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on the BBC News Channel, we are back with the late news 10:10.

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Good evening. A man has appeared in court in

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Omagh, charged with the murder of his partner. 36-year-old Mairead

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McCallion was found with head injuries at a house in Castleview

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Court in the town last Sunday and died the next day. Michael

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Fitzpatrick reports. 50-year-old Noel Knox arrived in handcuffs at

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the magistrate court this morning, to face a charge of murdering

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Mairead McCallion. In the dock he spoke only to confirm that he

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understand the charge against him. A detective inspector told the court

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police were called to Castleview Court on Sunday morning by the

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defendant, because he wanted two people removed from his brother's

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house. When police arrived they noticed Mairead McCallion outside

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the house, in her socks, and she allearned she had been assaulted by

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the defendant, who had grabbed her and struck her head off a wall.

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She was taken to a police station, for a medical examination, and was

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then brought to another address. The court heard it was then her

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condition began to deteriorate, she was brought to hospital, where she

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died the following day. The Detective Inspector said the

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defendant had denied ever assaulting Mairead McCallion. A defence

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solicitor said Mr Knox wanted to express his sincere condolence to

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her family. The court heard that Noel Knox and Mairead McCallion had

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been in a relationship for seven year, and that she had previously

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made complaints to police about him, but these had been withdrawn. A bail

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application was refused, and Knox will appear in court again by a

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videolink on 25th March. Two people are in police custody

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following the death of a man in Coleraine. He died in hospital after

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being found outside a flat early this morning. The victim was 46, but

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the police haven't released his name yet. Kevin Sharkey reports. Side by

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side on a Saturday morning. A busy street and a crime scene. The victim

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was found here just before four o'clock this morning, he had head

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injuries and was rushed to hospital, but it was too late to save his

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life. The police arrested two people, they

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are helping with inquiries into how the man was injured shortly before

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he died. The apartment block is beside the

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old bridge and forensic officers have been carried out detailed

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examination, and the police are looking for information. They want

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to hear from anyone in this Strand Road area in the early hours of this

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morning and noticed anything suspicious. Most of the

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investigation is focussing on this ground floor flat. Evidence being

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gathered outside the door, and investigations also taking place

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inside the building. And across the road, another crime

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scene. Running along the banks of the river. People I have been

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speaking to have been expressing shock and sadness at this terrible

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news. It is not something we expected to wake up to this morning,

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and thoughts and prayers go out to the family circle. It will be a

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difficult time for them in the next few weeks. The police continue to

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question two people about what happened here, investigators are

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also continuing their inquiries at the scene.

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An 83-year-old man has died in a road crash in County Londonderry. He

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was William Stinson from the Foyle area. The accident happened on the

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Glenshane Road near Drumahoe, at around 11.15 this morning and

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involved two vehicles. A woman was also taken to hospital, but her

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injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

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A planned homecoming event in County Donegal tonight for John Downey, who

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was charged with murdering four soldiers in the 1982 Hyde Park

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bombing, has been cancelled. A judge stopped the case against Mr Downey

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last week because the accused had been sent a government letter

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telling him, mistakenly, that he was not wanted by police. Supporters had

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organised what was billed as a welcome home dance for him. But in a

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statement issued through Sinn Fein, Mr Downey has said he's decided to

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cancel tonight's event. He's said it was planned as a simple get-together

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and he did not want it to be turned into a media circus.

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Artefacts worth thousands of pounds have been stolen from the Somme

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Heritage Centre in Newtownards. Two men entered the building as paying

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customers just before midday and made off with the items. The centre

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houses some of the most significant artefacts from the Home Rule era.

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These are really rare items of history, Ulster's history, and the

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period of time we have them out for is the 100th anniversary of the sort

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of 1913, and we had this exhibition, it is called Ireland on the brink,

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telling the political strife taking place in Ireland and these were part

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of that history and heritage. It is a sad loss to the museum.

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The Irish Football Association say they expect Northern Ireland's

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friendly match in Cyprus to go ahead next week, after a referee's car was

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damaged in a bomb attack near Nicosia yesterday. All First

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Division matches in Cyprus this weekend have been postponed. The IFA

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Chief Executive Patrick Nelson says they are monitoring developments

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ahead of the match on Wednesday. The latest information is that the dints

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would have nothing do with international football, and wouldn't

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put the game in jeopardy. However, we are being sensible. We are

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monitoring developments, we will in touch with the sub yacht FA today.

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We are waiting for the Foreign Office to comment on it P after a

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promising start it has ended up wet but the good news the rain is not on

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for the night. It will clear away again in the next few hours and the

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rest of the night will be fairy dry, clear and chilly as the winds start

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to ease. There could be a rural frost and ice and fog round. That

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won't last two long too long because the next area of rain will move in.

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So dry to begin with but cloudy, some patchy rain initially and by

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mid-morning more rain is starting to set in across the west. That is

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tomorrow's weather front. It will move eastwards across Ireland, north

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and south, reaching western areas of Scotland, England and Wales. Not

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quite reaching the south-east, and behind it, it brightens up again

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across the Republic of Ireland, with the scattering of shower, so

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Northern Ireland becoming drier and brighter tomorrow, not that warm, so

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any showers that come along could be wintry over the hills. And as we

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head into the new week, the mix of sunshine and showers continues, more

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unsettled for the second half of the week.

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Newsline will be back tomorrow evening at 6.20. Enjoy the rest of

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your weekend. Bye. Nowadays we take the issue of

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fairness in employment for granted. I have never felt it important

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to ask anybody's religion when I'm going to employ them

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as a sheet metal worker. This is the story of fair

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employment in Northern Ireland. it masked a much greater problem

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in terms of educational disadvantage. The Fair Employment Act of 1989

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changed Northern Ireland's society dramatically.

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We still have a way to go.

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