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Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Another homeless man has died in Belfast City Centre this evening.

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The man was found in a shop doorway in the city centre.

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It was here on Belfast high street, a homeless man was found dead in a

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doorway earlier this evening. The man is believed to have been in his

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late 40s, or early 50s, and was known to homeless charities in the

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city will stop one volunteer who I spoke to is visibly upset and stop

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she said that he had been working with them for within two years. This

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man is the third homeless person to have died on the streets of Belfast

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in three weeks. All the deaths have been discovered within 250 metres of

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this spot. And a short distance up a road, homeless charities were busy

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handing out stew, tea, and coffee, and warm clothing. One man was very

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grateful of the help. Where will you spend the evening to mark in my

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sleeping bag. These people are good, the diverse food and clothing.

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Leaving with everything a bag to find a sheltered spot. They will be

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freezing tonight, as temperatures are expected to fall well below

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zero. Armed police held a gun to a man's

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head during a raid on a house They were targeting the property

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at Aspen Walk in Twinbrook in the early hours of this morning

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after a 41-year-old man was shot In the middle of the night, in the

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middle of the street, armed police officers focus on one house. One by

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one, those inside came out, the police didn't know if they had guns

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or not, they were taking no chances. A police weapon was pointed to the

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head of one man. The first to leave the house in Twinbrook was a woman.

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She wasn't arrested, but she doesn't want her identity reveals. This

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afternoon, she told me about the police raid. They told us up to put

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the hands in the air, and to walk out one at a time and drop your

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weapons and all, and I was the first one to walk out, and I was really

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afraid, and I was really, really, really frightened. So frightened. I

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was fighting for my husband, because they are going with a big gun right

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in his face, come towards me, walks me will with your hands on your air.

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Then we'll out the door, they were shouting get out, armed response,

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everybody out. He told me to put my weapon down, which was my mobile

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phone. There were no guns in the house? No, no guns in my house.

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Police had been investigating a shooting in the area. A 41-year-old

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man had been shot in the leg. It all happened around midnight. The

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shooting was in the Stronger in Europe area. This house was half a

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mile away. Was the reaction of the top of Sun has suggested? Some might

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say, but we have to remember that there were weapons used in the

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incident last night, so the police could have felt that the appropriate

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response was taking given that the evidence of the event. Two men have

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been arrested. One aged 25, the other aged 35.

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The inquest into the death of Arlene Arkinson has heard

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convicted child killer Robert Howard was seen near a forest carrying

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It was claimed in a police inteligence document that a taxi

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One of the last people to see the Castlederg teenager alive told

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the court she "knew in her heart and soul" her friend was dead.

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Arlene Arkinson disappeared in 1994, after a night out in County Donegal.

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Her body has never been found. The 15-year-old was last seen with

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convicted child killer Robert Howard. It partially blacked out

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police intelligence document was read to Belfast coroner 's Court

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today. In it, a taxi driver claimed he drove Howard and his then

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partner, Patricia Quinn, to a forest, and they will told him they

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were going fishing for them they had a spade and a bag with them.

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Patricia and his daughter, who was giving evidence today, said oh my

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God, no. Donna Quinn sobbed as she said she believed Robert Howard had

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killed her friend. Donna Quinn said she had no doubt who killed her,

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that he had sexually abused her and killed her. She said that she had

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known within a week that something was badly, badly wrong. Counsel for

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the Arkansan family said the Mrs Quinn had offered Arlene to Howard

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as a sacrificial lamb. Mrs Quinn broke down sobbing. She said do you

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not think I have suffered? She is was my best friend and I miss her

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every day of the week. Donna Quinn confirmed that the day after Arlene

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disappeared she asked Howard if he had sex with the teenager. She asked

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him because she is that was the way Howard was. He said he would go to

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hell for the damage he had caused and that she was just glad he was

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dead. She had no idea what he had done with the teenager but my body.

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The inquest continues. Now, the EU referendum

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and the Stronger in Europe campaign had its Northern Ireland launch

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today, but things didn't go quite as planned, as our political

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correspondent It's pitched as the most important

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vote in a generation and this was the Northern Ireland of the Stronger

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in Europe campaign. But something was missing. The former Labour Mr

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Allen Johnson was to be here but had to withdraw at the last moment

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because of illness, which is a pity for the organisers, because as

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launches go, this was as low-key as they come. Of course, here in the

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place where the Titanic was built, they know that big launches aren't

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everything. God is unfortunate that Alan Johnson is ill but I'm here

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today with one of our political champions, and the Shadow Secretary

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of State for Northern Ireland, and we are here together talking to

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businesses, talking to voters, understanding why Northern Ireland

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is stronger, safer, and better off as part of the European Union than

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it would be on its own. Close by at Queens University, both sides of the

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argument could be heard at a debate called Owning Our Future. Northern

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Ireland can stay in Europe and survive. -- cannot stay in Europe

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and survive the momentum is with the get out. Go and leave the United

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Kingdom. That momentum is there now, and it will grow and grow. It is

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looking like a very long campaign indeed.

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Across the border Friday is Election Day and so far it seems

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no party will get a clear overall majority of seats.

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Our Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports.

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When TDs gather in the Dail and marched the 10th -- on March ten,

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opinions polls suggest the party will have an overall majority. That

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is not stopping politicians canvassing for ever see last about

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stop I'm just coming around to hope to sway due to support me. We are

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still considering for the I know. This man is standing for Fianna Fail

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in Dublin Bay north. As the outgoing Cabinet minister charged with

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creating employment, he is adamant that his party and Fianna Fail

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cannot do business because of what he says Fianna Fail's bad policies

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that led to the banking crash, that cost the taxpayer six to 4 billion

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euros, and 300,000 lost jobs. We are not going to allow Fianna Fail to

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come through the back door into government we believe that Fine Gael

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and labour have delivered a sustainable platform and will

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continue to deliver strong growth and we can use that to solve many

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people' problems. Both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have their origins in

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the Irish Civil War and in the original Sinn Fein party. Michael

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Collins, who supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty, that created the

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Irish free State, is a finny coil hearing, while the man who opposed

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it sounded Fianna Fail. Both artists separatist parties. The two current

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leaders insist there will be no grand coalition. If former Fianna

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Fail minister doesn't rule it out however given the current opinion

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polls and what he calls the need for political economic stability. Well,

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I believe that it will fall to Fianna Fail, one way or another, if

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they are behind Fine Gael, they may have to help Fine Gael to four down

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government, a stable government that is. A former Fianna Fail Cabinet

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minister will hope that Labour supporters will turn her to the Dail

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after rejecting her in the last election. Can you help me? We will

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do our best. We will do our best. She detects a change in the mood in

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the two great parties of Irish politics. She has reservations about

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joining forces. There are many people on the doors saying leave the

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Civil War find you and come together. The difficulty I have with

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that is that it leaves the door open for Sinn Fein to be not only be the

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major opposition party this time but to be the government in waiting for

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the time after, and that is not in the best interests of the country.

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Nevertheless, something you might be constructed once the votes are

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counted. The family of former hunger striker

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Bobby Sands say they weren't consulted over the accuracy

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of a book published about him. The Arts Council has been criticised

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for funding the publication. 35 years after his death on a hunger

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striker Bobby Sands remains as controversial in print as he was in

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prison. And his story is still prompts very different

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interpretations. Controversial two is the arts Council 's decision to

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award national lottery funding of over ?5,000 to the publishers of

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Bobby Sands freedom fighter. A move which has been condemned by a number

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of Unionists, including a former culture minister. It is a book that

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glamorises IRA terrorists, that glamorises the IRA, that endorses a

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Sinn Fein IRA narrative. Described by the arts Council as a graphic

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novel, Bobby Sands freedom fighter has received a more favourable

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response from fellow republicans. It is appropriate that money should be

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used in this way to educate people, and to tell people about the past.

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Defending its decision to help finance the book, the arts Council

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says: but the arts Council has chosen not

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to do and into the debate on the book 's content, saying it does not

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interfere with editorial content, nor draw a line with between content

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chosen between publishers which may break cover Sue. -- provoke

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controversy. The book about Bobby Sands may prove to be the most

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incendiary. A very cold night ahead.

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Here's Barra with the forecast. Hello. It's certainly a night for

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the double tog duvet, possibly the thermals to, as temperatures wildly

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fall below freezing, with a weather warding issued for coastal counties.

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We may see a slight dusting of snow over high ground areas but overall a

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mainly dry night, but quite chilly. Cabbage across the board fall below

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40 degrees. It could reach minus seven or 8 degrees. Tomorrow morning

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it would be worth giving yourself more time to defrost Carwyn

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windscreen -- the car windscreen tomorrow, as it will be icy.

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Tomorrow, the blues leave the map and the temperature rises a little

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bit. A similar weather system is sitting across Britain, so if you

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travel tomorrow, it will be the same most of the places you go. Plenty of

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dry weather, good amount of sun, light winds. Temperatures across the

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board questioning at times, between the midst to perhaps I single

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figures in perhaps some southern areas. For the second part of the

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afternoon you can expect plenty of dry weather, up good amount of

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sunshine to as the skies stay clear, but because of that it will be

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chilly again stop temperatures again fall below freezing, giving as a

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chilly frosty start on Friday. Friday is shaping up to have a

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little bit more cloud around, dry in the north, with some damp weather

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coming in from the south later on. As we look ahead towards the

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weekend, very little is changing in the forecast.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning

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