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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thomspon and Donna

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Traynor. The headlines this Tuesday evening:

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New police Dexter's showing rioters using a hijacked burning car to

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attack officers in Ardoyne. -- police pictures.

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Five men arrested in connection with the murder of Constable Ronan

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Kerr. An inquest hears how are Northern

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Ireland Army officer was killed by an Afghan soldier.

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If you have to pay more for alcohol, will you drink less?

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Two new faces, one will hand back in the northern Ireland squad.

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And if you enjoyed sizzling in the sunshine today, why ice-cream will

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still be on the men - I on the menu later this week.

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The police say dozens of people could have been killed or injured

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by rioters to try to use a burning car to attack officers in Ardoyne.

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Helicopter video pictures released show the car careering out of

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control through a large crowd before smashing into the wall of a

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house. The police will use the video to help identify Republican

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troublemakers, but they have rejected Sinn Fein claims they are

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taking a softly-softly approach in pursuing Lillis writers -- rioters.

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The moment rioters in the Ardoyne area had to run a car into at a

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rolling far ball. They tried to push it towards police lines. Some

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of those involved were children. But it quickly rolled out of

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control and crashed into the wall up a house. Undeterred, the rioters

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tried again. The police appealed for public help in catching those

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responsible and issued this morning. It could have exploded, there are

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at least 100 people. Decca could have gone up, the petrol tank

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exploded, anyone nearby could have been injured or killed by the

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recklessness of the people involved. 22 people have now been arrested

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and 17 charge. -- charged. 21 people have been arrested and 16 of

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them charged in connection with rioting orchestrated by the UVF in

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East Belfast last month. But there has not been a single arrest

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following serious rioting in Bali Clare, Newtownabbey and

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Carrickfergus on July 9th in which six police officers were injured.

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Loyalists blame the police for provoking the violence by removing

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flags, including the Union flag in Bali Clare. The police rejected

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acclaim. But the apologised for the way Mr fights were removed. They

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have been accused of double standards. The evidence shows that

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the PSNI are being proactive in arresting people and I am not

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arguing against people who are doing that, but they are taking an

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hands-off approach when it comes to the loyalist areas.

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investigation into the disturbances in East Belfast, they have already

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been 20 arrests, which is a similar level to the arrests I have carried

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out. Jimmy, it shows that there is an equal handed approach been taken.

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-- to me. The police may police photographs of individuals involved

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in writing in Ardoyne and East Belfast and ask the public to help

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identify them. They cannot be identified by other means.

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Five men have been arrested in a major security operation in

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connection with the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr in April.

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Police officers have been involved in searches in Toome, Bellaghy,

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Ballyronan and Coalisland. Louise Cullen is in Coalisland.

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These arrests are part of an operation which began early this

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morning and the search is still continuing. Seven searches in four

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areas across the counties following the five arrests. The police say

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evidence in the investigation is progressing. Around 200 officers

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are involved in this major search operation, stretching across three

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counties. In Toome, two men were arrested aged 27 and 46. At least

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three sedges are being carried out in Toome amid heavy police presence.

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One at a business on Hill Head Road, and another at houses in the town.

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In County Tyrone, forensic officers also remove items from a house in

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Coalisland, as well as a car. A 22- year-old man was arrested here.

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House was also searched in Ballyronan after 33-year-old man

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was arrested. In County Londonderry, in a lucky, another man was held.

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All five have been taking to Antrim police station. -- in Bellaghy.

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Ronan Kerr died when a bomb exploded under his car in April.

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Today's operations brings to 40 the number of searches in relation to

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this investigation. Four people have been arrested and one man

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charged. For possession guns, exposes and incendiaries. The

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police say today's activities are the latest stage in the ongoing

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murder investigation. They offend the public for their support and

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assistance -- they thank the public. In the matter of Ronan Kerr, a

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�50,000 reward was offered for information leading to the rest at

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or condition of those involved in the killing. The police said today

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that rewards still stand. The family of a County Armagh

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soldier have been hearing details of how he was killed by a rogue

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Afghan soldier. That in an Neal Turkington was killed alongside two

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colleagues in Helmand last year. -- lieutenant Neal Turkington.

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Lieutenant Neal Turkington's father was a man those at the inquest

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today along with the parents of Major James Bowman. They were

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serving with the first Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, soldiers known

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for their toughness and loyalty. Like these British troops in

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Helmand, they had been patrolling and fighting alongside soldiers of

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the Afghan National Army when they were betrayed and murdered by a man

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they thought was an ally. The dead men were operating from a compound

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near Lashkar Gah. In the small hours of the morning, a rogue

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Afghan soldier shot major Bowman, wounded several others, then fired

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a rocket-propelled grenade into the operations centre. The man then

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fled in the darkness and confusion. James Bowman was 34 and had been in

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Afghanistan for three months. Neil care - I Neal Turkington was 26 and

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he was admired for his professionalism. He had also taught

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himself to speak the local language in an Irish accent. The other

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soldier had been in Afghanistan barely one month. The inquest heard

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from their commanding officer, who acknowledged there was a risk in

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partnering so closely with the Afghan national army, but to treat

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them as a potentially hostile would have caused resentment. He was that

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I Neal Turkington's family why lessons had not been learned from

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the Tessem 2009 of five British soldiers, gunned down by an Afghan

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policeman. The police and the army were very different organisations,

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he said. The Afghan army was much more professional and accountable

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than the police. The men's assailant is still a wanted man,

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and who has since claimed to have joined the Taliban.

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You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme: What

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medicine do our firms need to climb out of the recession?

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And going for gold, the latest in our series on a in the 20 told

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medal contenders. -- Olympic 2012 medal contenders.

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A brother of Gerry Adams has begun a legal challenge in the Republic

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against extradition to Northern Ireland. Liam Adams is facing

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charges of sexually abusing his daughter. Jennifer O'Leary was in

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court. What is the basis of Mr Adams a' case against extradition?

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Domain crux of his argument is, if he is extradited, he would not get

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a fair trial because of the media coverage he has been subjected to,

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and that unfairness has come punt - - is compounded by changes to the

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jury selection in Northern Ireland. There is specific reference made to

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a television documentary? That is right, a documentary that

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was broadcast in December 2009, it was around the time that Liam Adams

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had not turned up to a preliminary hearing him a Belfast court about

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the abuse allegations. The programme was broadcast, but his

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brother Gerry Adams was interviewed for the programme Antti stated, I

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believe. The M Adams's councillor said, people in the jury have high

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regard for Gerry Adams butter are likely to forget his own brother

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has announced he is guilty. They may think, what hope is there for

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impartiality? How long do we think this will

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last? In December 2009, Gerry Adams also

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released a statement which included, since the first day I spoke to her

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about the abuse, I believe her, she must get justice. The councillor

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for a Liam Adams spoke today. He said, let us be realistic, Gerry

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Adams has an excellent understanding of the media. He

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knows the law and he must have no he was driving a coach to the

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principle of a fair trial. He surmised that he was perhaps, there

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was perhaps the competing interests. The extradition hearing will

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continue on Thursday. The recession the officially be

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over, but the UK economy is still fragile. According to new figures,

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the growth was just 0.2% between April and June. Jim Fitzpatrick has

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been looking at what has been happening locally. Those figures,

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GDP, remind us what GDP is all about.

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GDP is the magic economic figure, it reduces everything to one

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statistic, and the GDP is above zero them it means we are growing.

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It covers everything from haircuts to highway construction. 0.2%, a UK

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economy is growing but only just. Still lagging behind Germany and

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the US. Northern Ireland is lagging behind the UK. We do not have

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regional GDP figures, but we do have other figures. Unethical --

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unofficial figures suggest Northern Ireland's economy will only grow by

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0.5% this year. Compared to a UK average expected of 1 by 3%.

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Why is our economy because? Northern Ireland is connected to

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the Republic's economy and we know things have not been good there.

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And they are highly reliant on the public sector, we have seen changes

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there as well. We have had a property crash, fewer consumers

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coming and spending their money from the South, and a relation to

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the public sector, that is stagnant and falling. -- our reliance on the

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public sector. People have less money to spend so less people are

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shopping from the South, and people in the North have less money. It is

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a tale of two sectors, on the one hand we have the service sector

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which is doing badly because there is little money, then they have a

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manufacturing sector which is doing quite well because people here are

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not shopping, but people elsewhere are buying some of our goods.

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Talking about companies like Almac, pages there that we can see, that

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company is doing rather well. Let us break that down.

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Let us go through those local figures.

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Manufacturing to start with. It has seen growth over three-quarters in

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a row. 7.5% in the year compared to the UK average of 2.7%. That is

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partly due to a boom in food prices but we are also seen decent

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recovery in our engineering companies, like Bombardier and

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Wrightbus. The service sector that -- sector is a different picture,

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it has been down the four quarters in a row. It has shrunk 5.5% over

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the year compared to the UK, one point for%. What these figures tell

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us is that people talk about the balance in the Northern Ireland

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economy, that sums it up. We need to rebalance away from those

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sectors which are falling back, less reliant on the public sector

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and try to get some more of those companies that can go and can give

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A 14 people were killed during the most recent 12 month period. The

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latest statistics have emerged after a man became critically ill

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after an injury at the JTI cigarette plant.

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This is one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers, owned by and

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Japanese company. The accident happened during maintenance work.

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It was being carried out on a robotic arm. Machinery is

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understood to have fallen on the workers. He was taken to a nearby

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hospital and then transferred to the Ulster Hospital.

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This happened after another industrial accident in which a

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worker died. It was at this recycling yard where he was trapped

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behind a lorry. The number of health and safety related deaths is

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on the vice. Two years ago, six people died. In the past year, this

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has more than doubled. Four months into the latest cycle, seven people

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have died already. Even when workers survive, their injuries can

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be a life-changing. Earlier this month, the factory was fined

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�25,000. It was found guilty of breaking health and safety what --

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health and safety laws. They were curvier suffered permanent brain

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damage. The Health and Safety Executive

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want to know what happened and why? We are used to be price of alcohol

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going up on the Budget but across the board increases are on the

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cards if the executive said same minimum price. Ministers think it

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will help tackle excessive drinking and are hoping to put proposals to

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the Assembly after the summer holiday.

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Doctors, police and politicians say that Northern Ireland has a

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drinking problem. It is costing hundreds of millions of pounds

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every year. The price of a drink is too low, they say. The executive

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wants to raise the minimum cost of alcohol.

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The Chief Medical Officer is clear that this will save lives and will

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reduce the cost to the health system so on both counts, these are

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things I support. How to play can you buy alcohol? I

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have been to a supermarket and I managed to buy two bottles of cider

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and two bottles of white wine for �10. If the executive introduced a

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minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol, this would topos may twice

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as much, �20. -- this would cost me twice as much.

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We understand the need to tackle alcohol abuse but we do not think

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minimum pricing is the right approach. This is a cultural issue.

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It is not based on the cost of alcohol and why should be

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responsible majority pay the price for the actions of a few?

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Our orders are for the plans and they denied they would gain at the

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expense of supermarkets. Whatever level of minimum price

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that is applied, the cost in the pub is so high that the prices

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would be no where near. We might see less people in the pub. It is

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about the moral lead -- moral responsibility to sell alcohol in a

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responsible way. The debate will go on as the

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executive makes its decision. A public consultation has just

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finished. Northern Ireland's football manager

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Nigel Worthington has announced the 23 man squad for next month's Euro

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20 twilit qualifier. -- 2012. This man has been overlooked for

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the past two internationals. His return comes as no great surprise

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though after an injury. All smiles for Nigel Worthington as

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he announced a squat task to with keeping the Euro campaign alive. --

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a squad tasked with. David will be in the Scot but like

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everyone else, he will be watched when we meet up and start training.

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James Maclean has been in good form and he is called into the squad for

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the first time. I have worked with James in the

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Milk Cup a couple of years ago. He has matured a little. He has been

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doing very well. Will he be involved in that the game? Probably

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not but it does give us the chance to look closely at him in training.

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Northern Ireland are hoping to go one better than the 1-1 draw last

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time. We move to the Milk Cup now.

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It is not often you see Stephen Carr son sitting on the bench. This

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week, the Irish League starts swapped the pleasure of playing for

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the pressure of management. It is nice and warm. Pass the ball

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and enjoy its... This is a different experience. I

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tried to pass on some knowledge to the kids. It is a good challenge,

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and hopefully in the future I will have learned a lot from my

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experiences of the Milk Cup. There is a wealth of talent playing

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in this tournament. He washed his young team lose 2-12

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Ipswich Town but they did grab a late consolation goal. It was

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another English side who frustrated County Armagh as they conceded a

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last-minute equaliser from Plymouth Argyle. The boys from County

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Fermanagh had to deal with the boys with the South American flair. But

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the Mexican side grabbed a late winner. These games will stand them

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in good stead for the future and that is what the Milk Cup is about.

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The London Olympics now. They are one year our way tomorrow. We will

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be looking at the best local hopes for gold medals next summer.

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Tonight we look at the remarkable trio of drawers from Coltrane. --

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rowers from Coleraine. This man's training regime is

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unconventional. He is one of the most committed athletes in the

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sport. All too often, he has missed out when it really matters.

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Can he is psychologically with 50 metres to go hold of this world

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class field? And he slips back into fourth place. An epic loss.

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He is now in his late 20s, at his peak and fully focused on London,

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his third Olympic Games. It is on the horizon, and when I

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think back to Beijing, it really was not that long ago. Everything

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we are doing is in preparation towards that and I would give up

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any number of World Cup wins and this year's World Tour

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Championships just to get on to the start line at London because it

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really is for us, the absolute pinnacle. Nothing else comes close.

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Everything will be to make sure I am the quickest I can become

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obsessed next year. That is my first thought when I wake up and

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last when I go to slip. That and My beautiful fiancee!

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He will be blowing kisses to his wife this time next year. He is due

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to marry at the end of the summer. Another upset to set pulses racing.

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Richard Chambers, a world champion as part of the British lightweight

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four. His younger brother Peter got his chance after another member of

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the boat was injured. I am so proud of what he has done.

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To come into a boat and expect to win gold every time they race, that

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is a massive expectation. He delivered a great performance and

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supported us all the way down. He has shown his maturity and it has

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been awesome to race with him, really it is.

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It is our first time together, and the fact we won it is fantastic.

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Really proud. Peter did not make the boat for the

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World Championships this year but last weekend he won gold at the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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World Under 20 degrees. Watch this You will be holding this a lot of

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times. It looks like they were enjoying

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themselves. Darren's Destiny is on at 10:35pm on BBC One.

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There was not brilliant sunshine everywhere today but it was pretty

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It was warmer than Sunday, 23 degrees in parts of County Down. It

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was not lose guys everywhere but a lot of places saw temperatures in

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the 20s. The best of the sunshine this evening will continue to be in

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northern and eastern areas. It is dry everywhere tonight. It is

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likely to be a nice sunset. This is how it looked yesterday in Belfast.

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Tomorrow we are expecting a change. Rain will move eastwards but it

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will still be warm before the rain arrives. We have a frontal system

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moving in from the Atlantic. Not too many wines so it is a

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progression from west to east. Eventually, the weather will reach

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the East coast. This is how red looked this morning. You had to be

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up at 4:30am to take that. Cloudier skies will move in towards the West

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from tomorrow morning. Despite that, temperatures remaining around 17 or

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18 degrees. The rain will continue eastwards, but quite slowly.

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Temperatures are probably going to be a few met 20 or 21 degrees here.

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Quite a mild and warm night tomorrow night and some rain will

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remain in the eastern parts first thing on Thursday. It will become

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drier and brighter from the West and a cool breeze setting in.

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