hi, sarah, it's a real pleasure to welcome you to the ulster aviation collection.hank you for having us. so ernie, before the introduction of modern day satellite and radar data, aircraft played a vital role in weather observing and forecasting. can you tell us more about that? yes, indeed, basically what it involved was the aircraft off the weather flights going out over the atlantic primarily, from where most of our weather systems come, and taking a range of observations at different altitudes, observations

hi, sarah, it's a real pleasure to welcome you to the ulster aviation collection.he introduction of modern day satellite and radar data, aircraft played a vital role in weather observing and forecasting. can you tell us more about that? yes, indeed, basically what it involved was the aircraft off the weather flights going out over the atlantic primarily, from where most of our weather systems come, and taking a range of observations at different altitudes, observations of temperature, humidity, pressure and so on. it would have involved, in some cases, flights of up to eight or nine hours in length. every so often, the data that was being collected would be signalled back to aldergrove. and from aldergrove, it would be sent to the forecasting office in dunstable. why don't i introduce you to malcolm wilde, a colleague who was a met observer on the weather squadron at aldergrove in the post—war period? that would be fantastic. let's go and meet malcolm. hello, malcolm, great to meet you. so, you were a met observer on those weather flights. what was that like? yes,

we are delighted it is part of the ulster aviation collection because it isa ulster aviation collectionand your grandfather was responsible for that. thank you so much for showing me this little bit of my family history. for now we will be leaving these historic aircraft, later we're heading back to belfast international airport for more on modern day aviation. now to events in southern hemisphere summer now to events in southern hemisphere summerand now to events in southern hemisphere summer and this from peru. if ever you need proof of the force of flood water it is here. look how the driver of this truck manages to get out just it is driver of this truck manages to get outjust it is swept away. and again as this hotel collapses into a flooded river. dozens of people had died in peru since the start of the year. here is another lucky escape as a mudslide churns up the debris of what was once someone's home, a woman emerges. slowly she is able to find her feet and step to safety. the rain has been blamed on an unusually warm sea water off the coast of peru, but not just peru has suffe

munster warmed up for next weekend's european champions cup semi—final with saracens, by beating ulsterter‘s, and they were straight out of the blocks and with a rory best try, but angus lloyd replied straight away for munster. 10—10 at half—time, both sides then scored a try each before dave o'callahan helped give munster a narrow lead. 22—20 it finished to munster who confirm their play—off place, ulster will also feature. it wasjudgement day for the welsh sides in the pro 12 today, with all four teams in action in back to back matches at the principality stadium in cardiff. first up, cardiff blues beat the ospreys for the first time in seven years. gareth anscombe scored their fifth and final try and kicked 10 points with the boot as well as they won 35—17. cardiff blues move up into 7th in the table, ospreys are hanging on in the top four. newport gwent dragons play scarlets at the principality stadium, there ospreys have moved above as they ran out the winners, williams with their second try. luke donald is about to start his round round in the pga tour event in south carolina. he

ulster stay fifth with one game remaining. championship, which starts in sheffield tomorrow. defending champion selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15. it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too! higgins quickly won the one frame he needed to beat bary hawkins 17—8 the first session of the final begins at 2pm. that's all the sport for now. don't forget, you can listen to live commentary of the big fight between britain's anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko on radio 5 live from 9pm this evening, with the bout due to start around 10pm. pope francis has held a mass in front of thousands of people in cairo on the second day of his visit to egypt. the pontiff warned against religious fanaticism as he addressed the crowd of around 15,000 faithful at the city's air defence stadium. he has now left egypt after the visit, which was aimed at building ties with muslim leaders and supporting the country's christian community. the bbc‘s martin bashir was travelling with the pope and

ulster stay fifth with one game remaining.face connacht in just nicky henderson has been crowned champion jumps trainer for a fourth time — after his horse altior won the celebration chase at sandown. it had been a race between henderson and paul nicholls to be named trainer of the year — but altior, thought by many to be the natural successor to sprinter sacre in the two mile division, secured it for henderson, who last won the honour four years ago. interestingly, in ireland, willie mullins has won the irishjumps crown. that's interesting, everybody thought gordon elliott was going to win it. he had so many horses out this season. it was a numbers game, everybody thought gordon elliott was going to win. willie mullins had a fantastic finish to the cheltenham festival. he has been fantastic ever since. hejust got festival. he has been fantastic ever since. he just got it on the final day of the season. willie mullins has taken the irish jumps title. we know you love your horses! a reminder before we go, a huge fight at wemble

ulster came from behind to draw 24—24 with cardiff, luke marshall's converted late try bringing themht in rugby league, with five super league games, and bottom—of—the—table warrington got their first win, against a leeds rhinos side who could have gone top tonight. 25—14 the score, kurt gidley getting the final try for the hosts. elsewhere, there were wins for salford, wakefield and catalans dragons, while st helens drew with huddersfield. the chinese formula i grand prix should go ahead on sunday as planned, after organisers decided against bringing the race forward due to the poor weather forecast. second practice was cancelled, after low cloud and rain in shanghai made it unsafe for the medical helicopter to operate. safety requirements dictate cars cannot run if the helicopter cannot fly. but lewis hamilton said there must be a rethink in procedure, so that racing can still go ahead in bad weather. the grand national at aintree is tomorrow, but today's big race, thejlt melling chase, was won by fox norton. the seven—year—old, trained by colin tizzard, finished well ahead of the

ulster came from behind to draw 24—24 with cardiff .inging them level. elsewhere connaught beat edinburgh 22—19. it was also a busy night in rugby league with five games... bottom of the table warrington still looking for their first win — leeds rhinos can go top with a win. warrington have beaten miners. kurt gidley with the final try. elsewhere there were wins for — salford, wakefield and catalan dragons while st helens drew with huddersfield. the chinese formula one grand prix should go ahead on sunday as planned after organisers decided against bringing the race forward due to the poor weather forcecast. second pracrise was cancelled after low cloud and rain in shanghai made it unsafe for the medical helicopter to operate. safety requirements dictate cars cannot run if the helicopter cannot fly. but lewis hamilton said there must be a rethink in procedure so that racing can still go ahead in bad weather. the grand national at aintree is getting ever closer but on ladies day, fox norton won the big race, thejlt melling chase. the sev

. >> reporter: but ulster, new york, police detectives were still puzzled by what they saw-- 44-year-old kolman had parked his car on the far side of the parking lot at the gym where he was headed. >> wasn't parked near the building. that's the strange thing. >> reporter: the detectives got surveillance footage, which showed something else unusual. when kolman arrived early that morning... >> this is tom kolman's car pulling in right there. >> reporter: ...he pulled up to another car, and although the footage is very grainy, they thought that car was a white s.u.v. >> woe started thinking of the circle of people close to tom kolman, and the only person with a white s.u.v. was gilberto nunez. >> reporter: it's emotional for you. >> of course. very emotional. because tosms my best friend, truly. >> reporter: nunez may have been tom's best friend, but he volunteered to the police that he was having an affair with tom's wife. >> reporter: and there was something else unusual found in the autopsy, a sedative, midazolam, was detectived in tom's body. it's a drug sometimes used by those in the

pro 12 munster warmed up for next week and's european champions semifinal with saracens, beating ulsterby rory best. but angus lloyd replied straightaway for munster. 10—10 at half—time. both sides then scored one try each before dave o'callaghan gave munster a narrow lead, it finished 22—22 confirmed their play—off place, although ulster will also feature. judgment day for the welsh sides in the pro 12 today, all four teams in action in back—to—back matches in cardiff. first cardiff blues beat the ospreys for the first time in seven yea rs, the ospreys for the first time in seven years, gareth anscombe scored their fifth and final try and kicked ten points with the boot as they won 35-17. ten points with the boot as they won 35—17. blues move up to seventh in the table, ospreys are hanging on in the table, ospreys are hanging on in the top four. that's all for now, much more in sports day at 6:30pm. keep up—to—date on the bbc website which has details of the world snooker championships. ronnie o'sullivan is in action at the moment. see you later. thank you. more now on our top story. n

ulster can still make the top four with only two games remaining this season.the track cycling world championships in hong kong. elinor barker and emily nelson secured britain's fourth medal — a silver — in the women's madison. they were beaten to gold by belgium. for barker, it's a second silver of the games — she can claim a third in today's points race. defending champion mark selby thrashed qualifier fergal o'brien in his opening match at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one threatened a whitewash as he wrapped up victory by ten frames to two. he now has almost a week off before his second round match when he'll play either wales' ryan day or china's xiao goo—dong. ronnie o'sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match. he was 5—1 up at one point with this, the first century break of this year's tournament, but qualifier gary wilson has battled back and is now only a frame behind. that match will conclude this afternoon — you can follow that across the bbc. thank you very much, hugh. an attempted mi

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ulster can still make the top four with only two games remaining this season.brien in his opening match at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one threatened a whitewash as he wrapped up victory by 10 frames to 2. he now has almost a week off before his second round match when he'll play either wales' ryan day or china's xiao goo—dong. ronnie o'sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match. he was 5—1 up at one point with this — the first century break of this year's tournament — but qualifier gary wilson has battled back and is now only a frame behind. that match will conclude this afternoon — you can follow that across the bbc. now, there was a bit of a fright in store for england's after his stray tee shot from the tenth hole at the rbc heritage in south carolina. this alligator was lying in wait clearly eager for a slice of the action. poulter had to take penalty drop for his ball going into the water and was worried the alligator might snatch his club, or maybe something more substantial... webb simps

in the pro 12, ospreys' 24—10 win over ulster has left them on the verge of a semi final play off spotfinal game of the season to secure their place in the end of season playoffs. elsewhere there were comfortable wins for munster and scarlets. mark selby is on course to win consecutive world snooker titles, after he narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final. these two resumed at 12 frames all, and it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too! and the man who will take on the world number one is john higgins. the four time champion needed just one frame to seal victory against barry hawkins in yesterday's evening session and he secured it with the very first of the evening. 17—8 the final score. that's all the sport. now on bbc news it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster rachel shabi and political commentatorjames millar. let's just take a look at some of the front pages before we speak to them. the mail on sunday focuses on pensions, re

ulster can still make the top four with only two games remaining this season. snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one threatened a will whitewash as he wrapped up victory ten friends— two. he will play either ryan day or a chinese player in the next round. sullivan is finding things a little more difficult in his first round match. he was 5—1 up at one point with this, the first century break of this, the first century break of this year's tournament, but the qualifier has fought back and is now only one frame behind. you can follow that match across the bbc. now, which sportsmen are the bravest? car drivers, someone in extreme sports? but you would never think of putting golfers along the sort of risks. this may change your mind. this alligator is what was lying in wait for ian poulter after his shot at the ibc heritage in south carolina. he had to take a penalty drop is ball going in the water and was worried that the alligator may snatch his club. his caddie scared the reptile away. he double bogeyed the whole, unsurprisingly, and ended upjus

and munster are guaranteed a place in the play—offs after victory over ulster.f finishing the season in the top four by thrashing newcastle 30 points to three. there were also wins for worcester and gloucester. and the five—time snooker world champion ronnie o'sullivan has a slender five frames to four lead over gary wilson, a former taxi driver making his debut in the world championships at the crucible. that's all from the bbc sport centre. kate. there may be more cause for concern this time because north group's nuclear capability is perhaps one step closer towards completion. therefore, that is a cause for concern for the rest of the world. it does seem that kim jong—un is pushing that line, pushing towards that red line. what does he want out of the us? is itjust attention or is something more behind this? it is attention as a means to an end. north korea wants a few things. it wa nts to north korea wants a few things. it wants to ensure its own regime's survival, it wants to be taken seriously, it was to be regarded as a nuclear power by the rest of the wo

back to the top of the pro12 and made sure of their place in the play—offs with a narrow win over ulsterewspaper journalists from its ground following an article written by the paper's columnist and former editor, kelvin mackenzie. in it, he compared the intelligence of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. the mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mackenzie for making what he called "racial slurs". 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is at goodison park. eight, ross barkley! the footballer in the centre of it all — everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. and the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. he also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. i've reported it to merseyside police, and they're investigating the complaint. i've also written to the press complaints commission. the comments, i believe, were overtly racist. but the club reacted quickly, banning the sun, stating the newspaper has to know any attack on this city is not acceptable.

we fully support as ulster unionists that we need to find the right way forward, but it is going to beto really try and break up the union. and we need that support. the justification which is given for having a general election is quite frankly disingenuous. to suggest that she needs a mandate to negotiate brexit isjust ridiculous. she was given that mandate on the 24th ofjune by a majority of the british people, and it's up to her now to carry that out. if she then wishes to have another election at the end of the process, or to have another referendum, then so be it, but to justify it now isjust, as my honourable colleague says, purely opportunistic. i believe this is the sort of thing that gives politics a bad name in our country, and it's what's leading to the alienation of many of our citizens from the political process. there was only one reason why the prime minister wants a general election on the 8th ofjune, and that is she figures she has a better chance of winning it now than she does in the future. it is therefore the most blatant abuse of the democratic procedure for part

ospreys survived a second—half onslaught by ulster to virtually assure themelves a place in the pro12viso. third place scarlets won comfortably at connacht. mark selby will play john higgins in the final of the world snooker championship which starts in sheffield tomorrow. defending champion selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15. a break of 72 sealed victory. he was pretty happy about it. higgins meanwhile quickly took the one frame he needed to beat barry hawkins 17—8. the first session of the final begins at 2pm. remember you can listen to the big fight between anthony joshua and wladimir klitschko right now. it's over on bbc radio 5live. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. pope francis has held a mass in front of thousands of people in cairo on the second day of his visit to egypt. the pontiff warned against religious fanaticism as he addressed the crowd of around 15,000 faithful at the city's air defence stadium. he has now left egypt after the visit, which was aimed at building ties with muslim leaders and supporting the country's christian communit

discussions to continue in northern ireland and we have made it very clear along with the stl p and the ulster—— s dlp. we will be looking at health education funding and public services, we believe they are far more important than some of the issues which are said to divide us. we don't need prolonged negotiation. the second thing, in terms of brexit, northern ireland's position is different from other parts of the uk and that has been made clear in the government's paper that it has set out, it has recognised the special circumstances and we believe it is imperative that northern ireland's voice is heard very strongly. that is why it is such a strategy that sinn fein has walked away from the executive and collapsed the assembly —— such a tragedy for them boycotts this place and then demands a special stages which has been rejected by the irish republic, the european union and even the european parliament when it set out its negotiating position. they want, and we agree with special arrangement, which recognises special circle sciences of northern ireland, so mr speaker, it is essential and t

injury scare for sam warburton, who came off with a knee injury during cardiff blues' victory against ulstern their last tourin captained the lions on their last tour in 2013, scored the blues' first try before hobbling off. he will undergo a scan to determine the seriousness of the injury. heather watson won't defend her monterrey open title, as the british reigning champion was beaten this morning in the quarterfinals by world number one angelique kerber. watson had plenty of chances to break kerber during the match, but failed to convert any of them. kerber won in straight sets, 6—a, 6—a. great britain face an uphill struggle to stay in the davis cup. without world number one andy murray, they trail france 2—0, after a disappointing first day of their quarterfinal in rouen. kyle edmund lost in straight sets to lucas pouille. dan evans then followed suit, beaten three sets to love byjeremy chardie. ifjamie murray and dominic inglot lose their doubles rubber to nicolas mahut, and julien benneteau, today, the tie will be over. yeah, a lot of times it is guys thrown together to play. these gu

settlers from northumbria and the scottish borders and ulster. fisher's argument shares many with the celtic south model but is nuanced in several points. he avoids highland romanticism and gives credit to northern english migrants. the celtic south is a historical construct, a sort of usable past for those who embrace the model. it enables those of scottish or south irish ancestry -- again look at the surnames of the two people who were instrumental in bringing into the forefront -- it enables those of scotch and scotch irish ancestry to make sense of their connection to the land and the national story. it is akin to a form of denied -- the nine -- benign ethnic nationalism. that leads us perhaps to our last loosely defined positive the diction of appalachian culture and identity. some of you may know senator jim webb. he is responsible in the last 20 years for bringing about and helping to revive this sense of scots irish identity among contemporary appalachians. another variation on the celtic south herder thesis is the development found in se

sure that we have a workable government in the future, because we need change and that is what the ulsterhern ireland and making sure that the manifesto looks after our armed forces and former servicemen. legacy is playing its way out but not protecting the people that should be protected for doing their duty. we will support the motion today. two colleagues that can help each other. mr alan brown. thank you. as several members have already pointed out, the prime minister heads up a party with a current majority that was gained partly by her party cheating in the last general election and yet today she has the brass neck to stand there and give a speech about leadership, so i wanted, what leadership, so i wanted, what leadership does the prime minister show on this? she refused to answer some questions and also questions from glasgow south and about how some of mps will be participating in the next election. what has she done within her party to make sure that this spending and cheating does not happen again? upon the border. twice the honourable member has accused members of cheating and

in the pro 12, 0spreys' 2a—10 win over ulster has left them on the verge of a semi—final play off spotwhere, there were comfortable wins for munster and scarlets. mark selby is on course to win consecutive world snooker titles after he narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final. these two resumed at 12 frames all, and it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too. and the man who will take on the world number one isjohn higgins. the four—time champion needed just one frame to seal victory against barry hawkins in yesterday's evening session and he secured it with the very first of the evening. 17—8 the final score. a fantastic weekend of sport. so much happening. and more is happening today as well. we will stay with those stories. well, this one. it will go down as one of the biggest fights in british boxing history. last night, 90,000 people filled wembley stadium and millions around the world tuned in to see anthonyjoshua beat wladimir klitschko to become the unified heavyweight champion of the world. some had doubted jo

in the pro 12, 0spreys' 2a—10 win over ulster has left them on the verge of a semi final play off spoty is on course to win consecutive world snooker titles, after he narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final. these two resumed at 12 frames all, and it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too! and the man who will take on the world number one is john higgins. the four time champion needed just one frame to seal victory against barry hawkins in yesterday's evening session and he secured it with the very first of the evening. 17—8 the final score. nicky henderson has been crowned champion jumps trainer for a fourth time — after his horse altior won the celebration chase at sandown. it had been a race between henderson and paul nicholls to be named trainer of the year — but altior, thought by many to be the natural successor to sprinter sacra in the two mile division, secured it for henderson, who last won the honour four years ago. a fantastic weekend of sport. 0ne last line on the boxing, you might have seen that wladimir

the only game of the day so far in the pro 12 is between ospreys and ulster.e bonus point win. these are the other matches coming up these are the other matches coming up shortly. so that's the day's scores for you. let's move on to tonight's boxing action in london. the time for talking is nearly over and only actions will matter in the ring when britain's anthonyjoshua takes on wladimir klitschko in their heavyweight unification bout later. 90,000 people will be watching at wembley stadium tonight. olly foster is there for us. it has had so much hype, some people are saying it is the biggest moment in british boxing history. this is your moment to sell this to us, to the viewers. what is it all about? why is it such a big fight? well, it is the biggest fight in so many ways. certainly the biggest for a generation, when you look at the size of the crowd, a post—war record. the gates are open, the boxing on the undercard in start in the next hour. 90,000 having to sit that range between £a0, and near the ring it is over £2000. some touts are selling them for m

in the pro 12, 0spreys' 24—10 win over ulster has left them on the verge of a semi—final play off spotfor munster and scarlets. mark selby is on course to win consecutive world snooker titles after he narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final. these two resumed at 12 frames all, and it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too. he looked pretty happy with that, i think. and the man who will take on the world number one isjohn higgins. the four—time champion needed just one frame to seal victory against barry hawkins in yesterday's evening session and he secured it with the very first of the evening. 17—8 the final score. that was a busy weekend of sport. that was a busy weekend of sport. that was a lot to go through. you can go and have a bit of a nap. we will wake you up. thank you. priceless egyptian artefacts badly damaged in the second world war are going on display at liverpool's museum for the first time in 70 yea rs. museum for the first time in 70 years. the gallery expansion and restoration work means they are pa

. —— which will call problems of ulster you mentioned yourself there is a distinctive south north toto rise, particularly across the northern of the country and likely to lead to waterlogging isa and likely to lead to waterlogging is a problem. these are things that you can get round with careful planning of gardens and with drainage put in and putting things into the soil that help of the train is to allow your pants to get through the wet winters and survived through the wet winters and survived through the wet winters and survived through the summers. —— to allow your plans to get through the wet winters. there is a lot the gardeners can do to help mitigate against the problems we will face from climate change, as well, simply greening up an area in towns and cities helps to reduce the temperature by as much as a brick wall, seven or 8 degrees, so that will be an important part of the equation, things like reducing using peat or stopping using it before, and these are things that gardeners are taking on board already.“ and these are things that gardeners are taking on board alread

the two main unionist parties, democratic unionist party ulster unionists, clubbed together in some constituenciesnstituencies a seat went to a unionist when it would have gone to a non—unionist. already questions are asked as to whether the unionist parties will pursue a similar arrangement, maybe indications from within the unionist parties suggesting they will explore doing that. the counterbalance, would the nationalist parties contends —— consider a park? sinn nationalist parties contends —— considera park? sinn fein nationalist parties contends —— consider a park? sinn fein have suggested that kind of thing, but the sdlp have ruled it out because of among other reasons sinn fein being axed engine tests, they don't ta ke being axed engine tests, they don't take their seats at westminster even when they have mps elected. —— they abstain. the sdlp won't be taking pa rt abstain. the sdlp won't be taking part in any electoral pact with sinn fein. all this happening against the backdrop of a political crisis in northern ireland, the worst than a decade. no devolved government here for the last thr