:00:00. > :00:00.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:07. > :00:08.Good evening, and welcome to BBC Newsline.
:00:09. > :00:11.A man's been knocked down and killed in County Antrim.
:00:12. > :00:17.The 56-year-old was struck by a car as he walked along the Belfast Road
:00:18. > :00:19.in Dunadry at about twenty-past two this morning.
:00:20. > :00:22.Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident
:00:23. > :00:27.A man's been shot in the leg in Carrickfergus.
:00:28. > :00:30.He was walking in the Castlemara estate at about half-past seven last
:00:31. > :00:32.night when he was attacked by three masked men.
:00:33. > :00:39.A man with an address in the Republic has appeared
:00:40. > :00:41.in court on drugs charges after police stopped a van
:00:42. > :00:45.29-year-old Robert Stewart, from Cardonagh Park in Dublin,
:00:46. > :00:47.is charged with having about ninety thousand pounds worth of diazepam
:00:48. > :00:53.Stewart appeared before Newtownards Magistrates Court today.
:00:54. > :00:58.A detective alleged that he had been renting storage premises near Conlig
:00:59. > :01:01.under a different name, where more tablets were found.
:01:02. > :01:07.We've had Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and today's been hyped
:01:08. > :01:10.as 'Panic Saturday' - the last shopping weekend before
:01:11. > :01:15.An estimated ?1.2 billion has been spent today across the UK,
:01:16. > :01:19.and trade in Northern Ireland still hasn't reached its peak.
:01:20. > :01:32.With so much of workers are spending online you might have expected town
:01:33. > :01:37.centres to be bit more secure -- subdued. That was not the case in
:01:38. > :01:41.Belfast this afternoon and many source have staged massive sales in
:01:42. > :01:44.a bid to part us from cash. Saturdays here in Victoria Square
:01:45. > :01:49.are normally busy but the crowds are you larger today because of panic
:01:50. > :01:53.Saturday, shoppers only have five more days to get those important
:01:54. > :01:59.Christmas gifts and over the coming days the crowds are expected to get
:02:00. > :02:07.larger as people stock up on the final presence from Christmas Day.
:02:08. > :02:12.Christmas Eve is panic. I got the nice wrap delivered. That's it. We
:02:13. > :02:17.needed all done by the end of the week goes on working until
:02:18. > :02:20.Wednesday. Using town has been busy? Nightmare. City centre trade has
:02:21. > :02:23.been busy with high streets and shopping centres benefiting from a
:02:24. > :02:28.late search during the festive season. It's been a busy day and
:02:29. > :02:30.will be a busy weekend. It was slow this morning but people coming out
:02:31. > :02:35.this afternoon at the weather is perfect for shopping. Tomorrow marks
:02:36. > :02:39.the final day of the Christmas market. They expect their foot fault
:02:40. > :02:43.I've been highest to date. The mild weather means more be blood ventured
:02:44. > :02:49.into Belfast but it remains to be seen if it has been professed of fun
:02:50. > :02:50.or that all-important shopping. The smack if it has been for festive
:02:51. > :02:51.fun. Grassroots sport and the volunteers
:02:52. > :02:53.who make it happen have been celebrated ahead of tomorrow night's
:02:54. > :02:56.Sports' Personality of the Year Dame Mary Peters has teamed up
:02:57. > :03:13.with the sports' charity Limbering up. A few last-minute
:03:14. > :03:18.stretches and a helping hand to inspire and get us active. It is a
:03:19. > :03:23.legacy from the London 2012 Olympics. We want more people
:03:24. > :03:27.actually taking part in sport but sport cannot happen without the
:03:28. > :03:31.volunteers who do all of the officiating and so on. It big clap
:03:32. > :03:34.on the back for those who make it happen. There is a strong bond
:03:35. > :03:38.between all the volunteers and the runners seem to be appreciative of
:03:39. > :03:43.the efforts people make in terms of volunteers. Everyone goes together
:03:44. > :03:47.at the person who is last get as big a cheer as the person who is first.
:03:48. > :03:54.All present and correct, and with that, they are. Cheered on from the
:03:55. > :03:58.sidelines. Nowadays lots of young people are involved with high-tech
:03:59. > :04:02.things and they don't get as much opportunity to take part in sport as
:04:03. > :04:07.perhaps we did in our day goes we did not have that diversion. But I
:04:08. > :04:13.need people daily through my charity who are giving an awful lot of their
:04:14. > :04:17.free time to wanting to be champions of the future and we give them the
:04:18. > :04:22.bursary to help them on that reached us excess. You can also get on the
:04:23. > :04:27.road if you feel inspired by this lot, there are hundreds of park runs
:04:28. > :04:28.throughout Northern Ireland. Go for it.
:04:29. > :04:40.Good evening. It isn't going to be quite as mild in the run-up to
:04:41. > :04:45.Christmas. Temperatures are still going to be above average for the
:04:46. > :04:49.most part. Exceptionally mild today. 15 or 16 degrees at one point, lots
:04:50. > :04:53.of dry weather as well and that's how we start the evening, mainly
:04:54. > :05:00.dry, particularly towards the West. Eastwood 's the cloud -- cloud will
:05:01. > :05:05.gather and rain will brush in as well. That moves away and discover
:05:06. > :05:10.clears as temperatures drop to six or seven, lower than recent lights
:05:11. > :05:13.but the smack recent nights but above average. Things will brighten
:05:14. > :05:17.up eventually come it will be blustery with showers to come as
:05:18. > :05:21.well. Lots of them during the morning. Cloudy shark and showers
:05:22. > :05:25.could be prolonged before they ease off and become scattered. They are
:05:26. > :05:29.also quite happy as they move in across central and western parts of
:05:30. > :05:33.Scotland. For the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland it is
:05:34. > :05:38.basically bright spells and showers, which are more frequent the West of
:05:39. > :05:43.Ireland, northern England, Wales and the South West. Drier and brighter
:05:44. > :05:47.disease delinquent. Not as mild as today and we have those blustery
:05:48. > :05:51.winds. By tomorrow afternoon we still have the blustery wind and
:05:52. > :06:01.there will still be showers running income more frequent across Ireland,
:06:02. > :06:07.bright eclipses and sunshine coming through. Not as mild as today but
:06:08. > :06:11.still above average. Into the new week, looking at the charts, plenty
:06:12. > :06:16.of isobars indicative of blustery winds that will be a feature,
:06:17. > :06:20.various weather systems running through, more rain or showers in the
:06:21. > :06:22.forecast for blustery winds and temperatures still above average.
:06:23. > :06:24.That is it for now. You can keep up to date with local
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