:00:00. > :00:13.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:14. > :00:18.An MLA calls for the Attorney General
:00:19. > :00:26.to resign over his interventions in abortion law.
:00:27. > :00:33.It seems to me that this is a question of abuse of the office of
:00:34. > :00:35.Attorney General. I think that Mr Larkin ought to resign.
:00:36. > :00:37.A man has been jailed after stabbing an asylum seeker
:00:38. > :00:41.Three men have appeared in court in connection with the murder
:00:42. > :00:45.Questions over the money Stormont has spent
:00:46. > :00:52.to save the Belfast to New York air route.
:00:53. > :00:56.It may or may not be a good deal but frankly it doesn't sound like a good
:00:57. > :00:57.deal. And have you spotted
:00:58. > :00:58.the latest addition We'll be revealing all
:00:59. > :01:14.later in the programme. Unprecedented success in the pool
:01:15. > :01:18.for para- Olympian Beverley fret. Two goals. It's been another warm
:01:19. > :01:19.day with temperatures in the 20s. Something a little fresher to come
:01:20. > :01:23.tomorrow. First tonight, police searching
:01:24. > :01:27.for missing Castlederg teenager Arlene Arkinson have
:01:28. > :01:31.brought in specialist teams They sealed of an area
:01:32. > :01:35.in a field yesterday Enda McClafferty is at
:01:36. > :01:48.the scene and joins us live. It was found by a farmer who then
:01:49. > :01:52.alerted police. It is about a mile from the place she was last seen
:01:53. > :01:56.alive in a car with Robert Howard, the main suspect in her killing. The
:01:57. > :01:59.family of the 15-year-olds have been informed of the development and we
:02:00. > :02:01.will have more on this breaking story shortly.
:02:02. > :02:03.The People Before Profit MLA Eamonn McCann has called
:02:04. > :02:06.for the Attorney General John Larkin to consider his position.
:02:07. > :02:08.It comes after paediatric pathologist Dr Caroline Gannon
:02:09. > :02:12.resigned over interventions by Mr Larkin on abortion
:02:13. > :02:15.laws surrounding fatal foetal abnormality.
:02:16. > :02:27.When John Larkin first stepped into the job of Attorney General six
:02:28. > :02:32.years ago, he was determined to do things his way. I think it's very
:02:33. > :02:35.important and I am committed to try to explain law and explain the
:02:36. > :02:40.process of justice. As often as I can and I look forward to working
:02:41. > :02:44.with you in that process. That promise to help the public
:02:45. > :02:49.understand the better has landed him in trouble. Not least this week when
:02:50. > :02:53.a paediatric pathologist resigned over his interventions around fatal
:02:54. > :02:57.fatal abnormality. The eternal general, his rulings have made my
:02:58. > :03:03.professional life your untenable and I do not consider that I can work
:03:04. > :03:10.under those guidelines and those rulings any longer. So what were
:03:11. > :03:16.those interventions? In 2012, he offered to assist an investigation
:03:17. > :03:20.into a Belfast abortion clinic. Three years later, he appealed a
:03:21. > :03:23.High Court judgment that Northern Ireland's abortion ban breaches
:03:24. > :03:28.human rights law. And earlier this year, in a response to a letter from
:03:29. > :03:34.the TUV Jim Allister, he questioned whether the move to allow abortion
:03:35. > :03:40.in the cases of fatal fatal abnormality was compatible with
:03:41. > :03:46.international human rights law. Today, this MLA said it was trying
:03:47. > :03:49.for John Larkin to consider his condition. This is a questionable
:03:50. > :03:54.use of the office of Attorney General. I think that Mr Larkin
:03:55. > :03:59.ought to resign and if Mr Larkin does not resign, I think the people
:04:00. > :04:02.who appointed him, the first and Deputy First Ministers, should say
:04:03. > :04:09.publicly whether they approve of his interventions which have resulted,
:04:10. > :04:14.for example, the resignation of Doctor Gannon. I'm sure he will hear
:04:15. > :04:18.those calls and react in the way he finds appropriate. It is a matter
:04:19. > :04:24.for the Attorney General. We appropriate him to do a job. He
:04:25. > :04:28.should make his complaint to the Attorney General. So was John Larkin
:04:29. > :04:35.right to speak out when he did? This barrister thinks he was. He had a
:04:36. > :04:38.duty to intervene. Even if he was pro-abortion, he would have to
:04:39. > :04:43.intervene in this case. The reason being that the case was a complex
:04:44. > :04:49.one, the law was not clear. You needed certainty and the judges'
:04:50. > :04:53.initial judgment did not grant that certainty, so it was right and
:04:54. > :04:59.proper for this case to go through the Court of Appeal. He had a duty
:05:00. > :05:03.to do that. The lark in cases of fatal abnormalities in foetuses is
:05:04. > :05:06.currently being considered by the Court of Appeal. As yet there is no
:05:07. > :05:09.indication as to when that ruling will be delivered.
:05:10. > :05:12.A man has been jailed for at least six years for what's been described
:05:13. > :05:15.as the barbaric killing of one of his friends.
:05:16. > :05:17.Ahmed Noor, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia,
:05:18. > :05:21.claimed he was "Allah's assassin" after he killed a man from Pakistan
:05:22. > :05:36.This man was originally from Pakistan. He came to Belfast seeking
:05:37. > :05:42.asylum. He lived in a flat off this busy street and died on the street.
:05:43. > :05:47.Today, relatives from Pakistan came to court to listen to graphic
:05:48. > :05:51.details about the killing. Ahmed Noor broke into his friend's home
:05:52. > :05:55.and chased his victim down this street. He was armed with two knives
:05:56. > :06:03.and he start his friends repeatedly in the chest, on the back, in the
:06:04. > :06:08.neck and in the abdomen. It was 5am and the victim managed to dial 999,
:06:09. > :06:12.asking for the police. He was screaming down the phone but it was
:06:13. > :06:17.too late. Shortly afterwards, he was dead. The Ahmed Noor, originally
:06:18. > :06:22.from Somalia, later told police that Allah sent him to kill his friend.
:06:23. > :06:27.He described himself as Alaa's assassin. The court heard today he
:06:28. > :06:31.has paranoid schizophrenia and used drugs. Ahmed Noor has a long history
:06:32. > :06:36.of cannabis abuse including on the day before and the morning of the
:06:37. > :06:40.killing. In court today, a judge described the killing as a truly
:06:41. > :06:45.horrific, unprovoked and brutal attack on a vulnerable man. The
:06:46. > :06:48.judge considered a victim impact report from the victim's family and
:06:49. > :06:55.friends and said his killer had to go to jail. Madame Justice McBride
:06:56. > :06:59.said she is satisfied that Ahmed Noor is a dangerous man. She said he
:07:00. > :07:02.should serve six years in prison and should only be released then when
:07:03. > :07:09.Burrell Commissioners are satisfied that he is no longer a risk to the
:07:10. > :07:13.safety of the public. Kevin Sharkey at the Crown Court in Belfast.
:07:14. > :07:19.Back to our top story. Lee is looking for Arlene Arkinson have
:07:20. > :07:24.brought in specialist teams to examine a new site. They sealed off
:07:25. > :07:26.an area in a field yesterday near Castlederg. Edson MacLaverty has
:07:27. > :07:30.just sent this report from the scene.
:07:31. > :07:35.As you can see, police remain at the scene. They have cordoned off part
:07:36. > :07:40.of if you'll just be on us with this new site has been discovered. It is
:07:41. > :07:44.outside Kinlen which is a short distance from Castlederg. The police
:07:45. > :07:49.were alerted to this site by a farmer who noticed a start. He was
:07:50. > :07:52.concerned and cold in the PS and I. The police decided they wanted
:07:53. > :07:55.specialist teams from England to have a look at the ground here to
:07:56. > :08:00.understand they flew into Northern this morning and are heading towards
:08:01. > :08:03.this particular site. The interesting thing about this
:08:04. > :08:07.development is that this site is about one mile from the house where
:08:08. > :08:11.Arlene Arkinson was last seen alive. It is also along the same road where
:08:12. > :08:16.she was spotted in a car with the man suspected of killing her, Robert
:08:17. > :08:19.Howard. The police have been in contact with her family. They have
:08:20. > :08:22.been kept up-to-date with this latest development, but they also
:08:23. > :08:27.say that that is purely as a precautionary measure because the
:08:28. > :08:30.last thing they want to do is raise expectation of the family. They plan
:08:31. > :08:34.to carry out some tests at this site and the police say there could take
:08:35. > :08:39.some time before they are ready to establish exactly what they have
:08:40. > :08:41.here. But for that it from Killen, Castlederg.
:08:42. > :08:43.Two Belfast men and another from Ayrshire in Scotland have been
:08:44. > :08:46.in court on charges linked to the murder of leading loyalist
:08:47. > :08:48.John Boreland in the north of the city last month.
:08:49. > :08:50.All three were charged with perverting the
:08:51. > :09:01.John borderlands was a leading easy a figure in North Belfast. He
:09:02. > :09:05.survived a previous attempt on his life two years ago and in recent
:09:06. > :09:09.months had been warned by the police about his safety. Last month, as the
:09:10. > :09:14.46-year-old loyalist was getting out of a car in his flat he was shot
:09:15. > :09:20.dead. The victim's plus friend and prominent loyalist Andre Shipperley
:09:21. > :09:25.was in the public gallery today for the brief hearing at Belfast Crown
:09:26. > :09:29.Court. Three men appeared on charges list with the Boreland murder. Two
:09:30. > :09:35.were from the city and a third was from Scotland. In the dock, flanked
:09:36. > :09:41.by security officers, were 33-year-old and a 61-year-old in the
:09:42. > :09:48.city. They were there along with 2023 -year-old from Kilbirnie in
:09:49. > :09:52.Ayrshire. They were all charged with perverting the course of justice by
:09:53. > :09:55.destroying a Renault car being sought by detectives investigating
:09:56. > :09:59.the killing. They spoke only to confirm their dates of birth before
:10:00. > :10:00.being remanded in custody to appear in court again via video link next
:10:01. > :10:04.month. Stormont Ministers have defended
:10:05. > :10:06.going ahead with a multi-million pound rescue package
:10:07. > :10:08.to save the Belfast flight to New York, in spite of concerns
:10:09. > :10:12.raised by a senior civil servant. They say it's good value for money,
:10:13. > :10:15.but a member of the Assembly's Public Accounts Committee has
:10:16. > :10:29.described the deal as "madness." The flight from Belfast to New York
:10:30. > :10:34.has been saved, at least for the next three years. But not everyone
:10:35. > :10:38.is happy about how the deal was done. United have operated that
:10:39. > :10:42.airline correctly for ten years and all of a sudden, in a matter of
:10:43. > :10:46.weeks, they threatened to close it down unless they received a very
:10:47. > :10:50.handsome subsidy and it was rushed through without proper scrutiny. I
:10:51. > :10:53.believe that the permanent Secretary to the department was not happy
:10:54. > :11:00.about it. Between the Minister for the economy and others, the decision
:11:01. > :11:04.was made to give the money. It may or may not be a good deal, but
:11:05. > :11:09.frankly, it does not have a good deal. So what is the deal? Well, to
:11:10. > :11:13.keep the fight going over the next two years, the executive will
:11:14. > :11:17.contribute ?6 million and the International Airport will pay 3
:11:18. > :11:22.million. The direct flight to New York is good for the airport. It's
:11:23. > :11:31.good for the economic reputation of Northern Ireland. But for the
:11:32. > :11:34.Stormont executive, is it a price worth paying? A senior civil servant
:11:35. > :11:37.was not convinced, but Stormont ministers made up their own minds. I
:11:38. > :11:40.took on board what was said and we looked at the recommendation of the
:11:41. > :11:45.economy minister. I listen to what businesspeople had to say to me and
:11:46. > :11:49.what travellers had to say to me. Officials advise, politicians
:11:50. > :11:52.decide. And another decision may have made is to give money to the
:11:53. > :11:58.city of Derry airport which is about to lose flights to London. The
:11:59. > :12:03.agreement has been reached that a multi-million pound project. It is
:12:04. > :12:07.about saving the airport. But not receiving the airport, we believe
:12:08. > :12:11.that with what we are trying to do and of course, we have not disclosed
:12:12. > :12:17.for plans for the airport and the plans are greater than just getting
:12:18. > :12:21.air links to London. A lot of public money is being invested. Politicians
:12:22. > :12:22.from all parties will be watching closely to see whether it is worth
:12:23. > :12:26.it. A Sinn Fein councillor who resigned
:12:27. > :12:29.from the party over how its former MLA Daithi McKay was
:12:30. > :12:31.treated claims others He also claims Mr McKay was forced
:12:32. > :12:35.by the party to stand down from Stormont after it emerged
:12:36. > :12:37.he had been coaching the loyalist Jamie Bryson on how to give evidence
:12:38. > :12:41.to a Stormont committee. The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams
:12:42. > :12:45.has told the BBC the party intends engaging with the former members
:12:46. > :12:49.in the hope they will return. Here's our political
:12:50. > :13:00.correspondent Gareth Gordon. The Mackay affair has a consequence
:13:01. > :13:05.for Stormont and especially for Sinn Fein. 18 members of the party left
:13:06. > :13:10.in protest at the way he was treated. One of them is Paul
:13:11. > :13:14.Maguire, an elected councillor and for three years chairman of the
:13:15. > :13:19.party in North Antrim. In his first interview podcast since the split,
:13:20. > :13:22.he claims that more members are considering their position. They
:13:23. > :13:32.know that 18 people who resigned were significant in North Antrim and
:13:33. > :13:36.there are people left, that there would be more card carrying members
:13:37. > :13:44.and activists and I know that there have been one further resignation
:13:45. > :13:49.and from what I can hear, or frauds I'm told, there will be more to
:13:50. > :13:53.follow. This affair has undoubtedly been damaging for Sinn Fein. In
:13:54. > :13:58.North Antrim especially. But now the party president has appeared to hold
:13:59. > :14:04.as an olive branch to those who have left. It is always an agony when
:14:05. > :14:09.people leave the party. We are going to engage with every single one of
:14:10. > :14:13.those former members. We hope that they will reflect and that they will
:14:14. > :14:18.come back into the party. At least one has already done so. I hope
:14:19. > :14:22.others will do so. What Mr Mackay did was wrong. The fact that he
:14:23. > :14:29.resigned and did the right thing was his acknowledgement of that. Paul
:14:30. > :14:38.Maguire says Sinn Fein forced Mr Mackay to resign as an MLA and claim
:14:39. > :14:46.that Sinn Fein denies. I'm aware of communication between the party and
:14:47. > :14:51.Mr Mackay since and it has not been at all pleasant. Mr Mackay has not
:14:52. > :14:52.commented since resigning from Stormont.
:14:53. > :14:55.You can see more on that story on The View tonight just
:14:56. > :15:01.The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has been meeting opposition leaders
:15:02. > :15:03.to discuss what form an enquiry into Nama should take.
:15:04. > :15:08.Nama is the Irish state agency set up take control of bad loans
:15:09. > :15:13.north and south that were damaging the banks.
:15:14. > :15:16.Yesterday, a report from a public spending watchdog body that said
:15:17. > :15:18.more money could have been made from the sale
:15:19. > :15:20.of Nama's Northern Ireland property portfilio.
:15:21. > :15:21.Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison has been
:15:22. > :15:25.Shane, what do we know about the meeting?
:15:26. > :15:33.Well, this afternoon and Cagney and the opposition leaders met and
:15:34. > :15:37.discussed how an enquiry might work into the sale of Project Eagle which
:15:38. > :15:43.was once valued at about ?4.5 billion but which was sold two years
:15:44. > :15:48.ago for 1.2 billion. Other than agreeing that there was a need for a
:15:49. > :15:51.statutory diary, a commission of investigation, nothing else was
:15:52. > :15:57.agreed and now ideas will fall between politicians as to the terms
:15:58. > :16:03.of reference for the enquiry and the Dail will ultimately decide. There
:16:04. > :16:06.will be problems, not least the ongoing criminal investigation in
:16:07. > :16:09.the United States and the United Kingdom into whether there was
:16:10. > :16:13.corruption and insider information used in the sale. Then there is the
:16:14. > :16:19.trouble of two jurisdictions, two sets of laws and of course the
:16:20. > :16:28.compatibility of witnesses. The chairman of the Dail has suggested
:16:29. > :16:32.that one committee and Stormont committee should share information
:16:33. > :16:34.and maybe suggest questions to potential witnesses. Nama is due
:16:35. > :16:36.before his committee this month. Is the desire for some form
:16:37. > :16:47.of investigation being fed Yes, the report yesterday was by the
:16:48. > :16:51.controller and auditor general whose sole job is to make sure that
:16:52. > :16:57.taxpayers get value for money and he found that Nama could have made as
:16:58. > :17:02.much of ?190 million more from the sale ban is dead and also found that
:17:03. > :17:06.Nama was slow to act once it became aware that its Northern Ireland or
:17:07. > :17:11.former Northern Ireland adviser was going to receive money from the
:17:12. > :17:15.sale. Nama has categorically denied any wrongdoing and says that it
:17:16. > :17:20.finds those findings are unstable and unsound and it also says that
:17:21. > :17:21.those findings cannot go unchallenged. Chain in Dublin. Thank
:17:22. > :17:24.you. Fermanagh's Marble Arch Caves
:17:25. > :17:26.is an unusual setting for a cinema. But that's the venue chosen
:17:27. > :17:29.by Northern Ireland Screen Our south west reporter
:17:30. > :17:41.Julian Fowler headed A strange and beautiful world of
:17:42. > :17:46.ancient rock formations and underground rivers. The marble Arch
:17:47. > :17:51.Caves provide an atmospheric backdrop to a showcase of films. We
:17:52. > :17:55.wanted to celebrate the Royal archives in Northern Ireland as part
:17:56. > :18:00.of BSI Britain on film projects and one of the things I found, because I
:18:01. > :18:05.work with the archive, going through attics and Museum store rooms, what
:18:06. > :18:09.we found was beautiful and bizarre footage and we thought, where better
:18:10. > :18:13.than the marble arch Caves to show that? It has been a challenging
:18:14. > :18:22.location to set up a cinema in. The caves were flooded after a weekend
:18:23. > :18:30.of heavy rain. Two complements the footage, musician Phil will perform
:18:31. > :18:37.a newly commissioned piece called Till They Came Into A Cave. It's
:18:38. > :18:43.similar to singing in a church, except better. The acoustics are
:18:44. > :18:47.unbelievable. In each space you move through, the sound changes so you
:18:48. > :18:56.get lots of Eckel, to a much more intimate feel, and it is just very
:18:57. > :18:59.very special. Northern Ireland screen's free online archive
:19:00. > :19:02.contains more than 100 hours of footage of local life and make the
:19:03. > :19:10.venue, some of the films are rather quirky. It ranges from someone
:19:11. > :19:16.making a home movie of the Ulster Grand Prix. We have great footage of
:19:17. > :19:20.rats racing where people are in a pub is surrounded by drainpipes and
:19:21. > :19:26.people are cheating by racing durables against rats, things like
:19:27. > :19:27.that. The underground's cinematic and musical journey takes place
:19:28. > :19:31.tomorrow. A new sculpture more than 35 feet
:19:32. > :19:37.high has been unveiled in the hills It's called Origin and portrays
:19:38. > :19:41.a huge raindrop at the source of the River Farset which flows
:19:42. > :19:43.right through the city. Built with a ?100,000
:19:44. > :19:45.of lottery money, it will be lit up at night,
:19:46. > :19:59.making it visible across Belfast. Close up on a misty morning, it
:20:00. > :20:04.makes its mark. When the sun comes out, the new sculpture called
:20:05. > :20:07.Origin, starts to come into its own. Wherever you stand, it changes
:20:08. > :20:13.colour. The artist who conceived the raindrop, all 12 metres of it,
:20:14. > :20:17.placed it at this mouth of the River that gave Belfast its name. They
:20:18. > :20:24.wanted to float at night, eliminated in the sky. From the sky as water
:20:25. > :20:28.and we thought it very much described the origin of the source
:20:29. > :20:33.of the River Farset. We have stainless steel as the structural
:20:34. > :20:39.shape of the raindrop and inside, nestled inside that, we have a fine
:20:40. > :20:47.film of glass, a specific class to give an ethereal effect and then on
:20:48. > :20:51.the outline of the drop, we have a fine LED light which will eliminate
:20:52. > :20:56.the peace and night. Built with ?100,000 of lottery money, it is the
:20:57. > :21:00.work of Belfast City Council and the arts Council and local communities.
:21:01. > :21:08.This piece of art can be seen across the city, the East and the West. It
:21:09. > :21:12.is also a combination of work between many different community
:21:13. > :21:16.centres so I love the kind of collectivity of it. When the sun
:21:17. > :21:21.shines on Origin, this huge raindrop, the idea is that it will
:21:22. > :21:26.look very striking from here or from here or from locations across
:21:27. > :21:29.Belfast. Look for it, fully lit up, tomorrow as part of culture night.
:21:30. > :21:33.Bethany Firth continues to add to her impressive medal haul
:21:34. > :21:44.The Northern Ireland swimmer has had an outstanding Paralympic games
:21:45. > :21:49.As of today, the 20-year-old from Seaforde is top of Team GB's
:21:50. > :21:55.She has two golds, one silver and counting.
:21:56. > :22:08.Bethany Firth coming up now... It was considered the weakest of her
:22:09. > :22:12.four categories and she had referred to this race as her fun event. Yet
:22:13. > :22:16.it is a measure of how far she has come that in a field of 100 metres
:22:17. > :22:20.breaststroke specialists, she was right there at the turn. When
:22:21. > :22:23.uprating her performance in the pool, it is difficult to reconcile
:22:24. > :22:27.the effortless dialling race with the fact that because of the fear of
:22:28. > :22:44.water in her formative years, she only took up swimming as a teenager.
:22:45. > :22:47.It has been an absolute pleasure watching Bethany race. Every time
:22:48. > :22:52.she gets in the pool, she does something very special. Winning gold
:22:53. > :22:55.in a world record time and then gold again with a Brits just behind her
:22:56. > :23:00.as well and then a silver, is silver in the 100 meter breaststroke, it
:23:01. > :23:03.has been a memorable games. She has become one of the most decorated
:23:04. > :23:08.swimmers on the team already with a race still to come, which she is
:23:09. > :23:11.favourite in. When she gets in that role, she is in tremendous form.
:23:12. > :23:15.Anything can happen and I think that is credited to the work she has been
:23:16. > :23:19.doing at all. The support she has been getting. She came here hungry
:23:20. > :23:23.for medals and she has been rewarded. Category four with
:23:24. > :23:27.learning difficulties is ultracompetitive. Just taken a
:23:28. > :23:31.category on her own and decided, I'm going to push this ever done ever
:23:32. > :23:34.before and has left the other athletes behind. She is doing it on
:23:35. > :23:38.her own and I think she loves that. She is comfortable being in France,
:23:39. > :23:41.leading the pack and being on top of that podium. One more pics bash on
:23:42. > :23:45.Saturday and the homecoming should be fun. -- one more big splash.
:23:46. > :23:49.Staying in Rio, Ballymena athlete Katie Morrow was part of the Team GB
:23:50. > :23:52.women's basketball squad which was chasing a first Paralympic
:23:53. > :23:56.medal of any colour today but Team GB lost out to gold medal favourites
:23:57. > :24:02.USA going down 89-78 in todays semifinal.
:24:03. > :24:06.But all is not yet lost and Team GB will be back in third versus fourth
:24:07. > :24:10.play off action tomorrow with a bronze medal up for grabs
:24:11. > :24:13.against the losers of Germany and the Netherlands,
:24:14. > :24:19.Irish international Paddy Jackson will make his first appearance
:24:20. > :24:22.of the season for Ulster in tomorrows Pro12 game
:24:23. > :24:28.Craig Gilroy is back after missing Saturday's victory over Treviso
:24:29. > :24:31.in Italy and also returns in the back line
:24:32. > :24:43.I think it showed towards the end of last season when we just had to push
:24:44. > :24:46.an forgetting 24 points at the last 25. We did not even make the
:24:47. > :24:50.play-offs or have we can rack up the points now, it does not matter when
:24:51. > :24:53.you get them. To get them now and have them in the bank, that's always
:24:54. > :24:57.helpful coming into the six Nations where we lose a lot of players and
:24:58. > :25:02.you don't know what injuries will happen, so it's good to have points
:25:03. > :25:04.now and hopefully secure that early. The game tomorrow night is live on
:25:05. > :25:06.BBC Two from 7pm. Finally in the latest Fifa world
:25:07. > :25:09.football rankings released today, Michael O'Neill's Northern Ireland
:25:10. > :25:23.are down two places to 30th overall, Let's get the weather now and Jeff
:25:24. > :25:29.is here. What's in store for the rest of the week? It has been a
:25:30. > :25:33.really warm and muggy day today. Again, temperatures above 20
:25:34. > :25:37.degrees. As we go over 90 nights, we start the transition towards
:25:38. > :25:41.something a little bit fresher. That France that has brought all the
:25:42. > :25:46.cloud and rain today will gradually move out to the east and once it
:25:47. > :25:49.does, we are into clearer and cooler conditions as we go through this
:25:50. > :25:52.evening. That will drop down to single figures in some places
:25:53. > :25:57.tonight and it sets us up a day which is going to feel rather
:25:58. > :26:00.different tomorrow. A mix of sunshine and showers but something
:26:01. > :26:05.altogether a bit fresher so this is the picture as we go into tomorrow.
:26:06. > :26:09.The showers, I don't think, will amount to very much. Plenty of
:26:10. > :26:16.brightness in between them. The temperatures are going to be down
:26:17. > :26:19.five or 6 degrees on today's values so high is at best of 17 or 18
:26:20. > :26:24.degrees. Still pleasant, especially if you can be in some sunshine and
:26:25. > :26:26.out of the breeze. Certainly not bad for the middle of September. Showers
:26:27. > :26:30.fizzling out which is good news for the middle of September. Showers
:26:31. > :26:31.you are heading out for culture night ought to the rugby tomorrow
:26:32. > :26:36.night. It big evening but wrap up because it will be getting a little
:26:37. > :26:39.cool overnight. What's happening is this ridge of high pressure is
:26:40. > :26:42.building in and that is going to settle down our weather certainly
:26:43. > :26:46.through the first-half of the weekend before this next weather
:26:47. > :26:50.front arrives and dampens things down on Sunday. Bad news coming up
:26:51. > :26:56.for half marathon competitors. Saturday is not looking like a bad
:26:57. > :26:59.day. More clout than we will see tomorrow but temperatures holding up
:27:00. > :27:03.quite well. Well it is more cloudy, it is dry as well so a perfectly
:27:04. > :27:07.usable date with temperature stuck in the middle teens. The picture on
:27:08. > :27:14.Sunday though is not nearly so pretty. That rain is moving very
:27:15. > :27:17.slowly across Northern Ireland. It will be pretty heavy for a time to
:27:18. > :27:21.sell if you are taking part in the half marathon or more particularly
:27:22. > :27:23.if you are a watching it, I'm very sorry. Those threatening clouds are
:27:24. > :27:28.on the way and the rain is coming down. Make the most of Saturday for
:27:29. > :27:30.any outside jobs because Sunday will be a day to be inside.
:27:31. > :27:33.Our late summary is at half past ten.
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