06/03/2016 BBC Newsline

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A man's body has been found in a stream in Portadown.

The area around Mourneview Street was sealed off by

Forensic experts have been searching a house there.

Three men and two women have been arrested.

A cache of explosives and bomb-making materials has been

The police say it's a significant terrorist hide.

It was found in Carnfunock Country Park near Larne after

a member of the public spotted suspicious objects.

Following the find the Police Federation has warned

of an escalation in dissident republican activity ahead

of the centenary of the Easter Rising.

A bright spring day at a country park near Larne.

Where kids should have been playing this afternoon,

police have found explosives and partially constructed bombs.

The haul was discovered inside a series of small plastic

Detectives say it is a significant terrorist hide

I'm pleased that the police have found the arms and that's a big blow

for the dissidents who have been using the park for this purpose.

Secondly, I'm appalled that a place which is a place of fun

and recreation and pleasure for people, that a minority in this

community would want it to become a place of death and a place

where they can store the weapons of death.

The items have been taken away and will be subject

Police have yet to link it to any specific organisation saying it's

too early to say just who is behind the stash.

It's just two days since a bomb exploded underneath the van

Now there are fears of further attacks on security forces.

Unfortunately, individuals have been targeted.

The police have identified the threat is going to increase,

especially coming up to the celebrations

and commemorations around the 1916 Rising and of course these people

want a spectacular and they consider a spectactular to mean

The haul was found in this wooded area just behind me.

It's not clear how long the potentially lethal items have

been here or just who brought them inside the gates of a country park.

We do know they were found by a member of the public.

Now police are asking people to stay vigilant wherever they are.

And detectives investigating the attempted murder of the prison

officer in Belfast last Friday have arrested three men and one woman.

There's a security alert in Londonderry.

A number of homes in Gelvin Gardens were evacuated after the discovery

The health minister has announced that an extra ?30 million

is being pumped into the health service to tackle waiting lists.

Simon Hamilton says, while there has already been

an improvement in waiting times, the extra money will help speed up

assessments and treatments for thousands of patients.

This is another ?30 million on top of the 40 million already

It will go directly towards getting to grips with our waiting lists

which are too long and unacceptably long.

As a result of this additional ?70 million over the course of this

calendar year, 50,000 people from across Northern Ireland

will get the treatment or tests or operations or procedures

Two men, aged 66 and 19, have been charged in connection

with the theft of a fire engine in Larne.

They both face a number of charges including burglary and aggravated

vehicle-taking, causing damage to another vehicle.

Several cars and houses were damaged in the Glenarm Road

They're due to appear in court in Coleraine tomorrow.

A man's been taken to hospital after he was assaulted in east

The police say he was attacked by another man in Templemore Avenue

Rory McIlroy has lost the lead in the World Golf Championship in

He's currently +2 in his final round, -10 for the tournament

and one shot behind the American Bubba Watson.

Now just time for the weather prospects with Barra Best.

Racial cell for quite a chilly night. Temperatures will fall below

freezing where we have cruise clear sky, we have had wet weather we are

likely to see icy patches. Also frosty conditions as those

temperatures fall well back. By tomorrow morning we'll have cloud

coming from the Atlantic. It will be a great start to the week but as we

make our way through the day on Monday it is going to improve from

the worst. More sunshine developing. To begin with a chilly start. Some

wet weather pushing eastwards and south. Some will be falling asleep

and snow over high ground but from the West will improve by mid-morning

will sunshine developing the Atlantic. Across Britain and

Ireland, it's not a bad picture. Across Britain plenty of dry and

sunny weather. One too scattered showers for eastern areas and Wales.

Ireland it is dry but cloudy but I cloud will break. Some sunshine

coming out as well. The cloud will be thick enough for scattered

showers in eastern areas of Ulster and Leinster. Temperatures between

the mid to high single figures. For Northern Ireland we are looking at

best perhaps it is 7 degrees with a light north-easterly wind. The dry

into the day with sunshine before nightfall. Tomorrow night there will

be rain overnight into Tuesday giving us a great damp start. It

will stay great through much of the day but dry enough for most of it

before we see more wet weather pushing from the Atlantic as we get

Tuesday evening. South-easterly winds takeover, temperatures

reaching seven or 8 degrees. Wet into the day and Tuesday, its bells

and Wednesday but Wednesday was shaping to improve through the day

with more in a way of sunshine. Thursday, low-pressure pressure

remained in control so will be unsettled but by some Thursday the

10th edges up into double figures. We'll keep you up-to-date. On

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