08/01/2016 BBC Newsline

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Detectives investigating the murder of a 31-year-old man

in North Belfast are still trying to establish how he died.

Conor McKee's body was found by his mother at his home

Conor McKee's body was removed from the family home

He had been found by his mother in an upstairs bedroom at 10:30.

This was a particularly brutal murder, and the more traumatic

for Conor's mother who found him, a tragedy for his family

31-year-old Conor McKee leaves behind

At this stage, police say they are keeping an open mind

about a motive for his killing but that

Conor was on bail from prison on drugs offences.

At this stage, we still don't know how this man died.

A postmortem examination is due to be carried out

The police want to hear from anyone who saw a man

in and around Conor's house at around 6:15 yesterday evening.

They want to hear from someone who has already been in contact.

I would ask that person as a matter of urgency to make contact

They have information that can assist our inquiry.

Forensic examinations at the family home are continuing this evening.

Police say the more information they get, the more likely it will be

New government guidance on alcohol consumption says there's no safe

A new lower recommended limit has been set and for the first time

The guidance also says pregnant women should not take any alcohol.

Our reporter David Maxwell has been finding out more.

Limits outlined today may surprise some who consider

Previously men could drink more than the 14 units advised for women.

It equates roughly to seven glasses of wine, six pints of beer

The new guidance now explicitly states that no alcohol should be

consumed during pregnancy and it pours cold water on suggestions that

drinking small amount of alcohol has health benefits.

That has never been the medical position of experts.

No doctor should ever have been advising a patient to start drinking

alcohol. The new guidance reflects not only

new science but changes in society with two thirds of alcoholic drinks

now consumed in the home. Sharing a bottle of wine

between a couple is probably now binge drinking for them because that

would be five units each and even if you did that

a couple of times a week, you are coming close

to the maximum limit for the week. For some, the new limits

are too strict. They are unrealistic in terms

of the drinking culture these days. People look at what they eat

a lot more these days, they are more health conscious

but when it comes to a night out, they will not limit

themselves to one drink. We are Irish so we drink

more than anybody else. 14 units a night might

be a better guideline! People need to make informed

choices. Even drinking 14 units a week over three days carries low

levels of rest, so any amount of Argos all that increases the risk of

cancer, that is the evidence we see, the risk associated with cancer is

greater than we once thought. The guidance says it is best not

to save up units and drink them all in one go and it's important

to have alcohol-free days. The actor James Nesbitt says

a political deal reached between politicians here last year

let down He says the legacy of the past

was not properly addressed Mr Nesbitt is a patron

of Wave Trauma Centre, which supports people bereaved,

injured or traumatised You cannot move on without

addressing the issues of the past and looking after people who are

still suffering. The work needs to continue, you cannot move forward

without fully addressing the ongoing and indelible legacy of the past.

The Rivers Agency is set to appear before

The body is responsible for regulating

Today another company near the lough spoke of the devastating impact

the rising waters has had on their business.

Our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent, Conor Macauley,

has been to an island on the lough that has been

Today we got the chance to take to the flooded river,

We are going to deliver supplies to the warden of Coney Island

The island is disappearing under Peter McClelland's feet.

You can see how much the water has encroached onto the island here.

Peter says on a good day, there are nine acres of Coney Island

but at the moment, there is half that.

The big problem is going to be the aftermath, the clean-up.

A lot of litter has come in on the wash

And it will have to be cleared before visitors arrive in the

spring. Where the river runs into Lough Neagh it is beautiful but even

on a candy there is no concealing the chaos the waters have caused. In

the distance are huge poly tunnels, run by the Donnelly family. They

have become victims of the waters. In this tunnel near the river,

70,000 lettuces languish in the waters, a loss of thousands of

pounds. They will have to be thrown out

now, there is no way I nearby GAA ground is damaged --

flood. It has not much the social club but it is an inconvenience. --

damaged. With regard to social members

using the club, they just have not been able to use it

for this last day or so. Some of it will be done

in the Assembly on Tuesday when the Rivers Agency,

responsible for the levels of the lough, will be

asked some tough questions by MLAs. Ahead of this weekend's

record lottery jackpot, one local man's lottery dream

has already come true. Ross Hearst from County Armagh

has just won ?4 million Ross Hearst is a man on one

serious winning streak. Then I changed it and won another

?20 in another shop. Then I changed again and won

?10, all in one day. The next day I exchanged it

and that is when You must have thought,

I'm so lucky winning 50 quid? I couldn't really keep this

other one under my hat! He bought the scratchcard

in this Lurgan shop. It was the last one

in the screen in the shop. I was going to get something to eat

and I turned and said, no, I will exchange the one

I won the night before. What a boost for a couple

expecting their first baby in April. Lucky for some. Straight to the

weather. It is another chilly night with widespread frost and a chance

of icy patches. Also freezing fog in some places. Overnight rain works

its way north across Ireland and that will bring rain along the coast

in the early hours. Some could fall asleep or snow on high ground. In

the weekend, still a chilly feel and we will see wintry showers through

the day, some of those could be heavy for a time and turning to

sleet or snow on hills. At the moment an area of low pressure is

slowly moving east, around that we have strong winds and it continues

to drive in sleet and snow across the Central Belt and the Highlands

of Scotland. Across Northern Ireland in the afternoon the showers topping

up and temperatures never really hitting going, certainly a chilly

feel to the weather. Into Sunday, it's a summer set up, we will keep

temperatures on the cool side, there will be wintry showers to the day,

maybe at little more right whether appearing through Sunday but it will

not have much impact on the temperatures, again feeling chilly,

five or six. As we head to the start of next week and the breeze comes

around out of the North, temperatures are heading down and it

will be properly chilly. Our next BBC Newsline is at 6pm

tomorrow on BBC One.