between the brothers over what will happen to james s character lorcan after their mother s death and as the first actor with down s syndrome to win an oscar, he hopes the world of the big screen will become more open to storylines which involve disability. it s really down to the actors themselves, really, but i think we should be included because it doesn t matter what disabilities you have, as long as you can act, that is the main thing. what is crucial for representation is not making the disability the main event. after the glitz and glamour of the awards, james said the next stop is to bring the oscar home to his drama group in belfast. they hope their next project will be a feature length film and believe it was northern ireland s characteristic dark humour which helped win over the academy judges and bring a bit of red carpet prestige back home. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good evening. northern ireland had its warme
2 degrees command about that in lerwick. the morning forecast shows most of the heavy rain in northern ireland, parts of scotland, but to the south the rain should be easing and becoming more showery and it will wax and wane through the morning and into the afternoon. possibility of sunny spells, showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland tomorrow, and a few sunny spells developing in east anglia and the south east. look at those temperatures, 13 or 1a degrees. still low pressure with us on friday, a couple of areas of low pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. ithink pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. i think friday, pressure with weather fronts sweeping in. ithink friday, rather than an overcast day, we will have frequent to sunny spells here and there but also the possibility of heavier showers developing and we can see the rash of showers across the country. here are the temperatures, every bit as mild, if not milder, up to 16, even across the north east of
cameron in dublin in what will be taylor s first professional fight in ireland. she was meant to fight amanda serrano in a world title rematch, but the puerto rican pulled out because of injury in late february. that s all from sportsday. you can get all the latest sport news, ireland looking good for the grand slam, check bbc news. callum norrie is losing, one set down. we will see your see you see you soon. here s something that s hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media is in getting their name out there. yeah, we re at the new twist museum in central london, which is filled with a multitude of mirrors and instagrammable illusions that will play with your perceptions. oh, this makes a change look at you down there! i know and for reference, this is our true social standing that you re looking at right now. and what s weird is this isn t even the strangest thing i ve filmed recently. it is a fundamenta
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