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

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Thompson The headlines this Wednesday evening.

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New searches begin for Arlene Arkinson - the police say they want

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to end her family's torment. You have her face in your head

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every day. She would be 32 now, but she is still 15. She will always be

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Caring for elderly people - a call for the cumbersome complaints

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process to be changed. A football fan is acquitted of this

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attack on Celtic's Neil Lennon - we have the latest from Scotland.

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Paying a premium - the price of car insurance is to be put under the

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spotlight. On the road to recovery - an update

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on Johnny the Donkey. And the sun has been rather elusive

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lately, but we might just get a few The police have started a new

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search for the body of the Castlederg teenager Arlene Arkinson,

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who disappeared after a night out in 1994. It is believed she was

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abducted and murdered. The detective leading the investigation

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says they will be looking at 48 sites over the next two weeks in

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the hope of finding her remains and bringing some relief to her family.

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This morning police and specialist dogs were at Scraghy Road between

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Castlederg and Ederney where she was last seen. Here's our North-

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West reporter, Keiron Tourish. Emotional scenes as members of the

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family gathered at the start of the late deserters to find her sister.

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It is 17 years since fifteen-year- old Arlene Parkinson disappeared

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after a night out in Donegal. have your face in her - - your face

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in you're - - her face in your head every day. Should be 32 now, but

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she will always be 15. She was last seen in the company of Robert

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Howard, who gave her a lift home. Howard, who is now 67, was charged

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with her murder but acquitted in 2005. At the time the jury did not

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know that he was already serving life for rating and killing a 14-

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year-old girl in south London. Over the years there have been a series

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of searches in and around the Castlederg area, but no trace has

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ever been found of the schoolgirl. Today specialist search teams,

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using two dogs specially trained for these operations, began a fresh

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attempt to find her body. Police also said they want to trace the

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movements of the vehicle from 1994. Arlene was last seen in this area,

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in the lane way that we're standing in at the moment on the Scraghy

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Road in the early hours of 14th August 1994. She was seen leaving a

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farmhouse in at blue Metro car. I would appeal to anybody he has any

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knowledge of that last sighting or the blue Metro car, or any

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suspicious activity in this area to talk to us. The family continue to

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pray and wait for a breakthrough. hope to God that it comes to some

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kind of closure, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. I hope so, anyway.

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I hope that she can get a decent burial. The police say that since

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her disappearance in August 1994 there have been around 80 searches.

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In this latest operation 48 locations have been identified. But

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operation is likely to take several weeks, if not months. The it is

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unbearable even to think about it. 17 years we have lived with this.

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Hopefully we can bury her and bring her home and bury her with her

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mother and father and her sister. That is all we ask for. The family

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paid tribute to all who have supported them.

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There are calls today for more openness in the way complaints are

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handled against workers who look after vulnerable adults in nursing

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or residential care. The current system is described as cumbersome

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and there are fears of retribution. In the past year the number of

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complaints against workers has increased and there have been 14

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confirmed cases of misconduct. Residents were physically abused,

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left unclothed or unsupervised. Our health correspondent, Marie-Louise

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Connolly, reports. Packing away a lifetime of memories.

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This woman's parents are now being cared for in separate nursing homes.

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But she acknowledges his is a tough job, she says that any concerns

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raised about their care have been ignored. The system is very

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complicated and I have tried everybody under the sun and

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everybody passes due on to somebody else. But some believe it is not

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obvious where people can go to seek help and even if it was, many are

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too afraid for fear of retribution. It is the same thing you had so

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when you're at school boy you didn't want your money to go to

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school to complain in case something happened to you. I think

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people are afraid that if they complain it will have an adverse

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effect on the way in which their loved one is being looked after.

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But the most recent figures from the Northern Ireland Social Care

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Council show that some people are making their voices heard. In the

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past 12 months there were 95 complaints against those working in

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social care, a figure that is almost triple what it was two years

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ago. The BBC has found that as a result of those complaints 14

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people have appeared before the misconduct committee. The figures

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that have been revealed today are only the tip of the iceberg because

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someone he has a lot on in a care home would be very reticent to

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complain. I think we need a more open, transparent and accessible

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system, but those carers though exactly where to complain if they

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feel that their loved one has been badly treated. This nursing home

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was at the centre of the latest misconduct hearing. A care

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assistant who physically and verbally abused to residents was

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dismissed from his job in 2010 and suspended from practising for six

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months. In a statement his former According to the council, a care

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home owners are proving to be more responsible about reporting cases.

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Right relation in the industry is very important and has improved

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significantly. I think the recent incidences were rogue staff members

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across different care environments have been identified as evidence of

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the fact that the regulation is working. We are the number of 75-

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year-old expected to grow by 40 % in 10 years, how we improve the

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system that cares for them is becoming a priority.

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It is the job of the Northern Ireland Social Care Council to

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monitor and regulate the conduct of home care workers. The council is

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chaired by Lily Kerr. The number of complaints that we

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were referring to there, not 0.6 % of the workforce in the sector. But

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do you believe that the system in regard to making complaints needs

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to be changed? I believe that the council has a very robust system

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for dealing with complaints, but after listening to what John Harden

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son said I have written to her and said I am happy to meet with you if

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you believe that there are changes that we can make to the system,

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happy to do so, because I am concerned that hearing reports that

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people are passed from one person to another. It is not acceptable

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that people go from trust to board to council, so I'm happy to meet to

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see if we can streamline our processes. If there is not a one-

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stop shop, if the system is by a cumbersome, does that mean that we

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are seeing the tip of the iceberg in regards to cases of neglect. But

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there may be cases of abuse and misconduct that are going

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unpunished? We would appeal to workers to come forward. We would

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appeal to carers, to users. No one should suffer in silence. Since I

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have taken the chair of the council myself and the chief-executive have

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gone out and engaged with politicians and explain to them

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what it is we do. We have asked them to take our codes of practice

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both for the workers and for the employer - - employers into the

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centres so that people know. I have spent a lifetime fighting for the

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vulnerable and I have always said to staff come if you have got an

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issue about someone's poor practice you report it to your trade union

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or to anyone else. We have had people on this programme who were

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afraid to tell us who they were he worked in that industry and wanted

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to expose neglect and abuse. How do you encourage them and their

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employers have to report that? Employers are coming forward in

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larger numbers now. I believe that we have all got a responsibility to

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report poor practice. We should not stand over it because they are from

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noble people that we deal with. If there is any worker out there that

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is concerned that there is poor practice going on. If they want to

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approach the council in the first instance we will pass them to the

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appropriate a authority. We will deal with that attitude process.

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What we can take his anonymous complaints. Our systems must be

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robust and fair. People must complain.

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A Scottish football fan has been acquitted of carrying out a

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sectarian attack on the Celtic manager Neil Lennon. 26-year-old

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John Wilson was found guilty of breaching the peace by running onto

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the pitch during a game at Hearts last May and shouting and swearing

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at Lennon. BBC Scotland reporter Morag Kinniburgh was in court.

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The jury here at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to tea and a have bars to

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find the case against John Wells and other sulking Neil Lennon not

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proven. He had been charged with making sectarian remarks against

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the Celtic manager. He had admitted invading the pitch and found guilty

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of a lesser charge of breach of the piece, but back in May he invaded -

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- admitted invading the pitch shouting and swearing at Neil

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Lennon. He admitted in court that he had assaulted Neil Lennon by

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striking him on the head. When the jury returned a verdict ruled that

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the assault case was not proven, not enough evidence of that to

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convict him despite his admission. They did find him guilty on the

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lesser charge of breach of the pits, but they deleted any reference to

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any sectarian comments made or any religious hatred there may have

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been shouted. Now John Watson has been remanded in custody at his

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sentence has been deferred until 14th September.

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Still to come on the programme: Lucky to be alive - we hear from

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the biker who broke almost every bone in his body.

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We have more on the story of Johnny the donkey whose hooves were once a

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long queue struggled to walk. Now he has had his toenails cut and is

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So Fair Trading to investigate the high cost of car insurance and stop

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Northern Ireland drivers can pay 84 per cent more than the rest of the

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UK. Our Business and Economics Editor Jim Fitzpatrick has more.

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Making a living driving a cab is hard enough these days. Spiralling

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insurance costs don't help. It is very hard because the premiums have

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been going up every year. It is money we have defined and we are

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not earning. We are being discriminated against, probably, in

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Northern Ireland. Those who make their living selling insurance say

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the problem in Northern Ireland has been overstated. I am not disputing

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the higher costs, but I do think it is not as high as stated. Why is

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insurance in Northern Ireland so expensive? Is it lack of

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competition, because legal costs or to hire forcing up premiums -- are

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too high, or is it because we pay too much in compensation? Is it the

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fact that there are too many and insured drivers for whom the

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insured must pick up the tab? Whatever the reason, the figures

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are startling. According to the Consumer Council people here are

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paying premiums of �282 higher than the rest of the UK, �82 -- 84 per

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cent higher. Consumers also have left -- less choice with a maximum

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of 15 insurers, with up to 51 competing companies in the UK

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mainland. It is not as dormant and the Office of Fair Trading. The

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Consumer Council things they have the clout to solve the problem.

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have been relentless in relation to this for some time but we hope by

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taking the range of initiatives we have taken this morning, this will

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make a difference and help keep money in the pockets of Northern

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Ireland drivers. To date the OFT said it wouldn't necessarily

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investigate. It is an issue that has been driving consumers mad for

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years. A solution may yet be on the distant horizon.

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Speaking of money, finance will be very much on the minds of students

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as they prepare for college or university this year. Some banks

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are offering overdrafts of as much as �3,000.

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There are strings attached, though. Kevin Sharkey asks if these are

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good deal for a student or a temptation to go deeper into debt.

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Some students are already here for an early look around. There are a

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number of ways for students to look at this offer of an interest-free

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overdraft facility. Is it an easy way for student to get at their

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hands on much needed money to help them through college, or is it a

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case of the bank's encouraging yet more student debt? At the students'

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union across the road, there is caution. It is an issue at the

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moment because students are finding it difficult to get part-time jobs,

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so the temptation will be to get an overdraft. My advice would be to

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read the small print, talk to the students' union first, and try to

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find other ways before you get an overdraft. What about the small

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print? The banks that are lending up to �3,000 are only allowing for

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four cheque withdrawals within any given month, and four cash

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withdrawals within any given month. Over and above that, they are

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charging 70p per item. Bear that in mind every time you are taking out

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�20 or �30. So are the banks the big winners with these offers?

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like anything else, if you go beyond what they have agreed there

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are potential for additional sums. Generally, if it is managed in the

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right way, it is fine. For all this student, the message is clear:

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Don't. I would advise students to stay away from overdrafts. They

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seem appealing but when it comes to paying them back it is a nightmare.

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As the new academic year looms, Now to the race for the job of

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president of Ireland. For the first time in its history, Fianna Fail

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will not put up a candidate. The party's last nominee was Mary

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McAleese, whose two terms in office end in November. Jennifer O'Leary

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joins us now. What is happening with the Fianna Fail party?

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Monday, a sub-committee of the party recommended that Fianna Fail

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did not put forward an internal candidate. Today's three amenity

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and put out rubber stamp on that decision. -- a three hour meeting.

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There was a dominant political force in Ireland since the 1930s,

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and for the first time in its history, it won't be in the

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presidential election. The Fianna Fail leader explained the reason

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behind the decision. A we need to rebuild and strengthen the capacity

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of the party in the months and years ahead to ensure we are a

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vital force in Irish political life. Michael Martin asked broadcaster

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Gay Byrne to put his name forward. He said no. Could anybody else have

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been a possibility? The popular -- a popular sports commentator said

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he was considering a bid before he also ruled himself out, but let's

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not forget, Diana Rosemary Scallon is said to be considering a

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nomination but has been coy about her intentions. Not putting a

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candidate for it leaves it open to the other parties, surely, and

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those that have been confirmed. There are four definite candidates

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confirmed so far. The Labour Party nominee has topped the most recent

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polls of the declared candidates. He is a long-time politician and a

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published poet. He is followed by Gay Mitchell, the MEP for Dublin.

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There are two independence, Shaun Gallagher, and Mary Davies, who is

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best known for running the Special Olympics in Ireland. I spoke with a

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representative of another party saying they should run an internal

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candidate, but Sinn Fein will formally confirmed its stance in

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the coming weeks. Coming up in tomorrow's BBC Newsline, even the

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most is and outings can run into danger. Will Leitch is with the

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rescue services as they stop trouble from turning to tragedy.

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has already been a busy are some of unusual for rescuers just like this

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one. I will find out how the coastguard save lives. With the

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deaths of two top motorcycle racers, Adrian McFarland and Wayne Hamilton,

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this week, many people are again asking why racers risk their lives

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competing in the sport they love. Steve and Watson has been to speak

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to write a recovering from a life- threatening cash -- crash -- to a

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rider. John Laverty told me today he is

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lucky to be alive. He survived a high speed crash in the British

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Superbike -- Superbike Championship at Oulton Park, but broke almost

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every bet -- bone in his body. He has been transferred to the Royal

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Victoria Hospital in Belfast to start his long road to recovery.

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John Laverty faces months of intensive physiotherapy and

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Rehabilitation after sustaining life-threatening injuries. He

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smashed his ankles and his feet, broke his knees, his pelvis, ribs

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and both shoulders, and almost lost the use of his arms. I feel I am a

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very lucky in the way I cheated death at that speed. I hit a wall

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at 100 and their demise an hour, to walk out of it was a big surprise.

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I checked I was still alive at the time and I couldn't believe it. --

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120 mph. As a top motorcycle racer, he understands the risks. Last

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weekend's tragedy is when stop him returning to the sport. I think

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somebody was looking down on me. It was amazing what I came out of. I

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have to be thankful for that and move on. Hopefully people realise

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that people love what they are doing, and they can come to grips

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with that. There is a higher risk factor in our sport because you can

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get knocked down walking -- but you can get knocked down walking across

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the road, so you just get on with it. It is what we are brought up

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doing and it doesn't affect us in that way. I put it down to being a

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bit like a boxer. When he is knocked out he goes back into the

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ring and does his job. As soon as we are fit we are back on the bike

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again. He plans to be racing again next year.

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Let's hope we see him in action. Northern Ireland footballers have a

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vital game at Windsor Park on Friday night in the Euro 2012

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qualifiers, but if Nigel Worthington's team is to win and

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stay on course for the finals they may have to do it without two other

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star performers, one of him stole the show in the last game. Thomas

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Niblock reports. When two of your better players are

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casually strolling along while everyone else is training, you know

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something is not quite right. Northern Ireland trained this

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morning ahead of Serbia's arrival in Belfast, but Pat mid-court and

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Kyle Lafferty are injured, and may miss Friday's game. We have two

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doubts. Pat record has a calf problem and could be struggling for

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Friday. The other is Kyle Lafferty, who has again a calf problem. We

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think he will probably have a more realistic chance of maybe being

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able to be available for Friday night. Pat no court litter up

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Windsor Park against the Faeroe Islands last week and will be

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You can not do anything about it for a stock it is there. He started

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to fillet of Friday morning. -- feel it on Friday morning. Come

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Friday, the game could be a little bit too early for him. Manchester

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United and Serbia captain no money but it is also injured and would

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play on Friday, helping Northern Ireland's cause. A win is a must

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for qualifying for Euro 2012. We have highlights on BBC One.

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Linfield continue to lead the way at the top of football's Carling

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Premiership. Rory Patterson scored two goals for the champions in

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their 3-2 win against Lisburn Distillery last night. Jamie

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Mulgrew's strike for Linfield was arguably the goal of the game.

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There was a late consolation free- kick, but it still ended 3-2. At

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Glentoran Stephen Carson scored his first goal for his new club against

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his old one. They picked up a point at the oval with this Curtis Allen

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header. Glenavon are still winless, having lost 5-32 Cliftonville at

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Solitude. -- 53 against Cliftonville. Cliftonville moved to

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third in the table. Portadown and Linfield are joint top.

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Road racer Ryan Farquhar was a winner today at the Manx Grand Prix

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on the Isle of Man. An update on Johnny the Donkey from

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yesterday's programme. His hooves had grown so long he could hardly

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walk. It was reckoned he had endured two

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years of neglect. How is he doing now?

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Settling into his surroundings and showing no signs of the neglect

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that brought him here, Johnny the Donkey, on the left, was enjoying

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his new found fame this afternoon. He was a much sorrier sight when he

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arrived at the shelter just over a week ago. He had been rescued from

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the Mourne Mountains after two years of unchecked growth had left

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his hooves so deformed he could hardly walk.

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But now, after a visit by the farrier, he is much more

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comfortable and is responding well to treatment.

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My we got a call from a photographer lady who had been on

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the Mourne Mountains. She took a photograph and Johnny Donkey

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appeared from the hedges. She knew the feet went right so she found us.

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We think he survived on the mountain because he used a derelict

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cottage as a shelter. There is a steady stream of donkey's coming to

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the century. They had over 100 at Christmas. Four more arrive from

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Antrim earlier today, where they had been handed back for -- by

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people who no longer wanted them. The �600 the cost of keeping an

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animal like this is a big factor -- �600 per year. A couple of years

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ago during the boom it was considered fashionable by some to

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have a donkey. Mayors were around 1200 pounds and stallions around

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�500. Everything has changed now and animals are being abandoned.

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These two were turned out into a field near Armagh last week and

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rescued from there. The charity will try to the Home Johnny here,

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but if not, they will send him to England with a care for 2500 such

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Happy as Larry, or Johnny! Let's get the latest on the weather

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We have the remnants of Hurricane Irene heading our way but don't

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panic too much, it would just bring a way to spell. Until we get there

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it is largely dry, the statistics for August saying it has been a dry

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month, below average rainfall, believe it or not. It has been

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quite cold and cloudy as well. We have had sunshine this morning

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across Fermanagh but it didn't take long for the cloud to fill in, and

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that is how we end the day. Generally a lot of cloud. Through

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the night, more or less the same sort of story. Maybe the odd spot

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of drizzle over the holes butis continuing drive. Beneath a cloud,

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not to Chile -- most places continuing dry. It could get to six

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degrees in some parts of the countryside, with patches of mist.

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Tomorrow, the dryness continues, then cloud but hopefully we will

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see something brighter developing as we head to the afternoon. Don't

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expect much sunshine first thing in the morning, though, with the odd

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patch of mist and a good deal of cloud, but it should lift up a bit

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with more brightness come the afternoon, particularly across

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parts of Antrim, Down and Armagh. Sunshine is a possibility, even in

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the West, something brighter. Also a bit warmer tomorrow, a southerly

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breeze bringing temperatures up to 17 or 18 Celsius. At least a couple

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of degrees better than today. Into Friday, this area of low pressure,

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what is left of hurricane Irene is driving the weather front east.

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After a dry start on Friday, rain lingering into Friday night with

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