:00:18. > :00:20.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines
:00:21. > :00:23.Trouble at the clothing chain Exhibit.
:00:24. > :00:31.Millions of pounds to cut waiting lists is spent on other projects.
:00:32. > :00:33.Questions too about the way a letter from the Prime Minister
:00:34. > :00:40.A council says sorry as thousands of ratepayers are left confused
:00:41. > :00:52.I'm live at the Ballymena Showgrounds where Northern Ireland's
:00:53. > :00:54.women's under-19s face France in a test tournament ahead of next
:00:55. > :00:59.And some parts still prone to showers but many
:01:00. > :01:05.parts dry with the chilly wind easing as well.
:01:06. > :01:08.Around 100 jobs are under threat with the clothing chain Exhibit
:01:09. > :01:17.The locally-owned retailer has been trading since 1983 but says it has
:01:18. > :01:22.been hit by a significant change in consumer spending patterns.
:01:23. > :01:25.Here's our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell.
:01:26. > :01:27.This was the Exhibit store in Belfast's Castlecourt
:01:28. > :01:35.It has a total of 14 branches across Northern Ireland.
:01:36. > :01:38.It operated in the intensely competitive world of
:01:39. > :01:44.The HNH Group, which is acting as administrator, said
:01:45. > :01:47.Exhibit had suffered from, a general downturn
:01:48. > :01:53.and, a significant change in consumer spending patterns
:01:54. > :01:56.Around 100 jobs are now under threat.
:01:57. > :02:07.worried about getting paid. I don't think I'm in the worst position to
:02:08. > :02:11.be honest. I can get on by that, but our managers have got houses and a
:02:12. > :02:15.mortgage. When you have got a kid coming up to Christmas, it is not
:02:16. > :02:19.just our store. I am a zoomed anyway. I pay my own bills as well.
:02:20. > :02:24.I am kind of stuck for things like that. I will just have to look for
:02:25. > :02:28.another job. -- I am a student. The number of people employed
:02:29. > :02:31.in retail has actually been rising over the last year,
:02:32. > :02:33.and some new brands have But with more shopping being done
:02:34. > :02:36.online and consumers demanding bargains it remains
:02:37. > :02:38.a challenging environment. We also got inflation figures today
:02:39. > :02:45.which show prices are rising across the UK economy.
:02:46. > :02:52.What are the stats? We learned in September the weight
:02:53. > :02:56.of inflation was 1%. Prices generally across the economy 1%
:02:57. > :03:00.higher in September than they were last year. That compares to a annual
:03:01. > :03:05.rate of more .6% in August. It we can see inflation is starting to
:03:06. > :03:07.rise. I have been talking a lot over recent days about the fall in the
:03:08. > :03:12.value of the pound. That means that imports are becoming more expensive
:03:13. > :03:17.and that will push up inflation. These figures will not include that.
:03:18. > :03:20.There are other inflationary pressures building up in the
:03:21. > :03:20.economy. There is more inflation to come.
:03:21. > :03:23.Inflation still low when you look back in years?
:03:24. > :03:30.Yes, we have been living in this very abnormal period of very low to
:03:31. > :03:35.nonexistent inflation. We will look at HRT which covers the last five
:03:36. > :03:38.years. You can see in 2011, inflation was over 5% will stop the
:03:39. > :03:48.ball were feeling up. Wages were rising. The last couple of years of
:03:49. > :03:50.being a terror. -- wages were not rising. In historical terms it is
:03:51. > :03:52.incredibly low. Should we be expecting
:03:53. > :04:00.further rises? Yes, definitely. As the import of
:04:01. > :04:09.fact, the currency will stay weak. If the pound say week, then it could
:04:10. > :04:15.be up to 3% at the end of next year. It doesn't feel much, but if you
:04:16. > :04:19.wages are not rising, then it will be felt.
:04:20. > :04:22.A trial has been told that a kitchen knife was held to the throat
:04:23. > :04:25.of a murder victim whose body was found in a bin.
:04:26. > :04:28.The claim was made on the first day of evidence by a woman
:04:29. > :04:31.Shauneen Boyle who's 25 and from Banbridge,
:04:32. > :04:33.is charged of murdering Owen Creaney in 2014,
:04:34. > :04:35.along with 30-year-old Stephen Hughes from Craigavon.
:04:36. > :04:36.Kevin Sharkey has more from the trial.
:04:37. > :04:39.Owen Creaney and the two people accused of his murder had been
:04:40. > :04:43.drinking together on the evening before he was assaulted.
:04:44. > :04:46.The court heard that they spent the evening at his house in Lurgan
:04:47. > :04:51.In the early hours of the next morning, all three then went
:04:52. > :04:56.According to taxi records, it was between 2 and 3am
:04:57. > :05:00.when they arrived at the house at Moyrafety Court.
:05:01. > :05:02.On the witness stand today, Shauneen Boyle, said
:05:03. > :05:05.they were all, fairly drunk, very drunk.
:05:06. > :05:08.She also said they were only in the house about 15 to 20 minutes
:05:09. > :05:12.Shauneen Boyle told the Judge and Jury that Stephen Hughes
:05:13. > :05:19.She said he began punching the victim in the face.
:05:20. > :05:21.During the attack, she said, Stephen Hughes went
:05:22. > :05:23.to the kitchen and returned with a knife.
:05:24. > :05:25.She said it was, like a butchers knife and was about eight
:05:26. > :05:31.She said he held it to Owen Creaneys throat and she cut her fingers
:05:32. > :05:36.Defence Counsel for Stephen Hughes challenged the evidence,
:05:37. > :05:38.saying the claim about a knife being held to the victim's throat
:05:39. > :05:42.had not been mentioned by Ms Boyle in a previous statement
:05:43. > :05:47.Today's testimony came a day after Stephen Hughes told the court
:05:48. > :05:52.that the assault was carried out by Shauneen Boyle.
:05:53. > :05:54.Owen Creaney died two days after being attacked and his remains
:05:55. > :06:12.The Assembly was told today that almost half of ?40 million
:06:13. > :06:15.that was supposed to be spent cutting hospital waiting times
:06:16. > :06:17.One MLA described that as an absolute disgrace.
:06:18. > :06:20.But Sinn Fein said the debate was an exercise in scaremongering.
:06:21. > :06:26.It's a topic we've covered extensively on BBC Newsline,
:06:27. > :06:29.patients facing excessive waits for treatment.
:06:30. > :06:35.Last November, the then Minister Simon Hamilton announced
:06:36. > :06:41.?40m would be spent to get some of those waiting lists down.
:06:42. > :06:46.We are well down the line of planning for this. Some people will
:06:47. > :06:49.stop to get notifications of those assessments. The appointments and
:06:50. > :06:51.the assessment survey will be having done to them and the next couple of
:06:52. > :06:54.done to them and the next couple of days.
:06:55. > :06:56.But figures from the current Health Minister
:06:57. > :06:58.show a big chunk of that money went elsewhere.
:06:59. > :07:01.?25m was spent reducing waiting lists across the board
:07:02. > :07:03.But a further 18.5m went to various other areas
:07:04. > :07:11.including GP out of hours and independent care homes.
:07:12. > :07:18.Time and time again, cancer waiting times have been raised in this
:07:19. > :07:24.chamber. We have heard the words, disappointed, Ms stairwells 2015,
:07:25. > :07:27.silence from Minister last October 's debate. And again last week,
:07:28. > :07:31.shocking regret from Minister O'Neill. When will these
:07:32. > :07:38.condemnations of the service they are leading turn from words into
:07:39. > :07:45.action? The 6.7% of women presenting with potential breast cancer with an
:07:46. > :07:48.urgent referral, 6.7% of those are in the Southern health trust have
:07:49. > :07:50.had that referral and have been seen. That figure cannot be
:07:51. > :07:55.overlooked. But the DUP largely
:07:56. > :08:05.defended the service. Leave that there is a deterioration
:08:06. > :08:06.in the cancer services, no. I believe we can do better.
:08:07. > :08:10.The health minister questioned some of the statistics in today's debate
:08:11. > :08:12.but admitted there's more work to be done.
:08:13. > :08:18.No. I have never stood in this hasn't said they are perfect. But a
:08:19. > :08:23.recognition right across the board that we need to tackle this and
:08:24. > :08:26.deliver better outcomes for people, that is the job for Government.
:08:27. > :08:28.The fact that not all of the money earmarked
:08:29. > :08:31.for waiting lists was spent where is should be will be of little
:08:32. > :08:33.comfort to those hoping they'll get treated soon.
:08:34. > :08:43.The First Minister Arlene Foster has rejected criticism over the way
:08:44. > :08:46.a letter about Northern Ireland from the Prime Minister was made
:08:47. > :08:51.The letter from Theresa May was in response to the First
:08:52. > :08:53.and Deputy First Ministers Brexit priorities.
:08:54. > :08:55.It was disclosed to the BBC's Nolan Show this morning before
:08:56. > :08:58.Our political correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.
:08:59. > :09:01.For more than six weeks Stormont has been waiting and waiting
:09:02. > :09:05.Today, we learnt that letter has finally arrived but not everyone
:09:06. > :09:17.I would like you to rule on the issue on whether it is appropriate
:09:18. > :09:22.for important documents that will have influence on debates within
:09:23. > :09:26.this chamber are actually released to The Assembly first, rather than
:09:27. > :09:29.released to the Nolan Show, as was the letter from the Minister.
:09:30. > :09:31.And this is what Steve Aiken was talking about.
:09:32. > :09:33.When the DUP's Gavin Robinson was challenged
:09:34. > :09:39.about the long awaited letter on Nolan Show this morning.
:09:40. > :09:45.Gavin, perhaps you could ask for a reply from the letter. We have got a
:09:46. > :09:52.reply from the letter, Sinead. Could you tell the people of Northern
:09:53. > :09:54.Ireland? What was the reply? I don't read your posts.
:09:55. > :09:58.That letter from Theresa May arrived at Stormont on Friday but yet no one
:09:59. > :10:01.told the opposition parties as they debated in the chamber
:10:02. > :10:04.yesterday as to why Northern Ireland should be given special status
:10:05. > :10:16.It definitely isn't good enough, Mr Speaker, to send a letter in August
:10:17. > :10:18.to the British prime ministers and patiently wait for a reply. I don't
:10:19. > :10:19.even think we got one yet. Little did he know that reply
:10:20. > :10:22.was sitting upstairs on a desk. Today the First Minister sought
:10:23. > :10:37.to clear up the confusion. It came in late on Friday evening. I
:10:38. > :10:41.then got it on Monday. In full before you there is no big mystery.
:10:42. > :10:43.It is very straightforward and as I say it is now in the library of The
:10:44. > :10:43.Assembly. Much of it we have heard before,
:10:44. > :10:51.but we now have a commitment in writing from the Prime Minsiter
:10:52. > :10:54.to ensure the continued free movement of people and goods
:10:55. > :11:08.across the Ireland of ireland. But the oppositions parties say
:11:09. > :11:11.they are less than impressed Whatever the circumstances of how
:11:12. > :11:15.this letter landed here at Stormont The bottom line is that it provides
:11:16. > :11:20.little comfort for those No doubt the First and Deputy
:11:21. > :11:23.First Ministers will be expecting much more
:11:24. > :11:25.when they meet Teresa May Still to come an astronaut comes to
:11:26. > :11:45.a rocket factory. The Former Alliance leader
:11:46. > :11:47.David Ford has been removed from his role as an elder
:11:48. > :11:50.in his local Presbyterian Church. The move follows his comments
:11:51. > :11:52.in favour of gay marriage. Our reporter Maggie Taggart is
:11:53. > :11:55.outside the church in County Antrim Well David Ford, the former
:11:56. > :12:11.Justice Minister had been an elder at Second Donegore Presbyterian
:12:12. > :12:14.Church in Dunamuggy in Ballyclare in Now an elder who is someone
:12:15. > :12:18.who is elected by people His or her job is look
:12:19. > :12:22.after the management of the congregation in his
:12:23. > :12:24.or her own church. Mr Ford is no longer an elder
:12:25. > :12:27.at his own church, Second Donegore, but is still an elder of good
:12:28. > :12:30.standing within the wider Has Mr Ford spoken
:12:31. > :12:38.publiclly about this? Mr Ford has not spoken to us yet,
:12:39. > :12:42.but he has issued a statement. The statement shows he is obviously very
:12:43. > :12:47.upset at this demotion in his role over three decades. He has said that
:12:48. > :12:54.he has been downgraded, obviously. He said it has been a difficult for
:12:55. > :12:56.years. He says it is... This conflict has been going on for a
:12:57. > :13:03.long time. It is in a statement that his local church ear has failed to
:13:04. > :13:06.promote healing and unity despite repeated requests from him over the
:13:07. > :13:10.last nine months. Earlier this month he told the BBC how he reconciled
:13:11. > :13:15.his stance on gay marriage with his role as a ruling elder and his job
:13:16. > :13:21.as Justice minister in the Stormont executive. I have a particular view
:13:22. > :13:24.as an individual who happens to be a president Erin and indeed a
:13:25. > :13:28.president Terry elder as the rights of churches and the meaning of
:13:29. > :13:33.marriage in the Christian sense. I also recognise as minister and as
:13:34. > :13:39.the leader of the party who is committed to ensuring the quality
:13:40. > :13:44.and fair treatment for all through the state that that is a very
:13:45. > :13:51.different position. What has the church had to say? They say he has
:13:52. > :13:54.been removed from that position. Also leading figures in the
:13:55. > :14:03.presbytery and church say he have been removed from his role. Also
:14:04. > :14:07.they rule out the idea that they can be... They are staying quite clearly
:14:08. > :14:11.that it it is nothing to do with taking this role, but the fact that
:14:12. > :14:12.he can no longer work with the congregation who strongly disagree
:14:13. > :14:16.with his position on gay marriage. Belfast City Council has apologised
:14:17. > :14:20.to thousands of householders for not informing them of a change
:14:21. > :14:23.to their bin collection day. Letters containing the information
:14:24. > :14:26.were supposed to be sent out last Hundreds were found dumped
:14:27. > :14:31.in a skip, others had As Catherine Morrison reports
:14:32. > :15:04.there's been a lot of confusion Mendes. Not everyone received these
:15:05. > :15:09.letters. It is only because I listen to it on the radio this morning. I
:15:10. > :15:12.saw on Facebook last week. Then it was on Facebook again yesterday. Did
:15:13. > :15:20.you receive any thing from the council? No. I only knew yesterday.
:15:21. > :15:23.It was lifted. The household waste any recycling. They came this
:15:24. > :15:28.morning. It is usually on a Monday that they come. This is one of the
:15:29. > :15:33.letters the council sent out through a contract they had hired to deliver
:15:34. > :15:38.them. Out of 160,000 households, will more than 60,000 didn't get
:15:39. > :15:41.one. Hundreds were found dumped in a skip. Others had the wrong
:15:42. > :15:44.information. It has all led to confusion and missed bin
:15:45. > :15:58.collections. Many people turning to social media complain.
:15:59. > :16:09.This Council official has apologised to ratepayers. We did rely on the
:16:10. > :16:13.contractor to do the letters. All that -- that has fallen below of
:16:14. > :16:17.expectations. First and foremost, I want to apologise to the residents
:16:18. > :16:21.of Belfast. This is not where I want to be. I did expect glitches. We do
:16:22. > :16:29.have mitigation in place, but this is much more significant. Now I give
:16:30. > :16:32.more soon assurance that we will resolve this situation as quickly as
:16:33. > :16:36.possible in the coming days. Anyone still unsure about their bin
:16:37. > :16:43.collection day should check online on the City Council website or phone
:16:44. > :16:47.the council on this number. Advice from the council is that any black
:16:48. > :16:51.beans which should have been collected, but haven't yet, should
:16:52. > :16:55.be left out until half past seven this evening. Or onset of the
:16:56. > :17:00.morning. Extra staff will be working over the weekend to deal with any
:17:01. > :17:02.backlog. Katherine Morrison, BBC Newsline.
:17:03. > :17:05.Northern Ireland is to be the UK base for a new manufacturing
:17:06. > :17:10.The astronaut Tim Peake was guest of honour at the announcement
:17:11. > :17:12.by the French company Thales, whose factory in east Belfast
:17:13. > :17:14.will make technology used to manoeuvre satellites.
:17:15. > :17:21.This report from our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.
:17:22. > :17:27.Who better to open a new space facility than Tim Peake.
:17:28. > :17:30.The astronaut touched down in Belfast to launch a project
:17:31. > :17:43.The company Thales is a missile-maker and now
:17:44. > :17:45.in a UK-first will produce electric propulsion equipment to move
:17:46. > :17:51.satellites around in orbit for the european space agency.
:17:52. > :17:58.It gives me enormous pleasure and satisfaction to be here. And to see
:17:59. > :18:01.the talents in Northern Ireland. It really is one of those dedications
:18:02. > :18:06.of the UK space agency that is at the forefront of these cutting edge
:18:07. > :18:15.technologies and make me proud to say that. This will be ?6 million.
:18:16. > :18:17.That is not just from the company, but also from the space agency and
:18:18. > :18:25.invest NI. But this belfast facility
:18:26. > :18:28.could share in 200 more positions the company aims
:18:29. > :18:31.to create in years to come. Clip thales said it could have
:18:32. > :18:45.opened at other sites in europe Being first is always an important
:18:46. > :18:46.thing. We have to show our commitment. We are confident we will
:18:47. > :18:49.do that. Then the work will flow. Thales said it could have opened
:18:50. > :18:53.at other sites in europe Politicians believe that's a tribute
:18:54. > :19:06.to the engineering capability Still to come on the programme,
:19:07. > :19:09.International women's football comes to the Showgrounds. One of the
:19:10. > :19:15.venues to next year's Championships. More than 70% of people questioned
:19:16. > :19:19.for an Amnesty International opinion poll here have indicated support
:19:20. > :19:23.for a change in abortion law. The poll surveyed 1,000 people
:19:24. > :19:27.across Northern Ireland seeking opinions about abortion
:19:28. > :19:29.in cases of rape, incest The Charity Life NI says those
:19:30. > :19:35.being polled should have been Our Health Correspondent
:19:36. > :19:41.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Abortion remains one of the most
:19:42. > :19:44.difficult and controversial issues facing some people in Northern
:19:45. > :19:48.Ireland. Unlike the rest of the UK,
:19:49. > :19:51.abortion here is only allowed if a woman's health is at risk
:19:52. > :19:54.or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental
:19:55. > :19:56.or physical health. But with so much public debate
:19:57. > :20:02.are attitudes changing? 1,000 men and women between the ages
:20:03. > :20:06.of 16 and 65 were questioned and as with all polls we should
:20:07. > :20:10.remember there is always a margin When asked if abortion should be
:20:11. > :20:13.available in Northern Ireland if pregnancy is the
:20:14. > :20:16.result of rape or incest, When asked if abortion
:20:17. > :20:24.should be available if there is a fatal foetal
:20:25. > :20:27.abnormality, 67% agreed And should Northern Ireland
:20:28. > :20:34.decriminalise abortion for doctors and medical
:20:35. > :20:55.staff, well 59% agreed, Talk to people on the streets. It is
:20:56. > :20:57.representative. Attitudes are changing in Northern Ireland.
:20:58. > :21:00.some change in attitude among political supporters.
:21:01. > :21:02.When asked if abortion should be available
:21:03. > :21:18.is the result of rape or incest, 73% of DUP supporters agreed,
:21:19. > :21:20.SDLP 69%, 66% of Ulster Unionist parties also agreed,
:21:21. > :21:22.with 71% of Sinn fein supporters also saying yes.
:21:23. > :21:24.Examining the figures, some believe that the poll's
:21:25. > :21:26.questions were too narrow and that more information about care
:21:27. > :21:33.and support may have provoked a different answer.
:21:34. > :21:37.I think whenever you are somebody a question and you don't have the
:21:38. > :21:41.background information then your answer is going to be very different
:21:42. > :21:43.to when they do have in understanding about what care should
:21:44. > :21:44.be provided about women. The results of the Poll
:21:45. > :21:46.were delivered to Stormont, where ultimately any decision
:21:47. > :21:49.on changing the law will be made. And Stephen Watson is at
:21:50. > :21:56.the Ballymena Showgrounds where one of the Northern Ireland women's
:21:57. > :22:01.football teams is playing tonight. Yes, it's the women's
:22:02. > :22:06.under-19 team in action. They are taking on France
:22:07. > :22:08.in the first game of a mini-tournament being held
:22:09. > :22:12.across Northern Ireland this week at four venues including
:22:13. > :22:22.here at the Ballymena Showgrounds. That is a test event ahead of the
:22:23. > :22:25.championships that being held here. Here is Sarah both. How big a deal
:22:26. > :22:29.is it that the European Championships are going to be held
:22:30. > :22:33.here in Northern Ireland next year? Is a massive thing for us. Posting a
:22:34. > :22:36.major event will drive participation. We knew that when we
:22:37. > :22:43.bid for the tournament. We are excited to win it. What we want out
:22:44. > :22:46.of this to inspire generations of footballers in Northern Ireland. We
:22:47. > :22:51.have gotten tougher opposition here this week. The USA, England and
:22:52. > :22:55.France. We were the team some great action here this afternoon. How big
:22:56. > :23:01.a test is this for the Northern Ireland team? We have the
:23:02. > :23:05.superpowers of English -- world football here. To get them here is a
:23:06. > :23:08.huge credit to us. For Northern Ireland it is a big test. They are
:23:09. > :23:17.playing against the best. Hopefully they will play well for us. As they
:23:18. > :23:20.warm accommodation, so the warm up body part of this. What we looking
:23:21. > :23:24.to get out of this tournament this week? For us, it is to get our
:23:25. > :23:29.players the best preparation they could. We want to test our
:23:30. > :23:32.structures and venues. Really, this is about raising awareness of the
:23:33. > :23:36.game and driving spectators next year. We want the Americans to come
:23:37. > :23:41.back and fall in love with our country and football. This game is
:23:42. > :23:47.being streamed around the world, so everyone can watch it. Yes, we're
:23:48. > :23:50.working with tourism Northern Ireland to do that. We have had a
:23:51. > :23:53.good response and will keep us get out. A first for the Northern Irish
:23:54. > :23:57.football Association. Openly there is more to come. Thank you for sub I
:23:58. > :24:00.hope it goes well. We will give you the result of the game later. We
:24:01. > :24:05.will also give you the results in local football tonight. Linfield
:24:06. > :24:15.could go top of the leak beat Cliftonville. We went up last year
:24:16. > :24:25.and with broken the voodoo. We will go with our confidence. Considering
:24:26. > :24:30.we lost the cup match, the bread-and-butter is this. You can do
:24:31. > :24:36.all the preparation and all the analysis you want, but I think these
:24:37. > :24:39.games take care of themselves and the boys will go for it. They need
:24:40. > :24:41.to be well rested and recovered. It is a huge game for both teams.
:24:42. > :24:49.Ulster Rugby have announced plans to Anthony Foley in the away
:24:50. > :24:54.dressing room at Ulster's CEO Shane Logan revealed
:24:55. > :24:57.the intention to pay tribute to the Munster head coach
:24:58. > :25:04.who died at the weekend. he was a magnificent rugby player.
:25:05. > :25:11.In a magnificent human being and we extend our condolences to him.
:25:12. > :25:19.Munster were superb when he died. They put a permanent memorial to
:25:20. > :25:24.Nevin in the away changing room and would like to reciprocate that for
:25:25. > :25:26.Ulster. Ulster play Munster next week. That is it. Back to you,
:25:27. > :25:28.Donna. Angie Phillips has
:25:29. > :25:44.the weather forecast details. Very autumnal. A chilly and cold
:25:45. > :25:48.front that moves through. As the name would suggest it has introduced
:25:49. > :25:51.cold air. You can see the blues in the air just flowing in. That front
:25:52. > :25:56.just pushing out into the north continent. It also affected parts of
:25:57. > :26:01.Northern Ireland. That is why part of the north and east almost had a
:26:02. > :26:06.steady flow of showers on and off through the course of the day. Of
:26:07. > :26:09.course those conditions are ideal for spotting rainbows. Quite a few
:26:10. > :26:13.photos came on today. This is one. It looks as though it is shrouded in
:26:14. > :26:18.a great bubble. We still have some showers to contend with this
:26:19. > :26:22.evening. Still quite a gusty wind to begin with but signed through the
:26:23. > :26:25.night that it eases down. Nevertheless, still quite breezy.
:26:26. > :26:30.Parts of the coast. Have some showers running along the north
:26:31. > :26:33.coast and the north channel. Inland, dry and clear spells. Quite chilly
:26:34. > :26:38.again. Three or four in the countryside. We could get the odd
:26:39. > :26:42.pocket of grass frost. Those images continue to ease down so we should
:26:43. > :26:47.have a better day. Dry weather and sunshine. Particularly in those
:26:48. > :26:50.northern and eastern areas during the morning time. Into the
:26:51. > :26:54.afternoon, they will start to ease away. By that stage, we are looking
:26:55. > :26:58.at more dry and wet weather. Virtually anywhere will be seeing
:26:59. > :27:02.bright and sunny spells coming through. Temperatures similar to
:27:03. > :27:06.today around 12 degrees or so. If you are in the sunshine it won't be
:27:07. > :27:12.feeling quite as chilly as it did today. Of course with what light
:27:13. > :27:14.winds it is going to be a colder one. We will see those temperatures
:27:15. > :27:21.dropping down close to freezing. We are looking at some frost and mist
:27:22. > :27:25.and fog patches. Thursday after that cold start, a fine day with some
:27:26. > :27:31.sunshine and temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees. Some rain behind me.
:27:32. > :27:38.But it will be mainly dry the next few days. A risk of frost. Not too
:27:39. > :27:40.bad. We have updates at eight and night -- nine.
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