31/12/2015 BBC Newsline


31/12/2015

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Almost 80 people from here feature in the New Year's Honours List.

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The most prestigious award is a knighthood for the jockey AP

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McCoy and there were also honours for charity volunteers,

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security staff, civil servants and teachers.

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No longer AP McCoy, now Sir Anthony. He retired from the sport earlier

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this year and says the knighthood is a huge honour.

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I had a very successful career. I had a very lucky career. But I

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really do think that this is the highest honour that anyone can get.

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Boxing champion was awarded an MBE and actor James Nesbitt receives an

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MBE for services to drama and the community.

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The very fact that I am connected to Northern Ireland through this net

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beanbag OBEs is great. It means I'm still getting away with it in drama

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is great. I phoned my father. I got my mum a few years ago. My dad said,

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about time. But I think he was joking. The

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former Lord Mayor of Belfast was interred in the 70s is delighted his

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community work has been recognised with an MBE.

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I felt very humble to be honest. I've always tried to work across the

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community. And are you looking forward them to

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your day out in London? Well, my wife certainly is. I think

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she's looking through the catalogues to see if she can get any ideas.

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Paddy Hocker, winner of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, also receives

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an MBE for his charity work. also receives an MBE

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for his charity work. A woman has appeared in court

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charged with the attempted murder of her son at flats on the outskirts

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of north Belfast earlier this week. Julie Larsen, who's 41 and whose

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address was given as Ross House, Mount Vernon, allegedly

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watched her son being beaten unconscious without

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trying to intervene. His partner received a broken arm

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during the incident. Matthew Larsson was attacked with a

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metal bar here at Mount Vernon on Monday. A 24-year-old struck up to

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20 times. One blow so severe it is said to have caused his year to

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explode. He is being treated in intensive care at the Royal

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pictorial hospital. This morning, his mother appeared before Belfast

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Magistrates' Court accused of attentive mode and a number of other

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charges related to the attack. The court heard that a man suspected of

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carrying out the attack is still at large and detectives told the court

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that they believe that Julie Larsen arrived at the scene in the

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knowledge that her son was going to be serious li assaulted by this

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other suspect. It is alleged that she did nothing to stop the attack

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and afterwards cleaned the flat in order to make it look as though the

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attack has happened elsewhere. It is alleged Julie Larsen had tried to

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mislead police by saying that she found her son with the injuries and

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that he had been under threat from locals. During cross-examination the

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detective confirmed that Julie Larsen denied the events during

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interviews the court heard that she is not accused of taking part in the

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physical assault on her son. Our lawyer said that she had been the

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one to administer first aid and then went to the hospital. He said, her

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main concern was for her son and his condition. The judge refused her

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bail because of the risk interference with witnesses.

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A 24-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with attempted

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murder relating to a stabbing in Ballymena two months ago.

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A 30-year-old man was injured during the attack in a flat

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Kyle Joseph Rainey, of Rossdale in Tullygarley denies the charge.

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The police have released two 17-year-olds they had been

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questioning in relation to the murder of west Belfast man

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The 20-year-old was killed near houses at Glasvey Close

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Most roads across Northern Ireland have reopened following Storm Frank.

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At its peak, nearly 300 roads were blocked by water

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The heavy rainfall also caused disruption in Fermanagh where fields

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Storm Frank saw rivers and loughs bursting their banks

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The local MP says he's concerned about the long-term impact

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of the bad weather on some of the roads in the county.

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People are obviously concerned about whether not they can get to work,

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whether their children can get to school and that is a big issue.

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Whether a future detours in some part just to get pupils to school.

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It is really the situation but what is even more worrying is peoples

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businesses, people's homes being flooded. And that causes huge amount

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of money. It is getting to the stage that some people actually cannot get

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insurance in the area. insurance in the area.

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It's been a year when political division has made plenty

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But a piece of legislation proposed by a backbencher has made it

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Professionals who work with children say it'll make a real difference.

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Here's our political correspondent Chris Page.

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Children may not be very interested in what happened at Stormont but the

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decisions of Government agencies deeply affect young people in need.

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The social worker who helps children in care was involved in a case with

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a disabled child. He needed his own to be slightly adapted.

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Unfortunately health and housing were in conflict with who is

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responsible at it was to provide this service and as a consequence

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that child remained in hospital bomb much longer than may have been

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deemed necessary. So, the children's act aims to stop

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that sort of bureaucratic problem. The new law means Gottman department

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is now have a legal duty to cooperate when it comes to children

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services. They must work together. And they will pool resources, not

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wrangle over who pays for what. This is about all children. The

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legislation was proposed by the Green Party's only MLA that all

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parties directly supported it. The bill would make services were

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children effective and make sure the Beatles as we put in by children

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services gets to the children. It's about making some of the good

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practice happening in Government, practice.

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The legislation officially become law before Christmas. The new year

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will show what impact the change will happen children services. There

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will be a 200 appearance for the team on Saturday. He has scored 67

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Rory Best captains the side. tries. Rory Best captains the side.

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Let's get the weather for New Year's Day now with Geoff

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Hello. Good evening. Heavy New Year. However you are choosing to spend

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the festivities it is going to be a chilly night. The Met office has a

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warning for both snow and ice and that came into force at six o'clock

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this evening and remains in place until tomorrow lunchtime. Those

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showers across the hills in particular will fall asleep

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downstairs tonight. If you are out for midnight, it is going to be

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pretty chilly with temperatures in the towns and cities close to

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freezing. And Stanton -3 in some moral areas. Still at least the New

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Year starts as a January day should put up clear and cold and bike to

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begin with, make the most of that there because 20 long before the

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rain starts to arrive from the south-west later in the day. In

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fact, if you take the wider view across the whole of the UK and

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Ireland you will see that we're getting first dibs on this rain.

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Across the eastern half of Scotland and England had as much drier and

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cooler. They are still in those cool heirs of the damages there will be

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45 degrees. The further you come towards the rain it is like recovery

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in the temperatures. As you go through the afternoon, that rain

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will work its way in, the breeze will pick up and highs of five or

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six or 7 degrees. The warm as that of the day will come quite late on I

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think as we go through New Year's Day. Not much respite that. Another

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low pressure system heading in our direction for the weekend. It means

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we are into some unsettled weather. Which is probably the last thing we

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need with all of that standing water. Sesame Saturday is going to

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be another wet and windy day. Not wall-to-wall. There will be some

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breaks in that rain. Some drier spells. Temperatures will be pretty

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similar to Friday. Maybe a slight recovery as well post up a pretty

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soggy start to 2016. soggy start to 2016.

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Whatever you're up to this evening - stay safe and have a very

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