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driest and brightest. Thank you. Now we

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This is BBC Newsline. Tonight's headlines.

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Tributes are paid to the BBC Broadcaster Gerry Anderson

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He was just a very charming man. He could talk to anybody. He could talk

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to the Queen, he could talk to a little woman who had lost her

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budgie. Two DUP ministers warn about

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the serious impact budgets cuts I am putting it up to the Executive

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that I'm not carrying out the cuts, so if they want someone to do it,

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they can find someone else. One of the key players in the peace

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process, the former Taoiseach Albert It's a story of bright days

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but chilly nights to end the week. Scotland decides whether or not to

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independent, I am in and Northern Ireland seeing the parts played by

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an Irishman and Scotsman. Hello

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and welcome to tonight's programme. A one-off, a broadcasting legend the

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like of which we'll never see again. Just some of the tributes

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paid to Gerry Anderson. The airwaves have been filled today

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with friends and listeners describing

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Gerry Anderson as the best of them. He was on air for a quarter of a

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century, until illness took him out Today, the great

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and the good paid their tributes. But it was his humour and his easy

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relationship with his listeners, ordinary people everywhere,

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and his roots in the place he called Stroke City, that most marked

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Gerry Anderson as unique. Maggie Taggart looks back

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on his life. ruined that moment! To radio and

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television audiences, Gerry Anderson meant humour, music and a wry look

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at life. Born in Stroke City, he soon showed a talent for music and

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performing. Focus daily show on radio Ulster, and for his television

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programmes, Gerry Anderson won acclaim and audience affection. He

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was also a guitarist and an early break came on the Manchester music

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scene where he worked the clubs. Tours of the UK and abroad followed

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with his band. In Canada, he joined a band called Ronnie Hawkins and the

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Hawks. Back home, he settled long enough to study for a degree in

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sociology and social anthropology. Then a postgraduate diploma in

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education. He tried teaching but it became clear his place was in a

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radio studio or in front of a camera. This was a shirt factory.

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1500 girls worked in there. He developed a new style of

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broadcasting. He transformed radio broadcasting, no question about

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that. He was a breath of fresh air. We hadn't heard anyone like him

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before. It was irreverent, cheeky. He was very creative. Thank you and

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welcome. As a daily radio show presenter and a chat show host and

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documentary maker, his humour and ability to connect with people

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resulted in a cluster of awards. God is in heaven, Elizabeth is on the

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throne, and the door will open in two hours. He was a man of wit and

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mischief, two hours. He was a man of wit and

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insight into what he did, and he will be sadly missed by all

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insight into what he did, and he a show band guitarist to chat, Gerry

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proved to be an awkward mismatch, but then he made documentaries for

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the BBC station. It is two years since he was at his radio Foyle

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microphone but even so his death has been a shock to his comics. He was

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humorous and friendly. He was someone that would always be your

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friend. If you, he could be quirky in his own little way, but he was a

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friend of mine. And I will sorely miss Gerry Anderson. Always looking

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for the Google in every situation, Gerry Anderson has said his final

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goodbye. Gerry Anderson has said his final

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explained how much she loved the job he was so good at. I come in here

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and I just enjoy myself. I never regard it as a chore. Don't talk

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anybody, but I would have done it for nothing!

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Many of those whose lives Gerry Anderson touched have been sharing

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their sadness at his death and their memories of him on Twitter.

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He had an impact on the lives of those from all ends of the spectrum,

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from the comedian Paddy Kielty, to the Deputy First Minister and Stroke

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City native, Martin McGuinness, who said he "brightened all our lives."

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The DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson tweeted about what he would miss about the

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broadcaster, while the television presenter Christine Bleakley called

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him "a broadcasting legend, a gentleman and a great friend."

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Many of the tweets talked about the broadcaster's genius.

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The actor and playwright Dan Gordon described him as "

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Its echoing, isn't it? gathering reaction.

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Its echoing, isn't it? a toilet? Yes, you are missing! Very

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good. Memories of a legend. Behind the laughter, there is sadness. It

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is a difficult day for colleagues and friends of a man described as a

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broadcasting genius. After all, the Queen is very friendly with me. Much

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is never met you. -- but she has never met you. People loved his

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partnership with Sean Coyle but it was his relationship with the

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listener and public that set him aside. In his native Derry, he was

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adored. Many today are mourning the loss of one of the city's most

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famous sons. Unique talent. Very, very entertaining, very skilled

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interviewer. He will be missed. I loved his music and his work. And

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they mean they -- and they renamed it Stroke City. He was an

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intelligent man. He was a great icon of the town. That popularity

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stretched further than his birthplace with tributes pouring in

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from fans and colleagues across Northern Ireland. My favourite

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moments were handovers with Gerry Anderson when I knew that even for

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me he was being incredibly dangerous, and then sat cheeky,

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cheeky laugh, when he was basically saying, I know this is right on the

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edge. At the end of the day, he was good enough to get away with it. He

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was less well-known for his talents as a singer and bass player. He had

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that gift that he could make the hairs stand on the back of your neck

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when he hit those high notes. It is the saddest day for me. Those who

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loved and new Gerry Anderson are now coming to terms with the loss of an

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I'm joined now from our Foyle studio by Mickey Bradley

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It goes without saying that he's irreplaceable.

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He is. In the office today, his desk behind Sean Coyle's, it has been

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empty since November 2012, but today there is definitely something

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different about the place. There is a mixture of extreme sadness and

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amazing humour. Everybody has their favourite Gerry Anderson story,

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either from what he said to them or on-air. And a moving tribute from

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his wife this afternoon. Yes, Christine has had an awful two

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years. And a sign of how strong the family was that they bought that. In

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a very low-key way because thankfully, there wasn't that huge

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media coverage of his illness. People would wring every day but

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they would be very respectful to ask how he was. Our line is that he was

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ill and whenever he recovers he will be back on air. And that was the

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truth up until today. And his humour, it became part of the heart

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and soul of Northern Ireland. Absolutely. And it is because of his

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roots. I know it's been said before, but he was very working class. Gerry

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was Derry and he could connect with people, no matter where you were

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from. He could talk to anyone, as you mentioned. He could talk to the

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Queen and to the wee woman looking for her dog. He would go and listen.

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He was very compassionate as well. As well as being very witty and very

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cutting. Especially with Sean Coyle, which is fair enough. But he was a

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very kind person which didn't come across as much on the radio or on

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the TV as it should. And, yet, for such a public figure, a very private

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man. Yes, I remember the last day he was at work. I was in the room with

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him along with one of our editors and he was saying, right, I'm going

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away now, I'm going to have this procedure. He says, do you want us

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to contact you? He says, no. I'll be fine. And he was. He went, and he

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just did everything at his own pace and the way he wanted to do it. And

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that is how it was with Gerry. Our condolences to everyone in Foyle and

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thank you for joining us this evening. An Ebola scare in County

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Donegal. The details are sketchy, but what can you tell us? The

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Republic's health service executive has confirmed that isolation

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procedures have been put in place at a hospital in County Donegal after

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the suspected death of a man from the south-west of the county because

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of the Ebola virus. Now, it is deadly, it has no known cure, and it

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seems to be confined to Western Africa, and the way to deal with it

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is through quarantine and through very, very good hygiene. We

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understand the man who died had recently returned from Sierra Leone.

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And a priest who had been working in Sierra Leone died in Spain last

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week. The place where this man had been working, we understand, a

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number of people that had contact -- contract had the disease. The WHO

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says that about 2500 people have contacted them with Ebola, and 1300

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have died. The results of the test on the Donegal man will be conducted

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tomorrow. -- will be known tomorrow. Tonight two DUP ministers are

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warning about the serious impact cuts will

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have on their Stormont departments. The Health Minister Edwin Poots says

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he is appalled at receiving only ?20 million

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after requesting ?160 million. His party colleague

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Nelson McCausland has also warned today that Housing Executive rents

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could rise, and there could be job losses because his department is

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losing ?29 million. Here is our Political

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reporter Stephen Walker. Edwin Poots wanted ?160 million

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extra for kids health department but he got just ?20 million in a new

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budget revealed earlier this month. He says the cuts mean nursing

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recruitment will be affected, there'll be less money for drugs and

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operations be cancelled. I have no intention of making these cuts, so

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it goes back to the Executive that they need to step up to the plate

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and provide the money to do it, we potentially break the budget, they

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find another minister to do it, or the Executive takes the decision

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that it is going to the Executive takes the decision

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cuts. Earlier this month, the finance minister, Simon Hamilton,

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criticised Edwin Poots' party colleague in an overspend in the

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department. Some wonder if this developer and is part of a DUP power

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struggle. I'd like to think it isn't party politics. It would be shocking

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if the health of the people of Northern Ireland was being used as a

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political pawn. I'd like to think that the current health minister is

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finally doing the right thing, standing up for the service,

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finally doing the right thing, standing up for the people. Others

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insist that Edwin Poots has created a political crisis in his own

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department. He has effectively tendered his resignation. The health

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Department at this time doesn't need this crisis. And the leadership

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needs to be stabilised by this minister or a new minister. The

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Ulster Unionists are wondering whether this is about internal party

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politics. I don't know what is at play. Is this a leadership ploy by

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Edwin Poots or is he trying to assert himself into what will be a

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leadership battle? There could be all sorts of things going on within

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the DUP and between the DUP and Sinn Fein. What is clear that at the

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heart of this government is we have dysfunctionality. Edwin Poots'

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figures don't add up, the Executive says, which raises questions about

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the budget management. Today, Edwin Poots wasn't the only DUP minister

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to warn of dark days ahead. The social development Minister, Nelson

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McCausland, says his department has to save ?29 million and he says that

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will lead to an increase in Housing Executive rents and he said it could

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lead to job losses and an increase in the waiting time for those

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looking for accommodation. Whether it is housing or health, this new

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financial climate is beginning to take hold.

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The former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds has died at the age of 81.

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The Fianna Fail politician, negotiated the Downing Street

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Declaration with John Major in 1993, and was considered to have played

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a significant role in the peace process in Northern Ireland.

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Here's our Political Correspondent Gareth Gordon.

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Albert Reynolds was, in many ways, as unlikely a Taoiseach as he was a

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peacemaker in Northern Ireland. A love of country and western,

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allied with a head for business, saw him by a string of dance halls and

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he invested his money in various businesses, including a dog food

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factory. As a late starter in politics, he made up for lost time,

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becoming Taoiseach in February 1992 after the fall of his ally, Charles

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hockey. I declare Albert Reynolds to have been nominated for appointment

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as president of tea shop. -- of Taoiseach. I believe in improving

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standards of living. And I believe that the business community are up

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to it and may have a major contribution to make.

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to it and may have a major contribution to Unionists were not

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impressed when he came to Stormont saying that articles two and three

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were not for sale. He also controversially supported the Adams

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peace process which led to the Downing Street Declaration. This is

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a historic opportunity for peace. We hope that everybody will grasp it.

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He came along as Taoiseach at the right time. He was concerned about

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the bloodshed and mayhem he saw in Northern Ireland, and he was

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prepared to take risks to try to put it right. And I think the fact he

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was prepared to take political risks for peace, knowing it might end

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badly, marks him out as a very special kind of person. The

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declaration stated that the people of Northern Ireland should be free

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to decide their own fate. The first IRA cease-fire followed in August

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1994, allowing Albert Reynolds to be ever more balls. He brought Sinn

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Fein into the forum in Dublin and he posed for the famous triple

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handshake involving Gerry Adams and John Hume. That was vital, it was

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key. Our strategy within Sinn Fein at the time was to try to be in a

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position where we could put a proposition to the IRA which would

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result in the IRA calling a unilateral cease-fire. Critical to

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all of that is was the role of the Irish government, the administration

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and the White House. And John Hume. And I think that the fact that all

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of those people, Clinton, Hume, Adams, Reynolds, they showed

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themselves to be visitors, the coming together of all of those

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elements was very convincing in terms of the IRA making their

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decision to call the cease-fire. All his process -- progress with

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Northern Ireland was beginning to unravel. The final straw was

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appointing an Attorney General. Will Ahern had been criticised over his

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extradition of a paedophile priests to Northern Ireland. Reynolds was. A

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sign but not without reference to his role in Northern Ireland. I've

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taken this decision for the good of the country and in the interest of

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stability, and, in particular, to ensure continuation of the peace

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process. He was beaten by Mary McAleese in the race to become

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Fianna Fail's presidential candidate in 1997 and retired in 2002. Like

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John Major, Albert Reynolds is, in many ways, a forgotten man of the

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peace process but his contribution is, nonetheless significant.

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Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting

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The 44-year-old was shot in the right thigh

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It happened at Wallasey Park in the north of the city last night.

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The 46- and 47-year-old were arrested by police today.

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The shooting is believed to be connected to an ongoing feud

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Well, there were grave predictions that changes to GCSEs would damage

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results - but students have proved that wrong, with results here better

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than in England and Wales. Our education correspondent, Maggie

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It's all change for GCSE students as new rules imposed on England impact

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on Northern Ireland. Although three quarters of exams here with a local

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board, is counterparts in England are no longer allowed to use the

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modular system which divides the cause into smaller sections. They

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went back to linear testing at the end of quarters in what was

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described as a bid to make the system more robust. Principals

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worried that system more robust. Principals

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less able pupils and so moved away from English boards. Some of our

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subjects, certainly, have now moved to Northern Ireland boards because

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they have seen that, in actual fact, the pupils were worse served

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by the fact that there is less coursework. As it turned out,

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Northern Ireland students have once again improved their grades. The

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results are this school have improved and across Northern

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Ireland, students have done better than those in England and Wales.

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Even in the subject of English, which are shown a worse performance

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in England and Wales, students here have actually performed better. For

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these students, the grades printed on the letters are more important

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than policy changes. I got three a grades and a A*. Not too good. What

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you down? I thought I would get a B grade, or a C. School principals

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told me they have another reason to use the local board. They say the

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service they get is much better than the

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The director of public prosecutions says he's powerless

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to refer sentences in a notorious animal cruelty case for review.

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Politicians and the police had criticised the suspended sentences

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given to a gang of four from east Belfast as being too lenient.

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You may find some aspects of Kevin Magee's report disturbing.

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There was outrage last March when four men, 43-year-old Jeremiah

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Kirkwood, seen here, and two of his sons, 23-year-old Chris and

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20-year-old Wayne, seen here on the left. And 19-year-old Jamie Morrow,

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in blue. They were given suspended sentences for a series of animal

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cruelty offences. Jamie Morrow had been caught with images on his phone

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showing dogs attacking a cat. The rest of the video is too disturbing

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showing dogs attacking a cat. The in neglect or ignorance.

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showing dogs attacking a cat. The of cruelty involved. It was

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horrendous. Of the scale. Won while the prosecution could not say if any

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of the scale. Won while the prosecution could not save any led

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to charges prosecution could not save any led

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finally admitted they caused unnecessary suffering to animals.

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The storm of unnecessary suffering to animals.

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plain that the suspended sentences were too lenient. The director of

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public prosecutions said he could do nothing about it. It is governed by

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a statute. It is a piece of legislation. This type of case, you

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are talking about, is not currently in the list of cases which I can

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consider for referral. The Justice Department said animal cruelty cases

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will form that I perform part of the case that will be referred. In the

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case of the Kirkwood and Jamie Morrow, as things stand, their

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sentences cannot be increased. In the future, but could only happen if

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legislation here at is amended. That could take some time.

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The Orange Order in Scotland has defended

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the staging of a pro-Union rally and parade - five days before next

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Critics of the Order say it will stir up Scottish Sectarianism.

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In the second of two special reports,

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports on the 'orange and green' influences

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The campaign is being fought with flags on some streets in Glasgow.

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For Scottish independence and against. Neighbour, against

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neighbour. The rivalry is generally good natured, but there is concern

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about a mass rally by the Orange Order in Edinburgh next month. This

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happens just before the referendum. More than 10,000 people are

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expected, but the order says their critics should stop blaming. I think

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for the chattering class in Scotland were spluttering into their skinny

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lattes are the fault of the order taking to the streets. But that is

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what we do. We are parading organisation and it is a democratic

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way of expressing your view. We are careful about this March, it is

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really a celebration of Britishness and Scottishness. And it will have

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carnival elements and that's the way were going about it. Among those

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campaigning for independence is Fergal Bolton. Born in Ireland are

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now a Glasgow councillor for the Scottish National party. My own

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family history was involved in Ireland's move towards

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independence. I'm proud of that fight, that I had a grandfather who

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was involved in Irish independence movement. In years to come, my own

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grandchildren here in Glasgow or wherever they happen to be, will be

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able to set the other grandfather from Ireland who was doing and did

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his bit for Scottish independence. Will you win? yes. The opinion polls

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suggest otherwise. The results could be close. I got nothing against

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England or English people. It is against the centralisation of

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Government in London. They don't know the aspects of the Scottish

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people. But at a nearby cricket match, a very different view of

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England. Looking back, growing up, a lot of the same kind of cultural

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influences that Scotland had, England had as well. Popular TV

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shows, all of that kind of stuff. But just because you all voting no

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it is mean you are less page article is passionate about being Scottish.

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The vote takes place for weeks today. After that, we will know

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whether the UK is going to stay intact be reduced in size. And

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become, as one Glaswegian putter, Little Britain.

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Spee macro good evening. As we go through this evening and overnight,

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those clear skies mean ten bidders will drop away really quite

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markedly. Down to single figures, parts of the cooler than that. In

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some rural areas. The clear skies overnight at us up for a good day

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tomorrow, actually. A dry and bright start, if a little on the poolside.

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We do still have a few showers around as we go through the day,

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but, on balance, it is more a day of sunshine and showers. It's not going

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to be terribly warm. We have a north-westerly breeze coming in,

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that is holding down the temperature is, quite a cool air mass coming in.

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So highs, as we go through tomorrow, are 14 or 15 degrees. They will feel

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relatively pleasant but it will not be warmer. That cool theme continues

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through into the weekend. Saturday will be the brightest of the days,

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before a change comes through on Sunday. It is all down to this ridge

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of high pressure, which is giving us a bit of protection in our weather

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before this front comes through, bringing with it rain for Sunday.

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So, this is how it shapes up for Saturday. Quite a bright day, bit of

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a repeat of Friday. Certainly plenty of bright conditions around, the odd

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isolated shower, be not warmer. Highs of 14 and 15 degrees again.

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Sunday, temperatures are on their way up but so is the rain, arriving

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as the traveller from the West as we go through the day. Make the most

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Friday and Saturday it is going downhill by Bank Holiday Monday.

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