:00:00. > :00:09.Fire crews are dealing with a fire at a business
:00:10. > :00:11.premises on Main Street in Larne this evening.
:00:12. > :00:15.It follows a series of arson attacks in the town over the Easter weekend.
:00:16. > :00:18.In one early this morning a family, with two young children,
:00:19. > :00:21.were at home when their house came under attack.
:00:22. > :00:26.The house targeted this morning was at Mill Road
:00:27. > :00:31.A petrol-soaked rag was recovered from the scene.
:00:32. > :00:34.A second car was set alight in Bryan Street.
:00:35. > :00:37.The police are investigating a link with other attacks on Saturday
:00:38. > :00:40.and Sunday when five cars were extensively damaged.
:00:41. > :00:42.There have been arson attacks on Friday,
:00:43. > :00:47.I totally condemn these attacks and I appeal to anybody
:00:48. > :00:51.who has any information, no matter how small that is,
:00:52. > :00:53.to come forward to the PSNI with that information so that these
:00:54. > :00:59.people can be apprehended and brought before the courts.
:01:00. > :01:02.Last night was a typical example where a lady
:01:03. > :01:04.was in the house with a young family that was petrol bombed.
:01:05. > :01:08.This is totally and utterly unacceptable.
:01:09. > :01:16.A DUP MP says Northern Ireland is heading towards direct rule.
:01:17. > :01:20.Talks to form a Stormont Executive are due to resume after Easter.
:01:21. > :01:24.While the UK Government says it will consider all options,
:01:25. > :01:28.Sinn Fein insist it's either a deal or an election.
:01:29. > :01:31.Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told our reporter Sara Neill that
:01:32. > :01:35.Sinn Fein are changing the goalposts every day.
:01:36. > :01:38.I think that with the situation if it continues like this over
:01:39. > :01:42.the next couple of weeks we are looking at direct rule.
:01:43. > :01:47.The DUP is ready to to form a government without preconditions.
:01:48. > :01:50.We recognise there are a lot of issues we need to work through,
:01:51. > :01:54.but surely the best way to do that is being in government
:01:55. > :01:57.and having the reins of power and to be able to make the changes
:01:58. > :02:01.necessary and to deliver for the people who elected us,
:02:02. > :02:04.so we are ready to go into government but apparently
:02:05. > :02:09.You are saying that Sinn Fein are not ready to go into government
:02:10. > :02:12.and there are issues that need to be worked through, is the problem that
:02:13. > :02:16.The DUP has approached negotiations willing to find
:02:17. > :02:20.consensus and agreement, but every day Sinn Fein put
:02:21. > :02:28.They want another election and the opportunity to become
:02:29. > :02:32.the largest party in Northern Ireland.
:02:33. > :02:34.They are not interesting in an agreement or forming
:02:35. > :02:38.a government, they just want to be top dog and where does that leave
:02:39. > :02:43.Without a government, without a voice in Brexit
:02:44. > :02:49.or on the important issues that confront us at that time.
:02:50. > :02:53.Two men from Latvia have been seriously assaulted in Coalisland
:02:54. > :02:57.in what police are treating as a hate crime.
:02:58. > :02:59.It's believed a group of men carried out the attack outside a bar
:03:00. > :03:03.The victims, who are in their 20s, suffered cuts, bruises
:03:04. > :03:16.People are not happy because it brings our town into disrepute and
:03:17. > :03:19.it is not something we are used to wear something that I have every
:03:20. > :03:24.memory of happening before where people were attacked and it was
:03:25. > :03:27.believed to be because of their race. This is a town where people
:03:28. > :03:28.have always been made to feel very welcome.
:03:29. > :03:32.The police say a fire at a derelict property in Portrush last night may
:03:33. > :03:35.Crime scene investigators will examine the site at Bath Terrace.
:03:36. > :03:38.Fire crews were called out at about 9pm and worked
:03:39. > :03:41.through the night to put out the blaze.
:03:42. > :03:43.Thousands of people gathered in Londonderry this afternoon
:03:44. > :03:44.for a parade organised by the dissident
:03:45. > :03:50.The parade started in the Bogside and ended in the Creggan estate
:03:51. > :03:53.where a wreath was laid at a republican mural.
:03:54. > :03:56.The main oration was given by the former republican
:03:57. > :03:58.prisoner Paul Duffy, brother of the prominent
:03:59. > :04:04.He said the party wanted to bring an end to British
:04:05. > :04:10.We'll have the weather forecast in few moments.
:04:11. > :04:13.But first, for more than 200 years a team at Armagh Observatory have
:04:14. > :04:14.taken handwritten weather recordings on temperature, wind,
:04:15. > :04:17.But that could all be about to change.
:04:18. > :04:20.Our weather presenter Barra Best has the details.
:04:21. > :04:22.Since the late 1700s, someone every single day
:04:23. > :04:25.and in all types of weather has been taking weather measurements
:04:26. > :04:31.From checking the thermometer for the temperature to checking how
:04:32. > :04:36.many minutes or hours of sunshine there has been and more.
:04:37. > :04:40.It is my responsibility now and it has have been for 18 years.
:04:41. > :04:44.These are just as accurate as digital thermometers
:04:45. > :04:46.and there was no significant difference in them, really.
:04:47. > :04:51.The old way is as good as the new way.
:04:52. > :04:54.This is one of the few remaining and final sites that records weather
:04:55. > :04:57.manually in Northern Ireland and it is thought to
:04:58. > :05:03.Those handwritten records are still at the site
:05:04. > :05:06.and one of our weather team was given a look.
:05:07. > :05:08.This is the first sheet of measurements.
:05:09. > :05:19.Inside temperature, outside temperature and the barometer.
:05:20. > :05:22.This is the start of the measurements and it has been
:05:23. > :05:24.going on ever since at Armagh Observatory.
:05:25. > :05:26.Most stations are now automatic, capable of giving
:05:27. > :05:33.And how does the person who has been doing it manually
:05:34. > :05:37.It will be a nice Saturday morning when you don't have
:05:38. > :05:40.to come up the hill, stand here and get wind
:05:41. > :05:45.For now, the history books will continue to be written
:05:46. > :05:54.Football, and there was a fourth successive loss
:05:55. > :06:00.They lost 2-0 to Galway United in the EA Sports Cup second round.
:06:01. > :06:01.Looking ahead to BBC Newsline tomorrow,
:06:02. > :06:05.This man who was sent to Australia as a child finds
:06:06. > :06:20.It was a shock and a surprise. We got the champagne out the day we got
:06:21. > :06:25.the results of the DNA test and it was confirmed that Patrick was
:06:26. > :06:29.related to us. For my dad it was just great to be able to meet
:06:30. > :06:31.Patrick and bring him over and he took Patrick down to Fermanagh and
:06:32. > :06:33.showed him where his mother grew up. And you can see that story on BBC
:06:34. > :06:37.Newsline tomorrow evening at 6:30pm. The weather forecast
:06:38. > :06:41.is next from Cecilia Daly. In fact I have got the frosty globe
:06:42. > :06:48.out, because there could well be Clear skies, we are expecting
:06:49. > :06:53.them to hang around Temperatures getting very close
:06:54. > :06:57.to freezing in a number of places, and possibly subzero
:06:58. > :06:58.in some gardens. If you are up early tomorrow
:06:59. > :07:02.there will be a frost in places. If you are on your holidays,
:07:03. > :07:04.you probably won't be getting up that early,
:07:05. > :07:06.at the morning is likely to bring It will be dry in most places
:07:07. > :07:11.and there will be some Maybe one or two showers before
:07:12. > :07:14.the morning is finished, but most places getting away
:07:15. > :07:16.with a dry morning. Quite cold and damp though
:07:17. > :07:18.across north-west Scotland, but across many parts of the UK
:07:19. > :07:22.and Ireland it is not a warm day, but there will be a lot of dry
:07:23. > :07:25.weather and there will be some It will be quite nice down
:07:26. > :07:29.towards Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Across Northern Ireland,
:07:30. > :07:33.we will see some sunshine for a time in the afternoon before the cloud
:07:34. > :07:36.increases, and it will probably thicken enough to bring
:07:37. > :07:38.one or two showers. But not too much in the way of rain,
:07:39. > :07:41.although it will feel that bit Wednesday onwards sees some milder
:07:42. > :07:46.weather with temperatures And there will be a little
:07:47. > :07:55.bit of rain at times, Bits of dampness here
:07:56. > :07:59.and there on Wednesday. Quite cloudy, a little bit dull
:08:00. > :08:02.and misty over the hills. But at least temperatures will get
:08:03. > :08:04.up into the low teens. And on Thursday, although there
:08:05. > :08:07.will be some showers around, there will be a few bright spells
:08:08. > :08:09.too, and in some places Our next BBC Newsline
:08:10. > :08:16.is at 6:25am in the morning With unprecedented access
:08:17. > :08:33.to our prison service, and some of the men and women
:08:34. > :08:36.serving time,