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:00:15. > :00:19.Tonight's top stories: The police are continuing to question three

:00:20. > :00:24.people about the murder of Eddie Girvan in Greenisland.

:00:25. > :00:37.A warning after dozens fall prey to an online blackmail scam.

:00:38. > :00:45.There will be a request for some kind of sexual imagery. The crime

:00:46. > :00:45.gang Bob Bryan say that they are blackmailer.

:00:46. > :00:49.A step closer for the family of Jean McConville to obtaining

:00:50. > :00:51.the findings of a police investigation into her kidnap

:00:52. > :01:00.What's the future for GCSE courses from English exam boards here?

:01:01. > :01:08.Today it was announced at Rory Best is the new Ireland rugby captain.

:01:09. > :01:10.Just trying to play it cool, but inside my heart was jumping!

:01:11. > :01:12.After a beautiful day today, it's all change tonight

:01:13. > :01:28.A grey and wet, mild and murky day to come on Thursday.

:01:29. > :01:30.Hello and welcome to the programme this Wednesday evening.

:01:31. > :01:32.A five-year-old boy has been knocked down in Newtownards.

:01:33. > :01:34.The accident happened at 3.15pm on the Scrabo Road.

:01:35. > :01:42.Martin Cassidy has been to the scene.

:01:43. > :01:48.The incident happened around three o'clock this afternoon. There are a

:01:49. > :01:52.number of schools nearby and it is said that children were making their

:01:53. > :01:56.way home. One bystander said that the five-year-old boy was carrying

:01:57. > :02:01.the schoolbag. The police investigation centres on a stretch

:02:02. > :02:06.of the Scrabo Road, a suburban area on the outskirts of Newtownards. My

:02:07. > :02:12.husband just came home at 3:15pm and said that the boy was lying on the

:02:13. > :02:20.Scrabo Road, lying with his wee schoolbag and all. It is just

:02:21. > :02:24.horrendous. I hope the boy is OK. Many local people are only receiving

:02:25. > :02:25.news of the incident as they arrive home from work. The area remains

:02:26. > :02:29.cordoned off. Police investigators have spent

:02:30. > :02:31.a second day at the home of Eddie Girvan, the Greenisland

:02:32. > :02:33.pensioner who was found murdered His body was found by chance

:02:34. > :02:39.when police officers called at his home to make what they have

:02:40. > :02:42.described as a routine enquiry. Two men and a woman are still

:02:43. > :02:45.in custody in connection The police have been granted extra

:02:46. > :02:49.time to interview the woman and one Our reporter Kevin Sharkey has spent

:02:50. > :02:56.the day in Greenisland. In the shadow of Knockagh monument

:02:57. > :02:59.today, memories of a friend and former golfing colleague

:03:00. > :03:01.who spent part of his life It's not far from Eddie Girvan's

:03:02. > :03:20.home, where his life ended in murder An amiable man. I have known him a

:03:21. > :03:25.long time. I have known his father, his mother, his brother and sister.

:03:26. > :03:27.I went to school with them. It is a complete shock to the society.

:03:28. > :03:29.It is a complete shock to the society.

:03:30. > :03:30.Outside the pensioner's home today, police.

:03:31. > :03:33.Inside and out of view, investigators looking for more

:03:34. > :03:44.Eddie Girvan was last seen alive at this off-licence just behind me,

:03:45. > :03:50.that was at 2:30pm on Sunday afternoon. Lisa trying to figure out

:03:51. > :03:55.what happened between them and 9:30pm on Sunday evening. It was

:03:56. > :03:56.found at his home, his hands were tied and he was stabbed to the

:03:57. > :04:01.chest. As the police try to bring

:04:02. > :04:05.justice to this case, locals at the golf club

:04:06. > :04:07.are remembering their former colleague Eddie Girvan and what one

:04:08. > :04:20.member described to me He was very helpful. He would have

:04:21. > :04:30.turned up and helped that somebody had a problem. That was the nature

:04:31. > :04:38.of the guide. We had our golfing Society and Eddie became a member of

:04:39. > :04:45.it. We went away to Scotland one time. Eddie turned up on the first

:04:46. > :04:51.tee box is in his sports jacket, shirt and tie. We all had a bit of a

:04:52. > :04:56.laugh, but he just continued playing can be enjoyed his company. As the

:04:57. > :05:07.police tried to bring justice to this case, locals at the golf club

:05:08. > :05:09.say they are trying to remember the good times they had together.

:05:10. > :05:13.The police have received more than 60 reports of cyber-related

:05:14. > :05:16.People who responded to requests for indecent images and videos

:05:17. > :05:19.were threatened by online criminals, who said they would make the images

:05:20. > :05:31.When it comes to cyber crime, most people think it will never happen to

:05:32. > :05:37.me. But the police have been surprised at just how many men and

:05:38. > :05:42.women have been caught out. We have seen young female victims of the

:05:43. > :05:47.elderly adult men. From teenagers to people in their 60s. This will

:05:48. > :05:53.target anyone who uses the Internet. It is a crime that only requires an

:05:54. > :05:59.Internet connection, so it is no respect of age, class, gender. The

:06:00. > :06:02.police are investigating 62 different cases. Some people have

:06:03. > :06:08.been targeted by blackmailers whether you're on pornography sites.

:06:09. > :06:14.But mainstream websites are also being used. People click on a link

:06:15. > :06:18.or accept a friend request, and suddenly they are into her

:06:19. > :06:22.relationship with a person. Eventually there will be a request

:06:23. > :06:28.for some sort of sexual imagery, perhaps mutual sexual imagery. The

:06:29. > :06:33.victim provides that the crime gang. The crime gang will then say I am

:06:34. > :06:38.not too I said I was only need to pay me a certain amount of money. If

:06:39. > :06:42.you don't I will circulate it. For example, particularly if you're on

:06:43. > :06:48.social media, I will circulate it to your friends and family. Because you

:06:49. > :06:52.have led me into your world, I know who your friends and family are. If

:06:53. > :06:58.someone has sent images that they neither regret or even paid money,

:06:59. > :07:03.what is due advice? We will not judge you do what you tell us. We

:07:04. > :07:06.will treat you as the victim of crime, as you are. There are means

:07:07. > :07:13.and methods that can be adopted to remove some of that imagery and

:07:14. > :07:18.protect you. The crime gangs involved are often on the other side

:07:19. > :07:18.of the world in places like the Philippines. Catching criminals is

:07:19. > :07:22.not easy on the World Wide Web. Catching criminals is not easy

:07:23. > :07:25.on the World Wide Web. The family of Jean McConville have

:07:26. > :07:27.come a step closer to obtaining the findings of a police

:07:28. > :07:30.investigation into her kidnap The mother of ten

:07:31. > :07:33.was abducted in 1972. Her family has won the right

:07:34. > :07:35.to seek a judicial review Jean McConville was taken

:07:36. > :07:42.from her home in Divis Flats in West Belfast in December 1972,

:07:43. > :07:48.forced to leave her children behind. She was wrongly accused

:07:49. > :07:50.of being an informer, Her body lay undiscovered at this

:07:51. > :07:58.beach in County Louth until 2003. Three years later,

:07:59. > :08:01.the Police Ombudsman concluded a proper investigation

:08:02. > :08:03.into the murder had not been carried Now the High Court has granted seven

:08:04. > :08:13.members of the McConville family leave to seek a judicial review

:08:14. > :08:16.into why they haven't been allowed to see a later Historical Enquiries

:08:17. > :08:21.Team draft report into the killing. A barrister for the Chief Constable

:08:22. > :08:23.said it would be made available, once there was no risk

:08:24. > :08:27.of prejudicing any prosecutions. The family has offered to accept

:08:28. > :08:35.a suitably redacted version. In court Mr Justice Maguire said

:08:36. > :08:38.of the family: "They have waited extremely patiently over

:08:39. > :08:39.an unconscionable period of time He later added: "No-one

:08:40. > :08:44.could possible accuse the applicants in this case of rushing

:08:45. > :08:46.into proceedings or expecting A full Judicial Review hearing

:08:47. > :08:56.is expected later this year. The Police Ombudsman is to begin

:08:57. > :08:59.an investigation into the deaths of 21 people murdered by loyalists

:09:00. > :09:02.during the Troubles. The Ombudsman is to investigate

:09:03. > :09:04.allegations of police The news was released

:09:05. > :09:10.during a review hearing He was shot dead as he left a police

:09:11. > :09:15.station in Lurgan in 1990. Our reporter Ita

:09:16. > :09:20.Dungan was in court. Sam Marshall was shot dead shortly

:09:21. > :09:26.after leaving Lurgan Police station The 31-year-old former IRA prisoner

:09:27. > :09:31.had just signed bail papers and was walking away from the police

:09:32. > :09:33.station with two other Republicans, Today, during a preliminary inquest

:09:34. > :09:41.hearing into his death, a lawyer for the Ombudsman's Office

:09:42. > :09:44.said Sam Marshall's death would now be investigated by the watchdog,

:09:45. > :09:52.along with 20 others. According to Ombudsman's legal team,

:09:53. > :09:54.the 21 murders had been linked by geographical location,

:09:55. > :09:56.time span and by the paramilitary By that, he meant the actions

:09:57. > :10:04.of the UVF in mid-Ulster during the late 1980s

:10:05. > :10:08.and early 1990s. The lawyer also revealed the inquest

:10:09. > :10:12.into Mr Marshall's death would now not go ahead until the findings

:10:13. > :10:17.of a preliminary report Since the time of the shooting there

:10:18. > :10:25.have been rumours of collusion. A car found near the scene was found

:10:26. > :10:28.to be a military intelligence It later emerged that it was one

:10:29. > :10:33.of six vehicles involved in a major surveillance operation involving

:10:34. > :10:39.undercover soldiers. A Historical Enquiries Team report

:10:40. > :10:42.into the murder in 2012 also found that two soldiers had followed

:10:43. > :10:46.the three men when they left the police station and had

:10:47. > :10:48."partially witnessed the shootings". The killers two guns were never

:10:49. > :11:09.found, but were linked Still to come on the programme,

:11:10. > :11:10.after three months of a weakening pound against the euro, what does it

:11:11. > :11:15.pound against the euro, what does it mean for our pockets?

:11:16. > :11:18.It's emerged that some pupils studying GCSEs in Northern Ireland

:11:19. > :11:20.will get some of their grades in number form.

:11:21. > :11:22.That is despite Education Minister John O'Dowd's decision that all exam

:11:23. > :11:25.boards operating here must only give their results using the letters

:11:26. > :11:37.Our Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith can explain why.

:11:38. > :11:45.All GCSEs in England will be rated from one to nine. John O'Dowd

:11:46. > :11:48.decided not to go for this. The problem is that a quarter of the

:11:49. > :11:59.exams here are taken in English boards. We thought that schools here

:12:00. > :12:04.would have to take virtually all of their GCSEs through the Northern

:12:05. > :12:10.Ireland exam board, but that is not quite the case. These people to

:12:11. > :12:14.Campbell College in Belfast are in their GCSE studies next year and

:12:15. > :12:22.have been picked subjects like Polish, mountain or psychology some

:12:23. > :12:27.might get numbered grades from nine .1, and others will get letters.

:12:28. > :12:42.Manager in will be graded from nine up to one. Other exams will get from

:12:43. > :12:50.temp three down the GE. Schools will be allowed to offer 9-1 in GCSEs in

:12:51. > :12:56.those subjects only until alphabetically graded specifications

:12:57. > :12:59.become available. But see CEA are also revising their own GCSE

:13:00. > :13:06.courses, meaning that some schools will have to change this year and

:13:07. > :13:10.again next year. Religious education is one of the subjects to reduce an

:13:11. > :13:13.English examination board. So the teachers within the department will

:13:14. > :13:24.have to plan for a new specification. That is being revised

:13:25. > :13:28.at the moment, launching the new specification from 2017. Campbell

:13:29. > :13:33.College will potentially have the teach three different GCSE...

:13:34. > :13:39.Education courses in three years. Just a few miles away, teachers see

:13:40. > :13:45.your face the same situation in regards to the current GCSEs in

:13:46. > :13:49.computing. With the changes that have been brought out we have to

:13:50. > :13:56.look for a different specification. The Northern Ireland board are not

:13:57. > :14:06.bringing on a computing course until 2017. So, we could have three

:14:07. > :14:09.different systems in three years. Many schools are in a similar

:14:10. > :14:11.position and have a short time to make a definitive decision on the

:14:12. > :14:19.way ahead. So, a very complex situation for the

:14:20. > :14:23.schools to deal with. A-Level to not affected by these changes. Robbie,

:14:24. > :14:27.The value of the pound has been weakening against the euro over

:14:28. > :14:31.That comes after a period of strength, which meant your money

:14:32. > :14:33.went further on cross-border shopping or Spanish holidays.

:14:34. > :14:35.So, will the pound continue to weaken and what impact

:14:36. > :14:38.Here's our Economics and Business Editor,

:14:39. > :14:43.Newry is a city well used to the impact of currency fluctuations.

:14:44. > :14:45.When the pound is strong against the euro, it makes sense

:14:46. > :14:48.for shoppers to head south where their money will go further.

:14:49. > :14:57.The pound was exceptionally strong last year.

:14:58. > :15:03.Historically, Newry has had to deal with the vagaries of the rates of

:15:04. > :15:08.sterling and the euro. We have learned to deal with that. As far as

:15:09. > :15:12.last year, it all came down to perception and the press were

:15:13. > :15:16.saying, look how strong the point isn't how we are your release, so

:15:17. > :15:18.people began to travel to the south the shop.

:15:19. > :15:20.Hospitality was probably hit hardest, with wedding parties

:15:21. > :15:25.in particular spying a bargain across the border.

:15:26. > :15:36.People do come and ask you what the exchange rate is, but what they

:15:37. > :15:40.stress to them is that the exchange rate is not certain and in a few

:15:41. > :15:41.years' time it might have changed in the opposite way.

:15:42. > :15:45.But now the tide could be turning, with various economic factors

:15:46. > :15:56.So, a weaker pound could bring some relief to border retailers, but for

:15:57. > :16:00.consumers it is a pain, particularly when it comes to holidays. If the

:16:01. > :16:08.pound continues to weaken it will make relatively more expensive to

:16:09. > :16:14.travel to America or Europe. But the dose businesses trying to sell their

:16:15. > :16:26.business abroad, it can make it more competitive. About half of all of

:16:27. > :16:28.exports -- all of our exports go to the euro land. So that is a huge

:16:29. > :16:34.This time last year it cost about 77p to buy a euro.

:16:35. > :16:36.Today, it costs about 77p to buy a euro.

:16:37. > :16:38.But in between times, euros became as cheap as 70p.

:16:39. > :16:41.So there will always currency fluctuations and its hard to say

:16:42. > :16:51.if the pound is in for a prolonged period of weakness.

:16:52. > :16:57.Coming up before seven o'clock, we assess the state of play between the

:16:58. > :16:59.two main nationalist parties. between the two main

:17:00. > :17:00.nationalist parties. The owner of the building

:17:01. > :17:02.which was once the former Kincora Boys Home in East Belfast

:17:03. > :17:05.has called on the DUP to clarify its position over

:17:06. > :17:07.the building's future. Nine months ago, the then

:17:08. > :17:09.First Minister, Peter Robinson, had called for it to be

:17:10. > :17:12.razed to the ground. Since then, the owner says

:17:13. > :17:14.he has heard nothing more and that he doesn't

:17:15. > :17:16.know how to proceed. Today it's called Linden House,

:17:17. > :17:22.but once it was known as Kincora Boys Home -

:17:23. > :17:25.a place of fear for the teenage boys At least 29 are thought

:17:26. > :17:31.to have been abused. Last year, the then First Minister,

:17:32. > :17:33.Peter Robinson, described the building as a sore

:17:34. > :17:37.in the community and called for it When a building is so associated

:17:38. > :17:44.with horrific events such as the abuse of young boys,

:17:45. > :17:47.as in the past with Kincora, I think the best thing to do

:17:48. > :17:58.is raze it to the ground. Today, the building's owner told me

:17:59. > :18:03.he has tried to contact the DUP and Peter Robinson by email

:18:04. > :18:05.and registered letters and that I was proposing to

:18:06. > :18:15.develope the office. We have a planing applilcation

:18:16. > :18:17.for an extension at the back of the office and, effectively,

:18:18. > :18:20.it was going to be my pension My architect informs me that

:18:21. > :18:24.if we go ahead and build the extension and renovate

:18:25. > :18:29.the building and it's going to be knocked down or vested,

:18:30. > :18:31.what's the point of doing that? We need clarifciation

:18:32. > :18:33.from Peter Robinson about what he was proposing and how

:18:34. > :18:35.he was proposing to remove the building, which is

:18:36. > :18:39.what he says he wants to do. The BBC asked the DUP

:18:40. > :18:41.what their position is on the building once

:18:42. > :18:43.known as Kincora House, We'll elect a new Assembly in less

:18:44. > :18:54.than four months' time. Three out of the five main party

:18:55. > :18:57.leaders are leading their parties into a Stormont election

:18:58. > :18:59.for the first time. Colum Eastwood took charge

:19:00. > :19:02.of the SDLP late last year. Our political correspondent

:19:03. > :19:09.Chris Page has been assessing the state of play between the two

:19:10. > :19:15.main nationalist parties. Amidst the hills of County Down,

:19:16. > :19:17.there are key battlegrounds The SDLP are trying

:19:18. > :19:26.to reclaim old ground. Newry is a bellwether

:19:27. > :19:30.for nationalist voters. For almost 20 years,

:19:31. > :19:32.the Newry and Armagh Westminster seat belonged to the

:19:33. > :19:35.SDLP's Seamus Mallon. Now they have three MLAs

:19:36. > :19:44.here, the SDLP one. On the streets, the parties' recent

:19:45. > :20:00.fortunes are evident. I used to go with the SDLP, but they

:20:01. > :20:04.don't do anything any more. I vote for Sinn Fein in the hope they do

:20:05. > :20:13.well this year. Would anything swing you to the other nationalist party?

:20:14. > :20:16.No. John Hume and all of those big people, they all sort of

:20:17. > :20:17.disappeared. Seamus Mallon and all of them.

:20:18. > :20:21.Mr Mallon's old job of Deputy First Minister has

:20:22. > :20:23.belonged to Sinn Fein for nearly a decade.

:20:24. > :20:26.Sinn Fein have two elections coming up, here and in the Republic.

:20:27. > :20:32.Conor Murphy says that in itself is an important strategy.

:20:33. > :20:38.We want to see the breaking down of the barriers that have prevented

:20:39. > :20:44.economic growth along the border. We are in a party that is in a position

:20:45. > :20:47.to do things about that. That is a primary difference. We don't just

:20:48. > :20:53.talk the talk about reunification, we stand across the silent to have

:20:54. > :20:54.the maximum change from North to South, East and West.

:20:55. > :20:58.This is the man who will lead the challenge to them.

:20:59. > :21:00.Colum Eastwood became SDLP leader in November.

:21:01. > :21:03.The party's performance in Newry and Armagh will be an important

:21:04. > :21:05.indication of whether he can dent Sinn Fein's vote.

:21:06. > :21:08.She'll switch from her current constituency of South Down.

:21:09. > :21:15.She believes Mr Eastwood will take the SDLP forward.

:21:16. > :21:22.He has been a breath of fresh air to the SDLP. People are stopping me in

:21:23. > :21:27.the street and saying to me how proud the heart of the SDLP making

:21:28. > :21:30.the change in leadership. It is telling me another thing, that

:21:31. > :21:34.people are sick of orange and green politics. They want a see change and

:21:35. > :21:38.They want a see change and we want to make that change.

:21:39. > :21:40.This commentator thinks the SDLP's first priority will be

:21:41. > :21:51.They are trying to hold ground, hold what they have. They are -- it is

:21:52. > :21:52.not realistic that they will make a massive change.

:21:53. > :21:58.So, what do people in Newry make of the new SDLP leader?

:21:59. > :22:07.I don't know about him. He is a Derry man. I don't know who he is,

:22:08. > :22:11.to tell you the truth. Never heard of them. There are too many old

:22:12. > :22:17.people. More young people might catch themselves on, you know? Would

:22:18. > :22:21.you give him a chance? I might. Electoral success in places like

:22:22. > :22:27.this is incredibly important for the nationalist parties, both

:22:28. > :22:30.symbolically and strategically. The results of the Assembly election

:22:31. > :22:32.will determine the direction of nationalism for the next five years.

:22:33. > :22:35.of nationalism for the next five years.

:22:36. > :22:37.Tomorrow, Chris will be looking at the battle within unionism.

:22:38. > :22:40.Thomas Niblock is in studio for sport this evening and it's been

:22:41. > :22:43.a great day for one Irish rugby player in particular.

:22:44. > :22:46.Rory Best played for Ireland 89 times, but something

:22:47. > :22:49.tells me his 90th cap is going to be something special.

:22:50. > :22:52.That's because he is the new Irish rugby captain.

:22:53. > :22:55.His journey from Banbridge Rugby Club to the very top of Irish rugby

:22:56. > :23:00.is complete, as Rory Best adds his name to some

:23:01. > :23:07.From the early days of the great Jack Kyle, to the days of colour

:23:08. > :23:10.Willie Anderson faced down the haka in the 80's and,

:23:11. > :23:13.in more recent times, it's been Brian O'Driscoll and Paul

:23:14. > :23:17.But now it's Rory Best - a lifetime ambition achieved

:23:18. > :23:32.When you look back, whenever I was younger and watching my dad played

:23:33. > :23:37.for Banbridge, all I wanted to do was play for Banbridge. Then you

:23:38. > :23:41.start to watch Ulster and Ireland games and you imagine what would be

:23:42. > :23:45.like to plague of them. To be Ulster captain and Ireland captain, it is

:23:46. > :23:51.massive for me. We are a big rugby family. I know my family and all my

:23:52. > :23:54.friends will be delighted. It is a huge honour and something I am

:23:55. > :23:56.unbelievably privilege and humbled to do.

:23:57. > :23:59.The man who made the decision is Ireland coach Joe Schmidt.

:24:00. > :24:01.So, how did Best find out he was to join some

:24:02. > :24:08.He phoned me. There was probably a lot of smiling and nodding from my

:24:09. > :24:15.end, which he didn't see, probably thankfully! He phoned me and said,

:24:16. > :24:21.we would love you to be captain. You are the one we would like to do it.

:24:22. > :24:28.I was trying to play it cool, but inside my heart was jumping. Yes,

:24:29. > :24:34.Joe, I would be honoured to do it, thanks very much! The most difficult

:24:35. > :24:37.The most difficult thing was keeping it quiet for a few days.

:24:38. > :24:39.Talking is an important part of any sporting captain,

:24:40. > :24:43.but Best would rather lead by a different way.

:24:44. > :24:49.Words are good at the right time, but it is all about actions and that

:24:50. > :24:55.is what you have got to try to produce. I don't think it is that

:24:56. > :24:57.much more pressure than playing international week anyway because

:24:58. > :25:10.you have to be at the top of your game.

:25:11. > :25:12.In local football, Knockbreda made the sixth round of the Irish Cup

:25:13. > :25:14.last night after beating Annagh United.

:25:15. > :25:16.Elsewhere there were two games in the premiership but we start

:25:17. > :25:18.with Glentoran's Irish Cup clash against Ards.

:25:19. > :25:22.After three consecutive league defeat this is potentially a tricky

:25:23. > :25:25.tie for the cup-holders, but Chris Landry settled the nerves after six

:25:26. > :25:37.minutes. He was on target again shortly afterwards. The championship

:25:38. > :25:45.leaders pulled a goal back. After the interval, glaring -- Glentoran

:25:46. > :25:52.got their third. Lavery completed his hat-trick to set up a sixth

:25:53. > :25:59.round tie at home with Blaenavon. We are actually playing twice in a row

:26:00. > :26:05.against them. We are here to defend the trophy. If we are playing them

:26:06. > :26:10.at home, we will go out and set out stall win the game. We want to win

:26:11. > :26:18.the Irish Cup, that is the bottom line. This early goal was enough for

:26:19. > :26:20.Ballymena United to get their win over struggling Carrick Rangers.

:26:21. > :26:22.Warrenpoint's recent revival continued after they beat Portadown

:26:23. > :26:33.2-1. Rory McIlroy tees off tomorrow,

:26:34. > :26:35.in his first tournament Also in the field will be current

:26:36. > :26:40.world number one Jordan Spieth, and the two have already been

:26:41. > :26:52.locking horns, is a different form When we needed the race, we all put

:26:53. > :26:57.it on high. Jordan nearly took the fight. We collided have down the

:26:58. > :27:03.fairway. It was really good fun. It was a nice way to start the week.

:27:04. > :27:10.Rory and I going this way, together. I bumped the back of his board.

:27:11. > :27:13.Fortunately, his ankle stayed on the board, so that was nice! We had a

:27:14. > :27:19.good time yesterday. It was not deliberate!

:27:20. > :27:27.That will be a fascinating sporting rivalry through 2016.

:27:28. > :27:34.Hello, good evening. It has been a beautiful day today. Tomorrow is

:27:35. > :27:38.going to be normal service resumed. At least the year skies encourage

:27:39. > :27:49.lots of people together with their cameras. We had a very full inbox

:27:50. > :27:53.today. The clear skies, that is one of the reasons we will see some very

:27:54. > :27:58.cold apertures through the first part of the night. It will start to

:27:59. > :28:03.cloud over the span the brain moves in. There is the chance of mist and

:28:04. > :28:08.hill fog by tomorrow morning. There is it is my brother will have a

:28:09. > :28:12.grey, thank quality to it. Most of us will wake up to some rain. It

:28:13. > :28:17.will gradually clear right to the east. Even once it is gone, we keep

:28:18. > :28:23.that blanket of cloud sitting over us. We are into some more mild air.

:28:24. > :28:27.Through Thursday afternoon, we should see temperatures in double

:28:28. > :28:32.figures in many places. Even with that, it will not yield as nice a

:28:33. > :28:37.day after the lovely blue skies today. In the Friday, we keep the

:28:38. > :28:41.cloud cover and it is not long before the next band the brain such

:28:42. > :28:45.to work its way in overnight. Some of that could be quite heavy for a

:28:46. > :28:49.time. The good news is that it should be largely out of the way

:28:50. > :28:52.overnight, so that the time most of us are waking up to go to work on

:28:53. > :28:58.Friday morning it should be a dry picture. What we will see how these

:28:59. > :29:04.tightly packed isobars. That is a sign of the breeze building. Friday

:29:05. > :29:08.will be a blustery day. A day of sunshine and showers, but also

:29:09. > :29:12.stronger winds. We are in the milder air, so some bright spells in

:29:13. > :29:17.temperatures up into double figures for the showers come through in the

:29:18. > :29:20.afternoon. Contrast the weekend temperatures, which will be up in

:29:21. > :29:25.double figures, to what we saw last weekend. Then we had snow on the

:29:26. > :29:28.ground. But the time you get to the back half of this weekend,

:29:29. > :29:33.temperatures will be up around 13 degrees. They might want to think

:29:34. > :29:36.about putting the boot back in the water!

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