:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening, welcome to BBC Newsline.
:00:10. > :00:12.A man has died in a house fire in County Down.
:00:13. > :00:14.The blaze was discovered at Cathedral View in Downpatrick
:00:15. > :00:20.It's understood the man who died was in his 50s and was married.
:00:21. > :00:31.Politicians say the local community is in shock at the death.
:00:32. > :00:38.people will stand shoulder to shoulder with the family in their
:00:39. > :00:43.sad loss. I would also want to offer my sympathies on behalf of the
:00:44. > :00:47.people of Downpatrick and the wider constituency to the gentleman's
:00:48. > :00:48.family at this sad and tragic time for them.
:00:49. > :00:49.Several thousand homes and businesses
:00:50. > :00:51.temporarily lost power last night
:00:52. > :00:53.due to a fault at a power station in west Belfast.
:00:54. > :00:55.There were reports of bright lights across the city's sky
:00:56. > :01:12.With a bang and a flash of light, powered at for a number of seconds
:01:13. > :01:17.at around 1115. There were emergency engineers on-site to check out from
:01:18. > :01:20.a safety perspective. Equipment failures at a substation could cause
:01:21. > :01:25.a bang and a flash, which we believe is what people saw last night. There
:01:26. > :01:30.was nothing sinister involved. It was a piece of equipment which
:01:31. > :01:34.failed in one of her substations and that would have caused a flash and
:01:35. > :01:38.could also have caused the dip in power that we have seen. Although
:01:39. > :01:42.the fold originated in West Belfast, it was heard on the motocross the
:01:43. > :01:46.city, sparking questions in homes and social area about what caused
:01:47. > :01:52.it. I was in the house and just heard enough of buying and thought
:01:53. > :01:56.it was like an explosion! Did you see any lights? I saw blue flashing
:01:57. > :02:00.lights. I didn't know what to expect, if it was police or
:02:01. > :02:05.ambulance coming, but it stay that long and was flashing that fast. I
:02:06. > :02:09.heard a bang and a flash and my bedroom underwent white and blue and
:02:10. > :02:19.different colours. What you do think it was? A meteor! I was watching
:02:20. > :02:25.television, it just dipped off, the lights dimmed. And it went off and
:02:26. > :02:28.within seconds, they came back on again. Investigations will continue
:02:29. > :02:29.over the coming days to find out what exactly caused the equipment
:02:30. > :02:32.fault. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested
:02:33. > :02:35.at Windsor Park in south Belfast on suspicion of possession
:02:36. > :02:37.of a firework or flare. The stadium was hosting
:02:38. > :02:40.the Irish Cup semi-final earlier, between home side Linfield
:02:41. > :02:49.and Lurgan Celtic. A 25-year-old man from Strabane,
:02:50. > :02:52.who was being questioned by police about violent dissident
:02:53. > :02:53.republican activity, He was arrested in
:02:54. > :03:00.the town yesterday. A 38-year-old man's being
:03:01. > :03:02.questioned by the police following the discovery of a large
:03:03. > :03:04.amount of a material used for mixing
:03:05. > :03:06.with illegal drugs. It was intercepted en route
:03:07. > :03:08.to an address in Ballymena in a joint operation
:03:09. > :03:20.with the National Crime Agency. during a search of
:03:21. > :03:24.a house in the town. It's understood that
:03:25. > :03:26.Belfast City Airport could be sold. It may change ownership as part
:03:27. > :03:29.of a wider deal being negotiated by the international investment fund
:03:30. > :03:31.which currently owns it. It's believed Eyeser Global
:03:32. > :03:32.Infrastructure Fund is on the verge of agreeing
:03:33. > :03:35.a ?500 million pound deal with another investment
:03:36. > :03:40.fund over the next few weeks. Sport, and Welshman Chaz Davies has
:03:41. > :03:43.ended Jonathan Rea's run of wins won the opening three races
:03:44. > :03:54.in Australia and Thailand. But Davies won today's
:03:55. > :03:56.race in Spain, holding the Northern Ireland
:03:57. > :03:58.rider to second place. Rea's series lead has now extended
:03:59. > :04:08.from 29 to 33 points. Football, and Irish Premiership
:04:09. > :04:10.title contenders Linfield beat Lurgan Celtic
:04:11. > :04:12.in today's Irish Cup semi-final. A second-half hat-trick
:04:13. > :04:13.from Aaron Burns, including this
:04:14. > :04:15.penalty on 60 minutes, David Healy's side will now play
:04:16. > :04:18.2014 winners Glenavon We begin our build up
:04:19. > :04:25.to May's Assembly elections. We'll be looking at a new
:04:26. > :04:27.generation of voters - the year the Good Friday Agreement
:04:28. > :04:35.was signed. And we'll have the first
:04:36. > :04:37.of our constituency profiles That's next week on BBC
:04:38. > :04:44.Newsline, here on BBC One. Let's get a look at the weather
:04:45. > :04:46.forecast now for the rest of the weekend,
:04:47. > :04:56.and here's Angie. Good evening. After a dry start to
:04:57. > :04:59.the weekend, things have been deteriorating throughout the day
:05:00. > :05:05.with spells of rain moving from the sites. That is setting us up for
:05:06. > :05:09.quite a wait evening. Fairly persistent, locally heavy, bursts of
:05:10. > :05:13.rain. It will dry up a bed across eastern counties during the course
:05:14. > :05:18.of the night. Further west, likely to stay quite wet. At least it is a
:05:19. > :05:22.frost-free night, with temperatures no lower than 5 degrees. Enter
:05:23. > :05:25.tomorrow, not a great day. Cloudy with spells of rain, edging their
:05:26. > :05:29.way back north eastwards through the morning. Once again, a few
:05:30. > :05:33.persistent bursts of rain and it is also quite wet across the Republic
:05:34. > :05:37.of Ireland, much of Scotland. Quite damp at times across the South West
:05:38. > :05:43.of England and Wales, up into the north-west of England. Dry, bright,
:05:44. > :05:46.spells of sunshine, pretty warm, temperatures up to possibly 18
:05:47. > :05:50.degrees. Closer to home, temperatures beneath the cloud and
:05:51. > :05:53.rain are closer to average for a time of year to stop still some
:05:54. > :05:57.showering when around in the afternoon but it will be becoming
:05:58. > :06:00.more patchy. The odd bright interval but more cloud than sunshine and
:06:01. > :06:06.quite a damp day overall. Temperatures are little bit better,
:06:07. > :06:09.up into double figures. The area of low pressure which is bringing the
:06:10. > :06:13.rain swings away and then we are into a showery regime for Monday and
:06:14. > :06:17.Tuesday. On Tuesday night, a weather front moves to. In behind that, the
:06:18. > :06:22.isobars tighten, stronger winds and colder. Plenty of showers on
:06:23. > :06:24.Wednesday, some hailstones and possibly one tree on the hills.
:06:25. > :06:27.BBC Newsline will be back at 6:50 tomorrow evening.
:06:28. > :06:30.In the meantime, you can keep up to date with local news
:06:31. > :06:33.on BBC Radio Ulster and on our local news online service.
:06:34. > :06:35.From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, enjoy your evening.