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Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Half a month's rainfall fell overnight in County Down | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
as Storm Frank brought the worst weather here so far this winter. | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
At one stage more than 200 roads were blocked and around 20,000 homes | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
and businesses were without electricity. | :00:16. | :00:16. | |
High winds and high seas made it a dangerous night. This was along the | :00:17. | :00:40. | |
east. Power cables came down. Hundreds of homes were affected as | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
the storm raged. But that was not the only problem. Many roads were | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
also flooded, including those on the main routes to Belfast International | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
Airport. It happened so quickly that some drivers were caught out, and | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
only realised when it was too late. Ruth McKee was in a cart that got | :01:01. | :01:05. | |
stuck at 6am. She eventually made it to the airport, but the car did not. | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
We were on it before we knew what it was. It was impossible to see it in | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
that dark. It was unimaginable. High winds at the airport meant that more | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
than 1000 passengers were stranded in planes when they arrived in | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
Belfast last night. It was said to be to dangerous for them to walk | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
down the steps. You actually thought that you were still in the air. It | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
was bouncing about. When he went to the toilet is, it was bouncing | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
everywhere. Even when you were on the tarmac?! Yes. This is usually a | :01:43. | :01:50. | |
popular footpath for those walking their dogs. Not today. If you want | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
some idea as to how much rain has been in recent days, just look | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
around at the nearby fields and the nearby river. Most of the province | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
suffered about one inch of rain. We had isolated spots that had two | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
inches of rain, and that is about half of the normal December total. | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
That fell in three hours. Across the border, Cork and Galway have also | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
been badly hit. The Army have been called in to try and limit the | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
damage. The good news is that the worst of the storm has now passed. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
But everyone using the roads is advised to drive with caution. To 17 | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
euros have been Newly released state papers | :02:41. | :02:49. | |
from 1988 show that the Soviet Union asked the British government | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
to investigate the cases More than 600 previously | :02:53. | :02:53. | |
confidential files have been made available at the | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
Public Record Office. Here's our political | :02:58. | :02:58. | |
correspondent Chris Page. in the 1980s, you would have | :02:59. | :03:15. | |
expected British- Soviet summits to focus on the Berlin wall rather than | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
what was going on behind these balls. But 27 years ago, the | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
troubles and the Cold War collided. At a meeting in Moscow, the Soviets | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
claimed that there were more than 400 political prisoners in Northern | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
Ireland. They asked Britain to investigate eight inmates in the | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
maze. The Foreign Secretary was said to be astounded. People recalled | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
Geoffrey Howe's shock and astonishment. It was different from | :03:44. | :03:52. | |
usual human rights cases. It was unusual. The details are revealed in | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
some of the 620 state documents released today. The main thing was | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
how to deal with the dreadful cycle of violence. It was one of the | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
bloodiest times in the conflict. The letter was written to the Foreign | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
Secretary. He said that he would not advocate a British withdrawal from | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
Northern Ireland because he was afraid of civil war. But eventually, | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
the British are going to find ... Sir Alan speculated about Peter | :04:22. | :04:39. | |
Robinson becoming the head of an Austin government that Ulster | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
government. He was the first person to mention Peter Robinson in any | :04:44. | :04:44. | |
context. The Northern Ireland Office policy | :04:45. | :04:57. | |
was to bolster the SDLP. These files paint a picture of a bleak and | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
violent time. Within a few years, the peace process was underweight. | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
The documents provide a valuable insight into the thinking of the | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
time. It also provides a few unsold stories, such as Moscow and the | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
Maze. The Secretary of State will meet | :05:15. | :05:16. | |
Sinn Fein early next month to try to break the deadlock over | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
how to deal with the legacy Theresa Villiers will also meet | :05:20. | :05:22. | |
other political parties Our Home Affairs Correspondent | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
Vincent Kearney reports. History continues to cast a long | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
shadow over politics here. How best to deal with the legacy of the | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
troubles remains highly controversial. The agreement in | :05:38. | :05:45. | |
November did not contain an agreement on the issue, the past was | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
part of something to be dealt with in the future. As a result, | :05:50. | :05:58. | |
per unit was put on hold. The police remain responsible for those | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
investigations. The chief Cartmell has made it clear that he is not | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
happy. The one area of real disappointment for us as the police | :06:10. | :06:16. | |
service, and for many grieving families, is the lack of agreement | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
on dealing with the past. Agreement on legacy issues remain impossible | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
because of disagreements over how much information about the possible | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
be made public. The government wants to retain a veto on some | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
information, because of concerns about national security. Sinn Fein | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
has accused the government of using that as an excuse. The secretary of | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
State plans to meet Sinn Fein next month to aim to break the deadlock. | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
She will also meet victims groups. All involved say they want to deal | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
with the past. But they cannot agree how. | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
After all of the destruction -- disruption with storm Frank, today | :07:04. | :07:16. | |
will be calmer, if a little cooler. We state right until the small | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
hours. That makes it more difficult to treat any icy roads. There's the | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
chance of the odd icy patch by dawn tomorrow. As we had into New Year's | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
Eve, we will start to see some wintry showers as we go through the | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
day. It is going to be a little bit colder than it has been today. Those | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
showers working their way in from the West. The high ground, it will | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
stick -- it will fall as sleet and snow. If we take the wider view, you | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
can see the difference in temperatures. We still have a warm | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
zone. High temperature is of ten to 12 degrees. Some warm air behind it. | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
Across Ireland, as we go through New Year's Eve, and head towards | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
midnight, the showers are continuing for a time. It is going to be a | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
chilly night. Wrap up if you are heading out and about. It is going | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
to be a cold start to the New Year. At least January is going to feel | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
like January, with a frosty start the day, before the rain arrives | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
later. This is the picture you will be waiting up to on Friday morning. | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
Bright and frosty to begin with. Some sunshine through the early part | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
of the day, before the skies start cloud over. We are expecting a few | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
weather systems heading in our direction before the weekend. The | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
weather is going to be pretty unsettled as we had through the next | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
few days, but because the jet stream has shifted, we are drawing some | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
colder air out of the North. The rain will continue over the next few | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
days, which will mean lesser volumes and we have seen of late. | :08:57. | :08:59. |