:00:00. > :00:07.The death of a man in a scrambler bike crash
:00:08. > :00:14.Ryan Phillips was 27 and from the Lisburn area.
:00:15. > :00:18.He was involved in a collision with another bike on a pathway
:00:19. > :00:26.The scene of the crash on the Lagan towpath.
:00:27. > :00:28.Ryan Phillips who died, was
:00:29. > :00:33.An 18-year-old youth was riding the other end was injured.
:00:34. > :00:36.The tragedy happened just next to an off-road
:00:37. > :00:42.The police are trying to find out what caused
:00:43. > :00:49.It runs from the park and ride facility.
:00:50. > :00:52.The name is popular with walkers and cyclists and is used as
:00:53. > :00:58.The exact circumstances of what happened last night were
:00:59. > :01:02.still being investigated but it was dark at the time and there would
:01:03. > :01:06.have been a lot of noise from passing traffic on a motorway,
:01:07. > :01:11.which is just on the other side of these bushes.
:01:12. > :01:13.Neighbours arrived at the scene of the crash as police were
:01:14. > :01:20.Young fellas at such a young age and this tragedy
:01:21. > :01:26.The police were on scene and the lane was closed off.
:01:27. > :01:29.Families were arriving and people were grief
:01:30. > :01:34.stricken and it was a terrible scene.
:01:35. > :01:37.Last summer, police launched an awareness campaign about
:01:38. > :01:40.the use of scramblers in public places following the death of
:01:41. > :01:44.Valerie Armstrong, a mother of three struck by a scrambler
:01:45. > :01:47.in Colin Glen Forest Park in West Belfast.
:01:48. > :01:51.Also last year, Daniel Sheridan died in a motorbike
:01:52. > :01:57.And, a nine-year-old boy was hit by a scrambler at
:01:58. > :02:03.Following the tragedy last night, the police
:02:04. > :02:04.have issued an appeal for
:02:05. > :02:11.information from anyone who was close to the scene of the crash.
:02:12. > :02:14.Tributes have been paid to a 22-year-old Belfast man
:02:15. > :02:18.who died at the weekend almost a fortnight after an incident
:02:19. > :02:23.Conan Anderson had been injured during a night out and afterwards
:02:24. > :02:26.a 27-year-old man was arrested in north Belfast on suspicion
:02:27. > :02:34.Police are now treating the death as murder and have appealed
:02:35. > :02:38.The victim had been a sports coach and involved
:02:39. > :02:57.There's no words to describe what the family are going through.
:02:58. > :03:06.Especially kids at that young age, the look up the game as a role
:03:07. > :03:11.The police are investigating a gun attack in Coleraine last night
:03:12. > :03:17.A masked gunman opened fire in their home in James Street.
:03:18. > :03:20.The woman in her 50s and her son who's in his 20s
:03:21. > :03:27.The DUP leader claims winning the Assembly election would give
:03:28. > :03:31.Sinn Fein a hugely significant worldwide propaganda boost.
:03:32. > :03:35.Launching her party's manifesto, Arlene Foster said such a result
:03:36. > :03:39.would be a disaster for unionism and for Northern Ireland
:03:40. > :03:42.and stopping Sinn Fein was the platform on which the DUP
:03:43. > :03:52.This hotel will forever be associated with the failed talks
:03:53. > :03:55.process led by the US diplomat Richard Haas.
:03:56. > :03:59.Just over three years later, the DUP were back to launch
:04:00. > :04:02.their manifesto for an election which will be followed by yet more
:04:03. > :04:07.The DUP say they are fighting this election in the worst possible
:04:08. > :04:12.circumstances but its main message is clear and it is one we have heard
:04:13. > :04:18.The party leader said she was suffering.
:04:19. > :04:24.I have been struck down with the cold/man flu so it is bad.
:04:25. > :04:26.She was able to list ten reasons to give
:04:27. > :04:30.the people on doorsteps about why it would matter if Sinn Fein wins
:04:31. > :04:35.It would give Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein a hugely
:04:36. > :04:40.significant worldwide propaganda boost just months after nationalism.
:04:41. > :04:46.undermine unionist confidence which has been rebuilt after so many
:04:47. > :04:48.years of decline and, finally, it would
:04:49. > :04:54.give Sinn Fein the right to nominate a First Minister.
:04:55. > :04:59.Our job, your job, is to make sure that that does not happen.
:05:00. > :05:04.Then she turned to the Ulster Unionists.
:05:05. > :05:10.Colleagues, it is inexplicable, sad and shameful that Mike Nesbitt would
:05:11. > :05:15.urge people to transfer to the SDLP ahead of the Unionists.
:05:16. > :05:18.When her speech was over, the media was not
:05:19. > :05:24.The eight-page document is not really a manifesto
:05:25. > :05:28.at all, but an addendum to reflect developments since the last document
:05:29. > :05:32.It lists the main priorities of the DUP from then, prioritising
:05:33. > :05:37.spending on health service, creating more jobs and increasing income,
:05:38. > :05:42.protecting family budgets, raising standards in education for everyone
:05:43. > :05:47.The DUP claims it goes into the election
:05:48. > :05:55.Its goal is to get in front by Thursday.
:05:56. > :05:59.An environmentalist has described the route of a new dual carriageway
:06:00. > :06:02.near a protected wetland as the most expensive and destructive option
:06:03. > :06:07.Chris Murphy has gone to court to try to stop work on a section
:06:08. > :06:17.Chris Murphy, helped by his wife Doris, represented himself in court.
:06:18. > :06:20.He is not opposing the duelling on the A6,
:06:21. > :06:26.He says it is too close to an important
:06:27. > :06:28.protected wetland north of Toomebridge.
:06:29. > :06:33.At rush hour it's choked with traffic.
:06:34. > :06:36.It needs upgrading, but not along this route,
:06:37. > :06:41.He said this was one of the most important
:06:42. > :06:44.wetlands in this island whose importance as a home for migratory
:06:45. > :06:52.The stripping of the said was like cutting the corner of a Rembrandt.
:06:53. > :06:55.At the heart of this case is a claim that the environmental survey
:06:56. > :06:58.underpinning the decision to push ahead with the road were a decade
:06:59. > :07:02.Chris Murphy said the Department for Infrastructure
:07:03. > :07:05.officials had been told they were not compliant with rules
:07:06. > :07:07.under EU laws which protect this place, but they'd
:07:08. > :07:12.A new assessment ought to have been carried out, one that
:07:13. > :07:15.was up-to-date and gave good information on the impact of the
:07:16. > :07:20.project and populations of swans which use these fields.
:07:21. > :07:23.He said picking the line closest to the lough through a
:07:24. > :07:26.landscape celebrated by poet Seamus Heaney,
:07:27. > :07:29.was the most expensive and most destructive option,
:07:30. > :07:40.The Department will get its say tomorrow.
:07:41. > :07:43.A County Armagh man has been fined several thousand pounds
:07:44. > :07:47.for destroying 30 acres of priority habitat within an environmentally
:07:48. > :07:51.Inspectors from the Environment Agency visited a site
:07:52. > :07:54.owned by Derek Johnston from Carrickasticken Road
:07:55. > :07:57.in Forkhill and saw areas being burned and sprayed
:07:58. > :08:00.and vegetation being removed with machinery.
:08:01. > :08:03.The land is within the Slieve Gullion Area
:08:04. > :08:06.of Special Scientific Interest and Area of Conservation
:08:07. > :08:08.and it is an offence to carry out such work
:08:09. > :08:14.there without notification or permission.
:08:15. > :08:23.The weather is next. Good evening. We had quite a spring
:08:24. > :08:27.like feel to the weather this afternoon with temperatures above 14
:08:28. > :08:31.degrees in some spots in the sunshine. Overnight tonight we have
:08:32. > :08:34.a weather front which will introduce some cloud and rain in the southern
:08:35. > :08:39.half of Northern Ireland. Poor skies across the North means cooler
:08:40. > :08:43.overnight there. Tomorrow. Dry but it not going to last as we go
:08:44. > :08:47.through the day, the weather front will again return but this time it
:08:48. > :08:53.will bring some much heavier and more persistent rain. In
:08:54. > :08:56.mid-morning, it is dry but it doesn't take long for the rain to
:08:57. > :09:01.start to push in and spread to all parts. Temperatures still quite
:09:02. > :09:05.mild, 11 or 12 degrees, but you can see what a different day were having
:09:06. > :09:10.a cost of imports of the UK. Heavy rain across the west coast of
:09:11. > :09:15.Scotland, drive across south-east England. It would be a varied of
:09:16. > :09:19.weather. We start of this mild note that by the time ago to Thursday, it
:09:20. > :09:23.could be cold enough for the chance of some hill snow. Overnight the
:09:24. > :09:27.rain will continue into Tuesday and Wednesday. Behind it, we start to
:09:28. > :09:31.introduce some of that cooler air so look at what happens to our
:09:32. > :09:36.temperatures, highs of eight or 9 degrees on Wednesday and it is
:09:37. > :09:40.because this area of cold air is becoming more dominant by the end of
:09:41. > :09:43.the week. On Thursday morning, there is an area of low pressure comes
:09:44. > :09:47.through and it could be cold enough to see them filled snow over highest
:09:48. > :09:50.ground. A mild start of the week of the temperatures are going downhill.
:09:51. > :09:54.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning