:00:00. > 3:59:59day around 5 Celsius. That's it from us. Huw Edwards will
:00:00. > :00:14.You us. Huw Edwards will be here at
:00:15. > :00:34.this game and that had gone on before the vote, it wasn't just Fal
:00:35. > :00:42.how we were treated. -- it was foul. was like a "pied piper" for young
:00:43. > :00:49.people in Castlederg, Basil McCrea is cleared
:00:50. > :00:52.of all misconduct allegations by the Assembly Standards
:00:53. > :00:54.Commissioner but criticised by MLAs Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary
:00:55. > :00:58.unveils his airlines new routes Could the call of the corncrake ring
:00:59. > :01:04.out over Rathlin once again? We'll look at efforts to bring
:01:05. > :01:14.the much-loved bird back The news that Northern Ireland fans
:01:15. > :01:15.were dreading, Chris Brunt will miss Rio 2016.
:01:16. > :01:21.Warnings have been issued for both snow and ice across NI.
:01:22. > :01:24.Good evening and welcome to the programme.
:01:25. > :01:27.The Director of the Royal College of Nursing has told the BBC she's
:01:28. > :01:31.furious about the lack of progress in setting up a group to look
:01:32. > :01:33.at the issue of abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
:01:34. > :01:37.The Health Minister said he would set up a working group
:01:38. > :01:46.Meanwhile, Sarah Ewart, the woman who brought this issue
:01:47. > :01:48.to the public's attention, says she believes it was
:01:49. > :01:58.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has the story.
:01:59. > :02:06.This is the letter we sent out to all 108 MLAs. Sarah Ewart continues
:02:07. > :02:12.to lobby politicians around the issue of Northern Ireland's abortion
:02:13. > :02:16.guidelines. It is just asking if they have set up their working
:02:17. > :02:19.group. It's almost two and a half years since she went public about
:02:20. > :02:24.travelling to England for an abortion after being told her baby
:02:25. > :02:27.had severe brain malformation and no chance of survival. She says she is
:02:28. > :02:31.frustrated about the lack of progress in setting up a working
:02:32. > :02:37.group on the issue of fatal faecal abnormalities which was announced
:02:38. > :02:40.last month by the DUP. It was all to do with the election and to make
:02:41. > :02:44.them look good, but they're not doing anything, are they? In my
:02:45. > :02:51.letter, I said the treatment I had was filed. The scaremongering that
:02:52. > :02:56.had gone on before the vote, it was just file how we were treated. But
:02:57. > :03:00.Sarah isn't the only one putting pen to paper. The director of the Royal
:03:01. > :03:06.College of Nursing has also written to the Health Minister venting their
:03:07. > :03:12.anger. I am livid. I think this is a way of fobbing off a because single
:03:13. > :03:18.day that the Northern Ireland executive and the wider Assembly
:03:19. > :03:22.deliberate, consider, think and work their way through this issue, a
:03:23. > :03:25.woman somewhere in Northern Ireland is being given devastating news.
:03:26. > :03:31.Other medical professionals who work at the very heart of this issue and
:03:32. > :03:34.said they are also awaiting contacts from the Department. We have been in
:03:35. > :03:39.touch with the minister over the past six months to a year on this
:03:40. > :03:44.matter and I have found the most engaging on the issue, but now,
:03:45. > :03:48.there is a sense of urgency. But the Health Minister has defended his
:03:49. > :04:03.actions. In a statement to the BBC, Simon Hamilton said...
:04:04. > :04:10.He also said he remains fully determined to commit to the group
:04:11. > :04:14.reporting back in six months. In another development, MLAs could
:04:15. > :04:18.receive advice from academics from the local universities as they also
:04:19. > :04:21.plan to set up their own working group on abortion. It is understood
:04:22. > :04:24.they are also frustrated by the lack of progress.
:04:25. > :04:27.Child killer Robert Howard was like a pied piper to young
:04:28. > :04:28.people in Castlederg, the Arlene Arkinson inquest
:04:29. > :04:33.The claim was made by Heather Moore, a former district nurse who said
:04:34. > :04:35.there was a constant stream of them to Howard's flat.
:04:36. > :04:37.He was acquitted of the 15-year-old's murder
:04:38. > :04:51.Arlene Arkinson was well known to Heather Moore. A district nurse, she
:04:52. > :04:56.knew most of the young people in the Castlederg area and live next door
:04:57. > :05:00.to Robert Howard's flats. Heather Moore told the inquest there was a
:05:01. > :05:03.constant stream of young people entering the fly, especially
:05:04. > :05:09.weekends. They included Arlene Arkinson and to -- her slightly
:05:10. > :05:13.older friend, Donna Quinn. It was almost always children in groups,
:05:14. > :05:18.though she is so wanting each girl enter a loner, a girl who Howard was
:05:19. > :05:22.later charged with assaulting. Of the groups, she said there were so
:05:23. > :05:26.many at times it was like the Pied Piper on a Saturday. It must have
:05:27. > :05:30.been the place to go on Saturday for the young ones. This is Patricia
:05:31. > :05:34.Quinn arriving for the inquest recently. Heather Moore said she
:05:35. > :05:40.once saw Quinn arrived at Howard's flat early one morning, already
:05:41. > :05:44.discovering her Donna Van tracking of the premises. Patricia Quinn
:05:45. > :05:47.denies bin Howard's girlfriend, though other witnesses have insisted
:05:48. > :05:57.she was. -- denies being. Later, three are first cousins of
:05:58. > :06:02.Arlene Arkinson are described and being in Howard's flat with others.
:06:03. > :06:06.One called him a strange, creepy sort of mana. Another said that all
:06:07. > :06:11.been had confessed to her she had fallen pregnant and had a
:06:12. > :06:16.miscarriage in the summer of 1994, but she added that she never really
:06:17. > :06:20.believed., meanwhile, the Ark in some's legal team has expressed
:06:21. > :06:24.dismay that key documents have not been shown to them by the.
:06:25. > :06:26.The Assembly Standards Commissioner Douglas Bain has dismissed
:06:27. > :06:28.all complaints brought against the Lagan Valley MLA
:06:29. > :06:30.Basil McCrea, alleging he had engaged in inappropriate behaviour
:06:31. > :06:32.or sexual misconduct towards his staff.
:06:33. > :06:46.Our political editor, Mark Devenport, reports.
:06:47. > :06:53.NI 21 was launched by former Ulster Unionists Basil McCrea and John
:06:54. > :06:58.McAllister. But the party imploded spectacularly on the eve of the
:06:59. > :07:02.European elections in 2014, with the two politicians divided over whether
:07:03. > :07:06.they should define themselves as Unionists. Allegations also surfaced
:07:07. > :07:11.that Mr McRae had involved himself in bullying of sexual misconduct
:07:12. > :07:15.towards his stuff. The Stormont standards Commissioner, Douglas
:07:16. > :07:19.Bain, has investigated and dismissed 12 separate comp against us
:07:20. > :07:23.complaints against Mr MacRae. He finds the Lagan Valley MLA was not
:07:24. > :07:28.guilty of breaking any Stormont rules. In relations one Cramer that
:07:29. > :07:31.McCrea took voyeuristic photographs, the standards commission expresses
:07:32. > :07:36.his view that some photographs shown to him had been heavily doctored by
:07:37. > :07:40.a person and an owner and none of these photographs was voyeuristic.
:07:41. > :07:44.I'm pleased I've been exonerated, totally exonerated. It has been a
:07:45. > :07:49.long time in coming, almost two years. One of the things I'm not so
:07:50. > :07:53.happy about is that some has been redacted. I did not want it
:07:54. > :07:58.redacted, I wanted it all out, but there is enough out to clear my
:07:59. > :08:02.name. MLAs on the storm Micro Standards committee believe he is
:08:03. > :08:06.not beyond criticism and in a report they say he exercised poor judgment
:08:07. > :08:11.in allowing young women into his hotel rooms and criticised how we
:08:12. > :08:14.spoke to his stuff on occasions. The committee has agreed with the
:08:15. > :08:18.Commissioner that the code of conduct strictly applied has not
:08:19. > :08:24.been breached by Mr MacRae. There are a number of complaints, however,
:08:25. > :08:28.where the number -- committee has expressed its concern in respect his
:08:29. > :08:32.conduct or judgment towards his stuff. Those are areas he needs to
:08:33. > :08:39.reflect upon lessons should be learned going forward. The NI 21
:08:40. > :08:43.leader thanked the committee for its advice and noted one incident have
:08:44. > :08:47.been resolved to his and his staff members mutual satisfaction. As
:08:48. > :08:53.MacRae says he is fighting was no intention of running away from
:08:54. > :08:56.politics. -- Basil McCrea. He is expected to defend his seat here in
:08:57. > :09:00.Lagan Valley in the Assembly elections in May.
:09:01. > :09:04.You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme:
:09:05. > :09:06.In the battle against so-called legal highs,
:09:07. > :09:08.scientists at Queens University develop a new test to rapidly
:09:09. > :09:13.identify the substances in the drugs.
:09:14. > :09:16.The Culture Arts and Leisure Minister Caral Ni Chuilin has walked
:09:17. > :09:19.out of an Assembly committee hearing where she was expected to answer
:09:20. > :09:22.questions over the Casement Park redevelopment project.
:09:23. > :09:24.The Minister objected to being questioned under oath
:09:25. > :09:34.while other's hadn't been sworn in before doing so.
:09:35. > :09:36.Mervyn Jess's report begins with the moment the Minister
:09:37. > :09:41.finished her 80-minute-long reading of a prepared text.
:09:42. > :09:49.I look forward to hearing from the committee. Thank you. If the
:09:50. > :09:56.minister going to answer any questions? Sorry, sorry, sorrow
:09:57. > :10:00.minister! This is how the minister brought her appearance in front of
:10:01. > :10:04.the committed to a close, more than an hour after she began reading her
:10:05. > :10:07.opening statement. Some had expected it, but others were left
:10:08. > :10:11.dumbfounded. The culture arts and leisure Minister took exception to
:10:12. > :10:14.being sworn an oath to answer questions on safety issues about the
:10:15. > :10:20.Casement Park development in west Belfast while others had. I swear by
:10:21. > :10:23.Almighty God, that the evidence... She went ahead with her opening
:10:24. > :10:29.statements while questioning the committee's fairness. I will be
:10:30. > :10:32.happy to take questions in the future, but after the committee has
:10:33. > :10:37.decided that all the winners has will be questions on oath or that no
:10:38. > :10:42.witnesses will be questioned under those conditions. It is only then
:10:43. > :10:46.that I will return to this committee to answer questions as soon as
:10:47. > :10:48.clarity has been achieved. I look forward to hearing from the
:10:49. > :10:57.committee. Thank you very much. Thank you. Is the minister going and
:10:58. > :11:01.any questions? Sorry, sorry, sorry minister! Police said an answer the
:11:02. > :11:04.questions. I think I have made it clear I'm not come by to answer
:11:05. > :11:13.questions unless you come fly with my position. Thank you. The minister
:11:14. > :11:17.relieves -- leaves this and I think it is unprecedented and I think it
:11:18. > :11:22.is discourteous. It is the latest in a string of discourtesy is extended
:11:23. > :11:25.to this committee. The ongoing saga over Casement Park continues.
:11:26. > :11:28.The last of Stormont's double jobbing politicians is to stand down
:11:29. > :11:32.The DUP's Gregory Campbell says he won't be fighting the Assembly
:11:33. > :11:38.Instead, he will concentrate on his role as MP for East Londonderry,
:11:39. > :11:43.A court has allowed the Attorney General to become
:11:44. > :11:45.involved in the Ashers Bakery's appeal against a discrimination
:11:46. > :11:52.It was ordered to pay ?500 for refusing to make a cake
:11:53. > :11:58.John Larkin raised an issue with the lawfulness
:11:59. > :12:01.of the legislation at the centre of the case.
:12:02. > :12:04.For the first time in five years, Northern Ireland will have an air
:12:05. > :12:07.Berlin is back on the schedule of Belfast International,
:12:08. > :12:12.Its boss Michael O'Leary was here today, not only promoting
:12:13. > :12:16.the routes but also the campaign for the UK to stay in Europe.
:12:17. > :12:24.Here's our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.
:12:25. > :12:31.Michael only a report on a bit of a show, I'd kind of come fly with me
:12:32. > :12:37.routine on the roof of a Belfast hotel. But on a ledge for the
:12:38. > :12:42.cameras, to publicise an news of seven routes launching out of
:12:43. > :12:47.Belfast. Pick of the destinations on Berlin and Milan, both have
:12:48. > :12:51.potential to help inbound tourism. The other five routes are already
:12:52. > :12:56.served by rivals and mostly to sunshine spots. Politicians talk the
:12:57. > :13:01.talk, but when it comes to walking the walk, they do nothing. The
:13:02. > :13:04.airport is receiving no support from the executive despite the fact that
:13:05. > :13:08.these are two of the routes that have been identified from a Northern
:13:09. > :13:12.Ireland perspective that they wanted to see developed. Ryan thinks it can
:13:13. > :13:17.make a go or three times a week service to Berlin, a route easyJet
:13:18. > :13:22.ended years ago and the airport is buoyant at this announcement. This
:13:23. > :13:25.time, we see it's been a real success. Michael's is already
:13:26. > :13:32.talking about increasing frequency going forward. They are only putting
:13:33. > :13:36.in three aircraft, only, and Michael's already talking about four
:13:37. > :13:43.or five. If that comes off, it will be fantastic for us. Mr Leary also
:13:44. > :13:47.used the trip to spell out his views on Europe. He was keynote speaker at
:13:48. > :13:51.the business event and back on the foot on the roof was waving a
:13:52. > :13:58.placard supporting the Yes campaign. Boris Johnson will not use -- lose
:13:59. > :14:02.his job if you leave the EU. But ordinary workers in transport and
:14:03. > :14:06.tourism could. Jobs will be lost of the UK leads the European Union.
:14:07. > :14:10.Reiner begins operations from the International next month with the
:14:11. > :14:13.Gatwick service. The other routes take off in September and October.
:14:14. > :14:15.A Presbyterian minister well-known for her cross community work
:14:16. > :14:18.is to stand for the Ulster Unionist Party in north Belfast
:14:19. > :14:22.Lesley Carroll has stepped aside from her church role
:14:23. > :14:25.until the election on the 5th of May.
:14:26. > :14:30.She says she wants to represent Nationalists and Republicans
:14:31. > :14:41.I have always been a unionist and people have perceived to me, even in
:14:42. > :14:45.cross community contexts, to be a unionist. It is a different
:14:46. > :14:48.situation of course to stand with a party, but I want to stand inside at
:14:49. > :14:52.Unionism but also to stand for everyone.
:14:53. > :14:54.A major regeneration scheme in Belfast has been bought been
:14:55. > :14:57.Castlebrooke Investments has taken control of Royal Exchange,
:14:58. > :14:59.a swathe of properties between Royal Avenue
:15:00. > :15:03.It was sold by the Cerberus investment fund, which had control
:15:04. > :15:06.of the loans underlying those properties.
:15:07. > :15:11.The battle against so-called legal highs has been boosted
:15:12. > :15:14.following the development of a new test which can quickly
:15:15. > :15:15.identify the substances within the drugs.
:15:16. > :15:18.Scientists at Queen's University have come up with a new screening
:15:19. > :15:20.method which will help the authorities issue prompt
:15:21. > :15:25.Our reporter Rick Faragher has been at the science lab at Queen's School
:15:26. > :15:38.I'm here in one of the laboratories away massive part of this research
:15:39. > :15:41.has taken place using everything from the larger machines you see
:15:42. > :15:46.behind me too much smaller hand-held devices. The leading academic in
:15:47. > :15:51.this research is Professor Stephen Bell. What is this all about? What's
:15:52. > :15:56.we are interested in are things that come in these packages. They are
:15:57. > :16:00.so-called legal highs or normal psychoactive substances. We want to
:16:01. > :16:04.find a way of determining what the chemical structures of these
:16:05. > :16:10.compounds actually is and we've been using these small, hand-held laser
:16:11. > :16:15.-based devices. If we want to detect what is present in these samples, we
:16:16. > :16:20.take the device, pointed at the sample, press the button, a laser
:16:21. > :16:25.comes out and then we detect it. We get a series of bands that tell us
:16:26. > :16:31.what the composition likely is. Every compound has a different
:16:32. > :16:36.signature. Who is making these substances and how are they made and
:16:37. > :16:40.where are they coming from? It must be a skilled chemist. Where these
:16:41. > :16:44.people are, we do not know. It is a global problem and I guess they are
:16:45. > :16:49.being produced all over the world, they certainly been sold
:16:50. > :16:53.internationally. Are newer on the different types of legal --
:16:54. > :16:58.so-called legal highs all the time, it must be difficult to keep up
:16:59. > :17:02.with. Our bid defeated ultimately? In the end, we will have two defeat
:17:03. > :17:07.it through education. Prohibition helps, but education is the way
:17:08. > :17:12.forward really. Thank you, Professor. The issue of so-called
:17:13. > :17:16.legal highs, a serious problem in Northern Ireland in recent years,
:17:17. > :17:18.but today, a breakthrough in the war against them.
:17:19. > :17:21.A generation ago, it was a sound that heralded the start of summer.
:17:22. > :17:23.The distinctive call of the corncrake was often heard
:17:24. > :17:26.But changes in farming meant they've all but died out.
:17:27. > :17:29.Now conservationists think they may be able to bring them back
:17:30. > :17:31.by hoodwinking some of their Scottish cousins.
:17:32. > :17:32.Our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent Conor Macauley
:17:33. > :17:47.On a fresh spring morning, a group of intrepid conservationists are
:17:48. > :17:51.heading out onto the water. They want to entice back a bird that was
:17:52. > :18:00.once common in our meadows but has been all but wiped out by the switch
:18:01. > :18:04.to silage. The corncrake is the secret bird that likes cover. His
:18:05. > :18:09.numbers declined rapidly in the 1980s. Silage cutting and the way it
:18:10. > :18:14.was harvested, from the edges of fields to the middle, meant loss of
:18:15. > :18:19.habitat and the birds themselves. This little ball down here, that is
:18:20. > :18:25.perfect corncrake habitats. That is because they are he meadows and if
:18:26. > :18:28.corncrakes were to come here and a nest, it will be cut late in the
:18:29. > :18:32.season and the birds would have a chance to hatch and rear their
:18:33. > :18:37.chicks. When the time came to cut those fields, it will be done in a
:18:38. > :18:41.way to let the corncrakes escape into the field margins. And those
:18:42. > :18:45.margins are what the conservationists are here to work
:18:46. > :18:49.on. This is a good place to try and bring the corncrake back, the land
:18:50. > :18:53.is managed less intensively and is slap bang in the flight path for
:18:54. > :19:00.corncrake heading from Africa to somewhere in the Scottish islands.
:19:01. > :19:05.To draw them in, they are planting nettles dug up weeks ago in County
:19:06. > :19:11.Down. They grow early and provide cover for calling males in late
:19:12. > :19:16.April. We are trying to almost fulfil their happy days and
:19:17. > :19:22.potentially, they will start here, breed, and we will have the
:19:23. > :19:27.corncrakes turn here to the Ireland. The last calling males was heard
:19:28. > :19:32.here in 2014. He stayed for a few weeks until a helicopter landed in
:19:33. > :19:36.the same field and scared him off. The conservationists will be hoping
:19:37. > :19:41.their work pays off and any calling corncrake which lands the Shia will
:19:42. > :19:44.not face such noisy competition. -- which lands this year.
:19:45. > :19:46.Now sport and some grim news confirmed today
:19:47. > :19:49.for the Northern Ireland football team ahead of this summer's European
:19:50. > :19:58.Yes, the news fans and management were dreading.
:19:59. > :20:00.Midfielder Chris Brunt requires knee surgery and will miss Euro 2016.
:20:01. > :20:02.Northern Ireland manager Michael O' Neill's immediate reaction
:20:03. > :20:05.was: "I'm devastated for him and I'm devastated for the team."
:20:06. > :20:17.Scanners had shown that Chris Brunt ruptured the interior of the
:20:18. > :20:22.ligament in his right knee and underwent surgery in France today to
:20:23. > :20:26.repair the damage. But he will now miss the rest of the season as well
:20:27. > :20:29.as this summer's European Championships. That robs Northern
:20:30. > :20:33.Ireland manager Baikal O'Neill of the services of one of his most
:20:34. > :20:39.experienced players. Brunt featured in eight of Northern Ireland's Euro
:20:40. > :20:43.qualifying matches and amassed 54 caps during his international
:20:44. > :20:46.career. The news also concrete initial fortnights for the player
:20:47. > :20:50.after he was hit by a coin thrown from one of his club's older
:20:51. > :20:52.supporters cheering West Bromwich's defeat at Reading.
:20:53. > :20:54.In last night's only Danskebank Premiership fixture,
:20:55. > :20:57.Carrick Rangers beat Dungannon one-nil to move off the foot
:20:58. > :21:01.Meanwhile, Derry City's new season kicks off tomorrow with a tasty
:21:02. > :21:16.Jenny Shields is relishing his first season in charge of Derry City. He
:21:17. > :21:20.has lost 11 players in the season and brought in half a dozen new
:21:21. > :21:25.faces. It is a youth will be given a chance to shine. You want to get
:21:26. > :21:30.started and get under competitors stuff and that is what we have been
:21:31. > :21:35.preparing for these last 3-4 months. The first game and as it transpires,
:21:36. > :21:44.it is a local derby, which adds more to it. There's going to be quite a
:21:45. > :21:47.game, I'm sure. After a spell in Australia, former top scorer Rory
:21:48. > :21:51.Patterson is back and says there is a good blend of youth and experience
:21:52. > :21:55.and the opener against Finn Harps will be uncompromising. It will be
:21:56. > :22:02.an absolute battle. They are back in the league and a big crowd is
:22:03. > :22:06.expected and it is going to be a lot of blood and thunder. Former city
:22:07. > :22:11.striker is now back at the club where he made his name as a young
:22:12. > :22:16.striker. He says the new -- newly promoted on ago side have won a
:22:17. > :22:22.priority. It is a big season for us, we are stepping up there and under
:22:23. > :22:25.no illusions. Derry has different ambitions, whereas with we survive
:22:26. > :22:29.in the Premier division, it will be a massive achievement for us. Kenny
:22:30. > :22:33.Shields is making a bold predictions about the season ahead that he will
:22:34. > :22:40.want to start with a good result and maintain that momentum. And a match
:22:41. > :22:41.is live on BBC Radio four from 7:30pm tomorrow evening.
:22:42. > :22:44.Golf and Rory Mcilroy has teed off at the World Golf Championship event
:22:45. > :22:49.alongside the only two men above him in the rankings,
:22:50. > :23:04.After 8 holes, Rory is 3 under in his first round.
:23:05. > :23:07.These are prosperous times for netball in Northern Ireland.
:23:08. > :23:08.The women's senior team exceeded expectations
:23:09. > :23:11.in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow two years ago and now the next
:23:12. > :23:13.generation is looking emulate their success.
:23:14. > :23:14.The take on England in tomorrow's European Under-17
:23:15. > :23:25.What a debut for Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth Games. They
:23:26. > :23:30.haven't been making up numbers, they have come and delivered! Exceeding
:23:31. > :23:33.expectations. The Northern Ireland netball team, seventh finish at the
:23:34. > :23:37.Glasgow games helped to lay foundations for the next generation
:23:38. > :23:41.of stars. We have a talented pool here and over the last couple of
:23:42. > :23:45.years, getting good recognition with our seniors through different
:23:46. > :23:48.competition has given us the funding and platform to evolve for these
:23:49. > :23:53.younger players to bring them forward. The under 17 is travelled
:23:54. > :24:01.to Travolta today for the European Championships this weekend and they
:24:02. > :24:04.are well prepared. Six sessions on Saturday mornings and the
:24:05. > :24:08.fundraising as well, everyone has put in so much work. It is a great
:24:09. > :24:14.group of girls, we came together with a few new faces, but they have
:24:15. > :24:19.been chosen for a reason and we hope we will do ourselves justice. And if
:24:20. > :24:20.they do, it is another step in the right direction for Northern Ireland
:24:21. > :24:23.netball. The Dave McCullagh Memorial Meet
:24:24. > :24:25.begins at the Bangor Aurora Complex Over thee weekend, just shy of 400
:24:26. > :24:29.swimmers will compete in 32 individual and six team events
:24:30. > :24:33.across three days of competition. Several of Ireland's senior swimmers
:24:34. > :24:36.will be seeking Olympic qualifiying times for Rio, alongside some
:24:37. > :24:44.international stars. It is great to have Bethany on the
:24:45. > :24:48.team and she has been with us a couple of years and it is great for
:24:49. > :24:50.her to go towards London with us. She's a lovely girl to work with.
:24:51. > :24:52.Finally, Gaelic football, and Gareth O'Neill is
:24:53. > :24:56.O'Neill was joint manager alongside Tony McEntee previously and helped
:24:57. > :24:58.the Armagh club to two all-Ireland titles.
:24:59. > :25:00.Oisin McConville and John McEntee stepped down this week.
:25:01. > :25:07.Now for the weather, with Cecilia Daly.
:25:08. > :25:15.It is a bit grim out there this evening. Cecilia is here to tell us
:25:16. > :25:19.if he will get better. It has ended up pretty wet. More wintry weather
:25:20. > :25:23.in the forecast tonight I'm afraid. There were hints of spring earlier
:25:24. > :25:27.in this cheeky chappie looked like he was enjoying the morning
:25:28. > :25:31.sunshine. He has probably run for cover now, because the clouds piled
:25:32. > :25:35.in against the low pressure sitting in the Atlantic. We have had rain,
:25:36. > :25:43.but behind the weather system, the air will get colder. Warning this
:25:44. > :25:48.will come into effect for so and ice across Northern Ireland. We will see
:25:49. > :25:52.more snow in places. This is how the north coast looked this day last
:25:53. > :25:57.year, so it is not unusual to get snow at this time of year. The last
:25:58. > :26:02.of the rain should be clearing quite soon, dry for a while, but Richards
:26:03. > :26:06.will fall and lead to a risk of ice were roads have not been treated and
:26:07. > :26:10.wrote -- rain returns and where it is heavy, it will turn to snow quite
:26:11. > :26:13.readily. So tomorrow, that rain and snow will gradually move southwards
:26:14. > :26:19.through the commute to work or school. It will be a dirty mix of
:26:20. > :26:24.rain, sleet, snow and ice in places. Disruptive snow will be above 200
:26:25. > :26:29.metres or 600 feet, but there could be a bit just about anywhere for a
:26:30. > :26:34.time tomorrow morning, probably more likely in Eastern counties, so by
:26:35. > :26:38.the time many people heading onto roads, County Down for instance,
:26:39. > :26:42.especially the high ground, could have significant snow. Probably more
:26:43. > :26:44.a mix of rain and sleet, but there will be patches of snow elsewhere
:26:45. > :27:11.and it will feel cold. Moves away, the wind picks up from
:27:12. > :27:13.the North Northeast. With it, brighter skies tomorrow afternoon
:27:14. > :27:16.and lots of dry weather, but it will feel cold about biting wind and that
:27:17. > :27:17.continues to be a feature of the weather tomorrow night. Into
:27:18. > :27:20.Saturday, temperatures will stay just above freezing, one of two
:27:21. > :27:22.places in liable job close to freezing. There could be some ice
:27:23. > :27:25.and frost on Saturday morning. The AV wintry showers of the week, dry
:27:26. > :27:28.and bright weather, very cold. The wind is as of on Sunday, quite a
:27:29. > :27:29.nice, summer sunshine, more rain later in the day. Overall, cold and
:27:30. > :27:32.generally unsettled. You can also keep in contact with us
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