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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Mark Carruthers and Donna

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Traynor. The headlines this Wednesday evening. A 14-year-old

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boy is accused of being the gunman in an attempted murder in west

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Belfast. New searches are planned to find

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the body of the murdered teenager Arlene Arkinson. A senior official

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is suspended. I will have the latest.

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Funding the future - the innovative products like this seeking Dragons

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Den-style backing. The man with "bobble-hat" is back

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at Windsor Park. But will the Faroes Islands be a "banana-skin"

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for Northern Ireland? And after a disappointing day, are

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we going to be stuck under grey skies for the rest of the week? I

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will have the details. A 14-year-old boy's been in court

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charged with attempted murder. A 49-year-old man appeared on the

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same charge. It relates to a shooting on the outskirts of West

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Belfast earlier this week. Lisburn Magistrates' Court was told the boy

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needs to be remanded in custody for his own safety because of a feud in

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the traveller community. Kevin Sharkey reports from the court.

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John Delaney was attacked at this caravan. This morning at Lisburn

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magistrates' court, two people were charged with attempted murder.

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Thomas Dalton, 49, was remanded in custody. A 14-year-old boy, a

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arrested with him, appeared in court alongside Thomas Dalton.

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Police told the court they believe the person who fired the shot

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during the attack and who was wearing a balaclava was the 14-

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year-old but the defence said the description of the attacker given

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by the police did not match the schoolboy. The police objected to

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the schoolboy being granted bail because of what was described as

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the extreme nature of the violence involved and the type of items

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found by the police during searches. The police have searched a number

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of areas during the attack. -- following the attack. And number of

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Machetes and Blades have also been found in two vans. Applying for

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bail this morning, the defence said an address could be provided for

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the schoolboy well away from the travelling community. The boy's

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mother, in the public gallery, cried. The police said the

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schoolboy was vulnerable who could be encouraged to join what was

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described as an escalating feud within the travelling community.

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The defence was told there when no conditions the judge could impose

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to protect the schoolboy. She refused bail.

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Two men handed themselves into police this afternoon in connection

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with the attempted murder. They are now under arrest.

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A new search for the remains of the missing Castlederg girl Arlene

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Arkinson will start at the end of this month. The 15-year-old

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disappeared in 1994. She's believed to have been

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abducted and murdered. Her family met the police this morning and

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said afterwards they're hopeful she'll be found. Our district

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journalist, Louise Cullen, reports. 17 years on, Arlene Arkinson's

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family is still looking ponces. Answers they hope will come from

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fresh searches for her body. They Met Police days before the

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anniversary of her disappearance and said they have never given up

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hope nobody will be found. Arlene Arkinson was 15 when she

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disappeared in 1994 after a night out with friends. She was last seen

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in a car driven by Robert Lesley Howard. He was charged with her

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murder. In 2005 he was acquitted. The jury did not know he was

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already serving a life sentence. These police dogs will find her if

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she is there. We know Robert knows where Arlene Arkinson is, and

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whether he tells us or whether he doesn't, the third is going to

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continue. It has taken six months to plan this operation. There will

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be around 40 searches and they will involve trained dogs. At this

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present I cannot comment because I do not want to disturb it and it is

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personal between us. The search will start on would have been

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Arlene Arkinson's 70th birthday. The sisters say they hope this will

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be the year they can bury Arlene Arkinson along with her parents.

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A senior official in the Department of the Environment has been

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suspended. The BBC understands that the chief executive of the Driving

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and Vehicle Agency is no longer at his desk while disciplinary

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proceedings are carried out. Our political correspondent joins me

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now live. Martina, what more can you tell us?

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This story broke this morning when at the Driver and vehicle Agency

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issued a press statement saying beneficial had been suspended

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pending a disciplinary proceedings. They did not name him but the BBC

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understands it is Stanley Duncan, the chief executive of the Driver

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and vehicle Agency. That is the agency that issues driving licences

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and MOTs. What has the Department been

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saying? Not a lot. They won't confirm the

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name, nor will they say whether this official has been suspended on

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full pay. They have simply said the suspension is to facilitate

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disciplinary proceedings. Alex Atwood has said that the deeply a

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lot -- detail and background will be available when there is an

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outcome and that in the meantime we should not jump to any conclusions.

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The police are investigating threats made to a member of Housing

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Executive staff based in Ballynahinch. The incident has lead

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to the closure two of its offices in County Down. Our district

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journalist Francis Gorman reports. This is the Market House in

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Ballynahinch. The Housing Executive has an office here one day a week.

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Last month a man threatened a woman who works there. She is said to

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have been extremely shaken by the incident, as were other members of

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the public waiting to be seen. The Housing Executive decided to them

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close the office here, and in Newcastle, also stopped by one

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employee. There are a number of things, panic alarms, as Bedale for

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contact with other plus members -- police members. We still want to

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afford customers as a fishing degree of privacy that ensures

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confidentiality but at the same time helps Darfield projected.

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is an inconvenience for Housing Executive tenants. If they want to

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a face-to-face meeting, they have to travel. But the Housing

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Executive have said, following a review, both offices will reopen in

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the next few weeks. The chief executive of the Quinn

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Group says he fears a campaign of violent attacks against him and the

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business could result in someone being killed. Paul O'Brien's car

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was destroyed and part of his house damaged by arsonists. It was

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apparently the latest in a series of attacks since Anglo Irish Bank

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took control of the business from the Quinn family. Mr O'Brien says

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he believes the violence has been orchestrated to try to get the

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current management out. Sean Quinn, the group's former owner, has

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unequivocally condemned the attacks. Some of Northern Ireland's

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potential business successes faced an important deadline today, taking

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the first step to securing the funding they need to make a go of

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it. We're well used to watching Dragon's Den on the television but

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it's not quite the same in real life. Companies need to learn how

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to pitch an idea to the people with the money and persuade them they're

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worth the risk. BBC Newsline's Will Leitch has been

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finding out how it's done. The first step in business is

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having a great idea. The second is raising enough money to get started.

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One way is to find your own Dragon and get them to invest. But that is

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easier said than done. So at the Northern Ireland Simon Spark,

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surrounded by members of our previous business strengths, this

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teaches them how to do it. Today is the deadline for applying. Then

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that they will get the chance to pitch to the people with the money.

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We are asking for the right amount of money, sometimes they have done

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everything right and just needs to make it pitch perfect because the

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firms will be making the investment and putting money into you and they

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want to see money come out of it. These food products are FA Cup and

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tasty way of adding nutrients to food, the brainchild of a Belfast

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company. Last time it ran, the managing director joined the

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programme, pitched to the Forum and it paid off. It is very reassuring.

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These are intelligent people and they can spot, they have a good

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track record and spotting what a good venture is and what can make a

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good business, so that in itself is very good validation for something

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that you have been working on. Stormont executive badly needs more

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successful private companies. Ultimately it means it needs more

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new jobs and less reliance on the public sector. All of this is just

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one way that might happen. Still to come on the programme: The

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pensioners keeping fit on a games console with a bit of help from

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scientists at Queens University. Out on his own - why a Commonwealth

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medal winning cycle team has parted Next to a village in county Antrim,

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where the community feels it's now back on the map with the re-opening

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of its only shop. When the shop in Ballygally near

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Larne closed three years ago, local residents felt the heart had been

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But they organised themselves and have now got back the shop, a

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community hall and a sense of place. Our district Journalist Ciara

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Riddell has more. A place to catch up again. When my

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local shop was closed by a developer three years ago, this

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place was left without its centre. The Vidic literally died overnight.

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Visitors just drove through -- the Vidic victory died overnight.

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Visitors had no cause to stop. It had a devastating effect. A group

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of locals from the coastal village secured funding from the Big

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Lottery Fund and the council, amongst others, and transforms this

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car park into a thriving shop and community centre. The heart has

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been brought back him. I think the village was on a life-support

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machine up to then but now it is really flying again. You go into

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the shop, people are there that you have not seen for maybe three years.

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There is a bars. That is what we were after, getting the buzz back.

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We lost our post office shortly after we lost our shop. We have a

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12 mile round trip to get anything. We just lost everything. Having a

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shot back, it has just been fantastic. Village SOS is open

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again this year to rural areas. Funding is available but this time

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a website has also been set up where communities can get

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professional advice on how to regenerate their village. The first

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thing I would say to them his visit the website, the specialised

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website that we have set up, which will signpost them not only to the

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experts but also to possible sources of funding and if they get

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in touch with us at the Big Lottery Fund, we will also point them in

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the right direction. As for this coastal village, local people say

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they are looking forward to welcoming visitors again on their

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way to the causeway. And you can find out how other

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places which have benefited from that sort of funding in a new TV

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series called Village SOS here on Joy and rely for big-match build up

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as Northern Ireland get ready for unimportant night of European

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football. -- join me. Now another report marking Craft Month in

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Northern Ireland. Amateurs are creating something using sharp

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knives and glue. Our arts correspondent reports. They do not

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call at the creative peninsula for nothing. This week, at a range of

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classes allows even the rise of recruits to experiment in ceramics

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and glass design. -- even the newest of recruits. The end results

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are worth it. I have already made this one, which is least and some

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shapes. -- some trees and some shapes. On this one I am joined a

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little duck. The technique is to drive and then cut out the parts. -

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- it design it. We are a chain to get some acid and do some more work.

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-- itching. I started glass etching about 15 years ago. I really enjoy

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their classes, it is nice. Usually I am working in a studio and it is

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nice to get out and meet people. From glass to fabrics. In this

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class they have been learning about changing the colour of clothes.

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Some of the students were trying very elaborate designs. The

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material is put in vinegar. need to think carefully about what

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you will get if you mix the colours. Can I interrupt you and find out

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how skilled you are at this job? am not skilled at all. There are

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more workshops over the weekend. With computer technology, we can

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play golf, bowling, Berry Hill skiing. Now, thanks to a little

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adjustment, the fund and exercise benefit is juts -- is not just

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confined to people who are young and fit. Scientists at Queens

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University have developed special motion control software which

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enables people with mobility problems to play the computer games.

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That was very good. This woman is in her eighties. But she has really

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taken to the new technology. She is moving her body and shifting her

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feet and getting some gentle exercise. She is using her balance

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to control the game, and she absolutely loves it. I really think

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it is brilliant. It makes me feel younger. I will be the champion.

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The battle is on, and the main challenger is even doing the moves

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from the seat. My balance is improving. I can move without help

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now. I would like to keep it. seems that the games are working,

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and that the likes the scientists who are developing them. We are

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trying to see how this new technology that allows you to use

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your body can mean that we can develop games that are suited to

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all the adults are they can use it to have fun and train their balance.

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-- two older adults. It is fun and competitive. Very good. So it

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continues. It looks very competitive. There is an important

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night of football coming up. Stephen Watson is at Windsor Park,

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where the weight the arrival of an unusual guest. -- they await the

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arrival. It is a must-win game for Northern Ireland. They must beat

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the Faroe Islands if they are to keep their qualification hopes

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alive. The Faroe Islands Arab team that Northern Ireland have had

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problems with in the past. The special guest you were referring to

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is the sports minister of Sinn Fein. She will make her first appearance.

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Controversially, she will not take her seat until after the national

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anthem. Here to talk about the game is Michael O'Neill. It is this a

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banana-skin? I think these games always are. They are not the games

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where Northern Ireland get a result as easily as people think they will.

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But I think they will be well organised. They are missing some

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players, they will make life and difficult -- they will make life

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difficult. The Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington played in

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the game in 1991. The Faroe Islands have come on leaps and bounds since

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then. That is correct. Even though they are part-time players, the

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organisation has gone on to a new level. The key thing for Northern

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Ireland is the score early and settle the team down. -- is to

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score early. There will be some young players in the Northern

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Ireland team, it is important they have the backing of the fans. It

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will be a difficult game, but Northern Ireland have to win it.

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attacking formation for Northern Ireland. Three up front. Very much

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so. I think the strikers will wonder about the bed. They will get

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some freedom. -- the strikers will swap around a bit. David Healy will

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get a chance. He has not scored in three years but you never know. The

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Republic of Ireland are in action tonight, playing Croatia in a

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friendly at the Aviva Stadium. Shane Warne became a Premiership

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player today, smashing the transfer record and signing for �7 million.

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-- Shane Long. He will lead the attack tonight. An injury to their

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other striker could leave him out of the knocks qualifiers. -- out of

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the qualifiers. He is not 100 %, so we decided he should go back to his

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club. It is better at the club decide. The goalkeeper has recently

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signed to Aston Villa, but Robbie Keane's future as attracted

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attention as it has emerged he will not stay at Tottenham Hotspur.

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people are talking to the clubs, that is all I can say at the moment.

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The next couple of weeks it will be sorted out. Tonight's game is an

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important step for the Republic of Ireland players. They face a side

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ranked in the top 10. It is a final test before the qualifiers next

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month. Sadly at Windsor Park it has started to rain. It will be a

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miserable night. One of our Commonwealth Games medal winning

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teams has been forced to disband. The four members of the cycling

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pursuit team have had to go their separate ways because of a lack of

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funding. Cannot complain. Everything is going good.

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things could be better, when he is not training at home, the 21-year-

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old braces for an amateur team on the roads of France. Not what he

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expected after last year's success in Delhi. Northern Ireland have won

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the bronze medal. If we got a medal, we should have got funding. But now

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because they pull the programme, we do not get a grant. It is

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frustrating. You are always having to think about what you can do.

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Travelling is the most expensive part of it. It is difficult.

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Another member of the team is in a similar predicament. I thought I

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would have got the ball rolling. We are all in the same situation. The

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powers that be allocate money and we did not get a big chunk of it.

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Thankfully there is a bit to keep me going. Martin says he is getting

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enough money to pursue an individual career, but will be

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spending most of his time away from home. Plans for a ballot Rome were

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shelved last year. Lack of an -- plans for a special facility were

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shelved. The bulk of the cash comes from the Irish Sports Council and

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it has been reduced. It is down by over �100,000. All sports are

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battling for the same vein. I just have to keep my head down. The

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Olympics are pretty big. We may see these men win medals again, but it

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is unlikely to be together. I bet the weather is much better in

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Georgia where are three top golfers are playing. Darren Clarke, Rory

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McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are getting ready to start in the last

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major golf tournament. They will have the use sunscreen tomorrow

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because the temperatures are expected to be in the High 30s.

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will be hot for everybody. Last week, it was hot. You just have to

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do your best, I will have to drink a lot of fluids and keep focused on

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what I am doing, but the heat will be difficult. They it will

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certainly not be hot tonight. Let us hope that Northern Ireland are

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in red hot goalscoring form. Back to the studio. Not great there.

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Know where there is not the best summers they we have ever enjoyed.

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Could things be about to improve? - - some were's Bay. No major sign of

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- some were's Bay. No major sign of an improvement. -- summer's day. It

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will be a breezing and damp conditions. It will be difficult

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for the farmers, the last thing they need is heavy rain and strong

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wind. We have had a bit of both. Not a great evening in store. It

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will be a damp at times. We do not expect any torrential downpours.

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The breeze should ease up. Cast your eyes over these temperatures.

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15 Celsius. Not the most comfortable conditions. Quite

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humoured tomorrow especially through the first part of the day,

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and it will be damp at times. Quite Padraig -- quite a dreary start.

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There is some uncertainty about the movement. It might cling onto part

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of the counties in Londonderry and County Down. Not great news for the

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Ulster Grand Prix. It might be damp at times. Moving further west, the

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skies will brighten up for the second part of the day,

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temperatures lifting to 20 Celsius. Not bad in parts of County Tyrone.

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That is how things continue through the afternoon. There will be rain

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in the West. Looking towards Friday, there is another band of rain

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looking to spread its way end across Northern Ireland. Another

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damp day in prospect. The temperatures will not be that bad.

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Little consolation if you are under the rain. The Ulster Grand Prix

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will be wet. At least I do not have to what are my plants. Before we go,

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a reminder of the stories: a 14- year-old boy is accused of being

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the gunman in a murder attempt in Belfast. Three other men have been

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charged. New searches are planned to find the body of a missing

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teenager. News footage of Manchester appears to show the

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police cracking down hard on alleged rioters. The Bank of

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England warns that inflation could rise to five % by the end of this

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