:00:00. > :00:09.Police divers have recovered the body of George Jamison
:00:10. > :00:13.The 61-year-old went missing on Saturday.
:00:14. > :00:18.The police say the death isn't being treated as suspicious.
:00:19. > :00:22.The man who died when he was hit by a car in west Belfast yesterday
:00:23. > :00:25.evening was Jim Maxwell, who was known as Maxi.
:00:26. > :00:28.It happened on the Donegall Road close
:00:29. > :00:31.The 71-year-old lived locally and it's believed
:00:32. > :00:34.he was crossing the road when he was struck.
:00:35. > :00:37.The name of a pedestrian hit by a lorry
:00:38. > :00:39.on the Glenavy Road near the Moira Roundabout yesterday
:00:40. > :00:46.There's been a small fire in a housing complex for older
:00:47. > :00:49.The building was evacuated briefly and paramedics
:00:50. > :00:51.were called to the premises in Main Street.
:00:52. > :00:56.It's believed the fire started accidentally.
:00:57. > :01:01.Over ?122,000 has been donated to the Black Santa annual collection
:01:02. > :01:06.That total includes ?13,000 given today alone.
:01:07. > :01:08.A popular feature of Christmas in the city, it attracts support
:01:09. > :01:34.Hello, nice to see you. Thank you very much. That is great. It will
:01:35. > :01:37.build up through January and then we have a cut-off point and then the
:01:38. > :01:41.money is distributed at the end of February.
:01:42. > :01:44.31 prisoners who are serving life sentences are among more than 100
:01:45. > :01:45.who've been granted home leave over Christmas.
:01:46. > :01:48.The inmates, who have been released until the 4th of January,
:01:49. > :01:50.are from Maghaberry and Magilligan prisons and from Hydebank Wood.
:01:51. > :01:53.The Prison Service said that all the prisoners granted leave have
:01:54. > :01:55.been risk-assessed and have completed a home leave programme
:01:56. > :01:57.or have undergone periods of unaccompanied testing
:01:58. > :02:04.A vet in north Belfast has asked the public to leave extra food out
:02:05. > :02:11.This is one of two that have already needed treatment in recent days,
:02:12. > :02:15.but there are fears it could be an early sign of problems
:02:16. > :02:17.that they faced in previous years when they had to take care
:02:18. > :02:21.They are appealing to local people to continue to feed the birds,
:02:22. > :02:27.if they can, over the Christmas and New Year period.
:02:28. > :02:30.The Belfast Giants had a big win last night at the start
:02:31. > :02:34.They beat league leaders the Cardiff Devils two-nil
:02:35. > :02:40.The Giants took an early lead through Brandon Benedict,
:02:41. > :02:43.before getting the clinching score in the dying seconds from Matt
:02:44. > :02:49.The Giants stay fourth in the table but with games in hand can now catch
:02:50. > :02:54.Christmas is a time for making memories
:02:55. > :02:57.and a County Down museum has been compiling a collection of articles
:02:58. > :03:00.that mean something special to local people at this time of year.
:03:01. > :03:04.Among the finds is a rare Boer War tin, sent to the troops by Queen
:03:05. > :03:14.Louise Cullen has been finding out more.
:03:15. > :03:21.October 18 99. The Boer War began. It brought thousands of young men to
:03:22. > :03:26.South Africa fighting the British Army, far from home and amid early
:03:27. > :03:31.heavy losses in the campaign, morale by Christmas of that year was at
:03:32. > :03:35.rock bottom. Queen Victoria decided to send a tin containing chocolate
:03:36. > :03:40.each soldier on the front. The problem was it was Cadburys, and
:03:41. > :03:43.that is who she wanted to give her warrants to. There were pacifists
:03:44. > :03:49.and Quakers did not believe in the war, so they have this dilemma
:03:50. > :03:52.should we give something to support people fighting? The Queen told them
:03:53. > :03:57.to do so, so they believed they should. The three main chocolatiers
:03:58. > :04:01.of the time were all pacifist Quakers and decided they would all
:04:02. > :04:06.make chocolate for the tins. But that still didn't help. They'll
:04:07. > :04:10.agreed they will put their names on the chocolate, but the Queen did not
:04:11. > :04:14.want that, because Cadburys was hers. So the agreement was made that
:04:15. > :04:18.they would all be labelled as Cadburys, but the chocolate inside
:04:19. > :04:22.would bear the name of the Manufacturer. The chocolate in this
:04:23. > :04:27.tip was eaten by a soldier who survived the Boer War only to die in
:04:28. > :04:32.the last year of World War I, 1918. The lie many others, is tin became a
:04:33. > :04:35.memento box and a reminder of the home he plonked to see at Christmas.
:04:36. > :04:38.-- this, like many others. Here's Cecilia with
:04:39. > :04:49.the all-important Christmas weather. Not longer now, just a few hours
:04:50. > :04:52.until Christmas Day. If you on the road tonight, it will be icy in
:04:53. > :04:58.places and I will be showers around with snow on some hills as well. It
:04:59. > :05:03.could be tricky for a while. But as the night goes on, those showers
:05:04. > :05:08.will ease off. The bitter wind will also drop, but with clear skies,
:05:09. > :05:12.temperatures will get around freezing. Frost and ice to startle
:05:13. > :05:16.and Christmas morning, but mostly dry. There is rain to come during
:05:17. > :05:21.the afternoon, but the morning looks pretty decent and the winds will not
:05:22. > :05:27.be as strong. Rappaport, enjoy the morning and the sunshine, maybe some
:05:28. > :05:31.snow on the hills. The rain comes up from the south, it means a wet
:05:32. > :05:34.Christmas Day for the Republic, Wales and England. Milder air will
:05:35. > :05:42.come through eventually, but as it comes up against the cold, there
:05:43. > :05:47.will be wet slow and in places. -- wet snow. Cold crisp over the North
:05:48. > :05:50.and Scotland, cold and damp tent Christmas Day across Northern
:05:51. > :05:54.Ireland. They will become milder on Christmas night and also dry as the
:05:55. > :05:58.cold, wet weather moves northward. Winds will pick up on Christmas
:05:59. > :06:04.night, so you will be windy and that's windy weather will continue
:06:05. > :06:08.into boxing day. Not as cold, not as cold as today. Lots of dry weather
:06:09. > :06:15.and sunshine in places, so not a bad day. He'll be milder still on Sunday
:06:16. > :06:16.and Monday of next week. Happy Christmas.
:06:17. > :06:21.Keep in touch with the news over the holiday with BBC Radio Ulster.