09/06/2016

:00:00. > :00:13.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

:00:14. > :00:22.A damning report says the police did collude with the UVE killers of six

:00:23. > :00:36.Many of the dishes have been identified in the sport including

:00:37. > :00:40.protection of informants and turning a blind eye, failures in police

:00:41. > :00:44.investigations, and destruction of police records. Viewed collectively,

:00:45. > :00:46.I have no visitation to say collusion was a significant feature.

:00:47. > :00:52.The families of the dead men say the findings prove they were right.

:00:53. > :00:56.Today, we finally have a report by the ombudsman at last that

:00:57. > :01:02.vindicates our long-held suspicions and belief the truth about these

:01:03. > :01:03.matters was covered up by the very people, the police, who were meant

:01:04. > :01:06.to be protecting us. New details emerge about a loyalist

:01:07. > :01:08.shipment from South Africa, with guns used in Loughinisland,

:01:09. > :01:11.and more than other 70 murders Two former Prime Ministers fly in,

:01:12. > :01:15.to warn of the danger to Northern Ireland if there's

:01:16. > :01:26.a vote to leave the EU. It would throw all the pieces of the

:01:27. > :01:28.constitutional jigsaw up into the air again. And, no one could be

:01:29. > :01:41.certain where they might land. With three days until Northern

:01:42. > :01:45.Ireland's's opening game at Euro 2016, we hear from Poland's goal

:01:46. > :01:46.scoring superstar they had to try and stop.

:01:47. > :01:48.And, be prepared for some rain over the next few days

:01:49. > :02:04.First, to that stark finding by the Police Ombudsman,

:02:05. > :02:06.that the RUC colluded with the UVF in killing six men in

:02:07. > :02:14.The Catholic victims were shot as they watched a World Cup

:02:15. > :02:17.football match in a pub in the County Down village.

:02:18. > :02:18.Their families say the ombudsman's conclusion vindicates

:02:19. > :02:23.No-one has been charged with the murders.

:02:24. > :02:27.The Police Ombudsman's report finds that RUC informers were

:02:28. > :02:31.involved in the attack, and were protected from arrest.

:02:32. > :02:33.That there were catastrophic failures in the police

:02:34. > :02:40.The report speaks of incompetence, indifference, and neglect.

:02:41. > :02:43.And it questions why the police failed to intercept a huge loyalist

:02:44. > :02:46.arms shipment which they knew about, guns which were used in more than 70

:02:47. > :02:48.murders and attempted murders, including the attack

:02:49. > :02:56.In a moment, we'll hear more about those weapons,

:02:57. > :02:58.and the part played by a notorious loyalist killer.

:02:59. > :03:00.But, first, Mervyn Jess tells us what the ombudsman had

:03:01. > :03:10.to say about the 1994 gun attack in Loughinisland.

:03:11. > :03:15.viewed collectively, I have no hesitation in saying collusion was a

:03:16. > :03:16.significant feature in the Loughinisland attacks.

:03:17. > :03:19.The words the families of the victims wanted to hear,

:03:20. > :03:21.stated publicly and unequivocably for the first time by

:03:22. > :03:26.The customers were watching the Republic of Ireland play Italy

:03:27. > :03:29.in the World Cup finals when two gunmen burst into this rural pub,

:03:30. > :03:35.Six men were killed, another five were wounded.

:03:36. > :03:38.The six who died were Adrian Rogan, Barney Greene, Dan McCreanor,

:03:39. > :03:46.Eamon Byrne, Malcolm Jenkinson, and Patsy O'Hare.

:03:47. > :03:49.Today, in a 160-page report, Michael Maguire gave the families

:03:50. > :03:52.many of the answers they've been seeking, including a finding

:03:53. > :03:55.that went to the core of their campaign for the truth.

:03:56. > :04:02.Some officers place more value on collecting information and

:04:03. > :04:04.protecting sources than preventing and detecting crime.

:04:05. > :04:08.Most of the information held by Special Branch was not passed to

:04:09. > :04:12.detectives investigating these attacks and thereby protecting them

:04:13. > :04:17.from investigation. That in my view was wrong.

:04:18. > :04:20.In addition, my investigation found some security forces and the

:04:21. > :04:25.Newcastle subdivision have been customised from the UDR and local

:04:26. > :04:29.RUC. Either through direct involvement with loyalist

:04:30. > :04:33.paramilitaries, or sympathies. The report concludes had this UVF unit

:04:34. > :04:37.been subject to investigation, they may have been arrested and may not

:04:38. > :04:41.have been involved in the Loughinisland attack.

:04:42. > :04:43.Whether that attack would have been carried out by another group we will

:04:44. > :04:48.never know. It is important to note we did not

:04:49. > :04:51.find any specific evidence that the police had information that there

:04:52. > :04:53.would be an attack on the Heights Bar that evening.

:04:54. > :04:56.The families have waged a lengthy campaign to get to this point.

:04:57. > :04:58.They went to court to overturn a report by the previous

:04:59. > :05:00.Police Ombudsman, Al Hutchinson, stating that there was no

:05:01. > :05:06.Michael McQuire said many police officers did work tirelessly

:05:07. > :05:11.But he was scathing of the overall police approach,

:05:12. > :05:17.including the protection of RUC informers.

:05:18. > :05:22.The investigation particularly in the early stages was characterised

:05:23. > :05:27.by incompetents, indifference and neglect.

:05:28. > :05:32.Police also received intelligence that suspects were warned they would

:05:33. > :05:36.be arrested by a police officer. This was never investigated by the

:05:37. > :05:38.police. When viewed collectively, have no hesitation in saying

:05:39. > :05:41.collusion was a significant feature in the Loughinisland attacks.

:05:42. > :05:43.The ombudsman met with the families in Loughinisland last night,

:05:44. > :05:47.This afternoon, they came together, to give their reaction

:05:48. > :05:50.Among them, the niece of the oldest victim,

:05:51. > :05:57.and a man who was shot, but survived the attack.

:05:58. > :06:04.Never going to leave us. For it to be allowed to happen, that is the

:06:05. > :06:09.worst part, it was allowed to happen. They were allowed to bring

:06:10. > :06:11.guns in, to do it and get away with it.

:06:12. > :06:15.We set out to look for truth and justice. 22 years later, we have

:06:16. > :06:19.truth, but we still haven't got justice. It is an ongoing... We are

:06:20. > :06:21.elated with the report's findings. Reaction from the PSNI

:06:22. > :06:31.Chief Constable came at today's The ombudsman stated collusion was a

:06:32. > :06:35.feature of these murders in that they were both wilful and passive

:06:36. > :06:40.acts carried out by police officers. That is entirely not acceptable to

:06:41. > :06:46.me, anathema to my standards and the standards of policing today. I would

:06:47. > :06:49.say even to the standards of policing in 1994. That is totally

:06:50. > :06:52.not acceptable and those people should be held to account.

:06:53. > :06:54.Emma Rogan was only eight when her father

:06:55. > :06:57.Adrian was killed that night.

:06:58. > :07:04.There is a part in the port that said that bad policemen were in the

:07:05. > :07:10.pub, that is what I was told, bad men entered the pub and murdered my

:07:11. > :07:16.father. Everywhere we went, the door was slammed in our face. They said,

:07:17. > :07:20.no, the police are making that up, collusion doesn't exist, that is

:07:21. > :07:22.wrong. Today, we have got the truth, and we were right.

:07:23. > :07:24.The shootings in Loughinisland have always been remembered as one

:07:25. > :07:27.of the most brutal sectarian attacks carried out by the UVF.

:07:28. > :07:30.For the families of the victims, their memories have been of loved

:07:31. > :07:36.Guns used in the Loughinisland attack came from a huge loyalist

:07:37. > :07:41.The Police Ombudsman's report provides new and startling details

:07:42. > :07:49.It reveals that many of the weapons were moved.

:07:50. > :07:51.after a tip-off to a loyalist that his home was

:07:52. > :08:00.Our home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, has the details.

:08:01. > :08:06.An Ulster resistance rally at the Ulster Hall. Formed to combat the

:08:07. > :08:11.Anglo-Irish agreement, some Unionist politicians joined. They always

:08:12. > :08:15.denied any involvement in paramilitary activity and said they

:08:16. > :08:21.had left by the time it was trying to import weapons. The leader in

:08:22. > :08:26.1987 also said resistance brought in a huge consignment from South Africa

:08:27. > :08:31.along with the UDA and UVF. Six years later, and salt Russell

:08:32. > :08:37.from that shipment was used on an attack at Heights Bar. Other South

:08:38. > :08:43.African guns were used in at least 70 other murders and attempted

:08:44. > :08:46.murders. The key question is, why did that happen? Given that RUC

:08:47. > :08:49.special Branch and military intelligence knew all about the

:08:50. > :08:54.shipment. They knew because senior loyalists

:08:55. > :08:59.who were informers were involved in bringing in the weapons. The police

:09:00. > :09:03.ombudsman's port today also confirms some of those directly involved had

:09:04. > :09:07.been under long-term surveillance by the police, army and security

:09:08. > :09:13.service MI5. And when a gang drove to County

:09:14. > :09:18.Armagh 12th up some of the weapons in January 1988, they were being

:09:19. > :09:21.watched. But the surveillance team said they lost sight of the vehicles

:09:22. > :09:27.during the actual time they were being loaded with the guns. One hour

:09:28. > :09:31.and a half later, a substantial amount of the shipment was seized in

:09:32. > :09:35.two cars stopped at a police checkpoint. But not all of the

:09:36. > :09:40.weapons were retrieved. Including the rifle used to kill six people in

:09:41. > :09:43.Loughinisland. The police ombudsman says he has

:09:44. > :09:51.established the rest of the shipment was stored at home of man, James

:09:52. > :09:54.Mitchell, a former RUC reservist. As part of the BBC Spotlight

:09:55. > :09:59.investigation 12 years ago, I asked him to respond to allegations he was

:10:00. > :10:05.a member of the Glenarm gam, a group of loyalists links to more than 120

:10:06. > :10:14.killings. That is a lie, it never happened. I

:10:15. > :10:18.didn't happen. Special Branch knew all about James Mitchell. Police had

:10:19. > :10:23.found weapons on his farm in 1978, and in a confession can he told them

:10:24. > :10:27.it was one of the main UVF arms dumps in Northern Ireland.

:10:28. > :10:30.Special Branch, though, did not pass any of this information to

:10:31. > :10:34.detectives trying to locate the weapons.

:10:35. > :10:39.I fail to understand why the police actually could not go to Mitchell's

:10:40. > :10:42.farm quickly. As we say in the report, it did have the consequences

:10:43. > :10:46.of failure to go quickly to the farm meant the weapons were moved.

:10:47. > :10:52.Michael McQuire says James Mitchell was tipped up within two hours of

:10:53. > :10:56.the cars being stopped in Portadown, that his farm would be searched. The

:10:57. > :11:01.rest of the weapons were moved to another hiding place that night.

:11:02. > :11:06.It has emerged, within hours, they were in the hands of this man, Robin

:11:07. > :11:13.Jackson. A former UDR soldier, he was a leader of the UVF in Portadown

:11:14. > :11:17.for over two decades. Dubbed the jackal by journalists he was behind

:11:18. > :11:21.dozens of sectarian killings. But he was never questioned about the

:11:22. > :11:25.shipment. Today, the ombudsman said it was a

:11:26. > :11:29.matter of significant concern that Special Branch protected loyalists

:11:30. > :11:32.from effective investigation by failing to pass on intelligence

:11:33. > :11:35.about activities. Despite being instigated in

:11:36. > :11:40.importation of the weapons, senior members of the UDI, UVF and

:11:41. > :11:44.resistance were not subject to police investigation. This can be

:11:45. > :11:47.chipped it to a decision by Special Branch not to disseminate

:11:48. > :11:50.intelligence implicating these individuals, some of whom were

:11:51. > :11:54.informants. Given the gravity of conspiracy and impact this has had

:11:55. > :12:00.on the lives of many, I believe this decision was indefensible.

:12:01. > :12:05.Robin Jackson died in 1998. James Mitchell died ten years later.

:12:06. > :12:09.The report today again goes to the heart of the relationship between

:12:10. > :12:13.informers and their handlers. Michael McQuire says some police

:12:14. > :12:17.officers appeared to place more value on gathering information and

:12:18. > :12:22.protecting their sources, than in prevention and detection of crime.

:12:23. > :12:28.That poses serious questions of the very purpose of having informers.

:12:29. > :12:31.Two former Prime Ministers were in Northern Ireland today.

:12:32. > :12:34.Sir John Major and Tony Blair are warning that a vote to leave

:12:35. > :12:40.the European Union would jeopardise the unity of the UK.

:12:41. > :12:42.The pair faced questions from students at Magee University

:12:43. > :12:44.in Londonderry, and our political correspondent, Enda

:12:45. > :12:54.The architects of the peace process, taking time out to survey

:12:55. > :12:58.Derry's Peace Bridge was the first port of call today

:12:59. > :13:06.It was built to celebrate the peace they helped secure.

:13:07. > :13:08.How times have changed from Sir John's last visit

:13:09. > :13:14.Back then, he found himself in the middle of a battle

:13:15. > :13:17.between republican protesters and police.

:13:18. > :13:21.This time, the reception was very different.

:13:22. > :13:25.The old political foes were on a joint mission to convince

:13:26. > :13:28.voters here to stay in the EU, warning that the UK could be torn

:13:29. > :13:34.apart if the vote goes the other way Major Clip.

:13:35. > :13:45.I believe it would be an historic mistakes to do anything that has any

:13:46. > :13:47.risk to destabilise the complicated and multilayered constitutional

:13:48. > :13:50.settlement that underpins the present stability in Northern

:13:51. > :13:56.Ireland. But that is what a British x it from

:13:57. > :14:00.the European Union would do. It would throw all the pieces of the

:14:01. > :14:01.constitutional jigsaw up into the air again.

:14:02. > :14:03.Tony Blair said a vote to leave would undermine the political

:14:04. > :14:15.Here we stand as Dawlat former prime ministers, and we say to the Leave

:14:16. > :14:19.campaign directly, you have fundamental questions to answer

:14:20. > :14:24.about Northern Ireland, the Common travel area, the effect of leaving

:14:25. > :14:29.the EU on the future make-up of the UK. The people of Northern Ireland

:14:30. > :14:31.need these answers, and need to have them within the next days before

:14:32. > :14:32.June the 23rd. But those in the Leave campaign

:14:33. > :14:41.were quick to hit back. I do find it rather disgraceful for

:14:42. > :14:45.both premises who know full well the importance of the peace process here

:14:46. > :14:48.in Northern Ireland, to come over here and suggest that a vote on a

:14:49. > :14:52.predicted action would undermine that come is quite scandalous.

:14:53. > :14:56.In my expense, the commitment of people in Northern Ireland to the

:14:57. > :15:01.political settlement and exclusively peaceful and democratic means to

:15:02. > :15:04.determine the island's future, that commitment is rock solid.

:15:05. > :15:10.To say it would somehow weather or become less resolute if there was a

:15:11. > :15:12.democratic vote to leave the EU, is not only unjustified, but actually

:15:13. > :15:18.pretty irresponsible. Theresa Villiers has said you are

:15:19. > :15:20.talking nonsense today, your claims don't stand up.

:15:21. > :15:24.Perhaps she could answer some of the questions she hasn't yet answered

:15:25. > :15:27.about things like the Common travel area, the Secretary of States

:15:28. > :15:32.apparently says a Common travel area would remain. Other members of the

:15:33. > :15:34.Lee Camp, Lord Lawson, say it wouldn't come it would disappear.

:15:35. > :15:35.But what about those who were listening?

:15:36. > :15:38.Were they convinced by the arguments from the two former

:15:39. > :15:45.They were trying to scare us, scaremongering has been used a lot

:15:46. > :15:48.by politicians and news readers. I feel like they were scaremongering,

:15:49. > :15:55.telling us about drastic consequences if we do leave the EU.

:15:56. > :16:00.I was quite on the fence whether to stay in league and I think this is

:16:01. > :16:04.confirming my beliefs in staying in. The question is whether or not those

:16:05. > :16:08.here today will be convinced by the arguments put forward by Sir John

:16:09. > :16:12.Major and Tony Blair. Some don't even have a vote, but may go home

:16:13. > :16:16.and told their families but they have heard today. Will it make a

:16:17. > :16:20.difference come June the 23rd? That remains to be seen.

:16:21. > :16:22.The two former Prime Ministers weren't the only ones

:16:23. > :16:24.to make their voices heard on Northern Ireland

:16:25. > :16:28.The former US President Bill Clinton also weighed in, with an article

:16:29. > :16:31.Our political editor, Mark Devenport, has

:16:32. > :16:33.Mark, what has Bill Clinton been saying?

:16:34. > :16:38.A short article, he says it is a matter for voters to decide whether

:16:39. > :16:43.the UK stays in the EU or not. He says he hopes the UK stays in the

:16:44. > :16:48.EU, he doesn't want Britain turning inwards. He refers to Northern

:16:49. > :16:52.Ireland and says the peace process in Northern Ireland benefited from

:16:53. > :16:56.the UK membership of the EU, and he worries the future prosperity and

:16:57. > :16:59.peace in Northern Ireland could be jeopardised if Britain withdraws.

:17:00. > :17:00.Similar concerns to those we heard echoed by both prime ministers.

:17:01. > :17:02.What impact do you think these high-profile interventions

:17:03. > :17:11.Hard to say. There is some research out tomorrow questioning whether

:17:12. > :17:15.some interventions by high profile figures on either side have had the

:17:16. > :17:17.result they intended. Sometimes you put off as many people as you turn

:17:18. > :17:21.on. An interesting thing about this

:17:22. > :17:25.intervention is, particularly John Major talking about the threat to

:17:26. > :17:30.the UK, he was looking at the wider audience than specifically Northern

:17:31. > :17:35.Ireland, given it has been nationalists most prone to actually

:17:36. > :17:36.voting, as polls suggest, for remaining in the EU, rather than

:17:37. > :17:38.Unionists. And, tonight, The View will be

:17:39. > :17:40.holding a special EU A court has been told that a man

:17:41. > :17:51.who killed his mother, thought she was a witch,

:17:52. > :17:53.after he'd taken Alun Kinney Evans, who is 34

:17:54. > :18:03.and from Portstewart, suffered a drug-induced psychosis,

:18:04. > :18:05.after taking what's called MXP which mimics the effects

:18:06. > :18:07.of a powerful tranquilliser. Our north-east reporter,

:18:08. > :18:13.Sara Girvin, was in court. Mother-of-three Margaret Evans,

:18:14. > :18:16.known as Margo, was 69, In June 2014, her badly beaten body

:18:17. > :18:23.was found in the garden Her son, Alun Evans,

:18:24. > :18:28.had previously denied murdering her but, last month,

:18:29. > :18:32.he admitted her manslaughter on the grounds of

:18:33. > :18:37.diminished responsibility. Belfast Crown Court heard today that

:18:38. > :18:39.he'd been taking synthetic drug MXP that he'd bought online,

:18:40. > :18:42.and drinking alcohol in the days This combination led

:18:43. > :18:53.to a drug-induced psychosis. At the scene, Alan Evans

:18:54. > :18:55.told police this. "I think I killed her,

:18:56. > :18:57.I think I've killed my mum. I had to kill my mum today,

:18:58. > :19:00.she's a witch." He said that before he saw his

:19:01. > :19:02.mother become possessed. She had been urging him to drink

:19:03. > :19:05.water to flush the drugs Margaret Evans had been punched,

:19:06. > :19:08.kicked, and repeatedly struck She died as a result of blunt force

:19:09. > :19:16.trauma to the head and chest. The court heard the company that

:19:17. > :19:19.supplied the drugs to Alan Evans Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline,

:19:20. > :19:31.Laganside courts. The headquarters for

:19:32. > :19:32.the Northern Ireland Livestock And Meat Commission in Lisburn have

:19:33. > :19:35.been badly damaged in a fire. The Fire Service are still dealing

:19:36. > :19:38.with a "well-developed fire" spread over two floors of Lissue House,

:19:39. > :19:40.a former children's hospital, No-one was in the building

:19:41. > :20:03.when the blaze started. There are three days to go until

:20:04. > :20:19.Northern Ireland have their first game of the Euro 2016 competition.

:20:20. > :20:26.A day of training for Northern Ireland. As well as some much

:20:27. > :20:30.deserved downtime that at their hotel, they also continued their

:20:31. > :20:34.homework for their opening match against Poland in Nice on Sunday.

:20:35. > :20:38.Poland are a team just below Northern Ireland in world rankings

:20:39. > :20:41.but very dangerous opposition, and they have one player in particular

:20:42. > :20:46.Northern Ireland will have to try and stop.

:20:47. > :20:55.Robert Lewandowski equalling the record set by northern island's

:20:56. > :20:59.David Healy nine years ago. Our defenders say they are ready for the

:21:00. > :21:03.challenge. We watched different clips from

:21:04. > :21:08.different games of the opposition to work at their strengths and

:21:09. > :21:12.weaknesses. We want to test ourselves against the best. That is

:21:13. > :21:15.what we are up against on Sunday and looking forward to it.

:21:16. > :21:19.Poland have their own injury problems with a couple of main

:21:20. > :21:25.players struggling. But Lewandowski isn't concerned.

:21:26. > :21:29.TRANSLATION: It isn't good when one players there is a second one, it

:21:30. > :21:33.made the situation more difficult. We know what we are here for. It

:21:34. > :21:36.does not matter which squad the field, we always knew it would be a

:21:37. > :21:40.big challenge in France. The polls have been researching the

:21:41. > :21:45.Northern Ireland's players's strengths and weaknesses.

:21:46. > :21:51.We are looking at the name of Northern Irish players. If you look

:21:52. > :21:57.at the names of the players come Lafferty is quite good. But the

:21:58. > :22:02.biggest, the best side of the Irish national team if it is a team. And

:22:03. > :22:03.people who look at the colour sketch and know it is a hard team and it

:22:04. > :22:09.will not be an easy game. The Republic threw open the gates

:22:10. > :22:12.to training at their camp just outside Paris today,

:22:13. > :22:13.prompting thousands of local school children to take a welcome

:22:14. > :22:16.break from their books. From Versailles, Thomas Kane

:22:17. > :22:26.reports. There was a warm welcome for fair

:22:27. > :22:31.sites most recent presidents, 2000 schoolchildren getting the chance to

:22:32. > :22:36.interact with the squad. It is great to see fans out in their

:22:37. > :22:40.numbers. Exciting for everyone involved including ourselves, all

:22:41. > :22:42.the lads are soaking up as much as we can.

:22:43. > :22:47.Tell us the freak where you got your injury, a back spasm.

:22:48. > :22:53.I went to pick my daughter out of the bath and felt a twinge in my

:22:54. > :22:57.lower back. Initially I panicked. Within 24 hours, it settled down. A

:22:58. > :23:00.couple of days of training and back in today and feeling good.

:23:01. > :23:06.How confident are you that Jonathan Walters will be fit for Sweden?

:23:07. > :23:10.We have a few more days. With the training, we hope he will join in

:23:11. > :23:13.but we lead that with the medical staff.

:23:14. > :23:17.With four days until the pivotal opening fixture at the Stade de

:23:18. > :23:21.France, attention has turned to the starting 11. There are unlikely to

:23:22. > :23:29.be too many surprises but every player will be keen to impress ahead

:23:30. > :23:33.of Sweden. There is two in every position, we

:23:34. > :23:37.are eager to get the starting nod. You have played in major

:23:38. > :23:43.tournaments, do still get butterflies quit at yes.

:23:44. > :23:48.And meeting the fans, someone told me 75,000 Irish fans coming to

:23:49. > :23:50.France, the support is unbelievable. It seems they have already made an

:23:51. > :23:58.impression with the local supporters.

:23:59. > :24:04.Finally, Alan Campbell will become the first athlete from Northern

:24:05. > :24:10.Ireland to perform at four Olympic Games this summer. He was elected in

:24:11. > :24:14.the team for Rio, in August. That's all from us on this beautiful

:24:15. > :24:17.evening in the vineyards in France. And, tomorrow evening,

:24:18. > :24:19.when the tournament begins in France, BBC Newsline will be

:24:20. > :24:21.coming live from Nice, and from Versailles,

:24:22. > :24:38.with the Northern Ireland I am informed their sunshine in

:24:39. > :24:43.Versailles. And back home, how it looking?

:24:44. > :24:51.It will get a little bit wet in the evening. But nicer in Nice over the

:24:52. > :24:59.next few days. Some of this evening. We had some

:25:00. > :25:04.fog in place this morning. This is the Guildhall. It improved

:25:05. > :25:09.fastly over the north coast, one of our warmest places but the fog is

:25:10. > :25:13.back again on the East Coast, so it will roll back inland, over eastern

:25:14. > :25:18.areas. It stood to stay dry in the east. In

:25:19. > :25:23.the West, the risk of showers. These other temperatures tonight, no

:25:24. > :25:28.lower than 16 in the north-west. It will be warm, sticky and

:25:29. > :25:31.uncomfortable. That humidity will continue into tomorrow.

:25:32. > :25:34.The Ambrose will be up tomorrow because of showers breaking out and

:25:35. > :25:38.a lot of cloud. There could still be some missed,

:25:39. > :25:43.especially near the East Coast tomorrow, affecting the ferry

:25:44. > :25:45.service. Otherwise, some rain at times

:25:46. > :25:53.tomorrow morning. It will be a fairly warm start. Some

:25:54. > :25:56.cloud slipping well down on the hills.

:25:57. > :26:01.There will be some gaps in the rain. Turning more showery. There is the

:26:02. > :26:06.risk of some of those showers getting heavy, and a rumble of

:26:07. > :26:09.thunder it is not impossible. Temperatures are still above

:26:10. > :26:15.average, in the high teens, feeling a little bit sticky and

:26:16. > :26:19.uncomfortable. It is worth taking an envelope with

:26:20. > :26:24.you tomorrow over the next few days as well. For the forecast at the

:26:25. > :26:29.weekend, we think Saturday will be the driver of the days, temperatures

:26:30. > :26:35.getting close to 20 degrees. Still some warmth this weekend. Also

:26:36. > :26:38.the boat race on Saturday. Not too many showers hopefully. More

:26:39. > :26:42.likely to see some heavy rain on Sunday.