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North West 200 days in hospital. A fisherman is rescued after his

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cries for help or hurt on land half a mile away.

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A woman tells an abuse enquiry that nuns were better to her than her her

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own mother. Police opened a helpline for victims

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of racism. Work started today on Belfast Rapid

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Transit system, but how rapid is it going to be?

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Halts of lantern -- hopes of lightning and we may get more

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tomorrow. First, the news of a death of a road

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in the north-west 200 on Saturday. Simon Andrews was from

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Worcestershire. He crossed during the Superstock race. His death was

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confirmed in the past hour. Simon Andrews had only recently

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returned to top-class competition following an injury sustained in

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another motorcycling event. His BMW machine is pictured at the start of

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the Superstock race on Saturday. The 31-year-old from Worcestershire

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crashed on the approach to Metropole corner on lap four of the race.

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After medical care at the track-side he was airlifted to the intensive

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care unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital, where he died today with

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his parents, girlfriend and best friend by his side. His father said

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Simon was fully aware of the dangers involved but loved the challenges of

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road racing. The event director said, Simon was a superb rider and a

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character in other tributes are coming in from the world of

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motorcycle racing. Within the last few minutes, Stephen

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Watson has been speaking to the father of Simon Andrews. We are

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devastated. Our hearts are broken, they are shattered. Simon loved his

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racing and love the north-west and love racing over here. He would not

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have changed anything. He would have still wanted to come here. He loved

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the people, he loved the atmosphere. He loved every single moment and he

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lived his life to the max. He just enjoyed life. Your reaction to

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Simon's death? First of all commiserations to the family circle

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for what has happened to Simon. A great competitor, I thoroughly

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enjoyed working with him. He just loved coming back again. He was a

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great character, full of enthusiasm, very helpful to us. From

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our point of view it is sad what has happened. Motorcycle racing is a

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dangerous sport and all of the riders understand the risks

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involved. Unfortunately, the risks can be fatal. You never expect to

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lose your son. You can't stop a grown man doing what he loves. It

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seems to be in the blood. It is an adrenaline rush. They love being on

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fast motorcycles. But they know the risks. We paid the price. Simon is

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no longer here. You have got to pick up the pieces. He loved his racing.

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Do we know what happened? It is too early to say. And investigation is

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ongoing. Details will be released in due course. It is best until that is

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completed -- we wait until that is completed. Can you explain what

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safety measures you have been trying to put into place? We have been

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working on safety over the years. We will continue to do that. That is

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uppermost in our mind. That is what we do. Safety is the priority. We

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will certainly look and see what happened at that particular

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location. Now is not the time to look at where we are. We need to

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move forward and see what we are going to do in the future. Mervyn

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Whyte and the parents of Simon Andrews speaking to Stephen Watson.

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Another racer, Frank Patrick Orla, is still critically injured. During

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a Superbike event in the Czech Republic yesterday, Michael Pearson

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from Ballygowan was involved in a crash. He is said to be seriously

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injured in hospital with internal bleeding and a back injury. The

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County Donegal man who went to the rescue of a fisherman said he was in

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the right place at the right time. He was in fact half

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a mile away tending sheep when he And it was only

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when he drove to the shoreline that The fisherman,

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who was wearing a life-jacket, had ended up in the water in Tullagh

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Bay off the Inishowen Peninsula. Our north west reporter Keiron

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Tourish has been speaking to some of This was a remarkable turn of

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events. A local fisherman was out tending his lobster pots when he got

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into difficulty. This story could quite easily have turned to tragedy

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but for the heroics of one local family. What happened? We were

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working with sheep and we thought we could hear somebody shouting for

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help. We could not make it out. It was really faint. My mum told me to

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come down and have a look. I came down and was looking about and could

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not see anything. I asked if people heard anything. Just like that, I

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thought I heard it again. I looked out and scanned across the water and

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I could see a black dot in the distance and I could see the arm

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waving and I knew there was someone in trouble. I had no phone. I said

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to my mum, there is somebody out there in trouble and we need to call

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the Coastguard. And that is where you came into play. What happened? I

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rang the Coastguard at melon head. They talked me through everything.

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They said, had he a flotation device or a boat? I could see nothing but I

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said he had a red thing around his neck which I thought was a flotation

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device. They dispatched two helicopters and a lifeboat from

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Sligo and sent out a Mayday to all vessels in the area. There was a

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boat out on a fishing trip and they responded straightaway. I stood up

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on the quad and guided the boat to where the man was in the water. Wren

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we landed about four minutes after they recovered him from the water.

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Two of our crew boarded their vessel and started treating him for first

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aid. They were treating him with oxygen for hypothermia. We continued

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with the first aid and a helicopter came on scene. The paramedic came

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down onto our deck. We had already transferred the casualty to our

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abode. It could have went to my it went in our favour and everyone's

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favour. -- it could have went two ways. Everyone was happy with the

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outcome. A dramatic operation and footage we have seen to date. It was

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but at the time you did not think of dramatics at all. You were glad to

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see the man in the water was safe. Thank God it had a happy outcome.

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There is a wife, a husband, former children still have a father. That

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is all we wanted. The man was airlifted to Altnagelvin Hospital.

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Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry that life with

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the nuns was better than her life at home with her mother.

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The woman was a resident at Nazareth House in Londonderry.

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The inquiry is examining claims of abuse at 13 church and state-run

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homes and training centres in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.

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The woman told the inquiry how a nun at the home

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-- the woman's evidence came -- memories about high she was taunted

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by a non-about being fat. And another said she was locked in a

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room overnight. But she said her experiences changed and she said she

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went on to enjoy years of compassion and care at the home. The pensioner,

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who was composed giving her evidence, said originally she had no

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intention of taking part in the enquiry but she said she then read a

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newspaper report with what she described as, all the vile things

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being said about nuns. She said she thought, no, I am not having any of

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that, and decided to come forward to give evidence. During that evidence

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to date the woman said how a new none of the home became like a

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mother. They enjoyed music lessons and day trips to the Republic and

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saw a young Elvis Presley in America. She said there was

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disciplined but claimed it was no different to what they would expect

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at home. When she got married she gave one of her children name of the

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nod. She explained that after she left Nazareth House as a teenager,

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she went to live with her mother. She said she did not have any happy

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memories of home and added, I am glad I was brought up by the nuns.

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She also said that even after she married, she continued to return to

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Nazareth House most weekends with the children. The enquiry announced

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today that it is to make a second trip to Australia next month to hear

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from some former residents who have transferred to institutions there in

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the middle of the last century. -- who had transferred.

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The police have set up a dedicated phone line

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In recent weeks there's been an upsurge in attacks

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Boarded up windows and broken glass -

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the images from a spate of racist attacks.

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On Friday, one victim, who's from Jamaica, summed up her worries.

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It's happening all over Belfast in Northern Ireland. Where do I go to

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feel safe? It's that sense of fear that

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the police are hoping to address. They're introducing a dedicated

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phone line for people to report and We are trying to encourage as many

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victims as possible to feel comfortable and confident to contact

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the police and tell us of these incidents and we can deal with them

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effectively. The new service can be contacted

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through The police will be able to translate

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calls into almost 50 languages. A group

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which works with migrants gave me I think anything that increases

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access for people who have been victimised or who have witnessed

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hate crime to the police and to reporting mechanisms is always a

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good thing. I think we can't lose concentration on the fact that this

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has been an ongoing issue for many years and it really needs to be an

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issue that is left out in a strategic and joined up way and that

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we can't rely on a helpline to solve the problem or solve the issue.

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And the police are emphasising that they

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This is an issue a new Northern Ireland to have to get to get to

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grips with. The recent attacks have had prominence in the media but the

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police believe racist hate crime is underreported. They hope the

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dedicated phone line will encourage more people to pass on information

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and help them to get a fuller picture of what is

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Work has begun on what's called the Belfast Rapid Transit system,

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with new buses and park and ride facilities aimed at speeding up

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Initially the scheme will link the city centre

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with west and east Belfast and the Titanic Quarter.

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?20 million is to be spent on new rapid buses.

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There was nothing rabid about the traffic in Belfast this afternoon.

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Coming soon, three new bus routes aimed at keeping public transport

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moving. Work started to day in Dundonald for one of the roots, a

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park and ride being built just in time for the start of the new rapid

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bus route. It will run through the heart of East Belfast into the city

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centre. Another rapid route will go through West Belfast into the middle

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of the city and the third will be from Titanic Quarter. Work is

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expected to be completed by the autumn of 2017. So, does it mean

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more and more bus lanes? Most of the priority bus lanes in the city

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centre are already in place. Now people understand how they operate

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and when they are in operation. There will be structural

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improvements made along the very streets of Belfast. They are largely

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structural changes which will enhance opportunities for these

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priority bosses to run smoothly. ?20 million is being spent on new

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buses. No exact design has been chosen but they could look like

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this... Reaction amongst travellers in Belfast this evening was mostly

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positive. It is about time they do something to improve the routes and

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quicken them up. It is great. It is a good idea. Belfast is a small city

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and you can get around on a bicycle and reduce the outgoing. On your

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bike! Good news for East and West Belfast, but what about North and

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South? The Antrim Road, the Lisburn Road, when are they going to get a

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rapid transit system? Plans are being considered, but it seems

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people in those parts of the city are just going to have to wait for a

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while. You may have noticed our

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BBC Newsline studio looks a little different today with

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a much larger desk. and this is where the election

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programme will be based. to select the three MEPs

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for the European Parliament and 462 men and women who will sit

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in the new councils. The vote will is part

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of the biggest shake-up The 26 current councils are set to

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disappear and be eventually replaced by 11 new super councils,

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as they're being described. Our political correspondent

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Martina Purdy's been examining When the Troubles broke out, our

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councillors lost most of their responsibilities. They stayed in

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charge of parks, playgrounds and Ben collections and cemeteries. With

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peace and power-sharing, politicians decided they could handle more. They

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decided the old councils were outdated. The concept of the super

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council was born. Fewer councils with much more power. It might sound

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like child play, but actually it has been pretty complicated, with

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politicians puzzling over the issues for more than a decade, including

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what the new council should look like and how many there should be.

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This week's polls spell the end of the 26 district councils, though

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they will remain in place until next April while the super councils get

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ready to take over. It is a transitional year. New councils

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exist, new shadow councils exist. They will over -- overlap in many

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cases. In the end we will be down to 11 councils. There will be also a

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number of councillors? A number of councillors. There were 500 elected

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in 2011. We have a lot of councillors around. At the end of

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the day a lot of councils will go down to -- councillors will be in

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the 11 councils. There will be in charge of parks, cemeteries and

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waste collection. But they will have new powers as well. They will run

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local planning. In theory, they will cut out some of the red tape.

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Councils will get some new housing powers, and will be able to issue

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demolition notices if a property is deemed unfit for purpose. They will

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decide on off-street parking schemes. They were looked after

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community element and urban regeneration in their areas. By

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overseeing small-scale tourist initiatives and new business

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start-ups, councils will have an even greater say in economic

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development. All in all, your local council is set to have an even

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greater say in your everyday life. From central government departments

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would turn up to local authorities. They really only have the power to

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consult with those, or the opportunity to consult with them.

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Often they have ignored their views. Part of this reorganisation is about

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devolving power to the local level. There is a lot to do. New councils

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have to set rates, possibly a thorny issue where high and low spending

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councils emerge. They'll have to agree how to take

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decisions, say, through committees. Or adopt a more executive

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style local government. And they'll have to

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approve business plans. They will even decide where to meet

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which could leave some relatively new headquarters looking

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a bit empty. They'll also have to decide branding

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and symbols and perhaps flags, perhaps the most contentious of all,

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with the potential to threaten the One of the most famous American

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generals of the Second World War is Dwight Eisenhower visited

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the area ahead He inspected 2,000 soldiers

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in the grounds of Portora Royal School and today the playing fields

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were renamed in his honour. Getting ready for the invasion of

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the Normandy beaches. 300,000 Americans were based in Northern

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Ireland in World War II. On 18th May, 1944, the supreme Allied

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Commander General Eisenhower visited Enniskillen to see how the battle

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lines were going. In 1944, this part of any skill and was the

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headquarters of the US infantry based in Fermanagh. The playing

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fields of this school, the scene of battles on the rugby field. 70 years

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ago these young men were determined the outcome of the Second World

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War. General Eisenhower told them he had never seen a division which

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looked more ready and fit for its first battle. Before the end of the

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war, 1300 of them would be killed or wounded in action. One man whose

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father was part of the Allied invasion helped to organise the

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effects to commemorate their sacrifice. He was a 19 new world

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farmer. I never find out until he had passed away that he had three

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gallantry citations. Another Ennis kill a man who took part in D-day

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joined the ceremony to rename the playing fields after General

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Eisenhower. We dropped our glider in the right place and we were in bed

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at six o'clock in the morning. At the time, the visit was shrouded in

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secrecy. After 70 years, the role played by the troops based in

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Fermanagh is taking its place in the history books.

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Nothing could separate the Gaelic football is of town -- the Gaelic

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football teams of Down and to Rome. Down clawed back a deficit to take

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the lead against a room only for injury time points to force a

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replay. He has got it. What a kick. Tyrone

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and Down will have to do it all over again. This penalty was a pivotal

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score in the first half. In the second 35 minutes, the game came to

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life. Tyrone's goalkeeper got a black card for this challenge. And

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there was no mistake from the resulting kick. But it looked like

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Tyrone had booked their face in the quarterfinals when they found the

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net. But OK hit back instantly. -- Donal O Hare. Down reduce their

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deficit further and seized control. This straightforward freeze should

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have put them three points ahead, but that came back to haunt them as

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the two injury time frees meant the site would go head-to-head once

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again. Aaron's 30 man rugby squad to tour

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Argentina in June has nine Ulster players including two uncapped.

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Ulster's Pro12 battle came to an end on Saturday at the hands of

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Leinster. Mark Anscombe was disappointed but philosophical about

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Leinster's late rally. They won, and that is what they have

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a habit of doing. We don't against them. That is what we have to take

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on board. We have talked about it and we have looked at it. Over the

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years they have been the team progressing. It is about making good

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decisions. Congratulations to Tommy Wright, the

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former Northern Ireland goalkeeper, who managed St Johnstone to their

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triumph on Saturday over Dundee United. It was their first major

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trophy in 130 years. The weather is next.

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It has got very exciting out there this evening. We have had

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thunderstorms rolling in. You can just about see the lightning

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shooting across the skies of banker, said into us. Please keep your

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photographs coming into us. Staying quite wet with some heavy and

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thundery downpours along the east coast. Generally as we go through

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this evening, turning dryer and camera for most. A lot of cloud

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around tonight. Temperatures falling to 11 or 12 degrees. The cloud. With

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us as we go into tomorrow. No pressure remains in control. There

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will be wet weather at times. -- low pressure remains in control. We will

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see spells of rain coming in tomorrow. Some of those bills will

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be quite heavy and like this evening, thunder and lightning. A

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milder day with temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees. Where we get brighter

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weather or the odd glimmer of sunshine it will feel a bit warmer.

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Prepare yourself for heavy downpours. As we go into tomorrow

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evening we will continue to see shoppers coming in. Like tonight, we

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may see some thunder and lightning. Quite an active weather system as we

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go into tonight and tomorrow and into tomorrow evening. There is good

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news as we go into Wednesday. It looks as though things will calm

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down a little bit for eastern areas. We are looking more in the way of

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dryer and brighter weather. The West getting more wet weather. Into the

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west of the week, feeling cool but unsettled. Prepare yourself for wet

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weather. Our late summary is at 10:25pm here

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on BBC One. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.

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