14/11/2015 BBC Newsline

Good evening and welcome to the programme.

Northern Ireland has been offering its thoughts, prayers and sympathies

to the people of Paris after last night's attacks in the city.

The First Minister and Deputy First Minister have described them

Meanwhile, many people with friends and relatives in Paris

spent last night trying to make sure their loved ones were safe,

Panic and terror in Paris. Close to the scene of one of the shootings,

Professor Paddy Gray from Ulster University. This car stopped and

abandoned, so I ran down this road and ended up being pulled into an

entry and we sat there for quite a while in the dark. There were police

marching up and down, all armed. Former BBC Northern Ireland that

this editor James care was in the stadium when the first of three

explosions went off. A few minutes into the game we heard a time, which

we thought at that time was just a firework or some sort of

firecracker. People started to get calls and text messages, this city

and country have been deeply shocked. In Belfast, sisters Lucy

and Juliet watched the horror unfold, suddenly feeling a long way

from home. We were panicking because we have some relatives there and my

best friends, so we kept trying to contact them and sometimes it was

difficult. One of the street is familiar to me because my mum and

dad used to live on one of those streets where the attacks were last

night and it's just terrifying. The last few hours have been nightmarish

for the French consul in Northern Ireland. I got a lot of e-mails from

people from here just passing on their condolences to France, to the

people of Paris, and obviously to all these families who lost loved

ones. Today the Irish Foreign Office confirmed it was giving assistance

to one are citizens who was injured in the attacks. There has been no

word on how serious their condition is. Tonight Al Farr City Hall,

expecting to switch on its Christmas lights, instead mourned with Paris,

dressing itself in the coloureds of the French national flag, and at St

Andrews Cathedral, a special prayer, another way to tell the people of

Paris we are here for you. May they be held in love with the unity of

the spirit and with Europe peace that passes understanding, through

Christ our Lord we pray, are men. -- amen.

Colum Eastwood is the new leader of the SDLP.

He defeated Alasdair McDonnell in a vote at the party's

There's also a new deputy leader, with Fearghal McKinney

Our political correspondent Stephen Walker is there.

In the end, the margin of victory may surprise some observers, with

Colum Eastwood securing 172 votes and Alasdair McDonnell securing 133.

In his victory speech, Colum Eastwood praised his predecessor and

said this result brings new life into the SDLP. From this moment on,

our major conversation will be with the people. Our principal

conversation will be about shaping this region, this country for the

next 30 and more years. This result went to one end Alasdair

McDonnell's four-year leadership of the SDLP but the South Belfast MP

made it clear he was not leaving politics. So I'm gone, I won't be

going very far away, but I'm gone and it's over to others to keep

going. Thank you. Colum Eastwood may have won this fight but there are

many key battles ahead. People have to make strategic decisions about

the talks process and the Assembly elections loom large.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested following a shooting at a house

The incident happened at Cranbrook Gardens just after 9pm

last night when a man in his 30s was shot in the upper body.

He's in a stable condition in hospital.

It's been a nasty old day, cold and wet. It will get a little milder

tonight but no drier. Rainfall warnings are in force and some

flooding is possible as by the end of Sunday there could be up to three

inches of rain over the West, so a nasty night to be out, lots of water

and spray around, not very nice if you are out although it will get a

little milder as the night goes on, the breeze will also pick up and we

are looking at a breezy day on Sunday but also a milder day and the

rain should not be as heavy. One or two drier moments tomorrow,

especially in the morning in eastern counties. The breeze has moved the

rain into the north of Scotland. Rainfall warnings across many parts

of Britain and Ireland but especially in North Wales, with an

amber warning which could lead to serious flooding in the Cumbria

Mountains. A risk of flooding for Northern Ireland but not everywhere,

rainfall amounts will vary and the West will see the rest of it. By the

end of the day it is drier and the wind picks up, dragging in colder

air across Northern Ireland so a chilly day on Monday but a little

bit drier. More rain for Tuesday and Wednesday.

BBC Newsline will be back tomorrow at 6:10pm.

Until then, take care on the roads. Goodbye.

'As we head for the weekend, Angie, what have you got for us?'

'Well, a lot of dry weather, so that's the good news.

'There's plenty of scope for getting things done outdoors this weekend,

Well, I've been based here as a weather forecaster at

BBC Northern Ireland since January 1996, would you believe?

Quite a long time and it has flown in, basically