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News at 6.00pm. For this evening, it's goodbye are from me, on BBC One

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I have been attacked and I feel vulnerable that when I walk this

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date I might be attacked. I have not said anything that was the rocketry.

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If I have caused upset I will apologise and I am not showing any

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dish respect to that unity. As the row over trusting Muslims

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continues, the First Minister meets I'm live at the Policing Board

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where the new PSNI Chief Constable Two men jailed for murdering

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Constable Stephen Carroll lose their A doctor says

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a major crisis is looming in general practice unless additional funding

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is made available. And after a really dull

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and depressing day, better news I'll have

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a full forecast just before seven. The fallout continued today

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from the First Minister's defence of a controversial pastor who

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attacked Islam. Peter Robinson said he would

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apologise if he had said anything But other politicians said

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he needs to go further. Here's our political correspondent,

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Gareth Gordon. There is a saying in politics that

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when you are speaking you are losing. The First Minister felt it

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was time to limit any damage. Islam is he then, it is satanically he

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defended this pastor's comments whose claims against Islam are being

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investigated by the police. Peter Robinson says he was misinterpreted

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it. Was he apologising? If I said anything that was the rocketry I

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would apologise and I have indicated that. I would be hurt if any of them

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thought I was shown disrespect. I was not supportive of them and that

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is why I want to meet with the Muslim community to ensure them that

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they have my ongoing support. I am making sure that what happen soon.

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It was not enough for this politician who had said she has

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suffered racist abuse. When a pastor makes such outrageous comments about

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the news on community, we have politician after politician from DUP

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coming out in support of them. Now we have the First Minister the of

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our own country saying that he's ports. What sort of place to be now

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live in? I feel vulnerable. I do feel vulnerable, walking on the

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street. Because I know ethnic minorities... I know that some of

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them have been attacked and I feel vulnerable that when I walk on the

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street that I may be attacked. The SDLP leader also visited the same

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amusement Jim Eadie. He must put this right. He has done serious

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damage to the reputation of Northern Ireland. Does Peter Robinson not

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know that he has lots of Muslims in his own constituency? This road has

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already claimed on political casualty. Christians are standing

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up, we are not standing for this any more! After this outburst, and

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Ulster Unionist candidate was suspended. For his verdict on Peter

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Robinson's statement, we ask this man, a world leading authority on Ms

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Long communities and Islam. I think he should backtrack as he has been

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doing this morning. I am seeing some damage control. He should not be

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speaking like this. He has been quite ambiguous and I would like to

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have a dialogue with them and they should speak to the news on immunity

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and explain what Islam means. There are fears this controversy could

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damage business links with the Muslim world. This company supplies

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coffee to a Middle Eastern airline. Perhaps the First Minister when he

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made his comments, perhaps they were personal, I am not sure, but as

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First Minister they must be careful because he speaks for all of the

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people and indeed for the business community. By speaking out today

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Peter Robinson Bob Hope this story will soon start to go away. He may

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Our political editor Mark Devenport is at Stormont.

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So, Anna Lo says she's quitting politics

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There seems to be a connection. I have not phoned everyone yet

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however. She said she was not been forced out of Northern Ireland by

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wages but that she had decided not to seek re-election in 2016 because

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she was disillusioned with the us and then the style of politics that

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goes on at Stormont. Well she might Northern Ireland altogether, well, I

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asked for that and she appeared to be in it remains. I love it here and

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I have put down my rootsy. My two sons live in England. They have also

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had abuse and threats. They have asked me do I want to leave? I said

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I was living and Northern Ireland and I have Cracovia hair and friends

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and I want to stay. But who is to know?

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Anna Lo has received a lot of messages of support,

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but it would appear that not everyone is behind her?

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That is true, she has had a lot of e-mails and a bogey of flowers that

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arrived at her office. The following message appeared on her Facebook

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page from the DUP Deputy Leader. Ms Walker said that... When the BBC

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contacted the DUP headquarters to see whether she was speaking for the

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party, soon after that the message was removed and we were awaiting

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further comment from DUP on that. Back to Peter Robinson's comments -

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any thoughts on how they might We know that there has been other

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business people speaking, talk of the Indian investor being taught and

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sent to Northern Ireland. Peter Robinson will have to carry on

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that. The Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster released a statement recently

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saying that a lot of hard work has gone into building good contacts in

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the Middle East. We have had successful trade missions and she is

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confident that investment will continue to fall because they are

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the product of that hard work and those relationships. The fact that

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she has had to issue that statement shows you the level of concern there

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is across the business community. Two men jailed for murdering

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Constable Stephen Carroll five years ago have lost their appeal

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against their convictions. 42-year-old Brendan McConville,

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and 22-year-old John Paul Wootton, are serving life sentences

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for the murder. Three appeal court judges today

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said there was compelling Our home affairs correspondent

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Vincent Kearney reports. Constable Stephen Carroll was

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responding to an emergency call when he was shot dead in March 2009.

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Brendan McConville was sentenced to 25 years in jail and John Paul

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Wootton for 14 years for his murder. Lawyers appealed the

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convictions. It was claimed they were unsafe. Much of the original

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court case hinged on evidence from a man refers to add wetness Em. He

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said he was a 40 watts 30 minutes before Stephen Carroll was cold and

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sore Brendan McConville standing just yards from where the police

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said the fatal shots were fired. During the appeal hearing, the

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defence lawyers tried to undermine the witness describing him as a

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Walter Mitty who made up stories and told lies. Those claims were backed

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up by his own father who was called to give evidence on behalf of the

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defence. He cannot be named for legal reasons and is refers to as

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wetness Z. They said they found him to be unreliable and that there is

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evidence that not render the convictions and safe and anyway. The

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judge also talked about circumstantial evidence saying they

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believed that it was a case that both men were guilty. It has been a

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long and arduous journey. I have been here for a second time and

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thank God it is over, we can get closure and move on at the family. I

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thank everyone who has supported us. Members of the families of those

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found guilty disappeared without speaking to the media. There are

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serious questions over what the police and security services have

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known about attack. A tracking device -- device was hidden in

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NASCAR. Some of the data was later deleted and no one could explain why

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or by whom. Soldiers who did evidence in the original trial were

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told not to confer or see whether the device had been placed and the

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car. As to whether the army or the security services had advanced

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information over a potential attack, Kate Carroll was asked about that

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possibility in an interview? I would have been angry at that information

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in true but not be made available. That would offender and upset me.

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And I know for That would offender and upset me.

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anything about it at this point. The PSNI welcome to the's ruling and

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appealed for anyone with information about others involved in this

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telling to come forward. And Vincent joins us now with news

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about the new Chief Constable. So, the local man George Hamilton

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got the job then? That is correct. George Hamilton was

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today selected to begin organisation. He was first to arrive

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for interview this morning and first choice for the job. George Hamilton

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join the RUC in 1985 and has experienced a wide range of

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operations and is currently a PSNI Assistant Chief Constable. He has

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worked in England and spent two years as Assistant Chief Constable

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of Scotland before retiring to the PSNI. He is well regarded, clinical

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issued and popular with others is on the ground. The interview panel of

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nine police board members selected George Hamilton for the post just

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after 4pm. One elevator and was confirmed after Justice Minister

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David Ford David Hirst approval. How significant is it that a local

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man and a former member of the RUC was appointed by an interview panel

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that included a member of Sinn Fein? I think it is very significant

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because the last Chief Constable of the RUC was also the first Chief

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Constable of the PSNI. He was appointed by the government rather

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than the Policing Board. This ensures that I am told that all nine

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members of the panel scored George Hamilton as the highest candidate so

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the fact that Gerry Kelly was involved in this process and that he

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personally thought George Hamilton was the best person for this job

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will be regarded as very significant. I asked the board

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chairperson and Connolly had imported was at that disappointment

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had been made? Edward npower mind that we did all three candidates a

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fair hearing and we appointed on merit. I can see hand on heart that

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is what we get. It was a long day at a long process and it worked out

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well. Of course it sends out a good message to the hard-working people

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of the hard-working people of VPN -- PSNI coming up through the ranks

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that day Wendy may become the Chief Constable, so far that perspective

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it was important but from the Policing Board's perspective it was

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important to give the job the correct person. I am told that there

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will be a short handover period and we could see George Hamilton in

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position in the July or early August, meaning that the current

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Chief Constable will step down a few weeks ever than originally planned.

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You are watching BBC Newsline, still to come: A major crisis is looming

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unless additional funding is made available. Young people do not want

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to enter a profession that has such long hours is poorly funded and that

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has the problems and difficulties and demand upon it.

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The BBC has learnt that the Education Minister is planning

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John O'Dowd has admitted he has failed to convince Unionist parties

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to accept the Education and Skills Authority.

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Our education correspondent Maggie Taggart is with me now.

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This has been called very light. He has to present Ed -- information to

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the assembly. He has to go through the executive. He will present the

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paper to the ministers and he will have to go through with that. The

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reason why he has to is because of the reconfigurations of the

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councils. We just had the elections and they have to align the

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boundaries of the councils with the boundaries of the education and

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library boards and he could have gone for 11, there was a suggestion

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he would have gone for three, he has decided to go for one. What are his

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chances of getting this approved? We have already had -- heard from the

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Chair of the Education Committee and he is not committing himself. He is

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saying wait and see what the paper holds. Thank you.

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Revenues from tourism in Northern Ireland increased

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That's according to official figures.

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People coming to see relations provided a big boost,

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in the absence of growth from external holidaymakers.

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Here's our business correspondent, Julian O'Neill. It is the tourism

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awards tonight and the industry has plenty to celebrate. Belfast has a

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new visitor centre and Northern Ireland is making an impression. I

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was here in 1977 and it looked like a war zone. To come back and see it

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as a bustling city was nice. I bowled only been here two hours and

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every person I spoke to is wonderful. From the taxi driver to

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the hotel and the people here, very helpful. Official figures show

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tourism revenues jumped to an estimated ?723 million, up by 33

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million and we had 2 million people visit from outside Northern Ireland.

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The growth in 2013 was driven by people coming here from Great

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Britain to see friends and family. Visitors from outside Northern

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Ireland coming here purely for the purposes of a holiday, well those

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numbers did not really enquiries on 2012. The map in this Bangor

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guesthouse shows our global reach. Each dot marks were visitors

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travelled from. We had people from Iraq and Iran and Fiji. The

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straightens, Americans, Canadians, at Japanese professor who comes

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back. The industry aims to generate revenues of ?1 billion by 2020 and

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believes events will pay dividends. An index

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of more than thirteen thousand records from coroners' inquests has

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been made available online. The Culture Minister says she hopes

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it will help families, including those who lost relatives

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during the Troubles. How to deal with the past has become

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an important issue. For many families, finding out what happened

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when their relatives were killed is a significant part of that. Here at

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the Public records office, there are 13,000 coroners inquest files dating

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from 1969 to 1999. They include information on 3000 people who died

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as a result of the conflict. Now the office has made available an online

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index of these record so anyone can find out what inquest files are held

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here. I think we will see an increase in requests coming in from

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members of the public, from different groups, different members

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of the community who want to find out more about a relative or a loved

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one who are doing research about past events. After searching for the

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records, people can ask to have access under the Freedom Of

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Information Act. They are public records in a public building and

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they should be made public to the public. There are some materials on

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the records that are judged stressing and could cause trauma,

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additional trauma to the families. I am taking it on a case-by-case

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basis. My instinct will be for full disclosure. Officials say they are

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expecting to receive more requests now that the online index is up and

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running. The minister says each consideration will involve a

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painstaking process so every case will take a number of months to

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complete. A GP has told BBC Newsline that

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a major crisis is looming, unless additional funding is made

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available to allow more medical The doctor,

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whose practice is in east Belfast, was responding to a major local

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survey about accessing your GP. Over a quarter of those who took

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part said they weren't satisfied Our Health Correspondent

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Marie-Louise Connolly reports. According to this woman, finding the

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right GP is vital. Her family recently moved to this practice in

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east Belfast when another did not live up to expectations. It was the

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reception is asking what was wrong with you, what do you need done it

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urgent, could you wait? Over 8000 people were survey by the patient

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and client counsel with over one quarter stressing they were not

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satisfied with their local service. Among the problems highlighted, the

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difficulty in getting an appointment. People fed up talking

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to a computerised phone, particularly one listing options.

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Being put on hold while using expensive numbers and receptionists

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interfering in medical affairs. According to the BMA, GPs are

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already under tremendous pressure and there is worse to come. All of

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my colleagues have asp estimates of their pension. 30% of doctors

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between 50 and 59 are planning to retire before

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between 50 and 59 are planning to We do not have young doctors

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entering the profession. Someone will have to do the work. That is a

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crisis. The health service has thousands of local practices similar

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to the cogs of a wheel at which help keep turning. If those corks are not

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properly maintained, according to the Royal College of GPs, the wheel

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will eventually stop, grinding the entire service to a halt. To prevent

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that from happening, last year GPs received a 1% increase in funding

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and there is a strong hint that in time, more will follow. The whole

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system is under pressure, but we are shifting work from the hospital into

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the community, so the shifting work from the hospital into

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to follow. The money needs to follow the patient. The current ratio of

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doctors does not match demand and until that is addressed, the problem

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will not go away. More than 1000 objections have been

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received in response to a plan to build a huge rubbish incinerator

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on the outskirts of north Belfast. The incinerator is a key part

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of the plan to dramatically reduce the amount

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of rubbish we send to landfill. But the opponents of the Hightown

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project say the incinerator is in the wrong place and question

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whether it's needed at all. Our Economics and Business

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Editor John Campbell reports. Incinerators like this operate in

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cities across Europe. Burning rubbish to make heat and power.

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European rules mean our councils need to cut the amount of rubbish

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going to landfill, so in sinner and looks like the answer. To Ian

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Montgomerie, it looks like a problem. His family, home and lands

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are the bottom of the road leading to the disused quarry which is

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earmarked for the new incinerator. The local community is annoyed and

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they do not know what to think. They are second about the whole thing. My

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father talks about it all the time and he is 92. -- second.

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father talks about it all the time people living nearby have also

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voiced their opposition, fearing the incinerator will hit the value of

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their homes. The organisation behind the project consists of the 11

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councils in Northern Ireland and it says there is little to worry about.

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The issue of her house prices has been explored. It looks at the

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project and the research, investigate the research, explores

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the research and the conclusion that was reached is that it is unlikely

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there will be an impact on property prices. Opponents of the scheme also

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question whether there is any need for it to go ahead. They point to a

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similar scheme at Belfast docks which has planning permission and

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they say that the waste coming here should instead go there. That

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alternative scheme is being proposed by bombarding a. It aims to use a

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process similar to incineration to power its factory. It will be

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operated by a consortium of local waste management companies,

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including this firm. The boss says they could

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including this firm. The boss says waste and he doubts whether

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including this firm. The boss says facilities would be viable in the

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long term. Right now, two facilities like this, it would be tight. As we

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move towards a time when household waste is falling, one of the

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projects would suffer. That is not a view shared by this group. It is not

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either or, we need more than one facility. We are pleased to see them

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and wish them success. The decision on whether to give permission to the

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Hightown plant could come before the end of the year. This whole process

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has a lot longer to run. Time for a look at the weather.

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Better things ahead for tomorrow after all the cloud and rain. As we

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go through this evening and overnight, we have a few showers,

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but they will become increasingly isolated overnight and all of that

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cloud cover means that they will stay mild. As we head... Thank you

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for the photographs. I am not sure it will be a skydiving day

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tomorrow. A bit too much cloud around. It will be a warmer day.

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This is the picture you will be waking up to, a dry day, plenty of

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cloud, it will break a bit and out will be enough to set off showers.

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The real difference is in the temperatures. Highs of 15 and 16

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tomorrow and it will feel warmer. Light winds as well. As we head

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towards the back end of the weight, high pressure is starting to settle

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our weather down as it takes control -- week. Warmer temperatures as we

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head into the weekend. We have got this low pressure slinking away,

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taking away the weather which has been giving us rain and in its

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place, the high becomes established, lighter winds and warmer

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temperatures. Saturday will be a nice day, breaks in the cloud, a bit

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of sunshine and that will help temperatures on their way up. Top

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temperatures of 18 or 19 degrees. Make the most of it, overnight, a

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weather front comes in off the Atlantic, bringing rain in time for

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the marathon in Londonderry. Enjoy the next couple of days.

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The common denominator across my programmes is connection,

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