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:00:14. > :00:16.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline.

:00:17. > :00:18.The final straw - a children's pathologist tells us

:00:19. > :00:20.why she resigned over the Attorney General's

:00:21. > :00:37.They had to transport their own baby's body back in a picnic cooler

:00:38. > :00:39.overnight on the ferry. I think it is disgraceful.

:00:40. > :00:41.Why the health authorities say

:00:42. > :00:50.we shouldn't be worrying about the Zika cases here.

:00:51. > :00:57.He cried for help, they watched him, they looked through the door, they

:00:58. > :01:03.looked through and not one of them thought to go in and help them.

:01:04. > :01:07.he didnt want to live - but with his family watching on,

:01:08. > :01:10.Dungannon Paralympian Terry Eaglesham has competed in Rio.

:01:11. > :01:14.Dry and bright with temperatures in the high teens.

:01:15. > :01:22.I'll have the full forecast just before 7pm.

:01:23. > :01:27.A paediatric pathologist has resigned over interventions by NI's

:01:28. > :01:29.Attorney General on abortion laws surrounding fatal

:01:30. > :01:35.Dr Caroline Gannon investigated the deaths of babies including those

:01:36. > :01:44.She said the final straw was having to advise a couple to use a picnic

:01:45. > :01:46.cooler bag to return their baby's remains to NI following

:01:47. > :01:52.Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly

:01:53. > :02:04.Doctor Caroline Gannon's job involves investigating the deaths of

:02:05. > :02:09.babies. She can also carry out postmortem examinations after an

:02:10. > :02:16.abortion. However, abortion on the grounds of fatal people abnormality

:02:17. > :02:20.remains illegal here, she says some couples travelled to England for

:02:21. > :02:33.termination after a diagnosis can face problems bringing remains home

:02:34. > :02:37.for a post-modern. -- postmortem. If this has happened in Northern

:02:38. > :02:44.Ireland, there would be hospital processes in place, where someone

:02:45. > :02:47.else would be able to bring the body to the more tree to ensure the

:02:48. > :02:51.postmortem was carried out. But they were on their own, they had to

:02:52. > :02:56.transport their own baby's body back in a picnic cooler in the boot of

:02:57. > :03:01.the car on a ferry overnight. I think it is disgraceful. I can't see

:03:02. > :03:04.how that is compassionate care. Doctor Gannon says she feels the

:03:05. > :03:09.role of the pathologist is under greater scrutiny because of legal

:03:10. > :03:25.adventures by the eternal Attorney General. What were these?

:03:26. > :03:35.Earlier this year, he wrote to the TUV's Jim Allister...

:03:36. > :03:44.I think he was the tipping point, the Attorney General, has made my

:03:45. > :03:48.professional life here are untenable and I do not consider that I can

:03:49. > :03:52.work under those guidelines and rulings any longer. In a statement

:03:53. > :04:16.to the BBC the Attorney General said he added there is no clinical

:04:17. > :04:24.definition of the term fatal faecal abnormality. They should never have

:04:25. > :04:27.been placed in a position where they had to use the call about to

:04:28. > :04:36.transport the remains of their baby back home, she says. Imagine, we

:04:37. > :04:43.were talking about places to buy a cooler from. It was hurtful and

:04:44. > :04:50.upsetting. The father of the young woman who had the abortion broke his

:04:51. > :04:56.silence. I see nothing wrong at all with what we did. It is the most

:04:57. > :05:03.humane thing one could do for one's daughter to try and end the type of

:05:04. > :05:14.pain she is suffering. We pray everyday she will have the child she

:05:15. > :05:19.longs for. There was no alternative. The BBC understands other couples

:05:20. > :05:21.have used various modes of transport including a parcel courier company

:05:22. > :05:26.to carry the remains of their baby home.

:05:27. > :05:28.And there's been a lot of political reaction to this

:05:29. > :05:35.Yes, the Health Minister Michelle O'Neill said she thought the issue

:05:36. > :05:38.of abortion and fatal foetal abnormality was one which does

:05:39. > :05:44.She said the joint working group which has been set up to look

:05:45. > :05:49.specifically at the issue has met and she hopes that within the next

:05:50. > :05:52.couple of weeks they will have a report which can be put

:05:53. > :05:58.to the executive setting out the way forward.

:05:59. > :06:03.This was echoed by the Justice Minister Claire Sudgen.

:06:04. > :06:10.I think we need to see what comes out of the working group. We need to

:06:11. > :06:16.take an informed perspective on this and this is what hopefully will will

:06:17. > :06:20.get at the end of September. It is a serious situation when someone who

:06:21. > :06:25.is part of a professional aspect of the situation is telling us that in

:06:26. > :06:31.spite of all of those who are saying there are certainly out there for

:06:32. > :06:33.consultants and medical professionals, quite clear as a

:06:34. > :06:35.result of this resignation that there is no certainty.

:06:36. > :06:38.And we also need to talk about another health story.

:06:39. > :06:40.Up to five people in Northern Ireland have been

:06:41. > :06:44.How concerned should people be about this news?

:06:45. > :06:50.When people hear this, at first they will be concerned, perhaps even a

:06:51. > :06:56.little shocked. But let's put it in context. Since the outbreak of Zika

:06:57. > :07:01.last year, there have been around 120 cases confirmed right across the

:07:02. > :07:05.UK and that number is expected to rise as people return back from the

:07:06. > :07:10.likes of Rio, where we have the Olympics, and also after people had

:07:11. > :07:13.been holidaying in Florida and other country that had been affected.

:07:14. > :07:18.People who have been diagnosed as having the virus, it is not because

:07:19. > :07:21.we have the deadly mosquito flying around in Northern Ireland. Those

:07:22. > :07:24.people who have been diagnosed, it is because they have been travelling

:07:25. > :07:28.abroad. I think what was more shocking was the way in which I

:07:29. > :07:31.found out about it arriving in Northern Ireland, the tip-off from a

:07:32. > :07:36.medical source who felt the public had a right to know it was here. I

:07:37. > :07:40.then contacted the public-health agency and as far as they are

:07:41. > :07:42.prepared to go, the airline is fewer than five people have been treated

:07:43. > :07:54.for the disease. Let's look at this in terms. Sore

:07:55. > :07:58.throat, sore eyes, headache, joint pain, but it can be treated with

:07:59. > :08:05.antibiotics and advisers to rest and plenty of fluids. It is usually a

:08:06. > :08:10.mild form, most people do recover and recover well but as we know, it

:08:11. > :08:15.is particularly dangerous for babies in the womb so those people who have

:08:16. > :08:19.travelled to affected countries who are showing some symptoms and who

:08:20. > :08:21.are concerned, get themselves along to the GP.

:08:22. > :08:23.Prison officers at Maghaberry have been criticised for not intervening

:08:24. > :08:28.as they watched a young mentally-ill prisoner blind himself in his cell.

:08:29. > :08:31.The family of Sean Lynch tonight spoke of their devastation

:08:32. > :08:36.An investigation by the Prisoner Ombudsman recommnded 63 changes

:08:37. > :08:38.to ensure a similar incident never happens again.

:08:39. > :08:55.Sean Lynch was a promising young footballer but his career was ruined

:08:56. > :09:01.by drug and alcohol abuse. He has now blind after self harming in

:09:02. > :09:08.Maghaberry jail. He was on remand prisoner for the -- awaiting

:09:09. > :09:12.charges. On the night he blinded himself, several prison officers

:09:13. > :09:15.were checking on him but didn't take any immediate action. The family of

:09:16. > :09:22.Sean Lynch sene has paid the price for the failings of others. It is

:09:23. > :09:27.heart-wrenching to think these people could watch Sean for that

:09:28. > :09:32.length of time and let him do that to himself and not intervene. He

:09:33. > :09:37.cried for help, they watched him, they went to the door, they looked

:09:38. > :09:43.through it and not one of them thought to go in and help him. We're

:09:44. > :09:49.talking about a young 23 old. Today's report by the prison

:09:50. > :09:53.ombudsman criticises the prison office for not intervening sooner.

:09:54. > :09:55.The reports says "It seems remarkable that several

:09:56. > :09:58.it was neither necessary nor appropriate to enter his cell

:09:59. > :10:00.to prevent Mr Lynch from self-harming further."

:10:01. > :10:05.The report says they didn't not realise the seriousness

:10:06. > :10:15.And they feared he would attack them and take the prison keys off them.

:10:16. > :10:17.He had attacked a prison officer two days previously.

:10:18. > :10:19.But the Prisoner Ombudsman wasn't convinced.

:10:20. > :10:22.He said the officers' "duty of care was trumped by security concerns

:10:23. > :10:30.that appear to have had little basis in reality."

:10:31. > :10:36.The report lists a series of changes that are needed.

:10:37. > :10:41.And he outlined 63 recommendations for improvement.

:10:42. > :10:47.He is never going to see his niece and nephew again. It has been tee

:10:48. > :10:52.years since they'd seen him and they've grown up so much. Every time

:10:53. > :10:58.I look at him, my heart breaks. It really does break. And that is so

:10:59. > :11:02.sad. The family say that lessons must be learned from this case. The

:11:03. > :11:08.justice minister says she is ready to take action. I think we have to

:11:09. > :11:11.do it as soon as possible and we have to have a genuine discussion

:11:12. > :11:14.about what needs to happen and what the realities are. We have a

:11:15. > :11:20.situation where a young man is now blind. The family of 25-year-old

:11:21. > :11:21.Sean Lynch say his life will never be the same again and for that they

:11:22. > :11:27.claim the prison service. -- blame. Well, earlier I spoke

:11:28. > :11:29.to Sue McAllister, the out-going Director General

:11:30. > :11:31.of the Northern Ireland Prison Service and I asked her what more

:11:32. > :11:40.should have been done to help Sean Our staff are required to exercise

:11:41. > :11:45.judgment every hour of every day and one thing that we require them to do

:11:46. > :11:49.is balance security, good order, control and care. The public expect

:11:50. > :11:54.us quite reasonably to run secure it presents. They expect us to run

:11:55. > :11:58.prisons where people behave decently towards one another, they expect our

:11:59. > :12:02.staff to care for individuals whose behaviour and needs are very complex

:12:03. > :12:08.and challenging. None of us were there on that day, on that landing

:12:09. > :12:13.at the end of a period of days in which Sean Lynch had behaved

:12:14. > :12:16.violently and threatened staff, demonstrated an intention to run out

:12:17. > :12:21.of his cell and passed the staff. What I would say is that our staff

:12:22. > :12:25.exercise their judgment at that time on that day and it is easy for us

:12:26. > :12:28.with the benefit of hindsight to say what they could have a should have

:12:29. > :12:35.done was different to what we would have done. That they found those

:12:36. > :12:40.security concerns had little basis in reality and his condition was

:12:41. > :12:46.beyond what officers could deal with. Why was that not flagged up?

:12:47. > :12:49.That is absolutely not something for me to comment on, whether someone

:12:50. > :12:56.should be your not in prison is not a matter for me. Pity not the

:12:57. > :12:59.perfect example of somebody, I mentally ill prisoners who should

:13:00. > :13:03.not be in prison and at the very least is the only thing at your

:13:04. > :13:06.disposal there is the hospital prison, why was he not in the

:13:07. > :13:11.hospital prison? It didn't come out of the blue, he was behaving

:13:12. > :13:18.erratically. Old days, been self harming. Old days, why was he not in

:13:19. > :13:25.the hospital in the prison? You mention two things, should he have

:13:26. > :13:31.been in prison are not? That is the matter -- that is not a matter for

:13:32. > :13:36.me. But you are the chief executive, your institutional responsibility is

:13:37. > :13:39.to keep people safe. If you are the parent, wife or mother of this young

:13:40. > :13:44.man would you have not wanted the prison service to keep him safe and

:13:45. > :13:48.prevent this happening to him? We have no control over who comes to

:13:49. > :13:53.our gates, I've made that clear already. You mention the prison

:13:54. > :13:56.hospital. There are no prison hospitals nowadays, health care and

:13:57. > :14:02.prisoners provided by the Southeastern health and social care

:14:03. > :14:05.trust and their ability to provide inpatient care inside prisons does

:14:06. > :14:11.not exist. They do not have the resources to do that. They actually

:14:12. > :14:15.give prisoners as patients the equivalent level of health care they

:14:16. > :14:19.would receive in the community. Sean Lynch was taken to outside hospital

:14:20. > :14:23.on a number of occasions in the days leading up to these incidents of

:14:24. > :14:27.self harm. The Sega should have been in the prison hospital, simply isn't

:14:28. > :14:33.possible. -- to say he should have been. As director general of the

:14:34. > :14:36.prison service, should you be saying we should have that facility,

:14:37. > :14:41.instead of having suicides and serious self harm as in this case,

:14:42. > :14:44.we should have another system. Is that not something you should be

:14:45. > :14:51.saying just as you finish in your post? We are a public service and

:14:52. > :14:55.funded by taxpayers money. It is absolutely self-evident if we were

:14:56. > :14:58.to provide an alternative facility for people with mental health

:14:59. > :15:02.issues, and it isn't for me to comment on whether that would all be

:15:03. > :15:06.desirable or not, that would have to be funded from the public purse. We

:15:07. > :15:11.would have to make a decision as to what else we didn't do to allow that

:15:12. > :15:14.to happen. I know our new justice Minister Clare Sugden has a real

:15:15. > :15:19.interest in mental health and is talking with just as colleagues now

:15:20. > :15:21.about what that looks like for the coming years, but it isn't for me to

:15:22. > :15:24.comment. The Irish government says it intends

:15:25. > :15:26.to set up an inquiry into the controversial sale

:15:27. > :15:29.of the bad bank, Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio,

:15:30. > :15:30.known as Project Eagle. This follows a report this afternoon

:15:31. > :15:33.that suggests the Republic's tax-payer could have lost hundreds

:15:34. > :15:37.of millions of euro in the deal. There have also been a series

:15:38. > :15:40.of allegations about impropriety Our Dublin reporter

:15:41. > :16:00.Shane Harrison joins me. Pardon me. The Project Eagle

:16:01. > :16:06.property portfolio was once worth about ?4.5 billion and was sold

:16:07. > :16:13.about two years ago for just over ?1 billion. There have been allegations

:16:14. > :16:17.that former Nama insider may have used inside knowledge for personal

:16:18. > :16:21.gain and also suggestions of payments to an offshore bank

:16:22. > :16:24.account. Those matters are being investigated by the National Crime

:16:25. > :16:29.Agency in the UK and by the American authorities. Today there was a

:16:30. > :16:31.report by the controller and auditor general in the Republic whose job is

:16:32. > :16:37.to see whether the taxpayers are getting money from their public

:16:38. > :16:42.services and he found that Nama should have taken more action once

:16:43. > :16:48.it became aware that its former Northern Ireland portfolio manager

:16:49. > :16:54.was due. Mac and 80 member was due to get a payment from the eventual

:16:55. > :16:57.sale of the property. -- committee member. They'll so found the

:16:58. > :17:04.Republic's taxpayer could have lost up to 200 million euros and the

:17:05. > :17:08.eventual sale. This evening, Nama has categorically rejected those

:17:09. > :17:11.findings and has said the report is fundamentally unsound and unstable

:17:12. > :17:17.and cannot be left to go unchallenged. What form will the

:17:18. > :17:24.investigation take? We don't know yet. Consultations will take place

:17:25. > :17:27.tomorrow, but we know there will be Rob 's because of the two

:17:28. > :17:32.jurisdictions involved, ongoing criminal investigations, and also

:17:33. > :17:34.problems about the compatibility of witnesses.

:17:35. > :17:36.In Belfast, the call centre firm Concentrix -

:17:37. > :17:39.which employs around 1,800 people - says it remains committed

:17:40. > :17:42.to its operation here despite losing a major contract.

:17:43. > :17:45.Trade union Unite claims as many as 500 staff here work on a benefit

:17:46. > :17:49.system contract for Revenue and Customs which finishes next year

:17:50. > :17:54.In a statement Concentrix says it'll do everything possible to minimise

:17:55. > :18:04.There has been significant anger over the announcement that low

:18:05. > :18:06.cost airline Ryanair is to axe its Londonderry

:18:07. > :18:10.Summer flights to Faro, in Portugal, are also being dropped

:18:11. > :18:12.while the airline's service to Liverpool is being reduced

:18:13. > :18:20.Keiron Tourish has been speaking to people in the north west.

:18:21. > :18:29.This man's family have been in business for over half a century.

:18:30. > :18:36.She regularly travels to London and was less stunned by the Ryanair

:18:37. > :18:43.decision. -- this woman's family. You see the same faces every Monday

:18:44. > :18:46.morning, people going to work, lawyers, bankers, traders. It is

:18:47. > :18:51.working commuting fright rather a leisure flight and that is why it's

:18:52. > :18:55.important to us as a business. We are just devastated. Ryanair will

:18:56. > :19:00.end its London Stansted flight in March 20 17th and will also reduce

:19:01. > :19:04.its flight to Liverpool to twice a week and Glasgow remains at the

:19:05. > :19:07.current level. 75 employees will keep their jobs but one union says

:19:08. > :19:13.its members have lost confidence in airport management. The worries are

:19:14. > :19:18.for the future of the airport. We are fully committed to the airport,

:19:19. > :19:24.we believe it is an important transport link. Ratepayers currently

:19:25. > :19:28.pay an annual subsidy of ?2 million to support the airport, is it value

:19:29. > :19:33.for money? We need to have good links to the city of Derry because

:19:34. > :19:41.our road links are so poor. If you had trains services linking Belfast,

:19:42. > :19:48.Belfast International or Dublin, you have a better infrastructure. That,

:19:49. > :19:51.to me, might be a better answer. Airport management is hoping to

:19:52. > :19:56.secure only London connection under a scheme known as a public service

:19:57. > :19:59.obligation. It was set up to help maintain regional Elling is to

:20:00. > :20:05.London. In order for us to grow the economy, we need to have fevers that

:20:06. > :20:09.help support the economy and airport is vital, as is the road

:20:10. > :20:21.infrastructure and well skilled workforce. Management at the airport

:20:22. > :20:25.as well as Derry City remains confident that in its talks with the

:20:26. > :20:29.Department for Transport, a new London route can be secured. All

:20:30. > :20:32.sides have admitted there are no guarantees. An anxious wait over the

:20:33. > :20:36.coming months. The former chief executive

:20:37. > :20:39.of the animal charity the USPCA has been questioned by police

:20:40. > :20:41.investigating an Stephen Philpott was arrested

:20:42. > :20:46.in Newry today along with a 52-year-old woman

:20:47. > :20:48.but released on bail. The charity says it became aware

:20:49. > :20:51.of suspected irregularities and passed the information

:20:52. > :20:56.on to the PSNI. The derelict Dunluce Centre

:20:57. > :20:58.in Portrush is up for sale - at a third of the price it cost

:20:59. > :21:05.to build more than 20 years ago. The building and lands

:21:06. > :21:07.have a guide price of ?910,000. The former tourist attraction

:21:08. > :21:10.is owned by Causeway Coast and Glens If you spent a rainy day

:21:11. > :21:16.on the north coast in the '90s, chances are you visited the Dunluce

:21:17. > :21:18.Centre. Its viewing tower and turbo tours

:21:19. > :21:22.made it a popular family attraction But it closed its doors

:21:23. > :21:29.for good in 2013 because of Now it's up for sale

:21:30. > :21:35.with a price tag of ?910,000. It's a lot of money,

:21:36. > :21:38.but it's still less than a third of the ?3.3 million it cost to build

:21:39. > :21:45.the attraction in 1993. The building has cost the council

:21:46. > :21:50.more than ?40,000 per year to maintain since it closed -

:21:51. > :22:02.so why's it taken so long The money isn't the key factor. It

:22:03. > :22:08.seems strange to say, that getting the right person to do the right

:22:09. > :22:14.being on that site is really the key thing. You could get far more money

:22:15. > :22:18.if you put a supermarket or something in there, that isn't what

:22:19. > :22:24.we want. We want something that will boost the local economy, tourism and

:22:25. > :22:25.hopefully the rest will enjoy as well.

:22:26. > :22:28.The site's future will become clearer on Monday when the deadline

:22:29. > :22:31.Meanwhile, people in Portrush have plenty of ideas on how

:22:32. > :22:45.If it was used for like a restaurant or a cafe or something. What this

:22:46. > :22:54.town needs is a real hotel. Maybe then indoor trampoline work-out.

:22:55. > :22:54.Whoever this site is sold to, politicians and business

:22:55. > :22:54.people agree, it's not about reliving past glory days,

:22:55. > :22:56.but rather creating better ones to come

:22:57. > :23:05.Sara Girvin, BBC Newsline, in Portrush.

:23:06. > :23:07.On last night's BBC Newsline we promised you'd hear

:23:08. > :23:15.from Royal Marine and Dungannon paralympian Terry Eaglesham.

:23:16. > :23:17.from Royal Marine and Dungannon paralympian Phillip Eaglesham.

:23:18. > :23:21.It's one of those stories, Tara, which gives us

:23:22. > :23:24.Wheechair bound with an incurable disease,

:23:25. > :23:27.Q Fever, which he contracted while on duty in Afghanistan six

:23:28. > :23:29.years ago, Phillip Eaglesham thought he might not be around

:23:30. > :23:39.But he made it with his wife Julie and sons Travis, Tyler and Mason.

:23:40. > :23:41.As Nigel Ringland reports - that he missed out on a medal

:23:42. > :23:50.Sometimes sport isn't about winning medals, it is about inspiration,

:23:51. > :23:55.dedication, overcoming the unthinkable. Even then, it doesn't

:23:56. > :24:00.always have a happy ending. As Phillip Eaglesham finished 30th in

:24:01. > :24:02.the ten metre air rifle qualification in Rio, it wasn't the

:24:03. > :24:09.result he wanted, but behind him cheer him cheering him on worth his

:24:10. > :24:17.family. Afterwards, they were all smiles as they congratulated dad.

:24:18. > :24:21.Happy I got here. First international last October. It's not

:24:22. > :24:25.even been a year. Just to be here, it was great. But disappointed at

:24:26. > :24:30.the same time. I know I can hit those scores but perhaps it was too

:24:31. > :24:36.much pressure. We are here, I'm apparent in the, I can't be upset.

:24:37. > :24:40.The truth is, Q Fever is incurable, the any prognosis is deterioration

:24:41. > :24:44.that from the darkest places, he has found strength through sport. He

:24:45. > :24:47.wanted to show his boys that when life gets tough, they can turn

:24:48. > :24:55.around, see what happened to him and that he eventually found his way to

:24:56. > :24:56.the greatest show on earth. And he says he is determined to make it to

:24:57. > :24:57.Tokyo. Between them, nine, ten and 11

:24:58. > :25:00.helped hit Celtic for seven The 7-0 result was Barcelona's

:25:01. > :25:03.biggest win in Europe Among those central to humbling

:25:04. > :25:08.the Scottish champions, Brendan Rodgers' former player Luis

:25:09. > :25:19.Suarez. His movement will always make it

:25:20. > :25:26.difficult. He runs to score goals, make forward runs. He plays on the

:25:27. > :25:31.shoulder, his combinations with the other two attacking players. You try

:25:32. > :25:35.to seek your lines tight and block spaces but players of that quality,

:25:36. > :25:42.that speed, they move as fast as that, they get high-level top

:25:43. > :25:43.players. Big confidence, big belief, and that is where they are where

:25:44. > :25:45.they are. Messi also chipped in

:25:46. > :25:47.with a hattrick last night but for all his,

:25:48. > :25:50.Neymar and Suaraez's brilliance - Joel Cooper's goal at the Oval last

:25:51. > :25:54.night arguably upstaged all of them. This mesmering effort

:25:55. > :25:57.from the Glenavon man was the pick of the goals in their 2-2 league

:25:58. > :26:03.draw with Glentoran - Cooper's wonder strike,

:26:04. > :26:05.which has had almost 50,000 hits on our Facebook site

:26:06. > :26:08.and counting, had it all - the Johnann Cryuff turn

:26:09. > :26:10.with the left foot and then the poise and precision

:26:11. > :26:13.of Eric Cantona to chip the hapless You can see all the goals on our

:26:14. > :26:27.website. Finally, back to the Paralympics -

:26:28. > :26:30.Bethany Firth will go for a third gold medal in the pool

:26:31. > :26:32.tonight in Rio. She won her heat today to qualify

:26:33. > :26:43.for the 100m breaststroke final. Fingers crossed. Let's get the

:26:44. > :26:48.weather now. It was like sum up all day. It's been a fantastic day

:26:49. > :26:53.today, glorious temperatures. Over the water, they saw highs of 30

:26:54. > :26:57.degrees. We didn't quite reach that here but we certainly benefiting

:26:58. > :27:01.from that lovely warm air over the water. It means as we head into this

:27:02. > :27:05.evening, it is really rather pleasant. This is the picture at the

:27:06. > :27:09.moment, dry and bright for most, temperatures in the high teens,

:27:10. > :27:14.perfect night for getting out and mowing the lawn or having a brother

:27:15. > :27:22.cute if that is your preference. -- having a barbecue. This sets us up

:27:23. > :27:26.for a rather different day tomorrow, a good deal more cloud around and

:27:27. > :27:30.while temperatures pretty similar to today, it will be a rather different

:27:31. > :27:35.feel to the day. That cloud sits over us like a blanket through the

:27:36. > :27:39.day, the front working slowly and from west to east. I don't think the

:27:40. > :27:44.rain that it brings will amount to much but it will add to that dull,

:27:45. > :27:45.grey, damp field to the weather. With temperatures between mid teens

:27:46. > :28:01.and low 20s, quite ugly feel. -- muggy. What is really happening

:28:02. > :28:05.as we have these two fronts squeezing the cloud over Northern

:28:06. > :28:08.Ireland through the day tomorrow. Once it clears, there is some cooler

:28:09. > :28:12.and fresher conditions and a ridge of high pressure building in.

:28:13. > :28:19.Promising something a bit more subtle. Friday is setup to be a

:28:20. > :28:23.decent day. A few showers around through the day but it will be nice

:28:24. > :28:28.and bright. You will notice temperatures down by about five or 6

:28:29. > :28:32.degrees on what we have been used to through today and tomorrow. We hold

:28:33. > :28:37.onto those pretty respectable temperatures as we head into the

:28:38. > :28:42.weekend. Highs cost 16 Celsius but a bit more in the way of cloud through

:28:43. > :28:45.the first half of the weekend. I'm afraid I can't promise you the

:28:46. > :28:49.glorious 30 degrees temperatures that they have seen in south-east

:28:50. > :28:53.England, but for Northern Ireland in the middle of September, I don't

:28:54. > :28:56.think that is looking to bad. We will take it! Thank you!

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