22/01/2017 BBC Newsline

A 51-year-old man's been charged with the murder of a woman

Anita Downey's body was found in a house

The police are appealing for help in finding her mobile phone.

The man's expected to appear in court tomorrow.

A former senior European Commission official has warned that controls

at the border will have to return if the UK leaves the Customs Union.

Last week the Prime Minister said Brexit will mean leaving the union,

though she will seek to negotiate a new customs deal with the EU.

Michael Lux, who ran the European Customs Procedures unit,

told the BBC's Inside Business programme that a system of red

and green lanes could be introduced as a form of customs control

Here's our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell.

Thousands of vehicles cross border every day without any customs

checks. That's because the UK and Ireland are members of the European

customs union. But the Prime Minister says we are coming out of

this union, that's because its members aren't free to do their own

trade deals. Theresa May says will be no return to the Borders of the

past and that a new arrangement will be negotiated. I do want us to have

a customs agreement with the EU. Whether that means we must reach a

completely new customs agreement, become an

associate member of the customs union in some way remain a signatory

to some elements of it, I hold no preconceived position. Buddy former

head of customs procedures that the European Commission says there will

have to be changes. He suggested could be a system like the one that

operates on border routes between Murray and Sweden. There will be

Irish customs officials associates on the other side. If you have good

to declare, you go to the red channel and customs will deal with

you. If you go through the green channel, you can pass through

freely. There is no certainty that this is the sort of arrangement we

will end up with, but Brexit does mean that change is coming.

The Government has said that comments made yesterday by

the Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams that Brexit will destroy

the Good Friday Agreement are totally without any basis.

A spokesperson said the provisions set

out in the Agreement are not undermined by the decision to leave

the EU and that there would be no return to the borders of the past.

The Finance Minister Mairtin O Muilleoir is to meet political

parties tomorrow to discuss the public inquiry into

He says he wants it to be a no hiding place inquiry

and that the meetings will be an opportunity to discuss

Mr O Muilleoir plans to make a statement

A man, a woman and a child have been treated for smoke inhalation

after a fire caused substantial damage to their home in Coleraine.

It started at the oil tank before spreading to the property

on the Ballycastle Road in the early hours of this morning.

A look now at a series we'll have this week on BBC Newsline.

How to deal with the legacy of the Troubles is one of the most

controversial issues on the political agenda

and will be a key issue in the election campaign.

This week, our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney

reports on the debate about whether former soldiers

who killed people when they served in Northern Ireland should

Members of the regular British Army killed 302 people during the

Troubles. Just over half were civilians. This week on BBC Newsline

I will have a series of special reports on the debate went dot-mac

around whether those should be be investigated and former soldiers

investigated and former soldiers prosecuted.

You can see more on that on BBC Newsline this week

Hundreds of people gathered in Belfast earlier to mark the start

Performances at the Ulster Hall included martial

2017 is the Year of the Rooster, which organisers of today's event

GAA now and in this afternoon's McKenna Cup semi finals Derry beat

Monaghan by two points while defending champions Tyrone saw

Mark Sidebottom watched the holders win in Clones.

The weather was kind, the crowd was ample and four January, the football

was at times impressive. Particular the opening point from Eddie

Courtney. Toronto breath and then drew level. McKenna landed a beauty

from distance as he attacked down the right flank. Ahead by three at

the break, the ultra-lively Darren McCurry dished Tyrone further info.

Then came a surge. Aidan Breen and his effort collector fine the fans

and green. Prompting a repeat from the holders. Corona advanced, Gary

Waite in next Saturday's final. Corona advanced, Gary Waite

in next Saturday's final. In ice hockey Belfast Giants remain

one point behind Elite League leaders Cardiff after

hammering Dundee Stars 6-0 It was their second win

of the weekend after beating the Nottingham Panthers

on Friday night. It was chilly today,

lets get the weather Hello there. At a cold day, is going

to be another very chilly night. Once again, we can expect subzero

temperatures. A widespread frost and pockets of fog forming by tomorrow

morning, which could the some problems during rush hour. Monday

will be much like today. I pressure dominating, going nowhere fast.

Tomorrow will see lots of settled conditions. Fog may take a while to

clear, eventually it will do so under will be good amounts of

sunshine and the winds will be late. The good news is, if you're

travelling tomorrow, it matter whether you're in Ireland Britain, I

pressure dominates us all. Good amounts of sunshine as well, with

light winds. Most of us. Go to get up into the mid single figures. If

your boss will be lucky to hit nine or 10 degrees towards the south

coast of Ireland. For us at best, we're looking at 67 degrees, the

winds will stay late. Cloud coming in from the Atlantic and some rain.

Most of which could clear by Tuesday morning. Close picking up during the

day on Tuesday, perhaps giving a few spots of light rain across western

counties. The steering areas that better. A mild day for as all. The

good news is that as high pressure clings on, we have a good deal of

dry weather and settled conditions in the forecast.

Our next BBC Newsline bulletin is at 10:20pm tonight.

Until then, you can keep up to date with local news on BBC Radio Ulster