10/07/2016 BBC Newsline

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A 24-year-old man has died in a crash in County Tyrone.

He was on a quad bike on the Aghintain Road

in Fivemiletown in the early hours of this morning.

Keith Robinson was from the Fivemiletown area.

The PSNI arrested a 13-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man

following a racially motivated assault in South Belfast last night.

The pair allegedly bumped into a 55-year-old man

in Tates Avenue, and then punched him in the face.

They've both been released on police bail.

A 36-year-old man who was struck by lightning in Lisburn last month

The South Eastern Trust say he's still in intensive care.

George Allen was collecting two of his children from Killowen

Parents and teachers used a defibrillator on him

and his five-year-old son before paramedics arrived.

Two local MPs have said that Tony Blair clearly made a mistake

in taking the UK into war with Iraq in 2003.

Ian Paisley and Alasdair McDonnell told the Sunday Politics programme

that the decision will always overshadow the work the former

Labour Prime Minister did in Northern Ireland leading

to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.

He really is a Marmite Prime Minister -

one regarded as the most successful Labour Prime Minister,

and now he seems to be becoming the most disgraced Prime Minister

to war again on the terms that they went to war in Iraq.

And indeed the way decisions are taken -

I mean, look how Syria has been handled.

It now is very inclusive of the whole Cabinet administration,

and includes Parliament in decisions which previously the Prime Minister

I think Tony Blair was almost -- there are almost in my

He brought us to peace out of all belief...

That hasn't changed with the Chilcot findings?

There is another Tony Blair that charged off to war in Iraq,

It is two different personalities, almost.

A look ahead now to a story we'll have on tomorrow

We'll be looking at the effect the hit series Game Of Thrones

Season six may have just ended, but the series has brought

In terms of jobs and services here, we're just

across the six seasons, and that is spent on

people that live here and

services that are provided by people here.

So tune into tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline at half past six

here on BBC One, to find out more on that story.

Antrim have won the Ulster hurling championship

This afternoon in the final, they defeated Armagh 6

goals and 21 points, to 4 goals and 14.

Captain Conor Carson lifted the cup for the side.

After the game joint manager Dominic McKinley confirmed

that he and Terence McNaughton have both stepped down

We are going to be reviewing the way things happen, and I had -- our

ideas on it, but at this moment in time it is a good thing we finished

on a positive note. It will also be disappointing that we didn't get

over the line, but we'll have to leave that behind us now.

In cricket, Ireland's opening one-day international

against Afghanistan in Belfast was abandoned today

The first game of the five-match series fell victim to

The next match in the series is due to be in Belfast on Tuesday.

Well, there wasn't much sign of summer today with alI that rain -

Here's Cecilia with the weather forecast.

There's still some rain to come tonight, although it will tend to

become lighter and more fragmented. Another mild night, but we do change

the wind direction, so we are expecting things to cool off and

freshen up this coming week. If you are off on your holidays it will

feel quite blustery towards the north coast, but also some showers.

Also they could be on the sharp side, but no prolonged spells of

rain. As far as tomorrow goes, there will be some showers around,

most of them coming through the morning. If you are heading to work

tomorrow morning, you may need the umbrella for a while, there will be

some rain falling. The low pressure that draw today's rain is sitting

over the north of Scotland. A few getting down towards London as well,

but behind it starting to dry up over the Republic of Ireland and

Northern Ireland. So our weather will improve as the day goes on,

turning drier and brighter in most places tomorrow afternoon. Quite

cool towards the north coast, but not so bad in the sun. Not a bad end

to the day, and it will feel cooler on Monday night. The rest of the

week, much cooler and fresher. Tuesday's basically a day of

sunshine and showers, although some prolonged rain is likely over

south-east England. The 12th of July will have some sunshine but also

some passing showers, Wednesday has showers across Northern Ireland,

feeding down into the Republic of Ireland and the West of Scotland,

although few and far between and across England and Wales. On

Thursday high pressure will bring dry weather across the UK and

Ireland, which will hopefully hold for Friday, but we will need to keep

an eye on this line marking out in the Atlantic. So in summary,

sunshine and showers, drier on Thursday.

Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at twenty five

From everyone on the BBC Newsline team, goodnight.