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Hello and welcome to BBC Newsline. The headlines this Thursday

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evening: A 25-year-old soldier from County Down is killed on patrol in

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Go Tributes are paid to Channing Day in her home town of Comber.

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Human trafficking right on our doorstep - women from 26 countries

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campaigning to stop it gather in Belfast. I'll have more shortly.

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It's official - here's the programme for the City of Culture.

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Join me live for the details. One Sam Maguire, and now eight All-Star

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football awards for Donegal. the cold air is moving in so we're

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in for a chilly spell of weather, but for how long? Find out shortly.

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A 25-year-old medic from Comber in County Down, Channing Day has

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become the tenth member of the armed forces from Northern Ireland

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to be killed in the conflict in Afghanistan. She died in an

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incident along with another soldier and an Afghan policeman while on

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patrol in the Nahri Saraj District of Helmand Province. The news was

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broken to her family last night. Chris Page has more. Tanning they

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had wanted to be his or doesn't she was at school will stop -- a

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Channing Day. The principle remembers well how she went on

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work-experience but the Army when she was 16. She was a very pleasant

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young lady. A really good report. That did some her up. Her statement

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showed she loved the Army, even then. Now, aged 25, she has been

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killed in Afghanistan. Channing Day was with the patrol in Nahri Saraj

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when she was killed. An Afghan, believed to be a policeman not in

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uniform at the time, was also killed. A spokesperson be the

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Ministry of Defence has said they don't care what initiated exchange

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of gunfire -- they don't know what initiated the exchange of gunfire.

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Back home in Northern Ireland, those who knew her are stunned.

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Every pupil, we remember. I remember her... It becomes more and

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more poignant. Because somebody who is so young has been killed in such

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a tragic way. The First Minister has paid tribute. Here is the young

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woman who clearly deserved eight when it was needed. It will be a

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major blow to the local community, devastating to the family. This

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cenotaph commemorates members of the armed forces from Comber who

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have been killed while on service. Now, other names but be added. Like

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so many before her, Channing Day lost her life in a war far from

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home. Arrangements are now being made to repatriate her body.

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The UK armed forces have been in Afghanistan since 2001 when they

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joined the NATO invasion in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The

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news of the latest death has brought back painful memories for

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other service families here. Images hard to forget. Towns and villages

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across Northern Ireland coming to a standstill for the funeral of a

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soldier. Soon, the same silence will fall in Comber. In March 2011,

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this town was in mourning. Shops closed and hundreds gathered to pay

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their this -- pay their respects to lance-corporal Stephen the key. On

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Tuesday, the 27-year-old was the last soldier here to die in

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Afghanistan. The others, it a 20- year-old Ranger, a 22-year-old

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Ranger, a 26-year-old, a 42-year- old, another 42-year-old, a 22-

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year-old, a 28-year-old and a captain, who was 38. Brenda's

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husband is among those faces. She knows the pain and grief of losing

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a loved one on duty in Afghanistan. When you hear news that another to

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have paid the ultimate sacrifice, it brings you right back to the day

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-- another two. The sadness that you feel for those families and

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what they're going through it is quite intolerable. I can't even

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imagine how they feel. But all I know is that in the coming days,

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through the repatriation, they're going to need peace and quiet time.

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Difficult days ahead for a family coming to terms with such a loss.

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You can find much more background and analysis on UK troops in

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Afghanistan on the BBC News website. You can find that in the Special

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Reports section. Still to come on the programme:

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It's been a very big day in the North West. I'll be taking a look

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at the programme for the City of Culture Day. A County Antrim man

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has admitted stabbing his mother to death on Mother's Day last year.

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Lynn Coburn was found dead in her home in the village of Kells. Today

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her 35-year-old son John pleaded guilty to her manslaughter on the

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grounds of diminished responsibility.

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Since April, seven potential victims of trafficking have been

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rescued in Northern Ireland. Over the last three years the total is

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81 people, according to the police. There are many community and

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voluntary organisations who are working with the police to tackle

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the problem. One is the Soroptimists, which is holding its

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international annual conference in Belfast over the next few days.

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Donna is there this evening. Yes, it's difficult to calculate the

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exact number of women and girls who are forced to travel het or who

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travel under false pretences and find themselves working in the sex

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industry or as domestics the servants. If the police are to bear

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down on these criminals, we need to be more aware of the problem here

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on the ground. The Soroptimists doing their part in the campaign,

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so for a lot of people it is slavery. But they don't realise it

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is happening here. Yes, it is happening everywhere in the United

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Kingdom. There are over 2.5 million people could affect every year into

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the UK, 85 % of whom are women -- people traffic to every year. It is

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making millions of pounds every year. So what other Soroptimists

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doing to make us more aware of that? We are working with a charity

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which started as a Soroptimists charity. It is one of the reasons

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we will be there tomorrow wearing purple on the waterfront, to show

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our solidarity that we must strive some way to end this terrible crime

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against women and girls. It is our mission as Soroptimists to do that.

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You're President of the Soroptimists this year. A lot of

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people will not know the name and they will not know what you do.

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Apart from raising awareness about human trafficking, who are you?

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are an international women's service organisation, working to

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transform the lives of women and girls worldwide. Our name is

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derived from the Latin, which means sister. We work from the Caribbean

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and the east, across Europe, and into South Africa. Many of the

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things we're trying to do is to educate women, with skills such as

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dressmaking, cookery. I was recently in South Africa when I saw

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the effects of women who had learned how to embroider, and there

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are now being employed to earn a living for themselves. They are

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buying their own homes. These people live in shacks and they now

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have built houses and art doing extensions to them as they speed

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today. The here at the conference, they went to stop about human

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trafficking, but other issues -- they went to just talk about.

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Hundreds of events have been announced for the first UK City of

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Culture year in Londonderry. The London Symphony Orchestra will

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perform and the Royal Ballet will pay its first visit in over 20

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years. The programme for 2013 was announced in Derry today. Sarah is

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there for us. Sarah. Yes, you join me from a civic reception being

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held at this city hotel to celebrate the launch of the

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programme for 2013. There are hundreds of events to come. There

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are so many for me to list right now. We thought we would get some

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help from local school children to talk us through the highlights.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 112 seconds

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# Sometimes I get a good feeling... The EU in 2013! -- at CU -- see

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you! That children are very excited and so other people in the city. It

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has been nearly two-and-a-half years since of Derry found out it

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was going to be the first island city of culture. The official

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programme for the Derry Londonderry series of events arrived first

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thing this morning. The runners make their way over their Peace

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Bridge. The deputy First Minister said it was worth the wait. It is a

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real opportunity to have a lasting The programme was taken from

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Everton's square in a fleet of taxis and delivered to a selection

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of venues, including schools, workplaces and shoppers in the city

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The line-up for next year offers a diverse range of music, drama and

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dance. The organisers are confident it will be embraced by everyone. In

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this city centre pub, viewers got a glimpse of what is in store for

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20131 BBC Newsline. It is absolutely fantastic. And would

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like to think everybody could find something they would enjoy. Derry

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needs something like this. It will bring everybody together. It is

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just the best thing. There is something there for everybody.

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There are lots of times people seedings on TV and it is all bad.

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Something like this, where it has come for the first time, it's

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absolutely amazing. The City is generating lots of headlines today

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and many hope it is the start of something significant. What we

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expect to get from the next year it is not just a change in visitor

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numbers in Derry, but more importantly, it establishes dairy

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as a go to place the talented people to want to study, work, live

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The leader of the National Youth Orchestra believes many from

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outside the city below one to be part of 2013. Am I looking to

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spread this joyous team all around dairy? Hoadley it will be fantastic.

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-- hopefully. The challenge remains, of will 2013 deliver a lasting

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Throughout the day has been our arts correspondent. A big day for

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the City today, but the few bumps along the road. Compaq has been

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controversy about who would be dealing with marketing. People are

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cynical about things like this and saying la Mac are too many hiccups,

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it is too slow. Party would be hard to find any festival like this

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where there would not be her cups. Hopefully, this will be the same.

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If we look at sea you may yet events, it is taken place in Durham

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before. 150,000 people came. Can Deri could quiz Mac I had been

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speaking to people who run the hotels. That is a bit of a

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difficulty. People are being asked to provide their own accommodation.

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When you had the Irish Open golf, they did not stay. They will be

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able to take advantage of hotel rooms elsewhere. We heard my cue

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raised issues about whether you can market this successfully on a

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national and international stage. Even if you take the last couple of

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days alone, we are in The Guardian tomorrow, the Irish Times on

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Saturday. If you look at the City today, it is dressed for the City

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of Culture, 2013. I really think this is the moment. The word is out

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there. Everybody always brings it back to the legacy. What do you

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think that dopey for the people of this city and the surrounding area?

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I think it would become undoubtedly economic. Major events throughout

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the entire year. Economic benefits, but more importantly, it is the

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light that will spark. It is that spark that is the inspiration of an

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incredible sporting activity. are not finished. Join me later,

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but when will be talking to Phil colder.

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The awards just keep on coming for Gaelic football's All-Ireland

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champions. Austin O'Callaghan's here with news of another trophy

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The All Stars are handed out each year to 15 of Ireland's best Gaelic

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footballers. The selections, made by GAA journalists, often generate

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debate. They certainly did in our office! But there were few

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arguments today with Donegal's Went Donegal proved they were the

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best in the land, celebrations were inevitably followed. 33 teams

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compete, just under 1,000 players played in this year's championship.

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8 a from Donegal. A We are delighted. My heart will always go

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up to the players. All stars always divide opinion anyway. We are

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delighted we got the eight we have got. It is a very good haul. It is

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great for the players themselves. It caps of a really good year.

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even better year for three of them. They make up three nominations for

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the 20 top player of the year, announced tomorrow night. But the

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best player in the land or become the best team in the land, Donegal.

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It is lovely that it will be a Donegal player. There is very

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little between them. We also have Patrick for young player of the

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year. We will keep our fingers crossed for him as well. His is

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looking likely Donegal clean sweep, and the manager is already planning

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next year, hoping it will be just as successful.

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The Ulster rugby team has four changes for tomorrow's Pro12 League

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game away to the Dragons. Paul Marshall, who missed out on Ireland

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selection this week, comes back into the side at scrum-half with

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South African international Ruan Pienaar moving to fly-half in place

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of Paddy Jackson. He'll start the evening on the bench. Craig Gilroy,

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Lewis Stevenson and Declan Fitzpatrick are all in the starting

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15. Tommy Bowe is named a full-back. But Stephen Ferris still out with a

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back injury. Both Michael Hoey and Rory McIlroy

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carded rounds of five under par and are tied for fourth after the first

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day of the BMW Masters in China. Graeme McDowell is two shots

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further back on three under. World Number One McIlroy hit this

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magnificent approach on the way to a birdie at the 18th and joined his

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fellow countryrman Hoey on five under. But he described his round

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as solid rather than spectacular. This golf course is pretty generous.

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You hit a lot of fairways. You have got pretty big targets hit. If you

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hit the ball decently, you will give yourself plenty of chances. It

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was a solid round of golf. I am happy with it. A big tournament

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coming up. No secret that I am going to Dubai. I want to play well.

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Every school's cup team enjoys winning trophies. But one hockey

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side from Banbridge are particularly good at it. They've

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beaten the best teams north and south for the last two years. Now

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Banbridge Academy have their sights set on winning the All-Ireland

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schools title for the third year in a row. And they certainly look the

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team to beat again, judging by what we saw today.

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The All Ireland schools' hockey tournament brings 16 of Ireland's

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best teams together, but most eyes on the guys in red. Pam Bridge says

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there is no secret to their success. We spent a lot of time preparing

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and practising, but we put in a lot of value on team spirit as well and

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good attitude. We asked a lot of our players, but are delighted that

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they deliver high standards. It is the camaraderie we get from each

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other. We have got a great coaching staff, we looked the part, and we

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enjoy it. The school enjoys a proud hockey tradition. Past people's

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have gone on to represent Ireland. This is a change the coaches are

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keen to continue. You have a positive role models that the young

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players look up to. They are trained to follow the example of

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people set. I would certainly argue strongly that schools' hockey is a

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really good starting-point for all of these players. The more that

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they can get from school hockey, the more benefit they will have

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laid in their career. Linfield have issued a lifetime ban

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to a so-called supporter in the wake of the brawl which marred the

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club's League game against Dungannon Swifts two weeks ago.

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It's understood the man previously served a one-year ban but has now

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been hit with the toughest sanction You will notice a difference in the

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air tomorrow. Cold air will sink in from the north. It will be colder.

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For many of us, the towns and cities stay at four or five Celsius.

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A touch of frost developing. A frosty start to tomorrow. Through

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the day, at least it will be bright. We kick off the day with brightness

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around. A little bit of cloud giving way to sunshine.

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Temperatures will struggle, though - seven, maybe eight Celsius. It

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will be colder along the coast. The first real taste of winter, despite

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it being autumn. But a fine end to the day. Tomorrow night, it will be

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much colder again. More likely to see a widespread frost. Many areas

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will dip below freezing. A widespread frost as we go into

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Saturday. Saturday, it will stay cold. A fine and bright start, but

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a or not last long. It will begin to deteriorate. Low pressure coming

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in from the north, bringing more unsettled weather and breezier

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conditions. It also bring rain. Sunday would be a wet and breezy

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day. Saturday will be a chilly but dry and bright day. Most of the

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unsettled weather will have played by Monday, but on Monday, damp

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weather to come. The clocks go back on Sunday.

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That's nearly all from us for this evening. Our late summary is at

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10:25pm. You can also keep up-to- date with News Online and follow

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this programme on Facebook and Twitter. But now, let's go back to

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Twitter. But now, let's go back to the city of culture and Sarah.

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a date has been today, with the launch of the programme for 2013.

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Everything kicks off on New year's Eve with a fireworks display, and

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then the first big event is on the 20th January, the sons and

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daughters concert. It has been a great day. How excited are you?

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Tremendously excited. The last time I was there, there was an empty

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space. I was completely excited when I saw the TV cameras, radio,

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marquees, music, people coming and celebrating. It has been a long

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time coming for Derry. It is brilliant, for someone like me who

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