:00:10. > :00:12.Good evening, this is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines
:00:13. > :00:18.The DUP leader says she supports scrapping a blocking mechanism
:00:19. > :00:27.used dozens of times by her party at Stormont.
:00:28. > :00:31.What we needed to talk about after the election is getting rid of the
:00:32. > :00:32.petition of concern altogether. The Secretary of State rejects calls
:00:33. > :00:35.for him to stand aside as chair A rise in house prices
:00:36. > :00:38.across Northern Ireland, Inflation goes up again,
:00:39. > :00:42.mainly because of the Also on the programme: We're
:00:43. > :00:49.on the road again to hear what voters think of next month's
:00:50. > :01:05.Assembly election, this evening We need a change, something new at
:01:06. > :01:13.Stormont. It is still too entrenched and it is not the way forward. A
:01:14. > :01:15.shake-up in the Ulster Rugby coaching team with more to come.
:01:16. > :01:17.And tomorrow will feel noticeably milder as temperatures widely
:01:18. > :01:20.There'll even be a little bit of sunshine.
:01:21. > :01:27.I'll be back with your full forecast.
:01:28. > :01:29.The DUP has used a petition of concern, which is an Assembly
:01:30. > :01:32.veto, to stop votes on same sex marriage being passed
:01:33. > :01:34.and to prevent motions of no confidence going through.
:01:35. > :01:38.Today the party leader Arlene Foster told BBC Newsline
:01:39. > :01:42.she would like to see that veto scrapped.
:01:43. > :01:44.The procedure was originally designed as a way to safeguard
:01:45. > :01:49.But their use has become controversial.
:01:50. > :01:52.Our Political Correspondent, Stephen Walker, has been
:01:53. > :02:01.speaking to the DUP leader, Arlene Foster.
:02:02. > :02:06.Under the Good Friday Agreement, and even in the Assembly can be made
:02:07. > :02:11.dependent on the addition of concern. If it is supported by 30
:02:12. > :02:15.MLAs. It means emotion will only pass if it has cross community
:02:16. > :02:19.support. The purpose is to protect one community from legislation that
:02:20. > :02:28.would favour another. Over a five-year period from 2011 to 2016,
:02:29. > :02:33.115 petition is concerned with used. The DUP sank 86 petitions, the SDLP
:02:34. > :02:39.and Sinn Fein assigned 29. The Green party endorsed four, Alliance three,
:02:40. > :02:45.the Ulster Unionists to. Arlene Foster bid queer today what she
:02:46. > :02:48.wants to see happen. We talk a lot about the petition of concern and
:02:49. > :02:52.opponents talk a lot about the petition of concern. We would like
:02:53. > :02:56.to see the petition of concern got rid of for everything but our
:02:57. > :03:00.opponents would like to keep it for the things they want to use it for
:03:01. > :03:03.and not allow us to use it. What we need to talk about after the
:03:04. > :03:10.election is getting rid of the petition of concern altogether. Why
:03:11. > :03:14.has Arlene Foster said this today? Tactically, it says they are
:03:15. > :03:18.prepared to recognise that the party is behind the curve in relation to
:03:19. > :03:25.some issues. Public opinion has advanced on these and they are
:03:26. > :03:31.intending to sell it to the public as a sign that the DUP has become
:03:32. > :03:36.more modernised, but it doesn't feel the need to use that particular
:03:37. > :03:38.device in order to block progressive reform in Northern Ireland. That
:03:39. > :03:44.might be part of it. The next Assembly will be 90 seats, which
:03:45. > :03:49.means securing a petition of concern with 30 MLAs will be harder. The
:03:50. > :03:52.procedure has come under scrutiny and the SDLP, the UUP, Alliance and
:03:53. > :03:58.Sinn Fein have all called for reform. The DUP are well aware of
:03:59. > :04:02.how petitions of concern are perceived in some quarters and this
:04:03. > :04:06.is the first time Arlene Foster has spoken about scrapping the
:04:07. > :04:11.procedure. This development is significant because it opens up the
:04:12. > :04:13.debate and gives us an indication of the level of detail that will be on
:04:14. > :04:15.the negotiating table after the election.
:04:16. > :04:19.The Secretary of State has rejected calls for him to step aside as chair
:04:20. > :04:21.of any cross party talks after the Assembly election.
:04:22. > :04:23.Sinn Fein and the SDLP have claimed that recent comments
:04:24. > :04:26.from James Brokenshire on the legacy of the Troubles mean he cannot be
:04:27. > :04:42.Mr Brokenshire spoke to our Political Editor, Mark Devenport.
:04:43. > :04:47.As Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and take the responsibility
:04:48. > :04:50.for the UK Government. I very much look forward to getting into
:04:51. > :04:55.discussions with the parties immediately following the election
:04:56. > :05:01.on the 2nd of March, doing all I can to support work to get us back into
:05:02. > :05:05.devolved government and that is my absolute priority and what I am
:05:06. > :05:08.determined to achieve. You don't accept the nationalist argument and
:05:09. > :05:12.from the former justice minister, David Ford, that you called
:05:13. > :05:17.impartiality into question with comments on the legacy of the
:05:18. > :05:20.troubles? What we need to do is get on with delivering on Stormont
:05:21. > :05:26.house, one could be legacy institutions up and running and that
:05:27. > :05:30.remains my view, remains the view of the UK Government. Actually, getting
:05:31. > :05:36.into discussions so we can take that forward, that we can create a system
:05:37. > :05:40.that starts to work, because it is fuelling everyone and I think that
:05:41. > :05:44.delivers a balanced, proportionate, fairer approach in relation to this
:05:45. > :05:49.that is agreed between the parties. We need to get on with it. You are
:05:50. > :05:55.ruling out bringing in an attentive independent chair? We have already
:05:56. > :06:00.made important progress on legacy from discussions have taken place
:06:01. > :06:07.over many weeks and, therefore, I want to get back into that. No need
:06:08. > :06:11.for an independent chair? There is the absolute focus we all have on
:06:12. > :06:15.getting an Executive back up and running. Is there a disproportionate
:06:16. > :06:20.focus on former soldiers and police officers, because the police legacy
:06:21. > :06:25.branch have said only 30% of their effort is directed against those
:06:26. > :06:30.involved in state forces? There is an issue in relation to the overall
:06:31. > :06:34.framework, the systems, but are not delivering for anyone in relation to
:06:35. > :06:39.legacy. That is why I feel keenly that we do need reform, we need to
:06:40. > :06:44.get into the Stormont house legacy parties to get them up and running.
:06:45. > :06:49.My position has not changed in relation to that. I see that as the
:06:50. > :06:54.most effective way to progress this, as well as gaining agreement in
:06:55. > :06:59.relation to legacy inquests. Don't these figures contradict your view?
:07:00. > :07:02.When you look at the overall framework, the systems, whether that
:07:03. > :07:08.be all of the different aspects dealing with legacy, that this is
:07:09. > :07:13.not the balanced approach I think is necessary, which is why we all
:07:14. > :07:16.agree, the parties agreed in relation to Stormont house, a
:07:17. > :07:20.process that is balanced, proportionate, fairer. Those
:07:21. > :07:25.elements underpinned Stormont house and underpin the legacy institutions
:07:26. > :07:27.that I judge as the right way forward.
:07:28. > :07:29.A councillor has resigned from the Ulster Unionist party
:07:30. > :07:31.over her leader's voting tactics in the forthcoming
:07:32. > :07:35.Mike Nesbitt said he would give his second preference vote to the SDLP
:07:36. > :07:42.Carol Black, a member of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council,
:07:43. > :07:46.said 'the whole ethos of the party had been destroyed'.
:07:47. > :07:49.She is best known for beating the DUP in a by-election in Dromore
:07:50. > :07:52.in County Down in 2008, after the party went into power
:07:53. > :07:55.Before news of her resignation broke, the Ulster Unionist leader
:07:56. > :07:57.denied making a mistake over his second
:07:58. > :08:00.Mike Nesbitt was launching the party's election manifesto
:08:01. > :08:06.and our Political Correspondent, Gareth Gordon, was there.
:08:07. > :08:14.The Ulster Unionist party wants this election to be a referendum on how
:08:15. > :08:19.the DUP and Sinn Fein handled the party debacle. The manifesto says it
:08:20. > :08:23.is a blueprint for real partnership. But could their partnership with the
:08:24. > :08:28.SDLP and the party leader saying he will give his second preference
:08:29. > :08:32.votes to that party and not to the Unionists derail his campaign before
:08:33. > :08:37.it has begun? Mike Nesbitt spent much of the launch today saying he
:08:38. > :08:42.had no regrets. I am confident with my position and I am confident and
:08:43. > :08:45.relaxed that people behind me are taking different positions in terms
:08:46. > :08:50.of food transfer. People will come back on the 2nd of March to thinking
:08:51. > :08:55.about the 85,000 a day that is quite a bit smug. It enters the DUP and
:08:56. > :09:00.Sinn Fein in that castle and the impossibility, no matter what
:09:01. > :09:06.anybody writes in the newspapers, of Leopard changing despots. Coastline
:09:07. > :09:11.south Danny Kennedy, the most senior of Mr Nisbet's colleagues to
:09:12. > :09:15.disagree with them publicly. It was a it was reaffirming to know Danny
:09:16. > :09:21.was listening. The manifesto talks about cleaning up Stormont, with
:09:22. > :09:25.greater accountability for ministers and their special advisers. The
:09:26. > :09:30.election of an Assembly Speaker by secret ballot, and to abuse of the
:09:31. > :09:35.petition of concern, greater transparency over political
:09:36. > :09:39.donations. To be in a position to do that, Mike Nesbitt said they would
:09:40. > :09:44.still have to share power with nationalists, preferably the SDLP.
:09:45. > :09:47.The Ulster Unionists went into this election will bring all the
:09:48. > :09:51.attention would be on the shortcomings of the DUP. They note
:09:52. > :09:54.that focus has now turned on them in a way they would not want.
:09:55. > :09:56.The value of the average home in Northern Ireland increased by six
:09:57. > :09:59.percent or about ?7000 in the course of 2016.
:10:00. > :10:02.But they're still a long way from the dizzy heights of the market
:10:03. > :10:07.almost a decade ago, as our Business Correspondent,
:10:08. > :10:22.2016 was the third successive year of price growth, as the Northern
:10:23. > :10:28.Ireland property market continues to rebound. Values peak in late 2007
:10:29. > :10:34.when the standard or average price stood at ?225,000. The crash saw
:10:35. > :10:40.prices plunge with the market hitting rock bottom in early 2013
:10:41. > :10:45.when the average price stood at 90 7000. The turnaround since has been
:10:46. > :10:51.modest. Today, the standard Northern Ireland property is worth ?125,000,
:10:52. > :10:59.which is the lowest in the UK. The average price is 44% below what they
:11:00. > :11:03.once were and estate agents say that is no bad thing in terms of
:11:04. > :11:07.affordability. There seems to be growth occurring across the market,
:11:08. > :11:10.which is helping those people in negative equity, but it is a
:11:11. > :11:16.comfortable growth where people are buying houses for the right reason,
:11:17. > :11:20.as a long-term home, rather than speculative on investment. All
:11:21. > :11:23.property types in all areas saw price increases last year, but
:11:24. > :11:27.official government statistics revealed that new homes are rising
:11:28. > :11:34.in value more than the start and this says some builders is putting a
:11:35. > :11:38.strain on the supply. These foundations are already sold. As
:11:39. > :11:42.soon as we can bring a think the market is sold. If we had hundreds
:11:43. > :11:47.more properties we could only to prices and get more ownership. There
:11:48. > :11:51.remains wide regional variation. This development is in the most
:11:52. > :11:58.expensive council area of Lisbon and Castlereagh. The average price here
:11:59. > :12:04.is about ?150,000, compared with 100 in varied and Strabane.
:12:05. > :12:07.We also heard today that the UK's rate of inflation has also gone up,
:12:08. > :12:10.it has hit its highest level since the summer of 2014.
:12:11. > :12:13.Prices in January were almost 2% higher than they were a year ago.
:12:14. > :12:18.Our Economics and Business Editor, John Campbell, is with me.
:12:19. > :12:20.The rise in house prices is not included in this figure
:12:21. > :12:33.You are right. The CPI inflation measure does not include housing
:12:34. > :12:37.costs, but it includes virtually everything else. It shows that a
:12:38. > :12:42.period of extremely low inflation is now clearly coming to an end. If we
:12:43. > :12:47.get HRT, it shows what has been happening over the last five years.
:12:48. > :12:53.The trend has been downwards and it is picking up again. If we go back
:12:54. > :12:58.to 2011, inflation was at 5%, well above the bank of England target of
:12:59. > :13:04.2%. It went down to virtually nothing, to zero, with the oil price
:13:05. > :13:07.for 2015 and 2016, but we can see over the last four months it has
:13:08. > :13:12.been ticking up and the rate of inflation now stands at 1.8%, just
:13:13. > :13:18.above the 2% target. The era of low inflation is now over. Not all
:13:19. > :13:24.prices of goods and services have gone. Where is this pressure coming
:13:25. > :13:29.from? A big part of it is to do with the fall in the Valley of the pound.
:13:30. > :13:33.It has fallen by about 15% against the dollar. That makes imports more
:13:34. > :13:37.expensive. There is a lot of stuff we import, fielding a big one, and
:13:38. > :13:41.fuel is the key driver at the moment in terms of pushing up inflation. If
:13:42. > :13:47.we look at another church, the consumer Council keeps an eye on oil
:13:48. > :13:54.prices and this chart shows the cost of the 900 metre film. One year ago
:13:55. > :13:57.you could fill your tank for under ?250. Today it is more than ?350.
:13:58. > :14:05.Inflation has taken off in terms of fuel prices. What is the outlook? It
:14:06. > :14:09.would be at least 3% by the end of this year. Thank you.
:14:10. > :14:11.The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has accused the Sinn Fein President,
:14:12. > :14:13.Gerry Adams, of being an 'absolute hypocrite'.
:14:14. > :14:16.The remark came during a Dail exchange when the Sinn Fein leader
:14:17. > :14:19.criticised the Republic's government over its handling of a scandal
:14:20. > :14:21.involving a whistle blower in the Gardai.
:14:22. > :14:23.The Cabinet has agreed in principle to a public enquiry
:14:24. > :14:27.into an alleged smear campaign against Sergeant Maurice McCabe
:14:28. > :14:35.by senior gardai officers involving false claims of child sex abuse.
:14:36. > :14:43.Our Dublin Correspondent, Shane Harrison.
:14:44. > :14:50.That heated exchange that you mentioned took place after and
:14:51. > :14:56.Canning said that the Cabinet had agreed in principle to hold a sawn
:14:57. > :15:00.public enquiry into whether senior officers had falsely smeared
:15:01. > :15:04.Sergeant Maurice McKee had as a child sex abuse. Mr Kenny said the
:15:05. > :15:09.terms of reference had yet to be worked out. He admitted he was, in
:15:10. > :15:17.his own words, Kilby himself of giving inaccurate information about
:15:18. > :15:20.his knowledge of the children's minister's meeting with the family
:15:21. > :15:24.last month. That prompted Gerry Adams to intervene and he strongly
:15:25. > :15:29.attacked the government over its handling of the affair. It pointed
:15:30. > :15:33.this response from the Taoiseach. You are an absolute hypocrite after
:15:34. > :15:39.what he did and what is said the former senator Maria castle. What
:15:40. > :15:46.you did and did not do in respect of safe houses this side of the border
:15:47. > :15:49.where sexual abuse was conducted by members of your organisation on
:15:50. > :15:56.young men. You are an absolute hypocrite. Absolute hypocrite. In
:15:57. > :16:00.his reply, Gerry Adams said he was not going to rise to what he called
:16:01. > :16:04.the bluster, diversions and destruction.
:16:05. > :16:06.The High Court in Belfast has heard that the former
:16:07. > :16:08.Prime Minister Edward Heath was involved in a decision making
:16:09. > :16:11.process surrounding claims of torture by 14 men interned
:16:12. > :16:15.in Northern Ireland nearly 46 years ago.
:16:16. > :16:17.Lawyers for the so-called Hooded Men argued that their treatment
:16:18. > :16:22.The judicial review hearing was also told that Stormont's Prime Minister
:16:23. > :16:25.at the time, Brian Faulkner, was personally briefed
:16:26. > :16:28.about the deployment of techniques, which had one of those being held
:16:29. > :16:32.Details emerged during a legal bid in Belfast to secure an independent
:16:33. > :16:39.The 51-year-old woman who died after being knocked by a car
:16:40. > :16:41.in Ballycastle was Anne-Marie Malone from the town.
:16:42. > :16:47.It happened on the Ramoan Road late yesterday afternoon.
:16:48. > :16:49.The police are again appealing for information
:16:50. > :16:53.following the attempted murder of a man in County Armagh.
:16:54. > :16:55.The 31-year-old remains critically ill in hospital after being shot
:16:56. > :16:59.It happened in Carrigart Crescent in Lurgan early yesterday morning.
:17:00. > :17:02.At least 20 shots were fired from an automatic gun
:17:03. > :17:12.Back to the Assembly election and our reporters have been visiting
:17:13. > :17:14.various towns to gather the views of some voters.
:17:15. > :17:16.For this evening's programme BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson
:17:17. > :17:32.has been to Newtownards in the constituency of Strangford.
:17:33. > :17:39.I'm going round doorsteps in youth annoyance. If I was a candidate,
:17:40. > :17:46.what would you be saying to me? 50p each year were from. I would be
:17:47. > :17:49.asking what you are going to do for us around here? Especially in
:17:50. > :17:56.Newtownards. It is very deprived nowadays. I am not interested in
:17:57. > :18:00.Orange or green, we need rid of that politics and move forward. As to
:18:01. > :18:03.whether we have the right politicians, I'm not sure. We need
:18:04. > :18:07.something new Stormont. It's not working and hasn't been working and
:18:08. > :18:17.it is too entrenched and is not the way forward. How many of you will
:18:18. > :18:24.code? You will vote? Yes. Probably. What is the most important issue?
:18:25. > :18:30.Money. It is all about money. It is all about money and is not having
:18:31. > :18:36.enough. What he said. It is all about money. None of us earn enough
:18:37. > :18:40.money. We are coming from the shops, doing the cheapest shop and we can.
:18:41. > :18:48.How important is this election? It is important. Anyone else in your
:18:49. > :18:57.house is going to talk to me? I am only working here. It is important
:18:58. > :19:02.for our children, grandchildren, because we have been through 40
:19:03. > :19:07.years of hardship and it wasn't us that started it, but the other side
:19:08. > :19:16.seems to be getting more and the more they get the more they want.
:19:17. > :19:21.Would you vote? I will indeed. I think it is pretty stupid.
:19:22. > :19:29.Considering we already voted once. And many to vote for. Nothing
:19:30. > :19:41.changes. I will vote. For the same party as last time? Yes. Don't think
:19:42. > :19:47.we'll go to this one. If Stormont didn't come back, would you miss it?
:19:48. > :19:56.No. If it would save the country some money, it would be a good idea?
:19:57. > :20:04.What do you think of Stormont? I'm not voting. They can sort it out
:20:05. > :20:09.themselves. I think it is important that they do vote. It is important
:20:10. > :20:13.that they see it as part of their Christian duty to vote and think
:20:14. > :20:17.outside the box potentially, but also look at the things important to
:20:18. > :20:21.them, imported to the community that they live in and they should take
:20:22. > :20:29.that opportunity to vote. I will tell them yes. Would you put
:20:30. > :20:32.yourself? No. Couldn't resist it. Couldn't resist it. Sorry. Well,
:20:33. > :20:42.yes. Yesterday, we heard about a change
:20:43. > :20:46.of Ulster Rugby, today we are promised there is more to come.
:20:47. > :20:47.Stephen Watson is here with the sports news.
:20:48. > :20:50.The arrival of New Zealander Jono Gibbes as head coach
:20:51. > :20:53.one of several changes to come at Ulster.
:20:54. > :20:55.Today, Director of Rugby, Les Kiss, spoke for the first time
:20:56. > :20:58.since the appointment and revealed that more new faces will be arriving
:20:59. > :21:15.They could be in the corner. Les Kiss has cut if frustrated figure
:21:16. > :21:19.watching his Ulster side struggle in the Pro12 and miss out on
:21:20. > :21:22.qualification in Europe has been testing. The director of rugby has
:21:23. > :21:33.moved early to shake things up for next season. I have been working on
:21:34. > :21:36.the options. I have identified a couple of players and further
:21:37. > :21:41.decisions will be made in the future. The Ulster professional
:21:42. > :21:46.game, the board have been supportive of that. That is one decision, but
:21:47. > :21:54.our eyes are on Belfast and the rest of the season. It is a big clue to
:21:55. > :21:57.bring Gibbs to Belfast as a player. The New Zealand international was
:21:58. > :22:01.uncompromising forward and as a coach with spells at Leinster and
:22:02. > :22:06.Claremont, he has also been a winner. The news mean the crediting
:22:07. > :22:12.of Alan Clark and need Duque will be leaving the club in the summer. I
:22:13. > :22:15.will not speculate on the other positions. There is a lot of
:22:16. > :22:19.sensitivity around it. It is important that we, as a group, stay
:22:20. > :22:24.focused on the job at hand and further decisions and announcements
:22:25. > :22:29.will be made in the coming weeks. Emerging from the pack as one of the
:22:30. > :22:35.contenders to join Gibbs in the Ulster setup is former Welsh
:22:36. > :22:37.scrum-half Dwayne Peel. Les Kiss is keeping his cards close to his
:22:38. > :22:40.chest, but there could well be another use up his sleeve.
:22:41. > :22:42.Northern Ireland's most capped outfield footballer, Aaron Hughes,
:22:43. > :22:45.has had a memorable career to date which has seen him play
:22:46. > :22:50.Although in the latter stages of his career the Cookstown man
:22:51. > :22:52.signed for Heart of Midlothian in Scotland last month
:22:53. > :22:58.where he's been given a new lease of life,
:22:59. > :23:06.our reporter, Nial Foster, has been to meet him.
:23:07. > :23:12.With over 600 club and international appearances to his name, you could
:23:13. > :23:19.say Aaron Hughes is used to the pre-match routine. Respected across
:23:20. > :23:27.the game, he has made many friends in football. And he chose his heart
:23:28. > :23:30.over his head. I think everywhere I have been it has always been
:23:31. > :23:38.competitive and this is no different. There are good players
:23:39. > :23:43.appear. No doubt about it. It is not a good deal different. It is
:23:44. > :23:47.football and there are a lot of similarities. I am enjoying my
:23:48. > :23:51.football. In a career spanning 20 years, his path to the Scottish
:23:52. > :23:56.capital started in England. Followed by a short spell down under, then it
:23:57. > :24:02.was India, before Edinburgh, where the 37-year-old shows no signs of
:24:03. > :24:07.hanging his boots up just yet. It has been good to come back appear.
:24:08. > :24:11.It is good to be closer and it makes the travelling and things a lot
:24:12. > :24:14.easier. Maybe there's stress through my body, which will hopefully
:24:15. > :24:20.prolong things. At the moment my focus is on playing us up once I
:24:21. > :24:24.start to get past that I can take a bit of time to consider my next
:24:25. > :24:28.option and if I can keep my fitness and keep playing to a good standard
:24:29. > :24:32.it gives me a chance to stay involved. The ultimate professional
:24:33. > :24:35.on and the pitch, Hughes was rewarded for his efforts by playing
:24:36. > :24:41.at the European Championships last summer. If there was only one in the
:24:42. > :24:45.squad who deserve the opportunity it was him. On a football since I was
:24:46. > :24:50.jealous. It is one thing I would have loved to have done. There are
:24:51. > :24:54.many players better than I was who never got the opportunity to do it.
:24:55. > :24:58.There is nobody more proud of myself watching them come out. It is
:24:59. > :24:59.terrific. So, his name will be celebrated for the foreseeable
:25:00. > :25:05.future. MMA star Conor McGregor
:25:06. > :25:07.and the undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather appear to have
:25:08. > :25:12.agreed a deal to fight. McGregor is believed to be
:25:13. > :25:15.in the States to seal the deal for what could result in boxing's
:25:16. > :25:29.first ever billion dollar bout, We are lovers today, but fighters.
:25:30. > :25:30.Where is your red. He forgot it. Love is in the air.
:25:31. > :25:35.Now here's Cecilia Daly with the weather forecast.
:25:36. > :25:43.We would like some weather for the night. A good guide to cuddle up on
:25:44. > :25:51.the sofa. No dramatic sunsets, but it has not been the wettest day.
:25:52. > :25:57.That was three years ago. 2014 when Ali Patrick in the clans of Antrim
:25:58. > :26:00.had far of two inches of rain. It might be an drizzly out there but
:26:01. > :26:04.some of our weather watchers feeling love today. We have this forest
:26:05. > :26:09.earlier today before the rain arrived. Finding a hard carved in
:26:10. > :26:14.the tree. Some damp weather at the moment. It will ease off for a
:26:15. > :26:18.while. It will dry up. There will be breaks in the cold it will not be
:26:19. > :26:21.particularly cold and there will be some rain edging in from the
:26:22. > :26:25.south-west by morning. A Mother's Day tomorrow. Temperatures in double
:26:26. > :26:31.figures. Expect some reading in the morning. One or two sharp bursts
:26:32. > :26:35.around. What having the umbrella handy. It will become drier and
:26:36. > :26:41.brighter in most places like around midday lunch time. This is the best
:26:42. > :26:45.part of the day when the sun will the out, temperatures will get up to
:26:46. > :26:49.ten or 11 degrees. It would be a cold wind. A couple of showers in
:26:50. > :26:54.the afternoon but a lot of the time it will be dry and there will be
:26:55. > :26:58.brightness around. That is not a bad forecast for tomorrow. Later on we
:26:59. > :27:02.will see some more wet and blustery weather edging in from the
:27:03. > :27:07.north-west. Tomorrow night will be breezy. Some rain in the north and
:27:08. > :27:12.west. Temperature-wise, it is pretty mild and fast free. We continue this
:27:13. > :27:18.theme into Thursday. Quite a breezy day. Dry weather in the morning,
:27:19. > :27:23.pregnancy and there. You pieces of rain in the afternoon but nothing
:27:24. > :27:28.too heavy. Temperatures are still in double figures. On Friday, it looks
:27:29. > :27:32.like most places will have a good deal of dry weather, some brightness
:27:33. > :27:36.with a bit of rain later on. You can see the pattern. Double-figure
:27:37. > :27:38.temperatures, lots of cloud, some rain, not too wet.
:27:39. > :27:40.Our late summary is at half past ten.
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