21/02/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,

:00:00. > :00:09.A 17-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous

:00:10. > :00:13.bodily harm after a man was attacked in north Belfast yesterday evening.

:00:14. > :00:19.The 20-year-old victim was knocked to the ground and struck

:00:20. > :00:22.with what police believe was a hammer.

:00:23. > :00:25.It's thought that up to ten people were involved in the assault.

:00:26. > :00:27.The trouble followed an Irish league football match between Cliftonville

:00:28. > :00:45.During my time I have a counsellor, we have had numerous incidents like

:00:46. > :00:50.yesterday. It doesn't happen all the time, it can be quiet for years and

:00:51. > :00:55.then there is a break out. It is sad from a sporting perspective, and for

:00:56. > :00:57.two clubs who are doing well in the league.

:00:58. > :01:00.With the 23rd of June named as the day voters will decide

:01:01. > :01:02.whether or not the UK should leave the EU,

:01:03. > :01:04.politicians here have already been having their say.

:01:05. > :01:13.With -- should we stay, or should we go? 24 hours after David Cameron

:01:14. > :01:22.closed a deal in Brussels, politicians here at choosing sides.

:01:23. > :01:27.We are going to be worse off. We are paying ?55 million per day net into

:01:28. > :01:34.the EU. It has been reckoned that families will be 1000 pounds better

:01:35. > :01:39.off. The money we get out of Europe for Northern Ireland, for everyone

:01:40. > :01:46.pound we pay in, we pay ?1 58. For the pocket, we benefit hugely

:01:47. > :01:50.from the EU, and from the -- for the peace. It has been a positive

:01:51. > :01:56.influence, the EU was created out of the rubble. We benefit on all

:01:57. > :02:01.fronts. The STL P and Alliance are in favour

:02:02. > :02:09.of remaining in the EU. The Ulster Unionists are still in the process

:02:10. > :02:12.of deciding. -- the SDLP. Theresa Villiers is one of five

:02:13. > :02:21.Cabinet ministers who have joined the open quote leaver" camp.

:02:22. > :02:26.I will be voting to leave the UK, because I believe the UK can

:02:27. > :02:30.flourish outside European Union. I think the better option is to take

:02:31. > :02:34.back control and restore the ability to make our own laws and control our

:02:35. > :02:38.own borders in this country. It is a hot topic among members of

:02:39. > :02:40.the business community because of what it might mean for trade

:02:41. > :02:47.relationships. What we need is to focus on the

:02:48. > :02:50.creation of good jobs, be part of a global trading block that has access

:02:51. > :02:53.to 500 billion people on our doorstep. There are huge

:02:54. > :02:58.opportunities to engage with the rest of Europe and make it --

:02:59. > :03:00.Northern Ireland the success we can already achieved.

:03:01. > :03:06.Voters will have their say in four months' time.

:03:07. > :03:09.Staff were threatened at knifepoint at a shop in Newry last night.

:03:10. > :03:12.A man with a blade entered the store in the Abbey Yard area at around

:03:13. > :03:15.half past eight before making off with a sum of cash.

:03:16. > :03:17.The Football Association says it's investigating after West Brom

:03:18. > :03:20.and Northern Ireland winger Chris Brunt was struck on the face

:03:21. > :03:23.It happened after West Brom's FA Cup fifth round defeat

:03:24. > :03:28.The player had gone over to give his shirt to a fan

:03:29. > :03:36.He was left with a cut under his eye.

:03:37. > :03:42.A small minority spoil it for a lot of them. There are some young kids

:03:43. > :03:49.sitting in the front room, -- front row. But it's not long -- knocked

:03:50. > :03:52.on, I would not like my kids to see something like that. -- not on.

:03:53. > :03:55.Rugby and Ulster have slipped to fourth in the Pro 12 table

:03:56. > :03:57.after a narrow defeat by the Scarlets at home.

:03:58. > :03:59.It finished Ulster 20, Scarlets 21 in Belfast.

:04:00. > :04:04.Gavin Andrews was at the Kingspan Stadium.

:04:05. > :04:11.A bonus point win for Ulster would have taken them to the top of the

:04:12. > :04:17.table, but the Scarlets got off to a flying start in Belfast.

:04:18. > :04:29.But the home side responded to lead at the break, with tries from Craig

:04:30. > :04:35.Gilroy, and then Luke Marshall. In a tense second half, the Scarlets

:04:36. > :04:40.edged it by two penalties to one. And came away with a 1-point win.

:04:41. > :04:43.Next up for Ulster, war -- more Welsh opposition.

:04:44. > :04:47.They will be against the Cardiff blues next Sunday.

:04:48. > :04:50.In hurling, Antrim made it two wins from two Hurling League Division 2A

:04:51. > :04:54.games with a 3-25 to 3-13 victory against Kildare in Ballycastle.

:04:55. > :05:04.It was defeat for Derry though, edged out by Westmeath 2-11 to 0-13

:05:05. > :05:07.In ice hockey the Belfast Giants had a convincing win over

:05:08. > :05:10.the Nottingham Panthers at the SSE Arena on Friday night.

:05:11. > :05:12.The Elite League fixture drew a record crowd of nearly six

:05:13. > :05:17.thousand and finished 6-2 to the Giants.

:05:18. > :05:19.As the Republic prepares to go to the polls this week,

:05:20. > :05:22.BBC Newsline will be in Dublin for a closer look at some

:05:23. > :05:28.After riding high in the opinion polls, just how well are Sinn Fein

:05:29. > :05:33.And if there is a hung Dail, could traditional rivals Fine Gael

:05:34. > :05:35.and Fianna Fail overcome decades of enmity and go into

:05:36. > :05:40.Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison will have more this

:05:41. > :05:47.Let's turn our attention to the weather now,

:05:48. > :05:51.and here with the outlook is Geoff Maskell.

:05:52. > :05:59.It has been a wet and windy weekend, but this afternoon both of those

:06:00. > :06:04.factors have started to change. Overnight tonight the Met Office

:06:05. > :06:11.have issued a severe wet weather warning for eyes. That is in force

:06:12. > :06:18.from 9pm. As the skies clear from the North, the temperatures will

:06:19. > :06:23.drop away. -- a severe weather warning for ice.

:06:24. > :06:27.It creates the conditions were a frost can form.

:06:28. > :06:34.Monday will start off bright and condition and -- bright and cold.

:06:35. > :06:39.Between the showers, actually a very nice day indeed. If a little on the

:06:40. > :06:44.cool side. If we take the wider view we can see what is going on, we have

:06:45. > :06:49.a warm air across the south of England. North of that so much

:06:50. > :06:54.cooler temperatures. Some wintry showers across the Highlands of

:06:55. > :06:58.Scotland. We are in the colder son, so well by will be showers

:06:59. > :07:02.continuing there are also some brighter spells. If you wrap up, it

:07:03. > :07:07.would be quite a decent day. We are in the cold son as we go into

:07:08. > :07:13.Tuesday, another reasonably bright day. Some showers could be wintry.

:07:14. > :07:15.As we head into the start of next week, things getting brighter, but a

:07:16. > :07:19.good bit cooler. Our next BBC Newsline bulletin

:07:20. > :07:22.is at a quarter past