:00:00. > :00:09.Storm Doris caused disruption for many today as high winds brought
:00:10. > :00:11.down hundreds of trees and led to flights and ferries
:00:12. > :00:17.At one stage over 20,000 homes were without power.
:00:18. > :00:23.Storm Doris arrived early sweeping in from the West leaving
:00:24. > :00:29.It hit eastern counties around rush hour.
:00:30. > :00:37.In Belfast, major roads were blocked by fallen trees.
:00:38. > :00:45.High winds uprooted hundreds of trees across Northern Ireland.
:00:46. > :00:48.Not even the dark hedges in County Antrim, made famous
:00:49. > :00:51.Flights, trains, ferry services all faced disruption
:00:52. > :01:05.A top speed of over 71 mph was recorded on the south coast.
:01:06. > :01:08.The worst of the storm passed through by late morning,
:01:09. > :01:10.but the clear-up operation has taken most of the day.
:01:11. > :01:15.This team of tree surgeons has removed 30 trees in Belfast alone.
:01:16. > :01:20.Most of the fallen trees were weakened by disease or fungus.
:01:21. > :01:25.The tree is really quite spongy, falling apart.
:01:26. > :01:33.Everything we've dealt with has been structurally defective or the tree
:01:34. > :01:35.has been attacked by a pathogen, leading to decay and therefore
:01:36. > :01:46.Disruption as well to electricity supplies.
:01:47. > :01:49.The vast majority have now been restored with crews working
:01:50. > :01:52.from first thing this morning in difficult conditions.
:01:53. > :01:57.Access can be a problem where we have debris lying on roads.
:01:58. > :02:01.It is getting the equipment onto the ground.
:02:02. > :02:05.The ground is very damp with some flooding, so we have to be careful.
:02:06. > :02:09.We have to be mindful of health and safety.
:02:10. > :02:13.It does take time to get crews onto the ground
:02:14. > :02:18.Storm Doris may have left, but there is another weather warning
:02:19. > :02:29.We will have a full forecast later in the programme.
:02:30. > :02:32.A 63-year-old man has died after an empty van rolled into him
:02:33. > :02:35.as he withdrew money from a cash machine in Larne.
:02:36. > :02:41.Our north-east reporter Sara Girvin has more.
:02:42. > :02:44.The man was using this ATM just before 8:30am yesterday morning
:02:45. > :02:49.The vehicle had been parked on Main Street,
:02:50. > :02:52.but it rolled backwards and struck him.
:02:53. > :02:54.He was taken to husband with a suspected fractured leg,
:02:55. > :02:58.Robert Reid was working in the butchers next
:02:59. > :03:14.A few other people from cars outside the shop had run to his help.
:03:15. > :03:20.People are shocked that somebody could be knocked down
:03:21. > :03:27.Police have asked anyone who saw a blue Vauxhall van parked
:03:28. > :03:30.here on Main Street yesterday morning or who witnessed the
:03:31. > :03:40.The DUP MP Jim Shannon has cried in the House
:03:41. > :03:44.of Commons during a debate about the prosecution
:03:45. > :03:50.Mr Shannon referred to the death of his cousin murdered by the IRA,
:03:51. > :03:52.and members of the UDR he knew personally.
:03:53. > :03:55.Here's our political correspondent Stephen Walker.
:03:56. > :03:59.UDR man Kenneth Smith was murdered by the IRA back in 1971.
:04:00. > :04:02.Today his cousin Jim Shannon recalled his death and the killing
:04:03. > :04:20.And yet there is no multi-million pound investigation
:04:21. > :04:27.There seems to be more in the present this idea that one
:04:28. > :04:43.Ian Paisley MP said that Barra McGrory should not take part
:04:44. > :04:45.in any investigation because of his past.
:04:46. > :05:02.The Public Prosecution Service has pursued prosecutions for serious
:05:03. > :05:09.terrorist crimes during the Troubles and continues to do so.
:05:10. > :05:12.Sir Gerald Howarth also claimed that the DPP was trying to stop
:05:13. > :05:22.The DPP has issued an effective fatwa to news organisations
:05:23. > :05:33.across the United Kingdom that if they have the temerity to make
:05:34. > :05:36.any criticism of Mr O'Gara, Mr McGrory, that they will be served
:05:37. > :05:55.A public prosecution service statement said...
:05:56. > :05:59.This debate was called by the DUP, who believe too much focus has been
:06:00. > :06:02.given to the prosecution of ex-security force members
:06:03. > :06:08.compared to former paramilitaries, but this month figures obtained
:06:09. > :06:14.by the BBC has shown that investigations into killings
:06:15. > :06:18.by the Army account for about 30% of its legacy workload.
:06:19. > :06:26.We must ensure that there is fairness and balance in all of this.
:06:27. > :06:29.Meanwhile - speaking in Belfast this evening the Irish Minister
:06:30. > :06:32.for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, said prosecutions
:06:33. > :06:37.must be "vigorously pursued" in all unlawful troubles related
:06:38. > :06:39.deaths regardless of the perpetrator.
:06:40. > :06:42.Mr Flanagan was giving the annual Pat Finucane Lecture organised
:06:43. > :06:57.it is not for government to say whether their suffering is of
:06:58. > :07:05.greater or less are worth than that of their neighbour, or even other
:07:06. > :07:10.adversary. But the sacred clearly there can be no amnesty. If a
:07:11. > :07:13.killing has taken place it must be properly investigated to ascertain
:07:14. > :07:18.if it is unlawful and if the threshold of proof is meant
:07:19. > :07:21.prosecution must actively and vigorously be pursued.
:07:22. > :07:23.The DUP's Jim Wells has apologised for what he described
:07:24. > :07:27.as a light-hearted comment he made on Facebook about the dead sister
:07:28. > :07:31.Connaire McGreevy had changed his profile picture
:07:32. > :07:33.to an image of his sister and Mr Wells commented favourably
:07:34. > :07:39.He says he did not know about her death and had not intended
:07:40. > :07:46.With just a week until polling day, The View is out on the road tonight
:07:47. > :07:50.Here's Mark Carruthers with details on what's coming up straight
:07:51. > :08:01.Tonight we are at the brand-new Belfast campus of the Ulster
:08:02. > :08:05.University with an invited audience of young voters eager to question a
:08:06. > :08:08.panel of politicians from the five main parties. In just a week the
:08:09. > :08:12.polls will have closed and there will be little to do but wait for
:08:13. > :08:17.the results that could shape politics here for the next
:08:18. > :08:18.generation. Us here for the view on BBC One in just a few minutes.
:08:19. > :08:21.It was a stormy, wet day thanks to Storm Doris -
:08:22. > :08:23.what will the weather bring for the next few days?
:08:24. > :08:28.Well, after being drenched by the rain last night and battered
:08:29. > :08:30.by the winds through today, tonight is another weather hazard.
:08:31. > :08:34.The Met Office has a warning in place.
:08:35. > :08:36.The reason for that is the clearing skies through this evening
:08:37. > :08:40.Temperatures dropping away quite sharply.
:08:41. > :08:43.Couple that with all the moisture in the atmosphere and the lighter
:08:44. > :08:46.winds, it is the perfect conditions for ice to form on untreated roads.
:08:47. > :08:50.So, tomorrow a cold but mostly dry start to the day.
:08:51. > :08:52.It isn't going to last for terribly long though,
:08:53. > :08:56.because the skies will start to cloud over from the west as we go
:08:57. > :09:00.And then it won't be long before the rain starts to push in,
:09:01. > :09:04.eventually spreading into all parts as we get into Friday afternoon.
:09:05. > :09:07.So, a wet and windy end to the working week
:09:08. > :09:11.A very different story across other parts of the British Isles.
:09:12. > :09:12.Much drier, brighter and an awful lot calmer
:09:13. > :09:17.across the east coast of Scotland, England, south-west Wales too.
:09:18. > :09:19.It's really only for Northern Ireland, as we see that
:09:20. > :09:23.Behind it we are introducing some slightly more mild air
:09:24. > :09:28.That will help the temperatures on the rise.
:09:29. > :09:31.We will see double-figure temperatures through the weekend.
:09:32. > :09:34.Not, I'm afraid, that you're going to notice it much
:09:35. > :09:38.in the battering from that wind and rain.
:09:39. > :09:42.Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am in the morning
:09:43. > :09:51.You can also keep updated with News Online.
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