:00:14. > :00:16.This is BBC Newsline. Tonight's top stories:
:00:17. > :00:19.Peter Robinson is to step down as DUP leader and First Minister
:00:20. > :00:32.Now, it seems to me, it is the appropriate time to announce the
:00:33. > :00:33.departure and allow the party to take it forward.
:00:34. > :00:35.What now for the future leadership of the DUP?
:00:36. > :00:37.How this teenager with disabilities was left alone for hours
:00:38. > :00:47.I'm upset about what happened but I am more angry that we have not been
:00:48. > :00:49.given any answers. A man is shot and critically
:00:50. > :00:51.injured in West Belfast. How dogs are being used
:00:52. > :00:54.as alternative therapies at a new rehabilitation regime inside
:00:55. > :00:57.the re-named Hydebank Wood College. And the next couple
:00:58. > :01:00.of days look like bringing Peter Robinson has said he decided
:01:01. > :01:13.to step down as First Minister and DUP leader after - in
:01:14. > :01:17.his words - stabilising Stormont. He told the BBC it was difficult to
:01:18. > :01:21.find the right time to step down, but following this week's political
:01:22. > :01:23.deal, We'll hear more of what he's
:01:24. > :01:27.been saying in a moment. First,
:01:28. > :01:29.our political editor Mark Devenport has been examining a political
:01:30. > :01:43.career that's spanned four decades. When Peter Robinson took over as DUP
:01:44. > :01:49.leader and First Minister, it might the end of one of the longest
:01:50. > :01:55.apprenticeships in politics. I am a patient man. The young East Belfast
:01:56. > :01:59.estate agents join the DUP in the early 1970s, spurred on by the
:02:00. > :02:07.murder of a school friend in an IRA bombing. He then embarked on a long
:02:08. > :02:12.career of politics protest. He participated in the protests against
:02:13. > :02:15.the Anglo-Irish agreement. He was filmed at resistance rallies wearing
:02:16. > :02:22.a red beret. His most infamous adventure came when he took part in
:02:23. > :02:27.a loyalist incursion. This episode earned him a fine in the Irish
:02:28. > :02:30.courts. I will continue to protest against the Anglo Irish agreement. I
:02:31. > :02:37.will continue to protest against the lack of security. Peter Robinson
:02:38. > :02:40.built up a formidable reputation as a professional politician. Adept at
:02:41. > :02:49.speaking at Parliament as an East Belfast MP. He was one of his lead
:02:50. > :02:52.party's negotiators which paved the way for power-sharing with Sinn
:02:53. > :02:58.Fein. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness may have been coming
:02:59. > :03:02.known as the Chuckle Brothers, but when Peter Robinson took over,
:03:03. > :03:07.predictions where the chuckling Woodstock. There will be no smiling
:03:08. > :03:12.for the cameras, no chuckling. Peter Robinson faced questions, not just
:03:13. > :03:18.about his partner in power, but also his partner in marriage. He married
:03:19. > :03:25.Iris Collins in 1970. They became a husband and wife team at
:03:26. > :03:29.Westminster. However, in January 2010, the BBC Spotlight programme
:03:30. > :03:32.revealed Iris's relationship with a 19-year-old businessman. The First
:03:33. > :03:37.Minister faced questions with how he responded to his wife's role in
:03:38. > :03:42.arranging loans from property developers from her teenage lover.
:03:43. > :03:47.If people feel they must judge Hayek, I hope people can find it
:03:48. > :03:52.within themselves, as I have done, the gift of mercy and compassion.
:03:53. > :04:04.Despite the obvious stress he was under comedies First Minister
:04:05. > :04:08.survived. Further scandal evolved and played a part in Peter Robinson
:04:09. > :04:19.losing his East Belfast seat to know long and 2010. From a personal point
:04:20. > :04:23.of view, I had indicated to many people at that I had preferred not
:04:24. > :04:29.to stand in the selection. You should always be careful what you
:04:30. > :04:32.wish for in politics. He was no longer an MP, but Peter Robinson
:04:33. > :04:37.remained First Minister. He was a guest of honour when the Queen
:04:38. > :04:43.visited Dublin in 2011. He attended a state banquet with his wife by his
:04:44. > :04:48.side, in her first public appearance since the Spotlight scandal. The DUP
:04:49. > :04:53.was defined by a large it spent by two dynasty is. The brittle
:04:54. > :04:58.relationship between Robinson and Paisley came under the microscope in
:04:59. > :05:02.2014. Ian Paisley referred to his successor with undisguised venom.
:05:03. > :05:11.There was a beast here prepared to go forward to the destruction of the
:05:12. > :05:15.party. Away from the DUP's internal tensions, Peter Robinson's
:05:16. > :05:19.relationship with Martin McGuinness faded from professional coolness and
:05:20. > :05:26.heated anger. The two men fell out over the development of a jail.
:05:27. > :05:32.Controversial comments Robinson made about Muslims did not help. If I
:05:33. > :05:36.said anything that was the rocketry, of course I would apologise, and I
:05:37. > :05:41.have indicated very clearly that I would be hurt if anyone felt I was
:05:42. > :05:46.showing disrespect for them or not supportive of them. But it was the
:05:47. > :05:51.deadlock over welfare reform which threatened Stormont's existence. We
:05:52. > :05:57.simply cannot afford in terms of welfare reform to lift up the tab of
:05:58. > :06:03.?1 billion per year when we only have a budget for resource
:06:04. > :06:08.expenditure of ?10 billion. In May 2015, the DUP celebrated as another
:06:09. > :06:13.Robinson, having, who is no relation, recaptured East Belfast on
:06:14. > :06:17.the Alliance Party. But Peter Robinson faced another ordeal. This
:06:18. > :06:21.time, he was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack,
:06:22. > :06:27.which he blamed on his diet and lifestyle. If you look at my father,
:06:28. > :06:32.you would cringe. Lots of snacking and fast foods, all the things you
:06:33. > :06:39.should not do. Exercise... Picked up from the drawer and dropped at the
:06:40. > :06:45.door. I blame myself entirely. Once again, the First Minister bounced
:06:46. > :06:48.back, continuing to lead the DUP in negotiations. But once more, he
:06:49. > :06:55.faced tough questions, this time about his party's handling of a huge
:06:56. > :06:59.property deal involving the Irish Republican Army bank. I neither
:07:00. > :07:07.received, expected to receive, sort zero received a single penny. The
:07:08. > :07:14.murder of former IRA member sparked fresh crisis at Stormont. Peter
:07:15. > :07:20.Robinson responded by ordering his ministers to stage a series of
:07:21. > :07:24.temporary resignations. However, his surprisingly relaxed reaction to an
:07:25. > :07:28.official security assessment, which concluded the IRA still exists, it
:07:29. > :07:32.showed the DUP leader was not keen to collapse the default Government.
:07:33. > :07:36.He seemed increasingly interested in securing a deal as part of his
:07:37. > :07:42.legacy, but would not confirm exactly when he plans to retire.
:07:43. > :07:46.Everybody, when they get to my age, start looking at what is the
:07:47. > :07:50.appropriate time to move on. I have always argued that events would
:07:51. > :07:55.determine that. You are looking for where is the end of each chapter.
:07:56. > :08:00.Where is a sense of the time to hand over. Famously, he relaxed by
:08:01. > :08:08.keeping quiet car, but he wasn't someone who dipped in and out of
:08:09. > :08:14.politics. He surmounted challenges which would have ended others''
:08:15. > :08:16.careers. And his tactical acumen was unrivalled when it came to
:08:17. > :08:19.conducting negotiations and fighting elections.
:08:20. > :08:22.That notion of the end of a chapter was a theme Peter Robinson
:08:23. > :08:24.picked up on when our political editor Mark Devenport asked him
:08:25. > :08:31.this afternoon about the timing of his departure announcement.
:08:32. > :08:34.In politics, it is very difficult just to find the exact moment that
:08:35. > :08:41.Because politics, by its very nature, continues to flow on.
:08:42. > :08:46.So you never really get to the end of a chapter.
:08:47. > :08:48.I think probably what we have at the present time with
:08:49. > :08:52.the agreement that has been reached is as close as you are going to get
:08:53. > :08:57.I want to get to the end of the process within the party so that
:08:58. > :09:01.we can have a new leader in place and give them a good time to settle
:09:02. > :09:15.You have had some well-publicised health problems with your heart. Did
:09:16. > :09:20.that play any part in your decision-making? No, indeed, that
:09:21. > :09:25.occurred after I had informed party officers of my intention to stand
:09:26. > :09:31.down. If it had happened before, it may well have been one of the
:09:32. > :09:39.factors I took into consideration, because the job is an exacting job.
:09:40. > :09:43.It is rigorous and at times brittle. So it could well have been a factor
:09:44. > :09:49.if it had occurred, but I had already taking the decision by that
:09:50. > :09:52.point in time. You have always been known as a 24-hour politician. How
:09:53. > :09:57.do you think you will cope with retirement? I do not think the
:09:58. > :10:05.history of those who have given up. Is pretty good. I am not the kind of
:10:06. > :10:10.person who will sit idly around the house and get in my wife's way. I am
:10:11. > :10:17.going to be someone who finds something to do. I suspect it
:10:18. > :10:20.probably will not be politics. Your predecessor had some harsh words to
:10:21. > :10:24.say about you after he left. Ian Paisley felt he was pushed out by
:10:25. > :10:28.you and others in the party. Did that hurt at the time and is it
:10:29. > :10:35.something you learn from and how you leave the stage? I would not find
:10:36. > :10:40.myself in the position where I am going to turn on friends and
:10:41. > :10:43.colleagues who have supported me throughout my lifetime. I will be
:10:44. > :10:50.there to give support and encourage those who follow. And if the party
:10:51. > :10:56.wants me to give advice, I will give it, but I will not stick my nose in
:10:57. > :11:02.and interfere in future decision-making. I will be there to
:11:03. > :11:05.encourage and to support. Will you endorse any successor? Ireland
:11:06. > :11:10.Dorset whoever the successor is. But you will not enter any competitive
:11:11. > :11:14.race by endorsing one against the other? I think it is entirely wrong
:11:15. > :11:20.front outgoing leader to try to shape that. What I do know is that
:11:21. > :11:24.all of those who might be considered as main contenders are friends of
:11:25. > :11:25.mine. They have served me loyally as I have been party leader and they
:11:26. > :11:28.can expect the same from me. The Deputy First Minister Martin
:11:29. > :11:31.McGuinness said he had known that Mr Robinson intended to step
:11:32. > :11:33.down for some time. He said that the pair had built
:11:34. > :11:36.a friendship with each other during the seven years they had
:11:37. > :11:39.spent leading the Executive, despite many people thinking this
:11:40. > :11:50.would never have been possible. Because of the pressures that exist
:11:51. > :11:55.within the DUP, it was a different approach publicly, but privately,
:11:56. > :11:59.you know, we have had a very civilised, very core dual
:12:00. > :12:04.relationship. You cannot an office and work very closely with someone
:12:05. > :12:09.for that long and not feel empathy or friendship with him.
:12:10. > :12:11.Peter Robinson's decision to stand down as First Minister and DUP
:12:12. > :12:14.leader has raised the inevitable question of who will take over.
:12:15. > :12:17.Our political correspondent Chris Page has been considering what might
:12:18. > :12:27.White it was here in the 1970s that a young councillor called Peter
:12:28. > :12:33.Robinson began to forge a formidable reputation. He was so successful
:12:34. > :12:38.locally that a leisure Centre was named after him. But from here, he
:12:39. > :12:42.grew the DUP into the dominant force in unionism. After his departure,
:12:43. > :12:48.what will be the next steps for his party? This academic has written a
:12:49. > :12:53.book based on a survey of DUP members. He says Mr Robinson has set
:12:54. > :12:58.a firm, strategic direction. There is an old guard who are still very
:12:59. > :13:02.suspicious of Sinn Fein and reluctant about power-sharing. Peter
:13:03. > :13:04.Robinson and the advisers are still very suspicious of Sinn Fein and
:13:05. > :13:06.reluctant about power-sharing. Peter Robinson and the advisers around him
:13:07. > :13:11.marginalise those elements. Peter Robinson recognised that very early
:13:12. > :13:14.on and basically the pragmatists have really marginalise the
:13:15. > :13:21.fundamentalists within the party. So who will take on that mantle? Who
:13:22. > :13:28.has been accompanying Mr Robinson to important meetings recently? This
:13:29. > :13:34.man has already had two temporally stints in office. Nigel Dodds heads
:13:35. > :13:38.up the party's team of MPs. The DUP talk about this two years ago,
:13:39. > :13:42.dividing the office between a leader and a First Minister, and it seems
:13:43. > :13:49.to be Nigel Dodds will be read and Eileen Foster as First Minister.
:13:50. > :13:55.There are others who have held high-profile roles. Peter has not
:13:56. > :14:00.gone yet. It is important to reflect that as a party and we will discuss
:14:01. > :14:05.what is best not just for the party, but from Northern Ireland as well.
:14:06. > :14:09.Those discussions inside Stormont's largest party will decide who gets
:14:10. > :14:16.the keys to the most powerful office in Northern Ireland. Tomorrow, the
:14:17. > :14:21.DUP's annual conference begins. There will be talk about who takes
:14:22. > :14:22.on Peter Robinson's jobs as First Minister and DUP leader.
:14:23. > :14:25.And there'll be more on Peter Robinson's decison to step
:14:26. > :14:30.down on The View tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One.
:14:31. > :14:33.A man is in a critical condition in intensive care
:14:34. > :14:36.after being shot in the head in West Belfast this morning.
:14:37. > :14:39.The man, who is in his 40s, is believed to be a member
:14:40. > :14:46.Two men have been arrested. Julie McCullough reports.
:14:47. > :14:52.The car the man had been travelling in was brought to a stop at this
:14:53. > :14:59.pedestrian crossing, where the woman driving a raised the alarm. I saw a
:15:00. > :15:05.man getting attacked in the car by three men. Then as soon as the
:15:06. > :15:09.anglers came, it just drove him off. There was blood everywhere. One
:15:10. > :15:13.local politician was taking his daughter to nursery school at the
:15:14. > :15:18.time. There were literally hundreds of children on their way to school
:15:19. > :15:24.at this time of the morning. Any one of them could have been a victim of
:15:25. > :15:29.this particularly indiscriminate type of shooting. Although the car
:15:30. > :15:34.was abandoned, the actual shooting happened here, a couple of hundred
:15:35. > :15:40.yards away at Rossnareen Avenue, close to the victim's home. A woman
:15:41. > :15:46.who has lived nearby from more than 50 years could not believe what had
:15:47. > :15:51.happened. I was shaking. I was shocked. On our street! Nothing ever
:15:52. > :15:57.happens on our street. I could not take it in. The principle of a
:15:58. > :15:59.school nearby said counselling would be made available for any staff are
:16:00. > :16:03.children who require it. The father of a teenager with
:16:04. > :16:06.disabilities who was left alone on a school bus for almost three hours
:16:07. > :16:09.has said his daughter now rarely The driver and a special needs
:16:10. > :16:13.escort failed to drop her off Instead,
:16:14. > :16:17.she was left on the bus at a depot. The Education Authority is
:16:18. > :16:20.investigating what happened, but her family say they are still
:16:21. > :16:24.waiting for a formal apology. Our south west reporter
:16:25. > :16:28.Julian Fowler has the details. 17-year-old Sophie Kerr uses a
:16:29. > :16:33.wheelchair and is unable to speak. Four weeks ago,
:16:34. > :16:36.she was picked up by a bus to take her to Willow Bridge Special Needs
:16:37. > :16:40.School, but she was left on the bus, which was then driven to
:16:41. > :16:43.a depot and parked up for nearly As far as the school was concerned,
:16:44. > :16:49.she was maybe As far as we knew,
:16:50. > :16:54.she was at school. So there was a grey area that nobody
:16:55. > :16:57.knew where she was Sophie was left called and upset by
:16:58. > :17:08.what happened. With Sophie,
:17:09. > :17:12.we're lucky that she doesn't have as But some of the children,
:17:13. > :17:16.it could have been life-threatening if they had been left
:17:17. > :17:25.in that same situation. It is understood the bus driver and
:17:26. > :17:26.an adult who is scored the pupils have been suspended while an
:17:27. > :17:28.investigation is carried out. The Education Authority said it took
:17:29. > :17:30.immediate action and contacted the parents to offer
:17:31. > :17:32.an unreserved apology. They also said they had written
:17:33. > :17:35.a letter to provide assurances that all steps would be taken to prevent
:17:36. > :17:40.such an incident occurring again. But the family say they are still
:17:41. > :17:53.waiting to receive the letter I am upset about what has happened,
:17:54. > :17:58.but I am more angry that we have not been given any answers, because this
:17:59. > :18:03.does not just affect Sophie, it affects every special-needs child in
:18:04. > :18:06.Northern Ireland. They want procedures put in place to alert
:18:07. > :18:11.parents if their child does not arrive in school. Now that they have
:18:12. > :18:13.lost trust in the bus transport arrangements, Sophie is instead been
:18:14. > :18:19.taken to school by taxi. of Northern Ireland's biggest arts
:18:20. > :18:22.organisations have been reversed. The groups had been told they
:18:23. > :18:25.would lose 7% of their planned funding from the
:18:26. > :18:27.Arts Council of Northern Ireland. But after this month's budget,
:18:28. > :18:34.?620,000 will be restored. Yesterday we looked at how a new,
:18:35. > :18:38.very different prison regime. The first of its kind in Britain or
:18:39. > :18:42.Ireland, it has been introduced to Following suicides and incidents
:18:43. > :18:46.of self harm, there is now a particular emphasis on addressing
:18:47. > :18:49.the welfare of those detained at Donna Traynor focusses this
:18:50. > :18:58.evening on women inmates. Women are here in Hydebank either
:18:59. > :19:03.because they are on remand or have been found guilty of a crime and
:19:04. > :19:07.sentenced two months or years in jail. Two years ago, inspectors
:19:08. > :19:14.voiced their concern about prisoners' welfare and in particular
:19:15. > :19:16.mental health issues. As part of a rehabilitation programme, new
:19:17. > :19:22.innovative ways of helping vulnerable prisoners have been
:19:23. > :19:25.introduced. Things like art therapy and pet therapy, where vulnerable
:19:26. > :19:30.prisoners are taught to work with dogs, teach them obedience tricks
:19:31. > :19:34.and agility exercises. Earlier, I spoke to one prisoner and asked her
:19:35. > :19:42.how she had benefited from the pet therapy. Up! Good boy. It is just
:19:43. > :19:50.great to get out with him. It clears my head and they are fun to work
:19:51. > :19:55.with. It has given me some responsibility and I look forward to
:19:56. > :20:02.it every day. Every morning, to get them out for a good run. It is just
:20:03. > :20:11.really good to clear my head. For me, it is like therapy, to be
:20:12. > :20:15.honest. It gives me a focus. The dog gives me unconditional love. Arts
:20:16. > :20:27.and crafts are also been used any therapeutic way. You put it on
:20:28. > :20:31.thick. Heather, you were a prison officer for 15 years before you
:20:32. > :20:36.began to teach craft here. What was your reaction from your colleagues?
:20:37. > :20:40.You lot were apprehensive. A lot said I should be doing my own job
:20:41. > :20:45.along with them. But then eventually, surprisingly, it's
:20:46. > :20:50.turned around. Alarms were not going off, there were less fights, so I
:20:51. > :20:54.proved them official. What kind of issues do these women face? Long
:20:55. > :21:02.time away from their families. Isolation. Behind the door at night
:21:03. > :21:07.time, and their memories, they start to think. They have this fear of
:21:08. > :21:12.jail as lonely place. It is not like that at all. We are a big family, we
:21:13. > :21:18.are here to help people and that is why the get them involved in all the
:21:19. > :21:22.70s. It does work. Some prisoners say these classes provide far more
:21:23. > :21:31.than just learning new skills. I have three children and was doing
:21:32. > :21:41.really well. It was always working. I was always supporting myself. This
:21:42. > :21:47.support is fantastic. To do crafts, to do the joinery, you can just
:21:48. > :21:53.paint. In the cell, I can paint in myself. No matter what women have
:21:54. > :22:01.done here or what they are here for, they are all mums and I can see how
:22:02. > :22:09.emotionally they are as regards to family and children. Everybody has a
:22:10. > :22:14.different story. With me is Reverend Nixon, one of the chaplains here at
:22:15. > :22:19.Hydebank. How do you balance in your mind caring for the prisoners here
:22:20. > :22:23.and those victims of crime, many of whom could be your parishioners? The
:22:24. > :22:27.first thing I would say is when I commend to Hydebank on a Monday
:22:28. > :22:31.morning, I do not always find people who initially have a sense of
:22:32. > :22:38.remorse. I find people who are troubled by the separation from
:22:39. > :22:44.family, friends and home. But with time, often the residents in
:22:45. > :22:47.Hydebank begin to think about the people on the outside. They begin to
:22:48. > :22:51.reflect on the lives they have disturbed and upset. It is good for
:22:52. > :22:55.the community to know it is not all about bad people, it is often about
:22:56. > :23:00.troubled people who are trying to find a way of saying sorry but who
:23:01. > :23:05.do not have the mechanism to do so. Thank you. Also with me is Richard
:23:06. > :23:09.Taylor, the deputy governor here at Hydebank. Crime and punishment,
:23:10. > :23:15.where does we are bullish on coming to play there? Those are the three
:23:16. > :23:20.key elements. All of the people we have at Hydebank are committed by
:23:21. > :23:25.the courts. For many years and many decades, we have worked with people
:23:26. > :23:29.here. Where are outcomes have not been where they needed to be in
:23:30. > :23:32.regard to society... People are coming here because of whatever
:23:33. > :23:39.background they have had or crimes they have committed. The
:23:40. > :23:44.rehabilitation creates opportunities and the skills once released to lead
:23:45. > :23:48.a law-abiding life. Richard, thank you. Hydebank will continue to be a
:23:49. > :23:52.place of detention. Only in time will we find out if this new
:23:53. > :23:53.programme for education and learning will make any difference in the
:23:54. > :23:55.community. And if you'd like to share your view
:23:56. > :23:58.on the new regime being implemented at Hydebank or view last night's
:23:59. > :24:01.report, check out our Facebook page. Doubt has been cast over
:24:02. > :24:03.the future of a multi-million pound regeneration
:24:04. > :24:05.scheme in Belfast city centre. Plans for the ?360 million pound
:24:06. > :24:08.Royal Exchange project included However, the Department of
:24:09. > :24:13.Social Development said it had ended its agreement with the developer,
:24:14. > :24:16.Leaside Developments, because they had failed to demonstrate it could
:24:17. > :24:21.deliver the scheme. U2 played their first gig in Belfast
:24:22. > :24:42.last night They put on quite a show at the SSE
:24:43. > :24:48.Arena. Holding Belfast in the palm of their hand. After more than a
:24:49. > :24:52.decade and a half, U2 began only strips downstage with some of their
:24:53. > :25:14.earliest hits and a message for local fans. You are heroes to us, on
:25:15. > :25:22.this stage. Thank you for your patience. Thanks for sticking with
:25:23. > :25:36.us. But it wasn't long before the full U2 concert experience kicked
:25:37. > :25:40.in. Later, there were messages of solidarity with people in Paris. And
:25:41. > :25:48.tonight, they do it all again for another sold-out gig.
:25:49. > :25:56.Time for the weather now and Angie is here. What is in store? Cold
:25:57. > :26:01.weather. We will get a taste of winter of the next couple of days.
:26:02. > :26:06.As if it is not chilly enough already. Today was really just an
:26:07. > :26:10.average November day. Quite breezy with some showers running west to
:26:11. > :26:15.east. They have eased off through the course of the afternoon, so just
:26:16. > :26:20.ate few remaining through the evening. That Breeze continues to
:26:21. > :26:24.ease throughout the night, so mainly dry with clear spells and quite
:26:25. > :26:29.chilly in places as well, particularly chilly in the
:26:30. > :26:33.countryside. Later on, we get a band of showery rain approaching the
:26:34. > :26:39.north coast. That is the first sign of a transition to Calder weather.
:26:40. > :26:45.It will flood southwards across the country into the weekend. A called
:26:46. > :26:50.wind started to pick up tomorrow and eventually, showers, which are
:26:51. > :26:55.likely to turn increasingly wintry. But to begin with, that showery band
:26:56. > :26:59.edges as we southwards through the morning rush hour. It mainly Falls
:27:00. > :27:04.as rain. The wind starts to strengthen from the north-west. It
:27:05. > :27:10.does brighten up, that we have more showers. They will increasingly turn
:27:11. > :27:17.it to a wintry mix of rain, sleet and hill snow. It will feel very
:27:18. > :27:22.cold in that wind. Highs of 6-7 C. We are watching the wind for
:27:23. > :27:26.tomorrow night. We have a warning for severe gales in place. There
:27:27. > :27:31.could be some disruption. Gusts as high as 60 mph along the north coast
:27:32. > :27:38.and through the North Channel. Hazards of sleet and snow showers.
:27:39. > :27:44.That will settle above and is also likely to become quite icy in places
:27:45. > :27:48.as well as temperatures drop towards freezing. A wintry start to the
:27:49. > :27:55.weekend. Showers increasingly turning to sleet over the hills, but
:27:56. > :27:59.a cold and windy day. Quite a widespread frost, I think, for
:28:00. > :28:01.Saturday night. Not as windy on Sunday and drier and brighter.
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