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looks back at his life and career. Rik

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There's to be a new round of political talks aimed

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at resolving problems linked to the past, flags and parading.

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The five main parties will meet for two sessions being organised by the

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Agreement eluded the former talks chairman Richard Haass at Christmas

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but now the parties are set to intensify their own efforts in

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23-day sessions. Agreeing a way forward on the flags, parades and

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dealing with Northern Ireland's troubled past represents a

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formidable challenge. Time is short with a marching challenge -- the

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marching season underway. The Irish and British governments are saying

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closely engaged and providing support. Sinn Fein say they have

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already compromised during the Richard Haass negotiations and are

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now looking for unionists to do the same. Here we are faced in a

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position as a result of the party leaders meeting last week where we

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have agreed that there will now be an intensive period of talks in what

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is clearly a very limited window of opportunity up until the first

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couple of days of July. But not for the first time, the mood music seems

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to be discordant. I don't think there is much sign of momentum if

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you look at the way Sinn Fein have been behaving in the last couple of

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days. They refused to talk to the Westminster committee about the On

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the Runs, they have been protesting about a parade in Dungiven where

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there are no Flieds or bands or music or anything. If there is going

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to be a new sense of momentum, it has to be realistic. The Ulster

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Unionist 's will send a delegation but insist they will not engage in

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negotiations about the legacy of the troubles until I have seen the

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outcome of the review on the On the Runs. Talks are expected to be held

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before the end of this month. A community has been expressing its

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grief after the farm accident that claimed the life of eight-year-old

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Robert Christie. His father, Bertie, was critically injured after they

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were overcome by slurry fumes while helping an elderly neighbour

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on Saturday. The dangers of farming life were

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once again thrown into focus when the emergency services arrived at

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this farm on Saturday. They were called after a postman discovered a

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father and son unconscious. Poisoned by lethal slurry gases. The age old

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boy was Robert Christie, he had come here with his father, 30, who was

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helping the elderly farm owner. Slurry was being mixed when they

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were overcome by the fumes. Robert was airlifted to hospital but he

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could not be revived. His father remains critical. Totally

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devastated, heartbreaking news. The whole community is just numb. You

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feel for the farmers in a rock amenity like this where everybody

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else knows everybody else. The whole farming community very much our

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blue. This morning a special assembly to players at this small

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school where Robert was in the p for class. Staff say a huge hole has

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been left by the tragic death. Robert was a well loved member of

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the school family. Very, very gentle natured, he made friends quite

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easily and would have shared his time with others and he was very

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popular. His loss is going to have a huge impact on his friends, his

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classmates, the staff and the wider school family. A funeral service for

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the age old is due to take place tomorrow. This latest forming a

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tragedy is a reminder of the dangers of working with slurry. At this time

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of year, farmers want to get that slurry out onto the land so they

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have to mix the slurry and this is where the gases come from. The

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message we want to get out is that once you start mixing slurry, get it

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out immediately. There have been 24th at our seas on farms here in

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the last three years but no slurry related deaths since September 2012

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when Ulster rugby player Nevins Spencer died with his father and

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brother at their farm near Hillsborough. The Health and Safety

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Executive is leading the domestication into the weekend's

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tragic accident. It says it will continue to explore ways to prevent

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future farm that allergies. The police are treating an assault

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on a 36-year-old man in West Belfast He was attacked in the Slieve Dubh

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area, off the Springfield Road Patrick Francis McQuillan from

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Ballycastle was found guilty of a catalogue of crimes involving six

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boys between 1985 and 2000. The father of four who is also a skilled

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master and involved with Saint Johns ambulance will be sentenced next

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month. Before the court was 30 age old

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Thomas Mallon from Rathmore Road and charged with membership of a

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prescribed membership, namely the IRA will stop he is also accused of

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directing a terrorist organisation. Police believe they intercepted a

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letter from a prescribed organisation to its prisoners in

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Maghaberry prison last Thursday and Thomas was the author. It was

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written on cigarette papers. It was found during a search of a man

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visiting Maghaberry prison and described in court as the studio.

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Police say after he left, he was later seen speaking to Thomas near

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Maghera. These are trying to locate him. The prosecution claimed there

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was DNA and handwriting evidence ending Thomas to the offences. At

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one point in the letter, it states, I will not allow any jewel Army

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operating along with the IRA and us not knowing anything about it. There

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was also an instruction, tell the POWs not to engage in loose talk. A

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defence by described the letter as a round and said the charge of

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directing terrorism did not stand up. He said there were

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instructions or orders being given. A detective comes to said the police

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would impose bail on a number of grounds. The detective comes to said

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the PSNI believed that Thomas was a prominent member of the IRA. If

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released from custody, he would continue in that role. Thomas was

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remanded in custody until the 3rd of July. As he was being taken from the

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court, there was clapping and cheering from family and friends.

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A man arrested in connection with the murder

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of his mother in Portstewart last week has been released

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from police custody and detained under the mental health act.

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69-year-old Margaret Evans, was a well known businesswoman

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She was killed at her home on Wednesday.

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Looking ahead to tomorrow evening's BBC Newsline, we'll have the first

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of two reports from our Education Correspondent Maggie Taggart on

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15 different groups have submitted bids for facilities,

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to be shared between Catholic and Protestant pupils.

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As they wait for decisions, we look at the range of ideas from

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I would be very helpful but I think that we should be realistic that

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there are a lot of good bits in there as well.

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That's on tomorrow's programme at 6:30 here on BBC One.

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Many areas seeing dry weather for a time tonight before the next batch

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of weather coming in from the south. Not especially cold tonight with

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temperatures at 11 degrees. The scattered showers will be with us as

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we go into tomorrow and unlike today, tomorrow's thundery showers

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could affect almost anywhere. Some heavy downpours for the rush hour

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which could cause problems on the roads. They will continue to come

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and go throughout the day. The best start to tomorrow will be across

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England and Wales have plenty of dry, bright and sunny weather. Quite

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an unsettled day for Scotland with some heavy and Bantry downpours as

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well. I'd across Ireland tomorrow, along with spells of sunshine, there

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will be a scattering of showers. Some will be thundery and there may

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be some hail extent as well. It will not be raining all day, in between

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the showers, there will be some spells of sunshine. Some of the

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reinsurers will be slow to move and it could cause problems on the

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roads. In the sunshine, temperatures reaching 17 degrees. Very unsettled

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tomorrow but a much better day on Wednesday. Towards the end of the

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week, more unsettled weather is on the way.

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That's all from us, good

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