:00:00. > :00:14.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:15. > :00:19.Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:
:00:20. > :00:22.The Director of Public Prosecutions hits back at critics
:00:23. > :00:38.It isn't something to this office and to the lawyers -- insulting who
:00:39. > :00:39.do their work daily with absolute integrity.
:00:40. > :00:41.A former Army colonel says he was a "kind
:00:42. > :00:43.of torturer" when serving here during the Troubles.
:00:44. > :00:48.Three people escape injury in a pipe bombing at a house in Londonderry.
:00:49. > :00:50.Why the price of fruit and veg prices, bus fares
:00:51. > :01:02.A little bit of Northern Ireland comes to Las Vegas as Carl Frampton
:01:03. > :01:08.prepares for his world title defence at the weekend.
:01:09. > :01:10.And the cold wind will ease over the next 24 hours,
:01:11. > :01:13.but unfortunately we replace it with some rain.
:01:14. > :01:24.The Director of Public Prosecutions has hit back at critics who have
:01:25. > :01:29.accused him of treating former soldiers unfairly
:01:30. > :01:33.by deciding to prosecute some for Troubles related killings.
:01:34. > :01:38.Barra McGrory says they've insulted him and his team.
:01:39. > :01:41.Our home affairs correspondant Vincent Kearney asked him to respond
:01:42. > :01:45.to claims that he's not impartial because, as a solicitor,
:01:46. > :01:47.he represnted the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams
:01:48. > :02:02.Mystified is the mildest way I can put it because anyone who is
:02:03. > :02:08.informed about these matters would know that as a professional lawyer
:02:09. > :02:14.you represent anybody who seek the representation from you. I have been
:02:15. > :02:20.a professional lawyer for 30 years during which period I have
:02:21. > :02:26.represented many paramilitaries, Republic paramilitaries, members of
:02:27. > :02:30.the DUP, members of Sinn Fein, I have represented a broad
:02:31. > :02:34.cross-section of people. Who I have represented in the past really has
:02:35. > :02:40.nothing to do with it. As Director of Public Prosecutions now, do you
:02:41. > :02:44.view that criticism as an attempt to influence your decision making, an
:02:45. > :02:51.attempt to put pressure on you not to prosecute former soldiers? I
:02:52. > :02:54.can't speak for the motivation of people who say such things but some
:02:55. > :02:58.of them ought to know better. If you're not trying to influence me,
:02:59. > :03:04.then the are certainly being personally insulting and the
:03:05. > :03:13.questioning my integrity. What concerns me more about that is it
:03:14. > :03:17.isn't something to this office -- insulting and two lawyers who work
:03:18. > :03:21.here and do their work daily with absolute integrity and to be
:03:22. > :03:27.bettered ability. I am personally offended by the remarks but I am
:03:28. > :03:31.more offended on behalf of of the individuals who work for the public
:03:32. > :03:34.positives in service and who do a fantastic job. I think those making
:03:35. > :03:41.the comments ought to think a bit more carefully before the speak.
:03:42. > :03:43.Credit card questioned how you can decide to charge former soldiers
:03:44. > :03:49.were one of your predecessors said there was insufficient evidence to
:03:50. > :03:51.merit a prosecution. They have said you have reached a different
:03:52. > :03:58.conclusion based on the evidence that was considered previously. That
:03:59. > :04:03.inaccurate, Vincent. In each of the three soldiers cases which this
:04:04. > :04:09.office has examined there has been new evidence, whether that be
:04:10. > :04:14.evidence which has been forthcoming, following an inquest and referred to
:04:15. > :04:20.me by the coroner, the powers available to coroners, or new
:04:21. > :04:26.evidence obtained by PSN eye in the context of its investigations or in
:04:27. > :04:32.any other context through forensic evidence which has emerged through a
:04:33. > :04:38.variety of routes since the original decision was taken. Anyone who has
:04:39. > :04:41.said that this is the retaking of a decision in respect of which nothing
:04:42. > :04:42.else has changed is quite simply wrong.
:04:43. > :04:44.The Director of Public Prosecutions speaking to Vincent Kearney.
:04:45. > :04:55.Politicians have been divided on what Mr McGrory said.
:04:56. > :05:02.And the legacy issue. There is a disproportionate evidence --
:05:03. > :05:05.emphasis. Those people who have suffered as a result of terrorism
:05:06. > :05:09.engagement aren't having their cases looked at all. As a consequence of
:05:10. > :05:13.that, when the cases are investigated and sent up to the DUP,
:05:14. > :05:16.he is making decisions in relation to the evidence that is brought to
:05:17. > :05:21.him. Meanwhile the other cases aren't being looked at all. There is
:05:22. > :05:23.a difficulty in terms of proportionality and there is
:05:24. > :05:29.certainly a difficulty in relation to balance the needs to be
:05:30. > :05:35.addressed. They are bound to be absolutely without practice and
:05:36. > :05:44.unbiased, I believe that's 40 years. I don't even know any of the names
:05:45. > :05:48.of the other people. But you try and attack that institution on the basis
:05:49. > :05:55.that a small number, less than three soldiers, it may have been charged
:05:56. > :06:02.and one or two of them, it is a pointless attack. It's not an
:06:03. > :06:06.accusation, it's the perception on the streets from the large
:06:07. > :06:10.proportion of this committee and if the perception is that the
:06:11. > :06:14.investigations are against one particular group then there is an
:06:15. > :06:18.issue here. That has to be addressed. I had a number of
:06:19. > :06:22.meetings with Barra McGrory when I was Minister of justice and he was
:06:23. > :06:25.doing his job as he was supposed to do, in partially considering the
:06:26. > :06:26.evidence put before him by the police, when the cases were brought
:06:27. > :06:28.to him. Campaigners for victims
:06:29. > :06:30.of the Birmingham pub bombings have been told their lawyers will be able
:06:31. > :06:33.to apply for legal aid. The Government has intervened
:06:34. > :06:35.to remove legal barriers which had stopped their Northern Ireland based
:06:36. > :06:37.solicitors from The inquests into the deaths of 21
:06:38. > :06:42.people who were killed by the IRA in November 1974 are due to resume
:06:43. > :06:49.later this year. A former army officer has said
:06:50. > :06:52.he was a "kind of torturer" when it came to interrogating terrorist
:06:53. > :06:56.suspects during the Troubles. Bob Stewart, who is now an MP,
:06:57. > :07:00.was reacting to remarks by the US President Donald Trump about the use
:07:01. > :07:02.of waterboarding when questioning Before entering the world
:07:03. > :07:12.of politics, MP Bob Stewart The outspoken former army
:07:13. > :07:17.colonel came to prominence However, it's remarks he made
:07:18. > :07:22.about his time as an officer serving in Northern Ireland
:07:23. > :07:24.during the Troubles that have The Conservative MP was speaking
:07:25. > :07:42.on BBC radio earlier today. I was a soldier in north Belfast.
:07:43. > :07:48.There were forbidden techniques introduced in 1977, some of which I
:07:49. > :07:56.had used prior to that. Sleep deprivation. In a way, technically,
:07:57. > :08:00.as you look at it today, I was the kind of the torturer. Of course, it
:08:01. > :08:05.was acceptable then. It is no unacceptable. -- now with.
:08:06. > :08:08.The UK Government authorised the use of five interrogation methods
:08:09. > :08:10.during the early years of the Troubles, but this
:08:11. > :08:13.A man who was arrested and claimed he was waterboarding
:08:14. > :08:19.during questioning spoke to the BBC about it a few years ago.
:08:20. > :08:26.The water torture, putting a gun against my head and seeing if I
:08:27. > :08:27.didn't admit to killing a soldier they would have shot me dead.
:08:28. > :08:30.A group known as the hooded men have been challenging the authorities
:08:31. > :08:32.here over allegation of torture after they were
:08:33. > :08:39.And that campaign is still going through the legal process.
:08:40. > :08:52.Belfast City Council wants 66,000 more people to live here but is a
:08:53. > :08:55.bigger city a better city? GPs have been saying for some time
:08:56. > :08:59.that the profession is entering a "perfect storm" over problems
:09:00. > :09:02.with recruitment and Yesterday their union voted
:09:03. > :09:06.to ballot members on practices leaving the health service -
:09:07. > :09:09.a move that would mean As our health correspondent
:09:10. > :09:15.Marie-Louise Connolly reports, the fact that an increasing number
:09:16. > :09:17.of doctors are choosing to remain as locums is only
:09:18. > :09:23.adding to the problem. Conan Castles is typical
:09:24. > :09:26.of a growing number of GPs. As one of over 400 locums
:09:27. > :09:30.in Northern Ireland, he doesn't have a permanent position
:09:31. > :09:43.and instead opts to fill As a locum, I still see patients as
:09:44. > :09:45.any GP would and it means I can spend most of my time dealing with
:09:46. > :09:45.their medical problems. But Dr Castles also represents
:09:46. > :09:48.the growing number of GPs who don't want the same responsibilities
:09:49. > :09:50.and burdens as their forefathers. Such a move is forcing
:09:51. > :10:03.practices to adjust. There are a lot of negatives. A
:10:04. > :10:10.large financial burden, especially people in retirement, spiralling
:10:11. > :10:13.workload, taking away from tiny could be seeing patients. The
:10:14. > :10:17.flexibility being a locum allows me to pick and choose when I want to
:10:18. > :10:18.work and the time I can take off for holiday and see family is a big
:10:19. > :10:19.plus. The British Medical Association has
:10:20. > :10:21.been warning of the perfect storm for some time over a lack
:10:22. > :10:24.of funding and recruitment. They say they're so frustrated that
:10:25. > :10:26.yesterday they voted to take another step closer to actually leaving
:10:27. > :10:29.the health service by asking members That means they'd work independently
:10:30. > :10:35.and charge patients, While that may never
:10:36. > :10:41.happen as we have already reported, what is unfolding
:10:42. > :10:44.at Bannview Practice in Portadown is a real sign that
:10:45. > :10:47.General Practice is in trouble. It's become the first local practice
:10:48. > :10:50.to be managed and funded by a health trust as opposed
:10:51. > :10:59.to being owned by GPs. This step away from how things have
:11:00. > :11:01.been traditionally done is difficult But with 15 local doctors
:11:02. > :11:07.due to retire in March, This GP due to retire in two years,
:11:08. > :11:25.he's not confident about finding Young doctor is quite rightly want
:11:26. > :11:30.to value their worklife balance, devalue their home life, they are
:11:31. > :11:35.not really willing to commit to the time and work commitment that is
:11:36. > :11:37.needed to be a partner in practice, particularly when they could earn
:11:38. > :11:38.more or less the same money working as a locum.
:11:39. > :11:40.General Practice is facing an uncertain future.
:11:41. > :11:43.GPs now have to decide whether to support tradition or play a new role
:11:44. > :11:54.But we will be keeping a close eye on what happens with GPs in the
:11:55. > :11:56.weeks and months ahead. A man who died in a crash
:11:57. > :11:59.on the Westlink yesterday afternoon was 69-year-old Victor Shaw
:12:00. > :12:01.from north Belfast. The accident happened in the lane
:12:02. > :12:04.out of the city near Roden Street. The road was closed for several
:12:05. > :12:07.hours during the afternoon Another man died on
:12:08. > :12:11.the roads last night. His motorbike was involved
:12:12. > :12:13.in a crash with another vehicle on the Lough Fey Road near
:12:14. > :12:19.Cookstown. Two men and a woman escaped injury
:12:20. > :12:22.in a pipe bombing on a house Terrified neighbours say it left
:12:23. > :12:28.their children deeply traumatised. Here's our north-west
:12:29. > :12:42.reporter, Keiron Tourish. Police were carrying out an
:12:43. > :12:46.extensive search of the gardens in the mainly Loyalist Irish street
:12:47. > :12:51.after this pipe bomb attack last night. Two men and two women escaped
:12:52. > :12:55.injury after the device exploded at 20 past ten in the garden of a
:12:56. > :13:01.house. People say they were left badly shaken. The remnants of the
:13:02. > :13:05.device were removed by army bomb experts. John lives two doors away
:13:06. > :13:12.with his heavily pregnant wife and their two girls, aged five and
:13:13. > :13:17.seven. What ever was throwing meet a bang, the rest of it was lying. We
:13:18. > :13:22.thought the whole thing might have went off so we didn't know what to
:13:23. > :13:26.do. The children were terrorised and scared to come back to the house
:13:27. > :13:32.this morning. My wife is pregnant and I thought there was going to be
:13:33. > :13:38.an early delivery last night. We're going to see if she can see her
:13:39. > :13:42.doctor today. Up to 40 people were moved to a nearby community centre.
:13:43. > :13:45.Detectives investigating this attack have issued an appeal for
:13:46. > :13:51.information, they want to hear from anyone who noticed any suspicious
:13:52. > :13:53.activity in this area around 10pm last night to get in touch.
:13:54. > :13:55.Three men, including the Lurgan republican Colin Duffy,
:13:56. > :13:59.will stand trial later this year on a range of terrorist related
:14:00. > :14:03.offences connected to a gun attack on police officers in north
:14:04. > :14:12.49-year-old Colin Duffy, from Forest Glade in Lurgan,
:14:13. > :14:16.is accused of directing terrorism and belonging to a banned
:14:17. > :14:23.His co-accused, 55-year-old Alex McCrory of Sliabh Dubh View
:14:24. > :14:28.In addition, McCrory and a third man, 48-year-old
:14:29. > :14:31.Henry Fitzsimmons of no fixed abode, are charged with attempting
:14:32. > :14:36.to murder police officers and possessing ammunition.
:14:37. > :14:39.The charges are linked to a gun attack on a police patrol
:14:40. > :14:44.No-one was injured, but at least ten shots struck the vehicles.
:14:45. > :14:48.The court was told the three accused were secretly recorded
:14:49. > :14:53.the day after the shooting in a park in Lurgan.
:14:54. > :14:56.The court also heard that more covert recordings were made of Duffy
:14:57. > :15:04.They were released on continuing bail.
:15:05. > :15:07.The trial is expected to begin later this year and will last
:15:08. > :15:24.A mother refused bereavement allowance because she wasn't married
:15:25. > :15:30.to her partner who died is to take her case to the Supreme Court. She
:15:31. > :15:33.is from County Antrim and says she is the victim of discrimination. The
:15:34. > :15:40.Court of Appeal in Belfast has refused to allow her to take her
:15:41. > :15:41.case. She said she could petition it directly in London.
:15:42. > :15:49.We catch up with the local man he was off to London to take up a big
:15:50. > :15:52.job in the world of music. Belfast City Council wants more
:15:53. > :15:55.people to live in the city to try to bring the population up
:15:56. > :15:57.to pre-Troubles levels. They aim to have another
:15:58. > :15:59.66,000 residents BBC Newsline's Mark
:16:00. > :16:17.Simpson has more. 50 years ago, Belfast had a lot more
:16:18. > :16:22.people. They weren't just working shopping in the city, we lived in
:16:23. > :16:27.Belfast. Around 100,000 more people than live here now. The council is
:16:28. > :16:34.trying to get people back and it's got a number in mind, an extra
:16:35. > :16:37.66,000 by the year 2035. It looks ambitious but the council is
:16:38. > :16:41.confident of reaching its target. That takes Belfast back to where it
:16:42. > :16:46.was in terms of scale and when you look at other capital cities within
:16:47. > :16:49.the UK and beyond, there is a general urbanisation and gravitation
:16:50. > :16:55.towards the city. That is based on its role as an economic driver and
:16:56. > :16:58.when Belfast succeeds, we would suggest other parts of Northern
:16:59. > :17:01.Ireland succeed as well. Although there is no detail yet about the
:17:02. > :17:07.plan, the initial reaction has been positive. Blind we could have been
:17:08. > :17:12.doing this why this place has been blown apart 2030 years ago. We have
:17:13. > :17:19.a lot of catching up to do. We lost four decades in this city. I think
:17:20. > :17:22.it would be welcome, things are changing in the city over the last
:17:23. > :17:25.few decades and this is an opportunity to link it with the
:17:26. > :17:29.Belfast agenda and make sure community voices are heard and
:17:30. > :17:32.people's voices are heard in the future. More houses could mean an
:17:33. > :17:37.end to some of the wasteland around the city and there is plenty of
:17:38. > :17:41.that. Questions remain about who is going to paper at all and whether
:17:42. > :17:46.the infrastructure in Belfast could actually cope with a bigger city.
:17:47. > :17:52.That is all still to be worked out. A public consultation will begin
:17:53. > :17:55.soon. With power-sharing at Stormont in jeopardy, Belfast City Council
:17:56. > :17:59.could soon be the largest elected body in Northern Ireland. It has a
:18:00. > :18:03.lot of work to do and its role could soon be even more important.
:18:04. > :18:08.Fruit and veg, bus fares and beer are all getting more expensive -
:18:09. > :18:14.Some economists are predicating that inflation could hit 4%
:18:15. > :18:20.Part of the reason is the weakening of the pound, which makes our
:18:21. > :18:31.Here's our economics and business Editor John Campbell.
:18:32. > :18:40.Every week, this wholesaler imports at least 20 lorry loads of produce
:18:41. > :18:44.from mainland Europe. The pay their Spanish, French and Italian
:18:45. > :18:47.suppliers in euros. Since the Brexit vote, the pound has weakened
:18:48. > :18:55.substantially against the euro so for a business like this, the costs
:18:56. > :19:03.automatically increase. It has increased by 15%. We are having to
:19:04. > :19:09.absorb some of that cost, we have two pass on the cost to our
:19:10. > :19:12.customers. Bad weather in the key growing areas across Europe has also
:19:13. > :19:18.pushed up the price of fruit and veg. That is adding even more
:19:19. > :19:23.inflationary pressure. It is not just the price of food which is
:19:24. > :19:28.going up. The cost of... Has more than doubled from its record lows
:19:29. > :19:33.over the last year. That trend of rising prices is likely to continue
:19:34. > :19:37.to rate this year. The official stats shoe we have enjoyed very low
:19:38. > :19:41.inflation recently. In 2011, inflation was running at more than
:19:42. > :19:48.5%. It then headed on a long downward path. It was effectively
:19:49. > :19:54.zero for all of 2015 and not much higher for most of last year. It is
:19:55. > :19:57.now heading up. It is currently at 1.6% and could be above 3% by the
:19:58. > :20:04.end of the year. That will hit living standards. Motor insurance
:20:05. > :20:08.has risen by 10% year-on-year at the end of last month. Domestic heating
:20:09. > :20:12.oil is up by 35% over the last year. The more consumers have to spend on
:20:13. > :20:17.these goods, the less money they are going to have for other things. What
:20:18. > :20:21.we are going to see is a squeeze on your disposable incomes. The biggest
:20:22. > :20:25.problem will be for those on low fixed incomes, such as benefit
:20:26. > :20:32.claimants. That's because of a policy put in place by the last
:20:33. > :20:40.Chancellor. Worked age benefits for the next year. If you take on
:20:41. > :20:44.jobseeker's allowance, they got ?73 this year and they will continue to
:20:45. > :20:47.get that same amount of money up until 2020 and then that person has
:20:48. > :20:51.to cope with daily living expenses, keeping a roof over their head, food
:20:52. > :20:55.on the table, that is why year on year they are going to be
:20:56. > :20:58.effectively worse off. Some of the recent rises in fruit and veg prices
:20:59. > :21:03.could be reversed as the weather improves. But make no mistake,
:21:04. > :21:05.across the economy, prices are heading up.
:21:06. > :21:08.One of the biggest jobs in British music is being taken up by the man
:21:09. > :21:13.who's been in charge of opera here for the past six years.
:21:14. > :21:15.Oliver Mears is leaving Nortnern Ireland Opera
:21:16. > :21:20.the youngest ever director of London's Royal Opera House.
:21:21. > :21:23.Our arts correspondent Robbie Meredith caught up with him
:21:24. > :21:34.Final rehearsals for Northern Ireland Opera's new show
:21:35. > :21:37.Powder Her Face at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
:21:38. > :21:42.But also the last act for their director Oliver Mears.
:21:43. > :21:45.Fittingly, for a man who once put an opera singer among fans
:21:46. > :21:53.at Cliftonville football ground, he's leaving Northern Ireland
:21:54. > :21:55.for the music world's equivalent of Manchester United -
:21:56. > :22:04.the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
:22:05. > :22:11.We start with the staff of two, over the years we've gone up to five.
:22:12. > :22:15.It's a small staff and the scale was considerably bigger. The entire work
:22:16. > :22:19.for it is just over 1000 people and not all of those people work for the
:22:20. > :22:23.opera, some of them work pretty badly as well. A huge technical
:22:24. > :22:24.department, the chorus, the orchestra, it is a huge jump in
:22:25. > :22:24.scale. He came here as the first
:22:25. > :22:27.head of Northern Ireland And in that time he's
:22:28. > :22:39.tried to rid the art By taking work to places like
:22:40. > :22:43.Belfast zoo and to places like football grounds, it makes it clear
:22:44. > :22:44.that Opera can happen anywhere and can appeal to any kind of audience.
:22:45. > :22:47.Powder Her Face is an opera all about an aristocrat
:22:48. > :22:50.A fitting finale, as Oliver will face much more
:22:51. > :23:03.The principles are the same. It's about communicating, passion for
:23:04. > :23:07.this great artform and it's about conveying this idea that Opera is
:23:08. > :23:09.for everyone, it doesn't matter if it's small or big scale.
:23:10. > :23:11.It's his final curtain here, but Oliver Mears is set
:23:12. > :23:19.The Belfast boxer Carl Frampton says he's expecting between four and five
:23:20. > :23:24.thousand of his fans to be Las Vegas for his defence of the WBA title.
:23:25. > :23:29.He meets Leo Santa Cruz this weekend.
:23:30. > :23:31.Following their initial encounter last summer Frampton
:23:32. > :23:34.was named the prestigious Ring Magazine's Fighter of The Year.
:23:35. > :23:53.Head lining here on the world-famous Las Vegas strip is reserved for the
:23:54. > :23:57.biggest names in boxing and following his historic victory over
:23:58. > :24:02.Leo Santa Cruz in July, Karel Frampton joined that elite band of
:24:03. > :24:08.fighters. Over the next 48 hours, thousands of fanatical fans will
:24:09. > :24:13.arrive here in Nevada for what could prove to be a career defining night
:24:14. > :24:18.not just for the Belfast boxer but also for his Mexican opponent. Leo
:24:19. > :24:24.Santa Cruz lost his undefeated record and world title in the
:24:25. > :24:28.previous contest, but the Irish boxer maintains he learned more from
:24:29. > :24:42.their bite and his ability to adapt his tactics, the result this round
:24:43. > :24:45.will be exactly the same. If I can beat Leo Santa Cruz, that's even
:24:46. > :24:50.more impressive if I can do it in style. I can't wait to get going.
:24:51. > :24:55.How much of a bearing will the first might have on this one's it how will
:24:56. > :25:00.have an effect psychologically, I will have the edge. When I fight
:25:01. > :25:04.different opponents the second time I always improve. I believe I'm
:25:05. > :25:10.better at boxing them Leo Santa Cruz and I want to use that on the night.
:25:11. > :25:15.We will have all the big fight build-up on tomorrow's programme as
:25:16. > :25:19.the countdown continues to Frampton against Leo Santa Cruz part two, you
:25:20. > :25:24.can listen live on radio Ulster and BBC radio five live.
:25:25. > :25:44.Strong wind in places today. It was also pretty choppy in Ireland as
:25:45. > :25:49.well, big winds as well along parts of the east coast. Very cold gusty
:25:50. > :25:54.wind will still be strong in places tonight, especially towards the east
:25:55. > :26:01.coast, keeping the frost away but still feeling cold. Generally try
:26:02. > :26:05.tonight, mostly the rain will stay in Donegal tonight. It is going to
:26:06. > :26:08.come eastwards through the course of tomorrow. When the rain arrives, the
:26:09. > :26:14.wind will drop out and overall it won't feel just as cold. First
:26:15. > :26:18.thing, it can could still be breezy and not as windy as it was this
:26:19. > :26:23.morning. Some damp weather across parts of Tyrone and up to the
:26:24. > :26:27.north-west. Splashes of rain will come eastwards. You should get into
:26:28. > :26:33.work or school dry if you live in Belfast, County Antrim are County
:26:34. > :26:37.Down. The rain will move steadily eastwards as the morning early
:26:38. > :26:40.afternoon goes on. Expect if you hours of wet weather tomorrow. The
:26:41. > :26:45.wind drops out and temperatures will be higher than today. Overall, it
:26:46. > :26:51.will feel less cold than it did today and it will dry up across
:26:52. > :26:56.parts of the west before the day is finished. Tomorrow night, that rain
:26:57. > :27:00.clears away from the east coast. One hour to share is close to the east
:27:01. > :27:05.coast and the few showers in the west. Temperatures dropped to around
:27:06. > :27:09.freezing so one hour to icy patches. The weekend is trite bright and
:27:10. > :27:16.breezy on Saturday, a future risen the north-west. A bit of hail mixed
:27:17. > :27:22.in. On Sunday, it looks like it will start dry and chilly, some sunshine.
:27:23. > :27:25.Perhaps some rain from the site later in the day. Hopefully it will
:27:26. > :27:34.stay to the south. If you would like to comment on our
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