13/02/2017 BBC Newsline

The victim of an attempted murder near Lurgan early this morning

remains in a critical condition in hospital.

The 31-year-old man was struck in the head when shots

The Police later found a burnt-out car which they believe

The silence of the early hours was shattered

when gunfire rang out here

At least 20 bullets were fired from an automatic

weapon, one struck a man inside in the head.

He was alone in the house, but neighbours say his girlfriend and

In their absence this home became a

The attack took place just before quarter to two this morning.

Seconds afterwards, neighbours went to see they could help the victim.

I've spoken to a neighbour who didn't want to appear on camera, but

he told me he was watching television when he heard gunfire and

He ran to the house, where he found a man lying

The man, who was understood to have lived here for around two years,

was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

Police say, as yet, there was no known motive.

We are genuinely unclear on the motive.

That is one of the things I am appealing for today.

Somebody must know why this person was targeted,

it was orchestrated and carefully planned attack.

Is there anything happening in that area, you know

anything about the individual that was targeted.

We need your help in solving this, today.

Police believe the shots were fired from this car,

burnt out a little over a mile away from the scene.

It was stolen in Dublin in September and had false number plates.

Police want anyone with information about the car

A woman in her fifties has died following a single vehicle

She was a pedestrian and was struck by a silver-coloured car

on Ramoan Road shortly before five o'clock.

The Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.

There's disquiet in the Ulster Unionist Party over its leader

Mike Nesbitt saying that he intends to give the SDLP his

second preference vote in next month's election.

Some in his party have insisted they will be putting

Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty reports.

This was the moment when an uncomfortable Mike Nesbitt

I will be standing square behind that notion,

So, in your constituency you will vote Unionists and

As for his would-be political partner, he was less

I will be voting for myself, number one, and I

haven't decided what I will do after number two.

You are posting yourself as an alternative government, but

you can't say if you will support an unionist candidate, next?

Because it has a higher value if you transfer high up?

But, I'm pretty sure we'll get two SDLP

But, Mike Nesbitt's plan didn't sit easily

They made it clear they would ask that they do is to opt first for

Fellow unionists have also questioned

It is strange that a unionist would rather have

nationalists returned and other Unionists.

Backing the SDLP here is not a big political gamble.

Might it signal a new direction for the

has encouraged people to vote Tories in the past.

The reality is, he's all over the place.

It'll be interesting to see what his position

is, particularly on implementing the Good Friday Agreement.

No number two for any of these candidates by Mike

Nesbitt, but them man who can count on his support is nowhere to be seen

It is a bold move and one that Mike Nesbitt is likely to be quizzed

about from the party faithful when they meet tomorrow

The police found more than two kilograms of cocaine,

bundles of cash and a loaded handgun when they searched a house

David Agnew, with an address at Carberry Heights in the town, has

appeared before Newry Magistrates' Court in connection with the find

When the police arrived at the house on Friday,

they found him at home and asked them if there was anything

they needed to be aware of before beginning the search.

The court heard that he indicated there was,

but when pressed further he told them they would

In the search, they discovered many euros in the living room.

In the bedroom they found sterling wrapped in bundles of ?1000.

In the roof they found cocaine and a handgun with a loaded

A second silencer was found in the house.

As well as a plastic food container which had a white substance that

The detective constable told the court that of the weekend during

three interviews he consistently refused to make any comment.

He did not apply the bail and was remanded

in custody, appearing in by video link, next month.

It's been an incredible 24 hours for a teenage actor

Art Parkinson stars in the film Kubo And The Two Strings, which picked up

But before that, as Keiron Tourish reports, he has a big challenge

first thing tomorrow morning back home.

It is the biggest night of the year when the stars come out to celebrate

all that is best in British and international film.

The 15-year-old Donegal actor Art Parkinson clearly

The film that he starred in won best in

Whenever you are up against the Disney films and you are

the only one in your category that is something

independent, then the

Back home, excitement at his success at

the Baftas was being celebrated by his big brother and classmates.

We're very proud of him, I sent a text

last night to say we're proud of him and he's done well for oneself.

Matthew McConaghy also stars in Kubo And The Two Strings.

But there is the small matter of Art Parkinson's

mock exams before the Oscars which starts tomorrow.

No doubt, he will have all his lines learnt off by

Now here's the weather forecast, here's Cecilia Daly.

It's turning a milder. Good news if you are off school this week. It

will not always be dry but it is dry tonight. Temperatures just staying

above freezing. No frost tomorrow morning. But it will be cloudier.

Dry weather. The morning should stay dry. Still quite chilly in the

breeze. Though the sunshine in the north and east. Cloudy sky coming

from the south. Most sunshine tomorrow across Scotland, northern

and eastern counties of England. Cloud in the south and west with

rain coming northwards. Temperatures into double figures. Tomorrow, we

are in between. We get the cloud and a bit of rain and it is quite

breezy. Not feeling too pleasant. Especially if you get caught in the

rain with the gusty wind. Especially if you get caught in the

breezy, but not that bitter wind we had the weekend. There will be rain.

Wednesday, most of the showers will be in the West. 20 of dry weather

and sunshine in the east and north and averages in double figures.

Milder, cloudy at times, some dampness, but plenty of dry weather,

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