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

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Good evening, the headlines on BBC Newsline...

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A lightning strike on this house in Downpatrick - three generations

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Looking from the street and looking from the roof, I was sleeping there.

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The man in charge of investigating the IRA agent called

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Stakeknife says he believes there will be prosecutions.

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Price rises predicted, as a dispute continues

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between local stores and one of their biggest suppliers.

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A victim of severe domestic abuse welcomes a Minister's promise

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Thank you, and keep doing it, because the quicker you make this

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happen, the more lives you are going to save.

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Also on tonight's programme, our digital detox comes to an end

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Day six, I get my smartphone back tomorrow. It feels like Christmas

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Eve. Can Jonathan Rea be crowned World Superbikes champion with the

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second year in a row? Join me for the latest in Spain.

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And there's rain in the forecast this weekend, but sunshine too.

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I'll be back with more detail on those drier gaps.

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Three generations of a family fled their home early this morning

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The strike caused a fire which badly damaged the house in Downpatrick.

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A grandfather, his son and two of his grandchildren were inside.

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They spoke to our reporter Ita Dungan.

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It was the thunder, really loud bang that will consult up. Grateful for

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that. Somebody above has been giving us the message to get up. And the

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Reilly family did get out. Joe, his son Paul and his 14-year-old son and

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ten-year-old daughter. Six hours later Joe and Paul were back. The

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morning still vivid. The next thing there was a cup of thunder and my

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daughter came in. It will occur and she was quite frightened. We were

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settling down again and the next think there was an almighty bang and

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blast. Hard to describe. It felt very close. The electric went out

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and the alarms went off and my daughter was screaming. My dad had

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woken and he said there was something not right upstairs. It

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turned out there was a little trap door in his room into the eaves of

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the house and he opened it up and there was a fire. We had a fire

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extinguisher in the kitchen that they thought they could use, but it

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was pitch black and I couldn't find anything. I was going back to say we

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can't get this sorted, let's get out. On the way past the living

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room, we are standing in front of now, I went past the door and I saw

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a large fire had just taken place in the corner of the television. How

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did it start upstairs and then travelled down into the living room?

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They reckon the lightning struck the aerial upstairs and faulty Cablelink

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which went through the use of the house which was where the small fire

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was in my father's room. They came down to the aerial socket behind the

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TV in the living room. It is very sad to see this, it has been your

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family home. Family home. It is terribly upsetting. A lot of memory.

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There are memories inside your head as well. Just things. I am not

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worried about materials, don't get me wrong, I am not even worried

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about the house. I am so glad that everybody is out and safe.

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A 23-year-old woman from County Tyrone has

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died after a car crash between Londonderry and Strabane.

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Caoimhe O'Brien was the only occupant of a blue Ford Focus car

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which crashed just before midnight on the A5 Victoria Road.

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Police officers investigating the incident have asked anyone

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who noticed the car in the area to contact them.

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The dispute between the giant manufacturer, Unilever and some

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of our local convenience stores is still unresolved.

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SuperValu, Mace and Centra have refused to accept a 10% price hike

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in many big brand products, and so are no longer stocking them.

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Our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell asks

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if it is the first sign of rising prices across the economy.

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These popular brands could be disappearing

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Unilever say they've no choice but to increase prices.

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They blame the fall in the value of the pound, which puts up

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the cost of importing ingredients and materials.

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They want retailers, like these, to absorb some of that rising cost.

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The retailers say that's asking too much, and so they won't

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It is about ensuring that families don't pay any more for their grocery

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bills, hard-working families are under enough pressure. That is what

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it is all about. Stripped down all the talk about referendums and

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multinationals, it is about ensuring working families get a fair deal for

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the grocery bills. I hope that the negotiations will be successful.

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Tesco have reached a deal with Unilever, although the details

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However it's seems inevitable the price of a weekly shop

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Just look at how much food the UK imports.

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More than a quarter comes from the EU, and the rest

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A weaker pound makes those imports more expensive.

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We also import lots of clothes and footwear.

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The boss of Next says we can expect price rises there too.

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If the pound devalues by a lot, prices of imported goods will go up

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and I don't think there is any way around that. I don't think they will

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go up by as much as people think and they will certainly not go up by as

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much as the pound has devalued, but precisely because retailers will

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negotiate as hard as they can. The last two years have

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seen abnormally low Many economists think that era

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is drawing to a close. But we have been having is

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deflation, falling prices and consumer goods, food, fuel, energy

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bills. What they think we will see is the following food and fuel

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prices will reverse and they are in the process of reversing, they will

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increase in 2017. Overall I think the consumer price index will go

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above 2%. A falling pound will also

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provide real opportunity for our exporters to grow sales

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and develop new markets. So, in the long term it

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should be good news. But in the short term it

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will squeeze many household budgets. The head of an investigation into

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the activities of the alleged army agent, Stakeknife, says he believes

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it will lead to criminal prosecutions. Jon Boutcher who has a

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team of 48 detectives on the case says he's been given "very clear

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assurances" by the police, army and MI5 that they will fully co-operate.

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As our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports, Mr Boutcher

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has also met relatives of some of the people the agent is thought to

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have killed. This is the man alleged to have been

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the Army agent codenamed Stakeknife. Freddie Scappaticci

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from West Belfast. He is alleged to have been a member

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of the IRA's internal security unit and who had been involved

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in more than 50 murders. This is a man leading the

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investigation into his activities. Jon Boutcher was appointed in June

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and was in Belfast this week to meet relatives of some of those said

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to have been killed by the agent. Speaking today he says the fact

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that the agent known as Stakeknife is in a witness protection scheme

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would not protect him That scheme is there

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for their physical welfare. It is to make sure they can't come

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to harm because there may be But it does not afford that

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individual any immunity from any acts they have

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committed in the past. To be very clear, whenever

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I want to speak to anybody in the investigation,

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that scheme and the fact someone may be in a witness protection scheme

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does not protect them What about those agencies who

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handled Stakeknife, the army and the police? A key sort any assurances

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that they want closed doors or give you the access you need? Before I

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even took this investigation, I made some enquiries. I have written to

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those agencies having taken this formerly. But before I formally

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accepted the investigation and subsequently, they have given me a

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very clear and absolute reassurance they would cooperate with the

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investigation. The activities of current and former

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police officers, members of the Army and Security Service MI5 who worked

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with the agent are also So too are members of the IRA

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who may also have been I will be investigating any state

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actors, Security Service, military, all these who may have been

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responsible for directing, tasking, receiving information about what

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happened to those victims, to understand what they did or did not

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do. And if there is any evidence of criminal offences, we will capture

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that evidence and present it when it goes on to any prosecution that may

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be required. On the other side of that coin, whose members of the

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internal Security unit operated in a way that led to these murders, those

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murders were sanctioned and authorised, they were directed by

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senior members of the IRA, so we will follow that evidence. After

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meeting relatives of some of the people alleged to have been killed

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by Stakeknife this week, John Boettcher expressed surprise that

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they hadn't been interviewed by police before, and said meetings had

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provided potentially important information. We will listen to what

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I would describe as very significant evidence with regards to the people

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responsible for these murders, that probably has never been heard

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before. Do you expect to that there will be credible that criminal

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charges at the end of this investigation?

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I wouldn't be doing this investigation if I didn't believe

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I could get the evidence to present a case to a public prosecutor

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to see a trial of those who are responsible for this.

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So, I am determined to do everything I can to achieve that.

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John Bouchier has assembled a team of 48 detectives to work in the

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investigation. He says it is impossible to say how long it might

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take and he has appealed to anyone with any information they may

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believe to be useful to contact them.

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Within the next year, Northern Ireland is to get a new law

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to tackle psychological and emotional abuse.

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Confirmation of the move by the Justice Minister Claire Sugden

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has been welcomed by victims of domestic abuse, including

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a mother who suffered for years at the hands of her violent partner.

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Our Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty has more.

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Terri-Louise Graham knows all about the brutal

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This is how she was left after being beaten by her ex-partner

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He is now behind bars, and though her physical wounds have

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gone, the mental scars are still there.

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The mental torture never ends. He is not here any more, he is in jail. He

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is not getting it out until 2020 but I still hear noises, job, people

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move their arms quickly beside me, I am startled. I can't walk anywhere

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on my own because I have to have somebody with me because I can hear

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footsteps and all sorts of things because I was attacked in so many

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different ways. Incidents of domestic

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abuse in Northern Ireland In the last 12 months,

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more than 28,000 cases That's an average of 78 every day,

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which means police here respond to a domestic abuse incident

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every 18 minutes. The majority of cases

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don't make it to court, but that may a change when a new law

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dealing with psychological abuse That news was confirmed

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by the Justice Minister on the BBC's We have already begun the process in

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terms of legislating with this. I will have to go to other areas in

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terms of the Justice committee on how this will look, but I am

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committed to bringing this forward. Laws of control will be outlawed in

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Northern Ireland within the next year.

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But passing the law will be the easy part.

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Enforcing it will much more difficult.

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The experience from England and Wales shows that

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although the law has been in place there for more than a year,

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only a small number of people have been prosecuted.

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Brilliance that the Minister has been so clear and concise and that

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he is going to deliver this, and it is going to have a far reaching

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difference victims of domestic violence.

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Marie Brown from Foyle Women's Aid welcomed the news, but she knows

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getting cases to court will be the big challenge.

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Training the police will be one of the challenges and getting an

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understanding of just what the abuses and the damage it causes and

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addressing it. I think this is a major step to truly addressing

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domestic violence, to break that link in the future.

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Terri Louise Graham found out this week her abuser

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was turned down for parole, and won't be released until 2020.

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She is hoping by then there will be greater legal protection

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All this week, we've had reports looking at the impact of mobile

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technology on our work and family lives.

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Many people are now so dependent on their smartphones and wi-fi.

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One of them is BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson.

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I took away his smartphone last Friday.

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But could he manage a digital detox week?

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Four out of five adults now use a smartphone. So, what impact is this

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having on our lives? I know this is going to be very difficult for

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you... Day one. To be honest it hasn't been as bad as I thought it

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was going to be. Switch off your Wi-Fi, all internet for the next 48

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hours. Is using a smartphone too much bad for your health? I have

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been to see a doctor. Try and set times where you do start leaving it,

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leave it down at night and don't keep checking it. People don't

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communicate any more. They don't talk any more. Would you not like to

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have some apps? No, I don't even know what that is! It seems

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inevitable that mobile technology will feature more and more in all

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our working lives and it will take careful management to make sure it

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doesn't become overwhelming. Last night we actually sat down here and

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watch TV and had a cup of tea together and chatted. It was just

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unusual. Day six, I get my smartphone back tomorrow. It feels

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the Christmas Eve. Turn it back on again, three, two, one. Get your

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devices back out. Now the moment Mark has been waiting for. Here is

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your smartphone. What was the most difficult part of your detox week?

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Everything, I am not exaggerating. I looked at this thing about 100

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things a day if not more. If I had been at home watching BBC Newsline

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tonight I would have had my rumour control in one hand and this in the

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other hand so I needed a break and I got a break. Although I didn't enjoy

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it very much I ended up sleeping a lot better. I don't know that was a

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coincidence. The question everyone has been asking me, would I do it

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again? Never. I would never do it again. They think in this

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interconnected world, somebody may be even doing the job I am doing a

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lot of people it is not practical. You need instant contact with other

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people and the nude with you. I will never do a digital detox again if I

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need to look less at this. Rather than a detox, I think I need a

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digital diet. Well done. Yesterday we had the story

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of Olivia the baby gorilla Now it seems the adorable infant has

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a link with the fully-grown gorilla who made worldwide headlines

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after smashing his way out To coin a phrase more familiar

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to a Northern Ireland audience, this on-the-run gorilla caused quite

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a stir when he legged Visitors said they were locked

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inside a cafe until the It's since emerged that Kumbuka

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was born in Belfast Zoo in 1997. The zoo has a very successful

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breeding programme for these endangered western lowland gorillas,

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as we saw yesterday with the latest Despite sharing the same birth place

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on the slopes of Cavehill, Once confined to the sunny beaches

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of California or Hawaii, surfing is now a sport that's

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literally on the crest This weekend the Irish Surfing

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Association is celebrating its 50th birthday, and as Gordon Adair

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discovered at Rossnowlagh in County Donegal, it's been quite

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a journey from the early days when a handful of surfers

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used homemade boards. It is not exactly barmy, but for the

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hardier surfers around the globe, Ireland's wild Atlantic coast is

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still a huge draw. Irish surfing officially turns 50 this weekend.

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Middle age maybe but that this still looking good. The mid 60s and a very

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young Alan and his sister braved the chill of Donegal Bay. Half a century

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on, Rocky and other pioneers of surfing. We gather at Rossnowlagh

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Beach to celebrate 50 years of a sport that has grown beyond

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imagining. In the early days we would travel around Ireland, if you

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saw a car with a surfboard you knew what it was. The first surf contest

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in 1985. They would hardly recognise surfing at all. The Davis ?200 to

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the European Championships. Now you go there and it has taken over the

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whole area. We used to drive from the north, Enniskillen, Omagh,

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fingers crossed it would be Surf, now you can predict in a few hours

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whether it will arrive. No people come all over the world with their

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surf boards. James spends his days coaching kids whose parents were

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even born in 1966. Him and others like him, those intrepid early

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surfers are heroes. Definitely. They started it all. Fair play to them.

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Thank God they did because they made what is today the most amazing sport

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out there. Surfing is going from strength to strength down here. It

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has taken off in the past ten years. Surf schools down here, we have been

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getting so busy even in the past year, it is really lifted off, since

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the wild Atlantic and everything like that.

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Ballyclare's Jonathan Rea is on his own wave of success,

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and this weekend in Spain he's chasing motorcycling history.

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Mark Sidebottom is here with this evening's sport.

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29 and on top of the world, Donna.

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Jonathan Rea is on the cusp of becoming the first person

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from Northern Ireland to retain the World Superbikes title.

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The Ballyclare man goes into this weekend's penultimate

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round of the championship with a 48-point cushion.

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Incidentally the last man to win back-to-back titles

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From Jerez, here's BBC Newsline's Stephen Watson.

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Preparing for practice ahead of what could be another momentous weekend

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for Jonathan Rea. At the same venue last year he clinched his first

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world title, no he is ready to do it again. -- now he is ready. You think

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like a champion and you act like a champion, you want to be a champion

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and after achieving what they did last year, it is all a little bit

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more real, so I have got less stress to be honest, because they wanted so

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last year, I only had to score six points. This year I am a lot more

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reserved. What is going to be going to be. I will do my best. Jonathan

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Rea has been in scintillating form again this season with 19 podiums

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and nine wins. And with his family alongside him in Spain, he is

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feeling relaxed and confident of fulfilling another lifelong

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ambition. I dreamt of just being world champion. I achieved that and

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then it was this fear of getting beaten. You are on the top right

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now. You can't better that. Especially last season. The only way

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to maintain that is keep winning so it is that fear of getting beaten

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that motivates you. I am not being robotic right now but I am trying to

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put it out of my brain and enjoy riding my bike and I know if that

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happens I will be in with a shout. Jonathan Rea may have a comfortable

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championship lead, but the temptation is still there to seal

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the series in style. It is more important to get it over the line

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than trying to do something really special, I am putting all my focus

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in it. It is like the angel and the devil, the devil is saying let's go

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and do it but the angel says you still have four races. It is fun but

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you have to manage at the best way possible. It is exactly 30 years

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since Northern Ireland had two riders, multiple world champions.

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Can Jonathan Rea follow the likes of Joey Dunlop into the history books?

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Rugby, Ulster's European campaign gets underway

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Andrew Trimble, Luke Marshall, Stuart Olding and Ruan Pienaar

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all return for the match away to Bordeaux.

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But Les Kiss can't play all his big names.

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It's the biggest game of the season so far,

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but it's come too soon for Ulster's star signing Charles Piutau.

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He has not completed return-to-play injury protocols in time.

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But Andrew Trimble is back, in a side that wants

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to take good Pro12 form into the European campaign.

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There is not a lot we will change tactically. We have got calls an

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hour gameplay and patterns. Certainly it will bring a bit of

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excitement to that. It is a different competition, different

:24:22.:24:24.

teams. Maybe you haven't played them before. The Pro12, you play a lot of

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these teams week in week out and you get to know them, but certainly

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there is a bit of an added buzz when you come here.

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This game also sees two Irish number tens, Paddy Jackson

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I think there are a few people who are pretty keen to see the

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combination and those two boys going at one another and they are both

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really good footballers. They give you Number ten a bit more to go

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forward and with the ball he will make that ten standout on big stage.

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And inside Jackson, Ulster as ever will look to their star number nine.

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It's going to be a big test, a test of character and depth and the way

:25:09.:25:16.

that we want to perform. Looking forward to it. Think you want to

:25:17.:25:20.

test yourself against the best and we are all UCC against that in the

:25:21.:25:25.

next couple of weeks. Everyone is excited to get back into Europe and

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hopefully we can carry a bit of momentum into those games.

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And with eight wins in their last ten games against French sides,

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Ulster have travelled to Bordeaux confident of a good result.

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Gaelic football - the draw for next year's Championship

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Defending champions Tyrone will renew hostilities with Derry.

:25:45.:25:48.

Cavan await the winners of the preliminary round match

:25:49.:25:55.

In the other two quarter-finals, it's Donegal against Antrim

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That is the sport. Now the weather with Cecelia Daly. We had some

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dramatic weather across parts of Northern Ireland earlier today.

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Lines of intense showers brought thunder and lightening and also

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significant health showers in Antrim and County Down. This weather

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station had over 70 millimetres, well over two inches of rain over

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the last 12-18 hours. More rain this weekend but also sunshine, so not a

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complete wash-out. Dry to make the most of the dry gaps. A few showers

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tonight but it will be mainly dry. Gaps in the cloud and temperatures

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in the north-west could be as low as five or six. We expect things to

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turn increasingly wet tomorrow morning from the south. They you are

:26:54.:26:57.

up a leader might be some dry weather for a while and even some

:26:58.:27:00.

sunshine up towards the north coast. The rain moves northwards and

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reaches the north coast around lunchtime and in any one place we

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are looking at three or four hours of rain. It gradually clears from

:27:09.:27:12.

the South again but it is still wet as you can see on the north coast at

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lunchtime. It starts to dry up further south. Improving through the

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afternoon. That is the time for your sport and outdoor activities and

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most places will end up dry and probably quite sunny. Showers return

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to a Saturday night into Sunday morning. Some of those could be

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heavy again with thunder and lightning possible. Blustery winds.

:27:34.:27:38.

Some dry and bright weather on Sunday especially around lunchtime

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and early afternoon. Picture times this weekend and hopefully don't get

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too wet. That was BBC Newsline. Have a great weekend.

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When you're young, you hear about people dying

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and you basically think, "That's for somebody else."

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