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31/01/2014

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Good evening. Last night's trouble in East Belfast has been condemned

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by First Minister Peter Robinson. Four police officers were hurt when

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a protest turned violent outside the Skainos community centre, where

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former IRA bomber Patrick Magee was speaking. Mark Simpson reports.

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It was billed as a night of reconciliation but it turned into a

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confrontation. Loyalist protestors objected to the presence of this

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man, former IRA bomber Patrick Magee. He was invited to speak in

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east Belfast. A crowd of more than 50 people gathered outside. Some of

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them wanted to get inside. Jim Wilson was one of those at the

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meeting. On his way out, he was attacked. Or does he think organised

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the demonstration? It could be the Twitter and Facebook people. They

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decide to do what they want to do. I don't have a problem but they have

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to do it in a manner that is respectful to everybody. Reverend

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Leslie Carroll was one of those involved. As she any regrets? We

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would not want to put the police in that position again. People were

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injured. There were all sorts of safety issues. That has to be

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balanced alongside the statement we wanted to make, which was that you

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can move freely around this wonderful city. It belongs to all

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others. What happened here last night was very different to what

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happened 14 months ago when Martin McGuinness arrived for the official

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opening of this new complex. It was smiles all around and not a protest

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inside. So what has changed in east Belfast? It is a fluid situation. We

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are now in a different situation. There is the backdrop of protests,

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the continuing decline in the relationship between policing and

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law and order. Chose a lack of leadership. We have seen an

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inability within recent months within recent -- within loyalism,

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where people have difficulty accepting this place is diverse.

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Four people -- police officers were injured last night. There were no

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arrests. A court has ruled that a husband and

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wife accused in connection with a sexual slavery case, can be

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identified. 57-year-old Keith Baker and Caroline Bernadette Baker, 51,

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are from Drumellen Mews in Craigavon. The husband faces 15

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charges against two women, one of whom suffers from a severe learning

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disability. His wife is charged with falsely imprisoning the same

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vulnerable woman between 2004 and 2012.

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Around 50 employees of Mivan could get new jobs, with the sale of the

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firm's assets to the Newry based MJM Group. Mivan effectively went out of

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business at the start of this week, with the loss of 250 jobs. MJM says

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it will revive the Mivan brand and create new employment. John Campbell

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has more. With Mivan in administration, it

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looked like one of the best-known names in local construction would be

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gone for good, and with it all of the jobs. But now the MJM group has

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snapped up the Mivan name and some of its artists. -- acids. It will

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run Mivan as a stand-alone business. It will take on between 40 and 50

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people. Former Mivan staff can expect to be at the front of the

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queue. In the coming days and weeks recruitment will begin, machines

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will start up again and the business will be trading. This is the

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existing factory for MJM in Newry. The firm has come a long way since

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1983. It specialises in fitting out cruise ships and super yachts. It

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turns over ?20 million a year and directly employs 150 people. I asked

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its owner how many jobs he aims to create. I was asked this question

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about ten years ago in country. I said we would get to 30 or 40. Last

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year we had 715 employees. No subcontractors. Some were temporary

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workers. I have the same hopes for this company. The new owner is

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bullish. The local MP was also thinking of those who will not be

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getting a new job. The news that is coming from Mivan today is something

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that will be encouraging. But we are not there yet. There are still a lot

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of people who are employed that are not employed. Over the past five or

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six years, many well-known construction businesses have

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disappeared completely. The fact anything has been saved from the

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collapse of Mivan will be seen as positive.

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Sinn Fein has condemned online abuse targeted at one of its councillors

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who teaches at the Boy's Model School in north Belfast. The party's

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education spokesman, Chris Hazzard, says that the teacher has been

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subjected to what he describes as a witch hunt by the Protestant

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Coalition. That's rejected by Willie Frazer from the Coalition, who says

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he condemns any threats made against the teacher. But he says that her

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role at the school should be looked at because of her political views.

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The abuse has been condemned by the Ulster Teachers Union as an attack

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on democracy. Tens of thousands of pounds worth of

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damage has been caused to 28 cars at a Bangor car dealership. Vandals

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poured paint thinner or acid over the cars in the early hours of this

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morning. All of the cars will now have to be re-sprayed. The owner

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says he doesn't know why his business has been targeted.

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I have been in Banga selling cars for the past 26 years and never had

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any problems. I cannot sell any of these cars. The businesses on its at

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this moment. Two men in their twenties have been

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arrested in connection with the attempted murder of teenager Scott

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Vineer in Lisburn in 2012. The autistic teenager was discovered

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lying unconscious in the grounds of a disused warehouse. He'd been

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repeatedly beaten around the head. The former US diplomat, Richard

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Haass, says he believes that the five Executive parties will

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eventually agree to compromise on flags, parades and the past based on

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his final proposals. On New Year's Eve, Dr Haass presented a blueprint

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to the parties, which has yet to achieve political consensus.

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These ideas now provide a new baseline. Whether it is next week,

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next month or next year, sooner or later the five parties will have two

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return to these negotiations. The range of compromise will not be

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fundamentally different to what was in the negotiations. Even if we did

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not succeed now, something like this will have to take effect if Northern

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Ireland is really going to move forward.

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Sport now, and the Irish women's rugby team have defeated Scotland by

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a record 59-0l in their opening game in defence of the Six Nations title

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they won last year. Now it's been a wet and windy day.

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Conditions were particularly bad in parts of County Down. Here in

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Newcastle sandbags were given out after the water rose dangerously

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high on this road. To tell us what sort of weather we

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can expect for the weekend, here's Cecilia Daly.

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Good evening. There is a lot going on in the weather in the next 24

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hours. We have a snow warning in force. We are expecting heavy

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showers to turn more to snow. Moving in from the West. The snow mostly

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over the hills. Some snow dropping to lower levels, too. Dropping

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temperatures will mean some very icy conditions. Further wintry showers

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on Saturday morning. If you are on the roads tonight or tomorrow

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morning, you may come across snow. Icy conditions. Over the hills, it

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could be up to five centimetres tomorrow morning. Later on Saturday,

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Gales will become an issue. Low pressure off the coast of Donnie

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Gold, driving lots of showers across us, and high winds. That could lead

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to big waves onto parts of the East Coast. Possibly some flooding.

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Wintry showers piling in thick and fast across Northern Ireland

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tomorrow. There will also be a hazard of snow across Scotland and

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northern England, particularly over high ground. Showers of mostly rain

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further south. Severe gales developing on the Irish Sea. It will

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affect many coasts of western Britain. Some strong winds across

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the Republic of Ireland. During the afternoon, most of the showers

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falling as rain. Temperatures recovering. It is not all bad news.

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On Sunday we get a bit of a break. Still some showers around but drier,

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brighter and less windy. Then we do it all over again as we returned to

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work next week. More heavy rain. Have a great weekend. That's it for

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now. Our next television news is tomorrow afternoon. Good night.

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