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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,

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Tonight's top stories: It's smiles all round the table

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as ministers meet for the first day of the new Executive at Stormont.

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But at Westminster, Strangford MP Jim Shannon is told to pay back

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A lone protestor at an Easter Rising event in Dublin gets a shock

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when he's tackled by the Canadian ambassador to Ireland.

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As the countdown continues to the Euros, we hear from both

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I'm on board HMS Caroline, Al Fat's latest visitor attraction. Find out

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what impact it may have on our tourism figures.

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As the countdown continues to the Euros, we hear from both Michael and

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Martin O'Neill. And it'll eventually warm up

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over the next few days, The new Northern Ireland Executive

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has agreed a draft framework The 12 new ministers met

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for the first time today. Afterwards, the First Minister

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Arlene Foster said the framework represented a new way

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of doing politics here. Here's our political

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correspondent, Enda McClafferty. Today was all about the future

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at Stormont as the new Executive And no, this not how the new team

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of ministers arrived. Their less impressive fleet

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was lined up outside They all pulled up with their

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drivers just before 11am. The last one through the door

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was the new Justice Inside the new ministerial team

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posed for the cameras around the Executive table,

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while some of them joked about what football teams

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they all supported. Then the door was closed

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and they got down to business. There was only one

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item on the agenda - the programme for government,

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and within 20 minutes they had signed off on a draft framework

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and the meeting was over. We are looking forward to engaging

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with wider society as to how we engage in that programme

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for government and looking at targets and actions,

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so it is a new start and we are looking forward to it

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and we hope it is a time for more thoughtful politics

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in Northern Ireland and look forward to the engagement

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about to take place. But the engagement so far

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about the framework document has been far from positive,

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with some of the other parties at Stormont claiming it

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lacks detail and targets, comparing it to motherhood

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and apple pie. We are putting out a draft

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framework for government. Those people who describe that

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as apple pie ignore the purpose of what we are trying to do,

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even though they signed up to it in November last year

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and the purpose of what we are trying to do is evolve that

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programme for government Tomorrow, the public will get

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a chance to pass their verdict on the new programme for government

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draft framework when it's published. The document runs to over 100 pages

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and it will be out for public consultation

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for the next few months. After that, the programme will be

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finalised and a budget agreed. And all that is to happen before

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the end of the year. And later in the programme we'll be

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looking at some of the issues facing our new Health and Education

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Ministers. The Strangford MP Jim Shannon

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has been ordered to pay the parliamentary authorities back

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nearly ?14,000 after they found some of his staff's mileage claims broke

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the House of Commons rules. An investigation found that

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Mr Shannon's staff mileage claims were 37 times greater than those

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of the average MP. However, it concluded that there

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was no dishonesty involved. Our political editor

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Mark Devenport joins us now -- from Newtownards, and Mark, the

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comparison between his claims and MPs is staggering. That's right, 37

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times greater than that of the average MP. Jim Shannon's staff

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racked up more than 121,000 miles in the financial year to 2015. He is

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one of 650 MPs but in terms of vintage winces staff manage, his

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claims counted for more than a quarter of all claims for the House

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of Commons. He didn't get accused of dishonesty although he broke the

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rules. What happened is that there was no dishonesty, investigators

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found all the claims were genuine but he was claiming for things that

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were beyond the bounds of normal Westminster business, for instance

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his staff delivering fruit from a local feedback to integer once,

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commander ball but not something you can claim for, I'm going to meetings

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beyond the boundaries -- from food banks to constituents. An

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investigator said he found it to be a hive of industry bordering on

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manic, telephones ringing and people coming at such great rates it remind

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the town of a hospital more than an office. What has Mr Shannon had to

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say? He hasn't been available for interview but in a statement he said

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he was glad no dishonesty had been found and that his integrity has

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been upheld. He says he will be back the ?14,000 in full and take on

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board recommendations from the parliamentary standards authority

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for reorganising his business. One local figure was quoted as saying he

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still doesn't realise he is no longer a local councillor and he

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just needs to let go. There have been dramatic scenes at a

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1916 commemoration event in Dublin. A protestor tried to disrupt

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an event to remember British soldiers killed

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in the Easter Rising, but was tackled by the Canadian

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ambassador to Ireland. Nearly two years ago,

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before he became ambassador, Kevin Vickers helped end a gun

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attack on the Canadian parliament. Our Dublin correspondent

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Shane Harrison joins us now. The Canadian ambassador to Ireland,

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Kevin Vickers, was at a state, narration for British soldiers who

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lost their lives in the 1916 rebellion. The event was attended by

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Irish government figures, the British ambassador and by Mike

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Nesbitt and Danny Kinahan. A protester claiming to be from the

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Republican welfare Association interrupted it to say it was a

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disgrace to honour soldiers who put down the rebellion, and he shouted

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support from what he called the Craigavon two. The Canadian

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ambassador, a former Mountie, tackled the man and led him away

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until he was arrested by detectives who reboot him from the scene. The

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Canadian ambassador is a former Sergeant at arms at Parliament

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Buildings in Ottawa and was in charge of security when and Islamist

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gunman attacked the buildings and murdered a soldier. He and another

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officer then engaged in need gun battle in which the Islamist were

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shot dead. The sergeant at arms was widely regarded in Canada as a hero

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and part of his reward was a posting to Ireland as ambassador to the land

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of his forefathers. Still to come before 7pm: With just

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over two weeks to go to Euros, Michael O'Neill talks of his hopes

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for Northern Ireland success. A cross-party group of MLAs has

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warned that leaving the EU Sinn Fein, the SDLP,

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Ulster unionists, Alliance and the Green Party all spoke

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at the launch of the local campaign Here's our Economics

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and Business Editor, John Campbell. The Stronger in Europe campaign has

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set up shop in central Belfast. Appropriately, it's right next door

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to a deli which extols The campaign is selling

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a similar message. It says the economic case for

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remaining in the EU is overwhelming. And it accuses the Leave

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campaign of playing roulette Every fact and every figure given to

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you by the Leave campaign has been proven by reality checks to be

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wrong. But the opinion polls suggest that

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while a big majority of nationalists are in favour of remaining, most

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unionists would prefer to leave. So are the Ulster Unionists out

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of touch on this issue? I don't think we are. A poll today

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showed that that mood is changing and I think people are listening to

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the arguments coming across from the media and great Britain and the

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threat to the economy is starting to focus people's minds.

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The SDLP has been the most pro-European

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Its leader warned that leaving could lead to a hardening of the border.

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I grew up about a mile from the border, I remember a physical border

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and I think people remember it well. I'm about breaking down borders and

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bringing people to gather, community can, businesses and families, we are

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not about putting up more borders across this continent.

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A report from a group of MPs today has also said that identity checks

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at borders between the island of Ireland and Great Britain

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could be beefed up if the UK does vote to leave.

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The local campaigns for relief and remain have both been fairly low-key

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until now but with the Assembly elections out of the way, political

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attention is turning to the referendum. Expect to debate to

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become more intense over the next few weeks.

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Back now to the new Executive at Stormont, and for the first time

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since the Assembly was established, there's a DUP rather

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Peter Weir will have to make big decisions over budgets,

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transfer tests and whether to close some small schools.

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Our education correspondent Robbie Meredith spent some time

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with him in his first full day in the job.

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The new man, back where it all began at Bangor Grammar School.

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Money is on his mind, but Peter Weir says he'll take time

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In the immediate future and there is the issue about budget, especially

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for schools and what we can do to help them. People are looking for

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immediate aid banks but I want to be thoughtful and try to provide a big

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way forward and people will judge me why my actions.

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The new minister likes academic selection, but isn't keen to bring

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He says he wants to make the current transfer process better -

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Even though the previous minister was anti-selection, selection has

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remained and we have been able to work our way through that to gather

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as a group of schools, but yes, I do think that there will be a little

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more sympathy and possibly support. This is a big job. Peter Weir is

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responsible for hundreds of thousands of pupils, tens of

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thousands of teachers and thousands of schools, and diverse ones from

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voluntary grammar like this too small Irish language primary

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schools. Like Belfast's Scoil an Droichid,

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which made a short but significant journey to the Skainos centre

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in the heart of East Belfast today. There were maybe some concerns but

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it was such a positive event them being here this morning was another

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bridge in moving Ford. The 160-pupil school is set to get

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a new building soon, and they'd like the new Education Minister

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and his party leader to visit. I would say there is a learning

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curve, if maybe the DUP are not as aware that it is a brand-new

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experience for anyone. I would love to welcome Arlene Foster here to see

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our children and families. It is such a fantastic welcome.

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There was some good news about rising GCSE

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Big tests for the new minister will come quickly.

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On her first full day in the job, Health Minister Michelle O'Neill

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told journalists that she is well up for the challenge, including

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Our health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly has been

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taking a look at the major issues in the minister's in-tray.

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Ricky Watson has a serious heart condition. He's been waiting so long

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to be seen, his hospital scans are out of date. It's been going on for

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two years, it's put our lives on hold, it's been devastating for my

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family. It's made my wife ill, she is on tablets, and it's had a bad

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effect on me. He is not alone. Figures out today show there are

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over 376,000 people on hospital lifts, while that is down from

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400,000 in November it remains eight challenge for the new Health

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Minister, so what is the problem, lack of money or how it is managed?

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The health budget seems huge, at ?5 billion per year, half the

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Executive's total expenditure, but pray that don't and that means 13

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million pounds is needed each day to keep the health service running, but

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that drip of spending does not help older story. To tackle hospital

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within this, last November Simon Hamilton announced an additional ?40

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million. While every penny of that should have gone on tackling waiting

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lists, according to sources in the health service, just over half of

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that was actually spent on tackling operations. Due to bureaucracy and

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lack of planning, the others ?17 million had to go back into the

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system, and some of it cannot even be accounted for. Those working on

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the front line hopes politicians will accept the recommendations in

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the new health review due in June and expected to suggest major

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reform. We have too many structures, too many interests in buildings, too

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many people in silos protecting their fiefdoms when we should be

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looking at a holistic approach. The new Health Minister says she is up

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for the challenge. There has been a lot of good work done in the health

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service trying to support things but for me there is a big job to do.

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There certainly is, including tackling the lack of GPs and

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expanding mental health services. Perhaps the biggest headache will be

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around abortion. The working group announced by the DUP in Fairbridge

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to look at fatal fatal abnormality has never even met. The new Health

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Minister's leadership skills are about to be put to the test.

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And executive ministers with them in their programme for government plans

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with official opposition parties on the view tonight.

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At the age of 29 and after just two years as an MLA,

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the new Justice Minister Claire Sugden is one of the lesser

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Our North East reporter Sara Girvin went to Coleraine to find

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Castlerock - the picturesque north coast town, and now home

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And as Claire Sugden took up post at Stormont,

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it was a case of business as usual at her constituency

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She's been an independent unionist MLA for East Londonderry since 2014,

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when she was co-opted following David McClarty's death.

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Her appointment to Justice Minister at the age of just 29

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has surprised many, but not her old politics teacher.

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He says Claire Sugden has the right qualities for the post.

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It is her independent mindedness and the fact she has always

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been true to herself, she also has a good sense of humour

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It's important to remember where you're from and she has done that.

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Back in Castlerock, at a meeting of the local community association,

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She is a very mature person and I had dealings with her

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and personally I am getting on a bit but I welcome the fact

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that the average age now of ministers has

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come down considerably, and it's to be welcomed.

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She is very much, no matter who you are or what your religion

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is, if you have a problem she deals with it.

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Much has been made of Claire Sugden's age and relative

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inexperience an an MLA but in her first statement

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as Justice Minister, she said she did not underestimate

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the challenges ahead but added that she was ready for them.

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New tourism figures suggest Northern Ireland had its highest

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ever number of outside visitors in 2015 - with the Giant's Causeway

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Growth was largely down to visitors from Britain.

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But the Republic of Ireland market continues to struggle.

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For more on that, Donna visited our latest maritime

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attraction, HMS Caroline, in Belfast docks this afternoon.

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The last time I was on HMS Caroline in January, it was a rusty warship,

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102 years of history had taken its toll, but after ?11.5 million

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refurbishment, it is fast's latest museum. First, the tourism figures,

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good and bad. The good side is that in terms of external visitor numbers

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here, 2015 was a record year. We're talking about the external market,

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outside the nesters coming here, 2.3 million overnight, a 5% increase on

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2014. The downside is the domestic market, people who take breaks

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within Northern Ireland, that market did not grow and there was a further

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decline in people from the Republic of Ireland visiting Northern

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Ireland. That has been stagnating for years and tourism Northern

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Ireland have set up a tourism recovery task force to address the

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problems in that market. HMS Caroline is beautifully transformed.

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How did it fit into our tourism showcase? What we also got today

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with the top ten visitor attractions. It HMS Caroline wants

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to break in, it will have to do something like 200,000 visitors a

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year, roughly on a par with Stuart. Number one is the Giant's Causeway,

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just up the road Titanic Belfast at number two does about 600,000

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visitors a year, and given the proximity of HMS Caroline, they will

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hope they get an overspill and that will jet off to a flying start. This

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ship has been transformed from a relic of the world wars. The project

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manager told me about what is on offer for visitors. This will be a

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world-class visitor attraction with interact games, they can see how the

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crew would have lived in caverns, experience life on board, we have an

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interactive suite at the front of the ship for you can explore the

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areas and facts about their lives, so it is something incredible.

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People will be amazed at the transformation of the vessel with

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the guns being installed on the outside, it's been Philippe painted,

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the interactive stuff on the inside and you don't realise how big it is

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when you get on board and the size and scale of the ship, so I think it

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will be very popular. Finishing touches are being put to the warship

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here. It's due to open to the public on June one, next Wednesday, and the

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day before that there is a commemoration event remembering the

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iris sailors who died in World War I. We will have filled coverage on

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BBC Newsline. Now sport, and the countdown

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to the Euros continues. Northern Ireland lay their last home

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game tomorrow before the Euro Championships with Belarus providing

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the opposition. Mark Sidebottom reports from Windsor Park. It is an

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indication of how much Euro fever has gripped that this match has sold

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out for tomorrow night. Any late Nichols? No niggles, everyone has

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trained great, we're blessed by good fortune everyone has come through

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unscathed. Is there still time tomorrow for somebody to put a hand

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up and get into that 23 man squad? Of course there is, I have to

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finalise the squad in terms of announcing it on Saturday, one or

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two boys have trained consistently so we give them a little time away,

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but tomorrow night there are one were two things, a chance for

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someone I am fairly fixed in my mind what I will bring to France but we

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have to prepare for every eventuality, there was always the

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risk of an injury and Shane Ferguson is still with his club and won a

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final at the weekend. It'll be quite an occasion for fans to give that

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sendoff. How much are you looking forward to it? We have seen with the

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players how they train and it's nice for us to come here and play and to

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recognise the support we have had. We know we will have fantastic

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support when we go to France with the objective is to put on a show.

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We wish you well in France and it will all be live on BBC Two.

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Martin O'Neill's Republic of Ireland face the Netherlands

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tomorrow night in Dublin in a friendly international.

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The squad for the Euros will be finalised in five days' time.

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So the game is a late chance for players to stake

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The mood in camp outside Dublin has been relaxed,

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but the players are well aware that the rush is on to

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The two games, there will be a mixture of players that I've think

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we might need the first game, but we will play at IE, we have the two

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games and I think it will be a combination of things that will

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start the game, hoping other people get involved.

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One of those fringe players

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is Blackburn Rovers defender Shane Duffy.

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The 24-year-old from Derry suffered a lacerated liver

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Now fit again, he's hoping to grasp his opportunity to be

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Been six years since it happened and to be back in the fold is a proud

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thing for me and my family, didn't have much football under my belt

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before the last two seasons and needed it the way I play, learn from

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a feud mistakes and I have learned from playing a lot of that ball and

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I'm just trying to improve every day and everyone still trying to impress

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the manager, so still going to give it everything.

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Martin O'Neill will reduce his squad on Saturday before naming his final

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23 after Tuesday's friendly in Cork against Belarus.

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Katie Taylor has lost her semifinal at the Women's World

:24:51.:24:53.

She was defeated by Estelle Mosely of France on a controversial

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Two of the three judges scored the fight as a tie,

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but, on countback, gave it to the Frenchwoman.

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Taylor had held the World Title for a decade.

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It was her first defeat at a World Championships in 11 years

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Finally, Graeme McDowell shot a 3-under-par 69 on the first day

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of the PGA Championship at Wentworth in Surrey.

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Let's get the weather now, and what's in store for the bank holiday

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weekend? It will be a bit brighter so we should get more photos like

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this but this evening it is still cloudy and there is further damp

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weather overnight, some low cloud and mist tomorrow morning but it

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will not be too chilly, temperatures for most of us around nine or 10

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degrees so tomorrow will have a mild start at will be low cloud to watch

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out for. Otherwise may need dry and eventually it will improve with

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sunshine later in the day, the two begin with will be a lot of cloud,

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the odd spot of drizzle but by lunchtime sunshine will come in off

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the east coast. With an easterly breeze it will feel cool along the

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coast, inland temperatures could reach 18 or 19, so not bad if you

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are out doors. If you are travelling there will be a few scattered

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showers for the Irish Midlands, down to the south-east, for Wales and the

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West Midlands some showers could be done very, east and north of that a

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drier picture and temperatures will be normal or above average. Tomorrow

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evening plenty of dry weather so we shouldn't need the umbrellas and if

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you are heading to Dublin for Bruce Springsteen it should be dry, a

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small risk of showers, clear skies mean it should be a cooler night,

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most of us around six or seven, maybe cooler in the countryside.

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There will be some scattered showers, especially in western

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counties, some of those could be heavy with under and lightning,

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drier towards the east. Inland temperatures will climb up to the

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high teens. Over the weekend if you have any outdoor activities, prepare

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for scattered showers but also sunshine. Bank Holiday Monday look

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set to be dry with good amounts of sunshine.

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