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warmer for the early part of next week. | :00:00. | :00:17. | |
This is BBC Newsline, and these are the headlines | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
A year after it was outlawed there have been no prosecutions | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
The First and Deputy First Ministers lay out their priorities | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
A charity says some children on free school meals | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
Calls for greater help for cancer | :00:35. | :00:41. | |
Looking back at the formation of the Peace People 40 years on. | :00:42. | :00:50. | |
Join me live in Rio for all the latest, | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
And can we expect the sun to come out tomorrow? | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
I'll tell you later in the programme. | :01:03. | :01:10. | |
It's emerged that no one in Northern Ireland has been | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
prosecuted for paying for sex, even though it's been illegal now | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
The law, a UK first, was introduced last June after it | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
got the backing of the vast majority of Assembly Members. | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
It was feared the move would push the sex trade further underground | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
and expose sex workers to a greater risk. | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
Our political correspondent Enda McClafferty reports | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
This is how the PSNI have been cracking down on human traffickers | :01:36. | :01:44. | |
They raid brothels and take the sex workers being exploited into care. | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
It's big business in Northern Ireland, | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
with police estimating that up to half a million pounds a week | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
But for the past year police have been able, | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
for the first time, to target those who are handing over | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
the cash under a new law which makes it illegal to pay for sex. | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
According to police more than 800 men are paying for sex | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
But only ten have been investigated by the PSNI on suspicion of paying | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
Of the seven of them referred to the Public Prosecution Service, | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
three cases were thrown out, two men received cautions | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
while the remaining two cases are still being considered | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
So far no one has been prosecuted under the new law. | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
That news has come as no surprise to the man | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
who was in charge of justice when the law was introduced. | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
When this law was introduced, I said the priority had to be in dealing | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
with human trafficking, protecting the victims. It is clear that | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
getting prosecutions against simple prostitution is much more | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
complicated than that, and we now see the stats that there have not | :03:05. | :03:06. | |
been any prosecutions. And he isn't the only one | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
who had reservations. Some of those involved in the sex | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
trade say the new law has exposed Most clients are aware of it, and | :03:11. | :03:22. | |
you see that they are more reluctant to screen, so it is very hard for | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
sex workers to screen these clients, and I have definitely seen it that | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
you aren't able to get that information. They might switch | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
numbers quite often, so it contacts, or perhaps contact you via a private | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
number, so you're not sure who you are getting. | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
The DUP's Lord Morrow, who pushed for the new legislation, | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
says he's disappointed by the lack of prosecutions, but insists it will | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
I can't tell the police what their priorities should be, but I do | :03:50. | :03:58. | |
believe that the police and value it, I believe that they are keen to | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
see me in the meditation and the enforcement, and I look to the PPS | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
to do what they are supposed to be doing. If over the next 12 months | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
there is no change, then we will be talking to the PPS to ask them to | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
explain the reason why. So why have police not been able - | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
so far - to bring those Our priority is to target the human | :04:18. | :04:32. | |
trafficking element of it, organised criminality. It is not about | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
targeting an individual sex worker that is selling sex. That is not the | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
priority for us. The priority is to make sure that sex workers not | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
honourable, does not fall victim to a crime. -- is not vulnerable. If we | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
come across criminality we will address it, and that has led to the | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
ten people being referred to the prosecution service in the last | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
year. It is too early to pass judgment on the new law, but initial | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
indications suggest it will be difficult to prosecute those who pay | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
for sex. So how effective will be legislation be in protecting those | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
victims of human trafficking? That of a question our politicians will | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
have to consider when they review the law in two years' time. | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
A man in his 30s has been wounded several times in the legs | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
It happened at Rinmore Drive in the Creggan area last night. | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
The man who was shot in each ankle and in a thigh is said to be | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
Dissident Republicans are being blamed for the attack. | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
The First and Deputy First Ministers say they must be fully | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
involved in the negotiations regarding the UK's future | :05:45. | :05:46. | |
relationships with the EU and other countries. | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
And they've written to the Prime Minister, | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
Our political editor Mark Devenport has seen their letter. | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
Are there any major surprises in what they've said? | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
Isobars the first thing you have to say is that given that Eileen faster | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
and Martin McGuinness were on opposite sides of the referendum | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
campaign, it is a bit about supplies they have managed come up with a | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
common position, putting their differences to one side and saying | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
our common concerns about things like the border, the economy, | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
energy, EU funding and agriculture. A bit of a surprise that they have | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
at least been able to put this much flesh on the bones. | :06:30. | :06:31. | |
Of those areas, which are most likely to catch attention? | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
I think the section on the economy is interesting, because obviously | :06:36. | :06:45. | |
the DUP was ill delete back in the Brexit camp. To Reza May says that | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
Brexit means Brexit, but there are very different versions. Some people | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
in England think it will be a clamp-down on immigration and | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
pulling out of the single market. It would appear from this letter that | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
the DUP is in the Brexit like to camp. Arlene Foster has said they | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
put their name to retaining as far as possible trade with EU states, | :07:09. | :07:16. | |
and it is important that Northern Ireland retains access to an skilled | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
as well as highly skilled labour, and refers to the thousands of | :07:20. | :07:21. | |
people who live across the border on a daily basis for work. I think that | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
appears at least on the economic side of the argument the DUP on E | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
Brexit light camp. You would think Martin McGuinness would be happy | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
with the torn off lots of this. And the border question? They say it is | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
important there is a continuing movement of people and services | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
across the border. They took heart from Theresa May saying that that | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
should be the case. They warn that the border should not be a catalyst | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
for illegal activity and should not create an incentive for those who | :07:58. | :07:59. | |
would wish to undermine the peace process. They say you have to look | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
at any changes you may make in terms of custom checks or whatever on the | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
border through a political light, in terms of what it can do to the peace | :08:08. | :08:09. | |
process. The aerospace firm Bombardier is | :08:10. | :08:18. | |
bringing forward was 100 redundancies they had planned to | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
make last year. They said they were planning to cut 1000 workers over | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
two years, about 20% of its workforce in Northern Ireland. They | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
say they cut of 95 now being made is regrettable but necessary to ensure | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
its long-term survival. Still to come on the programme before 7pm. | :08:38. | :08:48. | |
The Maiden City Festival gets underway in Derry. | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
A leading charity has told BBC Newsline that some children who get | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
free school meals in term-time are going hungry over the holidays. | :08:56. | :08:57. | |
Barnardo's says more summer schemes should include meals. | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has been to see | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
It is breakfast time at the Barnardo's summer scheme at this | :09:06. | :09:20. | |
primary School in East Belfast. Before the day's fun, there are free | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
meals, which are a healthy, popular and needed, according to one mum who | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
brings her son 's long. They have got used to having this nice, hot | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
meal prepared for their children, and now they have to prepare that at | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
home, and some people just do not have the means. We are in area of | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
serious underprivileged here, and some people cannot afford it. It is | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
frightening to think that all these children are hungry. Over 80,000 | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
children in Northern Ireland get free school meals, mainly because | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
there parents are working in low income jobs are benefits. We simply | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
do not know how many meth meals over the summer holidays, but some | :10:04. | :10:06. | |
teaching unions and the trust will trust which operates many food banks | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
say there should be more schemes like this. The numbers at this one | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
are high. Well up into the 90s we have had, a lot of families of under | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
fives. Some families with four children under the age of sex. We | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
have been working with the food bank year, and they recognise there had | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
been families asking for food parcels. -- children under the age | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
of six. We have been providing free breakfast and families have said | :10:37. | :10:38. | |
they appreciate that, not having to worry about one meal of the day at | :10:39. | :10:46. | |
least. We have to glide more and spend more money without the free | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
meals. And the scheme has other benefits as well. It gets mums out | :10:52. | :10:58. | |
and mixing. Maybe they don't know anybody, so they can come down and | :10:59. | :11:01. | |
interact, and it is brilliant. And for the children. And afterwards, | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
everybody pitches in to do the dishes. | :11:08. | :11:08. | |
Tributes have been paid to the Duke of Westminster who has | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
He was born in Omagh, named Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
and was raised at Ely Lodge on the shores of Lough Erne | :11:15. | :11:17. | |
He spoke fondly of his childhood in County Fermanagh and said | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
he would have spent his life there, but had inherited the dukedom | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
The Duke of Westminster's fortune was estimated at around | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
?8 billion pounds by Forbes magazine, making him the UK's | :11:32. | :11:34. | |
A woman who is returning to work after having cancer is calling | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
for greater help for people in a similar position who are taking | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
Lynette McKendry from County Antrim says her employer, | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
the Civil Service, has fully supported her, but others haven't | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
A cancer charity says employers must be more | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has the story. | :12:00. | :12:06. | |
Laptop, work phone and emails - signs that life is slowly | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
Juggling home life, cancer and a phased return to work | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
I felt that whenever I was at home every day, all day, all that | :12:15. | :12:33. | |
concerned my life was cancer, treatment, doctors appointments, | :12:34. | :12:35. | |
hospital appointments. It is all I thought about. Getting back to work | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
has helped me have something else to focus on. | :12:42. | :12:41. | |
When Lynette spoke to the BBC in February, she was about to have | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
Since then, colleagues have phoned and visited. | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
While her line manager kept her distance, at the same | :12:48. | :12:49. | |
According to Lynette, it's critical that employers | :12:50. | :12:52. | |
I think it is important that employers in for the patients or the | :12:53. | :13:09. | |
staff about those rights. It just takes the weight off your shoulders | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
if you know your employer is there to support you. | :13:13. | :13:13. | |
The Disability Discrimination Act protects people, | :13:14. | :13:15. | |
particularly those returning from longterm illness. | :13:16. | :13:16. | |
While being flexible might be difficult for smaller companies, | :13:17. | :13:19. | |
in Lynette's case the Civil Service was able to be more accommodating. | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
A sign of the times - dealing with cancer | :13:25. | :13:26. | |
I think it is important that they start to feel that life can be | :13:27. | :13:38. | |
normal for them again, and a big part of normality is going to work. | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
In addition to that, staff themselves who perhaps have | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
financial challenges with not being back at work, and it is a important | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
that we hope and that respect as well. | :13:51. | :13:50. | |
Of the 20,000 people here who have cancer and are working, almost half | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
will have to make changes to their working life. | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
It is all about just that little bit of flexibility sometimes. People can | :13:57. | :14:05. | |
suffer from chronic fatigue, and so maybe it is just about getting back | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
on a paste approach, and it is important, because cancer is covered | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
under legislation, and many employers are aware of that. -- are | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
not aware of that. Lynette's cancer story | :14:20. | :14:20. | |
isn't over yet. You're watching BBC Newsline - | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
still to come before 7pm... The weather played its part in | :14:24. | :14:32. | |
preparations for this weekend's Ulster Grand Prix. | :14:33. | :14:35. | |
40 years ago today, the death of three children in west Belfast | :14:36. | :14:38. | |
led to the formation of what became known as the Peace People. | :14:39. | :14:41. | |
For a time, many people hoped it might help end the violence. | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
But it was many years later before the paramilitary ceasefires | :14:46. | :14:48. | |
and birth of what's commonly referred to as the peace process. | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
At its height in the mid-70s, the Peace People drew | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
thousands of mainly women from both communities out onto the streets | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
to call for an end to the violence in Northern Ireland. | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
40 years on and the movement is still going, but with | :15:08. | :15:10. | |
I think the profound thing that should be remembered about the Peace | :15:11. | :15:26. | |
People as that the level of violence dropped by 70%. While the violence | :15:27. | :15:30. | |
abated somewhat for a while, it did return, but never back to the levels | :15:31. | :15:32. | |
it was at. The movement was spearheaded by two | :15:33. | :15:33. | |
women, Betty Williams and her friend Mairead Corrigan, who felt | :15:34. | :15:36. | |
compelled to do something after she lost two nephews and a niece | :15:37. | :15:38. | |
in a Troubles related incident. The Peace People movement grew out | :15:39. | :15:51. | |
of one particular tragedy here in west Belfast when a car careered off | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
the road onto this is the path and struck a family group, killing three | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
young children. The car was being driven by an IRA member, who was | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
shot dead at the wheel by soldiers chasing after him. Please stop | :16:07. | :16:11. | |
getting the young ones doing things that they don't even want to do. | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
Please stop the violence. People can't take any more. It is just too | :16:16. | :16:17. | |
much. Throughout the 70s, | :16:18. | :16:17. | |
the Peace People acquired a profile far beyond these shores, | :16:18. | :16:19. | |
and the work they did was recognised with the Nobel Peace Prize | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
for the two founding members. Some said its message was too | :16:23. | :16:24. | |
simplistic to stand One particular march along | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
the Falls Road in west Belfast came under attack | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
from Republican supporters. With the days of mass protest | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
marches long gone and a political peace process established | :16:39. | :16:40. | |
at Stormont, the organisation says | :16:41. | :16:42. | |
it still has a job to do. We hold onto this thing, people | :16:43. | :16:56. | |
refer to it as a dream that tight - it is not. This still goes on, and | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
we think it is a great product to sell all over the world. -- a dream | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
that died. 40 years on, and | :17:05. | :17:05. | |
the enduring message from the Peace People is that good | :17:06. | :17:07. | |
can come from tragedy. The traditional Maiden City | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
Festival has started. And as Keiron Tourish reports, | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
visitors to Londonderry have been taking in a range | :17:17. | :17:18. | |
of different events reflecting Despite the weather, | :17:19. | :17:20. | |
there were plenty of well attended performances of Ulster Scots dancing | :17:21. | :17:38. | |
on the city walls over recent days. If the city had surrendered | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
to James, then it would have cleared the way to let James into Scotland | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
and down through England. It has developed a diverse | :17:45. | :17:47. | |
range of events. All of them give the visitor | :17:48. | :17:49. | |
a fascinating glimpse You haven't come | :17:50. | :17:51. | |
across a man, have you? A host of actors representing | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
well-known characters from the siege of Derry | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
have been putting on That is the trouble, if you have to | :18:02. | :18:18. | |
read something, but if you see it live - nice job. | :18:19. | :18:21. | |
In the newly opened siege museum, there was a strong focus | :18:22. | :18:24. | |
On this significant 100 year anniversary. | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
They are World War I artefacts of trench art. | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
And we also have contemporary 21st-century portraits | :18:39. | :18:40. | |
So with seminars, drama, music and dance on the wall, | :18:41. | :19:01. | |
there is something for everyone ahead of the main | :19:02. | :19:03. | |
More unpredictable weather in Rio is upsetting the schedule | :19:04. | :19:16. | |
at the Olympic Games - Stephen Watson is there for us. | :19:17. | :19:19. | |
The weather hasn't called the golfer 's many problems here at the new | :19:20. | :19:31. | |
court in the middle of Rio where round one tees off tomorrow, but it | :19:32. | :19:36. | |
has for the Rovers. The weather is a bit more like Ireland than sunny | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
Brazil, so the race has been a spot for the second time during these | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
games. Richard Chambers from Coleraine won the have to wait until | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
tomorrow to race for a place in his final four Team GB. | :19:51. | :19:58. | |
Meanwhile, Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly has left | :19:59. | :19:59. | |
the Olympic Village after he opted not to contest a suspension | :20:00. | :20:02. | |
He has admitted he took a supplement that may have contained | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
Under anti-doping rules O'Reilly's violation leaves him facing | :20:07. | :20:09. | |
a possible ban of up to four years, and some within the sport | :20:10. | :20:12. | |
are questioning both his actions and the way this | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
To be honest, the fact that he declared he had taken something - | :20:16. | :20:29. | |
OK, he didn't know it was a banned substance in that supplement that he | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
too, but he would have been aware at that stage, something is going to | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
show up here. Why did he even travel to the games at all? It is beyond | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
me. I think it should be a lesson to any young athlete out there. Do not | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
take anything that has not been supplied by your team. | :20:48. | :20:59. | |
Clearly Stephen cannot hear us any more. We will try to return to real | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
knack in just a moment. -- to Rio. Golf is making a return | :21:04. | :21:07. | |
to the Olympic programme here in Rio The sport's inclusion hasn't been | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
greeted with universal enthusiasm - and that has included some | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
of the players. Indeed, the four top-ranked | :21:15. | :21:16. | |
players in the world, including our own Rory McIlroy, | :21:17. | :21:18. | |
aren't taking part. But plenty of other big names | :21:19. | :21:19. | |
in the sport have embraced the competition, including | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
Ireland's Padraig Harrington, It is great to be around the other | :21:23. | :21:34. | |
athletes, go to the other sports and seeing how the others do it. It has | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
been fantastic. It is a big deal for me. As a kid, I would have dreams of | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
being an Olympic athlete. It is obviously such a big deal back on. | :21:44. | :21:47. | |
Luckily a couple of guys pulled out, and I get my opportunity. Are you | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
disappointed there has been such controversy about golf's return to | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
the Olympics? Yes, there was no need for the controversy, to be honest. A | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
couple of guys, conscientious objectors, didn't want to come, and | :22:02. | :22:04. | |
that is fine. But in general it is going to be a great event. It's very | :22:05. | :22:11. | |
similar to tennis. At the start the tennis guys did not want to come | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
along, but eventually they see the light. I know there are some of the | :22:17. | :22:19. | |
guys at home who are missing out, and feel like they should be here. | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
So it will change over time. I know everybody who is here is loving it | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
and having a great time. What would it mean to you to win an Olympic | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
medal, especially that gold for the Marilyn? It would add substantially | :22:32. | :22:39. | |
to my career. Winning a fourth major would not at that much, but winning | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
three majors and Olympic gold is a big deal to me, and something that I | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
would dearly like to do. The golf course here sits me nicely, I am in | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
good form, so will fully and will be able to do it. Padraig Harrington | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
talking to me a short while ago. We are back with you after some sound | :22:58. | :22:58. | |
problems. In the men's hockey competition, | :22:59. | :22:59. | |
Team GB, which includes four players from Northern Ireland, | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
are one win away from reaching A comprehensive 9-1 | :23:03. | :23:04. | |
victory over hosts Brazil last night, including this fine goal | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
by Mark Gleghorne from Antrim, means that another win tonight | :23:08. | :23:10. | |
against Australia would guarantee a place in the last eight | :23:11. | :23:13. | |
in the knockout stages. The game will be shown live | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
on BBC One later tonight. Patrick Huston is competing tonight | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
in the first elimination round of men's individual | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
archery competition. The 20-year-old from Belfast, | :23:26. | :23:27. | |
appearing in his first Games, is Team GB's sole male | :23:28. | :23:29. | |
representative in the sport. But he has a tough draw | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
in the opening knockout Lee Johnston is out of this | :23:34. | :23:36. | |
weekends Ulster Grand Prix after a practice crash today, | :23:37. | :23:44. | |
Johnson who who had three victories at last year's meeting has gone | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
to hospital with what's suspected The weather - a bit | :23:50. | :23:52. | |
like here in Rio - has not been kind to | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
the riders at Dundrod. This is what the writers did not | :23:58. | :24:07. | |
want to see in the opening day of practice, rain. They are getting a | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
bit of shelter. -- the riders. Michael, not good at all today. How | :24:14. | :24:15. | |
are you feeling? A bit measurable. -- measurable. The big bike has been | :24:16. | :24:38. | |
good. I got a good team behind me, good lad. We just need to press on. | :24:39. | :24:46. | |
Lee Johnson is already down with a broken collar bone, not good. Yes, I | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
heard. Not good, Lee is one of the contenders. It is just one of those | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
conditions. You are on a fine line all the time to try and find the | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
edge, and it can bite real quick, and here is a real fast place to go. | :25:04. | :25:11. | |
I don't know, just keep battering away. Plenty of boys here to give | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
you honest, though. Yes, the boys are going to work hard at it, so we | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
will keep pushing. Good weather forecast for Saturday. You say that | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
every year! It is never a good weather on Saturday. Hopefully it | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
will be, and if it is going to be wet until Saturday, it could get | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
some sort of base and hopefully we can push on, and I would like to | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
push the big icon and get a good lap. Positive thoughts from Michael | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
Dunlop. The main event, the Ulster Grand Prix, as on Saturday. More | :25:50. | :25:56. | |
from Gavin on Saturday, and I will be back from Rio tomorrow. | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
Now for the weather forecast with Barra Best. | :26:02. | :26:06. | |
The rain in real is probably warmer than our rain! -- in Rio. Most rain | :26:07. | :26:21. | |
likely for coastal areas. As for tomorrow itself, a lot of cloud | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
sticking around. There will be some rain. Thankfully not as much as | :26:26. | :26:29. | |
today, but still out there, patchy and drizzly, not too heavy. Some | :26:30. | :26:32. | |
misty and murky conditions in areas to kick-off the day. And in the | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
afternoon, although a good deal of dry weather, a lot of cloud sticks | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
around. Always the threat of drizzle, but a warmer day by several | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
degrees in some places. If you are travelling elsewhere across Ireland | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
tomorrow, a cloudy day for pretty much everywhere, drizzle here and | :26:52. | :26:54. | |
there. The best chance of sunshine towards the south coast. Cloudy or | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
the further north you go. Into the second part of the afternoon, we | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
hold onto that cloud. Maybe a few breaks tomorrow evening. In Eastern | :27:05. | :27:07. | |
counties the odd glimmer of sunshine, but not a lot of that on | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
offer. Tomorrow night staying warm, largely dry, temperatures staying at | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
14 or maybe 15 degrees in some places despite cloudy conditions | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
during the day. Friday a promising start with early sunshine. It will | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
not last long. On Friday the next wave of rain coming in, fairly | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
widespread by the afternoon. Some south-westerly winds. But still 18 | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
or 19 degrees. There is good news. That will clear away, and by the | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
weekend, and mixed bag. A lot of dry weather and sunshine, but keep an | :27:43. | :27:44. | |
eye out for the odd scattered showers. | :27:45. | :27:48. | |
That was BBC Newsline. Thank you for | :27:49. | :27:49. |