be published next week.

:19:10. > :19:11.Of the five thousand parents interviewed,

:19:12. > :19:14.nearly sixty per cent said they were under increased financial pressure

:19:15. > :19:21.Nearly twenty five per cent said that to meet their childcare costs

:19:22. > :19:23.they were forced to rely on credit cards, overdrafts or loans

:19:24. > :19:37.Earlier Catherine Morrison visited a childcare unit in south Belfast.

:19:38. > :19:45.This is an after-school club. It is a typical after-school club. The

:19:46. > :19:49.kits come and have a snag, do their homework and play games. And it is

:19:50. > :19:54.open until 6pm in the evening. These clubs charge somewhere between three

:19:55. > :19:58.and ?4 an hour per child. So if you have more than one child, those

:19:59. > :20:02.costs can certainly start to rise. But where it is really expensive as

:20:03. > :20:07.with the younger children. This employer for childcare survey has

:20:08. > :20:10.found that a full-time place in a day nursery or crash can cost up to

:20:11. > :20:14.eight and have thousand pounds a year. Earlier we spoke to two

:20:15. > :20:20.parents about their experiences of childcare.

:20:21. > :20:28.They're both in childcare. Our youngest boy is full-time and oldest

:20:29. > :20:34.boy is a nursery school in the morning and he is in preschool in

:20:35. > :20:43.the afternoon. It is ?3000 a month during term time. When James goes to

:20:44. > :20:50.nursery we are paying more. We have considered one of us leaving

:20:51. > :20:56.our jobs because what we're out on childcare and what we earn sometimes

:20:57. > :21:01.you're wondering, is it worth while actually working?

:21:02. > :21:07.Lily is an primary seven the shares so she's just and 11. Lilly has been

:21:08. > :21:11.in butter cups since she was in Nazareth. Been years and she was

:21:12. > :21:19.four years old. It is the pounds 50 an hour, ?30 a day, which is when

:21:20. > :21:24.you think about it? Is actually very good value more although it adds

:21:25. > :21:28.up. It is challenging debate. We're very lucky that our employers

:21:29. > :21:35.supports the childcare vouchers which means that we can get tax-free

:21:36. > :21:42.an element of that and indeed national insurance contributions are

:21:43. > :21:52.encountered. That makes it much easier for us to manage. I think we

:21:53. > :21:55.would survive if we had to. If we did not have the assistance.

:21:56. > :22:00.Because, at the end of the day, I don't think we could afford for me

:22:01. > :22:03.not to work. I think it would make things very tough.

:22:04. > :22:10.Joining me now is Rachel from employers the childcare and Emma, a

:22:11. > :22:14.junior member at the office of the Deputy First Minister.

:22:15. > :22:17.This service direct survey has confirmed what a lot of working

:22:18. > :22:20.parents already know. Childcare is expensive. If bat that summer using

:22:21. > :22:25.credit cards payday loans to pay for it, that is worrying?

:22:26. > :22:30.Very concerning that are happy to admit having to rely on other means.

:22:31. > :22:32.This is the 60 we have done the survey and every year parents are

:22:33. > :22:36.struggling to meet that course. What can these are kids do to help

:22:37. > :22:39.parents? There is a childcare strategy out

:22:40. > :22:42.for consultation at the minimum that will help. What we're asking for in

:22:43. > :22:46.that strategy targeted investment in making sure that every single parent

:22:47. > :22:51.knows what they are entitled to a concert of childcare.

:22:52. > :22:54.Surely it makes sense that if parents are entitled to benefits

:22:55. > :23:03.they need to know that? Absolutely. The Government has been

:23:04. > :23:07.clear that they know this is an issue. Childcare is expensive and we

:23:08. > :23:10.want to do every thing that we can to help and support parents with the

:23:11. > :23:19.costs of that. 80 months ago got a website up and running. We would

:23:20. > :23:22.encourage parents to go on now am to see what help and support is

:23:23. > :23:24.available. Giving the constraints the

:23:25. > :23:26.department is working under, is that extra money in the budget for

:23:27. > :23:31.parents? The offices doesn't actually a

:23:32. > :23:33.policy responsibility for childcare but in the absence of another

:23:34. > :23:37.department doing that we stepped up to the mark and two on this

:23:38. > :23:41.initiative and we are redeveloping that strategy. The strategy is out

:23:42. > :23:44.for consultation and their 22 key actions within that. We also secured

:23:45. > :23:51.additional money. Of 12 marine pounds ring fenced to send the Mac

:23:52. > :23:55.set up a centre. We're entering a budget negotiation very shortly and

:23:56. > :23:57.we will be fighting to ensure that there are elements that are

:23:58. > :24:01.supported childcare strategy. Hankey for joining me. We would love

:24:02. > :24:06.to hear your thoughts on this issue and you can leave your thoughts on

:24:07. > :24:08.our Facebook page. -- thank you for joining me.

:24:09. > :24:11.Thomas Niblock is here to tell us about a special anniversary

:24:12. > :24:15.On Sunday Ulster Rugby will face The Newport-Gwent Dragons, exactly one

:24:16. > :24:18.year since this man, Chris Henry after suffering a mini-stroke while

:24:19. > :24:21.In an exclusive interview, he's given us his thoughts

:24:22. > :24:23.on a remarkable twelve months in his life.

:24:24. > :24:29.Back healthy again, and back playing rugby!

:24:30. > :24:37.One year ago away on Ireland's duty Chris Henry suffered a mini stroke

:24:38. > :24:41.that threaten to end his rugby career. Remarkably not only made it

:24:42. > :24:45.back, he ended up playing in this year's World Cup.

:24:46. > :24:49.The first couple of weeks rugby was on the back burner. There was a safe

:24:50. > :24:54.and I thought I would not come back but then I suppose as your girls

:24:55. > :24:58.changing you realise you can get a sniff of something you really want,

:24:59. > :25:02.I was in the World Cup four years ago but I was on stand-by, so for me

:25:03. > :25:06.this was not just the guts of four months, it has been the making of a

:25:07. > :25:10.few years on just a few years just alighted read part of that squad,

:25:11. > :25:14.especially such a competitive squad at the World Cup but obviously it is

:25:15. > :25:19.nice to be back on Ulster duties as well.

:25:20. > :25:22.Even a seasoned pro has to adjust from international rugby.

:25:23. > :25:26.I think it is very difficult. When you been away because the same sort

:25:27. > :25:32.of thing. This is twice the length of the six Nations so you are

:25:33. > :25:37.switching systems back into Ulster duty so it will be difficult for

:25:38. > :25:44.some people but hopefully last week I got on for 30 minutes and I try to

:25:45. > :25:47.fit in as quickly as I could. Hopefully this again well.

:25:48. > :25:51.After a remarkable year on the comeback trail at international

:25:52. > :26:03.level, it is now also's turned to benefit from Chris Henry. There are

:26:04. > :26:10.certain moments that can prove difficult to capture on film.

:26:11. > :26:19.Rory McIlroy overcame a bout of food poisoning to post a solid

:26:20. > :26:26.There are certain moments in nature that can prove difficult

:26:27. > :26:34.ranger in County Fermanagh when he grabbed a shot of this stag taking

:26:35. > :26:37.Not too many pretty pictures today in that rain -

:26:38. > :26:47.The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and dipping dear. And

:26:48. > :26:52.of course that photograph was taken before we had the change today. A

:26:53. > :26:54.weather front moving its way in. Broadband of rain quite persistent.

:26:55. > :26:59.It is now shifted away across Britain and for a time now we're

:27:00. > :27:02.back into dry conditions, rather cloudy conditions rather like the

:27:03. > :27:06.last couple of nights with the winds easing we will get some mist and

:27:07. > :27:10.some low cloud around. A bit murky places do not particularly chilly

:27:11. > :27:14.with lows of around nine or 10 degrees. Into tomorrow it is all

:27:15. > :27:17.change again. Eventually we'll see some brighter skies that we have a

:27:18. > :27:20.bit of pick up again tomorrow morning and this time the rain is

:27:21. > :27:23.likely to arrive a little bit quicker. Through the rush hour don't

:27:24. > :27:26.be surprised that is on surface water and spray on the roads and of

:27:27. > :27:30.course we have that southerly breeze picking up as well. Freestone areas

:27:31. > :27:34.the bank held on into the afternoon for a little while but in the west

:27:35. > :27:38.we will probably see some brighter skies reaching their about midday so

:27:39. > :27:41.as bad as guys will be extending eastwards through the afternoon and

:27:42. > :27:44.then we're talking sunny spells and just the order blustery scattered

:27:45. > :27:48.showers. More dry in wet weather at the stage and the temperatures will

:27:49. > :27:52.drop very decent browse the November. Nearly 16 degrees. You

:27:53. > :27:55.have to bear in mind we have a breeze as well. We go into the best

:27:56. > :28:00.part of tomorrow night mainly dry again at by the end overnight we get

:28:01. > :28:04.a sign of what is coming along on Saturday but not some showery rain

:28:05. > :28:07.around and on Saturday so it could be very wet for a time but at some

:28:08. > :28:11.heavy burst of rain and there are still doubts about it at the moment

:28:12. > :28:14.but potentially very windy for a time due with the girls particularly

:28:15. > :28:18.amused. We'll keep an eye on that. It does dry up later on Saturday and

:28:19. > :28:22.beget a little bit at the breather, with another low coming in on

:28:23. > :28:24.Sunday. More wet and windy weather in the forecast.

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