14/08/2016

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:00:00. > :00:08.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

:00:09. > :00:12.The convicted drugs smuggler Michaella McCollum has arrived back

:00:13. > :00:15.in Ireland after being released from prison

:00:16. > :00:19.The 23-year-old from Dungannon arrived in Dublin

:00:20. > :00:21.last night after leaving South America on Friday.

:00:22. > :00:32.23-year-old Michaella McCollum flew into Dublin from London

:00:33. > :00:35.after leaving South America on Friday night.

:00:36. > :00:37.She's spent almost three years in prison in Lima.

:00:38. > :00:47.She and Scottish woman Melissa Reid were arrested

:00:48. > :01:03.after trying to smuggle cocaine from Peru to Spain.

:01:04. > :01:05.11 kilos of the drug were hidden in food packets.

:01:06. > :01:08.The quantity had a street value of around ?1.5 million.

:01:09. > :01:09.Both women initially claimed they'd been coerced

:01:10. > :01:11.into carrying the drugs, but they later pleaded

:01:12. > :01:14.Both received sentences of six years and eight months.

:01:15. > :01:17.A little over two years into her sentence, Michaella McCollum

:01:18. > :01:19.was released on parole and began voluntary work in Peru.

:01:20. > :01:22.While waiting for a judicial hearing to decide when she could return home

:01:23. > :01:25.she gave an interview to RTE in which she spoke of her regret

:01:26. > :01:29.In the time here I thought, if the drugs had got back,

:01:30. > :01:34.I probably would have had a lot of blood on my hands.

:01:35. > :01:35.Arriving at Dublin airport last night, Michaella McCollum

:01:36. > :01:42.A woman and three children have escaped injury in an arson

:01:43. > :01:46.Police say that flammable liquid was poured through the letterbox

:01:47. > :01:51.of a house on the Ormeau Embankment and set alight.

:01:52. > :01:53.A motive hasn't yet been established.

:01:54. > :01:57.the attack may be linked with an incident in which a car

:01:58. > :01:59.was set on fire at nearby Park Parade.

:02:00. > :02:02.It's understood the Ford Focus was driven at the wall of the house

:02:03. > :02:04.on Ormeau Embankment before being destroyed.

:02:05. > :02:06.A man in his thirties is in a serious condition

:02:07. > :02:09.in hospital after he was assaulted outside a fast food outlet

:02:10. > :02:14.It happened in the early hours of this morning in Donegall Place

:02:15. > :02:17.when a fight broke out between two men inside the restaurant before

:02:18. > :02:21.The man suffered a head injury in the attack.

:02:22. > :02:44.Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.

:02:45. > :02:47.A body found off the Sligo coast at Strandhill yesterday is believed

:02:48. > :02:49.to be that of missing Londonderry musician Stephen MartinThe

:02:50. > :02:51.twenty-nine year old went missing three weeks ago.

:02:52. > :02:53.He performed under the stage name "Rainy Boy Sleep".

:02:54. > :02:55.Searches began after his car was found parked

:02:56. > :02:57.at Fanad lighthouse in County Donegal.

:02:58. > :03:02.An impressive start to the Olympics for Michael Conlan with a unanimous

:03:03. > :03:08.Give us your thoughts on what was a comprehensive display.

:03:09. > :03:11.I didn't think it was one of my best performances, probably one of my

:03:12. > :03:14.worst in recent times but it's the first fight of the tournament

:03:15. > :03:18.and I've been out here since 19th of July, waiting, and it was tough,

:03:19. > :03:29.My legs didn't do what I wanted them to do today,

:03:30. > :03:32.they wanted to go to war when I wanted to box

:03:33. > :03:35.so I got dragged into a war, I got the win and progressed

:03:36. > :03:37.to the next round and I will get out.

:03:38. > :03:40.How much pressure do you feel being the only male team member of

:03:41. > :03:47.Sometimes, it could have been because I was waiting so

:03:48. > :03:50.long but I wouldn't say it was the pressure,

:03:51. > :03:54.but because I was waiting to get into it, my legs disowned me

:03:55. > :04:04.today, but I love this pressure cooker, it makes me perform a lot

:04:05. > :04:06.and I was last man standing at the World Championships and I will

:04:07. > :04:11.How confident are you that you will leave here with gold with your

:04:12. > :04:16.Gold is my only option, anything else

:04:17. > :04:23.Well done, Michael, and Michael is back in

:04:24. > :04:31.A pipe band from Lisburn has won another World Title.

:04:32. > :04:33.The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band were crowned world champions

:04:34. > :04:48.for a record eleventh time in Glasgow last night.

:04:49. > :04:59.is the world champions for 2016, Field Marshal Montgomery. The

:05:00. > :05:05.margins are so small, the top bands are all very good and very slight

:05:06. > :05:06.things make a lot of difference. We are absolutely over the moon with

:05:07. > :05:09.We are absolutely over the moon with the result.

:05:10. > :05:14.Now with the weather forecast here's Barra Best.

:05:15. > :05:24.Hello there, dry night not chilly. The first half of the week is

:05:25. > :05:28.shaping up to be good. Largely dry with good sunshine. A bit warmer as

:05:29. > :05:35.well. Some cloud tomorrow morning. It will break up, some sunshine with

:05:36. > :05:39.a south-easterly breeze. If you're travelling to more rural, no rain in

:05:40. > :05:45.the forecast. The odd bit of cloud but plenty of sunshine. It will be

:05:46. > :05:52.in the with most of us reaching the low 20s. Quite a few spots reaching

:05:53. > :05:57.mid 20s. Sunshine coming and going until tomorrow evening. Perhaps

:05:58. > :06:01.reaching 21 degrees, perhaps 23 degrees in some spots in the

:06:02. > :06:08.afternoon. Tomorrow night remains dry. Tuesday starts with good

:06:09. > :06:12.weather. Highs of 22 or 23 degrees but by the end of the day it will

:06:13. > :06:19.turn unsettled. The next weather front moves on from the Atlantic.

:06:20. > :06:26.This will move east. Read on stage, it ships up to be largely unsettled

:06:27. > :06:27.and a little bit cooler as well. -- for Wednesday.

:06:28. > :06:30.Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 6.25 in the morning.

:06:31. > :06:33.Until then you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio Ulster