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"Outraged and heartbroken", Michelle Obama condemns the kidnapping of the

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Nigerian schoolgirls. Using her husband's weekly radio address, she

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calls the abduction an "unconscionable act". In these

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girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes and

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their dreams. We can only imagine the anguish their parents are

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feeling right now. After eight years, a high loss of life, and

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costly involvement, British troops pull out of their last outpost in

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Afghanistan's Helmand Province. And Take That, popstars hit with a

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multi-million-pound bill as a judge finds they'd invested in a tax

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avoidance scheme. Hello, very good evening to you. The

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First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, has said she and the

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President are "outraged and heartbroken" over the kidnapping of

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almost 300 girls from their school in Nigeria. Mrs Obama took the rare

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step of delivering her husband's weekly radio address to condemn the

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abduction calling it an "unconscionable act". In Nigeria,

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local hunters are expected to join the search. From Abuja, Mark Doyle

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reports. It's several weeks since the more than 200 schoolgirls were

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taken by the militant Islamist group called Boko Haram. It's the latest

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incident in a bitter war with the Nigerian authorities. For the

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families of the teenage girls, the agony continues. Michelle Obama, who

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today presented her husband's weekly address to the nation, for the first

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time, used the occasion to highlight the girls' plight. My husband and I

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are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200

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Nigerian girls from their school domitory in the middle of the night.

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What happened in Nigeria was not an isolated incident. It is a story we

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see every day, as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue

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their ambitions. Offers to help find the girls have come from several

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countries. The US has a team on the ground, and a small group of British

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experts have also flown to Nigeria to give assistance in the hunt. It's

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a good thing they are worried about and it shown concern and are sending

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people to help us out. We are happy about it because all we want is

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results. I think this is the beginning to an end of the whole of

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Boko Haram issues. Because this whole Chibok kidnapping has brought

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the whole world to Nigeria. It was a combination of the outrage of

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ordinary Nigerians, and pressure from the international community,

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that perhaps goaded the Nigerian authorities to say more about what

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they are doing to rescue the girls. Many Nigerians are deeply sceptical

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about the Nigerian military's efforts to do just that and end the

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insurgency ripping through the north-east of this country.

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Demonstrations calling for the release of the girls have now spread

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across the world. Protests like this won't bother the battle hardened

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Islamists of Boko Haram. They would, however, be worried if the

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international community began giving effective military support to the

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Nigerian army. Mark Doyle, BBC News. Abuja. British troops have now

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pulled out of last outpost in Helmand Province in Afghanistan

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ahead of a complete withdrawal from the main base at Bastion in just a

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few months' time. Questions still remain over the high loss of life,

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costly involvement, and what definition of success the eight-year

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operation can claim. The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, visited

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the outpost in the days before it closed. The BBC's Afghanistan

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correspondent, David Loyn, has been with him. For the last time, a US

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helicopter lands on the rough Helmand landscape carrying a British

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Defence Secretary. Philip Hammond came to see troops who had been

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sleeping in the open for some days now, with only bottled water to wash

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in since the buildings and tents have been taken away. This last

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outpost was a small, highly secret outpost on a high hill. Britain no

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longer needs to monitor what is going on in Helmand. Given the high

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loss of life, cost and dubious success of this operation, Helmand

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is still the source of most of the world's illegal heroin. Would the

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public support involvement in future conflicts? I sense that there is a

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touch of war weariness. I think the British people are very clear that

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we came into Afghanistan to protect our own national interest, first and

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foremost. Part of protecting that interest is building a credible

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Afghan state for the future. Having stability in this part of the world

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is very much in Britain's national interest. Troops have been leaving

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by helicopter and by road every day. Until this is just a bear hill

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again. Britain's long costly engagement in Helmand is drawing to

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an end. The close sure of this last forward base leaves only camp

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BAssian as Britain's base in Helmand. Within a few months, that

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will close too. The main business for British forces now in Bastion is

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the cleaning of kit to bring home. 60% has already gone. Much is

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locally sold or disposed of. Afghan forces will then secure Helmand on

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their own. Every day, for still a few months to come, there will be

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British soldiers going out on operations here. David Loyn, BBC

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News, in Helmand Province. Gary Barlow and two other members of the

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band Take That face having to repay a reported ?20 million in tax. A tax

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judge ruled that a scheme set up to invest in the music industry was in

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fact "predominantly" designed to avoid tax. Andrew Verity reports.

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# Tonight this could be, the greatest night of our lives... #

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After years of musical success and organising the Queen's Diamond

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Jubilee concert, Gary Barlow has been fated by the Prime Minister,

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awarded an OBE and promoted as a national treasure. In 2010 he became

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the latest among hundreds of wealthy individuals to invest in a scheme

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which purportedly supported up-and-coming musicians. Barlow and

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fellow band members, Howard Donald and Mark Owen became directors of

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Larkdale LLP, a partnership arranged with a company called Icebreaker,

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which had done radio 50 similar schemes for other wealthy

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individuals. Larkdale recorded losses of ?25 million in the same

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year. Which can be offset against other income to slash tax bills.

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Gary Barlow was just the best-known among hundreds of wealthy investors

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who put their money into these schemes. Over the course of a few

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years they recorded losses of more than ?300 million. Which makes them

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look like a terrible investment. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs argued

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they weren't real, artificial to save their investors on tax. The

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courts have agreed. We need a sumify caution of the tax system. We

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needlet loopholes to be eradicated so people can feel everyone is

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genuinely paying their fair share. When the Times exposed Jimmy Carr's

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legal tax avoidance two years ago, David Cameron condemned it as

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"morally unacceptable." So far, at least, no such strong words for Gary

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Barlow. Andrew Verity, BBC News. An extraordinary row has broken out

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between Nick Clegg and Michael Gove over the funding of school places.

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Allies of Nick Clegg have accused the Education Secretary of "lunacy"

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and "zealotry". Michael Gove's allies have branded the Lib Dems as

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"pathetic" and "risible". Let us get more with our political

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correspondent, Iain Watson. The language is certainly strong. What

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is going on here? It is strong language, isn't it? Unprecedented

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attack on policy and personality actually between partners in the

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same coalition government. The detail on the policy. What the

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attack is about. Effectively, sources in the Lib Dems are saying

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that last December their schools minister, David Laws was overruled

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by Michael Gove. Michael Gove poor ?400 million from the basic needs

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budget. A budget to help local authorities expand a number of

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school places. Lib Dem sources said this money was help to support free

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schools. Michael Gove said, no, the money for school places will be

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higher in 2 1 16/2017. There is the language being used. I will give you

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quotes. Lib Dem sources saying, "Michael Gove is obsessed with his

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free school experiment he is willing to see children struggle to get

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suitable school places. It's nothing short of lunacy" says this Lib Dem

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source. Michael Gove's office say, "it's a pathetic attempt from the

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Lib Dems to divert attention from their botched free school meals

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policy." This was about the school meals the Lib Dems were keen on and

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who appointed the school inspectorate. With a year to the

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general election we are seeing a wider willingness I think by both

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coalition partners to air their grievances and disagreements in

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public. We shall see. Thank you. South Yorkshire Police have appealed

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for a hit-and-run driver to come forward after a teenage girl was

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killed and another seriously injured in Sheffield. 14-year-old Jasmyn

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Chan was hit by the car yesterday evening. The injured girl, who is

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12, is being treated in hospital. Ukraine's acting President has

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warned people in the east of the country they risk stepping "into the

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abyss" if they vote for self rule in a referendum to be carried out

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tomorrow. He said it could lead to the complete destruction of the

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economy. The warning comes as the leaders of Germany and France say

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the poll would be illegal and there will be further EU sanctions against

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Russia if presidential elections fail to take place in Ukraine later

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this month. From Donetsk, Sarah Rainsford reports. Emerging from

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deep under ground in Donetsk. This is Ukraine's industrial east, many

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of these coalminers will vote in a referendum on independence. For

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them, it's become a protest vote against the government in Kiev after

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weeks of violence. TRANSLATION: You can't wage war

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against the people, but they've done it. They have gone past the point of

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no return. TRANSLATION: I'm going to vote, but

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not to join or break away from anyone. We should sort our problems

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out together. This isn't just about peaceful protest. Armed militia have

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seized control of official buildings across this region am they do have

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substantial support. They claim to defend the rights of Russian

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speakers against a nationalist government in Kiev. There are

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Ukrainian speakers here too, like the headmistress, she says her

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school has been a polling station for decades, but she sees this vote

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as illegal. TRANSLATION: This referendum will

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not go-ahead in my school. They have threatened to killed me and my

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family. I won't back down. So the rebels have been forced to

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improvise. This is one of the make-shift polling stations set up

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here for this vote. This building is usually a private office. In other

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places we know people will even vote in tents. The conditions for holding

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this referendum are clearly extraordinary. It's organisers say

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this is the only way to decide this region's future. The vote for

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independence is just the first step. What follows is far from clear.

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Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, Donetsk. It's one of the most talked about

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and successful TV shows in the world. But the fantasy drama series,

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Game of Thrones, is also providing an unexpected boost closer to home.

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Filmed at studios in Belfast and on locations across Northern Ireland,

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the show is part of a big growth in the arts and entertainment industry

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there. With more from Belfast our chief economics correspondent, Hugh

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Pym. Welcome to Hollywood near Belfast. On the face of it, there is

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not much in common with the capital of the American film industry until

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that is you walk through a door on this quiet and unassuming suburban

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street. You have come to the wrong place! Much of the editing for Game

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of Thrones happens right here at a local production company. Thanks to

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that and other TV dramas, trainees like Aaron have got their first

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breaks in the industry. Four years when I just graduated I applied for

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company positions all over the world, in Canada, England, Europe,

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everywhere, and it's kind of surreal that I ended up getting a job that's

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15-minutes away from where I grew up. With many of the film locations

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in Northern Ireland, a wide range of jobs and opportunities have been

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created for a local industry which is growing in stature and

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confidence. The effect that Game of Thrones and all of the other drama

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series that are coming in has been huge. I mean, you know, we now have

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a really talent, creative workforce here in Northern Ireland. In that

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building some of Game of Thrones was filmed. Here in Titanic Quarter. The

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former yard where the Titanic was built. It's a magnet for creative

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industries and tourism. All of that has created jobs. The number of jobs

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in arts, entertainment and recognise correctliation in Northern Ireland

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was up 12.4% over the six years to December 2013. Faster growth than

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the UK total, up 4.3%. Experts say these industries have had a wider

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impact on Northern Ireland's economy. By portraying Northern

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Ireland in a positive light, that creates tourist benefits that

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stimulated further employment. That in turn created jobs in hospitality.

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By creating a positive image everyone benefits, in the same way

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as for many years by creating a negative image did economic damage.

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Tours like this for fans wanting to see the show's scenic back drop

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shows the growth. There is some catching up to do, but partly thanks

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to the showbusiness effect it's moving in the right direction. Hugh

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Pym, BBC News, Belfast. You can see more on all of today's stories

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including of course the Eurovision result on the BBC News Channel

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tomorrow morning. Andrew Marr's guest will include the Prime

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Minister, David Cameron, that is on BBC One at 9.00pm. -- 9.00am. That

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is all from me, have a very good evening. Goodbye.

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Hello there, today was pretty wild for May. We had some very heavy

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showers and gale force winds which brought trees down across parts of

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south Wales. Sunday will be a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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Lots of showers to start Sunday morning as we head into the

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afternoon. We should see sunshine developing as well in

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