:00:07. > :00:10.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines
:00:11. > :00:15.the first walk-out in the post-election talks
:00:16. > :00:22.as Sinn Fein cut short a meeting with the Secretary of State.
:00:23. > :00:27.All he did was waffle and more waffle in relation to how we are
:00:28. > :00:29.going to go forward and give families what they need.
:00:30. > :00:32.DUP Assembly Members rally round their party leader
:00:33. > :00:35.as she vows to get a good deal in the negotiations.
:00:36. > :00:43.I'm delighted of the support I've received from all of my colleagues.
:00:44. > :00:46.What are the chances of unionist unity after the loss of 16
:00:47. > :00:51.How the smell of decomposing rats has forced this woman
:00:52. > :01:06.How a father's quick thinking helped him deliver his baby in the rear of
:01:07. > :01:10.the family car. After two Olympic Games together, the sailors who will
:01:11. > :01:12.now compete against each other for a place at the next Games.
:01:13. > :01:14.And we've rain tonight. Will it be gone tomorrow?
:01:15. > :01:19.I'll have your forecast later in the programme.
:01:20. > :01:23.Sinn Fein have cut short a meeting with the Secretary of State
:01:24. > :01:27.accusing him of waffling when it came to legacy issues.
:01:28. > :01:31.The parties at Stormont have been continuing their series of meetings
:01:32. > :01:35.on restoring the power-sharing Executive.
:01:36. > :01:38.After meeting her Assembly team today the DUP leader Arlene Foster
:01:39. > :01:43.said she was delighted with their support in the wake
:01:44. > :01:46.of last week's election. The party dropped from 38 to 28
:01:47. > :01:49.seats although the number of DUP votes increased.
:01:50. > :01:54.Here is our Political Correspondent Stephen Walker.
:01:55. > :02:01.If Arlene Foster is under pressure after seeing her Assembly team fall
:02:02. > :02:06.by ten, she didn't show it today. Without telling the media, the DUP
:02:07. > :02:11.leader turned up unannounced in Stormont's great hall at the absence
:02:12. > :02:17.of any reporters, this statement. I'm delighted with the report I've
:02:18. > :02:21.received from all of my colleagues today and I look forward now to
:02:22. > :02:25.going in and getting a good deal, not just for unionism but for all of
:02:26. > :02:29.the people of northern Ireland because that's where we are focused
:02:30. > :02:33.on, on the restoration of devolution and making sure we have that
:02:34. > :02:41.stability for the people of Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein set a different
:02:42. > :02:45.town after they met the Secretary of State James Brokenshire, accusing
:02:46. > :02:49.him of delaying legacy inquests. All he did was waffle, waffle and more
:02:50. > :02:52.waffle in relation to how we are going to go forward and give
:02:53. > :02:58.families what they need, access to due process. All day, the Stormont
:02:59. > :03:03.state has been the venue for discussions and earlier, the mood
:03:04. > :03:06.music was upbeat. We've been through this before, there have been
:03:07. > :03:14.negotiations before. I'm working on this with a readiness to do a deal,
:03:15. > :03:21.but only if it's the right kind of government, one that can do the
:03:22. > :03:25.business people require. The Ulster Unionist Party also hopeful. We've
:03:26. > :03:27.had a number of conversations with the Secretary of State and there is
:03:28. > :03:36.a willingness among the parties we've spoken to. For the Alliance
:03:37. > :03:40.Party, government finances were today's top talking point.
:03:41. > :03:46.Certainly, a budget has to be agreed, it must be the fundamental
:03:47. > :03:50.focus for all of us, public services, that we are able to invest
:03:51. > :03:57.in our economy. What are the chances of success? Can a deal be forged in
:03:58. > :04:02.the next two weeks? There is a sense of the urgency of what is at hand
:04:03. > :04:06.here. The significance of issues we are dealing with and getting back
:04:07. > :04:12.into devolved government at the earliest possible priority, that's
:04:13. > :04:15.what is motivating me. There are two processes at work essentially, the
:04:16. > :04:19.talks hosted by the Secretary of State James Brokenshire and then the
:04:20. > :04:23.discussions between the DUP and Sinn Fein. It is those talks that will
:04:24. > :04:28.ultimately determine whether or not power sharing is restored.
:04:29. > :04:32.After what was described as a bad election for unionism -
:04:33. > :04:34.there have been fresh calls, from amongst others,
:04:35. > :04:39.David Maxwell looks at the possibility of
:04:40. > :04:50.His report begins with some watershed moments for unionism.
:04:51. > :04:57.You are yesterday's man, David! Ever since there has been more than one
:04:58. > :05:01.big Unionist party, relations have never been smooth and have regularly
:05:02. > :05:06.come to a head around electoral battles. That's been even more true
:05:07. > :05:11.since unionists have entered power-sharing with nationalism in
:05:12. > :05:16.general and Sinn Fein in particular. To date in the aftermath of a brutal
:05:17. > :05:20.election for unionism, the DUP leader referred to a renewed attempt
:05:21. > :05:27.to create unity but one former leader was dismissive. She, having
:05:28. > :05:30.been responsible for this, should be sitting down and thinking carefully
:05:31. > :05:40.about her own position, instead of engaging something which strikes me
:05:41. > :05:43.as attempt to divert people from the mess she has made. She needs to
:05:44. > :05:49.consider that there are strong arguments in favour of treating
:05:50. > :05:54.people politely. But a senior DUP figure said his party leader had
:05:55. > :05:59.struck the right tone. The focus I'm going to take today is to focus on
:06:00. > :06:03.the issue of, is there a groundswell, an opportunity for our
:06:04. > :06:12.parties and the Unionist cause? I believe there is. The article in the
:06:13. > :06:19.Belfast Telegraph is very helpful in that regard. One lifelong Ulster
:06:20. > :06:24.Unionist Party is not ruling out suggestions of a single party in the
:06:25. > :06:29.future. There's an old saying, united we stand, divided we fall and
:06:30. > :06:35.unless we get ourselves united, I feel the future is going to continue
:06:36. > :06:40.to be disastrous. We can't afford that to happen. Unionists have shown
:06:41. > :06:43.unity from time to time. The opposition to the Anglo-Irish
:06:44. > :06:50.agreement and Geerink the Donald Grieve dispute and of course
:06:51. > :06:55.electoral pact has secured seats. Tom Elliott will now pay a key role
:06:56. > :07:00.in any internal Ulster Unionist Party debate. Bringing unity to
:07:01. > :07:05.Unionists. Looks like an uphill struggle. There are still people who
:07:06. > :07:12.are pretty hardline, right-wing Unionist, almost sectarian, and
:07:13. > :07:15.others. But the difficulty is, you have to bring the hardliners along
:07:16. > :07:21.and I think there is a job for the DUP to do and I think they are doing
:07:22. > :07:26.it. Some believe the first step should be practical cooperation
:07:27. > :07:31.between Unionists at Stormont. There is a possibility of 39 Unionists,
:07:32. > :07:36.MLAs, coming together, I would foresee that contemplated under a
:07:37. > :07:40.joint whip, working together, dealing with the business together
:07:41. > :07:44.and channelling everything together and doing it in the united way. It's
:07:45. > :07:49.been a long time since there was a singled Unionist party, any modern
:07:50. > :07:54.Unionist leader would give a lot for that kind of control. Many would
:07:55. > :07:56.consider it ironic is that came about due to an electoral setback
:07:57. > :08:00.rather than historic dominance. Our political editor
:08:01. > :08:13.Mark Devenport is with me. How surprised were you by the
:08:14. > :08:17.walk-out? It's a solitary reminder this is not just one issue
:08:18. > :08:21.negotiation. We've been focusing on whether Sinn Fein would drop it,
:08:22. > :08:27.read lying in relation to Arlene Foster coming in as First Minister,
:08:28. > :08:29.whether she would appoint a caretaker. Sinn Fein have been
:08:30. > :08:34.careful in recent articles to try to turn up the pressure on the British
:08:35. > :08:40.Government, so the question will be, given their attitude, when they were
:08:41. > :08:43.saying the secretary state was waffling, whether that could become
:08:44. > :08:45.a red line as these negotiations stretched out.
:08:46. > :08:48.Arlene Foster's newspaper interview talking about unionist unity -
:08:49. > :08:52.what do you read from that in the wake of the election?
:08:53. > :08:58.We heard from David Maxwell's report that there are different views on
:08:59. > :09:02.this. Obviously there will be pressure if they think they could be
:09:03. > :09:08.another election and if Sinn Fein could catch the DUP, for Unionists
:09:09. > :09:16.to gravitate towards one party. But some Unionists have very different
:09:17. > :09:22.views. One MLA tweeted recently, you can be Unionist and still be in
:09:23. > :09:26.support of same-sex marriage. He is obviously on the liberal end. If a
:09:27. > :09:30.were to force this, even though some senior members of the DUP are
:09:31. > :09:34.certainly thinking about it, they could start losing people at the
:09:35. > :09:36.edges, potentially towards the Alliance Party.
:09:37. > :09:38.When it comes to the workings of the Stormont Departments
:09:39. > :09:41.as we approach the end of the financial year -
:09:42. > :09:43.there's been an important communication from the head
:09:44. > :09:47.of the civil service - what's he said?
:09:48. > :09:53.This is Sir Malcolm Rifkind then, shortly due to retire, and he says
:09:54. > :09:58.it is because of this crisis. He sent a message out to his staff,
:09:59. > :10:02.acknowledging they were working in great uncertainty, saying they would
:10:03. > :10:06.try to keep it as much as possible business as usual but also frankly
:10:07. > :10:09.confronted the fact that if they don't get an Executive together in
:10:10. > :10:13.the next couple of weeks, they would have to move into a situation where
:10:14. > :10:17.senior civil servants will be trying to get that budget together. The
:10:18. > :10:24.Alliance Party has written to the Secretary of State suggesting
:10:25. > :10:28.emergency laws should be passed. Giving more flexibility over the
:10:29. > :10:29.budget that they've had so far. I don't think the British Government
:10:30. > :10:30.would go for that though. And we learned also there will be
:10:31. > :10:39.a delay to the election I think the game is to buy as much
:10:40. > :10:44.time as possible before we get a huge row between these parties. If
:10:45. > :10:48.the Speaker is not elected until the end of the month, that means it
:10:49. > :10:52.gives them a few extra weeks to try to cobble together some kind of
:10:53. > :10:55.solution because obviously, the outgoing Speaker will be sitting in
:10:56. > :10:59.the chair, a controversial figure because of its handling of events
:11:00. > :11:01.last year and other parties say they lacked confidence in him.
:11:02. > :11:07.This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme before 7pm -
:11:08. > :11:10.Can a European student exchange programme continue to thrive after
:11:11. > :11:14.Brexit? An inspection of all of the sites
:11:15. > :11:17.that are registered under the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
:11:18. > :11:21.is scheduled to begin in May. The tender for companies interested
:11:22. > :11:24.in carrying out the checks As our business correspondent
:11:25. > :11:30.Julian O'Neill explains the inspection is an attempt
:11:31. > :11:43.to crack down on abuse The former economy minister Simon
:11:44. > :11:48.Hamilton ordered the move on 100% inspections which seeks to reduce
:11:49. > :11:52.some of the projected RHI over spend. According to information
:11:53. > :11:58.supplied to companies, interested in bidding for the contract, there are
:11:59. > :12:03.1200 sites to be visited. Site inspections are likely from May
:12:04. > :12:07.onwards, will be unannounced. The department for the economy expecting
:12:08. > :12:11.a final report of findings by the end of November. It will then decide
:12:12. > :12:15.what enforcement action to take and this could involve the claw-back
:12:16. > :12:19.payments already made. Julian O'Neill, BBC Newsline.
:12:20. > :12:21.The House of Commons Defence Committee has been taking advice
:12:22. > :12:25.from a panel of law academics on the possibility of the government
:12:26. > :12:37.introducing a Statute of Limitations on killings here involving
:12:38. > :12:57.It came back into sharp focus again today, during a hearing of the
:12:58. > :13:00.defence committee at Westminster. A panel of law academics on what the
:13:01. > :13:06.government could do legally, to deal with these cases, some of which go
:13:07. > :13:09.back 40 years. Last month during Prime Minister's Questions in
:13:10. > :13:13.Parliament, the chair of the defence committee spoke out on the issue of
:13:14. > :13:18.former soldiers being prosecuted for troubles Mack related shootings.
:13:19. > :13:23.Surely the answer has to be a statute of limitations preventing
:13:24. > :13:29.the prosecution of veterans to do with matters that concern prior to
:13:30. > :13:33.the date of the Belfast agreement? Today, he asked the academics for
:13:34. > :13:38.clarity on the government introducing a statute of limitations
:13:39. > :13:43.on legacy killings. I think it has to be for everyone. Apart from
:13:44. > :13:48.anything else, if you introduce this statute of limitations, it looks
:13:49. > :13:55.like state impunity in effect. There are international and legal... You
:13:56. > :13:59.have a stronger case to make if you say this is part of eight genuine
:14:00. > :14:04.effort of conflict transformation to deal with the legacy of the past and
:14:05. > :14:10.we apply it evenly across all of the actors. If you just apply it to the
:14:11. > :14:12.state, it looks old-fashioned. A former Secretary of State for
:14:13. > :14:20.Northern Ireland gives his view on Spotlight this evening. If you do
:14:21. > :14:26.not want your elderly relative, former soldier, prosecuted, you have
:14:27. > :14:32.got to accept the elderly, former Republican who did something totally
:14:33. > :14:39.wrong and illegal and murderous, has got to be exempt from being pursued
:14:40. > :14:43.and prosecuted as well. Any limitations on legacy issues are
:14:44. > :14:45.likely to be challenged by the families of those shot dead by the
:14:46. > :14:47.army at that time. And you can see more of that
:14:48. > :14:50.Peter Hain interview on Spotlight here on BBC One at 10.40pm just
:14:51. > :14:55.after our late news. A Belfast woman says she's had
:14:56. > :14:58.to leave her Housing Executive home because of the smell
:14:59. > :15:03.of dead rats decomposing. She reported a rat problem
:15:04. > :15:08.in February and was visited by pest control from Belfast City Council.
:15:09. > :15:18.Kelly Bonner reports. Marilyn Greg lives in a Housing
:15:19. > :15:23.Executive house on Somerset street in south Belfast. She first reported
:15:24. > :15:27.a rat problem in February and was visited by pest control from Belfast
:15:28. > :15:32.City Council. I haven't been here Fred Couples of days so I don't know
:15:33. > :15:37.how bad the smell is. The dead rats have been left to decompose on her
:15:38. > :15:47.property. Can you smell it? This is the kitchen. It is quite strong. The
:15:48. > :15:51.Housing Executive has offered her deodoriser to deal with the smell
:15:52. > :15:55.for the four weeks it is expected for the rats to decompose. It's
:15:56. > :16:01.still rotten. Their droppings under there, evidence the rats had eaten
:16:02. > :16:06.it. They say it went under the floorboards, in the back of the unit
:16:07. > :16:13.or possibly in that pike. I couldn't live here with that smell. I've been
:16:14. > :16:19.on people's couches for the last two weeks. That smell is disgusting, you
:16:20. > :16:25.couldn't expect anybody to live in that smell. A Housing Executive
:16:26. > :16:28.spokesperson said in rare cases, rats may die in the cavity under a
:16:29. > :16:44.property once poison has been applied.
:16:45. > :16:50.Meanwhile, contractors have been engaged to carry out remedial works
:16:51. > :16:54.at the property to ensure pests cannot return. Marilyn says she will
:16:55. > :16:58.not be returning to her home until the smell has been sorted.
:16:59. > :17:01.While we await the negotiations on the UK leaving the European Union,
:17:02. > :17:04.local schoolchildren are forging links with the continent.
:17:05. > :17:08.Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith visited Maghera
:17:09. > :17:10.to learn about an EU project which it's hoped will
:17:11. > :17:27.It's a long way to travel for school dinners. I am from Germany. I'm from
:17:28. > :17:33.a grammar school, a school specialised in science and
:17:34. > :17:37.mathematics. 40 other pupils and their teachers from six European
:17:38. > :17:42.countries are spending a week at St Patrick's's college in Maghera, as
:17:43. > :17:47.part of the EU's in raspberries project for schools. It's a great
:17:48. > :17:51.opportunity for my students, not only for language skills, I'm an
:17:52. > :17:57.English teacher and I teach them English, but also the way of getting
:17:58. > :18:01.to know new cultures. We have seven countries here said they really have
:18:02. > :18:07.culture is to learn from. Is it any more than just a good school trip? I
:18:08. > :18:12.was thinking, I will get a week to go to Denmark, but you learn a lot.
:18:13. > :18:16.I learned about the different respect and differences, different
:18:17. > :18:20.language and culture but the real differences, also how similar you
:18:21. > :18:23.are to these people. They get to know Northern Ireland and each other
:18:24. > :18:28.as well as learning entrepreneurial and business skills. Funding
:18:29. > :18:32.education projects like this are due to continue until 2020 and the
:18:33. > :18:37.British Council say they are hopeful it will keep going even after the UK
:18:38. > :18:44.exits the EU. St Patrick's's principal says it is a project which
:18:45. > :18:47.changes perceptions. 42 students we have from our six countries and they
:18:48. > :18:54.are all being hosted by our parents so they are getting a real feel of
:18:55. > :19:00.real life in Northern Ireland as opposed to the image of troubles and
:19:01. > :19:05.bombs and violence. And it seems to be working. It's beautiful, I really
:19:06. > :19:09.like it. Although the weather is kind of... But I really enjoy it!
:19:10. > :19:14.For Helen, it is about current affairs as well as the climate and
:19:15. > :19:16.the countryside. I knew there was this election, some days ago, that
:19:17. > :19:27.was very controversial. Next, a bit of improvisation and
:19:28. > :19:33.quick thinking by a father who had to deliver his baby daughter in the
:19:34. > :19:37.rear of the family car. He used his shoelaces to tidy umbilicus.
:19:38. > :19:45.Georgina and Paul Doherty were on their way home to hospital in
:19:46. > :19:49.Londonderry when her labour stepped up a gear. They pulled over to the
:19:50. > :19:53.side of the road as the baby began to make an appearance. With help
:19:54. > :19:58.from the emergency services on the phone, the father delivered her
:19:59. > :20:03.safely. Just as her head was out, he phoned the dispatcher so they talked
:20:04. > :20:07.him through it. I think at that stage, the dispatcher thought the
:20:08. > :20:11.baby was still on its way that Paul had to keep saying, the baby is
:20:12. > :20:16.actually here! A bit of a surprise but well done! Now we have the
:20:17. > :20:19.latest sports news and we begin with sailing.
:20:20. > :20:21.After competing for Ireland in two Olympic Games together,
:20:22. > :20:24.the sailors Matt McGovern and Ryan Seaton have now
:20:25. > :20:33.But both have set their sights on competing at the Games
:20:34. > :20:35.in three years' time, with different partners.
:20:36. > :20:43.After eight years and two Olympic Games in London and Rio
:20:44. > :20:46.where they got a top ten finish, it was time to take a step back
:20:47. > :20:52.Like many good partnerships Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern's had
:20:53. > :21:00.An amicable split, yes, but both could not sit on the shoreline
:21:01. > :21:02.for long and they are back, but with different partners.
:21:03. > :21:05.I actually took a bit time off and just got away from sailing.
:21:06. > :21:09.Had a holiday for a month and had time to think about what I had to do
:21:10. > :21:15.in the future and whether I wanted to do another Olympic cycle
:21:16. > :21:17.and after that I decided I would like to try out
:21:18. > :21:21.with a new partner and Matt and I had had the chat as well
:21:22. > :21:25.and it was for a new challenge and something fresh and new.
:21:26. > :21:28.I suppose at the time I was maybe hinging more towards hanging up
:21:29. > :21:32.the wetsuit for a change, but no decisions were made
:21:33. > :21:36.and Ryan and I, he was keen, he wanted to go on and look
:21:37. > :21:39.for something different, so he decided to go on anyway.
:21:40. > :21:42.At that stage I decided to do some training with the young guys
:21:43. > :21:48.the federation had picked up and I was pretty sure by that stage,
:21:49. > :21:50.a month or two had passed and I wanted to keep going.
:21:51. > :21:53.So everyone is getting on well at the moment at least,
:21:54. > :21:56.but with just one place available at Tokyo 2020 for Ireland,
:21:57. > :21:59.eventually the two friends will have to face each other.
:22:00. > :22:07.When we were campaigning we had the Aussie and Kiwi teams,
:22:08. > :22:10.they were our best friends from Australia and hang out
:22:11. > :22:12.with us between events and we were really close
:22:13. > :22:14.but at the same time you give nothing away.
:22:15. > :22:17.You'll still be nice on the land but fight when you're on the water,
:22:18. > :22:22.it is just another boat and someone else to beat.
:22:23. > :22:25.Both of us I would have to say really have to believe
:22:26. > :22:31.If you don't have that mindset I don't think
:22:32. > :22:33.there is much much chance of beating any of the other top
:22:34. > :22:36.countries so you have to believe you can beat everyone.
:22:37. > :22:38.And the first major head-to-head battle will be
:22:39. > :22:46.at the World Championships in Portugal later this year.
:22:47. > :22:53.Ulster take on Zebre at the Kingspan on Saturday. A victory would see
:22:54. > :22:56.them move up to fourth in the Pro12 table and in the tussle for a
:22:57. > :22:59.play-off. A bonus point would be the ideal scenario.
:23:00. > :23:07.We will approach it as we always do. Four points is the important thing,
:23:08. > :23:13.get the victory and go for the bonus point. The reality is, we want to
:23:14. > :23:18.get a bonus point every game if we can. It takes a few steps to get
:23:19. > :23:22.their and we will back ourselves to get it this week if we can start the
:23:23. > :23:24.game well. The game is live on BBC Two this Saturday.
:23:25. > :23:27.Derry City has apologised to fans after the floodlights failed
:23:28. > :23:30.during their first home game of the season.
:23:31. > :23:33.Brandywell stadium is undergoing a major upgrade so the Candytripes
:23:34. > :23:36.are playing their home fixtures in County Donegal.
:23:37. > :23:39.The club says every effort is being made to make sure it
:23:40. > :23:44.Our north-west reporter Keiron Tourish has more.
:23:45. > :23:53.All the signs looked good for Derry City adds a new temporary home. A
:23:54. > :23:56.Sellout crowd and a great atmosphere despite the driving rain. But then
:23:57. > :24:04.the lights went out after just 25 minutes. People were starting to get
:24:05. > :24:09.into the atmosphere and all of a sudden, the light cut out and it was
:24:10. > :24:14.incredible. That this happened. The Candystripes made a great start to
:24:15. > :24:18.the season, beating Bohemians 4-111 days ago. Then came the abandoned
:24:19. > :24:22.game against Limerick. The manager was philosophical about the lights
:24:23. > :24:28.going out, preferring to focus on two tough games coming up, away to
:24:29. > :24:34.shamrock Rovers and hosting champions Dundalk Monday evening.
:24:35. > :24:38.These two are two of the big fights and our boys have been fantastic in
:24:39. > :24:44.their preparation and they are geared up and ready to go for Friday
:24:45. > :24:48.night. The massive redevelopment of Brandywell is continuing and the new
:24:49. > :24:53.York Stadium is now taking shape. In the meantime, Derry City will
:24:54. > :24:56.continue to play their games at McGinn park and the fans will
:24:57. > :25:06.certainly be hoping any pirate glitches have now been sorted out.
:25:07. > :25:18.-- pyro. This is a picture of a daffodil as
:25:19. > :25:25.big as he is! It's like being in the land of the giants! A big
:25:26. > :25:29.improvement in our forecast tomorrow but quite a bit of rain to get
:25:30. > :25:33.through first. It was a little bit delayed. It decided to move in
:25:34. > :25:35.through this evening. Some of it will be quite heavy but it should be
:25:36. > :25:45.gone by midnight. No frost to worry about for tomorrow
:25:46. > :25:50.morning. The wins will have eased after a breezy night and it will be
:25:51. > :25:54.mainly dry with more in the way of sunshine and certainly starting to
:25:55. > :25:58.feel much more like spring. Not too bad start, not too chilly, the sun
:25:59. > :26:04.will come out pretty quickly and it will last during the day for many of
:26:05. > :26:08.us. A small chance of the odd isolated shower. Temperatures
:26:09. > :26:11.responding to that sunshine tomorrow, 11 or 12 degrees, maybe
:26:12. > :26:18.the odd 13 in a couple of lucky spots. If you are travelling
:26:19. > :26:23.tomorrow, it is dried practically everywhere but a bit of a north -
:26:24. > :26:28.south split in terms of sunshine. Cloudier and damper towards the
:26:29. > :26:33.south coast. Plenty of sunshine in the north. It will stay that way for
:26:34. > :26:37.us until tomorrow evening before nightfall and then tomorrow, staying
:26:38. > :26:41.largely dry. A few showers expected tomorrow night, especially for more
:26:42. > :26:45.northern areas and a few of them could be quite heavy. Another mild
:26:46. > :26:52.night, temperatures around four or 5 degrees. Thursday, we do it all
:26:53. > :26:58.again, plenty of dry weather in the current forecast. We expect some
:26:59. > :27:01.sunshine as well. Temperatures reaching 11 or 12 degrees. Some rain
:27:02. > :27:06.in the forecast coming later on in the day through Thursday evening.
:27:07. > :27:11.Eventually pushing east across all places. It will clear away but
:27:12. > :27:14.behind it, Friday, we expect some grey skies and damp and drizzly
:27:15. > :27:19.conditions but the southerly wind keeps things feeling mild. A few
:27:20. > :27:22.showers expected through the weekend but temperatures staying up in the
:27:23. > :27:27.double figures right through to the end of the weekend with no frost.
:27:28. > :27:30.Finally starting to feel a bit more like spring.