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missing. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from

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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline.

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The death of Coleraine man Kevin McDaid.

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Charges of manslaughter against 12 men have now been dropped.

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Jobs figures hit sky high in a record year for Invest NI.

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Why some are under more pressure than others.

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I'm here for day two of the Balmoral Show

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where we'll be focusing on agri-food jobs,

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and how last year's ambitious plans for the industry progressing.

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A rider crashes in practice for the NorthWest 200,

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And it's been the warmest day of the year.

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We have broken the 20 degree barrier.

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All 12 men charged in connection with the death of a

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community worker in Coleraine five years ago have had manslaughter and

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Kevin McDaid, a Catholic, died after

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The case involved one of the most high-profile police

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There have been tensions about flags in the Heights area leading up to

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the death of Kevin McDaid. A high-profile police investigation

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followed and 12 men were arrested and charged, all accused of the

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manslaughter of Mr McDaid and the attempted murder of his friend. They

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also faced other charges. Five years later, the case was due to come to

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trial. The case opened last week and the charges were dropped against

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seven of the accused after they pleaded guilty to less serious

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charges. At hearings this week, the manslaughter and attempted murder

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charges were dropped against three other defendants who pleaded guilty

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to other charges. Today, David Cochrane and Philip Kane were due to

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go on trial but they walked free with all charges against them

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dropped by the prosecution. The prosecution said, having reviewed

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all the evidence against the three men, they would offer no evidence

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against them. Mr Justice Weatherup told the defenders to leave the

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dock. The prosecution said they had asked the widow of Mr McDaid and Mr

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Fleming who was injured and if they wanted to make victim impact

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statements. The prosecution said they would be speaking to the

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family. The case will come before the court again next month. The

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family will be present. A date for sentencing for the lesser charges

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will be set. Three men from Londonderry,

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who were caught transporting an anti-personnel weapon,

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have each been sentenced to five 42-year-old Jason Ceulemans,

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48-year-old Damien Harkin and 49-year-old Neil Hegarty, all with

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addresses in the city, each pleaded The armour-piercing mortar,

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which was described as having the potential to kill or

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seriously injure, was found in a car in the Creggan area of the

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city after a police surveillance It sparked

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a major security operation. All three were handed

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a ten-year sentence, five years In recent years,

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dissident republicans have tried to use similar devices on

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at least two occasions. pushed over by two men who stole her

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handbag, has been treated in hospital. The incident happened

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yesterday afternoon in Edgecumbe Gardens in East Belfast. The woman

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has a suspected broken elbow and pelvis. One of the men is described

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as being in his early forties with dark hair, and the police

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are appealing for witnesses. An East Belfast man

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has been remanded into custody charged with possession

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of a weapon and ammunition Police officers from a unit

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investigating race hate crimes uncovered a weapon

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and ammunition at his home. The operation saw three arrests

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during searches in the Castlereagh The searches at homes in Castlereagh

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whereby police officers from a unit set up to tackle race hate crimes

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across East Belfast. Appearing in court was a 43-year-old father of

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three Robert Stephen Thompson. Detective -- a police officer said

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he was connected with the items found in the house. When they

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searched the home, under the stairs, they uncovered a pump action, sawn

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off shotgun and a holdall with 700 rounds of mixed ammunition and other

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equipment. She added the police feared there would be other weapons

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still to be found which might be used. She agreed there was no

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evidence linking Mr Thompson directly with any hate crime. He was

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remanded in custody to appear on June the 10th.

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You're watching BBC Newsline. Still to come on the programme:

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We'll be live at the Balmoral Show where we'll be finding out

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how last year's ambitious plan for more agri-food jobs is progressing.

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Invest NI has reported its best set of job results

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It promoted almost 11,000 jobs last year, and is confident most will be

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Here's our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.

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Jobs figures at invest NI have hit sky-high, it has been a record year.

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In 2013, it says it helps companies promote 10,800 new posts. That is an

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improvement of 49% on the year before. Almost 6000 of those jobs

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will be created by local companies. It could take five years for all of

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the jobs to materialise, and the company is committed to providing

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updates on progress. I am fairly confident, obviously

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some projects, companies change, there will be some changes. But I am

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confident the majority of jobs will be created.

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This is one of the firms creating jobs, it makes sensors monitoring

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the pressure of car tyres, a product sold worldwide. But still not enough

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companies are competing globally. There are errors were invest NI is

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struggling. Chief among them is helping companies to export more

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which is a vital part of growing the economy. Invest NI's performance has

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improved but it is still failing to hit targets set by storm want. MLAs

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were told today not to expect so many jobs next year.

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But, longer term, giving them powers to lower corporation tax could

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improve things. Corporation tax, I would be

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delighted that in October, the Prime Minister took a positive decision to

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give the assembly and executive powers for that, then we could get

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back into those sorts of numbers of jobs.

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New rules from Europe in June will impose restrictions on the projects

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which can be given grants. Getting some companies in under the wire

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partly explains this record 12 months.

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A plan to create thousands of new jobs in

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the agri-food industry was launched last year at the Balmoral Show.

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12 months on, we've been looking at what has been achieved.

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It's day two of the big agricultural and food fair

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Nicola Weir is there for us. Nicola.

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That Stormont-backed plan is called Going For Growth,

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Dramatic growth in the food and farming industry.

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But, as our economics and business editor John Campbell reports,

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Food and farming have been the star of economic performance during these

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difficult years. Jobs, sales and exports are all up, compared to

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2007. Few other sectors can make that boast. And at Balmoral last

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year, ambitious plans were revealed for even bigger growth. The Going

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For Growth plan was laid out by the strategy board which brings together

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representatives of the industry and government. It aims to create 15,000

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new jobs by 2020, and increase sales by 60%. What has happened since this

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time last year? A major part of the plan is a loan scheme supported by

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the banks and invest NI to provide capital to fuel growth. But progress

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has been very slow. The first loan was only approved a month ago.

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It is fair to say it took us a much longer time than we expected getting

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the banks to agree the programme. However, it is in place and it has

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started to open up opportunities for farmers.

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Underpinning the plans for growth is the assumption the executive will

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pump ?400 million of public money into the sector. That is a huge

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sum. There has been no commitment to make it available. But the

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agriculture minister told us an agreement should be reached in the

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future. One economist has questioned what has been proposed being value

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for money. When we look at the products, 15,000

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jobs, ?400 million from the government over four years. We felt

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that was a little bit ambitious. In terms of the jobs, the price per job

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is relatively high compared to the investment position.

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Farmers's centres worried that their arrival industries in Scotland are

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moving ahead with their own plans. We can learn from Scotland. We can

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deliver a strategy that is not only equal but better. We are concerned

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we don't fall behind, we believe if we have a signed off by the

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executive we are in a good position. It is likely some

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financial commitment will be made. What is certain is whether the

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European subsidies will be sorted out. But they will be more modest

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than many in the industry would like.

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And you'll be hearing more from me the on all the sights and sounds of

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the biggest show in the countryside, later in the programme.

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Residents around Victoria Street in Lurgan have been allowed to

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return to their homes, following a police search in the area.

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Officers removed items for further examination.

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The police say today's operation is part of an investigation

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Research about pupils and their prospects at school has

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highlighted the low achievements of some Protestant boys.

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But wider studies show that boys of any religion can have problems.

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MLAs have been focussing on it and, today,

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a head teachers' conference is hearing how they can change things.

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One shining example is a rural school, and our education

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correspondent, Maggie Taggart, has been to see what it's doing.

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More than half the pupils at the school boys and a lot of the chat is

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about sport. But what other interests? The Balmoral show is on.

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Teachers want to find out why at the age of 14 boys begin to play up. In

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this high school, they thought everything was going well until they

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surveyed the pupils and found some of the boys in particular were not

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at ease with themselves and that was having an impact on school and home.

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Some said they were sad or lonely and had no one to talk to about

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their emotions. Motions like anger, this is a barrier to learning. They

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bring this into school, sport, home. Quite often, that is the main route

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of them not performing well in school. Agencies have been brought

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in to help the boys express themselves. They are well versed in

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to what to look out for. Maybe if they think they are not good enough,

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that they have to be different. They may think the way they act isn't

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cool. A lot of people think, maybe, they don't express themselves and

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hold it in. So they are frustrated and angry. Now special attention is

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paid to boys at risk. There was a group of pupils when I started to

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look, I thought, I wasn't aware that child was under pressure.

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So I took the time in a discreet manner to start to nurture and work

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my way through the problems. According to the boys, everything in

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this school is just perfect, but they may be exaggerating a little

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bit. Tina McKenzie

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from NI21 says Northern Ireland's current MEPs are either ?lukewarm

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on Europe or hostile? to it. Speaking at the launch

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of her party's European manifesto, she said MEPs from Sinn Fein,

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the DUP and the UUP ?don't value or even fully realise the role

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the European Union can play?. She said her party offered

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the electorate real change. send United Northern Ireland to

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Europe. The first time we will be able to unite people under one

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identity, being Northern Irish. Yet, at the same time, not stopping

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people to celebrate their Irishness, Britishness, whether they

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are Polish, whatever they are. A businessman in Belfast has been

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told to remove awnings and posters from outside his restaurant because

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they did not have planning permission before going up. But they

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have been there for about three years, and the owner thinks he

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should not have to take them down. This is the building Belfast

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planners have a problem with. This restaurant on a per Arthur Street.

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Renovation was done about three years ago, retrospective planning

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permission was sought but now elements are being turned down.

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Planning officials have told the corner the green facade, the

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advertising and the awning must come down. If that does not happen, he

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could face fines of ?3000 per month. If you are in the main thoroughfare,

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you need to have an incentive to walk up my street, I need that

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incentive which is why I need this fascia to be the way it is. A

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statement from the Department of environment says that the building

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falls within a conservation area in the heart of Belfast. The statement

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continues... The man is due to meet planning

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officials on Monday to see if a resolution can be reached. Issues

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like this one will still be in the lap of local councillors. In a

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months time, people go to the polls, new councils will be voted in

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and eventually they will have this possibility for planning policy.

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Decisions like this are the ones they will have to make.

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In a few minutes, we will go to the North West 200, the race pulls in

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people in their thousands, so too does the Balmoral show.

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It is another hello from the show, it has been a glorious day here. No

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sand but plenty of sun. The queue to get in here this morning was

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phenomenal. It shows there is plenty of enthusiasm for the farming life.

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The sun was out and it brought record numbers through the gates on

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the second day of the Balmoral show. Many events proved big crowd

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political and thousands from the walkways around the Venus. Today, it

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was time for the young farmer to take centre stage. The junior cattle

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competitions were hotly contested, proving there is plenty of young

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blood in the industry. I am a farm at home, and our numbers are up to

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3000 members across the counties across Northern Ireland so our

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organisation is going from strength to strength. It is a tough way of

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life but it seems agriculture is popular with the next generation.

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Sometimes you wonder, is it the best thing, you could get an easier

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lifestyle, a proper life targeting different thing. When you're brought

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up with it, you love it and if you love it, that is the main thing. You

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are up early and you work long hours, but it is great thing, --

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great fun, and it is something you have done yourself and you can call

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your own. With the show fuelling enthusiasm for the country life, it

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looks like the farming future is in good hands.

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Great to see a young female farmer there. One little boy told me he

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would love to have bought a tractor but his money only gave him ?5 to

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spend! -- his money. It has been a great day, and the show will shut up

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shop for another year tomorrow. An update now on the stolen parrot

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story we had earlier this week. The three birds were taken from the

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Butterfly House in Seaforde County Down are now back with their owner.

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The police say the two African grey parrots were returned by a member of

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the public. The Amazonian parrot was found at a property in Newtownards.

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The practice is over, the roads are close, the racing has begun, at the

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North West 200. And the sun is shining, and the

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first race is over. And there has been an Northern Ireland winner.

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Alistair Seeley has literally just won the Supersport race, couple of

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minutes ago. Joining me is the commentator who is catching his

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breath, it was a thriller. What a way to get under way. Just so

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spectacular. The first tight corner there, Alistair Seeley got one out

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wide, Lee Johnston went down and pushed off the tracks, he was 15

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seconds back and worked his way through. Nobody had a chance of

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winning. Very unlucky bought Guy Martin, he was looking good for a

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close second, you could be neck and neck but he got caught by a back

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marker. If that is anything to go by for the racing this week, we are

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going to have to get our breath together. All of the ride is fine

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after that little spill the first corner. After the wash-out of last

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year, it is great see that the organisers have had some luck with

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weather. Absolutely, it is spectacular, the sun is glinting off

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the sea, the crowds are out and that was a stupendous race, I cannot get

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around it, I am still getting my breath back! This morning in

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practice, the only female rider here, Maria Costello, pity

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spectacular crash? -- a pretty spectacular crash? Yes, she was

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perfectly OK, she is going to be racing later in the week, maybe even

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tonight. Two more races you can watch on the BBC sport website? I

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think I have to go and get a drink to settle myself down! If you go

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onto the BBC sport website straight after BBC Newsline, you can see the

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Supertwin and the Superstock race. I will be back on BBC Newsline this

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evening bringing you reaction from Alistair Seeley. Just a mention of

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Paddy Wallace, the Ulster rugby player, who has hung up his boots

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today after 189 games for Ulster, and 30 appearances for island, he

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has decided to call it a day. I think the body made it for me, it

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has been a frustrating year and a half, almost, lots of rehab and

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trying to get back from injury. I think Father Time waits for no one.

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It is just a battle. I am not in the right shape to play rugby any more

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unfortunately. Behind me at the moment, Alistair

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Seeley is making his weight onto the winner 's podium. It is fantastic to

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see fantastic crowd tonight, literally thousands of people have

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descended on to the North Coast area for the racing. It is great that the

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organisers have had some luck with the weather. The forecast not quite

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as good for Saturday but there will be a good try window for racing and

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we are looking forward to that as well.

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God is there this evening on the north coast, and it has been the

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warmest day -- it is gorgeous there this evening on the north coast, and

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it has been the warmest day of year so far. The last time we had 20

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degrees was over Easter. It has been a lovely day everywhere, sunshine on

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the north coast. And the sun has been shining in Belfast as well,

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lots of people enjoying it down at the continental market today. It has

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been pretty sunny generally, and you can see from the satellite picture,

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a few stray clouds developing in the last couple of hours. A slim chance

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of a shower over the Antrim Hills. Otherwise, a fine night to come.

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Miles, mist and low cloud don't -- it will be mild, mist and low cloud

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developing. Friday is going to be another warm day. There could be

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mist and low cloud to begin with but it will disappear quickly. Much

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sunnier to begin with tomorrow compared to this morning. As a

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result, it will warm up quite nicely. Temperature is already

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getting up to the mid-teens. A bit of breeze picking up towards the

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west and the north coast, a breezy day tomorrow. If you are heading to

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Balmoral for the last day tomorrow, and nice day. Bit of a breeze,

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temperatures up to 18 degrees. Most places fine, warm and sunny in the

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afternoon. Some cloud approaching the north-west, which will bring a

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little bit of rain tomorrow night. Especially across northern and

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western areas. That is a weak weather front and it will combine

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with another weather front on Saturday to eventually bring some

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wetter weather. During the day, most of that wet weather will be in the

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north and west, to the south-east, not as sunny but it will still be

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dry and warm. It means for the race day, it will be wet weather around.

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Not a complete wash-out, but we will all see some rain by Sunday.

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All 12 men charged with the murder of Kevin McDaid in Coleraine 12

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years ago have had manslaughter and attempted man's ashlar grew a tented

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murder charges dropped. Three men -- attempted murder have all had their

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charges dropped. Three men each pleaded guilty to

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having the device. Our late summary is at 10:25pm. On our Facebook page,

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we have a report on the tattooed which is opening auditions this

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weekend. You can also keep in touch via Twitter.

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