:00:00. > :00:08.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:09. > :00:12.This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor.
:00:13. > :00:18.A man's been injured in the face in an attack in north Belfast.
:00:19. > :00:18.Shortly after five o'clock this morning the 24-year-old was found
:00:19. > :00:20.in an entry off Glencairn Way with slash-type wounds.
:00:21. > :00:25.It's understood his injuries aren't life-threatening.
:00:26. > :00:34.74 people were killed on Northern Ireland's
:00:35. > :00:38.According to police figures that's five fewer than in 2014.
:00:39. > :00:40.Almost half of those who were killed were drivers.
:00:41. > :00:46.19 pedestrians and four motorcyclists died.
:00:47. > :00:49.Two men have been in court accused of multiple raids on shops
:00:50. > :00:53.Conor Allen, 26, from Ormiston Drive and 31 year old Andrew Aparicio
:00:54. > :00:56.from Russell Court in the city, are jointly charged with a series
:00:57. > :01:01.A judge was told police believe the pair are part of a bigger gang.
:01:02. > :01:13.Hundreds of people have braved icy waters today for a New Year's dip.
:01:14. > :01:15.There were organised swims in Newscastle,
:01:16. > :01:18.and Helen's Bay, but Colletta Smith was in Islandmagee.
:01:19. > :01:20.Between the rain clouds, lots of people got out for a bracing
:01:21. > :01:23.For some, it was very bracing indeed.
:01:24. > :01:25.This was the ninth annual New Year's Day dip.
:01:26. > :01:31.Around 100 people of all ages braved the Irish Sea to raise
:01:32. > :01:36.This is a day when most others are glad to be warm and dry.
:01:37. > :01:50.Plenty of people today are mad enough or man enough to brave it in.
:01:51. > :01:52.It has cleared the head from last night.
:01:53. > :02:00.Don't think I will make it an annual thing but thoroughly enjoyable.
:02:01. > :02:24.We're going to go home and have a nice relaxing bath,
:02:25. > :02:30.Hundreds stayed watching on the sidelines, holding the warm
:02:31. > :02:34.clothes for those mad enough to take a dip.
:02:35. > :02:37.But I'm told, it gets easier the longer you spend in.
:02:38. > :02:42.That certainly seemed to be the case for some.
:02:43. > :02:50.Good to see so many people here today.
:02:51. > :03:07.With a big splash here, one or two little seals did get
:03:08. > :03:16.In football Linfield moved into second place
:03:17. > :03:21.They beat Crusaders 2-0 at Windsor Park to cut the champions
:03:22. > :03:25.Stephen Watson rounds up all the New Year's Day action.
:03:26. > :03:27.Crusaders haven't been beaten in 20 league games.
:03:28. > :03:35.Linfield were determined to change that.
:03:36. > :03:37.Persistence from Andy Waterworth secured the opening goal.
:03:38. > :03:39.Then keeper Sean O'Neill turned the ball into his own net
:03:40. > :03:59.Rodney Brown scored a tapping winner in this game.
:04:00. > :04:04.Paul Michael Roy scored the first goal of the season after seven
:04:05. > :04:16.The game of the day was a seven goal thriller at Shamrock Park.
:04:17. > :04:18.Portadown had a 3-2 advantage but Ballymena battled
:04:19. > :04:31.In the last minute of the game, they produced a winner by Alan
:04:32. > :04:36.Jenkins. His second.
:04:37. > :04:44.4-3 and a happy start to the New Year for Ballymena.
:04:45. > :04:46.The weather now and looking ahead to the next few days,
:04:47. > :05:07.The. The Aurora borealis Britain in an appearance along the coast but
:05:08. > :05:12.tonight is a different story. Rain all this evening and it continues
:05:13. > :05:16.overnight. An early warning is in place tomorrow for heavy rain across
:05:17. > :05:19.the eastern half of Northern Ireland. Through this evening and
:05:20. > :05:22.overnight we can see the rain continuing off and on what the
:05:23. > :05:27.south-easterly breeze developing and all the cloud cover means the
:05:28. > :05:33.night-time temperature is similar to today. Into the weekend, it is a
:05:34. > :05:38.pretty chilly day and we have yellow warning coming in at noon. That is
:05:39. > :05:41.particularly enforced across the eastern half of Northern Ireland.
:05:42. > :05:48.That is where the lane will be heaviest and most persistent. We
:05:49. > :05:53.have an APR of low pressure that has become stalled across south-west
:05:54. > :05:56.England. The winds whip around it and the rain is hitting Scotland and
:05:57. > :06:03.North West England and feeding and across the Irish Sea meaning many
:06:04. > :06:07.counties at risk. The rest of Ireland enjoying a reasonably dry
:06:08. > :06:11.day, at least through daylight hours and by the time we get to the
:06:12. > :06:16.overnight period we start to see some rain is working its way in from
:06:17. > :06:19.the south-west. The old system works its way out eventually only to be
:06:20. > :06:25.replaced by the next Atlantic low and that means we will see a very
:06:26. > :06:28.wet day on Sunday. That could cause problems given the high river levels
:06:29. > :06:32.and the saturated ground that we have at the moment and as we go
:06:33. > :06:37.through Sunday, the rain will be much more widespread soul western
:06:38. > :06:42.counties also seeing their share of the rain through the day. What we
:06:43. > :06:45.really need at the moment is two to three weeks of dry weather to help
:06:46. > :06:47.dry out the ground but at the moment there is no sign of that arriving
:06:48. > :06:48.any time soon.