:00:08. > :00:11.Almost 80 people from here feature in the New Year's Honours List.
:00:12. > :00:13.The most prestigious award is a knighthood for the jockey AP
:00:14. > :00:16.McCoy and there were also honours for charity volunteers,
:00:17. > :00:17.security staff, civil servants and teachers.
:00:18. > :00:36.No longer AP McCoy, now Sir Anthony. He retired from the sport earlier
:00:37. > :00:39.this year and says the knighthood is a huge honour.
:00:40. > :00:45.I had a very successful career. I had a very lucky career. But I
:00:46. > :00:54.really do think that this is the highest honour that anyone can get.
:00:55. > :01:00.Boxing champion was awarded an MBE and actor James Nesbitt receives an
:01:01. > :01:02.MBE for services to drama and the community.
:01:03. > :01:07.The very fact that I am connected to Northern Ireland through this net
:01:08. > :01:13.beanbag OBEs is great. It means I'm still getting away with it in drama
:01:14. > :01:17.is great. I phoned my father. I got my mum a few years ago. My dad said,
:01:18. > :01:22.about time. But I think he was joking. The
:01:23. > :01:26.former Lord Mayor of Belfast was interred in the 70s is delighted his
:01:27. > :01:30.community work has been recognised with an MBE.
:01:31. > :01:35.I felt very humble to be honest. I've always tried to work across the
:01:36. > :01:39.community. And are you looking forward them to
:01:40. > :01:42.your day out in London? Well, my wife certainly is. I think
:01:43. > :01:48.she's looking through the catalogues to see if she can get any ideas.
:01:49. > :01:51.Paddy Hocker, winner of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, also receives
:01:52. > :01:53.an MBE for his charity work. also receives an MBE
:01:54. > :01:55.for his charity work. A woman has appeared in court
:01:56. > :01:58.charged with the attempted murder of her son at flats on the outskirts
:01:59. > :02:01.of north Belfast earlier this week. Julie Larsen, who's 41 and whose
:02:02. > :02:04.address was given as Ross House, Mount Vernon, allegedly
:02:05. > :02:07.watched her son being beaten unconscious without
:02:08. > :02:10.trying to intervene. His partner received a broken arm
:02:11. > :02:23.during the incident. Matthew Larsson was attacked with a
:02:24. > :02:28.metal bar here at Mount Vernon on Monday. A 24-year-old struck up to
:02:29. > :02:32.20 times. One blow so severe it is said to have caused his year to
:02:33. > :02:35.explode. He is being treated in intensive care at the Royal
:02:36. > :02:41.pictorial hospital. This morning, his mother appeared before Belfast
:02:42. > :02:44.Magistrates' Court accused of attentive mode and a number of other
:02:45. > :02:49.charges related to the attack. The court heard that a man suspected of
:02:50. > :02:52.carrying out the attack is still at large and detectives told the court
:02:53. > :02:56.that they believe that Julie Larsen arrived at the scene in the
:02:57. > :02:59.knowledge that her son was going to be serious li assaulted by this
:03:00. > :03:02.other suspect. It is alleged that she did nothing to stop the attack
:03:03. > :03:07.and afterwards cleaned the flat in order to make it look as though the
:03:08. > :03:10.attack has happened elsewhere. It is alleged Julie Larsen had tried to
:03:11. > :03:14.mislead police by saying that she found her son with the injuries and
:03:15. > :03:17.that he had been under threat from locals. During cross-examination the
:03:18. > :03:21.detective confirmed that Julie Larsen denied the events during
:03:22. > :03:25.interviews the court heard that she is not accused of taking part in the
:03:26. > :03:29.physical assault on her son. Our lawyer said that she had been the
:03:30. > :03:33.one to administer first aid and then went to the hospital. He said, her
:03:34. > :03:36.main concern was for her son and his condition. The judge refused her
:03:37. > :03:37.bail because of the risk interference with witnesses.
:03:38. > :03:42.A 24-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with attempted
:03:43. > :03:45.murder relating to a stabbing in Ballymena two months ago.
:03:46. > :03:47.A 30-year-old man was injured during the attack in a flat
:03:48. > :03:53.Kyle Joseph Rainey, of Rossdale in Tullygarley denies the charge.
:03:54. > :03:55.The police have released two 17-year-olds they had been
:03:56. > :03:59.questioning in relation to the murder of west Belfast man
:04:00. > :04:02.The 20-year-old was killed near houses at Glasvey Close
:04:03. > :04:10.Most roads across Northern Ireland have reopened following Storm Frank.
:04:11. > :04:13.At its peak, nearly 300 roads were blocked by water
:04:14. > :04:22.The heavy rainfall also caused disruption in Fermanagh where fields
:04:23. > :04:25.Storm Frank saw rivers and loughs bursting their banks
:04:26. > :04:28.The local MP says he's concerned about the long-term impact
:04:29. > :04:39.of the bad weather on some of the roads in the county.
:04:40. > :04:43.People are obviously concerned about whether not they can get to work,
:04:44. > :04:46.whether their children can get to school and that is a big issue.
:04:47. > :04:51.Whether a future detours in some part just to get pupils to school.
:04:52. > :04:54.It is really the situation but what is even more worrying is peoples
:04:55. > :04:59.businesses, people's homes being flooded. And that causes huge amount
:05:00. > :05:01.of money. It is getting to the stage that some people actually cannot get
:05:02. > :05:03.insurance in the area. insurance in the area.
:05:04. > :05:06.It's been a year when political division has made plenty
:05:07. > :05:10.But a piece of legislation proposed by a backbencher has made it
:05:11. > :05:13.Professionals who work with children say it'll make a real difference.
:05:14. > :05:20.Here's our political correspondent Chris Page.
:05:21. > :05:26.Children may not be very interested in what happened at Stormont but the
:05:27. > :05:31.decisions of Government agencies deeply affect young people in need.
:05:32. > :05:36.The social worker who helps children in care was involved in a case with
:05:37. > :05:42.a disabled child. He needed his own to be slightly adapted.
:05:43. > :05:46.Unfortunately health and housing were in conflict with who is
:05:47. > :05:48.responsible at it was to provide this service and as a consequence
:05:49. > :05:53.that child remained in hospital bomb much longer than may have been
:05:54. > :05:56.deemed necessary. So, the children's act aims to stop
:05:57. > :06:00.that sort of bureaucratic problem. The new law means Gottman department
:06:01. > :06:04.is now have a legal duty to cooperate when it comes to children
:06:05. > :06:09.services. They must work together. And they will pool resources, not
:06:10. > :06:17.wrangle over who pays for what. This is about all children. The
:06:18. > :06:19.legislation was proposed by the Green Party's only MLA that all
:06:20. > :06:22.parties directly supported it. The bill would make services were
:06:23. > :06:24.children effective and make sure the Beatles as we put in by children
:06:25. > :06:29.services gets to the children. It's about making some of the good
:06:30. > :06:31.practice happening in Government, practice.
:06:32. > :06:35.The legislation officially become law before Christmas. The new year
:06:36. > :06:45.will show what impact the change will happen children services. There
:06:46. > :06:49.will be a 200 appearance for the team on Saturday. He has scored 67
:06:50. > :06:55.Rory Best captains the side. tries. Rory Best captains the side.
:06:56. > :06:58.Let's get the weather for New Year's Day now with Geoff
:06:59. > :07:04.Hello. Good evening. Heavy New Year. However you are choosing to spend
:07:05. > :07:09.the festivities it is going to be a chilly night. The Met office has a
:07:10. > :07:13.warning for both snow and ice and that came into force at six o'clock
:07:14. > :07:15.this evening and remains in place until tomorrow lunchtime. Those
:07:16. > :07:19.showers across the hills in particular will fall asleep
:07:20. > :07:21.downstairs tonight. If you are out for midnight, it is going to be
:07:22. > :07:26.pretty chilly with temperatures in the towns and cities close to
:07:27. > :07:31.freezing. And Stanton -3 in some moral areas. Still at least the New
:07:32. > :07:34.Year starts as a January day should put up clear and cold and bike to
:07:35. > :07:37.begin with, make the most of that there because 20 long before the
:07:38. > :07:42.rain starts to arrive from the south-west later in the day. In
:07:43. > :07:44.fact, if you take the wider view across the whole of the UK and
:07:45. > :07:47.Ireland you will see that we're getting first dibs on this rain.
:07:48. > :07:52.Across the eastern half of Scotland and England had as much drier and
:07:53. > :07:58.cooler. They are still in those cool heirs of the damages there will be
:07:59. > :08:00.45 degrees. The further you come towards the rain it is like recovery
:08:01. > :08:04.in the temperatures. As you go through the afternoon, that rain
:08:05. > :08:07.will work its way in, the breeze will pick up and highs of five or
:08:08. > :08:11.six or 7 degrees. The warm as that of the day will come quite late on I
:08:12. > :08:15.think as we go through New Year's Day. Not much respite that. Another
:08:16. > :08:20.low pressure system heading in our direction for the weekend. It means
:08:21. > :08:23.we are into some unsettled weather. Which is probably the last thing we
:08:24. > :08:33.need with all of that standing water. Sesame Saturday is going to
:08:34. > :08:35.be another wet and windy day. Not wall-to-wall. There will be some
:08:36. > :08:37.breaks in that rain. Some drier spells. Temperatures will be pretty
:08:38. > :08:39.similar to Friday. Maybe a slight recovery as well post up a pretty
:08:40. > :08:42.soggy start to 2016. soggy start to 2016.
:08:43. > :08:48.Whatever you're up to this evening - stay safe and have a very