:00:00. > 3:59:59President Obama has said Britain would be in
:00:00. > :00:19.Bigger classes and fewer teachers. would be in the
:00:20. > :00:28.A dire warning from principals over funding cuts.
:00:29. > :00:35.Class sizes will be even bigger. Teachers will have less time to
:00:36. > :00:36.prepare and Mark. They will not have access to the range of courses that
:00:37. > :00:38.they want. More than 170 jobs
:00:39. > :00:40.go as a construction A hit and run driver who killed
:00:41. > :00:44.a student admits having 13 drinks The Ballymena businessman
:00:45. > :00:51.who's backing a Brexit. Amidst speculation linking him
:00:52. > :00:53.to Celtic, Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill
:00:54. > :00:58.is keeping focus of Euro 2016. And still some sunshine
:00:59. > :01:00.in the forecast this weekend but certainly not as warm as it
:01:01. > :01:09.has been lately. 80 of Northern Ireland's biggest
:01:10. > :01:17.schools are warning they'll have larger class sizes and fewer
:01:18. > :01:21.teachers because of rising costs. A joint statement has been issued
:01:22. > :01:24.by several organisations representing principals, governors
:01:25. > :01:29.and school finance managers. Our Education Correspondent
:01:30. > :01:43.Robbie Meredith has been Postprimary principals met today and
:01:44. > :01:48.money, or the lack of it, was the only lesson. I'm having additional
:01:49. > :01:51.costs for pension, National Insurance and also for increase in
:01:52. > :01:55.pay rise. That therefore is now going to put my school into a
:01:56. > :01:59.deficit. School leaders say they used to get money from the
:02:00. > :02:02.Department for Education to meet those costs but not any longer. That
:02:03. > :02:06.is putting a big hole in school budgets and having a real impact on
:02:07. > :02:11.peoples like these at Saint Mary 's grammar in the time, according to
:02:12. > :02:17.the head. I have gone from 40,000 surplus at the end of this financial
:02:18. > :02:22.year to ?195,000 deficit. That means I'm going to have to find ways in
:02:23. > :02:29.which I can reduce my staffing costs. 190,000 would dictate the
:02:30. > :02:33.reduction of four staff. My classes have increased. My A-level history
:02:34. > :02:38.this year has gone from 18 to 34 pupils. I've had to reduce my
:02:39. > :02:43.curriculum offer. I can no longer offer art, music, performing arts in
:02:44. > :02:46.Spanish. Similar tough decisions are being taken in schools across the
:02:47. > :02:52.country. Bikes and Patrick 's high school. The direct impact on pupils
:02:53. > :02:55.is going to be that their class sizes are even bigger, that their
:02:56. > :02:59.teachers have less time to prepare and Mark and that they will not have
:03:00. > :03:05.access to the range of courses they want. They will not have the
:03:06. > :03:09.technology they need, especially vulnerable pupils, because I don't
:03:10. > :03:14.have the money. Those who manage that money for schools also warn of
:03:15. > :03:19.big losses. It is across the board and across the sector. Our schools
:03:20. > :03:25.are anticipating shortfalls in funding between the regions of
:03:26. > :03:28.?150,000 and ?500,000. There are significant shortfalls in funding.
:03:29. > :03:36.But the education minister says he can only spend what he has, too.
:03:37. > :03:40.This year, I have cut spending in my own department by 5%. We are
:03:41. > :03:46.directing as much funds as possible into the schools but we need more
:03:47. > :03:50.money. All parties can agree that if more money becomes available, health
:03:51. > :03:56.and education are areas we want to pump that money into. Schools here
:03:57. > :04:01.only control about 60% of their budgets. The rest is centralised to
:04:02. > :04:06.meet costs like transport and meals. Many principals say they would want
:04:07. > :04:09.that to change so who ever succeeds the education minister after the
:04:10. > :04:13.election is likely to face more problems in balancing the books.
:04:14. > :04:15.A Lisburn-based construction firm has gone into liquidation
:04:16. > :04:22.McGrath Brothers Engineering Group specialised in metalwork.
:04:23. > :04:26.Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell is with me.
:04:27. > :04:38.They have been around since 1981. They specialise in architectural
:04:39. > :04:41.metalwork. They fabricate and install things like bridges,
:04:42. > :04:46.balconies, hand rails, balustrades. They've walked all over the UK, for
:04:47. > :04:50.example they worked on the aquatic Centre for the London Olympics. More
:04:51. > :04:54.recently, we can see pictures here of a job they were doing at Luton
:04:55. > :04:57.airport, fabricating and on installing a new runway. They've
:04:58. > :05:07.been quite a substantial business, employing up to 200 people over the
:05:08. > :05:09.last number of years, turning over around ?15 million a year.
:05:10. > :05:13.It sounds great, so what has gone wrong? It is to do with a hangover
:05:14. > :05:17.to do with a contrast trim crash. -- construction crash. What happened
:05:18. > :05:21.was, everyone was chasing work and competing hard to find works of
:05:22. > :05:25.profit margins were very small. What has happened is some of the
:05:26. > :05:28.contracts they've got have turned out to be loss-making contracts.
:05:29. > :05:32.That has put the business and a big pressure. There have been disputes
:05:33. > :05:36.with other contractors and that has hit their cash flow. Last year, they
:05:37. > :05:40.went into voluntary arrangement, where they go along to people they
:05:41. > :05:41.owe money to and say we can't give you everything, we can pay you
:05:42. > :05:56.something of a time but they've not been able to
:05:57. > :05:58.make that arrangement sustainable because the business has been under
:05:59. > :06:00.so much pressure. The directors say they've been left with no other
:06:01. > :06:03.option but to put the business into liquidation. 120 jobs will go.
:06:04. > :06:04.Isn't the construction industry in general improving?
:06:05. > :06:07.It is and we've seen at last the construction sector coming back over
:06:08. > :06:11.the last year, after a long time in the doldrums. Most of that locally
:06:12. > :06:14.has been in house-building but there are other businesses, just like this
:06:15. > :06:18.one, who have faced this big hangover from the construction
:06:19. > :06:20.crash. They will find it very hard, some of them, to get out of the
:06:21. > :06:23.position they are in. A Belfast man consumed 13 drinks
:06:24. > :06:26.and a quantity of drugs before getting behind the wheel of his van
:06:27. > :06:28.which then mounted a footpath Enda Dolan was walking back
:06:29. > :06:33.to his accommodation along the Malone Road in October 2014
:06:34. > :06:37.when he was knocked down. Belfast Crown Court was told today
:06:38. > :06:42.that the driver now wishes he could give his own life
:06:43. > :06:54.to bring him back. The court heard that ended Dolan was
:06:55. > :07:01.a talented musician and athlete. He was knocked down and killed when he
:07:02. > :07:05.was walking along the Malone Road on October 15 2014. The code -- the
:07:06. > :07:07.court heard he was carried for 800 yards along the road on the roof of
:07:08. > :07:14.the van, before it stopped. yards along the road on the roof of
:07:15. > :07:18.Beaver Drive was a passenger in the van that was driven by 31-year-old
:07:19. > :07:21.David Lee Stewart of Gray 's Park Avenue in Belfast. The court heard
:07:22. > :07:28.the pair had spent the evening on a drinking session in south Belfast,
:07:29. > :07:33.watching a Northern Ireland football game. Stewart had 13 alcoholic
:07:34. > :07:37.drinks, six pints of beer and an assortment of shots. Evidence from
:07:38. > :07:44.CCTV footage also suggested he had been taking drugs. Stuart's wife
:07:45. > :07:47.Samantha gave evidence saying his entire family was shocked and
:07:48. > :07:51.devastated by what he had done. The court heard that Stuart told police,
:07:52. > :07:56.I would like to tell his family that I know I have ruined their lives. I
:07:57. > :08:02.am deeply sorry for it, deeply, deeply sorry for it. If I could turn
:08:03. > :08:08.back time, I would give up my own life for that large, if I could. Mr
:08:09. > :08:12.Dillon's parents attended the hearing. The two men, who have
:08:13. > :08:13.killed -- pleaded guilty to a number of offences, will be sentenced next
:08:14. > :08:16.week. More now on the story
:08:17. > :08:19.we brought you last night, where the politician behind
:08:20. > :08:21.liberalising abortion in Britain says Northern Ireland needs
:08:22. > :08:24.to bring its laws up to date. Lord David Steel says
:08:25. > :08:32.local politicians are discriminating against women
:08:33. > :08:34.by not introducing change. Another peer, Baroness Nuala O'Loan,
:08:35. > :08:36.strongly disagrees. Here's our Health Correspondent
:08:37. > :08:48.Marie-Louise Connolly. A room, brimming with history. It is
:08:49. > :08:51.here in the archives in the Palace of Westminster
:08:52. > :08:58.taking back to Henry VIII, are carefully stored. -- dating. This is
:08:59. > :09:08.the original 1861 legislation, and carefully stored. -- dating. This is
:09:09. > :09:12.with abortion. Here it says that any woman who was found guilty of
:09:13. > :09:16.procuring her own abortion shall be guilty of felony and being convicted
:09:17. > :09:23.thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept
:09:24. > :09:26.in penal servitude for life. Written on vellum and squirrelled away in a
:09:27. > :09:30.London tower, the impact of that on vellum and squirrelled away in a
:09:31. > :09:35.on women here is felt every day. In fact, it was recently played out in
:09:36. > :09:39.Belfast Crown Court on a 21-year-old mother received a suspended jail
:09:40. > :09:46.sentence for taking abortion pills. That case fell under the original
:09:47. > :09:50.1861 legislation. While buying pills online is also legal elsewhere in
:09:51. > :09:54.Britain, the differences that he introduction of the 1967 abortion
:09:55. > :09:58.act allows abortions to be performed at hospitals, so women don't have to
:09:59. > :10:02.resort to buying abortion pills. This is the man who introduced it to
:10:03. > :10:08.Britain. He says it is time Northern Ireland to the same. I think they've
:10:09. > :10:17.got to face up to the fact the law in Northern Ireland is simply
:10:18. > :10:24.ridiculous. It is time they came up at least 21967, if not 2016. Others
:10:25. > :10:27.disagree. In 1967 abortion act is not working. To translate it into
:10:28. > :10:34.Northern Ireland law, just like that, to my mind would not be...
:10:35. > :10:39.From the perspective of human rights... A public lecture on
:10:40. > :10:42.abortion in Belfast. This -- this pathologist told the BBC that the
:10:43. > :10:49.current legislation means she and others operate in the some
:10:50. > :10:54.colleagues were told outright, you cannot provide any information
:10:55. > :10:57.whatsoever to families who are seeking a termination, even giving
:10:58. > :11:02.them information about where to go. That was termed aiding and abetting.
:11:03. > :11:05.For others, the law is the law and when it was introduced is
:11:06. > :11:13.irrelevant. This is what it says within the law and the 1861 act
:11:14. > :11:17.protects the life of the ball child. That is crucial, whether it was last
:11:18. > :11:21.year the warlords and fermented or 100 years ago. Once to boo, abortion
:11:22. > :11:25.is now a subject which is attracting a much wider debate.
:11:26. > :11:28.Still to come on the programme: We hear from the young people
:11:29. > :11:36.celebrating forty years of the Prince's Trust.
:11:37. > :11:40.A County Down doctor who was due to go on trial has admitted two
:11:41. > :11:42.counts of falsifying a clinical trial on patients suffering
:11:43. > :11:48.He changed his plea just as a jury was about to be sworn in.
:11:49. > :11:53.Helen Jones reports from Belfast Crown Court.
:11:54. > :11:59.59-year-old Doctor Hugh McGoldrick from ska, seen on the left
:12:00. > :12:07.59-year-old Doctor Hugh McGoldrick committed the offences at his GP
:12:08. > :12:10.practice in Downpatrick between 2007 and 2008. He accepted he
:12:11. > :12:12.practice in Downpatrick between 2007 conducted the clinical trial in
:12:13. > :12:16.deliberate breach of the conditions and principles of good clinical
:12:17. > :12:19.practice and that the patients enrolled onto the trial were
:12:20. > :12:26.probably not eligible to take part in it. He was paid for the clinical
:12:27. > :12:31.trial where he carried out. His barrister has said he will pay it
:12:32. > :12:34.all back, what is owed. One of the companies has since been liquidated.
:12:35. > :12:46.The court was told that if any money was owed to that firm, he would pay
:12:47. > :12:50.a cheque to a charity. You will be sentenced in May. -- he will be.
:12:51. > :12:53.The owner of one of Northern Ireland's biggest companies
:12:54. > :12:56.is to co-chair the local campaign to leave the EU.
:12:57. > :12:58.William Wright of Wright Bus said immigration's the factor
:12:59. > :13:01.which convinced him the UK was better off backing a Brexit.
:13:02. > :13:11.From Ballymena, here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.
:13:12. > :13:18.The Leave campaign chose either sport -- a resort with a spa, which
:13:19. > :13:23.shows they don't oppose every idea that comes from Belgium. They are
:13:24. > :13:28.making the case for leaving the EU and all in the hotel's Italian
:13:29. > :13:33.restaurant. The main item on the menu, this man, owner of one of our
:13:34. > :13:39.top companies. He claimed that EU regulations have caused the closure
:13:40. > :13:43.of this factory in Ballymena but his main target was immigration. One of
:13:44. > :13:56.the things I noticed recently is a large number of Eastern Europe yens
:13:57. > :14:03.-- Europeans arriving here and with 2000 people coming onto the
:14:04. > :14:10.unemployment in two or three years' time,... Campaigners deny they want
:14:11. > :14:13.to stop all immigration. This is about a sovereign government having
:14:14. > :14:18.control over its own borders, deciding who can come into the
:14:19. > :14:23.country, how long they can stay and if they misbehave, we don't have the
:14:24. > :14:26.European Court of Justice telling us it doesn't matter whether they've
:14:27. > :14:30.raped, murdered or pledged, they've got to stay in your country, but we
:14:31. > :14:36.have the right to reject them. Last week, the vice president of Lombardi
:14:37. > :14:41.eight wrote to start saying it was better for the company if the UK
:14:42. > :14:48.remained in Europe. The campaigners will hope the endorsement of this
:14:49. > :14:52.company owner will even the score. Expect the arguments to flow freely
:14:53. > :14:56.from here on in. The loco strong in campaign will wait until after the
:14:57. > :14:59.election before having its formal launch.
:15:00. > :15:02.The businessman Sean Quinn has called for threats and intimidation
:15:03. > :15:05.at the companies he formerly owned in County Fermanagh to come
:15:06. > :15:10.Earlier this week we reported that contractors had left
:15:11. > :15:15.a windfarm near Derrylin after their company was threatened.
:15:16. > :15:18.Mr Quinn says the attacks are hindering his attempts to buy
:15:19. > :15:25.Our south west reporter Julian Fowler has more.
:15:26. > :15:34.Offensive and unacceptable. In nobody's interests and certainly not
:15:35. > :15:38.in the interests of me and my family. Sean Quinn's response to the
:15:39. > :15:42.signs that appeared earlier this week, and which have since been
:15:43. > :15:46.removed. He says the attacks, part of a campaign of violence and
:15:47. > :15:52.intimidation, since he lost control of his business empire in 2011, will
:15:53. > :15:55.only deepen the hurt and distrust in the community and are undermining
:15:56. > :16:01.his efforts to get the company he founded back. On Wednesday, a crane
:16:02. > :16:05.hire company from Cork quit work at a wind after receiving threats,
:16:06. > :16:10.telling the BBC it was not prepared to put its staff in danger. Part of
:16:11. > :16:11.the dispute at the wind farm is about access rights and land
:16:12. > :16:18.ownership. Mr Quinn about access rights and land
:16:19. > :16:20.but says others need to play their part and calls on the new owners of
:16:21. > :16:22.their wind farm, part and calls on the new owners of
:16:23. > :16:28.address the unease and part and calls on the new owners of
:16:29. > :16:35.the area. What has happened recently with the introduction of
:16:36. > :16:40.paramilitaries, with these people trying to instil fear and create
:16:41. > :16:43.sectarianism, this is apparent and totally untrue. I'm asking these
:16:44. > :16:51.people to step back from this. The company today reported growth at its
:16:52. > :16:56.business in 2015. It has been bought out. With an increase in turnover,
:16:57. > :17:03.profits and employment. Mr Quinn is an adviser but he wants to acquire
:17:04. > :17:08.ownership of the business and he confirms that discussions are
:17:09. > :17:12.ongoing. The American investors who own the company said recently they
:17:13. > :17:17.had no appetite for expanding Sean Quinn's role. They said he needed to
:17:18. > :17:22.demonstrated -- demonstrate over time an active approach over the
:17:23. > :17:26.activity in order to become bankable in the finance community again. Mr
:17:27. > :17:28.Quinn will be hoping his statement will go some way towards achieving
:17:29. > :17:32.that aim. There are only 13 days
:17:33. > :17:34.to go til Polling Day We've been with the main party
:17:35. > :17:38.leaders as they have relaxed away In the first of a series
:17:39. > :17:42.of interviews, BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson spoke to the Alliance leader
:17:43. > :17:56.David Ford, during a walk along Here we are, walking. This is how
:17:57. > :18:01.you will ask. Do not get enough walking at election time? Yeah but
:18:02. > :18:07.there's a difference between walking over the hills in fresh air. I
:18:08. > :18:12.prefer the Antrim planes but this is handy and close to home. We are
:18:13. > :18:13.about to go over the hill. It's something people might say about
:18:14. > :18:20.you. You are, what, 65? Didn't something people might say about
:18:21. > :18:25.hear Martin McGuinness say a while ago that he felt like he was in his
:18:26. > :18:28.20s. I don't think I am much worse than when I was in my 40s. There are
:18:29. > :18:32.certainly younger people coming along and they will get their turn.
:18:33. > :18:37.But this would be your last election. Let's wait and see. Sounds
:18:38. > :18:39.like a yes to me. Well... Nobody claims they are going to go on for
:18:40. > :18:47.ever. But you cannot confirm this claims they are going to go on for
:18:48. > :18:47.will be your last election. I'm not confirming anything. Let's
:18:48. > :18:53.will be your last election. I'm not youthful I am in five years' time.
:18:54. > :18:59.Nobody has told me to go. Some might say you've turned into a man in a
:19:00. > :19:05.grey suit. It's time to go now. Other men in grey suits will have to
:19:06. > :19:09.tell me. On another issue, your support for same-sex marriage led to
:19:10. > :19:13.use stepping aside from the other ship your local Presbyterian Church.
:19:14. > :19:18.Was that a price worth paying for your politics? It was certainly a
:19:19. > :19:26.Was that a price worth paying for cost. To be technical, my supporters
:19:27. > :19:29.Was that a price worth paying for with same-sex civil marriage
:19:30. > :19:32.Was that a price worth paying for protection for other groups. That
:19:33. > :19:35.caused concern amongst some members and therefore the best thing
:19:36. > :19:38.caused concern amongst some members was to step aside of the -- from
:19:39. > :19:39.caused concern amongst some members active duty is to reduce any offence
:19:40. > :19:44.but I regret that active duty is to reduce any offence
:19:45. > :19:51.resolved. Are you still heard about it? It is clearly hurting when
:19:52. > :19:55.people with whom you've worked and people with whom you felt there was
:19:56. > :19:59.some understanding, simply cannot accept the diversity of views in
:20:00. > :20:05.this society. Can I ask a family question? Your father, Welsh, your
:20:06. > :20:12.mother from Northern Ireland. You were born in England. What you
:20:13. > :20:18.supporting at the Euros? -- who are you supporting at the Euros? I am
:20:19. > :20:23.not the world's greatest soccer fan but I will be supporting Northern
:20:24. > :20:30.Ireland. They also hope people in Northern Ireland will see the
:20:31. > :20:34.Republic as the second-best. It's a bit like me when rugby comes around.
:20:35. > :20:38.It's Ireland, then Wales, and whoever comes down the line after
:20:39. > :20:45.that. To be clear, you are not a closet England fan? I think that
:20:46. > :20:48.probably comes close to something I would sue you for slander for. Thank
:20:49. > :20:51.you very much indeed. Thanks, Mark. The Prince's Trust, which has helped
:20:52. > :20:54.tens of thousands of young unemployed or disadvantaged people
:20:55. > :20:58.here is celebrating To mark the milestone,
:20:59. > :21:02.Prince Charles' youth charity has Mervyn Jess caught up with it
:21:03. > :21:11.in Belfast today. The distinctive red Caravan caught
:21:12. > :21:15.the eye of passers-by at City Hall. The aim, to raise awareness among
:21:16. > :21:19.young people and to collect stories from those whose lives have been
:21:20. > :21:22.impacted by the work of a youth charity. The main thing is it gives
:21:23. > :21:27.you confidence. I really hadn't a clue how to start my own business. I
:21:28. > :21:31.didn't know anything about anything. They give you confidence, a loan,
:21:32. > :21:34.financial support and most of all they gave me a mental which pushed
:21:35. > :21:40.me on to be that person that I wanted to be. Three years ago, the
:21:41. > :21:45.Prince himself visited offices in Belfast to hear about the work going
:21:46. > :21:50.on with young people in Northern Ireland. We supported tens of
:21:51. > :21:57.thousands of people over 40 years. It's worth saying that we work
:21:58. > :22:02.throughout Northern Ireland. All communities. All communities in
:22:03. > :22:05.Northern Ireland, both sides of the communities. One thing that strikes
:22:06. > :22:09.us as young people are making choices from each side of the
:22:10. > :22:14.community. The trust says it helps four out of every five young people
:22:15. > :22:15.and gets people into training, work or self employment within three
:22:16. > :22:18.years. Dublin, London and Belfast are all
:22:19. > :22:21.on the sports map this evening. Mark Sidebottom is here, Mark,
:22:22. > :22:31.where are we kicking off? Let's go to Dublin and London in a
:22:32. > :22:32.moment. Let's begin in Belfast. Good evening. Amid...
:22:33. > :22:35.Amid speculation linking him to the Celtic job, Michael O'Neill
:22:36. > :22:37.remained tight-lipped today preferring to focus on Euro 2016.
:22:38. > :22:40.The Northern Ireland manager was in town for the Ulster Player
:22:41. > :22:43.of the Year awards which saw another gong go the way of league
:22:44. > :22:59.He has lots of space. And he produces a fantastic finish! That is
:23:00. > :23:05.just one of the reasons why Billy Joe Burns is this season's Ulster
:23:06. > :23:09.Player of the Year. The defender picked up the prestigious award this
:23:10. > :23:16.afternoon. I am over the moon with it. I was saying before. I'm part of
:23:17. > :23:20.all the great names, just to be in there with all them is quite surreal
:23:21. > :23:26.but a great honour. Joel Cooper was named Young Player of the Year, too
:23:27. > :23:29.soon to be part of the 23 man squad for the European Championships. But
:23:30. > :23:34.the door is still open for some fresh faces. We are still monitoring
:23:35. > :23:39.players on the fringes of the squad will meet together on the 16th of
:23:40. > :23:43.May for the first time and the basis of the squad will be formed by them.
:23:44. > :23:47.Then it's a case of fine tuning it before we head to France in the 4th
:23:48. > :23:51.of June. Hopefully, we don't lose anyone else between now and the end
:23:52. > :23:56.of the season. The players have to play for the clubs. That is who pays
:23:57. > :24:00.their wages. We have to do everything they can for their clubs.
:24:01. > :24:06.Hopefully they will be right for France. O'Neill was name his squad
:24:07. > :24:10.for Euro 2016 on the 20th of May. -- will name.
:24:11. > :24:12.As Croke Park gears up for a unique weekend of cultural
:24:13. > :24:16.The players have been getting in the mood by donning
:24:17. > :24:20.The only all Ulster encounter sees Cavan take on tyrone in Sundays
:24:21. > :24:25.at full-foward on what will be a landmark 220th inter-coutny
:24:26. > :24:39.Sean Kavanagh may have been starring in this jersey for a long time but
:24:40. > :24:44.flat caps were ditched well before his debut. One of the most dominant
:24:45. > :24:48.players of his generation, the 33-year-old is now the elder
:24:49. > :24:54.statesman in a side which includes plenty of young talent. Six or seven
:24:55. > :24:58.players coming into our side last year really reenergised things. The
:24:59. > :25:06.reality is, we have a serious team in terms of talent and pace and
:25:07. > :25:09.power. If we can challenge -- channel that, we can probably take a
:25:10. > :25:14.game to most teams at the moment. There is a growing feeling that this
:25:15. > :25:24.could be the season that have come of age. They are aiming to make an
:25:25. > :25:28.impact on the senior stage. We need everyone back on board this year.
:25:29. > :25:32.Everyone will be injury free. The competition at the minute is very
:25:33. > :25:37.competitive. That adds to the whole team. Definitely it will be
:25:38. > :25:40.different. Victory at Croke Park would be the perfect boost to either
:25:41. > :25:44.county ahead of the championship. He's 82, he lives and trains
:25:45. > :25:49.in the County Tyrone Village of Artigarvan, and he's one of only
:25:50. > :25:52.12 living people to have run This Sunday Ken Jones,
:25:53. > :25:56.the oldest of the so called "ever presents" will compete
:25:57. > :26:06.in the international event It is a collection which only a
:26:07. > :26:13.dozen people on the planet can lay claim to. Come Sunday, Medel number
:26:14. > :26:18.36 will have been added to the hall. If I don't run, then I want to run
:26:19. > :26:24.the next day. It makes me feel good. And if you don't run, it do you get
:26:25. > :26:30.cranky? Yeah! Only one thing for it then. Why, can, why? Because
:26:31. > :26:34.cranky? Yeah! Only one thing for it it. It's lovely to go for a run. How
:26:35. > :26:38.much of the running, now, is in the head of the heart, as compared to
:26:39. > :26:44.the head? It's in the head. Once you get over 70, things start going
:26:45. > :26:51.wrong in your body. When you are over 80, everything is going wrong.
:26:52. > :26:55.Last year he ran against medical advice and then there was the year
:26:56. > :26:56.Last year he ran against medical of the big four. I was going along
:26:57. > :27:00.the embankment and of the big four. I was going along
:27:01. > :27:04.manhole cover and they lifted me and put me in an ambulance and held me
:27:05. > :27:10.down for a bit but I got up, I fought them off, I got out that I
:27:11. > :27:14.got to the finish. I plan to go on to do my 40th London Marathon and
:27:15. > :27:18.then I will retire. Another five years. Born in London in the 1950s,
:27:19. > :27:23.he met and married a girl from Donegal. All these years on, his
:27:24. > :27:28.family still marvels at Ken's lust for life. He refuses to be beaten by
:27:29. > :27:34.any of the odds, by health, by competition and he is a great
:27:35. > :27:37.achiever. I admire him putting his eyes on the grand number of 40
:27:38. > :27:44.marathons. He's not going to give up. It is so good for you. I come
:27:45. > :27:58.back and I feel good. I feel like I could run a marathon. Look, no
:27:59. > :28:03.tummy! Long may he continue to run. His personal best is two hours and
:28:04. > :28:07.40 minutes. He is aiming for six hours this Sunday.
:28:08. > :28:11.Amazing. Thanks, Mark. It has been a fine end to the week with many of us
:28:12. > :28:17.enjoying the good weather. Even the animals at Belfast zoo were going
:28:18. > :28:21.bananas for the April sunshine. This chimpanzee was clearly enjoying the
:28:22. > :28:24.heat. But I don't think it is going to stay, Angie.
:28:25. > :28:30.Some sunshine still in the forecast for the weekend but I don't think
:28:31. > :28:33.the chimpanzee is going to enjoy the drop in temperatures. We go back a
:28:34. > :28:37.couple of days. Things were certainly looking up. We had the
:28:38. > :28:40.warmest day of the year so far, that has been helping the bluebells
:28:41. > :28:45.along. I think they are going to be in for a bit of a shock over the
:28:46. > :28:49.next few days because that cooling process just continues. There will
:28:50. > :28:53.be some fine weather around to begin with but the second half of the
:28:54. > :28:57.weekend brings more cloud and with it, the threat of showers. Some of
:28:58. > :29:02.those could be quite wintry. This evening, a dry end to the day. Some
:29:03. > :29:06.sunshine for this evening as the sun goes down but feeling quite chilly
:29:07. > :29:10.and it is going to be another cold night to come. Apart from the odd
:29:11. > :29:13.shower towards the east and later in the night, it is dry with clear
:29:14. > :29:17.spells. These are the temperatures you would expect in the towns. In
:29:18. > :29:24.the countryside, down to freezing or below. Tomorrow, not a bad day
:29:25. > :29:30.really. It's still nearly drive. They will be some sunshine but it
:29:31. > :29:31.continues to cool down. We have that cold start. One or two showers in
:29:32. > :29:36.the morning which cold start. One or two showers in
:29:37. > :29:38.Other than that, dry with some sunshine. That is how we continue
:29:39. > :29:44.through the day. There may two showers towards the north.
:29:45. > :29:48.Generally, dry with some sunshine. The temperatures are struggling.
:29:49. > :29:54.Single figures, 9 degrees across the North Coast. The little bit of
:29:55. > :30:03.shelter in the South. 11 or 12 degrees. Into tomorrow night,
:30:04. > :30:07.initially we start off with clear skies so the temperatures are going
:30:08. > :30:11.to be falling away. Low enough again for frost in the countryside. Later
:30:12. > :30:19.in the night, the threat of cloud and patchy rain moving in from the
:30:20. > :30:24.north. Generally, cloudy on Sunday with some showery bits and pieces.
:30:25. > :30:27.Still some dry weather with a chilly breeze. Colder next week.