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:00:16. > :00:19.The attempted murder of a police officer in Belfast.
:00:20. > :00:27.The Chief Constable describes the gun attack as reckless.
:00:28. > :00:34.The other members of the community where it a massive risk as well and
:00:35. > :00:35.the people who did this did not care whether or who they murdered last
:00:36. > :00:35.night. Michelle O'Neill is the new Northern
:00:36. > :00:44.leader of Sinn Fein Whenever I was growing up in Tyrone
:00:45. > :00:48.as the teenager, if anyone had ever said to need that some stage in the
:00:49. > :00:54.future I would be leading Sinn Fein in the north I probably would not
:00:55. > :00:57.have believed them. What more do we know about Michelle O'Neill? I have
:00:58. > :00:58.come to her home village in County Tyrone.
:00:59. > :01:00.The biggest local manufacturer of wood pellets here shared
:01:01. > :01:02.information about tariff changes in the RHI scheme before
:01:03. > :01:06.A man who sexually assaulted young girls in a public swimming pool
:01:07. > :01:10.Ireland look to some new faces in the Six Nations as Ulster
:01:11. > :01:14.And we've got some rain on the way later tonight,
:01:15. > :01:23.but that should keep the frost away. I'll be back with a full forecast.
:01:24. > :01:26.Last night's gun attack on a police patrol was at a busy petrol
:01:27. > :01:31.One of the officers was wounded in the arm and is said to be
:01:32. > :01:35.The Chief Constable has described the shooting as reckless.
:01:36. > :01:37.In a statement released in the last few minutes,
:01:38. > :01:40.the police say they've recovered several bullets from other cars that
:01:41. > :01:58.Images taken in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Packed
:01:59. > :02:02.with cars underlines just how busy the garage was at the time.
:02:03. > :02:07.Automatic gunfire was spread across the forecourt, first aid equipment
:02:08. > :02:11.still the ground. This is the security operation afterwords. A
:02:12. > :02:15.police officer with his weapon aimed towards the main road. The policeman
:02:16. > :02:19.was hit twice in the arm, he had an operation this morning and will
:02:20. > :02:24.require further surgery. The Chief Constable spoke to the media shortly
:02:25. > :02:35.after visiting him in hospital. We as police officers are citizens in
:02:36. > :02:37.uniform. This officer was a member of the community. He was attacked
:02:38. > :02:40.but other members of the community were at risk as well. The people who
:02:41. > :02:43.did this did not care who they murdered last night, albeit it was
:02:44. > :02:47.clear that the attack was aimed at the police officers on duty. The
:02:48. > :02:53.shooting happened at around 730 last night. The area was still busy with
:02:54. > :02:57.people, among them this eyewitness. We were coming around the corner and
:02:58. > :03:01.shots were going off. We didn't know it was shot first, we thought it was
:03:02. > :03:11.fireworks. It was consistent and I knew something was wrong. The
:03:12. > :03:13.officer's body armour might have saved him from something more
:03:14. > :03:15.serious. Dissident republican I being blamed. It was also described
:03:16. > :03:19.as reckless. This threat against officers has been severe for some
:03:20. > :03:22.time. We cannot be complacent about the nature of this type of attack
:03:23. > :03:28.but it does concern me that others are trying to take advantage of the
:03:29. > :03:32.political instability taking year at Stormont. A short time ago this
:03:33. > :03:36.image was released of what the police think was the card used in
:03:37. > :03:39.the attack. They are appealing for witnesses. -- car.
:03:40. > :03:41.Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney is with me now.
:03:42. > :03:43.The officers were among customers, including children.
:03:44. > :03:46.How fortunate were all in that station?
:03:47. > :03:56.They were very fortunate indeed. This is a very busy forecourt, lots
:03:57. > :04:00.of cards. These weren't small calibre handguns. High velocity
:04:01. > :04:06.shots fired from an assault rifle. When they hit the target, they do an
:04:07. > :04:10.incredible amount of damage. The police have said the body armour
:04:11. > :04:15.worn by this officer was sent off for forensic investigation and it
:04:16. > :04:19.was said that the bullet hit the armour. He was very fortunate
:04:20. > :04:20.indeed. It does an incredible amount of damage these bullets.
:04:21. > :04:23.The Justice Minister is concerned this attack may be being linked
:04:24. > :04:29.What's the police service's assessment of that?
:04:30. > :04:34.The police have always been concerned dissidents will try to
:04:35. > :04:38.fill the political vacuum. We are not working on the bases this was
:04:39. > :04:42.something organised quickly on the spot due to the collapse of the
:04:43. > :04:47.assembly. We have to remember this is the series of attacks in Belfast
:04:48. > :04:52.in recent years. There have been attacks and attempted attacks using
:04:53. > :04:55.AK-47 rifles, home-made rocket launchers, home-made bombs, it is
:04:56. > :04:58.the latest in a pattern rather than a one-off. The Chief Constable
:04:59. > :05:02.George Hamilton said he does not believe this is opportunistic that
:05:03. > :05:05.something well planned. Those who carried out this attack are likely
:05:06. > :05:09.to have been watching these police officers for some time looking for
:05:10. > :05:14.signs. The properly carried out some kind of dry run to check afterwords.
:05:15. > :05:19.Not the kind of attack planned very quickly in response to what happened
:05:20. > :05:23.in Stormont in the past week or two. Police will be concerned that this
:05:24. > :05:25.has been in the planning for quite some time. Thank you.
:05:26. > :05:27.Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill said today she is "following in
:05:28. > :05:30.The current Health Minister is replacing Martin McGuinness
:05:31. > :05:32.as the party's leader north of the border.
:05:33. > :05:35.At a news conference this afternoon she said she had never been afraid
:05:36. > :05:37.of a challenge and never afraid to act.
:05:38. > :05:48.BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson takes at look at the new leader.
:05:49. > :05:53.His report contains flash photography.
:05:54. > :06:00.A new generation and a new era for Sinn Fein. The leadership role of
:06:01. > :06:05.the assembly and to Michelle O'Neill. It is a big day and for me
:06:06. > :06:09.when I was growing up in Tyrone as a teenager, if anyone had ever said to
:06:10. > :06:12.me that at some stage in the future I would be leading Sinn Fein in the
:06:13. > :06:17.north, I would not have believed them. I have worked with Martin
:06:18. > :06:20.throughout all of my adult life. I have no doubt I am following in the
:06:21. > :06:29.footsteps of the political giant. The man is a legend. He said if you
:06:30. > :06:37.words himself. I haven't gone away, you know.
:06:38. > :06:45.CHEERING I am overjoyed she is our leader and
:06:46. > :06:46.overjoyed she is my leader. She will have my fullest wholehearted
:06:47. > :06:48.dedicated and committed support. Michelle O'Neill knows that
:06:49. > :06:50.all eyes are on her now. Her life may never quite
:06:51. > :06:55.be the same again. She worked her way through the ranks
:06:56. > :06:58.of Sinn Fein at Dungannon Council Here she is ten years ago arriving
:06:59. > :07:11.in her new office at Stormont. My two kids are 13 and eight and
:07:12. > :07:15.loving that I'm coming here today. All excited this morning and up
:07:16. > :07:17.early this morning for money's first day at work.
:07:18. > :07:19.She later became Agriculture Minister and clearly impressed
:07:20. > :07:23.So much so that she was given the Health Ministry
:07:24. > :07:26.at the last election, a spot she seemed to relish.
:07:27. > :07:36.I am just delighted. She says she is also very proud to come from County
:07:37. > :07:40.Tyrone and this is her home village. People in the village who know her
:07:41. > :07:46.and let's leave that everyone does say she has three interests, her
:07:47. > :07:50.family, the local GAA club and of course politics. She comes from a
:07:51. > :07:57.strong Republican family in east Tyrone and as popular here. All the
:07:58. > :08:05.best. Sinn Fein councillor runs the local pub. There is no better person
:08:06. > :08:13.for the job. I think Arlene Foster needs to watch yourself. Michelle is
:08:14. > :08:14.very capable. When it comes to crisis management, Michelle O'Neill
:08:15. > :08:17.now faces her biggest challenge. The biggest manufacturer of wood
:08:18. > :08:20.pellets in Northern Ireland has confirmed that it shared information
:08:21. > :08:24.about proposed tariff changes in the RHI scheme two months before
:08:25. > :08:29.they were officially announced. Balcas, based in Ballinamallard,
:08:30. > :08:33.County Fermanagh said there was "nothing
:08:34. > :08:36.sinister" in the move. It said it was not aware at any
:08:37. > :08:39.stage that the information it had Here's our agriculture
:08:40. > :08:55.and environment correspondent, Company-mac is a big player in the
:08:56. > :09:00.wood pellet business and makes and sells 150,000 tonnes of boiler fuel
:09:01. > :09:05.every year. In County Fermanagh and Scotland. It is an industry leader.
:09:06. > :09:09.Now it's emerged in July 2015 it circulated information that had been
:09:10. > :09:13.given about proposed changes to the tariff several months before they
:09:14. > :09:16.were publicly announced. Last week, the permanent Secretary of the
:09:17. > :09:20.Department for the economy doctor Andrew McCormick said e-mails he had
:09:21. > :09:31.been sent anonymously should the industry knew in advance about the
:09:32. > :09:33.changes. He said that information appear to have come from officials
:09:34. > :09:35.in his department. The consequences are very serious because this shows
:09:36. > :09:38.there was premature awareness of the potential for the tariff to be
:09:39. > :09:43.reduced and the message went within the sector quick. The BBC has seen
:09:44. > :09:48.two e-mails apparently circulated within the renewables industry in
:09:49. > :09:50.July 20 15. Today, company-mac confirmed one of them had been
:09:51. > :09:53.written by a member of its management at a time when
:09:54. > :09:58.departmental officials were working on plans to make the scheme less
:09:59. > :10:01.profitable. In the e-mail, the manager passed on information to one
:10:02. > :10:04.renewables company which apparently came from another and were said to
:10:05. > :10:20.have spoken to a senior departmental official. The Balcas manager said...
:10:21. > :10:21.Referring to the possibility of a two tier tariff, the manager
:10:22. > :10:37.added... Following questions from the BBC
:10:38. > :10:41.about the e-mail, Balcas and a statement this morning and said it
:10:42. > :10:44.was passing on information from the department that was responsible in a
:10:45. > :10:50.scheme that had been heavily promoted. The company underlined at
:10:51. > :10:53.no time was that information presented as confidential.
:10:54. > :11:04.Acknowledging that serious error in the scheme led to the potential for
:11:05. > :11:07.abuse, it said... We asked the Department for the economy if any
:11:08. > :11:11.action had been taken in respect of its official named in the e-mail. A
:11:12. > :11:12.spokesperson said as the issue was under investigation it would be
:11:13. > :11:14.inappropriate to comment. Assembly Members have been debating
:11:15. > :11:17.the Economy Minister's plan to cut the projected ?490 million loss
:11:18. > :11:20.to the public purse Our political editor Mark Devenport
:11:21. > :11:27.is at Parliament Buildings. Is there any conclusion
:11:28. > :11:29.yet to the debate about the renewable heat scheme,
:11:30. > :11:38.Mark? No. This was a scheme at the start
:11:39. > :11:40.debating last week when they thought the Secretary of State Michael
:11:41. > :11:46.Stoney assembly quickly. They got extra time and were able to adjourn,
:11:47. > :11:51.come back to the debate. Simon Hamilton's ideas today. They started
:11:52. > :11:56.at half past 12 today. During the course of the day we heard the
:11:57. > :12:01.special adviser came up with the basic idea of cutting the cost of
:12:02. > :12:04.this scheme which is projected to lose ?490 million but will be a lot
:12:05. > :12:08.less of the adopted these regulations. We heard from the
:12:09. > :12:14.former minister Jonathan Bell who was talking about special advisers,
:12:15. > :12:19.he was accusing DUP rises of delaying the closure of the scheme.
:12:20. > :12:23.He said the study about the senior GDP special adviser Timothy
:12:24. > :12:28.Johnston. Members on the DV benchers to my left kept open because Timothy
:12:29. > :12:33.Johnston's brother was installing the boilers. I am not getting into
:12:34. > :12:37.who is what family member was in Stormont. If these members to the
:12:38. > :12:41.left have information they are not going to try and felt it through me,
:12:42. > :12:46.they've got to stand up and tell it like I had to stand up and tell it.
:12:47. > :12:50.We got a complete denial from the DUP that allegation from their
:12:51. > :12:53.former minister. They said Timothy Johnston's brother does not and
:12:54. > :12:58.never has installed boilers, does not reckon the sector and has not
:12:59. > :13:01.been involved in any renewable heat incentives. We challenged Mr Bell to
:13:02. > :13:01.produce a shred of evidence outside the chamber.
:13:02. > :13:04.DUP figures have previously declared interests in the scheme.
:13:05. > :13:11.What's the development this evening with the Ulster Unionists?
:13:12. > :13:15.Over the weekend, Jim Wells said four of his relatives were
:13:16. > :13:22.recipients in the scheme. Tonight the Ulster Unionist Party said the
:13:23. > :13:26.aunt and uncle of the MLA were also recipients in their family business
:13:27. > :13:28.and they said a former Ella -- MLA had a wood pellet boiler in his
:13:29. > :13:29.family business as well. The new Sinn Fein leader,
:13:30. > :13:32.how is her appointment likely to go down with Sinn Fein,
:13:33. > :13:41.their supporters and other It certainly seemed to energise the
:13:42. > :13:45.Sinn Fein supporters gathered in the gallery here at Stormont when the
:13:46. > :13:48.announcement was made. It was presented as a generational change.
:13:49. > :13:52.It will be a challenging time over the next three teams first Michelle
:13:53. > :13:55.O'Neill she will have to go and fight an election campaign and it
:13:56. > :13:58.will be interesting to see how the party divvies up the various demands
:13:59. > :14:05.between manifesto launches and debates between her and other senior
:14:06. > :14:07.members. Tonight another women party leader of the Alliance party
:14:08. > :14:12.congratulated Michelle O'Neill saying she trusts she is willing to
:14:13. > :14:15.work with others and see stability restored in these institutions.
:14:16. > :14:19.Michelle O'Neill answered, thank you, I am committed to making the
:14:20. > :14:23.institution worked on the basis of equality, respect and integrity.
:14:24. > :14:25.You're watching BBC Newsline and still ahead:
:14:26. > :14:27.The families of three children with a muscle wasting disease
:14:28. > :14:38.want to know why they haven't access to a potentially life changing drug.
:14:39. > :14:40.A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a woman
:14:41. > :14:45.Anita Downey was found dead at a house on Friday morning.
:14:46. > :14:51.Louise Cullen reports from the court.
:14:52. > :15:02.charged with murdering Anita Downey. to Lisburn Magistrates' Court to be
:15:03. > :15:05.David Lyness, with an address at Toberhewny Hall in Lurgan,
:15:06. > :15:08.spoke only to confirm his name and that he understood the charge.
:15:09. > :15:11.The solicitor told the court there would be no bail application today.
:15:12. > :15:13.The police were called to a house in Toberhewny Hall
:15:14. > :15:15.in Lurgan in the early hours of Friday morning.
:15:16. > :15:18.There, the body of Anita Downey was found and a murder
:15:19. > :15:21.No further details were given in court and Mr Lyness
:15:22. > :15:29.He'll appear again by video link in Craigavon next month.
:15:30. > :15:32.A man died in an overnight car crash on the dual carriageway
:15:33. > :15:37.No other vehicle was involved in the incident near Ballyrobert.
:15:38. > :15:40.A 94-year-old woman has died in a house fire in County Armagh.
:15:41. > :15:44.Fire crews were called to Bay View in Jonesborough at around half
:15:45. > :15:50.The police say it's thought the fire was not started deliberately.
:15:51. > :15:53.In County Down, the Fire Service says a fatal blaze at a flat
:15:54. > :16:01.A man died in the fire at Ardmillan Crescent in Newtownards.
:16:02. > :16:03.A man who sexually assaulted three young girls in a public swimming
:16:04. > :16:09.pool in Enniskillen has been jailed for seven months.
:16:10. > :16:15.Cristian Diaz, who is 35 years old and originally from Spain,
:16:16. > :16:17.moved to the town two years ago to improve his English.
:16:18. > :16:20.Here's our south-west reporter Julian Fowler.
:16:21. > :16:24.This is the man who abused three young girls while they were
:16:25. > :16:27.swimming, arriving at court accompanied by his sisters.
:16:28. > :16:31.The parents of his victims were also in court to see him sentenced.
:16:32. > :16:33.As one mother told me afterwards, "He came
:16:34. > :16:39.in here as Cristian Diaz, he's going out as a registered sex offender."
:16:40. > :16:42.He touched the children, who were aged nine, ten and 11,
:16:43. > :16:44.in three separate incidents two years ago at the Lakeland
:16:45. > :16:50.The judge said the swimming pool was a place "where children should
:16:51. > :16:53.have been able to feel safe and where parents allow
:16:54. > :16:58.He said the attacks had left the girls "understandably confused,
:16:59. > :17:03.distressed and upset at what had happened to them."
:17:04. > :17:05.A defence lawyer said that Diaz had described what had happened
:17:06. > :17:09."as the greatest mistake of my life."
:17:10. > :17:11.Diaz was given a 14-month sentence, half to be served in prison,
:17:12. > :17:16.and was put on the sex offenders register for ten years.
:17:17. > :17:18.The parents of the three children watched as Diaz
:17:19. > :17:24.shrugged his shoulders before being led away in handcuffs.
:17:25. > :17:27.They thanked the police and also paid tribute
:17:28. > :17:29.to their young children, saying that they were very brave
:17:30. > :17:32.to come forward and should be very proud of themselves in helping
:17:33. > :17:42.to stop further harm to members of the public.
:17:43. > :17:45.An inquest is being held into the death of an 81-year-old
:17:46. > :17:55.woman who was critically injured in a fire at a care home.
:17:56. > :17:58.She was regularly given cigarettes and a lighter and supervised.
:17:59. > :18:00.Kathleen Fegan was at Owenvale Court in west Belfast.
:18:01. > :18:13.Kathleen Fegan was 81 and died any fire at Owenvale Court care home in
:18:14. > :18:17.2012 which the police said was accidental. She had been living in
:18:18. > :18:22.the year -- care home for six months. At the time of her death,
:18:23. > :18:25.here at the home was provided by the Saint John of God Association. The
:18:26. > :18:31.inquest was told on a number of occasions Kathleen Fegan was seen
:18:32. > :18:35.smoking in areas she wasn't meant to be including her bedroom. The
:18:36. > :18:39.inquest also heard that she burnt her underwear and trousers and left
:18:40. > :18:42.cigarette buts burning in her bedroom then. Despite this, she was
:18:43. > :18:47.regularly given more than one cigarette at a time and a lighter.
:18:48. > :18:53.Giving evidence today was brother Michael who was acting manager at
:18:54. > :18:57.Owenvale Court care home between 2010 and January 20 12. The coroner
:18:58. > :19:00.enquired as to the appropriateness of simply having a conversation
:19:01. > :19:05.about the dangers of smoking in a bedroom with a woman who had
:19:06. > :19:09.dementia. Brother told the court he believed all steps were taken to
:19:10. > :19:15.protect Kathleen Fegan. Asked if she fully understood the smoking rules,
:19:16. > :19:20.her brother replied no. -- brother Newman replied, no, she was not able
:19:21. > :19:21.to understand the rules. The inquest continues tomorrow.
:19:22. > :19:23.The families of three children who suffer from a severe
:19:24. > :19:26.muscle wasting disease want the Belfast Trust to tell them why
:19:27. > :19:29.they're being denied access to a potentially life changing drug.
:19:30. > :19:32.Another child has already started the treatment, which at present
:19:33. > :19:41.Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.
:19:42. > :19:44.Three-year-old Caoilte Fitzsimmons has spinal muscular atrophy or SMA
:19:45. > :19:46.type 1, whcih means her breathing and mobility
:19:47. > :20:00.She's one of four children in Northern Ireland who have it.
:20:01. > :20:11.She has a really tough life. If she takes a cold, it could kill her. She
:20:12. > :20:13.did take pneumonia. She was in hospital a couple of weeks ago and
:20:14. > :20:19.was really bad. She just trips on. After years of trials,
:20:20. > :20:22.a drug's become available Nusinersen arrived in
:20:23. > :20:25.Northern Ireland in December. While one child has started
:20:26. > :20:27.the treatment, the other families are calling
:20:28. > :20:43.on the Belfast Health Trust to What's your favourite television
:20:44. > :20:51.programme? Horrid Henry. Bye horrid Henry! We don't know what's going on
:20:52. > :20:53.with the funding. Whether it's political. We not been told straight
:20:54. > :20:53.answers. It's early days for this drug,
:20:54. > :20:56.but it's understood to have been fast tracked not only due
:20:57. > :20:59.to the severity of the condition but also because scientists
:21:00. > :21:01.believe that the earlier these children get it,
:21:02. > :21:04.the better impact it will have. But while their timing is crucial,
:21:05. > :21:06.according to these families, no-one is rushing to
:21:07. > :21:12.answer their questions. In an e-mail seen by the BBC,
:21:13. > :21:15.a doctor tells a family For instance, to deliver the drug,
:21:16. > :21:19.an anaesthetist, medical staff This would mean extra resources
:21:20. > :21:28.at the Children's Hospital, The e-mail went on to say that
:21:29. > :21:32.while the drug is free, in the future the ongoing
:21:33. > :21:34.costs would be huge and the Children's Hospital staff
:21:35. > :21:36.can't make that decision. It concluded that the current
:21:37. > :21:47.instability at Stormont could mean I was angry, especially with
:21:48. > :21:54.everything going on at Stormont just now. An election that is not even
:21:55. > :21:56.needed. There are kids lives at risk.
:21:57. > :21:58.The Belfast Healh Trust said the criteria around unlicensed
:21:59. > :22:00.drugs is strict and based on clinical need.
:22:01. > :22:07.It also said it hasn't been officially approved.
:22:08. > :22:10.Sports next with gavin andrews and he starts with rugby.
:22:11. > :22:14.Uncapped brothers Niall and Rory Scannell have fought their way
:22:15. > :22:17.into Ireland's 40-man 6 Nations squad thanks to their impressive
:22:18. > :22:22.Their provincial teammate Andrew Conway completes
:22:23. > :22:28.Captain Rory Best is one of eight Ulster players named and is joined
:22:29. > :22:33.The backs include Tommy Bowe, Craig Gilroy, Paddy Jackson,
:22:34. > :22:37.Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey and Andrew Trimble.
:22:38. > :22:39.And seven of those players featured in the 26 points
:22:40. > :22:42.to 22 defeat to Bordeaux in the European Champions
:22:43. > :22:46.Ulster finished bottom of their pool and have now lost
:22:47. > :22:48.nine of their last 13 games in all competitions.
:22:49. > :23:01.Ulster where playing for pride on Saturday but again it was their
:23:02. > :23:07.inconsistency that proved to be their downfall. That is sensational
:23:08. > :23:15.work. They showed glimpses of their attacking class. But ultimately the
:23:16. > :23:19.French visitors powered past the Ulstermen. Is just not good enough
:23:20. > :23:25.what is being produced there on the pitch at the moment. I don't know
:23:26. > :23:30.why. If you think what we currently have is going to compete against the
:23:31. > :23:34.top people. We just can't seem to do that. We have to do something
:23:35. > :23:41.different, we can't continue to be the same mistakes. And when it came
:23:42. > :23:47.to the crunch, it was mistakes from the home side that handed the
:23:48. > :23:50.friendly win. Ulster have three weeks to re-evaluate and rest before
:23:51. > :23:52.the vital pro 12 running begins. Ireland's women's hockey team have
:23:53. > :23:54.won the World League 2 tournament in Kuala Lumpur,
:23:55. > :23:56.beating hosts Malaysia Ulster's Zoe Wilson scoring
:23:57. > :24:02.the third goal of the game. Ireland advance to the World League
:24:03. > :24:04.semi-finals tournament, where their target will be
:24:05. > :24:08.qualification for This year's McKenna Cup Final
:24:09. > :24:13.will see Derry take on the holders Derry beat Down in yesterday's
:24:14. > :24:18.semi-final by two goals and 12 While Tyrone overcame
:24:19. > :24:24.Fermanagh by 14 points to 11 and Mickey Harte's side will now
:24:25. > :24:27.attempt to win the trophy for a sixth year in a row
:24:28. > :24:40.in what is a repeat We are coming at this again from
:24:41. > :24:44.different places, both our teams will have changed in various places
:24:45. > :24:47.since that game. I suppose we've learnt a lot over the last 12
:24:48. > :24:55.months. It is just another challenge. It's almost a derby game.
:24:56. > :25:00.It's one I'm sure the people playing against each other will do well in.
:25:01. > :25:08.The European tour have confirmed Rory McIlroy will not be playing in
:25:09. > :25:09.the Dubai to your next week as he continues to recover from his rib
:25:10. > :25:11.injury. Cecilia Daly has the
:25:12. > :25:25.latest weather details. It is on the change again. Still not
:25:26. > :25:29.an awful lot of rain to come. It has been considerably drive. We've had
:25:30. > :25:35.lovely sunshine over the weekend. That led to frosty nights. This
:25:36. > :25:41.morning this is how much of County Down looked. Temperatures fell to
:25:42. > :25:44.minus seven. This coming night it is all change because the cloud will be
:25:45. > :25:49.increasing from the west, the breeze picking up and we've got rain coming
:25:50. > :25:53.in mostly during the early hours, nothing too heavy that it will be
:25:54. > :25:57.damp and blustery by the end of the night, also milder with no frost.
:25:58. > :26:02.Milder tomorrow, no worries about scraping the car windscreen. You
:26:03. > :26:06.will need your umbrella because that will be damp and drizzly through the
:26:07. > :26:12.rush hour, grey and gloomy, low cloud over the health and fog over
:26:13. > :26:16.high-level routes. From the temperatures first thing, well up
:26:17. > :26:19.around seven or 8 degrees. Most of the persistent rain will move away
:26:20. > :26:24.quickly, there could still be odd spot on and off during the day but
:26:25. > :26:28.largely dry, quite breezy, breaks in the cloud up towards the north coast
:26:29. > :26:35.but fairly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be in double
:26:36. > :26:40.figures. We will keep that milder cloudy breezy weather. Drizzle here
:26:41. > :26:44.and there. Temperatures staying up so no frost. On Wednesday, not an
:26:45. > :26:49.awful lot changing, a brisk southerly wind, and blustery again.
:26:50. > :26:54.A lot of dry weather to come and milder with temperatures up to 10
:26:55. > :26:58.degrees. Rain threatening the west late in the day, that is a weather
:26:59. > :27:02.front. That weather front will stay to the west of us but you will
:27:03. > :27:06.notice there are a lot of lines on the chart which means it will
:27:07. > :27:09.continue to be fairly windy. Not much rain to come after tonight
:27:10. > :27:14.through the rest of the week. The wind will feel cold as the week goes
:27:15. > :27:17.on but it was still continued to keep the frost awake and it also
:27:18. > :27:29.means unfortunately we will have a lot of cloud in our forecast as
:27:30. > :27:31.well. Hopefully you got to enjoy the sunshine that was around the
:27:32. > :27:33.weekend. Some milder weather on the way. Not much in the way of rain
:27:34. > :27:37.after tonight but very little frost. You can also keep in contact with us
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