:00:07. > :00:11.A 20-year-old woman has died in a crash in County Armagh.
:00:12. > :00:15.The accident between a car and a lorry happened at around
:00:16. > :00:19.3:30pm on the Legacorry Road in Richhill.
:00:20. > :00:22.She's the eighth person to die on our roads in the first month
:00:23. > :00:25.The female driver of the car was taken to hospital
:00:26. > :00:37.Break across Northern Ireland in the last few weeks, it has been
:00:38. > :00:47.horrendous. We wonder where it will end. Almost on a daily basis, there
:00:48. > :00:48.are accidents. Just last week it was two young men.
:00:49. > :00:51.And in Co Tyrone there has been a two-vehicle collision
:00:52. > :00:55.The Moor Road, near Ashbrook Care Home, has been closed.
:00:56. > :00:57.Naomi Long says she considered not returning to politics
:00:58. > :00:59.after her general election defeat in East Belfast last May.
:01:00. > :01:02.The Alliance deputy leader was tonight one of three candidates
:01:03. > :01:06.chosen by the party to fight the seat in the forthcoming
:01:07. > :01:11.But she admitted that it was only at Christmas that she finally
:01:12. > :01:24.After me, I find myself very tired and exhausted. It had been a
:01:25. > :01:28.bruising five years and I took the time to think about it and to thank
:01:29. > :01:31.my passion because they did not want to come back simply because people
:01:32. > :01:35.expected me to. I wanted to come back because I felt I had something
:01:36. > :01:39.to contribute and there was something I wanted to do which I
:01:40. > :01:42.felt could make a difference. After reflecting on that, I'm convinced
:01:43. > :01:53.there are still work to be done and is still a
:01:54. > :01:58.role for the Alliance Party in the assembly and I want to be part of
:01:59. > :02:04.that. I'm not somebody who could go off and have a nice life for myself.
:02:05. > :02:06.There's been anger in Londonderry after two handguns were found
:02:07. > :02:11.A controlled explosion was carried out on the vehicle which was parked
:02:12. > :02:13.close to the graves of people who recently died.
:02:14. > :02:15.Here's our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish.
:02:16. > :02:20.This has been a deeply distressing time for Fiona Kelly. Her husband
:02:21. > :02:26.and father both died on the stately beaks ago. The car at the centre of
:02:27. > :02:31.the cemetery alert was parked on the yards from her husband's grave and a
:02:32. > :02:41.controlled explosion was carried out on it after two semiautomatic
:02:42. > :02:50.handguns were found. Totally distressed. Disgusted.
:02:51. > :02:57.Saddened that someone would come to a cemetery where people are supposed
:02:58. > :03:02.to be resting in peace. In the past, people have never bothered anybody
:03:03. > :03:09.who died. Why now? What is it all for? It is terrible that people are
:03:10. > :03:12.coming to see the graves of loved ones and they couldn't even get in
:03:13. > :03:17.yesterday. There has been a wave of revulsion
:03:18. > :03:20.across the city as forensic teams carried out their follow-up
:03:21. > :03:25.operation. My reaction has to be the same as
:03:26. > :03:29.everybody else's. A sense of outrage. Why are these things
:03:30. > :03:36.happening in this day and age in our communities? People who are abusing
:03:37. > :03:39.the sanctity of the cemetery so as to maybe take life. I certainly have
:03:40. > :03:44.to condemn it. The PSN I say they are delighted to
:03:45. > :03:55.have taken to weapons of the streets in recent days that they say the
:03:56. > :04:00.dissident republicans remain determined to kill Paul officers and
:04:01. > :04:04.asked people to remain vigilant. -- police officers.
:04:05. > :04:07.Northern Ireland's most senior organ transplant doctors have told the BBC
:04:08. > :04:09.that Northern Ireland isn't ready yet for an opt-out donor system -
:04:10. > :04:12.that's where the public have to register their wishes
:04:13. > :04:14.not to donate their organs when they die.
:04:15. > :04:16.The move, which is the opposite to the current system,
:04:17. > :04:18.had been proposed by an Ulster Unionist MLA.
:04:19. > :04:19.Here's our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly.
:04:20. > :04:22.Imagine waiting for someone to donate you one of their organs.
:04:23. > :04:25.Lucia Quinney knows all about it - in her 16 years she's had
:04:26. > :04:35.All these different things that young people
:04:36. > :04:38.start to think about that they'd want to do with their life.
:04:39. > :04:40.With her own Facebook page and plans for a blog,
:04:41. > :04:43.Lucia wants to encourage people to join in the conversation
:04:44. > :04:48.She prefers the current system where people sign up
:04:49. > :04:59.It means to know that a donor and possibly not even
:05:00. > :05:03.the donor but the donor's family has made that decision,
:05:04. > :05:13.To know it was something they wanted to do.
:05:14. > :05:16.The organ donation debate is back in the headlines after an attempt
:05:17. > :05:19.to change the law here to an opt-out system was blocked by DUP
:05:20. > :05:22.and Sinn Fein members of the Stormont Health Committee.
:05:23. > :05:24.The proposal brought by an Ulster Unionist MLA had meant
:05:25. > :05:27.that those who didn't want to donate organs would need
:05:28. > :05:33.But showing a united front, for the first time
:05:34. > :05:35.Northern Ireland's most senior clinicians involved in this
:05:36. > :05:39.speciality came together and told the BBC that the opt-out system
:05:40. > :05:44.We have a good system, we want to do whatever will make it
:05:45. > :05:48.better and we're not convinced just yet that
:05:49. > :05:51.the public in Northern Ireland have the inside understanding
:05:52. > :06:00.We are concerned it will make things worse.
:06:01. > :06:02.Wales adopted the opt-out system in December last year.
:06:03. > :06:04.With a population of over three million, so far,
:06:05. > :06:06.around 86,000 of those have opted out.
:06:07. > :06:07.According to campaigners, it's early days.
:06:08. > :06:09.While health service showing overwhelming majority of people
:06:10. > :06:11.believe in organ donation, actually doing something
:06:12. > :06:14.about it is a completely different matter.
:06:15. > :06:16.The challenge for health professionals
:06:17. > :06:19.and politicians is coming up with a system which encourages
:06:20. > :06:26.people to turn those thoughts into action.
:06:27. > :06:28.The Deputy First Minister says he believes the Government
:06:29. > :06:31.is reluctant to move to break the deadlock on legacy issues
:06:32. > :06:36.In an interview on The View programme, Martin McGuinness
:06:37. > :06:39.describes the Secretary of State as being "not keen" to resolve
:06:40. > :06:53.I made the point when I had the conversation with Theresa Villiers
:06:54. > :06:57.that if it was a matter of waiting until after the assembly elections,
:06:58. > :07:04.what needs to be done between now and then, so that we are not then
:07:05. > :07:08.facing the public with this prospect that there will be no talks. This
:07:09. > :07:10.needs to be resolved immediately after the assembly elections.
:07:11. > :07:13.And you can see that full interview with the Deputy First Minister
:07:14. > :07:17.A Belfast landmark has opened the doors on a major expansion -
:07:18. > :07:20.one which the city hopes will brings tens of thousands of new visitors.
:07:21. > :07:23.The Waterfront Hall's extension has generated much debate over its looks
:07:24. > :07:26.but, as our business correspondent Julian O'Neill has been finding out,
:07:27. > :07:34.The new Waterfront has been taking shape for months.
:07:35. > :07:37.?30 million has been spent doubling its size so Belfast
:07:38. > :07:44.Today, organisers of major UK conferences got a first look
:07:45. > :07:46.inside as the venue pitched for business by showcasing
:07:47. > :08:02.I love it, it is so close to the airport, easy into the city.
:08:03. > :08:05.I think the important thing is that it is
:08:06. > :08:11.There's now room for conferences hosting 5,000 people at a time,
:08:12. > :08:17.meaning Belfast can better compete for money-spinning national
:08:18. > :08:21.30 conferences are already booked and there's confidence
:08:22. > :08:28.We have found once we can get a client into the building and city,
:08:29. > :08:33.They are so impressed by the venue, the welcome they receive
:08:34. > :08:39.We took our decision when we didn't even see the plan so you can see
:08:40. > :08:44.what a big risk it was but we're absolutely delighted.
:08:45. > :08:49.Business visitors can spend big, and Belfast hopes that by 2020
:08:50. > :08:55.conferences will have delivered a ?100 million windfall.
:08:56. > :08:58.Almost 20 years old, it marks the beginning of a new era
:08:59. > :09:03.for the waterfront with new hotels springing up
:09:04. > :09:10.There is a lot riding on the business it hopes to do.
:09:11. > :09:13.The partner of the late motorcycle medic Dr John Hinds has said
:09:14. > :09:16.she's hopeful that an air ambulance will be in place
:09:17. > :09:22.A public consultation on the service was completed last week.
:09:23. > :09:25.In her first interview since the death of Dr Hinds last
:09:26. > :09:29.year, Janet Acheson has told BBC Newsline the service would be
:09:30. > :09:34.a fitting tribute to the "flying doctor".
:09:35. > :09:37.Special recognition for the work of her partner -
:09:38. > :09:41.Janet Acheson receives an Irish Motorcycling Award
:09:42. > :09:44.for the contribution of Dr John Hinds.
:09:45. > :09:48.His death last July shocked the racing community.
:09:49. > :09:54.Now Janet wants to see a lasting legacy for the flying doctor.
:09:55. > :10:00.Nothing will compensate me for John's loss but he got a lot
:10:01. > :10:04.of fulfilment out of saving people's lives and limbs at road racing.
:10:05. > :10:08.And hopefully that will bring that for everyone
:10:09. > :10:17.It is time-critical medical attention and that was the beauty
:10:18. > :10:22.in some ways of Irish road racing because the medical team were there,
:10:23. > :10:30.If you have your accident in the hills or in the mountains,
:10:31. > :10:36.on a roadside somewhere that's not beside a hospital,
:10:37. > :10:39.you don't get that time-critical intervention.
:10:40. > :10:41.Dr Hinds lost his life in an accident while providing
:10:42. > :10:45.medical cover during practice at the Skerries road races
:10:46. > :10:50.If there is anything good that comes out of his death,
:10:51. > :10:54.it is hopefully that there are lives saved that would otherwise have died
:10:55. > :10:57.without it and that is the long-term goal.
:10:58. > :11:00.In some ways this is much bigger than John.
:11:01. > :11:05.John's unfortunate death has brought this into the spotlight in a way
:11:06. > :11:07.that I don't think it would have been otherwise.
:11:08. > :11:11.And hopefully in the not too distant future we
:11:12. > :11:14.will come in line with the rest of Europe and the world
:11:15. > :11:17.and have that life-saving service.
:11:18. > :11:19.Thousands of children will get their transfer test results
:11:20. > :11:22.this Saturday and on tomorrow's Good Morning Ulster programme
:11:23. > :11:26.families affected and the teaching unions will be talking
:11:27. > :11:28.about their experience of the selection procedure.
:11:29. > :11:35.That's tomorrow on BBC Radio Ulster starting at 6:30am.
:11:36. > :11:37.And with some really wintery weather out there,
:11:38. > :11:45.let's have a look at the weather now with Angie.
:11:46. > :11:50.We have lots of potential hazards and the weather over the next few
:11:51. > :12:00.days, including our next named storm, Gertrude. Tightly packed
:12:01. > :12:05.isobars bringing stormy conditions and spells of rain. We have another
:12:06. > :12:08.couple of batches of rain to move through tonight. The risk of
:12:09. > :12:16.localised flooding particularly in the West. We see those winds gusting
:12:17. > :12:23.up to 70 or 80 mph. They are potentially damaging and an amber be
:12:24. > :12:28.prepared warning is in place. There could be power lines down and main
:12:29. > :12:33.structural damage. The highest winds tomorrow are still during the
:12:34. > :12:36.morning time. Eventually the skies brightened. In the meantime, the
:12:37. > :12:42.weather front moves across England and Wales as a band of showery rain.
:12:43. > :12:47.It brightens up across northern England, Scotland and Ireland with
:12:48. > :12:52.those Boston showers turning when three of the Scottish Highlands.
:12:53. > :12:58.Quite stormy for the northern isles letter on. For Northern Ireland,
:12:59. > :13:03.still quite a blustery afternoon. You could see gusts up to 60 mph.
:13:04. > :13:10.Plenty of squally wind. Even colder tomorrow night and into Saturday.
:13:11. > :13:14.Sleet and snow forecast and icy conditions. We could see blizzard
:13:15. > :13:16.conditions and any early warning for snow is in the forecast.
:13:17. > :13:21.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am during Breakfast here on BBC One.
:13:22. > :13:24.You can also keep updated with News Online.