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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline:

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Dealing with the past - the Victims Commissioner warns

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the Government not to hide behind national security.

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One of Northern Ireland's biggest charities which provides help for

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people with mental health issues and addiction is set to close, I will

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have the latest. The school that hopes it's leading

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the way for gay and transgender And the local hospital that's

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pioneered cancer Ireland suffer a shock defeat

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to minnows Oman on the opening day the weather should feel more spring

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like over the next few days - I'll have more later

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in the programme. The Lord Chief Justice today said

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controversial legacy requests could be dealt with in five years if

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funding is made available. The Commissioner for Victims

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and Survivors says the current process could be the last chance

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for politicians to get agreement They were both speaking at a

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conference in Belfast today. We will hear from Judith Thompson in a

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moment. First Arab correspondent Chris Page has been hearing from

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politicians. -- our chief correspondent.

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There were more than 3500 killings in the Troubles.

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With the conflict receding into history, victims are warning

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that time's running out for a political

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Jennifer McNern lost both her legs in the IRA Abercorn bombing in 1972.

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She's calling on politicians to agree a way forward.

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I was injured in 1972. It is now 2016 will stop the 1998 agreement

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promised people who were injured as a result of the conflict would be

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looked after. Today we are still waiting.

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Peter Heathwood was badly injured in a shooting in 1979.

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Loyalist gunmen attacked my home and shot me, paralysed me. My father

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arrived at the scene and thought I was dead. He dropped dead of a heart

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attack. I think if we don't get into this deal with legacy issues, no

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matter how embarrassing because no one will come out of this with clean

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hands. Everybody has dirty hands and we just have to accept that as a

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society and say that all of society as done wrong, let's move forward.

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The sticking point in political negotiations has been a disagreement

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between the nationalist parties and the government.

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The government has argued that the release of some state

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documents could compromise national security.

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The Victims Commissioner says the deadlock needs to be broken.

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I believe that you can't expect any government to let go of national

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security issues. At the same time you can't expect people who have

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been waiting 40 years to find out what happened to their loved ones to

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just take it on someone else's word that they can there be told because

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there is a risk there. So how do the first and Deputy First Minister is

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see things working out because Mike we are all optimistic, a digit about

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when it can be found. If we are honest with victims and we can at

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least give them that. I cannot see any clarity coming before the

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election. I think there is a joint

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determination to resolve this I am hopeful, even optimistic,

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that it can be resolved. People involved in this progress

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have been stressing that there has been progress.

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But victims are very frustrated, even hurt that there

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They are using this conference to put pressure on politicians again

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The family of a teenage boy shot dead in Londonderry in 1972 have

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refused to accept a decision not to prosecute the soldier

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15 year old Daniel Hegarty was shot twice in the head

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An inquest in 2011 found that he posed no risk

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This from our North West Reporter Keiron Tourish.

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Daniel Hegarty's three sisters attended his grave in the city

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cemetery this morning more determined than ever to achieve

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He was 15 when he was shot dead by a soldier during

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Operation Motorman - a large scale attempt by the Army

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to clear "no-go" areas of the city during the Troubles in July 1972.

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The Public Prosecution Service told the family it was not prosecuting

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the soldier as there was no reasonable prospect

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Nobody should be above the law, beneath the law, if you murder,

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whether you wear a uniform or not, you must stand trial,

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If you don't, then you're sending out the wrong signal

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They're not going to trust you, they're not going to trust the law.

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The Public Prosecution service has defended its decision.

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The account provided by the soldier was that he genuinely believed

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he was going to come under attack and he had to make

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It is important also to recognise that the victims in this case

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were completely innocent, they did not pose a threat,

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but we have to assess the case and the circumstances as the soldier

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Even before this case was referred to the PPS by the coroner in 2011...

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The family had considered taking a civil action against the Ministry of

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Defence. Then in 2012 before a decision was made in the grand case

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by the PPS, legal proceedings were launched for the unlawful killing of

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Daniel. Those proceedings will be pursued with much vigour. In 2007

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the Government apologised to the family after describing Daniel

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Hegarty as a terrorist. Lives are ruined. Our whole family life, my

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mother and father. After Daniel was murdered their hearts were broken.

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Broken hearts. Just total devastation. We are still hurting so

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bad. As I say, people to you to move on and you can't move on with your

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life. You need justice. It is worse when you know it is the state that

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murdered him. The family say their mother and father died without

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achieving justice for Daniel but they are resolute in their

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determination to fulfil that aim. The Victims Commissioner Judith

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Thompson is with me. What do you mean when you say

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the Government can't hide behind Obviously we came very close to

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getting an agreement in dealing with the past and the sticking point

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seems to have been how far families are going to be told information

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that might be security sensitive. On the one hand you have got people, as

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we have just heard, who can't be expected just to trust people not to

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tell them things and to assume that would be good reason. On the other

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hand we have a government that won't give up control of security issues.

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So, we need to find another way and I am convinced that could be done.

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You hopeful given the response is there from the first and Deputy

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First Minister that you will be progress on this? I believe the

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conversations are quietly happening now. I believe that in the run-up to

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the fresh start agreement we came quite close to getting an agreement

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and I'm cautiously optimistic that we can get there after the elections

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but I believe that they work and conversations and the

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problem-solving, ideas are happening now. People have been optimistic for

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a long time on this and have been having their hopes dashed time after

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time. That is a reality and we cannot continue to do that. These

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issues won't go away. We know that. If we don't sort this no, we will

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come back to this point at some time in the future -- now. Because we

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will have two. People who need services and truth now, get it, some

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of them won't be here when it comes around again. That has to be

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appreciated. The Lord Chief Justice said today there was a possible time

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frame for some of these interests to be held within five years, how

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significant is that for you? Hugely significant. Somebody kicking a

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situation where coroner courts are dealt with -- kicking a situation,

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but this has been dealt with over a number of years. The Lord Chief

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Justice, he is saying we can find a 20th century solution for this

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long-standing problem, a new system, new way of dealing with, give me the

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resources and I can do it within five years. That is great news for

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people waiting for a result from the coroner 's Court but it is also

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really good news for people waiting for other enquiries as it is a

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template. If it can work there, it can work else there. The Chief

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Justice doesn't have to wait for new legislation, he can do this now if

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he gets funding. That is the crucial point. What is your message to

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Secretary of State and Justice Minister about that because Mike

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this would be money well spent. This is an opportunity to spend money on

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things that people have been struggling with. More importantly

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than that, to give some truth and closure by those families who

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benefit. Much more than that, to increase the fifth of people that

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the justice system can be adapted to do this job better. If you don't get

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agreement and is in progress, can you take legal action and force the

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Government do some sort of position where they will reveal some of this

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information and get some planning? There are lots of legal process is

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already underway where individual families are doing that but that is

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not... For those people, it can get them results, but it is not the way

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that as a society we want to deal with this. We need to have systems

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and a legal system that people can trust to get them result. Surely

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you're the perfect person to be that if you don't want individuals to do

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it? Vets try and get a resolution through working with people. It is

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the best way to do it. -- lets. Thank you very much.

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You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme...

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Stubbing it out - but how effective will the smoking ban be at hospitals

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Thousands of people have been helped beat drug and alcohol addiction

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by the charity Fasa, but tonight the future

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60 jobs and 70 volunteers have been told they're no longer needed -

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The charity which started on the Shankill Road in Belfast grew

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to have branches on the Antrim Road, Bangor, Ballywalter and a 24-7

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facility in East Belfast which opened its doors last year.

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been to the Fasa Shankill headquarters.

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I have been inside the Fasa building behind me talking to staff. Some

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staff are upset and they couldn't tell me hating understandably. Is

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taken from the board, there are facing financial insolvency. They

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have had to suspend service because of this. This building will be open

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tonight and tomorrow night for service users and the impact is wide

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reaching. Not only does it affect 60 full-time staff and 70 volunteers,

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but also for half dozen service users, some of our most vulnerable

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in society. The charity which has been providing services for 20 years

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as officers not just here but East Belfast and the Ards Peninsula all

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under threat. The board says it is seeking urgent meetings with funders

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and Political Reporter to do is to avert what they describe as a

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crisis. One of the leading teaching unions

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is calling for more to be done The Ulster Teachers Union also says

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that schools should consider introducing unisex toilets to cater

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for transgender pupils. Our Education Correspondent Robbie

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Meredith has been to one Belfast school, where there are a number

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of LGBT staff and pupils, to find For Year 12 at Hazelwood Intergrated

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College in North Belfast, Hilary Donnan is their

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Head of Science. But she's also open with them

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and colleagues about her sexuality. The more people who can stand up and

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say, I am gay, I am a teacher, I am perfectly successful in my career, I

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have a happy family life, a loving partner. It is important from it to

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stand up and say I am gay because then those kids growing up and

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struggling at school can look at me and say it can be OK and it can be

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fine. There are signs everywhere that

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a number of staff And that includes the Head

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of Maths, Kieran Coyle. But he admits he may not be able

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to be as open in other schools. There's very few schools who are

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actively engaging with the issue as we are at here is a word. The

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biggest impact that has for me -- Hazelwood. They fear of moving on.

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My head of Department, my next step would be Vice principal jobs and

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that approach and that puts me off. Hazelwood also has a small number

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of transgender children They're accommodating their needs

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in a number of ways, including setting aside this

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gender-neutral toilet which only Firstly I had to start looking at

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toilets. Now we are looking at uniform and I think the best thing

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we can do in schools, through pastoral care, and the best thing we

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can do in being question is actually support people the best we can. --

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in being Christian. The Ulster Teachers Union now want

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the education authorities to ensure all schools follow

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Hazlewood's example. Recently one of our members in

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Islands action was asked by the inspector what provision they had

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made for transgender people and why did they lined a peoples up as boys

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and girls? Those are questions that need asked and we need and so as to

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them. We need to work out all of us what these answers are.

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Back at Hazlewood, Hilary's pupils may know she's a lesbian,

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but they're much more interested in what she teaches them

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From today a new cancer scheme will offer patients round the clock

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specialist care at any time day or night.

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It's the first service of its kind in the UK where emergency

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departments will be able to access cancer nurses.

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The Macmillan Cancer support charity has invested ?1 million

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in the new scheme which will see nurses in place to offer one-to-one

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Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has the story.

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I am getting a bit of stick about my hair. Not that I ever had that

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much... Sam Keers is almost

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back to his old self. Diagnosed with prostate cancer last

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year, he's been part of a pilot scheme at Craigavon Area Hospital

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where he's been able to access a specialist cancer

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nurse day or night. I can only say good things. When we

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phoned up from home, some of the issues were dealt with over the

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phone very promptly, very thorough, ongoing analysis of how you felt and

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what was going on and sent back very quickly with a solution or

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suggestion. Cancer and its effects

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can strike at any time. This new facility means

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when a cancer patient turns up at a local emergency department,

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they'll have direct access Every day in Northern Ireland around

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30 people are told they have cancer. This new facility will not only help

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people who require specialist and immediate assistant, but it will

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also remove some of the pressure from hospital's emergency

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departments. This is At the heart of the scheme

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is the Macmillan Cancer charity which has invested ?1 million pounds

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to provide the seven specialist that would be the direct link

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between the specialist service within the hospital. To take

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control, to have a plan to say this is what is going to happen to you,

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this is my name and number. When you go home if you are worried, you can

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contact me. If you are limited, I will be around to coordinate your

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care. -- if you are admitted. Driving the initiative -

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the Public Health Agency If people develop complications they

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can become ill quite quickly so the acute care service can be there to

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respond to that. For people like Sam, it's a service

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they can't live without. The Macmillan nurses were wonderful.

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Outstanding in their approach to their work. Really dedicated people

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and I felt that and that was reassuring for me.

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From today hospital sites across Northern Ireland

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Smokers will not be allowed to light up anywhere inside the hospital

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complex even if they're inside their own car.

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But there are questions over how the ban will be enforced.

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Catherine Morrison's been finding out more.

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Day one of the smoking ban in hospital grounds.

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Patients and visitors are being urged to kick the habit.

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I am a smoker. I choose that. Nobody forced me. It is my choice. I have

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tried the e-cigarettes and the patches and nothing seems to work

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for me. It is not right. Patients should be able to smoke in a place.

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Designated areas are brilliant but this is just ridiculous.

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Smoking outside hospitals is an ongoing problem.

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Two years ago the Western Trust went smoke-free.

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Now the rest of Northern Ireland is following suit.

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It means no cigarettes, including e-cigarettes,

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anywhere in a hospital complex - even inside your own car.

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The number of people smoking is continuing to fall, but even still,

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22% of adults in Northern Ireland smoke. That is 310,000 people and

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health professionals say that leads to 16,800 hospital admissions for

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smoking-related diseases every year. With figures like that, experts say

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the ban is a necessary step. It is the right thing to do. We are

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standing outside the cancer centre. One third of all cancers in Northern

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Ireland are directly related to smoking.

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Enforcing the ban is another issue - the Trust has one smoking warden

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but they're mostly relying on their own staff -

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and the goodwill of smokers - instead of fines.

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Enforcement will be difficult. We are hoping to bring people with us.

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It has been a long journey in smoking cessation and smoke-free

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areas. We have 20,000 staff. We are encouraging them to help us enforce

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it. The message is loud and clear,

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but will everyone be listening? Restoration work has started

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at the former headquarters of Harland and Wolff

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shipyard in Belfast. The famous building is to become

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a hotel and its drawing offices, where Titanic was designed,

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opening as a visitor attraction. Our business correspondent

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Julian O'Neill reports. The old shipyard head office

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is a shadow of its former glory. But not for much longer as workmen

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began the job of refurbishment. Restoration will include its ground

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floor drawing offices where 1000 ships were designed,

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the Titanic among them. There are so many features

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throughout the building that actually resonate back to the ships

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that Harland and Wolff built. We got involved in the project in 2012,

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four years later, here we are, isn't it great that work has commenced and

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we now have a deadline? The two drawing officers down below will be

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the centrepiece of this new project. Upstairs will be 84 bedrooms in a

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new hotel due to open next year. The building dates to 1900 and has

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largely been gathering dust in the 25 years since Harland

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and Wolff moved out. Its new lease of life will cost

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more than ?20 million - some of it lottery funds,

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but most of it private finance. Having worked on the project for

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many years I am very excited to see us finally on site with the

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refurbishment works. The heritage in the building is akin to that of the

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Titanic. It is the same era and it is where the Titanic was designed.

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The building has been classed as being at risk for a decade.

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Now saved, the real work of turning it into a four star

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hotel-come-tourist attraction is only just starting.

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But its future is already beginning to look bright.

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Ireland's cricketers crumbled today against the minnows of the game

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from Oman - Gavni is here with this evenings sport.

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Over the last decade, Ireland have so often been the team

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to cause the big upset at ICC events.

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Pakistan in 2007, England in 2011, West Indies in 2015.

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But today the overwhelming favourites were humbled by two

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wickets. This was the moment that Ireland were knocked off their

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perch. Oman have one, perhaps the greatest moment, the proudest moment

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in their short international cricketing history. Ireland showed

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glimpses of their superior status. Nice shot. He has found his timing.

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But the struggled to cope with the unorthodox deliveries as they set

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Oman a target of 155. At times it was confrontational and despite some

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wonderful athletic fielding from Gary Wilson... Has he did well

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enough? Yes he has! Know, a good save. Eight saved six. Ireland was

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Mike 's failure to do the basics proved to be their downfall. Next up

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is Bangladesh on Friday. Lose that and they are out.

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Carl Frampton has told BBC Sport that boxers who test positive

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for banned substances should be given lifetime bans.

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The world super bantamweight champion made the comments

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when asked about tennis star Maria Sharapova who tested positive

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for the recently banned substance meldonium

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Frampton says the five-time Grand Slam champion should

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I don't really feel any sympathy towards her. I think everyone is in

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the same boat. We need to be very strict with ourselves. To make

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mistakes especially at the highest level, I don't agree with that.

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Coming from a sport that I am in, where people can potentially lose

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their lives, I look at drudge -- drug-taking as a no. If you feel a

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drug test especially in my sport, you should be banned.

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Of the 12 managers in the top flight of the Irish League at the start

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of the season, now only six remain standing.

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For every casualty there's been a replacement.

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Pat McGibbon is the most recent to join the ranks as interim

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The manager is important as to what goes on, but the truth of the matter

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is it is a combination of things. At the moment it is the manager that

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seems to take the brunt. It is a pretty big task to turn this tanker

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around? It is, but I have taken this on and I have looked at the group.

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Obviously Keith O'Hara and Trevor, they know the club well. We need to

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make sure of that on Saturday we go out and put their performance in

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that the supporters know that they are prepared to put a shift in and

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leave nothing on the pitch. Tomorrow we will have the latest from Dublin

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as Ireland rugby coach Joe Schmidt names his team to face Italy.

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Now let's get a look at the weather forecast.

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What is in store? Not too bad. Hints of spring in the air and the

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sunshine. It is a transition season. Strengthening sun back in the cold

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air left from winter. Lots of sunshine in the mountains today but

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you can still is see a bit of snow capping the top. These two pictures

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show that we are coming out of winter. On the right-hand side, that

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was from Loch May. Two months ago in January, look at that. Things are

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looking a bit drier. A couple of exceptions. A few sharp showers

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today and there will be a few for a well this evening. Most places

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ending up dry. Clear at times and easing winds. It will be cool in the

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countryside with one or two pockets of frost but not widespread. If it

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starts quite early tomorrow, it should feel quite mild mid-morning.

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We will have lost that cold wind from today. A nice dry start from

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the morning. Some sunshine around. Temperature is around four or five

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Celsius by the time most people are hopefully leaving the house for work

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or school. Nothing too frosty or icy to concern us with. Light winds will

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make it to quite nice in the sun. Double figures, ten or 11 Celsius.

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Increasing cloud from the West and there will be some spots of rain in

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the far west around tea-time. Most places dry. Tomorrow night not so

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cold, bits and pieces of rain from time to time, quite cloudy skies.

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Temperature is holding up around five or six. Expecting some rain on

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Friday but only one day because it will probably dry for the weekend.

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In sunshine it'll feel quite mild. Friday's thoughts wet in the West.

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It spreads east through the day. Technically still mild but it won't

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feel as nice. Lots of dry weather this weekend. Not necessarily sunny

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but where you get some sunshine, 13 or 14 Celsius is quite likely. Thank

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you. Join me for the great news at 10:30pm. Keep in touch with us on

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Facebook and Twitter. From everyone on the team, goodbye and thanks for

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watching.

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