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Two, Good evening and welcome

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to the programme. There was anger today from senior

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medics over the lack of progress on abortion, specifically in cases

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of fatal foetal abnormality. The Health Minister said

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he would set up a working group to look at guidelines

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for practitioners by the end of February,

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but as yet, that hasn't happened. Meanwhile, Sarah Ewart,

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the woman who brought this issue to the public's attention,

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says she believes it was all Our Health Correspondent

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Marie-Louise Connolly reports. OK, well, this is the letter

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we sent out to all 108 MLAs. Sarah Ewart continues to lobby

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politicians around the issue of Northern Ireland's

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abortion guidelines. It's just asking, really, have

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they set up their working group? It's almost two and a half years

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since Sarah went public about travelling to England

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for an abortion after being told her baby had severe brain malformation

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and no chance of survival. She says she's frustrated

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about the lack of progress in setting up a working group

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on the issue of fatal foetal abnormalities, which was

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announced last month by the DUP. It was all really to make them look

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good, but they are not actually In the letter, I said

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that the treatment That the scaremongering that had

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gone on before the vote, it was just vile

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how we were treated. But Sarah isn't the only one

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putting pen to paper. I think that this is a way

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of fobbing off women, because every single day

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that the Northern Ireland Executive and the wider Assembly deliberate,

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consider, think, work their way through this issue, a woman

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somewhere in Northern Ireland Other medical professionals who work

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at the very heart of this issue say they too await contact

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from the Department. We have been in touch

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with the Minister over the past six I have him to be most

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engaging on the issue, but now there is a sense

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of urgency about that. But the Health Minister

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has defended his actions. In a statement to the BBC,

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Simon Hamilton said... It added that the working group

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will also consult with interested And the Minister said

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that he remains fully determined... In another development,

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MLAs could receive advice from academics from the local

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universities, as they too plan to set up their own working

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group on abortion. It's understood

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they're also frustrated The Assembly Standards Commissioner

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has dismissed all complaints brought against the Lagan Valley

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MLA Basil McCrea. The complaints alleged he had

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engaged in inappropriate behaviour or sexual misconduct

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towards his staff. Douglas Bain found the the MLA

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was not guilty of breaking any On tonight's The View programme,

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Mr McCrea was asked did he agree with the Standards and

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Privileges Committee, which said there were serious

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shortcomings on his part in terms Not really, to be honest. I think

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the committee have maybe missed the point that a lot of the allegations

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were signed at a matter of fact by the Commissioner to be falsified,

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and the honesty of the people making the statements was not correct. It

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is not that I wouldn't take advice from them but they have missed the

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point that there is a conspiracy and in fact their attention has been

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drawn to that. And you can see that interview

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in full on The View, immediately after this

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programme on BBC One. The Arlene Arkinson inquest has been

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told that the child killer Robert Howard was like a pied piper

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to young people in Castlederg. The claim was made by Heather Moore,

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a former district nurse, who said there was a constant stream

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of them to Howard's flat. He was acquitted of

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the 15-year-old's murder, but was always the main suspect.

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Will Leitch reports. Arlene Arkinson was

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well-known to Heather Moore. A district nurse, she knew

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most of the young people in the Castlederg area.

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She lived next door to Robert Howard's flat

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on Main Street. Heather Moore told the inquest

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that there was a constant stream of young people entering the flat,

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especially at weekends. and her slightly older friend

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Donna Quinn. It was almost always

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children in groups - although she did see one

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teenaged girl enter alone - a girl whom Howard was later

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charged with assaulting. Of the groups of

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youngsters, she said... This is Patricia Quinn arriving

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for the inquest recently. Heather Moore said she once saw

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Mrs Quinn arrive at Howard's flat early one morning, only

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to discover her daughter Donna already there, and dragged

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her off the premises. Patricia Quinn denies

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being Howard's girlfriend. Other witnesses

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have insisted she was. Later, three first cousins

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of Arlene Arkinson also told the inquest about being

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in Howard's flat with others. One called him a

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"strange creepy sort of man". Another said that Arlene had

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confessed to her that she'd fallen pregnant and then had a miscarriage

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in the summer of 1994, but she said added that

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she'd never really believed her. Meanwhile, the Arkinson's legal team

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has expressed dismay that key documents have still not been

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disclosed to them by the PSNI. Will Leitch, BBC Newsline,

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at Belfast Coroner's Court. The Culture Arts and Leisure

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Minister, Caral Ni Chuilin, has walked out of an Assembly

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committee hearing where over the Casement Park

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redevelopment project. The Minister objected

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to being questioned under oath while other's hadn't been

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sworn in before doing so. Mervyn Jess' report begins

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with the moment the Minister finished her 80 minute-long

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reading of a prepared text. I look forward to hearing

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from the committee. Thank you very much.

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Thank you. Is the Minister

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to answer any questions? Do you want me to read

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the statement out again? Sorry, sorry!

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Minister! That was how the minister

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brought her appearance in front of the Stormont

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committee to a close. More than an hour after she began

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reading out her opening statement. Some may have expected it,

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but others where left dumbfounded. -- Some may have expected it,

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but others were left dumbfounded. The Culture Arts and Leisure

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Minister took exception to being sworn on oath to answer

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questions on safety issues at the Casement Park

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development in West Belfast, I swear by Almighty God

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that the evidence I shall give... After taking an oath,

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she went ahead with her opening statement, while questioning

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the committee's fairness. ..and I would be happy to take

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questions in the future, but only after the committee has

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decided that all the witnesses will be questioned on oath,

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or that no witnesses will be It is only then that I will return

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to this committee to answer questions, as soon as clarity

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has been achieved. I look forward to hearing

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from the committee. Thank you very much.

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Thank you. Is the Minister to

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answer any questions? Do you want me to read

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the statement out again? Sorry, sorry!

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Minister! Minister, can you please sit down

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and answer questions? I think I've made it clear,

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I'm not coming back to this committee to answer questions

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unless you've clarified the position of oath.

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The Minister leaves this committee and refuses to answer questions.

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I think it's unprecedented, from what I understand.

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I think it's discourteous, it's elitist, in a string

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of discourtesy extended to this committee.

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The ongoing sage over Casement Park continues.

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The last of Stormont's double jobbing politicians is

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The DUP's Gregory Campbell says he won't be fighting

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Instead he will concentrate on his role as MP for East Londonderry,

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Ballycastle and its surrounding area was left without ambulance cover

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for several hours early this morning, after a paramedic

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was assaulted by a man he was trying to treat.

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The victim needed hospital treatment for a bite.

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An 18-year-old man was arrested and bailed following the attack.

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The Ambulance service wants tougher sentences for people who assault

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He had physical trauma and emotional trauma. We want custodial sentences

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for people carrying out these acts on our cruise. Ballycastle is one

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fatal station. Could be eight, nine, ten on is call anywhere else, but

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that is only one in Ballycastle. We cannot bring cruise out then air, so

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Ballycastle was left without one. -- -- crews out of thin air.

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A court has allowed the Attorney General to become

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involved in the Ashers Bakery's appeal against a discrimination

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It was ordered to pay ?500 for refusing to make a cake

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John Larkin raised an issue with the lawfulness

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of the legislation at the centre of the case.

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Football and one of Northern Ireland's key players had been ruled

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out of this summer's European Championships in France.

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Chris Brunt requires knee surgery and will now miss the tournament.

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Scans had shown that Brunt ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament

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in his right knee, and so he underwent surgery

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in France today to repair the damage.

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But he will now miss the rest of the season,

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as well as this summer's European Championships.

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That robs Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill of the services

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of one of his most experienced players.

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of Northern Ireland's Euro qualifying matches

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and has amassed 54 caps during his international career.

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The news also completes a miserable fortnight for the player,

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after he was hit by a coin thrown from one of his club's

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own supporters during West Brom's 3-1 FA Cup defeat at Reading.

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Filming for the next Star Wars movie is set to return to County Kerry.

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Some scenes for the last movie took place on Skellig Michael off

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Now, for the next film in the franchise, contractors

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are carrying out the groundwork at the western end of

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Filming is expected to take place over a two-week period in May.

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Tourism groups have welcomed the development.

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People are still coming in, after 50 years, since the filming of Ryan's

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Daughter, asking where Ryan's Daughter was filmed, so we are

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hoping, with this huge, huge franchise, people will come and ask,

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we was Star Wars films? -- where was?

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Looking ahead to a story we're bringing you tomorrow.

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We find out about the County Armagh school which has doubled the amount

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of GCSE passes among boys in just two years.

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Staff have introduced a series of measures,

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including insisting that male relatives attend parents meetings.

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That's tomorrow night on BBC Newsline and on Good Morning Ulster

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Now, with the weather forecast, here's Cecilia Daly.

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Good evening, more wintry weather in the forecast tonight, warnings in

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force for snow and ice. It is currently dry after earlier rain,

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some showers dotted around, but rain, sleet and snow heading

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southwards during the early hours, lying snow likely especially over

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higher ground, and temperatures around freezing, so watch out for

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ice. That rain and snow will move southwards early morning, dropping

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snow in its part, snow possible anywhere but most of the disruptive

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snow is likely above 600 feet. They are prepared for rain, sleet and

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snow tomorrow morning, quite nasty on some roads, it will become

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slow-moving over northern England, Wales and parts of Dublin and the

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Republic, lots of snow over higher ground because it is very slow and

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heavy at times. A bitter wind to the north, not so bad to worse London

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and the South East, with some sunshine. Dry and brighter weather

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tomorrow afternoon, feeling cold in the wind, some showers but also dry

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weather. Some wintry showers on Saturday, snow on the hills, most

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places dry with sunshine but cold in the wind. The wind will drop by

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Sunday, possibly a sharp frost in the morning, some sunshine but also

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rain to come later in the day. Our next BBC Newsline is at

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6.25 in the morning during

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