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Newsline: over 200 new jobs at a big pharmaceutical company. The pop-up

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prison ready for use if G8 protests turn violent.

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Another critical report into performance at the Northern health

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trust. Graeme McDowell tells us how the

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rain in Philadelphia could help him regain the US Open title.

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And the rain is back with a very big splash tonight but there is some dry

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weather to be had tomorrow. I'll be back shortly with the full forecast.

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One of Northern Ireland's top companies has announced the creation

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of 229 jobs. Almac, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer, is

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based in Craigavon. It's spending �14 million on two big expansion

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projects. Almac is a local success story, a

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kind of pinup poster for the northern island economy. All the

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right boxes ticked. It gives me great pleasure, the fact it is a

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local company, but also a company exporting globally. This is a very

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good news story. It is a mixture of jobs, for graduates and

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non-graduates. This is part of the business which is expanding,

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production of a laxative drug is being stepped up. Almac has 600

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planned companies. The vast majority of our sales are outside the UK.

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really see our main market is being Europe, the US and the rest of the

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world. Other jobs included are in a newly opened product development

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facility. One third of these jobs are in fact in place. They are part

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of a 2000 strong workforce here. The company also has a facility in the

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United States which employs 1000. Despite Almac making a �40 million

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profit last year, invest is helping this expansion. Why does a company

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of this profile needs help? Because we make things happen. In terms of

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projects and the scale of the project. Sometimes, it is in terms

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of how quickly it can be implemented. The amount of money we

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need to put in here was needed to make this project happen. There has

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been a steady stream of job announcements in late. The economy

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has seen slight growth but is still struggling outside the gates of

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Almac. Four companies, whose names were

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linked to an overpayment scandal in Housing Executive contracts, have

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rejected any wrongdoing. The Social Development Minister Nelson

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McCausland said some �18 million had been overpaid to them. But in a

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joint statement, the companies say they are "upset and dismayed by the

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allegations" and will mount a challenge. They describe them as

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"outrageous" and very damaging to their reputation and business.

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The G8 summit in County Fermanagh may be less than a week away but

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protests have already begun in London. More than 30 people have

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been arrested for a range of offences, including violent

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disorder. The trouble began after the police surrounded a building in

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Soho where a group called Stop G8 were holding what they called a

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Carnival Against Capitalism. Our home affairs correspondent Vincent

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Kearney has been looking at the preparations to deal with any

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violent protests here. In place will be a pop-up prison, special courts

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and a fleet of prison vans brought over from England. All of that means

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the police can deal with up to 260 arrests a day if needed. BBC

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Newsline was given exclusive access to a temporary custody centre in

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Omagh. Prepared for the worst: Six

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temporary cell blocks have been built on the side of a former Army

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base. Each can hold 16. This is where anyone arrested will be

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brought. After having their details taken and being questioned and

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fingerprinted, suspects will be taken to one of the cells. They will

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be held there by staff from the Public prosecution service and

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police officers to get them into court as quickly as possible. What

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this will enable us to do is have a detained person process, interviewed

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if required, charged and peer before the court in a very short period of

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time. There is capacity to cope with many more arrests if there is any

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serious trouble. There are also 50 cells at this police station in

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Belfast, but the PSI hopes they will not be needed. In a worst-case

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scenario, we could processed up to 260 detained persons. But that is

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the worst-case scenario and those plans can scaled back. 16 judges are

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on stand-by to preside over special court sittings. The prison service

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is also prepared for the worst. A fleet of prison vans and additional

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officers have been brought in from England and hundreds of cells have

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been set aside to hold protesters charged with criminal offences. The

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vans will be based here and then deployed if needed to take arrested

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protesters from custody centres to court and then from court to prison

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if they are remanded in custody while awaiting trial. Local trade

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unions unveiled Art of their G8 plans. Afterwards, the police were

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accused of overstating the threat of violence to put people of taking

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part in peaceful protests. One might be forgiven to think that we are

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being reduced. Non-violent protests is essential. The PS and I says it

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respects the right to peaceful protest and will facilitate those

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who wish to take part but it says resources and plans are in place to

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deal with anyone who turns to violence.

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The Northern Health Trust is no stranger to bad news. Covering an

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area from Antrim to Coleraine and with major hospitals in each

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location, it's been the subject of much criticism. Today there was more

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in the shape of yet another review. It says the Trust's in a poor

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position and requires intensive support to improve. The review team,

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brought in from England last year, has made several recommendations.

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Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly can tell us

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more. Yet another review. What's different about this one? It feels

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like Groundhog Day. There have been several reviews into this

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beleaguered trust. Following that, we had the chairman being sacked by

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the Health Minister before Christmas, and later, the chief

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executive stepped aside. It has been turmoil. Why should this one make

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any sort of difference? Well, it's not being rushed like the others.

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Instead of making changes very quickly, they are suggesting they go

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in in stages. It will happen in three stages, firstly in Antrim, the

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causeway and out in the community. Instead of running a marathon, those

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who have been charged with leading this changed will be running more

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like five and ten K runs, doing it very short term because they cannot

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get this one wrong. To directors have been so Condit to lead that.

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Some say that as a poisoned chalice. At least with Mary, the woman

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charged with leading this changed, her chalice will always be half

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full. She is a very positive person. This is what this trust needs at the

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moment. That will make a difference. She isn't new to the trust,

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however. She has been their 18 months so is very familiar with what

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needs to be done and she will not be afforded the time to make any

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mistakes. She said, among her priorities, is to support staff.

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focus is on the future, on everybody in this organisation working in the

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interests of patient care. You mattered to patients and we care

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about you and we will help you do your job even better than before.

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She described herself as an old-fashioned girl. Staff will be

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wanting to see some old-fashioned practices such as empowering nurses

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back on the wards. You're watching BBC Newsline. Still

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to come on the programme: We hear about a claim that the Government

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tried to bury the truth about the real dangers of rubber bullets.

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Two Belfast brothers, who got a heavily-reduced prison sentence for

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agreeing to give evidence in a UVF murder trial, will NOT be sent back

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to jail, even though they lied in court. No action will be taken

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against Robert and Ian Stewart by the Public Prosecution Service. But

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another so-called loyalist "supergrass" Neil Hyde is being sent

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back to court. They got out of jail early after

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promising to tell the truth, but even though Robert and Ian Stewart

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lied in court, they would be going back to prison. The brothers were

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involved in the UVF killing of Tommy English 13 years ago. The brothers

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later handed themselves into the police and offered to give evidence

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against nine other men they said were involved. In return, Robert

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Stewart and his brother served only three years of a 22 year sentence.

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The so-called supergrass trial more than �11 million, but all the men

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accused of murder were found not guilty. When the Public prosecution

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service examined the case, they found seven different occasions on

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which the brothers lied, but today, they announced the lies were not

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serious enough to send them back to court. The relevance of the lies in

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the context of the case as a whole, particularly because they did not

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implicate anybody in crime, would not have led to the conviction of

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any of the accused in the trial. that reason, I find that very

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persuasive. The trial which the brothers gave evidence lasted three

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months. It took the Public prosecution service more than a year

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to decide whether to take any action against them. The PPS also announced

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their decision on a different case, that of another so-called

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supergrass. He admitted his part in the killing of a Sunday world

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reporter and agreed to give information about others in return

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for a reduced sentence. But now the authorities are sending him back to

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court. After his sentencing hearing, material was made available

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to us which has led us to the belief that he was not telling us the full

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truth. I need to be very careful what I say here because this is now

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the subject of a court process. Hyde is expected back in court later this

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year. Last summer, a new parading flashpoint emerged at a Catholic

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Church in Belfast. With just over a month to go until the Twelfth, the

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Orange Order has published a plan aimed at easing tensions around

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parades which pass St Patrick's Church in Donegall Street.

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Nationalists say the next step must be dialogue with residents. Chris

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Page reports. August last year and please try to deal with Northern

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Ireland's biggest headache dispute. Seven police officers were heart"

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she is whether nationalist residents after the date went through. --

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after the parade went through. In July as Sinn Fein member filmed the

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band circling outside the church, playing a circadian song. The Orange

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order has now made a move which it says is a sign of goodwill. We are

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trying to break out of the recrimination of broken

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determination and that will get us over to the next key and the all

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thing repeats itself. We are trying to delete that cycle and get some

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stability. The Orange order has given some commitments. It says no

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parades. Outside and Patrick's church. The bands will play him is

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only and supporters will walk on the other side of the street. Sinn Fein

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has given this reaction. There may be good points in this. Appealing

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Fortran is a good point but talking to local groups is what will sort

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this out. And this representative group of local nationalists say it

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is up to the loyal orders to convince them not to view the league

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is as sick TV in. All sides say they are hopeful this summer can be

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peaceful and that violence is not inevitable. Next there's been what

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is being seen as a major breakthrough in the ambitious plan

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to create a shared school campus in Omagh at a former army barracks. Our

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education correspondent Maggie Taggart has more on this. Unexpected

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news today. Yes because this school we are talking about has always set

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its mind against going to this. It was so incensed at not being given a

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new �50 million school that it took them to court for a judicial review

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and the judge voted in favour. Then it says it will be actively

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participating in plans and hopefully leading the plans. Why the change?

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He would rather have a school. seems there is no upper show in

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town. There have been talks with the trustees, board of governors and

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Department of education and there have been assurances on retaining

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its own ethos. It also says the changes in education planning might

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mean that the original site is not big enough. It has also requested a

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payback of �1 million to do remedial works, health and safety linked, on

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its own school in the meantime. important is its inclusion in this

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shared plan? It is essential. It is one of six and it has been healed as

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a milestone. The government say they should be no problem with that and

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the first stage is due to be in place by March 2013. Thank you for

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that update. Still to come before seven: We check out familiar weather

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for our golfers preparing for the US Open in Pennsylvannia. A human

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rights campaigner, blinded by a rubber bullet during the Troubles,

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says he believes the Government tried to bury the truth about the

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potential dangers of the weapon. The claim came after the Pat Finucane

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Centre unearthed documents. Richard Moore from Londonderry was struck by

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a rubber bullet while going home from primary school. The Ministry of

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Defence said it regretted his injuries and that lessons had been

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learned. Keiron Tourish reports. Apologies, it seems as if we have

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lost the sound on that report. We will try to get it later in the

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programme. The weather in just a few minutes but before that we have

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sport and it's not just here that our weather has taken a turn for the

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worst. Also in the United States. Our reporter is you to explain. --

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our reporter is here to explain. Torrential rainfall has disrupted

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preparations for golf's US Open which starts on Thursday. The Merion

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Golf Club, west of Philadelphia has had three inches of rain on what was

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supposed to be a practice day. But the weather hasn't put off one

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Northern Ireland golfer as Stephen Watson reports. Record brain in

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Philadelphia produced a washout on day one. There were many unwelcome

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water features flowing down the middle of the manicured fairways.

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But leaving the elements was this man, the Portrush golf is no

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stranger to bad weather and he was the last golfer out on the course.

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Mother nature is not really Kuopio and right now. You can see behind me

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the flooding and how wet the golf course is going to be. Logistically

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getting there is around and on and off the golf course is why the

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practice round last Wednesday is worth its weight in gold. They will

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be running around trying to get a look at this golf course now which

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is going to be saturated. Thankfully I am able to bank that practice

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round. He might be tiptoeing through the mud but he arrives in a rich

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bean of form. To tournament wins this season and three in the last

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six months makes him one of the favourites to land the title this

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week. Yes the season has gone nicely and I am playing well. My US open

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form has been solid the last couple of years but did at 150 guys out

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here trying to do the same thing. When the gun goes off I will be as

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ready as any of them but we will do our best. Organisers are working

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hard to make sure this course is ready and thankfully the walk up to

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sunshine today. With Roni Mackle Roy's victory in 2011, expectations

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are high for some more Northern Ireland major success. -- broadly

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Mackle Roy. Maureen is forecast for tomorrow afternoon. So we will see.

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With 11 days to go before the first test against Australia, the British

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and Irish Lions continued their tour with a warm-up game against a

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combined country VX. The match was high-scoring. Thomas Kane was

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keeping count. This had been expected to be a last glimpse of

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some test starters before the showdown with the Wallabies. They

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seemed to show little mercy against their opponents. The two lists

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seemed to manage almost one point para minute during the first half.

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The captain of the day showed glimpses of billions as he played

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the full 80 minutes and weighed in with a try of his own. While their

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opponents battle briefly the class between the sides was obvious as the

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scoreboard continued to take over. Driscoll played a big part in the

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final try, the 10th of the match for the Lions. He is said to be wrapped

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in cotton wool before Warren Gatland's side take on Australia.

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Their final warmup game is on Tuesday. Matt McGovern and Ryan

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Seaton, the Irish sailing pair we featured recently here on BBC

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Newsline, have had a brilliant day in Weymouth. On the Olympic course

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in the 49er class, they were placed second, first, second and third in

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today's four races. That moves them up to move up to second place

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overall in the fleet at the Sail For Gold regatta. Racing finishes on

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Thursday. Former Carrick Rangers boss Kenny Shiels has left the

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Scottish side Kilmarnock by mutual consent. He was dismissed as manager

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after the club finished ninth in the SPL last season. A four-match ban

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for outspoken media comments, two suspended, was also taken into

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consideration. Fans have gathered outside Rugby Park in protest.

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Finally, the Belfast Giants made a big signing today. Evan Cheverie,

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the Canadian forward who scored the penalty that won the play-off final

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in 2010, is coming back to the Odyssey for next season. We have

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just learned they'd is a new chief executive of Northern Ireland. It is

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the first woman to read the agency for the development of sport in this

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part of the world. Thank you for that. We saw the dreadful weather

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they are having a head of the U.S. Open. Our weather has taken a turn

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for the worst. We had all that lovely sunshine for the last week or

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so and now we have got the rain, what is actually our usual summer

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weather? Some people would say normal service has resumed! When I

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was out at lunchtime today it was a different ban it, people had their

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arms covered, some with green courts. Temperatures are about

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normal? -- some covered with green courts. -- raincoats. The rain that

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has been affecting the US open is down to a tropical storm. We can

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blame the Atlantic on what is coming our way through the rest of this

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week. I am going to start with the big Atlantic chart which shows

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several areas of low pressure coming out of the United States heading

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along the jet stream and running up towards Ireland. We have been

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developing this afternoon which is coming our way through this evening.

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Heading out tonight, be prepared for some very wet weather, some sudden

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worst of rain and wind which could be blustery in places towards

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midnight. It will dry up by the early hours. Just a few drips of

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rain around the coast. Some feelings guys moving into the west by the end

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of the night and some brightness around tomorrow morning with a few

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bright spells out the second half of the day will become increasingly wet

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from the south. If you are doing something outside tomorrow to attend

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the morning. There will be some sunshine around. It looks like we

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will have a north-west /Southeast split during the afternoon. Up to

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the North there will be sunshine until well into the afternoon but

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much cloudier skies towards Down and Ahmad. -- County Armagh. As we moved

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into Thursday a cloudy and damp start with the overnight rain still

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hanging around. It will brighten up with some sunshine in the afternoon.

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It will be nice to feel from June sunshine again in our faces but

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temperatures will be cooler. It is a very unsettled picture I'm afraid

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through the rest of the week. Some sunshine and some dry weather on

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