:00:08. > :00:12.A police search near Castlederg has ended.
:00:13. > :00:15.The family of Arlene Arkinson who went missing in 1994 has been
:00:16. > :00:17.informed that nothing suspicious was found.
:00:18. > :00:26.The police search at the derelict farm near the village of Killen
:00:27. > :00:28.in West Tyrone continued this morning as the operation
:00:29. > :00:33.Police were alerted by a farmer who became suspicious after finding
:00:34. > :00:37.a mound of clay and stones behind a derelict house.
:00:38. > :00:40.A forensic team was brought in from England and and began work
:00:41. > :00:46.The old farmstead is located at the end of a remote lane close
:00:47. > :00:50.to a road where Arlene Arkinson was seen in a car with the convicted
:00:51. > :01:08.child killer and rapist Robert southward.
:01:09. > :01:12.The 15 year old disappeared in 1994 on her way home from a disco.
:01:13. > :01:13.Robert Southward was the main suspect.
:01:14. > :01:27.The local community will hope her remains have been found, it is hard
:01:28. > :01:29.for everyone. But this afternoon
:01:30. > :01:30.the police search team withdrew from the search site
:01:31. > :01:33.and confirmed the operation had ended and that nothing
:01:34. > :01:34.suspicious was found. The Arkinson family
:01:35. > :01:36.have been informed. Opposition politicians have
:01:37. > :01:40.expressed concern about the use of a special legal procedure
:01:41. > :01:43.to appoint a new Stormont It's emerged that the First
:01:44. > :01:48.and Deputy First Ministers used powers under what's known
:01:49. > :01:51.as the Royal perogative to create the role for the former BBC
:01:52. > :01:54.journalist David Gordon. Here's our political
:01:55. > :01:57.editor, Mark Devenport. The First and Deputy First
:01:58. > :02:01.ministers expressed delight at the appointment of David Gordon,
:02:02. > :02:03.editor of BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show and a former
:02:04. > :02:07.Belfast Telegraph journalist. They said they wanted
:02:08. > :02:10.their new Press Secretary to provide them with expert advice
:02:11. > :02:13.and spearhead the communication But Mr Gordon won't be a civil
:02:14. > :02:24.servant, and the Newsletter has discovered that the law was changed
:02:25. > :02:27.using a highly unusual procedure to enable the press
:02:28. > :02:29.secretary's post to be filled Opposition politicians
:02:30. > :02:39.are critical of the move. The First Minister has had every
:02:40. > :02:44.opportunity to choose the regular process of bringing a proposed
:02:45. > :02:50.amendment to the law, to the Assembly, subject to a motion.
:02:51. > :02:58.Instead, they have chosen this obscure, questionable routes of
:02:59. > :03:09.Royal prerogative. To change the law, pushing Sinn Fein so they could
:03:10. > :03:16.appoint yet another spin Dr. That makes it about 160. How many spin
:03:17. > :03:24.doctors do they need at Stormont? Quite a lot if they are going to
:03:25. > :03:27.abuse power. The first and Deputy First Minister 's are entitled to
:03:28. > :03:31.make the appointment, the statement said. The displaced the reaction as
:03:32. > :03:32.panic and hysteria. The man who died in a road accident
:03:33. > :03:35.in Belfast City Centre yesterday was William James Walker
:03:36. > :03:38.from the north of the city. The 64 year old was knocked
:03:39. > :03:41.down by a lorry at Dock street shortly after three
:03:42. > :03:43.o'clock yesterday afternoon. The police are appealing for anyone
:03:44. > :03:46.who was travelling on Dock Street or Brougham Street at the time
:03:47. > :03:48.with a dashboard camera fitted Sport, and Jonathan Rea saw his
:03:49. > :03:55.World Superbikes Championship lead cut to 26 points after crashing out
:03:56. > :03:59.in Germany today. The reigning champion wasn't injured
:04:00. > :04:03.in the crash on lap six. The race was won by
:04:04. > :04:07.Welshman Chaz Davies, It was a lovely sunny day
:04:08. > :04:12.in most places but it looks Here's Angie with
:04:13. > :04:15.the weather forecast. We have some rain in
:04:16. > :04:19.the forecast for tomorrow, but for tonight and this evening,
:04:20. > :04:21.it is staying mainly dry. Maybe a little bit of brightness
:04:22. > :04:24.to end the day in the East, but generally speaking it has
:04:25. > :04:26.been clouding over. And we'll see a good
:04:27. > :04:28.deal of cloud moving Temperatures, well,
:04:29. > :04:32.they are holding at around 11 to 13 degrees in the towns,
:04:33. > :04:35.but they may just dip into single Tomorrow, we do have a change
:04:36. > :04:38.on the way. We have a weather front
:04:39. > :04:41.which is moving in off the Atlantic, edging its way eastwards
:04:42. > :04:43.through the day. That's going to bring a spell of wet
:04:44. > :04:47.weather for all of us at some stage. But to begin with,
:04:48. > :04:51.it is looking fairly decent. Dry, maybe some bright spells
:04:52. > :04:53.for the Belfast Half Marathon. Maybe just a hint of that rain
:04:54. > :04:56.edging in towards lunchtime. It is getting into the western
:04:57. > :05:00.counties during the morning. Turning persistent,
:05:01. > :05:02.heavy bursts of rain. Also moving across the
:05:03. > :05:03.Republic of Ireland. And this band of rain continues
:05:04. > :05:06.to edge its way towards the east of Northern Ireland and the Republic
:05:07. > :05:09.for the early afternoon, also edging into
:05:10. > :05:11.the West of Scotland. Ahead of it, apart from a few
:05:12. > :05:14.showers in the south-east, we have variable cloud,
:05:15. > :05:17.some sunshine coming through, through central parts and down
:05:18. > :05:27.towards the south-west. Not as warm as recent days,
:05:28. > :05:30.but temperatures near average, fairly pleasant in the low 20s
:05:31. > :05:32.towards the south-east. In behind that rain band
:05:33. > :05:35.in the afternoon, things start to improve for the latter part
:05:36. > :05:37.of the day, turning Maybe a bit of a fresh feel
:05:38. > :05:41.with temperatures of around Into the new week, it is not looking
:05:42. > :05:45.too bad until Wednesday. Variable amounts of clouds but some
:05:46. > :05:48.bright spells, too. BBC Newsline will be back
:05:49. > :05:52.at 6.50 tomorrow evening. You can keep up to date with local
:05:53. > :05:55.news on BBC Radio Ulster, From everyone on the BBC Newsline
:05:56. > :06:06.team, enjoy your evening.