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:00:00. > :00:13.Good evening. and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

:00:14. > :00:15.This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines

:00:16. > :00:20.More questions about why the authorities decided not

:00:21. > :00:24.to prosecute this man after he admitted abusing children.

:00:25. > :00:34.One lawyer challenges the judgement of a senior detective.

:00:35. > :00:42.In his view, this is not an offence punishable by law. No, that is quite

:00:43. > :00:43.clearly wrong and it doesn't make any sense.

:00:44. > :00:45.It's also revealed that the abuser went on to run

:00:46. > :00:49.Two people working in this pharmacy are stabbed

:00:50. > :00:55.Anger over the closure of one of the north-west's few

:00:56. > :00:59.engineering factories, and the loss of nearly 100 jobs.

:01:00. > :01:03.Rory McIlroy is about to start his bid to win the US Masters and join

:01:04. > :01:07.the greats of the game with a career Grand Slam of Majors.

:01:08. > :01:10.And we're still mucking around with cloud which could be a sticking

:01:11. > :01:22.First to our investigation which spans the Atlantic,

:01:23. > :01:25.between here and Canada, where we tracked down a self

:01:26. > :01:32.Yesterday, Henry Clarke told us he had abused children from three

:01:33. > :01:42.He said he had owned up to the RUC in 1985 but nothing happened.

:01:43. > :01:45.He then went on to run a home for boys in Canada.

:01:46. > :01:49.As Kevin Magee reports, major questions need to be answered

:01:50. > :01:58.about how the criminal justice system handled this abuse.

:01:59. > :02:05.In the 1980s when the police began investigating the notorious Kincora

:02:06. > :02:11.Boys Home in Belfast the uncovered abuse at other homes including one

:02:12. > :02:14.called Bawnmore in Newtownabbey. The recent historic institutional abuse

:02:15. > :02:20.enquiry heard a man who worked there are confessed to police in 1985 he

:02:21. > :02:24.had sexually abused children but escaped justice. He couldn't be

:02:25. > :02:28.named until the BBC's successfully applied to have his anonymity

:02:29. > :02:33.lifted. Last night we revealed who he is and where he's living.

:02:34. > :02:41.Tonight, we ask, why he was never convicted. For nearly 50 years,

:02:42. > :02:45.Henry Clarke have carried a secret. He is a paedophile who has never

:02:46. > :02:48.been held accountable for his crimes. We discovered his past and

:02:49. > :02:54.will be confronted him, he agreed to talk publicly for the first time. I

:02:55. > :02:59.broadly at that time would not have used the word paedophile because I'd

:03:00. > :03:05.never thought of it. As the years have gone on, I realise that that is

:03:06. > :03:11.the proper word for what I've done. Always in the back of my mind I knew

:03:12. > :03:15.what I was doing was wrong. Billy Brown was one of Henry Clark's

:03:16. > :03:19.victims and remembers being terrified. He has agreed to waive

:03:20. > :03:26.his right to anonymity to speak to the BBC. Even if you called you in

:03:27. > :03:31.for his dinner, you stayed away from him. You had to stay away from him.

:03:32. > :03:35.You went to bed at night, you killed your blankets as tightly around you

:03:36. > :03:37.as you could. I know that very fact, I that.

:03:38. > :03:40.The police knew Henry Clarke's crimes in 1985 when he confessed

:03:41. > :03:43.to the RUC during a family holiday in Northern Ireland.

:03:44. > :03:48.I admitted that I had interfered with a boy at

:03:49. > :03:54.Bawnmore House and one at Firmount Hostel.

:03:55. > :04:04.And then at a later date, I omitted to mention something else and I

:04:05. > :04:06.wrote a letter to the RUC and told them that I had missed telling them

:04:07. > :04:09.about this other boy. I am not sure, my wife and I thought

:04:10. > :04:14.that I would probably finish So a man confesses to

:04:15. > :04:18.police, expects them to act upon what he has told

:04:19. > :04:21.them and are surprised when there is not

:04:22. > :04:24.a knock at his door. Clues as to how the RUC

:04:25. > :04:31.responded to his admissions are contained in some of

:04:32. > :04:33.the documents released at the recent Historical Institutional Abuse

:04:34. > :04:37.Inquiry carried out in The inquiry heard his first two

:04:38. > :04:44.confessions of abuse were made in 1985, but the Director

:04:45. > :04:46.of Public Prosecutions He admitted to sexually abusing two

:04:47. > :04:55.boys. According to evidence

:04:56. > :05:01.heard at the inquiry, one of the offences happened

:05:02. > :05:03.17 years before the the DPP felt it would be

:05:04. > :05:17.inappropriate to pursue Having looked in the papers in this

:05:18. > :05:22.case and on any reading, the DPP decision not to prosecute here is

:05:23. > :05:27.devoid of any rationale or indeed any legal principle. One leading

:05:28. > :05:33.barrister we spoke to said the passage of time it doesn't matter in

:05:34. > :05:40.this case. Simply to say a 17 year delay exists without more doesn't

:05:41. > :05:46.actually hold weight from a legal perspective. The evidence and

:05:47. > :05:53.material is clearly there. All I would say is that there is no

:05:54. > :06:00.Statute of Limitations applicable here. Jim Gamble is one of the UK's

:06:01. > :06:05.leading experts. He believes the DPP should have mounted a prosecution.

:06:06. > :06:10.In this instance you had an admission, you didn't need to go

:06:11. > :06:15.back, you didn't have to worry that the allegation was old and the

:06:16. > :06:19.evidence might be stale, you had a contemporary admission. Given that,

:06:20. > :06:24.I don't understand why it wasn't prosecuted. Henry Clarke returned to

:06:25. > :06:29.Canada, but he had more to tell the police. From there, he wrote them a

:06:30. > :06:34.letter of confession, admitting a third instance of abuse at a Boys'

:06:35. > :06:41.Brigade camp in Newcastle, County Down. Given the state prosecutor's

:06:42. > :06:44.previous refusal to make a case against Henry Clark, this time the

:06:45. > :06:47.police didn't even tell the DPP about this confession. Documents

:06:48. > :06:49.from the time Surbey police said they should be no further action. A

:06:50. > :07:07.senior police officer said... We have in the documentation in a

:07:08. > :07:14.statement by a very senior RUC detective who oversees this

:07:15. > :07:20.investigation, making it quite clear that, in his view, this is not an

:07:21. > :07:27.offence punishable by law. That is quite clearly wrong and it doesn't

:07:28. > :07:29.make any sense. The decision not to seek prosecution made Henry Clarke

:07:30. > :07:34.was free to resume his life in Canada. There are unanswered

:07:35. > :07:38.questions on this side of the Atlantic as well. Why was a

:07:39. > :07:44.self-confessed paedophile allowed to live his life and challenged in

:07:45. > :07:48.Canada as if nothing had happened? And, crucially, why would the

:07:49. > :07:54.Canadian authorities not told about Henry Clarke's history of serial

:07:55. > :07:57.child abuse? It is an error of judgment, I don't know how many of

:07:58. > :08:02.us would have cheered the information back then, given that

:08:03. > :08:06.the level of maturity and understanding of this was very low.

:08:07. > :08:13.Today, I would expect that information to be shared. The PSNI

:08:14. > :08:18.said it is now reviewing the case, including how it shares information

:08:19. > :08:23.with the Canadian police. We investigated the allegations in the

:08:24. > :08:27.1980s, it was a different world. But we did investigate them thoroughly.

:08:28. > :08:32.We need to look at why that was not successful and why there was no

:08:33. > :08:38.prosecution and we need to look at what opportunities may know exist

:08:39. > :08:47.and we need to respond with those matters anyway that doesn't... Since

:08:48. > :08:51.no one in Canada was made aware of Henry Clarke's admissions to police,

:08:52. > :08:55.he continued to live his life without anyone in authority knowing

:08:56. > :08:59.about his confessions. A pastor at four different churches and went on

:09:00. > :09:02.to adopt a 13-year-old boy, something he says he probably would

:09:03. > :09:06.not have been able to do if the Canadians had known about his

:09:07. > :09:11.background. When he first emigrated to Canada, he ran a home for boys in

:09:12. > :09:16.northern Ontario. The charity responsible said that as far as it

:09:17. > :09:21.was aware it had no reports of sexual abuse allegations against

:09:22. > :09:28.Henry Clarke. Have you ever abused any children in Canada? No, you have

:09:29. > :09:34.asked me that three or four times. But do you still have desires

:09:35. > :09:41.towards children? In the sands of setting up and seeing children as a

:09:42. > :09:46.sexual object, no, but do I see children with the old feelings, from

:09:47. > :09:52.time to time, yes, but I don't act out on it because I know now that

:09:53. > :09:58.that is wrong. Our children safe around you if you still have those

:09:59. > :10:01.desires? Absolutely. Know the details of his crimes are public,

:10:02. > :10:17.Henry Clarke said he is fearful of what will happen next. I don't know

:10:18. > :10:22.what's happening today. Sitting here with you, I am taking

:10:23. > :10:24.responsibility. He is left wondering if his past will become part of his

:10:25. > :10:26.future. There is an update to this story,

:10:27. > :10:30.which is just breaking. Yes, Donna, the PPS has just been

:10:31. > :10:34.in touch with us to say they are considering a formal review

:10:35. > :10:37.of the case against Henry Clarke and they've written

:10:38. > :10:40.to the Chief Constable about the failure of the police

:10:41. > :10:43.in 1985 to pass evidence to the DPP. I'll just read the statement

:10:44. > :10:46.they have sent to us: "The PPS is concerned to learn

:10:47. > :10:49.that the police did not forward significant evidence

:10:50. > :10:50.concerning serious offences to the then Department of the Director

:10:51. > :10:53.of Public Prosecutions in 1985. Accordingly, a request has been

:10:54. > :11:10.forwarded to the Chief Constable Given the revelations that have come

:11:11. > :11:14.to light in these cases, the PPS proposes to carry out

:11:15. > :11:17.a formal review of all relevant matters and of any previous

:11:18. > :11:19.prosecutorial decisions relating We intend to contact Mr Brown -

:11:20. > :11:23.that's Henry Clarke's victim Billy Brown, to seek his views

:11:24. > :11:26.on the review and to keep him Clearly an evolving story after your

:11:27. > :11:35.investigation. Kevin, thank you. Two people working at a pharmacy

:11:36. > :11:38.in West Belfast have been stabbed It happened this morning

:11:39. > :11:42.on the Falls Road and a man A group representing pharmacists

:11:43. > :11:45.says security precautions may now need to be stepped up.

:11:46. > :11:47.Maggie Taggart reports. The note on the door gives little

:11:48. > :11:50.hint of a violent attack on two pharmacists going about their daily

:11:51. > :11:55.work, providing a health service A man with a knife went into

:11:56. > :11:59.McDonagh's about half past nine. He threatened staff,

:12:00. > :12:02.apparently demanding they hand He then attacked two men,

:12:03. > :12:07.one was stabbed in th chest Other staff then held him back,

:12:08. > :12:11.reportedly immobilising The attacker also suffered a stab

:12:12. > :12:17.wound in the lower back. A 26-year-old man is now in custody

:12:18. > :12:20.on suspicion of attempted murder Politicians at the scene

:12:21. > :12:38.condemned the attack. The have traumatised a pharmacy,

:12:39. > :12:42.customers in the area, and this community and this committee is

:12:43. > :12:43.angry these people have attacked a business and we have also attacked

:12:44. > :12:47.this community. -- purvey. The two staff who were stabbed

:12:48. > :12:49.were both pharmacists in the shop. The Pharmacists' Forum says

:12:50. > :12:51.it is shocking news. It says front line healthcare staff

:12:52. > :12:54.face violence and abuse every day. It has called for all

:12:55. > :13:01.workplaces to be safe. It would be very sad if we had to

:13:02. > :13:07.have security guards in pharmacies and hopefully this will be a one-off

:13:08. > :13:11.incident. We will be addressing security issues with the PSNI in the

:13:12. > :13:12.future to see how we can assist our colleagues to prevent the sort of

:13:13. > :13:13.attacks from happening. The police have

:13:14. > :13:21.appealed for witnesses. The staff were praised for their

:13:22. > :13:24.bravery. The two men who were stabbed were taken to hospital but

:13:25. > :13:27.their injuries are not said to be life-threatening.

:13:28. > :13:29.A 23-year-old man was wounded in a gun attack

:13:30. > :13:36.Blood stains and wrappers from medical dressings mark the spot

:13:37. > :13:43.He was wounded in the elbows, knees and ankles.

:13:44. > :13:45.The shooting happened on this grassy area here

:13:46. > :13:47.between Dakota Avenue and Hampton Grove.

:13:48. > :13:50.It was shortly before eleven o'clock last night and the sound brought

:13:51. > :13:53.people out of their houses into the dark to try

:13:54. > :13:59.The incident has caused shock and concern in the local community.

:14:00. > :14:02.People are upset, I have to say, and they're maybe a bit wary now.

:14:03. > :14:05.They don't want this, they don't want this, definitely not.

:14:06. > :14:09.I totally condemn it without reservation.

:14:10. > :14:14.It's not for these people down here and people don't want it.

:14:15. > :14:16.There should not be firearms back on the streets again.

:14:17. > :14:19.It's understood the young man is not from here, but from elsewhere

:14:20. > :14:29.His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

:14:30. > :14:33.A judge has granted an application by media organisations to lift a ban

:14:34. > :14:36.on the publication of images of a woman who, along

:14:37. > :14:39.with her husband, was jailed for the sexual abuse

:14:40. > :14:45.Caroline Baker was given an 18 month jail sentence,

:14:46. > :14:48.with another 18 months on licence, for her part in the abuse

:14:49. > :14:52.of the woman who was kept a virtual prisoner in the Bakers' family home

:14:53. > :14:56.Keith Baker was sentenced to 15 years in prison,

:14:57. > :15:01.The couple kept their victim in a squalid room without carpet,

:15:02. > :15:05.a light bulb, bedclothes or curtains, until the police

:15:06. > :15:14.Trying to stay focussed - Lions favourite Rory Best

:15:15. > :15:23.ahead of Ulster's latest challenge tomorrow night.

:15:24. > :15:26.A woman has died in a road crash early this morning.

:15:27. > :15:30.It happened on Finvoy Road between Rasharkin and Ballymoney.

:15:31. > :15:38.The Secretary of State says he will need to make decisions

:15:39. > :15:42.at Easter if there's still no agreement on restoring devolution.

:15:43. > :15:44.James Brokenshire was speaking during a visit

:15:45. > :15:48.to Antrim Area Hospital to highlight the danger to public

:15:49. > :15:52.services because of the current talks impasse.

:15:53. > :15:54.Sinn Fein has accused him of having a brass neck.

:15:55. > :15:59.Here's our political correspondent, Gareth Gordon.

:16:00. > :16:02.When you're trying to keep something alive where better

:16:03. > :16:08.One talks process has already expired and another seems

:16:09. > :16:14.Time to abandon Stormont Castle for a morning and head

:16:15. > :16:29.I am here at the hospital underlining the public services that

:16:30. > :16:30.are looking for a certainty, looking for an executive in place, to be

:16:31. > :16:31.able to make decisions. And also to apply a bit of pressure

:16:32. > :16:34.on politicians who seem as far away as ever from a deal

:16:35. > :16:42.to restore devolution. Getting back to normality. That is a

:16:43. > :16:52.different matter altogether. James Brokenshire could not have

:16:53. > :16:54.put it better himself, but he knows the situation may soon

:16:55. > :17:07.require drastic surgery. It is that Easter is focused that I

:17:08. > :17:10.have for me to take decisions, therefore to introduce legislation

:17:11. > :17:15.thereafter red so we can get on with the job, get an executive back into

:17:16. > :17:19.place and if we don't see that, start to make decisions about what

:17:20. > :17:20.further contingencies may need to be put into place.

:17:21. > :17:22.But at an Irish language demo this afternoon, the former

:17:23. > :17:35.The last time I saw James Brokenshire up close, I'm pretty

:17:36. > :17:40.sure he had a brass neck, because the main pressure on our public

:17:41. > :17:44.services is the austerity agenda of the Tory Government. They have

:17:45. > :17:49.removed staff from our budget and front line services over the period

:17:50. > :17:54.of the last Assembly and he predicts to impose another 3% decrease. The

:17:55. > :17:58.patient James Brokenshire I may turn his attention to is the political

:17:59. > :18:01.process. Right now the prognosis does not look good.

:18:02. > :18:04.The Minister in Wales responsible for the Welsh Language says

:18:05. > :18:08.unionists should embrace the Irish language which will not compromise

:18:09. > :18:12.With the Irish Language Act, one of the biggest stumbling blocks

:18:13. > :18:15.in the talks process at Stormont, Alun Davies told the BBC programme

:18:16. > :18:18.The View his use of Welsh adds to his identity and

:18:19. > :18:30.I am a Unionist and I speak Welsh, my children speak Welsh and go to

:18:31. > :18:35.Welsh language schools. I speak Welsh when I am at home and work. It

:18:36. > :18:39.is the part of who I am an part of my identity, part of my cultural

:18:40. > :18:43.experience and future and is part of my British teacher. I don't need to

:18:44. > :18:44.choose between being British are being Welsh, I can have both.

:18:45. > :18:49.More on that in The View on BBC One at 10:40 after our late news.

:18:50. > :18:54.There's anger about the lack of focus from Stormont on addressing

:18:55. > :18:57.the economic fortunes of the area in and around Londonderry.

:18:58. > :19:00.Last week, an aerospace company shuts its doors with the loss

:19:01. > :19:05.Two of its former employees believe the region has been neglected

:19:06. > :19:08.for years and they want the politicians to get their act

:19:09. > :19:11.Our north-west reporter, Keiron Tourish, has

:19:12. > :19:27.What's happening now? What are you doing with yourself? Doing some

:19:28. > :19:28.renovations around the house. Keeping myself busy.

:19:29. > :19:30.Catching up after a lifetime working together.

:19:31. > :19:33.Danny McDowell and William Heywood have spent more than 70

:19:34. > :19:36.But they've lost their jobs at the Schibo aerospace plant

:19:37. > :19:37.after administrators couldn't find a buyer.

:19:38. > :19:45.A lot of young people down there had good skill, now there is nothing for

:19:46. > :19:50.them. They have to move on. My own son who worked there had to move

:19:51. > :19:56.away, to average the way. I don't think anybody cares, to be honest

:19:57. > :20:00.with you. 100 people lost their jobs and has been very little said about

:20:01. > :20:06.it. You just feel as if nobody wants you more. There is no body looking

:20:07. > :20:11.out for the younger people. We should not as young people, we

:20:12. > :20:16.shouldn't have to travel to business up the country for jobs. There

:20:17. > :20:18.should be jobs here. It's not happening. We don't even have a

:20:19. > :20:22.Government and we are not doing anything about it, as far as I

:20:23. > :20:34.conceive. There has to be something to bring jobs to Derry. The union

:20:35. > :20:36.said it underlined the need for an executive to get up and running to

:20:37. > :20:37.bring forward an industrial strategy.

:20:38. > :20:39.One leading north-west businessman agrees and claims a north-west

:20:40. > :20:48.ministerial sub-committee at Stormont met only once or twice.

:20:49. > :20:53.The north-west is the economic blackspot of not only Northern

:20:54. > :20:57.Ireland but the whole of the UK and within Europe and has been a special

:20:58. > :21:00.case for a number of years but we need our politicians to address

:21:01. > :21:01.this. We need them to do with as quickly and we need an executive up

:21:02. > :21:02.and running. Danny McDowell and William Heywood

:21:03. > :21:05.believe they're fortunate to have had long working lives,

:21:06. > :21:07.but they feel the future looks bleak unless there's renewed

:21:08. > :21:13.impetus from Stormont. In a statement this evening,

:21:14. > :21:15.the Department of the Economy said it remains committed to putting

:21:16. > :21:19.in place an industrial strategy to promote job creation and growth

:21:20. > :21:26.across Northern Ireland. If you're a golf fan,

:21:27. > :21:28.you'll probably spend a lot of time watching the TV

:21:29. > :21:31.over the next few days because today saw the start of the first major

:21:32. > :21:34.championship of the season - the US Masters in Augusta,

:21:35. > :21:38.Georgia. Gavin Andrews is here

:21:39. > :21:42.with the latest on the play. In the last few minutes,

:21:43. > :21:44.Rory McIlroy has just teed off The only one of golf's four major

:21:45. > :22:05.championships he hasn't won. The weather at D1 is ensuring this

:22:06. > :22:12.is a tough test for the best golfers in the world. Very windy conditions

:22:13. > :22:15.with gusts of 30 or 40 mph, getting stronger as the afternoon

:22:16. > :22:20.progresses. At least the weather has improved from last night, when a

:22:21. > :22:24.massive thunder and lightning storm meant the part three tournament and

:22:25. > :22:29.practice were abandoned. Rory McIlroy arrives here today, feeling

:22:30. > :22:34.very confident about his challenge. As he tries to complete the career

:22:35. > :22:40.grand slam. And he has the backing of one of only five golfers in

:22:41. > :22:45.history to achieve the feat, Gary player, an honorary starter today. I

:22:46. > :22:49.would love to see Rory went, joined the five of us as a grand slam

:22:50. > :22:53.winner. He had his problems here as we all have at some time or another,

:22:54. > :22:57.he is not scared of that any more, subconsciously we are a little bit

:22:58. > :23:04.scared of having that, a bad time at this course. And then he has been

:23:05. > :23:08.playing consistently well, I am a big admirer of Rory. He has got the

:23:09. > :23:12.best golf swing in the world today. He looks like a ballet dancer, the

:23:13. > :23:17.way he finishes that shot. He really deserves to win it, in my opinion.

:23:18. > :23:21.It would be very exciting for him. Rory McIlroy two. If you minutes ago

:23:22. > :23:24.and watching some lucky fans from back home who have managed to get

:23:25. > :23:30.their hands on the hottest ticket in sport. I would absolutely love him

:23:31. > :23:34.winning this week, just to be here for that and see him get the clean

:23:35. > :23:41.sweep would be unbelievable. I was in Liverpool when he won the open

:23:42. > :23:46.then, as I'm open I'm a lucky omen for him. Joining McIlroy there is

:23:47. > :23:50.one other Irish golfer playing this week, Shane Lowry. We will update

:23:51. > :23:52.you on both of the progress on tonight's BBC newsline.

:23:53. > :23:54.Ireland pair Rory Best and Paddy Jackson return

:23:55. > :23:56.to the Ulster team for tomorrow's Pro12 game against Cardiff Blues

:23:57. > :24:00.The Ireland captain is a favourite to be named on the British

:24:01. > :24:02.and Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand this summer.

:24:03. > :24:05.That announcement comes in just under two weeks' time,

:24:06. > :24:08.but for now Best is focusing on the season run in with Ulster

:24:09. > :24:10.having learnt the lessons of his last Lions experience four

:24:11. > :24:24.You've got to be focused in the game, probably for years ago, I was

:24:25. > :24:31.getting a little bit too far ahead and making sure I was available for

:24:32. > :24:38.selection and not as focused on playing. It's a hard one to talk

:24:39. > :24:41.about because it was so disappointing, four years ago,

:24:42. > :24:46.everything about it. Obviously you want to rectify that but at the same

:24:47. > :24:52.time you have been there and done that. You just have to try and get

:24:53. > :24:56.on with your work, looking at how people deal with pressure, and this

:24:57. > :25:00.is another pressure, but if that wasn't the Lions here, it will be a

:25:01. > :25:03.World Cup year, a big southern Hemisphere tour coming up with

:25:04. > :25:10.Ireland, there is always something with pressure to perform, to try and

:25:11. > :25:12.do what you've done. Make sure your game goes right.

:25:13. > :25:14.Finally, the Republic of Ireland women's football team have called

:25:15. > :25:16.off their boycott of Monday's international against Slovakia.

:25:17. > :25:18.After mediation last night, they resolved their dispute with

:25:19. > :25:35.The weather forecast is next with Angie Phillips.

:25:36. > :25:42.Little or no rain in the forecast over the next few days, at least not

:25:43. > :25:48.till the weekend, even then there won't be an awful lot of rain. The

:25:49. > :25:52.emphasis is on a lot of dry weather. A lot of cloud around today, we

:25:53. > :25:56.started out with some sunshine towards the north by the cloud has

:25:57. > :26:00.been feeding in off the Atlantic, even with that you couldn't say it

:26:01. > :26:07.was unpleasant. It looked good there. Still if you bright intervals

:26:08. > :26:10.trying to come through. We might get one or two bright intervals this

:26:11. > :26:14.evening but the cloud is the dominant feature, as it will be to

:26:15. > :26:18.the cause of the night. In places it could lower giving odd pockets of

:26:19. > :26:25.drizzle, particularly over the hills, but many places will stay dry

:26:26. > :26:30.and mild. Only if we get some clear spells coming along, it may get

:26:31. > :26:34.chilly empires of the countryside. Into tomorrow, variable, large

:26:35. > :26:38.amounts of cloud again. But we still have that mainly dry theme. If you

:26:39. > :26:43.do have drizzle first thing, they will go away to leave a dry day. The

:26:44. > :26:47.cloud is a bit of an issue, as it always is when it's dark and high

:26:48. > :26:54.pressure. We are hoping as we go into the afternoon, although there

:26:55. > :26:57.is more cloud than sunshine, it will try to thin out, hinting at the odd

:26:58. > :27:01.bright spell. Temperatures should reach 12, possibly 13. Even if you

:27:02. > :27:05.do get those breaks tomorrow, they will fill in again tomorrow night, a

:27:06. > :27:10.played night, drizzle across the hills. Other than that, dry, not to

:27:11. > :27:14.chilly beneath the cloud. On Saturday, we start the day on a

:27:15. > :27:17.cloudy note, but the wind direction is different coming in from the

:27:18. > :27:21.south and we will start to get clearer air coming in towards us.

:27:22. > :27:27.Away from the east coast with the onshore breeze, feeling very

:27:28. > :27:31.pleasant and amateurs getting up to slip away towards the new continent

:27:32. > :27:35.through the weekend, allowing a weather front to move into the north

:27:36. > :27:36.and west bringing cloud on Sunday and possibly some light rain later

:27:37. > :27:37.on. Our late summary

:27:38. > :27:41.is at half past ten.