03/02/2016

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:00:14. > :00:27.The appeal hearing in the so-called gay cake case is stalled after a

:00:28. > :00:30.dramatic intervention from the Attorney General.

:00:31. > :00:33.The First and Deputy First Ministers join Scotland and Wales in asking

:00:34. > :00:34.for any EU referendum to be deferred.

:00:35. > :00:40.I'm in Dublin where the campaign for election 2016 has begun.

:00:41. > :00:43.A court orders a Sinn Fein MLA to pay Ulster Unionist MP

:00:44. > :00:47.Tom Elliott nearly ?50,000 for a defamatory tweet.

:00:48. > :00:51.The student accommodation block planned for south Belfast that

:00:52. > :00:58.objectors are calling a "high-rise Holyland".

:00:59. > :01:06.You will have a development that will be 24 hours, coming and going,

:01:07. > :01:07.increased noise, students running around the place and it is not in

:01:08. > :01:09.common with the area. Dubai Desert title -

:01:10. > :01:13.Rory McIlroy tells BBC Newline "this And rising temperatures

:01:14. > :01:16.through the next 24 hours but turning cloudy

:01:17. > :01:23.and damp at times. There's been another twist

:01:24. > :01:29.in the legal battle involving Ashers Just as an appeal hearing

:01:30. > :01:34.was about to get under way, the Attorney General intervened

:01:35. > :01:37.and the case is to be put on hold In the meantime, the Attorney

:01:38. > :01:44.General's concerns about the case BBC Newsline's Mark

:01:45. > :01:55.Simpson was in court. Arriving back at court today for

:01:56. > :02:01.another legal battle. The Bakers and the man whose cake they refused to

:02:02. > :02:06.make. Ashers does not discriminate. We took issue with the message on

:02:07. > :02:11.the cake and not the customer. This was the cake in question. A court

:02:12. > :02:16.ruled that the Bakers should have agreed to bake it and by doing so

:02:17. > :02:22.they discriminated against customer Gareth Lee. All were set for the

:02:23. > :02:25.appeal hearing when a solicitor for the Attorney General intervened, and

:02:26. > :02:29.questioned the legal basis of the original judgment. A spokesperson

:02:30. > :02:39.for the Attorney General later explained...

:02:40. > :02:46.But why only intervene at the last minute? The Attorney General pointed

:02:47. > :02:51.out that in March last year at the start of the original court case, he

:02:52. > :02:56.raised the issue. Two days ago he raised it again, this time in a

:02:57. > :03:00.letter. And then today's intervention in court. It meant the

:03:01. > :03:05.long-awaited appeal hearing scheduled for the next two days had

:03:06. > :03:10.to be called off. The disappointment is there is an individual involved,

:03:11. > :03:15.this is Gareth. It will be a number of months before it is presented and

:03:16. > :03:19.he has to go through this again. We hope to present the case again

:03:20. > :03:25.today. There is one thing both sides agree on. It is an extremely

:03:26. > :03:29.complicated case. At one point, one of the lawyers said he was dipping

:03:30. > :03:35.into these difficult legal waters with some trepidation. The Lord

:03:36. > :03:39.Chief Justice told him not to worry, he said, we all have life jackets

:03:40. > :03:46.on. The case now focuses on two hearings adopt one. The first will

:03:47. > :03:51.be next month when the Attorney General's concerns are addressed and

:03:52. > :03:54.then a full appeal hearing is scheduled for May, almost exactly

:03:55. > :03:57.two years after this controversy over a cake first began.

:03:58. > :03:59.The Ashers case has been attracting media coverage

:04:00. > :04:05.One of those in court this morning was legal affairs expert Joshua

:04:06. > :04:10.He said he was surprised by the turn of events.

:04:11. > :04:18.I did not know, when I walked into court this morning, that suddenly a

:04:19. > :04:24.solicitor for the Attorney General was to pop up in front of court,

:04:25. > :04:29.dressed as a solicitor, not wearing robes, and would throw a spanner in

:04:30. > :04:32.the works. That is unusual and rather interesting. Frustrating

:04:33. > :04:39.because we came here to hear the arguments. I can see good arguments

:04:40. > :04:45.on both sides, I can understand the concerns of the gay man who feels he

:04:46. > :04:49.was discriminated against. I can understand the concerns of the

:04:50. > :04:52.family who believe they were being asked to do something contrary to

:04:53. > :05:01.their faith. I wanted to know how the judges would resolve that

:05:02. > :05:04.dilemma. Fascinating to see these two in conflict. I still do not know

:05:05. > :05:05.and it will be longer until we find out.

:05:06. > :05:08.A poll on the UK's place in Europe should be delayed -

:05:09. > :05:10.that's according to the First and Deputy First Ministers.

:05:11. > :05:12.Along with their counterparts in Scotland and Wales they've

:05:13. > :05:15.written to the Prime Minister asking for the referendum to be

:05:16. > :05:20.But David Cameron, who says he'll visit Northern Ireland before

:05:21. > :05:24.Arlene Foster says the deal obtained by Mr Cameron on the terms

:05:25. > :05:26.of Britain's membership is disappointing.

:05:27. > :05:35.Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

:05:36. > :05:45.Cutting ribbons is easy. Cutting Britain's ties with the EU more

:05:46. > :05:49.difficult. But Arlene Foster, opening a football pitch today, does

:05:50. > :05:53.not believe David Cameron's renegotiation of the terms of

:05:54. > :05:57.membership is a game changer. We want to give the Prime Minister his

:05:58. > :06:02.place and wait until he comes forward until he says this is a deal

:06:03. > :06:07.and then we can make the final determination. Given where we are

:06:08. > :06:11.today, it looks as if we will be on the coming out of Europe side. That

:06:12. > :06:17.view is not shared by the Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister. But they do

:06:18. > :06:22.agree that June is the wrong time for a referendum, claiming it is too

:06:23. > :06:27.close to assembly elections. We have co-signed a letter with the First

:06:28. > :06:32.Minister of Scotland and Wales, to David Cameron, outlining the

:06:33. > :06:39.objection to the referendum being held in June. That effectively

:06:40. > :06:43.collates with the running of assembly elections here and the

:06:44. > :06:49.Scottish and Welsh elections. From our perspective, there is the issue

:06:50. > :06:58.of the timing of the referendum, and we are totally opposed, from Sinn

:06:59. > :07:01.Fein's perspective, we are opposed to any withdrawal from Europe. The

:07:02. > :07:07.timing of the referendum is something else. On the 6th of May,

:07:08. > :07:12.people in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, take part in devolved

:07:13. > :07:19.elections. Mr Cameron is believed to favour the 23rd of June and he is

:07:20. > :07:24.not for turning. I respect the electorates of Scotland, Wales and

:07:25. > :07:29.Northern Ireland. On the basis that people are capable of making up

:07:30. > :07:34.their mind in a Scottish election, Welsh election, and then making up

:07:35. > :07:40.their mind all over again on the vital question of the EU. It seems

:07:41. > :07:44.June is the likely referendum date. David Cameron has promised to visit

:07:45. > :07:55.Northern Ireland beforehand to make the case for Britain remaining in

:07:56. > :08:01.the EU. A leading academic said the UK exit from the EU would not have

:08:02. > :08:04.much effect on the economy. The Economist, a former adviser to David

:08:05. > :08:11.Trimble, gave evidence to a Westminster committee. He is saying

:08:12. > :08:22.that the Brexit debate is nothing to get excited about. Graham Gudgin

:08:23. > :08:26.says the numbers are not exciting, some studies saying it would cause

:08:27. > :08:30.the economy to grow a little bit and some saying it would shrink a little

:08:31. > :08:34.bit. And if you look at Northern Ireland, he said the effect would be

:08:35. > :08:40.the same and if there was Brexit, we could cope. He picked up on comments

:08:41. > :08:44.made by Enda Kenny when talking about the potential downsides.

:08:45. > :08:47.Brexit will not have much effect on the Northern Ireland economy, it is

:08:48. > :08:54.hard to see it would have much effect on the peace process. I found

:08:55. > :09:00.Enda Kenny's comments on this rather scurrilous. Is there consensus? Not

:09:01. > :09:04.everybody shares his opinion and the Financial Times newspaper polled 100

:09:05. > :09:09.UK economists this year and the majority said if we were to leave

:09:10. > :09:14.the EU, it would have a negative impact on the UK economy. Another

:09:15. > :09:19.thing we kept coming back to in Westminster today was the idea of

:09:20. > :09:25.uncertainty. Nobody knows what the impact will be. One uncertainty is

:09:26. > :09:29.on farm subsidies. Another columnist, he said those subsidies

:09:30. > :09:34.would have to be replaced and the big question is, what would come in

:09:35. > :09:38.their place? It would be devastating for the Northern Ireland farming

:09:39. > :09:42.industry were it up to be replaced in some form. There are those who

:09:43. > :09:47.would argue there are changes needed to farm structures and sizes

:09:48. > :09:53.required in Northern Ireland, but the support is so significant that

:09:54. > :09:56.that transition if not replace would be hugely damaging to Northern

:09:57. > :10:02.Ireland. What other risks were flagged up? Lee Gibson looked at

:10:03. > :10:08.corporation tax. We know at the moment in Northern Ireland it will

:10:09. > :10:14.be cut from 2018. Lee Gibson said, companies might save, we like the

:10:15. > :10:19.corporation tax cut, but there is so much uncertainty around Brexit, what

:10:20. > :10:23.will Northern Ireland's trading relationships be like for the rest

:10:24. > :10:29.of the world? We might wait and not invest, which he said could blunt

:10:30. > :10:32.that tax cut. What we have to come back to uncertainty. Nobody knows

:10:33. > :10:34.the economic impact if we were to leave.

:10:35. > :10:37.The Republic is to hold a General Election on the 26th of

:10:38. > :10:40.The Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the date this morning.

:10:41. > :10:42.The Irish President has now dissolved the Dail -

:10:43. > :10:51.our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison is there.

:10:52. > :10:57.It is official, what was the worst kept secret in Irish politics, that

:10:58. > :11:05.the people of the Republic will go to the polls on the last Friday of

:11:06. > :11:11.this month. Before the starting gun in election 2016 was fired. The area

:11:12. > :11:16.that once returned Unionist MPs is one of the 40 constituencies where

:11:17. > :11:20.the parties will try to rally their supporters and to appeal to the

:11:21. > :11:24.floating voters. Some of those seeking election already had posters

:11:25. > :11:30.up. This morning, the Taoiseach went to the Dail to announce he would

:11:31. > :11:36.seek a dissolution of the 31st Dail. We shall inform the house is a

:11:37. > :11:43.matter of courtesy that I am proceeding immediately, to advise

:11:44. > :11:47.the President to dissolve and some of the incoming Dail to meet at

:11:48. > :11:53.10:30am on Thursday, the 10th of March, 2016. A show of unity from

:11:54. > :12:00.the Taoiseach. Both leaders before Enda Kenny went to where President

:12:01. > :12:07.Higgins formally signed away the outgoing Dail. With polling day

:12:08. > :12:10.fabric the 26th, the next three weeks of campaigning will probably

:12:11. > :12:17.be dominated by one issue, the economy. But on the streets of

:12:18. > :12:20.Dublin, it seems some of the electorate and some of their

:12:21. > :12:28.politicians are not exactly in tune with each other. I don't know what

:12:29. > :12:32.to do. If I vote independent you kind of lose a vote, if you know

:12:33. > :12:38.what I mean. What am I going to do? Who are you going to call?

:12:39. > :12:44.Ghostbusters. I vote for the left-wing parties who are

:12:45. > :12:49.progressing more and they have proper and good ideas, stable ideas

:12:50. > :12:53.that will work. The government have done a good job in making us the

:12:54. > :13:00.fastest-growing country in Europe. I think stability is best. I will be

:13:01. > :13:05.sticking with stability. It is go mode for the parties. Posters are

:13:06. > :13:08.going up, campaigns beginning and the manifestos will shortly follow

:13:09. > :13:16.in this very short three-week campaign. You heard a young woman

:13:17. > :13:31.use the word stability, which is the key message. Fina

:13:32. > :13:37.Fer left-wing parties not everybody is gaining from the recovery and

:13:38. > :13:40.they counter argue that a vote for them is a vote for fairness.

:13:41. > :13:50.The County Down village with plans to become a no-go area for lorries.

:13:51. > :13:54.A man in his 40s has died following a collision

:13:55. > :14:01.It happened on the New Road at the junction with

:14:02. > :14:06.The incident was reported to police shortly after twenty to six.

:14:07. > :14:11.The man attacked in Newcastle last night is in a stable

:14:12. > :14:17.The victim, who is in his forties, was stabbed five times outside

:14:18. > :14:20.a supermarket on the Castlewellan Road at around half past seven.

:14:21. > :14:29.The Sinn Fein MLA Phil Flanagan has been ordered to pay almost ?50,000

:14:30. > :14:32.in damages to the Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliot

:14:33. > :14:35.over a defamatory message posted on Twitter.

:14:36. > :14:40.It's still not clear if taxpayer-funded insurance used

:14:41. > :14:42.by Stormont Assembly members will ultimately end up

:14:43. > :14:56.Almost two years ago Phil Flanagan said this after hearing Tom Elliott

:14:57. > :15:01.on BBC Radio Ulster. Mr Elliott launched libel proceedings against

:15:02. > :15:06.the Sinn Fein MLA. Last month an agreed statement was read out in

:15:07. > :15:10.court in which Phil Flanagan apologised for offence caused, I

:15:11. > :15:16.accepted his tweet was untrue and without foundation. It ended with Mr

:15:17. > :15:20.Elliott declaring himself vindicated and his reputation restored.

:15:21. > :15:31.Awarding over ?47,000 in compensation, the judge said...

:15:32. > :15:41.Any pay-out has effectively been frozen until Phil Flanagan resolves

:15:42. > :15:47.his legal action against insurers used by the assembly. That insurance

:15:48. > :15:53.company has refused to cover him for compensation or costs in this case.

:15:54. > :15:56.A primary school in Antrim has had to close following a break

:15:57. > :15:58.in where thousands of pounds of computer equipment was stolen.

:15:59. > :16:01.It happened at St Joseph's on Greystone Road some time

:16:02. > :16:03.between midnight and two o'clock in the morning.

:16:04. > :16:08.About 50 iPads and 30 laptops were stolen.

:16:09. > :16:10.The school was shut so that police officers could search

:16:11. > :16:15.Parents of pupils have offered to help with the clean-up

:16:16. > :16:20.and the school is due to reopen tomorrow.

:16:21. > :16:29.I don't know why they would target children. Their education is so

:16:30. > :16:34.important, and we work so hard, particularly in this climate of

:16:35. > :16:35.uncertainty in finance, to provide opportunities for children. They

:16:36. > :16:37.should be ashamed of themselves. Plans for an eight-storey student

:16:38. > :16:39.accommodation block near Belfast city centre have been met

:16:40. > :16:42.with opposition by residents who have called it

:16:43. > :16:43.a "high-rise Holyland". Today the developers have been

:16:44. > :16:45.publicly defending their plans Shaftsbury Square is the gateway

:16:46. > :16:52.to south Belfast and a popular place Developers want to build an eight

:16:53. > :16:58.story student accommodation block But residents say

:16:59. > :17:11.they don't want it. You will have a development which

:17:12. > :17:15.will potentially be 24 hours coming and going, increased noise, students

:17:16. > :17:18.running about the place. It is not in common with the area.

:17:19. > :17:20.Locals say they fear it could attract scenes like these

:17:21. > :17:23.and increase community tensions if students from the nearby Holyland

:17:24. > :17:44.They call it the new Holyland in the sky. There is no sense in hedging

:17:45. > :17:53.this. They will come down, going down to City Hall. If the students

:17:54. > :18:00.come down, what are these fellas going to do down here? You are in

:18:01. > :18:02.between two loyalist areas. And the students in the middle.

:18:03. > :18:04.In their first public interview the developers have defended

:18:05. > :18:16.It is not a flash point area, it is a city centre site, a ?7 million

:18:17. > :18:21.regeneration scheme, a main arterial route into the city centre and we

:18:22. > :18:26.think it will improve development. The planning application is expected

:18:27. > :18:31.to go before Belfast City Council in a fortnight. Given recent approval

:18:32. > :18:33.for student blocks elsewhere in the city, councillors could be

:18:34. > :18:35.discussing just how many more developments like this the city can

:18:36. > :18:39.absorb. A High Court bid to stop

:18:40. > :18:42.the amalgamation of two grammar A student at Collegiate Grammar had

:18:43. > :18:47.challenged plans to merge her school with Portora Royal to form

:18:48. > :18:52.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School. Mr Justice Colton said that

:18:53. > :18:56.an initial split site arrangement should not be permanent,

:18:57. > :18:58.and that it would be "nothing short of a scandal" if a new

:18:59. > :19:03.school was not built. The County Antrim firm Wrightbus

:19:04. > :19:06.is set for another order for London buses worth in the region

:19:07. > :19:10.of sixty million pounds. London Mayor Boris Johnson has been

:19:11. > :19:14.given financial approval to buy 195 of the Routemaster double-deckers

:19:15. > :19:17.before he steps down. The buses will be the last under

:19:18. > :19:25.a contract Wrightbus won in 2009. There are plans to limit the number

:19:26. > :19:28.of heavy goods vehicles driving It's partly because of the concerns

:19:29. > :19:33.of local people, partly because it's But haulage companies are worried

:19:34. > :19:37.this could lead to growing numbers Many lorries go though

:19:38. > :19:46.Hillsborough each day - The new limit suggested

:19:47. > :19:51.by the Department of Regional Development is for HGVs

:19:52. > :19:56.over 7.5 tonnes. This resident agrees

:19:57. > :19:58.with Transport NI - that most of the through

:19:59. > :20:07.journeys needn't happen. We get a large number of big

:20:08. > :20:12.commercial lorries coming through the village, which do not have to

:20:13. > :20:15.come through the village. There is a thing called the Hillsborough

:20:16. > :20:20.bypass, but they use the village to bypass the bypass and every time a

:20:21. > :20:24.large lorry goes past, our houses shake. We have people whose windows

:20:25. > :20:29.break, plaster falls off walls and it wakes us up.

:20:30. > :20:31.Some haulage companies have already changed their routes -

:20:32. > :20:40.There is not a problem with Hillsborough as most hauliers do not

:20:41. > :20:44.need to go through Hillsborough, my concern is the idea would spread to

:20:45. > :20:51.other villages and towns. A knee jerk reaction. And towns you need to

:20:52. > :20:56.go through you won't be able to. Sometimes you are put on devotions

:20:57. > :20:57.and end up in an area or you have two deliver in the town itself and

:20:58. > :21:00.go through it. The hope is that any ban

:21:01. > :21:02.would ease traffic - but still allow local

:21:03. > :21:09.businesses to trade normally. The regional development minister

:21:10. > :21:13.says she is committed to improving the management and safety of the

:21:14. > :21:28.traffic network in the village. The proposal will go to consultation.

:21:29. > :21:31.Rory is defending his Desert Classic title and aiming to join Ernie Els

:21:32. > :21:35.In a revealing interview the world number two told Stephen Watson

:21:36. > :21:44.of his desire to dominate the game for the next decade or more.

:21:45. > :21:50.Dubai has been a happy hunting ground for Rory McIlroy and he has

:21:51. > :21:56.been crowned the best player in Europe here twice, and under the

:21:57. > :22:02.dramatic skyline has won this week's tournament on two occasions. The

:22:03. > :22:09.first time was his memorable maiden professional victory. Back in 2009,

:22:10. > :22:15.19 at the time. I can remember everything. Like it was not seven

:22:16. > :22:21.years ago. A lot has happened since and life has changed a lot. Those

:22:22. > :22:29.memories will stay with me for ever. Since then he has added another 18

:22:30. > :22:34.wins worldwide, but he admits he feels he is now in the prime of his

:22:35. > :22:39.career and wants to capitalise. It is a time for me to make the most of

:22:40. > :22:44.what I have. I have cemented myself as a top player in the world and

:22:45. > :22:49.this is my time. I will be competing against the guys I am playing with

:22:50. > :22:54.the next ten, 15 years, and if I play my best I can beat them. There

:22:55. > :23:02.will be times they beat me, but if I dedicate myself to this sport to

:23:03. > :23:06.next ten, 15 years, there is no reason why I can't have one of the

:23:07. > :23:11.best careers ever in golf. As Rory McIlroy embarks on a ninth season as

:23:12. > :23:16.a professional he seems more determined than ever to deliver more

:23:17. > :23:18.success for Northern Ireland, and he is the favourite to lift this trophy

:23:19. > :23:20.in the Middle East. "He was a superb footballer,

:23:21. > :23:23.but most of all a thoroughly The words Derry city chose to honour

:23:24. > :23:28.the memory of Brandywell The Candystripes' all-time leading

:23:29. > :23:33.goal scorer died today Here's our Northwest

:23:34. > :23:46.reporter Kieron Tourish. Fans gathered at Brandywell to paid

:23:47. > :23:52.tribute to Mark Farren, one of the finest strikers to play for the

:23:53. > :23:56.Candy stripes. He was a lovely person.

:23:57. > :24:10.Mark Farren was diagnosed with a brian tumuor,

:24:11. > :24:27.He got great support, he said, from his wife and wider footballing

:24:28. > :24:32.family. He overtook the record,

:24:33. > :24:43.to become the Football Club's At that time he was the best centre

:24:44. > :24:49.forward. He was a legend and top player. A top seller, as well. Mark

:24:50. > :24:54.Farren brought joy and delight to thousands at the Brandywell. The

:24:55. > :24:55.club said, not only was he a great player, but a gentleman off the

:24:56. > :24:59.pitch. Mark Farren's former club Glenavon

:25:00. > :25:02.sit fourth in the table after a big And Paul Smyth turned on the style

:25:03. > :25:24.as Linfield hit Dungannon Andy water with's goals sent

:25:25. > :25:27.Linfield to a comfortable win over Dungannon. Paul Smyth grabbed the

:25:28. > :25:36.second and was literally head over heels with his efforts. Michael

:25:37. > :25:45.McLellan rounded off the scoring as they made it six wins in a row.

:25:46. > :25:49.There was an easy victory for Glenavon at Carrick Rangers. Cooper

:25:50. > :26:06.shot the Logan 's side into an early lead. --

:26:07. > :26:09.you can find all the goals and reaction to those games on the

:26:10. > :26:13.website. The Belfast Giants lost

:26:14. > :26:15.for the third time in four nights as they were beaten 2-1 at home by

:26:16. > :26:19.the Sheffield Steelers last night. And player-coach Derrick Walser

:26:20. > :26:27.was not impressed. It is in Paris Singh, the effort.

:26:28. > :26:32.They came on the third period and wanted it. They deserve the overtime

:26:33. > :26:37.goal. They wanted it and we sat them and watched them. I will clean

:26:38. > :26:43.house. I am not scared to retire guys. I want a team that has effort

:26:44. > :26:46.and desire. To be a fly on the wall in the dressing room.

:26:47. > :26:48.Finally, despite sitting our training today with a tight

:26:49. > :26:50.hamstring, Sean O'Brien remains in contention for a place

:26:51. > :26:53.in the Ireland team to face Wales in their Six Nations opener

:26:54. > :27:05.We can get the weather now. Some blue skies and sunshine today?

:27:06. > :27:10.It was nice to have a quieter day after the storm. We had a chilly

:27:11. > :27:25.start after overnight rain, sleet and snow. There were hilly areas

:27:26. > :27:30.that woke to seems like this. -- scenes. This evening we have a warm

:27:31. > :27:36.front approaching from the west. Having said that, it is still quite

:27:37. > :27:40.cold with temperatures potentially getting down to three degrees in

:27:41. > :27:45.low-lying areas. We might see the leading edge starting out wintry.

:27:46. > :27:53.Generally a wet and breezy evening coming up. More persistent rain will

:27:54. > :27:58.move away. But there will be further patches of rain and drizzle later

:27:59. > :28:04.tonight. Especially in the north and west. At the temperatures are

:28:05. > :28:12.rising. Tomorrow, a cloudy and breezy day and more rain to come. It

:28:13. > :28:16.will move west to east during the course of the morning. Not

:28:17. > :28:23.particularly heavy and quite patchy across parts of the South. The rain

:28:24. > :28:29.will clear and there will be pockets of drizzle as we head into the

:28:30. > :28:33.afternoon, but generally it will be drier. We are left with the legacy

:28:34. > :28:41.of low cloud and missed. But a milder day. Tomorrow night, a mild

:28:42. > :28:47.and cloudy night. The wind will pick up. If you look for Friday, the

:28:48. > :28:54.isobars tightening up and a cold front will move in, moving quite

:28:55. > :28:59.slowly. Looking at wet and windy spells on Friday with heavy bursts

:29:00. > :29:01.of rain. It might turn wintry on the hills. Generally cooler for the

:29:02. > :29:05.weekend. Just time for a recap of the stories

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:29:09. > :29:11.bakery in the so-called gay cake case has been put on hold for three

:29:12. > :29:14.months after a last minute intervention by

:29:15. > :29:26.the Attorney General. The Prime Minister has rejected a

:29:27. > :29:29.call by the first and deputy ministers and counterparts in

:29:30. > :29:31.Scotland and Wales to delay the EU referendum.

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