:00:14. > :00:17.The headlines this Wednesday evening: Local soldiers
:00:18. > :00:20.give their reaction to the long-awaited report
:00:21. > :00:23.into the Iraq war, including the senior officer who gave
:00:24. > :00:38.I think it's more candid than I was expecting and I think it's covered
:00:39. > :00:42.many things that I expected but also things that I was not expecting it
:00:43. > :00:43.to be as honest about. The Economy Minister tells business
:00:44. > :00:45.leaders that the UK's withdrawal from the EU
:00:46. > :00:55.will be a managed process. Celebrating its 40th birthday, join
:00:56. > :00:59.me at the Ulster American folk Park as we ask what more needs to be done
:01:00. > :01:00.to help promote these popular but less high-profile visitor
:01:01. > :01:01.attractions. Also on the programme: Tough
:01:02. > :01:03.conditions and a tough result for the Derry Londonderry Doire
:01:04. > :01:17.yacht in the local leg The golfers may be worried about
:01:18. > :01:19.that seek a virus but the boxes have no such concerns as they prepare for
:01:20. > :01:20.the Olympics. A few showers this evening
:01:21. > :01:22.but a much better day Dry and bright with just a few
:01:23. > :01:29.showers and highs of 21 degrees. Thousands of soldiers
:01:30. > :01:33.from Northern Ireland Today the inquiry into the war
:01:34. > :01:37.concluded the former Prime Minister Tony Blair overstated
:01:38. > :01:42.the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, sent ill-prepared troops into battle
:01:43. > :01:46.and had wholly inadequate plans In a moment we'll hear from
:01:47. > :01:53.Tim Collins, the Royal Irish Colonel who made the famous eve
:01:54. > :01:56.of battle speech in 2003, and from the veteran journalist
:01:57. > :01:59.Peter Taylor in relation to the implications
:02:00. > :02:01.of what the inquiry has to say about the way intelligence
:02:02. > :02:03.should be handled. First Mervyn Jess, who reported
:02:04. > :02:05.from Iraq at the time, has been hearing the reaction
:02:06. > :02:18.of some of those who took part Shock and awe. That's how the allied
:02:19. > :02:23.military commanders to strike their offensive in Iraq which began with
:02:24. > :02:26.air strikes on the capital Baghdad. Today so John Chilcott outlined his
:02:27. > :02:31.findings after a seven-year inquiry into the war, a roar that claimed
:02:32. > :02:37.hundreds of British lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives. The UK
:02:38. > :02:42.chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for
:02:43. > :02:49.disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not
:02:50. > :02:54.a last resort. Doug Beattie fought in Iraq with the Royal Irish
:02:55. > :02:57.Regiment. Now an MLA he gave his reaction to the Chilcott Report. I'm
:02:58. > :03:02.not surprised by anything he said. We all knew that the government had
:03:03. > :03:07.made a decision to go to war well before it got permission to do so. I
:03:08. > :03:14.think this position was done in an ad hoc way. Our intelligence
:03:15. > :03:18.services, MI5 and MI6, did not use the intelligence available to them
:03:19. > :03:26.right and come out with the wrong solution and I think our military
:03:27. > :03:29.were too eager to please. Steve Aitken who is also an assembly
:03:30. > :03:32.member was an officer in the Royal Navy serving in the Gulf at the time
:03:33. > :03:37.of the invasion. It's very clear it's a damning indictment of Tony
:03:38. > :03:42.Blair and what he did and we did believe that Saddam Hussain had
:03:43. > :03:45.weapons of mass destruction and now we see from the evidence that has
:03:46. > :03:49.come through that there wasn't any dare and also begin to find out more
:03:50. > :03:52.and this was not an issue of national security for the United
:03:53. > :03:58.Kingdom, if I was one of the members of the family of the 203 odd British
:03:59. > :04:01.people who died or any of the multitude of Iraqis that have lost
:04:02. > :04:05.their lives I would be particularly upset and maybe angry today. The
:04:06. > :04:11.report drew this response from the former Prime Minister. I acknowledge
:04:12. > :04:16.all the problems that came with that decision. I acknowledge the mistakes
:04:17. > :04:21.and accept responsibility for them. What I cannot do and will not do is
:04:22. > :04:28.say I believe we took the wrong decision. I believe I made the right
:04:29. > :04:33.decision and that the world is better and safer as a result of it.
:04:34. > :04:38.In 2003, I reported from Iraq for BBC newsline. Remnants of the old
:04:39. > :04:42.regime still litter the countryside but the emphasis now is very much
:04:43. > :04:48.about empowering the local population and rebuilding Iraq. We
:04:49. > :04:54.believe and we dream that our country will be better. A former
:04:55. > :04:58.Sergeant Major in the Royal Irish Regiment reflected on the impact
:04:59. > :05:01.they made while in Iraq. You assume that the political masters above are
:05:02. > :05:09.creating the right reasons for us to go to such a place. I've seen that
:05:10. > :05:15.volatile region, did we make it better the time? I'd like to think
:05:16. > :05:20.we did. Do I think that we left it in a better place? I'm not so sure.
:05:21. > :05:23.Do you believe the government needs to apologise to the families of
:05:24. > :05:27.those who lost loved ones in Iraq which closely fought in Iraq? I
:05:28. > :05:32.think we need to apologise to the Iraqi people who have suffered so
:05:33. > :05:35.badly because of this really bad decisions go to war.
:05:36. > :05:37.Earlier, I spoke to Colonel Tim Collins,
:05:38. > :05:41.who is best known for a rousing speech he gave to the men of the 1st
:05:42. > :05:43.Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment before the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
:05:44. > :05:48.I asked him for his reaction to today's report.
:05:49. > :05:56.I think it's more candid than I was expecting. I think it's covered many
:05:57. > :06:04.things that I expected but also things that I was not expecting it
:06:05. > :06:08.to be as honest about. I think one would expect after ten and seven
:06:09. > :06:13.years and 2.1 million words it would be thorough. It looks like it is.
:06:14. > :06:18.What did surprise you? The honesty with which they handle things like
:06:19. > :06:25.conduct of military operation in Basra where we all knew that the
:06:26. > :06:30.army was coordinating and negotiating with the militias and
:06:31. > :06:34.that's been brought out and it hasn't gone as far as to say the
:06:35. > :06:38.British army was defeated in Basra, it says that it was a long way from
:06:39. > :06:43.being a success which is more or less the same thing. In your speech,
:06:44. > :06:47.you said bring no shame and uniform or nation. How do you reflect on
:06:48. > :06:54.those words and that speech now? The first thing is it was given to my
:06:55. > :06:57.men and them alone. The world eavesdropped on it. It was therefore
:06:58. > :07:03.only their consumption. Secondly, we were going with what we believed was
:07:04. > :07:07.the case of the time. If you knew then what you know now, would you
:07:08. > :07:13.have done things differently? Would you said the speech differently?
:07:14. > :07:18.There's often some folk who don't get out enough to think I was picked
:07:19. > :07:23.the world, I wasn't, the royal Irish battle group and speaking to with
:07:24. > :07:27.the facts available time so what is in the Times and the time. Dude feel
:07:28. > :07:31.that men and women were sent to their deaths unnecessarily? I don't
:07:32. > :07:34.think they were sent there unnecessarily. The removal of Saddam
:07:35. > :07:41.'s regime was nothing but a good thing. I do think that the
:07:42. > :07:45.desperation of those surrounding the Blair government is to try and
:07:46. > :07:50.portray British operations as some sort of softly softly peacekeeping
:07:51. > :07:55.operation when in fact it was a vicious insurgency going on around
:07:56. > :07:59.them, that cost lives and that is something that needs closer
:08:00. > :08:03.examination. In terms of some of the criticism that's been made
:08:04. > :08:07.throughout the years and today about how ill-prepared some of the troops
:08:08. > :08:15.were and the faults with the equipment, is that something that
:08:16. > :08:19.you do reflect on? Naturally, one always wishes you had the best
:08:20. > :08:22.agreement available but in my 23 years in the British army that is
:08:23. > :08:30.never one to expectation. You get on and do it with what you have and if
:08:31. > :08:32.you're asking should we refuse to go? No. We voice to our duty and we
:08:33. > :08:35.do it with the tools available. I asked the veteran BBC journalist
:08:36. > :08:38.Peter Taylor if he was surprised about the Iraq Inquiry's conclusions
:08:39. > :08:49.about the use of intelligence. I wasn't surprised because it
:08:50. > :08:52.confirmed what we had thought all along when we investigated for
:08:53. > :08:57.panorama. The intelligence that was used to justify the war, the
:08:58. > :09:01.conclusions that we reach raiser to the conclusions that Sir John
:09:02. > :09:05.Chilcott and his panel reached although they went into much more
:09:06. > :09:08.detail. What about Tony Blair 's reaction today? Sorry for the loss
:09:09. > :09:13.of life but not sorry for the decisions that he made. Tony Blair
:09:14. > :09:20.was never going to apologise for the war. He has apologised for getting
:09:21. > :09:24.the intelligence wrong. But as the decision to go to war as far as the
:09:25. > :09:29.public was concerned was based on the intelligence that Blair
:09:30. > :09:32.presented and when the Prime Minister went before the House of
:09:33. > :09:36.Commons and said that there was a clear and present danger that the
:09:37. > :09:41.intelligence was cast iron and watertight, people would tend to
:09:42. > :09:46.believe their Prime Minister who said that. We assumed on the basis
:09:47. > :09:51.of what he was being told by the intelligence agencies in particular
:09:52. > :09:55.by MI6. I do believe that Tony Blair lied, I know many would disagree,
:09:56. > :09:58.but I think he had convinced themselves that the intelligence was
:09:59. > :10:04.solid when in fact it was anything but. That's what Chilcott reveals
:10:05. > :10:09.most starkly. Do you think Tony Blair has given an honest account of
:10:10. > :10:12.themselves today? I think Tony Blair said what you would expect Tony
:10:13. > :10:18.Blair to say. What he has said consistently. He regrets the loss of
:10:19. > :10:24.life, well, of course you are breast loss of life, we all regret the loss
:10:25. > :10:29.of life, but the does not regret the decision to go to war. -- regrets
:10:30. > :10:33.the loss of life. Doesn't regret the posing Saddam but the reality is
:10:34. > :10:37.that without the invasion I think it's highly unlikely that we would
:10:38. > :10:41.be where we are now in Iraq and in Syria and you can trace the rise of
:10:42. > :10:46.the so-called Islamic State directly from the but on Iraq. -- invasion of
:10:47. > :10:47.Iraq. The Economy Minister Simon Hamilton
:10:48. > :10:50.says the UK's withdrawal from the European Union will be
:10:51. > :10:53.a managed process and that there In his first major speech
:10:54. > :10:56.as minister, he made the comments at the Northern Ireland Chamber
:10:57. > :10:59.of Commerce business breakfast. Here is our Political
:11:00. > :11:12.Correspondent Stephen Walker. In front of an audience representing
:11:13. > :11:15.around 100 businesses, it was understandable that part of Simon
:11:16. > :11:19.Hamilton speech looked at life after the European Union. He said EU
:11:20. > :11:25.withdrawal would be handled carefully. A lot is still to be
:11:26. > :11:31.decided. It will be decided. Most likely it seems over a long period
:11:32. > :11:35.of time. There will be no crash landing, it will be a managed
:11:36. > :11:40.process. Yes, there is much to do but it will be done and it will be
:11:41. > :11:44.carefully managed. So how will the leave vote affect the way business
:11:45. > :11:49.is done? I'm eating an American company here in 15 minutes that is
:11:50. > :11:53.looking to set up in Northern Ireland and the questions will be
:11:54. > :11:57.what are the opportunities as a platform into Europe, what is Brexit
:11:58. > :12:03.mean? Many businesses say they're simply have to get used to a degree
:12:04. > :12:07.of uncertainty. We don't know, there are long-term issues, there's no
:12:08. > :12:12.real plan for the exit whenever that happens. Does that worry you? Not
:12:13. > :12:18.the minutes because we need to find out what the unknowns are and then
:12:19. > :12:21.you can make a plan. Others in business save local politicians must
:12:22. > :12:26.use this time negotiate a new deal. For Northern Ireland. Were unique
:12:27. > :12:31.little place and we rely heavily on the EU for special funds to help
:12:32. > :12:34.move are coming forward so it's important that we negotiate well
:12:35. > :12:39.with Westminster over the coming months. The DUP campaign to leave
:12:40. > :12:45.the European so the did the Minister vote accordingly? You voted to
:12:46. > :12:49.leave? I don't want to go back over all of what people did or said, the
:12:50. > :12:54.reality of the result is what the result is to deal with the
:12:55. > :12:57.consequences of the result and the challenges and the opportunities.
:12:58. > :13:00.Simon Hamilton told his audience that he wants to make Northern
:13:01. > :13:09.Ireland a leader on the world's economic stage. With that in mind,
:13:10. > :13:12.his official to look at the as -- economies of New Zealand, Finland
:13:13. > :13:16.and Singapore as part of his ambition to make Northern Ireland an
:13:17. > :13:17.economic powerhouse. A big ambition at the time that much economic
:13:18. > :13:23.uncertainty. A 38 year-old man has died
:13:24. > :13:26.following a crash in County Armagh. The collision happened
:13:27. > :13:28.on the Red Lion Road in Kilmore There were some sharp exchanges
:13:29. > :13:36.at Stormont today as MLAs on the education committee
:13:37. > :13:38.questioned officials The authority has been criticised
:13:39. > :13:43.for planning to reduce the hours some disabled children
:13:44. > :13:55.will spend in special school I know that we're going to be
:13:56. > :14:00.hearing from parents again this evening and it will brew but much of
:14:01. > :14:03.what you said and I suppose one of the fundamental questions that I
:14:04. > :14:11.would ask is from your perspective why has this whole process been such
:14:12. > :14:17.a phenomenal disaster? First of all dead except that characterisation.
:14:18. > :14:21.Secondly, you do need to remind all of those that virtually everybody
:14:22. > :14:24.who works in support of children with special needs in Northern
:14:25. > :14:31.Ireland is in the play-off the education authority. This is not as
:14:32. > :14:35.against them, this is ours, the employees, they are in the education
:14:36. > :14:36.authority. There were a record 2.3 million
:14:37. > :14:38.visitors from outside As many again were
:14:39. > :14:41.local holidaymakers. But, apart from the very successful
:14:42. > :14:44.attractions like Belfast Titanic, the Giant's Causeway
:14:45. > :14:46.and Derry's Walls, how Tomorrow Donna Traynor
:14:47. > :15:02.is in Downpatrick. You join me at an attraction
:15:03. > :15:07.celebrating its 40th birthday, people have come here to the Ulster
:15:08. > :15:11.American folk partner Oma to learn and to be entertained. This is where
:15:12. > :15:14.you can be transported from the old world of Ireland in the 18
:15:15. > :15:19.hundredths to the New World of America. Visitors of the day are
:15:20. > :15:26.steeped in the history of the past. Tourism in Fermanagh and Omar brings
:15:27. > :15:30.in about ?50 million a year. The crowds are brought in on a day like
:15:31. > :15:34.today with the celebrations of the birthday but Fermanagh and Omar is
:15:35. > :15:40.not included in Northern Ireland's top ten when it comes to the areas.
:15:41. > :15:49.What businesses doing to compete for tourists. Off the beaten track,
:15:50. > :15:53.that's part of the attraction for visitors but location is also part
:15:54. > :15:59.of the problem for those in the local tourist industry. Places are
:16:00. > :16:02.made and measured by the people that live there. Titanic Belfast and the
:16:03. > :16:07.Giants Causeway attract hundreds of thousands of visitors and just
:16:08. > :16:13.across the border to wild Atlantic way is a big tourism success story.
:16:14. > :16:19.Pottery is just outside the top ten in visitor numbers with 150,000
:16:20. > :16:22.coming here last year. The wild Atlantic way has been very positive
:16:23. > :16:26.but we been fortunate that were so close of getting more and more
:16:27. > :16:30.people coming from Donegal in the Fermanagh here to the pottery. Some
:16:31. > :16:36.are offering unique experiences as a way to compete for business in a
:16:37. > :16:40.market. These new Forest on Saturn Locklear believed are proving to be
:16:41. > :16:48.a hit. Overall it's been fantastic, we been surprised by the reached a
:16:49. > :16:51.fad. People coming from... Staying around Cork and they come all the
:16:52. > :16:55.way up here because they've seen the uniqueness of them and the something
:16:56. > :17:00.romantic about them. Lying at the stars in a four-poster bed is the
:17:01. > :17:04.epitome of romance. Big events like the annual Bluegrass Festival at the
:17:05. > :17:06.folk Park during the crowds but there have been disappointments with
:17:07. > :17:10.the loss of the Beckett arts Festival and next year 's Irish
:17:11. > :17:15.open. Some believe more could be done to promote the area 's biggest
:17:16. > :17:18.asset, its scenery. This new business offers guided boat tours of
:17:19. > :17:23.a lot then. There's been a lot of marketing campaigns like the while
:17:24. > :17:26.that on the way and now Ireland's agent is, will be great to see my
:17:27. > :17:32.Fermanagh involved with some of the big marketing campaigns. The
:17:33. > :17:34.attraction is here already. In the wake of the referendum, the fall in
:17:35. > :17:40.sterling means is now cheaper for foreign tourists come here. Many are
:17:41. > :17:44.hoping to feel the benefit. Tourism is an essential part of the local
:17:45. > :17:46.economy. Many jobs depend on ensuring the south-west doesn't miss
:17:47. > :17:56.the boat. This is Catherine Thompson from
:17:57. > :18:02.national museums Northern Ireland. You're also in charge of the Ulster
:18:03. > :18:05.Museum and the folk Park, given they are in Belfast what difficulties do
:18:06. > :18:11.you have an attractive people here to Omar? We get approximately
:18:12. > :18:15.125,000 visitors a year to the site and 36% of them come from outside
:18:16. > :18:19.Northern Ireland. Proportionately, we have the highest number of
:18:20. > :18:23.tourists on this site so we do quite well from tourism here. We believe
:18:24. > :18:27.there's a lot more that we could be doing to realise the real potential
:18:28. > :18:30.of this site and this area. Therefore what can the tourism
:18:31. > :18:35.promotion bodies do to help you in that case? We been working with
:18:36. > :18:38.tourism Northern Ireland and the manner and the District Council to
:18:39. > :18:42.look at how we would did develop the potential of the site. North America
:18:43. > :18:45.and North American visitors in Northern Ireland have been
:18:46. > :18:49.increasing significantly. They offer a real opportunity if we can develop
:18:50. > :18:55.experiences that will resonate with that market. As a big market demand
:18:56. > :19:00.for those who want to tap into their roots and research their ancestry.
:19:01. > :19:04.We believe that this site offers a unique opportunity to brother Harb
:19:05. > :19:08.for that experience. The most important thing is that people are
:19:09. > :19:11.not currently coming to an Northern Ireland so we will compete with
:19:12. > :19:14.Belfast and the rest Northern Ireland. This is a new market that
:19:15. > :19:19.we have an opportunity to exploit. How important is the local trade?
:19:20. > :19:24.And those from the Republic who come to the park? It's incredible
:19:25. > :19:27.importance because we are an asset and we are an attraction that is
:19:28. > :19:31.here for the local people and the Republic. We get about 15% of
:19:32. > :19:37.visitors from the south. That's very strong. It's really cute was that we
:19:38. > :19:41.local people coming here and enjoying what we have to offer.
:19:42. > :19:44.Thank you. Tomorrow in Downpatrick I took to the man whose job is to
:19:45. > :19:49.market and develop tourism in Northern Ireland. Tell us which
:19:50. > :19:51.visitor attraction you like to visit. Join the conversation on our
:19:52. > :19:53.Facebook page. There's been great excitement along
:19:54. > :19:55.the coastline this morning at the local leg of the Clipper
:19:56. > :19:58.round the world yacht race. The yachts have begun
:19:59. > :20:00.making their way to Londonderry Here's our North-West
:20:01. > :20:10.reporter Keiron Tourish. It was an emotional homecoming for
:20:11. > :20:16.the first of the Clipper Cruise. They sailed up the lock foil this
:20:17. > :20:20.afternoon. L Max was the first boat to finish the local leg of the
:20:21. > :20:25.raise. About five miles ahead of the Derry Londonderry tour boat. Its
:20:26. > :20:31.crew was just the alighted to be back home after the 17 day journey
:20:32. > :20:35.from New York. The welcome has been overwhelming. As a of boats and
:20:36. > :20:41.hundreds of people lining the banks. I can't wait to see the city itself
:20:42. > :20:44.and we get there. Were all excited. Cruising 12 yachts sailing 40,000
:20:45. > :20:49.miles across the globe over 11 months. Facing treacherous
:20:50. > :20:54.conditions and a stunning backdrops and everything in between. It draws
:20:55. > :20:59.people from all walks of life including students, solicitors and
:21:00. > :21:04.accountants. In all 44 different nationalities. The council spent a
:21:05. > :21:09.considerable amount and the race but feels it's justified. For the last
:21:10. > :21:15.two Clipper races with invested ?1.2 million and that given as to boats
:21:16. > :21:18.for those two years, an international profile around the
:21:19. > :21:24.world but also to major international festivals in our time.
:21:25. > :21:28.We expect a huge return for that and 125,000 visitors came last year and
:21:29. > :21:33.we expect somewhere in that ballpark again. It adds signalling has the
:21:34. > :21:36.local economy. There will be plenty of activity along the quay in the
:21:37. > :21:40.next week or so is the city plays host to this major maritime
:21:41. > :21:42.festival. It will include food and music from across the globe. That
:21:43. > :21:48.hope the weather improves. Find out about that in a minute but
:21:49. > :21:52.first test even the sport. Yes, golfers Rory McIlroy
:21:53. > :21:54.and Shane Lowry have already withdrawn from the Olympic Games
:21:55. > :21:56.this summer citing concerns about the Zika virus
:21:57. > :21:58.but there are no such qualms Traditionally the richest source
:21:59. > :22:03.of medals at the games through the years, today
:22:04. > :22:06.was the kitting out day for our boxers ahead
:22:07. > :22:09.of the games in Brazil. And the virus was certainly not
:22:10. > :22:12.a big concern for the members of the squad heading to the Olympics
:22:13. > :22:15.in August, including Ireland's Olympic champion
:22:16. > :22:26.from four years ago. I wouldn't be concerned at all about
:22:27. > :22:29.those eco-virus. It's not something that I'm worried about or thinking
:22:30. > :22:35.about. And focusing on the competition itself and we have been
:22:36. > :22:37.given a lot of advice regarding those eco-virus and is something
:22:38. > :22:42.which built too worried about really. As I said, my focus is just
:22:43. > :22:48.completely on the competition itself and the training in the weeks coming
:22:49. > :22:53.up to it. We been very good getting all the athletes best advice. We get
:22:54. > :22:57.that from the IOC, the World Health Organisation and government
:22:58. > :23:01.departments. The his choice of the end of the day but most athletes
:23:02. > :23:02.athletes will be in Rio and we will take care of them and they will
:23:03. > :23:04.perform to the maximum. The Northern Ireland and Motherwell
:23:05. > :23:06.assistant manager Stephen Robinson is set to be announced
:23:07. > :23:09.as the new Oldham Athletic boss. It's understood that Robinson
:23:10. > :23:10.will sign a two-year deal After working alongside
:23:11. > :23:14.Michael O'Neill, including at Euro 2016, it's thought unlikely
:23:15. > :23:18.that he would not be able to combine this new job with his role
:23:19. > :23:23.at international level. The football season at club level
:23:24. > :23:26.has started very early for three All are in action in the second legs
:23:27. > :23:31.of their first round Europa League Linfield will travel to Cork a goal
:23:32. > :23:37.down while Glenavon face a 2-1 Cliftonville look best placed
:23:38. > :23:42.to progress, with an away goal in a 1-1 draw last week
:23:43. > :23:55.away to Differdange. This was what is meant to the
:23:56. > :24:00.players when they clinched a place in Europe at the end of last season.
:24:01. > :24:03.And after a short break they kicked off their campaign with a solid
:24:04. > :24:11.result in Luxembourg despite being a little understrength. We had free or
:24:12. > :24:18.four on married and we had one or two away at the Euros and its
:24:19. > :24:23.typical Irish lead. A part-time and trying to be professional.
:24:24. > :24:28.Preparation, you're making the most of it, when you're playing as a team
:24:29. > :24:36.that side of Europe and getting home and food, it's difficult and plus it
:24:37. > :24:40.is telling everyone together when the bond, the bond, the camaraderie,
:24:41. > :24:45.everything, it's decent and you have to make the most of it. The club had
:24:46. > :24:48.a brilliant run three seasons ago, eventually losing to Celtic. They
:24:49. > :24:55.are working hard to emulate that success. When you're in Europe it's
:24:56. > :24:58.a long season. You're back early doors and personally I haven't had a
:24:59. > :25:02.break. I be much harder in pre-season and I did rout the season
:25:03. > :25:07.so you want to play the best teams in Europe, playing in the best teams
:25:08. > :25:11.anywhere and progress. It's great having your CV as a footballer that
:25:12. > :25:15.you've got into the second round of the European stages. Hopefully with
:25:16. > :25:19.annexing to do it. And be hoping that are at home advantage of the
:25:20. > :25:22.second leg they can set up another busy summer at solitude.
:25:23. > :25:25.The prize for those three clubs hoping to reach the second
:25:26. > :25:29.Two rounds later, that goes up to 2.4 million if they can
:25:30. > :25:43.Let's get the weather now. Jeff, what's in store? It's been a great
:25:44. > :25:48.day for my friends here. The rain kept coming down. Never terribly
:25:49. > :25:51.heavy but taking the edge of the day. Is go through the evening we
:25:52. > :25:56.got a band of showers to work its way out to the east. Once it does we
:25:57. > :26:01.are into the clearer cooler air. A few gaps opening up in the cloud
:26:02. > :26:04.tonight. Enough breeze to turn the air over so temperatures staying
:26:05. > :26:09.largely in double figures. It does set is up for a very nice couple of
:26:10. > :26:14.days ahead. There will be dried and bright. It will feel warmer than it
:26:15. > :26:17.has of late. Always the risk of the odd shower here and there. This is
:26:18. > :26:21.the picture you will be waking up to tomorrow morning. It's pretty good,
:26:22. > :26:24.dry, bright, plenty of sunny spells around through the morning and as
:26:25. > :26:30.that sunshine gets to work it helps the temperatures nicely on the rise.
:26:31. > :26:34.As we go through the afternoon highs of 19, 20 or even 21 degrees. We
:26:35. > :26:39.haven't been able to say that for the last few weeks. As we go
:26:40. > :26:44.overnight, we see a bit more cloud filling. Chance and if you showers
:26:45. > :26:48.in the north and west but the bulk of the rain will pass above others.
:26:49. > :26:52.Because it Overnight, has been a warm day and we have cloud cover, it
:26:53. > :27:01.will be very mild. Temperatures in the low teens. As we head towards
:27:02. > :27:05.the weekend, this area of low pressure is heading directly for
:27:06. > :27:10.ours. While we get one more day of respite on Friday, dry and bright,
:27:11. > :27:15.the odd shower, temperatures up to 18, 19 degrees, the evening has rain
:27:16. > :27:18.arriving. The thing Friday looking really rather pleasant but Saturday
:27:19. > :27:24.and Sunday are a different story. They will be wet and it is going to
:27:25. > :27:27.be windy. At the outlook for the next two days, it's quite a pretty
:27:28. > :27:33.picture as far as Thursday and Friday are concerned. The time we
:27:34. > :27:37.get the weekend, it is all going downhill. Sorry about that. I'll
:27:38. > :27:38.pretend I didn't hear that. Thank you.
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