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A Belfast man, one of the six wrongly convicted for the 1974

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Birmingham pub Mings, says the reopening of the inquests is a first

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step to finding the truth. The hearings were stopped when the men

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were arrested. The families of the 21 people who were killed have

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carried out a long campaign for fresh inquests and have welcomed

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today's decision by a senior coroner in the city. She said there was new

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evidence that there had been two missed warnings of potential

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attacks. 21 people were killed in Birmingham

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that day in one of the worst attacks And the emotional impact of today's

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decision was articulated by one of the victims' relatives, who lost a

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sister in the bombings. Today is... The most seismic day. For all of us.

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Our fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers... Are looking down, and

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they are proud. Thousands of people were enjoying an evening out in

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Birmingham city centre when two bombs exploded. The first blast was

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in the Mulberry Bush pub at 8.17. Ten people were killed. Ten minutes

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later, a second explosion, this time in the talk of the town bar. Another

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11 people died. Seven of the victims were women, 14 were men. More than

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200 were injured. A warning had been telephoned to a local Birmingham

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newspaper, but it was said to have been too vague and too late. In the

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wake of the bombings, there were anti-Irish protests on the streets.

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An inquest into the deaths began within days, but was suspended when

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the police charged six Irishmen with the murders. Those men became known

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as the Birmingham Six. They spent 16 years in prison before being

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acquitted and released in 1991. The IRA never formally admitted carrying

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out the attacks, but they worldwide accepted to have been behind the

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bombings, and this was acknowledged by a former chief of staff of that

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organisation. Today, one of the Birmingham Six gave his reaction to

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the latest developers. I am very pleased. It's the first step that

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has been taken to finding out the real truth behind the Birmingham

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bombs. There are too many skeletons in the cupboard. They knew and they

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had advance warning before the bombs went off. 40 years on, and while the

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West Midlands Police had argued that their power to reopen the inquests

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had been lost, the Birmingham coroner rejected that argument. She

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said she has: West Midlands Police in 2016 has

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nothing to hide. The failings in 1975 of the botched investigation

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are the biggest failings in the fourth's history and we don't stand

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aside from that. The families will now seek answers to questions they

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have been asking for decades. Senior MI5 and MI6 officers have

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said they have no evidence that intelligence officers were involved

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in or condoned abuse at the Kincora Three former staff were jailed

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after at least 29 boys were abused between the late

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1950s and early 1980s. Will Leitch reports

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from the Historical Institutional For decades, there have been

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allegations that people in positions of authority and influence knew what

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was happening at Kincora and covered it up. And the secret intelligence

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community knew as well, but allowed it to continue to protect their

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sources. There was a vice ring for important, high-ranking people. In

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the past few days, officers from the secret intelligence service, or MI6,

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and from MI5 have provide statements to the historical institutional

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abuse inquiry as it begins to examine sexual abuse at Kincora. One

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of the officers is known simply as SIDS Officer A. The other is the

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deputy director of MI5. SIS officer A says he has scene:

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both MI5 and MI6 have agreed to assist the inquiry fully. Where

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there have been redactions in the documents provided, the inquiry

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panel has seen the gist of what was redacted before documents are made

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public. All the documents and evidence from many state bodies will

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be examined in detail over the next four weeks. The RUC and PSNI, the

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Northern Ireland Office, the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Defence,

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social services and so on. But this is the first clear indication of

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what the secret intelligence community will be saying.

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Two former executives of the failed Anglo Irish Bank have been found

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guilty of conspiracy to defraud following the longest trial

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It's not known when they'll be sentenced.

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John Bowe and Willie McAteer misled depositors, lenders and investors

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by making the bank's corporate deposits look larger than they were.

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Willie Ateer has previously been convicted of making loans designed

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to illegally prop up the bank's share price.

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Anglo was nationalised in 2009 and has cost the Republic's

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The jury are still considering their verdicts on two other bankers.

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Martin McGuinness says his visit to a battlefield

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in Belgium today is part of a journey towards reconciliation.

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The deputy first minister laid a wreath at Messines,

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where more than 40,000 men lost their lives in

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Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon sent this

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Martin McGuinness's journey has brought him to some unlikely

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destinations. This was another. The former IRA commander laid a wreath

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to soldiers who had died for Britain. Irishmen, but Irishmen who

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lay down their lives for his old enemy nonetheless. The former Prime

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Minister of the north of Ireland's father lost his life in the First

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World War. I now have his office in Stormont Castle. I think that shows

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how things have changed over the course of many decades, how many

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unimaginable things have occurred and how they have all contributed

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to, I hope, driving the peace process forward and what I think is

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the next phase of our peace process which is one of reconciliation.

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Martin McGuinness says he knows there are those at home on both

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sides who will resent this visit for different reasons, but he says he is

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prepared to leave that to the court of public opinion. Mr McGuinness was

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in Belgium at the invitation of a man who someday wants to see his

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part of the country, Flanders, go its own way. I believe in peace and

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dialogue must I am not a separatist, I am a Federalist. This is the

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solution to a problem in Belgium. I appreciate that there is a peace

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process in Northern Ireland, that the war has ended and there is now a

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dialogue and that all the parties are working together to create

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welfare for Northern Ireland. And here, where the sweet poet sleeps, I

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hear the songs he left unsung, when winds are fluttering the flowers,

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and some bells are. This poem was written by an Irish nationalist

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turned British soldier Francis Leftwich, killed in action in 1970.

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There were many like him, the great grandfather of one of Martin

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McGuinness's closest advisers for one. More and more Republicans have

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been coming forward. They tell me and others that their elders were

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also killed and are also buried here. So this is part of our shared

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and complicated history. Tomorrow, Mr Begin it will go to the Sam,

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hallowed ground for Unionists, where so many of their forefathers died

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100 years ago. A 30-year-old man is still being

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questioned in connection with the murder of a pensioner

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in Bessbrook last year. 73-year-old Eugene Carr died

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in hospital after being attacked House searches have

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also been carried out A former Sinn Fein Assembly Member,

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Phil Flanagan, has lost his legal battle over insurance

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for a libel case. His insurer, AIG, had refused

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to cover him when he sent a message on Twitter falsely implying

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the Ulster Unionist MP Today, a judge ruled that AIG

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was entitled to withhold cover because Mr Flanagan knew

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the remark was defamatory. He also ordered Mr Flanagan

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to pay the legal costs The DUP's Brian Kingston has been

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elected Belfast's new Lord Mayor. He takes over from Sinn Fein's Arder

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Carson. Councillor Mary Ellen Campbell

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from Sinn Fein will serve Carl Frampton has criticised

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a ruling by boxing's governing body that professionals can compete

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in the Olympic Games in Rio. The Belfast man said amateur and pro

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boxing were "two different sports - it's like comparing

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badminton to tennis". Other local boxers who are heading

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to Rio gave their reaction I love it. It does take away the

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amateur status from amateur boxing. But I think they were trying to get

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away from that anyway. It is the only sport in the games which has

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remained amateur. If professionals come into the scene, it would not

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bother me. Manny Pacquiao would be in my weight division. It kind of

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ruins amateur boxing. That is the pinnacle of amateur sports, getting

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into the Olympics. Don't mix it. Doesn't make it as interesting. Or

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it is interesting, but not serious. A look ahead to tomorrow

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evening's BBC Newsline now. Come on, you boys in green! As the

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countdown continues to the euro is, what do Republic of Ireland fans

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think about Northern Ireland? Let's not comment. Next question. We wish

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both sides to do well. No problem. More from Mark Simpson on BBC

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Newsline here on BBC One at 6.30. We've had lovely weather today

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and for the past few days. It looks like this settled spell

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is set to continue. It has been a flaming Star to June,

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with temperatures up to 22 degrees. It will stay dry and warm over the

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next few days, at least in most places. Still more sunshine to come

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as well. Saturday will bring more cloud and perhaps a few showers, but

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they will not amount to much and the sunshine will be back on Sunday. It

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is dry tonight and mostly clear. Temperatures will continue to fall

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away, maybe a bit lower than this in some rural areas, which may lead to

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early morning mist and fog. But the sun is up so early that it will burn

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off very quickly and by and large, we are looking at another warm and

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sunny day. Maybe a little child for a time over Belfast and County Down,

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but that will quickly disappear. The best of the weather will be in the

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Republic of Ireland. At least it is dry across central and eastern areas

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of England compared to the last couple of days, although

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temperatures will still be on the cool side. Temperatures could reach

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up to 21, a bit lower than today, but still a lot of strong sunshine,

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although it is cooler towards the north coast because of the breeze

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coming in off the sea. Mr MacLeod clear again on Friday to leave a

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fine and warm day. -- mist and cloud clear again on Friday. Sunny skies

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are back again on Sunday in time for the Derry marathon.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at 6.25 in the morning during Breakfast

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