22/08/2014 BBC Newsline


22/08/2014

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New information has led to fresh efforts to find the body of one

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A specialist forensic team is preparing to examine part

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of a bog in County Meath for the remains of Brendan Megraw.

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It'll be the fourth attempt in 14 years.

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Brendan Megraw was 23 and a newlywed when he was abducted near his home

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His wife was pregnant with their first child.

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Finally in 1999, the IRA admitted the murder and named an area

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in County Meath where they claimed to have buried Brendan.

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Since then, three separate searches have taken

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place there, the first one lasting more than one month.

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In nothing was found. There was another search in 2010. A game

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ending in disappointment. It has left the family wary.

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You don't want to get ahead of yourself, hopeful that it will

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get worked out but we have had three diggs before and especially

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the first one which lasted a long time, maybe four or five weeks.

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The Independent Commission for the location of victims'

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remains says the information they had received involves an area

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It is a terrible time for the families and even more

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disturbing when we undertake these searches and draw a blank.

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I don't want to raise hopes unnecessarily but we would

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like to think that what we have is significant and that it will lead to

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a successful outcome on this occasion.

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Forensic archaeologists are due to begin a survey of the land within

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If they find anything beneath the surface, only then will a dig begin.

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A 25-year-old man has been stabbed in the stomach in north Belfast.

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It happened near the top of the Oldpark Road at about a 5:15

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The victim was able to walk into a local business after the attack,

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He was taken to hospital but his injuries aren't believed to

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It comes after a series of violent incidents in the area

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This is 58 time of tension. There have been a number of attacks. This

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early to say whether this incident is related to previous incidents.

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But it is of concern. Men are going to be in court

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tomorrow accused of using a far wrong. A man was shot in the leg on

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Friday. Forensic scientists say drug users

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here are dying horrific deaths as a result of new substances

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on the market. 20 people have died

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in the last year from drugs known Many more have died

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from a cocktail of other chemicals. Tara Mills has been to the forensics

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laboratory in Carrickfergus. State-of-the-art equipment detecting

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drugs which have killed more than 100 people here in the last year. 20

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of those are connected to drugs known as speckled cherries which

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contained the compound 44 D Mark, A substance which has killed people

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here and in Hungary. It is this lady is job to record

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what substances are detected in the report carried out after a death. So

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call your highs have presented the biggest challenges. We don't know

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what is in these compounds and that is what people have to remember.

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They may have taken one before and they might think they will get the

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desired effect but if you take it again, it might not be the same. The

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packaging, the components are not consistent. Therefore they are not

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safe. You will see on the ingredients, the ingredients means

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nothing. energy drink? Some will say, not fit

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for human consumption. All this is Convulsions can be caused by these

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drugs. We have had horrific effects from people taking these drugs

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because they are psychotropic effects. We need to be strict. We

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have a drink-driving campaign with a stark realities, may then east to be

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that sort of attack in terms of public perception of drugs. The

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police have made an arrest. The PS and I say workers continuing to

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identify people. Part of a main road in east Belfast

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will be closed all weekend after a large cavity was found

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underneath it.A section of Castlereagh Street

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between the Albertbridge Road and the Beersbridge Road had to be

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closed after it began to sink. It follows the discovery

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of a similar problem The Roads Service said it hoped

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the road would be re-opened Van Morrison tonight performed at

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what must have been one of his most unusual venues - his former school,

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Orangefield High, in east Belfast. The school closed this year and

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tonight's audience of just 450 was Van Morrison returned to

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the corridors of his youth, but this time it was for lyrics

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and not lessons. Van taught me the flute is I first

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performance for pupils and teachers. Van taught me the flute is I first

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joined the fluid. He is me to the saxophone. It is

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joined the fluid. He is me to the him, I have seen him a couple of

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times. It will be great to see him here in such a small audience. And

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you you will not be rowdy? No, I have got my scarf.

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But he wasn't the only musical icon to get his education here,

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with one of the founding members of Thin Lizzy delighted to be back.

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It is so nostalgic. I have not been years since the day I left many

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moons ago. in east Belfast as part

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of the Eastside Arts Festival. It is a unique event. He is coming

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back to his old school, a big moment that will never happen again.

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It is one of the last times this assembly hall

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will be filled with pupils and Van made sure everyone was

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Ulster's rugby players lost their first game of

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lost 22-21 to English side Exeter at the Kingspan stadium.

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Ulster touched down for two first half tries by Rory Scholes

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But the visitors scored two late second-half tries to win

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Ulster's next game is away to Leinster next weekend

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Time now for a look at the weekend weather.

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A little more cloudy overnight tonight which will hold the

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temperatures at around seven or 8 degrees. Not quite as surely as last

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night. A few showers going through the night. It sets up for not a bad

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day tomorrow. Sunshine and showers and a little on the call side but it

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will be a pretty usable start to the bank holiday weekend. The odd shower

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here and there. But more sunshine and showers. That story is repeated

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right across the UK and Ireland. Some quite decent temperatures

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across the south-east. The further north and east you go, the cooler it

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gets. That breeze continue past the north-east corner of Scotland. For

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us, we are protected in Little by this system on Saturday but the

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change comes as the front approaches through the day on Sunday. Saturday

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starts bright but cool. A cloudy day on Sunday before the rain arrives in

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the late afternoon. By Monday, it could be quite wet and windy.

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Saturday is definitely the pick of the bank holiday weekend days. Just

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the odd shower here and there. Temperatures in little on the chilly

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side. Then rain arriving in the afternoon on Sunday. When the front

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comes through on Monday, the chance of widespread rain.

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