:00:00. > :00:13.News at Six. It's goodbye from me. On BBC One we
:00:14. > :00:16.You're watching BBC Newsline and these are the headlines
:00:17. > :00:23.Struck down by the norovirus - a hotel and hospital wards
:00:24. > :00:32.This is the highest incidence of this disease we have experienced for
:00:33. > :00:34.many years. Jailed for 11 years -
:00:35. > :00:37.the man caught at a massive We hear from the Prime Minister
:00:38. > :00:53.on the sensitivities around We speak to the former motorcycle
:00:54. > :00:54.racer paralysed after a motorcycle accident who says he is determined
:00:55. > :00:58.to be able to walk again. A tasteful festive appeal from
:00:59. > :01:04.the men tasked with one mucky job. Make our wish come true, all we want
:01:05. > :01:11.for Christmas is clean sewers. And not a lot of Christmas
:01:12. > :01:14.cheer in the weather. A storm warning for one
:01:15. > :01:16.of the busiest travel A senior medic in Londonderry says
:01:17. > :01:23.an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug is the worst he's experienced
:01:24. > :01:28.in almost 30 years. Norovirus has caused
:01:29. > :01:32.the closure of five wards People have been urged to only visit
:01:33. > :01:37.the hospital if it's The virus has also forced a large
:01:38. > :01:43.hotel in County Cavan Our Health Correspondent
:01:44. > :01:49.Marie-Louise Connolly reports. It couldn't have come at a worse
:01:50. > :01:51.time for this popular During what must be their busiest
:01:52. > :01:57.time, the hotel says it had no In a statement to the BBC,
:01:58. > :02:03.and on behalf of the hotel, the Health Executive
:02:04. > :02:33.in the Republic said that... The Health and Safety Executive
:02:34. > :02:35.and hotel management said they deeply regret the inconvenience
:02:36. > :02:37.the closure would cause, but consider this action
:02:38. > :02:39.as necessary to safeguard public Norovirus, which causes
:02:40. > :02:42.diarrhoea and vomiting, is one of the most common stomach
:02:43. > :02:46.bugs in the UK and is unusually prevalent in Northern Ireland
:02:47. > :02:49.for this time of year. While it's extremely unpleasant,
:02:50. > :02:52.it's also highly infectious. So much so that five wards have
:02:53. > :02:55.been temporarily closed According to clinicians the spike
:02:56. > :03:09.in cases is worrying. This is the highest incidence of
:03:10. > :03:16.this disease we have experienced for many years with the trust and at
:03:17. > :03:20.least the problems with patient access to deserve this. Translate
:03:21. > :03:24.both patients are suffering and staff suffering. This means we have
:03:25. > :03:30.a downturn of staff levels which means care for patients is
:03:31. > :03:35.increasingly difficult. Are you all sitting around doing nothing? I'm
:03:36. > :03:37.sick. I know you are, I've been married to you for 40 years.
:03:38. > :03:38.While there's nothing funny about the so-called
:03:39. > :03:40.winter vomiting bug, this public health video advises
:03:41. > :03:43.the public that if they are sick not to visit patients.
:03:44. > :03:46.Some trusts have had to cancel operations and with the party season
:03:47. > :03:48.in full swing this current surge in cases could get worse
:03:49. > :03:55.As there is no cure for norovirus, the best advice is to
:03:56. > :03:59.According to the Public Health Agency, to avoid dehydration
:04:00. > :04:03.drink plenty of fluids, wash your hands frequently and most
:04:04. > :04:13.A 45-year-old man caught at a bomb making factory on a County Fermanagh
:04:14. > :04:22.Barry Francis Petticrew will spend a further three years on licence.
:04:23. > :04:25.As well as a large quantity of fertiliser, the police recovered
:04:26. > :04:34.This is the farm in Kinawley, where police found enough equipment
:04:35. > :04:38.to create one of the biggest bombs ever used in Northern Ireland.
:04:39. > :04:42.When officers searched these premises during an undercover
:04:43. > :04:46.surveillance operation in October 2014, they discovered ammunition,
:04:47. > :04:56.pipes, timer units, and large quantities of fertiliser.
:04:57. > :04:58.Barry Francis Petticrew was spotted moving some of these items.
:04:59. > :05:01.When Barry Petticrew, who's originally from Belfast
:05:02. > :05:04.but had been living in Swanlinbar in County Cavan, discovered
:05:05. > :05:08.he was being watched, he tried to escape across the countryside.
:05:09. > :05:10.Caught by police, he said, "I'm not involved in terrorism.
:05:11. > :05:12.This house belongs to a friend of mine."
:05:13. > :05:15.He later admitted the three charges against him.
:05:16. > :05:19.Police say many of the components seized are used by terrorist
:05:20. > :05:22.groupings - though Petticrew denied being linked to any organisation.
:05:23. > :05:27.He said he was pressurised into his actions.
:05:28. > :05:30.Judge Gordon Kerr QC said the arsenal was found in an area
:05:31. > :05:32.of dissident republican activity, and the farm was being used
:05:33. > :05:38.The judge described Petticrew as a mature man who'd allowed
:05:39. > :05:41.himself to be associated with dissident republicans -
:05:42. > :05:45.some of whom may have intended to use the deadly explosives.
:05:46. > :05:54.Sentenced to 11 years in prison and a further three on licence,
:05:55. > :05:57.Petticrew gave the thumbs up signal to supporters in the public gallery.
:05:58. > :05:59.Judge Kerr asked for the items recovered from the farm
:06:00. > :06:02.Police say removing this terrorist haul has prevented
:06:03. > :06:08.bloodshed, loss of life and consequent heartache.
:06:09. > :06:13.The Prime Minister says other EU member states are well aware
:06:14. > :06:16.of the sensitivities of arrangements on the border after the UK
:06:17. > :06:19.Theresa May was giving evidence to a committee
:06:20. > :06:21.of MPs this afternoon and our Political Editor Mark
:06:22. > :06:33.Devenport was listening and he spoke to me earlier.
:06:34. > :06:38.Theresa May was answering questions from the Liaison Committee and the
:06:39. > :06:41.chair of the Northern Ireland committee asked her specifically
:06:42. > :06:44.about Northern Ireland and she repeated the Government mantra that
:06:45. > :06:48.the Government does not want to see it return to the borders of the past
:06:49. > :06:53.and neither does double so she said to her this is not just about London
:06:54. > :06:59.and Dublin but the wider EU. What do they think? This is what she said.
:07:00. > :07:02.The member states are well aware of the sensitivity of the issues in
:07:03. > :07:05.relation to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland border and want
:07:06. > :07:12.to see a solution that works for both sides. Back home, and the
:07:13. > :07:15.continuing fallout to some of the scenes to do with the Renewable Heat
:07:16. > :07:24.Incentive scheme, what has happened today? The Speaker of the Stormont
:07:25. > :07:29.Assembly wrote to MLAs yesterday and said he understood their frustration
:07:30. > :07:33.but he explain the legal advice was that if they had been a joint
:07:34. > :07:35.request from both the first and Deputy First Minister for Arlene
:07:36. > :07:40.Foster to make a statement he couldn't stop that unless he got a
:07:41. > :07:43.joint rescinding of that from both sides. A degree of logic but that
:07:44. > :07:50.didn't stop the criticism. The former deputy speaker from the SDLP,
:07:51. > :07:54.as did Robin Newton Boswell performance with that of the DUP
:07:55. > :07:57.predecessor Willie Hay and said that he had failed to raise above the
:07:58. > :08:03.shambles and there was criticism from Eileen Bell who is an Alliance
:08:04. > :08:08.MLA who was speaker of the transitional Assembly a decade ago.
:08:09. > :08:15.I was disappointed at the whole process. The members, none of them
:08:16. > :08:19.were sure what was going to happen. The speaker when he came in and took
:08:20. > :08:23.the chair looked as if he didn't really know what was going to
:08:24. > :08:28.happen. The one thing that I know, even though it was a transitional
:08:29. > :08:35.Assembly, you have to be the speaker and the person who controls
:08:36. > :08:38.everything. When it comes to the controversial is scheme itself, the
:08:39. > :08:42.finance and economy ministers are trying to limit the cost of the
:08:43. > :08:46.scheme and an assume it is a matter of urgency. You would think so. We
:08:47. > :08:51.are told we won't get the full details until January. Arlene Foster
:08:52. > :08:56.had said that she hopes at least half of this projected ?400 million
:08:57. > :09:01.loss over 20 years can be recouped. The Winans Mr Mairtin O Muilleoir
:09:02. > :09:06.using Twitter said that he met today with the economy Minister to ensure
:09:07. > :09:11.robust action is taken and that a steward of the public finances he
:09:12. > :09:14.will ensure that any plan to close temporary stacks up and brings this
:09:15. > :09:17.sorry episode to a close but that hasn't stopped the opposition saying
:09:18. > :09:20.the Executive has known about these losses for many months and the
:09:21. > :09:24.scheme was closed down in February and really this kind of plan to
:09:25. > :09:27.minimise the losses should have been put in place long before now. Mark
:09:28. > :09:31.Devenport speaking to me earlier. You're watching BBC Newsline
:09:32. > :09:33.and there's plenty to come Celebrations on the slopes
:09:34. > :09:36.for the skiers who've been chosen to represent their country
:09:37. > :09:44.in the Special Olympics. The High Court has granted
:09:45. > :09:46.permission for evidence connected to the 1998 Omagh bombing to be
:09:47. > :09:49.heard partially in secret. The government applied
:09:50. > :09:51.for what is known as a closed material procedure -
:09:52. > :09:56.which would allow a judge to examine whether public disclosure
:09:57. > :09:58.of information would be damaging The ruling was part of an ongoing
:09:59. > :10:03.legal challenge by the Omagh families to overturn a government
:10:04. > :10:06.decision not to hold a public The police have recovered a gun
:10:07. > :10:17.from a house in South Belfast. Workers, who had been refurbishing
:10:18. > :10:19.the property on Annadale Crescent, alerted the police after discovering
:10:20. > :10:22.the firearm yesterday. Further searches were carried
:10:23. > :10:28.out this afternoon. An old landmark building
:10:29. > :10:33.in Belfast City Centre is to get The former convent, which has
:10:34. > :10:37.stained glass windows and a chapel, But, as Maggie Taggart reports,
:10:38. > :10:43.the dramatic plan has had Since they were built in 1880,
:10:44. > :10:50.both the Convent of Mercy and St Malachy's Girls Primary School have
:10:51. > :10:52.been serving the people But in recent years, they've been
:10:53. > :10:59.closed and suffered damage. Now the convent is to get
:11:00. > :11:02.a new lease of life. It's been sold to a London
:11:03. > :11:06.developer and is currently being stripped out before
:11:07. > :11:09.being transformed into apartments. Back in the '90s the nuns used
:11:10. > :11:12.this room for prayer. Now it's facing a huge change,
:11:13. > :11:15.but the developers say they're being very careful to preserve
:11:16. > :11:28.the listed building. To keep the building and give that
:11:29. > :11:32.new lease of life it is going to be converted to apartments but we have
:11:33. > :11:36.to do that in a sympathetic manner. If we look at the space behind us
:11:37. > :11:42.here that was the sacristy and in the old convent. That is something
:11:43. > :11:46.we wouldn't want to split up. That'll be somebody's quite fabulous
:11:47. > :11:50.living room and kitchen in a one-bedroom apartment.
:11:51. > :11:52.But the route to redevelopment wasn't completely smooth.
:11:53. > :11:54.There was an objection from the trust that
:11:55. > :12:02.We did have issues with the initial application but once those
:12:03. > :12:06.objections were raised we worked with them. I think it is the sense
:12:07. > :12:12.of nothing can stay static forever. The city can stay static. It is
:12:13. > :12:16.about finding a way -- can't stay static. In a way that it is also
:12:17. > :12:19.developing obesity and reusing. Local people have fond
:12:20. > :12:21.memories of the school The most recent use for the convent,
:12:22. > :12:29.until it was boarded up about ten years ago,
:12:30. > :12:31.was by the Good Shepherd Sisters. They moved in to help the young
:12:32. > :12:34.and elderly, but particularly The women used to come
:12:35. > :12:37.to the convent for tea and sandwiches and some
:12:38. > :12:44.left the streets. Kick it saddened me whenever I
:12:45. > :12:49.passed by and it wasn't in use because I had never seen it without
:12:50. > :12:54.life and activity and it is lovely. I am delighted to hear it has been
:12:55. > :12:57.refurbished and I think it is great. This convent and the school but I
:12:58. > :13:02.did have a joint history but training not have a shared future.
:13:03. > :13:05.The convent will be renovated but the former Saint Malachy 's girls
:13:06. > :13:08.primary school is still awaiting a buyer to sealed its fate.
:13:09. > :13:13.A new centre has been opened at the North-West Regional College
:13:14. > :13:15.designed to help people take the first step towards
:13:16. > :13:20.The College says budding food producers just need
:13:21. > :13:28.Here's our North-West Reporter Keiron Tourish.
:13:29. > :13:34.It took me a long time to get the ratio of bones to what to write so I
:13:35. > :13:39.could get the perfectly flavoured and nutritious product... Up until
:13:40. > :13:43.three years ago Carol was a stockbroker of managing a busy
:13:44. > :13:48.trading desk in Canada. She is always had a passion for food and in
:13:49. > :13:52.particular making her own stock for cooking. Now due to the food
:13:53. > :13:55.innovation centre at the Northwest regional College she is able to get
:13:56. > :14:02.all the help she needs to establish her fledgling business. The centre
:14:03. > :14:07.has helped me in many many ways with developing the recipe, upscaling the
:14:08. > :14:12.recipe. Accessing channels to market. Being able to turn the
:14:13. > :14:18.business into a much more viable business rather than a local -based
:14:19. > :14:23.business. The centre helps budding chefs develop the business not only
:14:24. > :14:28.in offering good food but also how to market and sustain the brand. It
:14:29. > :14:31.is a one-stop shop. We get a lot of individuals who are small start-up
:14:32. > :14:34.food companies who will come here with an idea and they don't know how
:14:35. > :14:39.to standardise the recipe and upscaling. Is it a business model?
:14:40. > :14:41.Are they going into a saturated market? It is like a mentoring
:14:42. > :14:44.service at the initial stage and then the ball one is to get them
:14:45. > :14:48.through to production peace, make sure we can make a business model
:14:49. > :14:52.out of it and get them producing here with all the extra equipment
:14:53. > :14:56.that we help to ensure that when they said the market they are there
:14:57. > :15:00.to sustain and grow rather than the ad hoc development. One celebrity
:15:01. > :15:06.chef 's sister stay afloat you need to be aware of every aspect of your
:15:07. > :15:09.business. -- says to stay put. Chefs are good at cooking but they might
:15:10. > :15:15.not always be good business people. With premises like here they will
:15:16. > :15:20.help you and educate you and help bring the products and develop your
:15:21. > :15:25.products and the whole legal side, the costing, it has to make
:15:26. > :15:29.financial sense. You want a product that people will enjoy and by and
:15:30. > :15:35.they will feel it is value for money. The food innovation centre
:15:36. > :15:39.says the ultimate aim is to help businesses grow and create jobs and
:15:40. > :15:41.make a valuable contribution to the Northwest economy.
:15:42. > :15:44.So, after cooking all that lovely food where do you put the waste?
:15:45. > :15:47.Well, Northern Ireland Water have made an impassioned plea
:15:48. > :15:51.to the public not to pour the fat from your Christmas roast
:15:52. > :15:56.potatoes or leftovers down the sink or the toilet.
:15:57. > :16:01.?5 million has been spent in the past two years dealing
:16:02. > :16:05.with thousands of blockages in the sewers.
:16:06. > :16:09.Their main concern is what they call fatbergs.
:16:10. > :16:12.Now, be warned, if you're having your dinner or have a queasy
:16:13. > :16:21.stomach, Helen Jones gets to the dirty truth for this report.
:16:22. > :16:28.You don't have to poke around too long to find this. Once of congealed
:16:29. > :16:34.fat and waste which clog up our sewers. Northern Ireland water wants
:16:35. > :16:37.to keep a lid on it. In this time of the year everyone is cooking their
:16:38. > :16:42.dinners and getting prepared for the festive activities. In the houses
:16:43. > :16:50.they are all cooking large meat joints and the like. The reality is
:16:51. > :16:52.there is a lot of waste of that, greases, on occasion people would
:16:53. > :16:58.put that down into the sewers and not realise the dangers and
:16:59. > :17:02.consequences. A fatberg, when the Greece enters the sewer it is
:17:03. > :17:04.liquid. As it dries out and solidifies and covers the
:17:05. > :17:09.inappropriate material put down the sewer it can cause a blockage. Over
:17:10. > :17:15.time that fatberg can get bigger. They can get a couple of metres in
:17:16. > :17:18.diameter which becomes like a large rock and obstruction in the sewer
:17:19. > :17:22.that has to be cut out. That is long enough you could be dealing with
:17:23. > :17:30.this, a 15 tonne fatberg the size of a double-decker bus in the sewers of
:17:31. > :17:32.London. If you are of a delicate disposition or are having your tea
:17:33. > :17:37.right now you might want to look away momentarily. This is what
:17:38. > :17:45.happens when your drains get clogged up. It is not nice. It is a prop.
:17:46. > :17:51.You'd think I am standing this course of it wasn't? If you are not
:17:52. > :17:53.convinced, here is a timely message son in the style of
:17:54. > :18:08.# Make or a wish come true, all we want for Christmas is clean sewers.
:18:09. > :18:11.There you go. You have been warned. After that festive coral we have
:18:12. > :18:14.been warned. Not the most palatable of stories but here is Stephen
:18:15. > :18:15.Watson. Now sport - and Stephen Watson
:18:16. > :18:18.starts with news about a seriously injured motorcycle racer who has
:18:19. > :18:27.left hospital in time for Christmas. Yes, I went to meet this inspiration
:18:28. > :18:28.and very positive young man considering what he has been through
:18:29. > :18:28.yesterday. Wayne Garrett from Comber
:18:29. > :18:31.is a multiple Ulster and Irish Back in the summer he crashed
:18:32. > :18:35.during a motocross race near Athlone suffering serious spinal injuries -
:18:36. > :18:37.the accident has left Wayne After over five months in hospital
:18:38. > :18:48.he returned home this week, and told me in a candid interview
:18:49. > :19:02.for BBC Newsline he hasn't given up Back home for Christmas. Wayne
:19:03. > :19:07.Garrett continues his recovery from a serious motorcycle crash which has
:19:08. > :19:10.changed his life. Married to Sarah just last year, his spinal injuries
:19:11. > :19:17.have brought new challenges for them both. I think it is only whenever
:19:18. > :19:22.you come through for the first time back home the hard mental torture
:19:23. > :19:27.starts with everything not being just as easy and getting things done
:19:28. > :19:31.like you would in the hospital. It is ticking time to adapt now to the
:19:32. > :19:35.home of and slowly we are getting there and I know in my own head I
:19:36. > :19:42.had to keep positive and keep going and hopefully who knows what is
:19:43. > :19:48.going to come in the future. Wayne, one of Ireland's's most accomplished
:19:49. > :19:52.ever motorbike riders, is determined to regain the use of both legs. I
:19:53. > :19:57.have a level sensation coming back in one of my legs which is a start.
:19:58. > :20:01.At this stage I am not getting too carried away. In my head I know I
:20:02. > :20:05.need to try and get the legs moving rather than on somebody to come to
:20:06. > :20:12.waive their magic wand. I'm determined and I know what I want to
:20:13. > :20:16.get. More or less to prove the doubters wrong that I can walk
:20:17. > :20:24.again. It may happen, it may not. If that doesn't I am prepared for the
:20:25. > :20:30.Paralympics may be. It is a case of, for me, you just never think it is
:20:31. > :20:33.going to happen to you. I always it that I was safe. I am a firm
:20:34. > :20:38.believer in your life as set out for you. This is to is to happen to me,
:20:39. > :20:43.I just look at it as a new challenge to try and get over it and try and
:20:44. > :20:47.get back and prove to people that you can recover from spinal
:20:48. > :20:53.injuries. Let's hope some day down the road I can stand and say I have
:20:54. > :20:55.done it. Let's hope so. We wish him well with his recovery.
:20:56. > :20:58.The Belfast Giants have a big game at home tonight as they take
:20:59. > :21:00.on the Manchester Storm in the second leg of their
:21:01. > :21:04.The tie is delicately poised after the teams fought out a tense
:21:05. > :21:08.3-3 draw in the first leg in England last week.
:21:09. > :21:18.It just comes down to one game. They competed really hard, they
:21:19. > :21:22.outcompeted us last game but we are fortunate enough to do it but we
:21:23. > :21:25.have to be smart, very disciplined when we play them and try to
:21:26. > :21:29.capitalise when we can and try not to give as many goals as last time.
:21:30. > :21:35.They are a good team. They work hard and there drink is tough to play in.
:21:36. > :21:40.To be at that level, we like our spot, going back home. If we can win
:21:41. > :21:46.at home we don't deserve to advance. -- can't win. I like our chances. We
:21:47. > :21:49.are playing good hockey. We are confident in ourselves and we have
:21:50. > :21:56.to stay focused and push through to the end. It may be pretty cold
:21:57. > :21:57.outside but this doesn't matter to this happy bunch.
:21:58. > :22:00.This trio of Ulster skiers has a busy festive period ahead.
:22:01. > :22:02.Sean McCartan, Caolan McConville and Cyril Walker have all been
:22:03. > :22:05.selected to represent Team Ireland at the Special Olympics World Winter
:22:06. > :22:08.So instead of a turkey and the trimmings, training
:22:09. > :22:26.It means a lot being selected to represent your country on the world
:22:27. > :22:29.stage. At 46 and having won a bronze medal in Japan Cyril Walker from
:22:30. > :22:36.Markethill is a veteran of the team. I can't wait. Lots of fun. All the
:22:37. > :22:42.fans coming. You are going to Austria. What do you think this time
:22:43. > :22:49.around? Can you win another bronze? I am going for the gold. And then
:22:50. > :22:54.there is Caolan McConville. Just 12 years old. He has never skied in
:22:55. > :22:57.snow before and can't wait. Never skied in the Olympics before. This
:22:58. > :23:03.is my first time. I have only been skiing for two years. Wow. Not only
:23:04. > :23:09.have you not skied in the Olympics before but never outside of Ireland
:23:10. > :23:17.before. No. In the gym every Monday before skiing on Monday. Stretching
:23:18. > :23:25.and waits? Year. Exactly. I hope you win a medal. I hope so. 16-year-old
:23:26. > :23:36.Sean McCartan from trade-off is the stylist and rising star. How much
:23:37. > :23:42.fun is this? -- Carryduff. Lots. Do you think you can win a medal? Yeah,
:23:43. > :23:49.gold, silver or bronze. Here comes your dad, what does he like? He is a
:23:50. > :23:54.scallywag and a rascal. Turns out Sean is a bit of a rascal as well.
:23:55. > :24:00.He soon had me at the top of the stop insisting it was easy. Well, I
:24:01. > :24:07.took the plunge and Suede but stayed. And that rather wobbly
:24:08. > :24:14.performance was enough to provoke Lucy, to intervene but some top
:24:15. > :24:15.tips. On reflection I thought it best to leave this skiing lark to
:24:16. > :24:25.the experts. I think that was a very sensible
:24:26. > :24:30.idea. Good luck to our special Olympic athletes heading off to the
:24:31. > :24:33.winter Games. I like the attitude going for gold. I am sure they will
:24:34. > :24:34.all come back with medals. Best of luck.
:24:35. > :24:37.Before we go to the weather let me tell you about our children's
:24:38. > :25:19.# In the bleak midwinter, long ago... They are all fabulous and the
:25:20. > :25:22.first school choir is tomorrow. Ballykeel Primary School
:25:23. > :25:31.in County Antrim. Geoff Maskell has been busy today
:25:32. > :25:34.because he is striking a storm across the Atlantic. What a
:25:35. > :25:38.difference a couple of hours can make. This morning lots of us waking
:25:39. > :25:42.up to a beautiful frosty scene. Through the day we have been
:25:43. > :25:47.watching the weather coming in from the West. The rain tracking its
:25:48. > :25:51.progress in. The bulk of the rain arriving in Belfast just in time for
:25:52. > :25:55.Rush hour. Difficult driving conditions. Still some standing
:25:56. > :26:00.water around even when it stops. Take care. Eventually it will clear
:26:01. > :26:04.away. A little bit of a pause in the weather before some wintry showers.
:26:05. > :26:09.More detail in a bit. I want to mark your cloud for the end of the week.
:26:10. > :26:13.Come Friday will be saying hello to Storm Barbara and she has the
:26:14. > :26:17.potential to bring some strong winds and heavy rain. The Met office has
:26:18. > :26:22.issued a severe weather warning for Friday. One of the busiest travel
:26:23. > :26:26.days of the holiday period. At the moment all of our weather is coming
:26:27. > :26:29.straight out of the Canadian Arctic and getting an express ride across
:26:30. > :26:33.the Atlantic. It doesn't have time to warm up so we are getting a jet
:26:34. > :26:39.of really cold there on the jet stream. Unsettled weather and
:26:40. > :26:43.unstable air. Tomorrow that means some really heavy wintry showers.
:26:44. > :26:48.There will be some brightness in those towers but I think it will be
:26:49. > :26:51.cold comfort when you look at the temperatures, four or five Celsius
:26:52. > :26:56.and in the hail and thunder adding the sleet and snow over the hills
:26:57. > :26:58.and wind chill factor as the westerly and south-westerly breeze
:26:59. > :27:03.continues its doesn't drop off overnight. The risk of ice overnight
:27:04. > :27:08.Wednesday into Thursday. Thursday is a very similar story. Wintry
:27:09. > :27:13.showers, raw cold field to the day. Maybe not quite the intensity to the
:27:14. > :27:18.showers but a pretty unpleasant day. Then it is Friday and Barbara is
:27:19. > :27:21.arriving. Come the middle of Friday that weather front will be over us
:27:22. > :27:26.bringing gusts strong enough to bring branches down of trees enough
:27:27. > :27:29.to cause some travel disruption. If you have any flexibility in
:27:30. > :27:32.Christmas travel plans you might want to think about travelling
:27:33. > :27:37.Thursday or Saturday rather than Friday. I don't think you would
:27:38. > :27:42.regret it. Barbara, nice name but it doesn't sound very friendly. If you
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