22/11/2015

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:00:09. > :00:11.A 57-year-old woman has been arrested during

:00:12. > :00:19.a security operation in Twinbrook on the outskirts of West Belfast.

:00:20. > :00:24.Police say a number of suspicious items discovered were taken away

:00:25. > :00:30.The PSNI have refused to comment on a Sinn Fein claim that

:00:31. > :00:35.a significant amount of explosives and munitions were found.

:00:36. > :00:39.The body of a man has been found at the side of a road in Portrush.

:00:40. > :00:41.The discovery was made on the Dunluce Road by

:00:42. > :00:47.Police say they're following a definite line of inquiry

:00:48. > :00:52.It's not yet clear how he died, but a postmortem examination

:00:53. > :00:57.The road's expected to remain closed overnight.

:00:58. > :01:00.Belfast councillor Ruth Patterson says she will not be appealing

:01:01. > :01:06.The First Minister, Peter Robinson, revealed that she had been expelled

:01:07. > :01:08.for bringing the party into disrepute.

:01:09. > :01:11.Ms Patterson had publicly criticised the DUP's decision

:01:12. > :01:15.to appoint Emma Pengelly as an MLA for South Belfast.

:01:16. > :01:28.Shoulder to shoulder, we are unbowed, unbroken.

:01:29. > :01:31.Here's she's being supported by senior DUP figures

:01:32. > :01:34.after she appeared in court charged with sending a grossly

:01:35. > :01:40.It was a comment on Facebook about a republican march.

:01:41. > :01:45.On Friday she was informed that she has now been expelled

:01:46. > :01:49.from the party after she publicly criticised the co-option of Emma

:01:50. > :02:00.Ruth Patterson had hoped to get the job herself.

:02:01. > :02:07.There is a principle in my book of giving someone who has earned

:02:08. > :02:10.something the chance, rather than someone who does not have one

:02:11. > :02:12.solitary vote. Ms Pengelly, who was appointed to

:02:13. > :02:17.the post of junior minister 30 days after being

:02:18. > :02:26.co-opted, defended the system. The procedure clearly provides for

:02:27. > :02:30.co-option and that provides for somebody to have done full mandate,

:02:31. > :02:33.so I am taking on the work of Jimmy Spratt.

:02:34. > :02:35.Speaking in an interview for today's Sunday Politics programme, Peter

:02:36. > :02:41.Robinson revealed Ruth Patterson's been told she is no longer a member.

:02:42. > :02:49.The party officers unanimously decided to expel her earlier this

:02:50. > :02:56.week. And how she responded to that? There has been some

:02:57. > :03:00.correspondence but I am not been party to that. If she goes to the

:03:01. > :03:04.TUV, does that give you cause for concern. It might give the TUV cause

:03:05. > :03:07.for concern. Mrs Patterson did not want to

:03:08. > :03:10.record an interview today. She did, however,

:03:11. > :03:12.release a brief statement saying "My spirit is free and the shackles

:03:13. > :03:18.that have bound me have gone." It's understood she has no plans to

:03:19. > :03:21.move to any other party - There's another chance to see Sunday

:03:22. > :03:28.Politics on BBC Two tonight at 11pm. Two cars have been burnt out

:03:29. > :03:32.in Ballymena's Dunclug estate. No-one was injured in the attacks,

:03:33. > :03:34.which happened The cars belong to

:03:35. > :03:39.a Polish man who lives in the area. He says he doesn't believe he was

:03:40. > :03:42.targeted because of his nationality. The wife of former SDLP leader

:03:43. > :03:45.John Hume says he is having "severe difficulties" in

:03:46. > :03:50.his struggle with dementia. Pat Hume said the 78-year-old Nobel

:03:51. > :03:53.Peace Prize winner has problems In an interview for RTE radio, she

:03:54. > :03:58.said that her husband first became ill in the late 1990s when he was

:03:59. > :04:05.speaking at a conference in Austria. A 53-year-old man has been charged

:04:06. > :04:07.after police discovered suspected cocaine worth an estimated

:04:08. > :04:10.?60,000 in County Antrim. The drugs were found in a vehicle

:04:11. > :04:14.they stopped on the Dundrod Road The man has been charged with

:04:15. > :04:19.possession of Class A drugs A woman in her eighties has been

:04:20. > :04:25.robbed by two men who broke into her home in Downpatrick in the

:04:26. > :04:29.early hours of yesterday morning. She was woken by a noise at

:04:30. > :04:31.around 1:45am. The two intruders, said to be in

:04:32. > :04:35.their late teens or early twenties, made her go through

:04:36. > :04:37.the house with them before they Rory McIlroy has won the

:04:38. > :04:44.World Tour Championship in Dubai to finish the season

:04:45. > :04:49.as Europe's number one golfer. The Holywood man shot

:04:50. > :04:51.a 6-under-par final round of 66 to finish on 21-under, one

:04:52. > :04:57.clear of England's Andy Sullivan. Victory means 26-year-old McIlroy

:04:58. > :05:01.retains his Race to Dubai title, the third time he has won it

:05:02. > :05:16.in four years. I have a knack of doing things on

:05:17. > :05:20.the 17th green, I had a big part at the Ryder Cup last year on 17 to

:05:21. > :05:27.keep the match alive and then a couple of big ones at the matchplay

:05:28. > :05:31.this year and again on 17 when I had to, I think being able to go into

:05:32. > :05:36.the memory bank and draw on those things helps and just a little lucky

:05:37. > :05:41.I was able to do with again. Well done to Rory. I'm sure it was good

:05:42. > :05:52.weather in Dubai, what will it be like here? It was lovely to see some

:05:53. > :05:55.crisp sunshine today, temperatures in many places near average, we are

:05:56. > :05:59.generally in less cold air this week that the price for that is spells of

:06:00. > :06:04.rain and blustery winds. Tonight the winced state like an initially we

:06:05. > :06:09.have clear skies, so it will get down to freezing and that will give

:06:10. > :06:15.us some frost, some mist and fog in places that they are not there for

:06:16. > :06:17.the whole night and will lift as cloud increases from the West and

:06:18. > :06:24.the temperatures start to creep back up. Tomorrow, not a great start to

:06:25. > :06:31.the week, some wet weather, breeze picking up and it picks up during

:06:32. > :06:35.the morning, initially like rain moving into the north and west and

:06:36. > :06:40.moving east through the morning. The rain and winds are also getting into

:06:41. > :06:44.the north and west of Scotland, some sleet and snow on the leading edge

:06:45. > :06:49.and it moves towards the Republic of Ireland in the afternoon, but for

:06:50. > :06:52.England and Wales mainly dry but still chilly in the East,

:06:53. > :06:58.temperatures near average towards the north and west but a wet

:06:59. > :07:02.afternoon, heavy and persistent spells of rain moving across

:07:03. > :07:07.Northern Ireland, and pleasant on the roads and not too nice in the

:07:08. > :07:12.evening. Highs of seven or eight like today but feeling cold in the

:07:13. > :07:16.wind and rain, then that rain moves away, followed by blustery showers

:07:17. > :07:27.on Tuesday, down again on Thursday but

:07:28. > :07:36.From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, have a good evening.