:00:00. > :00:14.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:15. > :00:17.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:18. > :00:21.A Dungiven man targeted in a pipe bomb attack says he doesn't
:00:22. > :00:29.The principals of four Bangor schools write to parents warning
:00:30. > :00:33.them some of their children are being sold drugs.
:00:34. > :00:44.What has startled us of the most has been the approach of a year it boy.
:00:45. > :00:46.And 11 or 12-year-old. That is frightening for myself and my
:00:47. > :00:48.colleagues. The scam which robbed one
:00:49. > :00:50.pensioner of her life savings. Two people remain critically ill
:00:51. > :00:53.after a car crashes into a film Our broadband coverage is getting
:00:54. > :01:02.better, but there's still big regional differences within
:01:03. > :01:04.Northern Ireland. The ties that bind Belfast and
:01:05. > :01:07.Boston, as American colleges' ice And it's been
:01:08. > :01:16.an incredibly mild start to December - I'll have a full forecast
:01:17. > :01:25.for you later in the programme. A man who was targeted in an
:01:26. > :01:28.overnight pipe-bomb attack says he The device was left on the doorstep
:01:29. > :01:34.of the family home in Dungiven. His partner and their two-year-old
:01:35. > :01:37.daughter were inside at the time. With more details, here's our
:01:38. > :01:41.North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish. It's understood that a pipe bomb was
:01:42. > :01:45.left on the doorstep of this family home at Ard Na Smoll in Dungiven
:01:46. > :01:49.sometime yesterday evening. The alert was raised
:01:50. > :01:52.when a neighbour noticed two wheelie bins on fire
:01:53. > :01:55.and called the emergency services. The victim
:01:56. > :01:58.of the attack says his partner and their two-year-old daughter were
:01:59. > :02:09.in the house at the time. It is terrifying, they thought that
:02:10. > :02:15.what could have happened. I am glad it didn't happen. I have been
:02:16. > :02:22.standing here in a shell of a person at the minute. It really hit me this
:02:23. > :02:25.morning. We don't cause anybody harm. Try to be nice to everybody.
:02:26. > :02:28.The police say the lives of the local fire fighters were also
:02:29. > :02:31.put at risk when they arrived to deal with the fire.
:02:32. > :02:33.A sister of the victim says those who carried
:02:34. > :02:37.it out could have killed a mother and her two-year-old daughter.
:02:38. > :02:44.I think it is really sick. My family lives in that house and somebody
:02:45. > :02:49.tries to kill them. They are terrified and scared like anyone
:02:50. > :02:55.else would be if someone was setting a bomb outside your house. I could
:02:56. > :02:56.have lost my family. It is really sad thinking about it.
:02:57. > :02:58.The police are still investigating a motive for this latest attack.
:02:59. > :03:01.Two other incidents where devices were found in the Dungiven area this
:03:02. > :03:06.month have been blamed on dissident republicans.
:03:07. > :03:14.I am saying to these groups, sit down and analyse what they are doing
:03:15. > :03:22.to their own community. There are 150 houses here. Ask the people in
:03:23. > :03:27.these houses. Police have praised it patients of local people and have
:03:28. > :03:31.issued an appeal for information. They want to appeal to anyone who
:03:32. > :03:34.noticed any suspicious activity in or around this area last night to
:03:35. > :03:36.get in touch. Garda searches related to dissident
:03:37. > :03:38.republicans are going on in County Monaghan,
:03:39. > :03:40.where assault rifles, mortars Gardai say it was a "significant
:03:41. > :03:44.find" just outside Scotstown. The searches follow the arrest
:03:45. > :03:49.of a 43-year-old man last week. He was later charged with IRA
:03:50. > :03:54.membership. The principals of four schools
:03:55. > :03:59.in Bangor have written to parents warning them that some of
:04:00. > :04:06.the students are being sold drugs. The police are investigating reports
:04:07. > :04:08.that it's happening Here's our Education Correspondent,
:04:09. > :04:17.Robbie Meredith. It's a place used by hundreds of
:04:18. > :04:21.people every day to get to and from school but it is also a place where
:04:22. > :04:26.children as young as 11 have been offered drugs. In a letter sent out
:04:27. > :04:30.to parents yesterday and published this morning in the Belfort
:04:31. > :04:34.telegraph, headteachers said drug abuse was becoming a serious
:04:35. > :04:43.problem. They said the PSNI it had recently received reports that year
:04:44. > :04:48.Eight pupils had been approached by people not at the school nearby.
:04:49. > :04:53.This is a community issue. Not just one school. Four schools,
:04:54. > :04:59.approximately 4000 pupils across these goals. At the bus station, a
:05:00. > :05:05.lot of people go through that every day. It is important for the local
:05:06. > :05:10.community and parents to solve this problem. It was parents at Bangor
:05:11. > :05:17.Grammar school who first noticed this was happening. We noticed the
:05:18. > :05:21.approach of a year Eight boy. And 11 or 12-year-old. But as for myself,
:05:22. > :05:27.and reputable colleagues, very frightening. Now she wants more
:05:28. > :05:32.action from the police. Realistically PSNI funds have been
:05:33. > :05:36.cut and possibly this is one of the areas of casualties. Over there to
:05:37. > :05:41.see much more visibility. The bus station is very busy first thing in
:05:42. > :05:49.the morning, late afternoon, servicing our four schools and the
:05:50. > :05:54.wider area. That basic visibility would be a necessity. PSNI officers
:05:55. > :05:57.won't have to go far to try and stop schoolchildren being offered drugs
:05:58. > :06:03.here because it has been happening right across the road from Bangor's
:06:04. > :06:07.police station. I understand the concerns that led to this letter and
:06:08. > :06:12.I ask people to contact us and the schools to help us with our
:06:13. > :06:17.resources, to kick drugs out of circulation. Will you be mounting
:06:18. > :06:24.more patrols in the area? We do it based on the threat to public and
:06:25. > :06:28.how we can best target our resources intelligently to keep people safe.
:06:29. > :06:32.While it is shocking that drugs are being dealt to such young children,
:06:33. > :06:35.schools hope that by highlighting this, it will make schools, parents,
:06:36. > :06:37.pupils and police more vigilant. Members of a loyalist flute band
:06:38. > :06:39.have successfully appealed convictions for provocatively
:06:40. > :06:41.playing a sectarian tune outside Charges had been brought against
:06:42. > :06:50.the 12 members of the Young Conway Volunteers, following an incident
:06:51. > :06:55.during a 12th of July parade. This is the incident
:06:56. > :07:02.which led to the 13 men being accused of a provocative act likely
:07:03. > :07:04.to cause public disorder. They denied playing a rendition
:07:05. > :07:06.of the Famine Song. Instead,
:07:07. > :07:08.they claimed to have been performing The band leader on the day
:07:09. > :07:16.of the parade was the only one He said they'd been forced to stop
:07:17. > :07:20.outside the church because He said they started up the Beach
:07:21. > :07:24.Boys tune to ward off lethargy. On April 13,
:07:25. > :07:27.defendants were all convicted. Three of them receiving five-month
:07:28. > :07:31.suspended prison sentences. A challenge to the convictions was
:07:32. > :07:35.due to be heard in court today. Prosecutors did not oppose
:07:36. > :07:37.the band members' challenge to That was because they agreed to
:07:38. > :07:42.keep the peace for two years. If they don't abide by that,
:07:43. > :07:44.they could be jailed Scams cost Northern Ireland
:07:45. > :07:50.economy an estimated ?100 million To warn others, a victim who was
:07:51. > :08:00.robbed of her life savings of ?180,000 has taken a courageous step
:08:01. > :08:04.in telling what happened to her. She's been speaking to the
:08:05. > :08:18.BBC Spotlight reporter Chris Moore. This is Elizabeth. We are not using
:08:19. > :08:21.her full name. She is a 75-year-old widow and she has lost her life
:08:22. > :08:26.savings. It is like being hypnotised. You're going to be
:08:27. > :08:30.winning this big amount of money and you will be able to buy what you
:08:31. > :08:36.want when you get it. Elizabeth first fell victim to a mail scam.
:08:37. > :08:40.Here's how it works. You receive a letter like this one which appears
:08:41. > :08:44.to guarantee you a cash sum of ?20,000. It could be as much as a
:08:45. > :08:50.quarter of a quarter of ?1 million. This one,, ?3 million. It is all
:08:51. > :08:55.yours for ?25 which you are invited to send in a pre-addressed envelope
:08:56. > :08:58.provided. The PSNI say once the money has been mailed, there was
:08:59. > :09:04.little hope of ever seeing it again. They say this is an advanced payment
:09:05. > :09:10.fraud. We will follow the money trail, but very often, invariably,
:09:11. > :09:13.that money is moved and it is dissipated and dispersed many times
:09:14. > :09:19.over through multiple bank accounts which eventually become untraceable.
:09:20. > :09:24.Scammers share details of their victims, and soon Elizabeth was the
:09:25. > :09:31.subject of a telephone scam that over ?103,000. The first caller said
:09:32. > :09:36.he was David. He said he was a judge working on behalf of what he
:09:37. > :09:40.described as the Ministry of Justice. Professor Stephen Lee from
:09:41. > :09:47.Exeter University has studied scam victims and the scammers. Anyone can
:09:48. > :09:52.fall victim to a scam. If you've got something to lose, there is someone
:09:53. > :09:56.out there who is trying to kick it off you. Scams cost Northern Ireland
:09:57. > :09:58.and estimated ?100 million per year. And you can see more on that
:09:59. > :10:01.Spotlight story on BBC One at The DUP will have a new leader in
:10:02. > :10:19.just over a fortnight. The The party has released some detail
:10:20. > :10:26.on how it intends to replace Peter Robinson. Mark Devenport is at
:10:27. > :10:32.Stormont. How will this pan out? Peter Robinson's successor will be
:10:33. > :10:38.chosen by the DUP's 46 most senior elected citadels. MLAs, MPs and
:10:39. > :10:45.solitary MEP. Nominations are now open. Of two of the members of the
:10:46. > :10:49.so-called electrical college. -- electoral college. You can go ahead
:10:50. > :10:54.on the evening of December the 17th in East Belfast. Whoever is picked
:10:55. > :10:57.will be ratified by the slightly bigger DUP executive also on that
:10:58. > :11:04.same evening. When it comes to frontrunners, any surprises? I don't
:11:05. > :11:07.think so. The hot money is all on the current deputy leader Nigel
:11:08. > :11:12.Dodds. If he does get the job, they will have to be a separate election
:11:13. > :11:16.at a different time for the deputy leadership post. Peter Robinson will
:11:17. > :11:21.remain as First Minister until the New Year. We're not expecting him to
:11:22. > :11:24.be replaced until then. The favoured for that job is the current Finance
:11:25. > :11:29.Minister Arlene Foster. Thank you. The Health Minister has said there
:11:30. > :11:31.are concerns that the courts are "seeking to make law
:11:32. > :11:34.and trying to almost usurp His comment follows yesterday's
:11:35. > :11:38.High Court finding that the abortion The Assembly must now take
:11:39. > :11:44.a fresh look at the legislation to Andy West assesses
:11:45. > :11:49.what may happen next. Northern Ireland's abortion laws are
:11:50. > :11:52.currently based on the Offences Since then, there have been slight
:11:53. > :11:58.changes through the courts, but still it is illegal
:11:59. > :12:02.in NI to have an abortion unless the woman's life is at risk, or
:12:03. > :12:06.there is a permanent or serious risk But some will see yesterday's ruling
:12:07. > :12:12.from the judge Mr Justice Horner as putting pressure on the Assembly
:12:13. > :12:17.to change legislation to also allow a termination
:12:18. > :12:19.following rape or incest or if there He said the current law was
:12:20. > :12:26.in breach of Article Eight of In reality, what kind of weight
:12:27. > :12:33.does his ruling really carry? He said yesterday,
:12:34. > :12:36."This court is not being asked to Does that mean a judge's ruling is
:12:37. > :12:55.powerless to force It cannot force the Government to
:12:56. > :12:59.change the law except it can put heavy pressure on the Government by
:13:00. > :13:04.saying if you pursue the line you are currently adopting, you will be
:13:05. > :13:07.in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European
:13:08. > :13:11.Court of Human Rights is likely to come out and confirm that. Are you
:13:12. > :13:12.going to continue to violate European Convention law, terribly
:13:13. > :13:14.embarrassing. Embarrassing or not,
:13:15. > :13:16.the final decision on changing And that's only
:13:17. > :13:30.if politicians believe a change The law as it currently stands can
:13:31. > :13:32.permit termination of pregnancy in certain limited circumstances
:13:33. > :13:37.including fatal fatal abnormalities or sexual crimes where there is an
:13:38. > :13:39.impact on the mother's physical health or a long-term mental health.
:13:40. > :13:42.Whether the law needs to be changed or not, the Health Minister says
:13:43. > :13:45.the Assembly won't be pressured by the courts.
:13:46. > :13:51.We would be concerned that we have a situation where the courts are
:13:52. > :13:58.seeking to make law in Northern Ireland and almost usurped the
:13:59. > :14:03.Democratic recess and the will of people in Northern Ireland through
:14:04. > :14:10.the ballot box and people they lacked in Stormont. Elect.
:14:11. > :14:12.In the meantime, doctors and midwives are waiting
:14:13. > :14:14.for draft guidelines from the Department of Health on
:14:15. > :14:17.where they stand while the political and legal process rolls on.
:14:18. > :14:18.The Department of Justice says it's considering
:14:19. > :14:21.an appeal against yesterday's ruling, as is the Attorney General -
:14:22. > :14:25.In a fortnight's time, the High Court will make its
:14:26. > :14:27.decision on whether new abortion legislation needs to be written.
:14:28. > :14:30.But it's clear that whatever it rules, there's no guarantee that
:14:31. > :14:32.the law will be changed quickly or, indeed, at all.
:14:33. > :14:34.For the time being, women seeking an abortion
:14:35. > :14:37.in cases of fatal foetal abnormality or following a sexual crime must
:14:38. > :14:42.Two people are still in intensive care in hospital
:14:43. > :14:49.following last night's incident in South Belfast when a car drove into
:14:50. > :14:55.As Maggie Taggart reports, the car crashed through a metal
:14:56. > :14:59.A Belfast film production company had been working
:15:00. > :15:04.on a crime reconstruction for an RTE television programme.
:15:05. > :15:07.They were using young actors from a local extras agency, and working
:15:08. > :15:18.As they stood at the junction of Falcon Road and Apollo Road,
:15:19. > :15:22.A major incident was declared and witnesses say the emergency
:15:23. > :15:24.One described the scene as horrifying
:15:25. > :15:30.We were able to respond because other ambulances from out of town or
:15:31. > :15:35.at the Royal Victoria Hospital and were able to assist at the scene.
:15:36. > :15:39.When the crash happened at 8:30pm last night, witnesses said that many
:15:40. > :15:44.people were pushed through the metal railings at the bakery here. A few
:15:45. > :15:49.workers were on their smoke break and ran to help those who were
:15:50. > :15:53.injured. Two people remained critically ill in intensive care. It
:15:54. > :15:57.is understood one suffered fractures and facial injuries and was in
:15:58. > :16:02.theatre for five hours. Two others were in a stable condition and two
:16:03. > :16:05.others have been released from hospital. A man was arrested but
:16:06. > :16:11.released pending further enquiries. Police have looked at security
:16:12. > :16:16.footage from the bakery security cameras. RTE confirmed that an
:16:17. > :16:20.independent production company had been filming on their behalf that
:16:21. > :16:23.night. They say they cannot comment further but that the thoughts are
:16:24. > :16:30.with those involved and the affected families. News coming in this
:16:31. > :16:35.evening of a serious crash on the main A-1 road between Newry and
:16:36. > :16:40.Belfast. Three vehicles are involved. The road is closed. Police
:16:41. > :16:44.are asking goods vehicles drivers heading south to use the rough
:16:45. > :16:51.Ryland Rogue rather than small rural groups. -- rough Ryland.
:16:52. > :16:54.A new report by the communications regulator has highlighted big
:16:55. > :16:56.regional differences in Northern Ireland when it comes to broadband.
:16:57. > :16:57.Our Business Correspondent, Julian O'Neill,
:16:58. > :17:00.has been looking at the black spots for that and mobile phone coverage.
:17:01. > :17:03.Ofcom says 7% of Northern Ireland is classed as a notspot, somewhere you
:17:04. > :17:13.It's not quite that bad in Warrenpoint,
:17:14. > :17:16.but it can be unpredictable, leading to frustration if the phone
:17:17. > :17:28.With modern-day communications, everybody is reliant on mobiles and
:17:29. > :17:31.3G, having e-mail on their phone. Not having good reception is
:17:32. > :17:33.critical for all the businesses in this area. You don't want to miss a
:17:34. > :17:35.sales call. Ofcom says our notspot problem is
:17:36. > :17:38.not that bad compared to the UK as a whole, nor it seems is our broadband
:17:39. > :17:42.coverage, now available to 77% Generally,
:17:43. > :17:52.our broadband picture is improving. Ofcom says average download
:17:53. > :17:57.speeds increased by 19% in 2015. And at their poorest in the
:17:58. > :18:14.Fermanagh and Omagh Council area. Relative to the other nations in the
:18:15. > :18:17.UK, we do quite well. We are ahead of Scotland and just behind Wales in
:18:18. > :18:20.terms of superfast broadband coverage. For mobiles we are a bit
:18:21. > :18:23.worse off and a lot of that is to do with issues in terms of investment
:18:24. > :18:24.and planning when networks were rolled out here.
:18:25. > :18:27.Access to the internet also got easier on smartphones
:18:28. > :18:29.in the course of the last year, as mobile operators improved
:18:30. > :18:34.4G has started rolling out in urban areas, while Ofcom says 3G
:18:35. > :18:50.coverage on networks has spread to take in 73% of Northern Ireland.
:18:51. > :18:52.A new screening programme for babies is being trialled
:18:53. > :18:57.The test aims to pick up congenital heart defects that wouldn't be found
:18:58. > :19:04.It's hoped this will double the number of cases diagnosed, and
:19:05. > :19:11.This little man is called Tony McCoy - he's no relation to the jockey.
:19:12. > :19:15.But at just a few days old, he's in the spotlight.
:19:16. > :19:18.The reason - a heart-screening test which is now
:19:19. > :19:22.being done routinely at Daisy Hill Hospital's maternity unit.
:19:23. > :19:24.It's the first hospital here to introduce
:19:25. > :19:39.Babies throughout Northern Ireland get all these tests. They get
:19:40. > :19:45.checked for hearing, limbs, etc. To be honest, I have never heard of any
:19:46. > :19:51.babies dying of defective hearing but I have heard of babies dying of
:19:52. > :19:53.undiagnosed heart conditions. I feel that the heart should be a mandatory
:19:54. > :19:54.check. The test uses a simple relatively
:19:55. > :19:56.inexpensive unit to detect oxygen Anything above 95% is deemed ok -
:19:57. > :20:01.below that, and further tests will At the moment, many cases
:20:02. > :20:16.of congential heart disease aren't Two thirds of them will have gone
:20:17. > :20:21.home healthy looking, but still have congenital heart disease not picked
:20:22. > :20:27.up. With this new screening, we hope that we can increase the rate of
:20:28. > :20:30.pick-up up to three quarters of the babies who would be managed early,
:20:31. > :20:32.the parents will know about it early and the outcome will be much better.
:20:33. > :20:34.Five-year-old Terence McPolin is the picture of health now,
:20:35. > :20:38.but just days after he left hospital as a baby, he had to be taken to
:20:39. > :20:41.hospital in London for emergency surgery due to a heart defect.
:20:42. > :20:47.It was a traumatic experience for his family.
:20:48. > :20:58.If Daisy Hill hadn't have known that before he had left the hospital,
:20:59. > :21:04.things could have been done a lot quicker. -- had have known. This
:21:05. > :21:06.pilot programme will run until next September. After that it is hoped it
:21:07. > :21:10.will be rolled out across the trust. College ice hockey proved such
:21:11. > :21:13.a success over the weekend, Yes - the first annual
:21:14. > :21:23.Friendship Four tournament at the SSE Arena in Belfast proved
:21:24. > :21:28.to be a success with both local ice hockey fans and the TV networks
:21:29. > :21:31.in Canada and North-East America. So, the plan now is to do
:21:32. > :21:45.it all again in 2016. Two days, four games, over 20,000
:21:46. > :21:49.spectators. The River Hawks from Massachusetts emerged as the first
:21:50. > :21:55.ever winners of the Bell pot. The event was such a success, plans are
:21:56. > :22:00.already in place to do it all again next year. People over here don't
:22:01. > :22:05.really get how big a deal college hockey or college sports are in the
:22:06. > :22:11.US. For us to have achieved an event with a taxi favour points, those
:22:12. > :22:16.college teams came up home gates at home to come to Belfast. So, for
:22:17. > :22:21.me, the city needs to be incredibly proud, we are a sporting city. We
:22:22. > :22:27.have had many big sporting events here. Why not keep going, because we
:22:28. > :22:30.are setting ourselves a reputation across North America as being able
:22:31. > :22:33.to deliver these types of events. And the organisers are keen to keep
:22:34. > :22:39.up the Boston connection. Absolutely. The genesis of the
:22:40. > :22:42.concept was born out of the Boston Belfast agreement. There are a lot
:22:43. > :22:47.of good hockey teams in Boston and we would like to get them back
:22:48. > :22:51.here, so, absolutely, we will go across to Boston in February and we
:22:52. > :22:55.are hoping we will be able to announce that they are playing next
:22:56. > :23:01.year. After this year's Friendship Four, there should be no shortages
:23:02. > :23:02.of colleges willing to make the trip across the Atlantic.
:23:03. > :23:05.Antrim's Mark Allen is out of the UK Snooker Championship in York.
:23:06. > :23:08.The world number 11 has missed out on a place in the fourth round
:23:09. > :23:11.after he was beaten this afternoon by Martin Gould of England
:23:12. > :23:15.Which means Allen misses out on an all-Northern Irish clash with
:23:16. > :23:18.He made it into the last 16 with a 6-1 victory
:23:19. > :23:27.There was a lot of positive noise from Croke Park
:23:28. > :23:30.today aimed at promoting and growing the sport of hurling.
:23:31. > :23:35.Beyond the traditional strongholds in Munster and Leinster,
:23:36. > :23:37.the game only truly thrives in pockets in the Ards Peninsula,
:23:38. > :23:42.But plans are afoot to change all that.
:23:43. > :23:49.For those who play it, there is nothing quite like hurling, but
:23:50. > :23:55.beyond the six or seven counties that can win an all Ireland title,
:23:56. > :24:00.many now suggest hurling is the sixth sibling of the GAA. In Belfast
:24:01. > :24:04.the game has flat line. Antrim last contested a senior all Ireland final
:24:05. > :24:10.in 1989. Occasional spikes since. Now comes a plan. We need to protect
:24:11. > :24:13.the game where it is strong and growing in many other areas and
:24:14. > :24:17.develop the game. Based on all of that we have unashamedly come down
:24:18. > :24:21.on the side that we will concentrate on youth development. The need to
:24:22. > :24:26.play more games. This new competition, every county in Ireland
:24:27. > :24:29.will take part under 17, it will cut will travel the number of games that
:24:30. > :24:33.children at that age group will play. The critical thing is ensuring
:24:34. > :24:38.that club players know who, when and where. They have a schedule of games
:24:39. > :24:40.and the balance between the club and county schedule. They have to
:24:41. > :24:44.optimise that balance. We have to bring certainty to fixtures and
:24:45. > :24:48.people have been out who, when and where as I have said, to be able to
:24:49. > :24:52.plan their lives. If we succeed in that we will do a good day 's work.
:24:53. > :24:54.The ambition and three-year plan aims to have the hurling landscape
:24:55. > :24:58.revitalised by 2018. Cricket, Ireland's women had a
:24:59. > :25:00.seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe today Beat Scotland next,
:25:01. > :25:15.and they'll book a place Speaker that is the sport. You may
:25:16. > :25:15.have noticed some flashes on screen. A
:25:16. > :25:22.Now let's get a look at the weather forecast.
:25:23. > :25:26.It is looking very mild tonight. Incredibly mild for the start of
:25:27. > :25:31.December. Temperatures were up into the mid-teens across parts of County
:25:32. > :25:34.Down. That is probably 10 Celsius up on yesterday and well above the
:25:35. > :25:40.average for this time of year. Not really surprising. One of our
:25:41. > :25:45.weather watchers spotted this rose in full bloom in South Belfast.
:25:46. > :25:51.Another surprise, that contrasts big time with this night, five years
:25:52. > :25:55.ago. 2010, there is me going for a temperature of -10 Celsius in parts
:25:56. > :26:02.of Tyrone. It big change tonight. No frost. Not too bad initially
:26:03. > :26:05.tonight. Lots of dry spells but during the early hours rain was
:26:06. > :26:08.weeping from the West. It will be raining first thing tomorrow
:26:09. > :26:12.morning. But as heavy as this morning and it won't last too long.
:26:13. > :26:16.It looks like a good part of the day will be pretty decent. At first it
:26:17. > :26:20.is quite mild. First thing in the morning it is damp, drizzly but that
:26:21. > :26:26.is when the across County Down, Armagh and parts of Belfast. West,
:26:27. > :26:31.it is drier weather pushing through. As those clearer skies, long,
:26:32. > :26:35.temperatures will start to fall. If anything, temperatures will be
:26:36. > :26:40.highest first thing. Through the afternoon, probably settling around
:26:41. > :26:43.eight or nine Celsius. Dropping down towards this time tomorrow night.
:26:44. > :26:47.Cold tomorrow night. Frost in places. Not the minus ten suites of
:26:48. > :26:54.five years ago but temperatures could get down to minus one or minus
:26:55. > :26:56.two. Pretty frosty. He made it to scrape the car windscreen but much
:26:57. > :27:00.of the day will be dry with sunshine and light winds. More like you would
:27:01. > :27:04.expect it to be like at this time of year, temperatures close to average.
:27:05. > :27:08.Cold again on Thursday night and then towards the weekend, things get
:27:09. > :27:13.more unsettled. Low pressure close by. Rain and wind are close by. The
:27:14. > :27:18.next couple of days at least, it is looking fairly dry. But as you
:27:19. > :27:28.weather this evening. Just an update on that crash on the day one. Three
:27:29. > :27:33.people have been injured in a 2 vehicle head-on collision. More
:27:34. > :27:38.details on that on our late summary here on BBC One at 10:25pm. You can
:27:39. > :27:39.also keep in touch with us on Facebook and Twitter. From BBC
:27:40. > :27:41.Newsline,