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This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines

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A teenager claims he tried to resuscitate the man he's

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12 years after her disappearance, this woman's family appeals

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She thought you were her friend. Lisa trusted you. Think back to that

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night. It mustn't ever be far from your thoughts.

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The Casement stadium controversy - now a new plan is being considered.

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How compensation changes could drive up the cost of car insurance.

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Terrible, we can't afford it as it is!

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Motorcycling star Ryan Farquhar concedes his road racing career

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is over, but he's aiming to reach the top of another sport.

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And it was a poor day in terms of sunshine,

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I'll tell you later in the programme.

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A court has been told that a teenager accused of murder tried

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19-year-old Rhys Magee denies murdering this man Richard Miskelly.

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He was 24 years old and was found lying on a road outside a house

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Sara Neill was at the the court hearing.

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Richard Miskelly died after he was attacked close

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Police received reports of an assault outside this

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house in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Paramedics had tried to resuscitate the 24-year-old,

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Rhys Magee from Carrowdore Road in the Ards Peninsula is accused

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of his murder and of perverting the course of justice.

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Newtownards Magistrates Court heard claims he spoke to a witness,

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saying, "You got home an hour before me, you didn't see anything".

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Some of the relatives sobbed in the public gallery as the court heard

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that the incident began in the early hours of Sunday morning when the

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victim was asked to leave a house on the Bangor road. He was then pursued

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and assaulted. The defence solicitor said his client had administered CPR

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to the victim and had helped the emergency services. Mr Magee's

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solicitors said that when the murder charge was put to his client in

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custody he said, I did not murder Richard Miskelly and I am very sorry

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for his family. He added he was definitely not guilty of the charge

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of perverting the Court of Justice. He has been remanded in custody.

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A 42-year-old man's been arrested by detectives investigating

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an explosion at Palace Barracks in Holywood in August 2015.

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The device detonated inside a postal delivery van and damaged two cars.

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The family of a young woman who disappeared on this day 12 years

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ago has appealed directly to the person who was

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It's believed Lisa Dorrian, who was 25 and from Bangor,

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was murdered but her body has never been located.

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In a video posted on the internet, her father and sisters have made

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Lisa Dorrian as her family remember her -

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The 25-year-old disappeared 12 years ago today after a party at this

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caravan site in Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula.

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Now her father and two sisters are appealing specifically

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to the person they think was with her when she died.

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Think back to that night, I'm sure it's not hard to do,

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it mustn't ever be far from your thoughts.

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Think about what happened when Lisa died, how you panicked

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and made a decision that would change your life

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Despite nearly 300 searches over the last 12 years,

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The police investigation has identified thousands

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Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of murder

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although no-one has ever been charged in connection

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Lisa's mother died in 2015 - her grandmother passed

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One of the last things she said to me as she was leaving the service

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that Lisa was waiting. Our nanny and mum now have the answers we are

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trying to find but you can help us find later in this life, not the

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next. We all think of Lisa every day and I am sure you do. Just tell us

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where it is. It is never too late to tell us. Please help yourself by

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easing your conscience. Tell us were Lisa is.

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The police have stressed this remains a live investigation

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and want anyone with information to contact them.

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The Ulster Unionist Party says it is to write to the Head

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of the Civil Service questioning comments made by Stormont's most

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senior health official Richard Pengelly, who is the husband

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He raised concerns about health staff posting political comments

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Also today Sinn Fein have defended a decision by an election candidate

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to distribute a letter on party-headed notepaper

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Here is our political correspondent Stephen Walker.

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In the battle for votes and in the heat of an election

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campaign, social media is a vital tool.

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Richard Pengelly is the Permanent Secretary

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He is Stormont's most senior health official.

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The husband of DUP candidate Emma Little Pengelly,

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he put on record his concerns about health staff tweeting

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He wrote that whilst staff are clinically independent they must

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He said he was concerned about the "overtly political tweets

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He added that it was "particularly relevant during the election".

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He added that "such public statements were not appropriate".

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But his comments have been criticised.

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I am worried if it is considered that doctors and nurses can't have

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political opinions and I am worried if they can't have an opinion on the

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health service which we all know gives us a huge concern, so I think

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there is an issue there. The Ulster Unionists say

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they are to write to the Head of the Civil Service questioning

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whether Mr Pengelly's They have also accused

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Mr Pengelly of hypocrisy, saying he was pictured last year

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congratulating his wife Meanwhile Sinn Fein have defended

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a decision by Michelle Gildernew, an election candidate,

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to distribute a letter on party-headed notepaper

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to the parents of school children. The letter produced in today's

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Belfast Telegraph was brought home by children attending

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the St Francis Primary School Sinn Fein say it was part

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of Michelle Gildernew's campaign However the letter prompted one

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parent to seek legal advice. This is not about

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a particular party. The most vulnerable and the youngest

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in society at primary school after all being given material

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of a party political nature. It is not about any

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party in particular. It is about children being used

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exploited in this manner. Sinn Fein say the letter was about

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trying to get better services. Broadband is a major issue

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for people in rural areas. It is an issue that Michelle has

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campaigned on for many Michelle is a parent of a child

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who attends that school and I am sure she was raising that issue

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with the rest of the Trying to get their support

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because we need to deliver a lot A spokesperson for the Council

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for Catholic Maintained Schools said they nor the school had

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received any complaints. The Progressive Unionist Party has

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accused the DUP and Sinn Fein of engaging in what it calls

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a "cultural war" instead of dealing with "crucial

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social economic issues". The PUP deputy leader Dr John Kyle

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has also criticised parties for trying to frighten voters over

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the future of the union. He was speaking at the launch

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of the PUP manifesto today. The party is standing three

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candidates in the Assembly election. Dr Kyle said he feared

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for the future of smaller parties People think that to reduce the

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number of MLAs cuts the expense that is involved in Stormont, but if you

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were MLAs the less smaller voices and groups are represented and their

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voices heard, so that is detrimental I think to a healthy society and I

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think it is unfortunate but the situation that we have.

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The road racer who's aiming to hit the heights in a new career.

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The GAA has submitted a new planning application to build a stadium

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The new development has a proposed capacity of just

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over 34,000 people - that's down by almost 4000 on the

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But some residents remain firmly opposed to the development.

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This was the design unveiled by the GAA.

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It was last October. It is not yet been made public but it is said it

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is only marginally different. The Gaelic Athletic Association has

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submitted a new planning application It was all reduced from a previous

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design. It is said it had a positive report from a safety group. It has

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been very important for the GAA to make sure that from our point of

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view that we are top of the class in relation to safety and we see that

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is paramount and in relation to the planning and safety situation we

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believe we are well in excess of where you would normally be

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associated to be at this stage the process. 5000 people including the

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local community have contributed to this consultation and we believe we

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have put our best foot forward and we now look forward to the statutory

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consideration and hopefully a positive decision on Casement part

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in the not too distant future. But everyone is convinced. Some

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residents say that banning for a capacity greater than 25,000 raised

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concerns about safety and infrastructure. We do not want to

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see a stadium of that capacity in that area. We want to see a stadium

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in the range of 20-25,000, that is the capacity that we believe is

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suitable for the site, given the constraints around putting up with

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resident homes given the traffic impacts and given 's concerns around

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emergency exits. Residents say the proposed plan is simply too big.

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While the GAA says a new stadium would bring regeneration and a

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sporting legacy to the area. Whenever this issue is resolved it

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will only become clear in the coming months.

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The police are investigating reports of shots being fired

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at a house in the Shantallow area of Londonderry.

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Officers have been carrying out searches in Cornshell Fields

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There were people were in the house at the time, but no-one was injured.

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A County Down doctor who falsified clinical trials has been struck off

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59-year-old Dr Hugh McGoldrick, seen here on the left,

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pleaded guilty last year in Downpatrick Crown Court to two

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offences of falsifying trials on ten patients with sleeping disorders.

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Dr McGoldrick, from Crossgar Road East, has 28 days

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to appeal his removal from the medical register.

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Back to the Assembly election and Arlene Foster denies the DUP

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She predicts unionist voters will turnout in high numbers

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to resist, what she describes, as Sinn Fein's dangerous

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In the final of our series of leader profiles, our political editor

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Mark Devenport joined Mrs Foster out on the campaign trail

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and found her unwilling to contemplate the possibility

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of standing aside in the future for a caretaker First Minister.

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What a difference ten months make - last May it looked like plain

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sailing for Arlene Foster when we caught up with her

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and her son on a pleasure cruiser in Lough Erne.

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Last week she was out on the streets of Markethill

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where the weather was, by contrast, blustery.

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The DUP leader regards this election as unnecessary,

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but insists that hasn't sapped her enthusiasm.

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I have been going out and around the country trying to meet as many

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people as I possibly can because that's is the way I operate. I want

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to speak to real people to hear what they have to say and overwhelmingly

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they all realise that this was first ball and unnecessary election but

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they feel very strongly that they want to come out and vote so all the

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commentators talking about a low turnout will be shown to be wrong

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particularly in rural areas of Northern Ireland.

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Here at the offices of the victims group Fair she's amongst friends,

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including Bea Worton whose son was killed at Kingsmill in 1976.

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After giving you a hard time? I know. I should get you up with me

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and sorted out. Keep your chin up. She has to definitely.

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Sinn Fein won't share power with Arlene Foster until she's

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been cleared of blame for the Renewable Heating scandal -

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RHI is not the cause, it is the excuse. So this is not about me

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standing aside, it is about something much bigger, it is about

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Sinn Fein trying to push their political agenda for Northern

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Ireland, a very dangerous political agenda. Would you compromise may be

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after the election perhaps by putting a caretaker First Minister

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into Stormont Castle? Not a vote has been cast yet. We need to get those

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votes in the back first. After that happens we will go into negotiations

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because that is what Sinn Fein says has to happen. And back in the whole

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notion of a caretaker First Minister, are you ruling that had

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completely? First thing is I have to be elected and then we will see what

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happens after that so I am not going into hypotheticals after the

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election, all I'm saying it is not the Sinn Fein to the unionist people

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who they elect as their leader. Amongst the other hypotheticals

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Arlene Foster won't entertain is how many seats she must hold to remain

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secure as DUP leader. However there's no doubt Thursday's

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election represents the biggest test And the final TV leaders' debate

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involving the main parties is tonight at 9pm here on BBC One

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with representatives of three of the smaller parties on our late

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BBC Newsline at 10:30pm. Motorists have reacted badly to news

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that their insurance It's due to a change in the way

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large compensation payments are made to very seriously

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injured accident victims. As Maggie Taggart reports,

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it's meant to be fairer to people But other drivers

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could pay the price. Motorists here are already paying

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higher insurance premiums than other parts of the UK,

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partly due to the higher rate When someone is awarded a large sum

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to cover their care for life, it used to be assumed the money

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would earn sizeable interest Inflation and poor investment

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returns mean that's no longer the case, so the Lord Chancellor

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says larger amounts must be awarded. The average driver is going to see

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an increase in the premium per year may be around 50- ?75. If you're

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older it is likely to be nearly ?300 and if you are younger driver under

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25 you could be looking at the best part of ?1000. There is concern that

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the sudden hike will be so off-putting to drivers they will

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simply make the law and stop buying insurance. The AA says it is

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astonished at this decision by the Lord Chancellor and drivers feel

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they are already hard done by. Terrible. We can't afford it as it

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is. That alone having to pay any extra. Oh, my goodness. As a

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business, if insurers pay out they need to get the money in to cover

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expenses beforehand. Students in Belfast today were horrified by the

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news. Who pays your car insurance now? I pay for Mame. What you think

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about the price going up? Terrible. I will not to be afford to drive any

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more. If they read it I probably couldn't afford it. It would be bad

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I would say! Expensive. Would you still buy insurance? You couldn't

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really drive without insurance, not very legal.

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The insurers say they do not disagree with the principle,

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but the method is flawed and they say the 36 million

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customers should consider writing to their MPs to have it changed.

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Motorcycling star Ryan Farquhar almost lost his life

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while racing last year - he's been talking to Stephen Watson

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Ryan Farquhar has admitted it's unlikely he will ever be fit enough

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The 41-year-old was seriously injured in a crash at last year's

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North West 200 and faces further surgery as he continues

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But the Dungannon man plans to remain involved in the sport

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and is also aiming to represent Northern Ireland

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As one sporting door closes, another opens for Ryan Farquhar. Clay pigeon

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shooting. To replace the void left by motorcycle racing, a hobby has

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now turned serious and he is so good, Marquardt has aspirations of

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competing at the highest goal. -- Ryan Farquhar. People spending their

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life at 200 mph you would wonder how it's possible to get an adrenaline

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rush standing in one spot shooting at a clay target but there is

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something about it. Shooting is helping him except that he won't

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race at the top of the sport again. A serious crash nine months ago left

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him fighting for his life. You know, I have struggled to walk and do

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different things where I wouldn't be physically fit to do really any

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other sport but from this. They get is the competitive think that you

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just have to get out of your system. If I was stuck in the house not

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being able to do this, it would definitely do my head in but the

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fact that I can mix the whole job a bit easier of getting your head

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around it. Ryan Farquhar can retire as one of Northern Ireland's most

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successful motorcycle racers ever. He holds the record the number of

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road race victories. The days of me winning another Northwest 204 TT are

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long gone, but they keep looking back at the career I have had and it

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makes it a bit easier. I'm one of the very lucky ones that has had a

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great road racing career and is still here to tell the tale. And he

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still plans to be involved, running his own racing team. It is a big

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mass of part of my life, whenever I want to turn by background, you

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could feel better about it but we all know the risks, it is just one

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of those things you have to accept and put it behind you. I used to do

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that. I am going to have mixed emotions back in the north-west. The

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last time I was there I almost died, so be back there helping other

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riders and hopefully get them onto the podium would just be something

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really special and hopefully we can achieve it. I am sure he will with

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determination like that. Rugby and international

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stars Andrew Trimble, Craig Gilroy and Marcell Coetzee

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will feature for Ulster against Treviso this

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Friday night in Belfast. After returning in last

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weekend's win away to Zebre, Jared Payne will get more game time

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after three months out With two rounds remaining in this

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year's Six Nations Championship, Payne could still play

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a part with Ireland. His focus is to do the best he can

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now for the Ulster jersey and get himself right and something happens

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from there, great, but at this stage she is totally with Ulster. We have

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got Andrew Campbell back this week to get a big rugby -- he is totally

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with Ulster. It is a short turnaround. I will excess of --

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assess it overnight. Methodist College are through to

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the Schools Cup Final Methody will face rivals RBAI

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in the decider on St Patrick's Day. You can see action from today's game

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on the BBC Newsline Facebook page. The weather forecast is next and

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Barra Best has the latest. I have a feeling it is going to get cold.

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That is school bus last night but this was the scene this morning. A

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very wintry scene, thank you for your photographs and keep them

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coming in. A lot of rain today and gusty winds. Coming down nicely. A

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handful of showers to the night but have clear skies it will turn quite

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chilly allowing allowing for some frost and possibly some stretches of

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ice forming a tomorrow morning. Where we do get showers tonight we

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could see a dusting of sleet and snow especially over higher ground.

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A chilly start tomorrow and there will be some sunshine. Better in

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terms of that for us. Also the first day of spring at least in the

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weather world. Some of you for the beat ancient Celtic calendar, for

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you started on the 1st of February, for weather people starts tomorrow

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and for astronomers you have a bit to wait before the spring equinox.

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To begin with tomorrow it will be largely dry. A few showers. Any

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showers and a should've fairly quickly. The winds will be lighter.

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It will not be completely dry. A few showers out there but it should be

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hit and miss and light. Temperatures will reach seven or eight Celsius.

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If you're travelling tomorrow the best weather mid-afternoon will be

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sitting across Ulster and into monster. Elsewhere we have a lot of

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rain and that -- monster macro. Slowly but surely shipping

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northwards but there is a chance we could avoid it altogether towards

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the north coast. Over higher ground we could see some sleet and snow

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mixed in with that. It does because Pat Shearer and nature and breaks up

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tomorrow night but it could turn a little bit chilly, frosty and I see

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in some spots as temperatures behind that faulty reading and below. Maybe

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a few treacherous roads first thing on Thursday. Thursday itself not too

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bad a day. The risk of a few showers as low pressure remains but some dry

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weather. Some Sunny gaps. Temperatures seven or eight Celsius.

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It looks as though Friday will be the best day of the week to come

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with a fair amount of dry or sunny weather. The bursts are in control.

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We will keep you up to date. We have been getting reaction on our social

:24:46.:24:50.

media pages to our earlier story about the gust of car insurance.

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Share your thoughts if you can. Our late update is at 10:30pm on BBC

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One. From all of us, goodbye.

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