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This is BBC Newsline with Tara Mills.

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The headlines this Wednesday evening:

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The latest from Westminster with local people and MPs caught up

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Suddenly, we heard a bang from the side, I believe Newdigate into

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Parliament. Police describe last night's bomb

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attack in Strabane as madness. I am lucky that I am not standing

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here talking about deaths because that is what could have happened.

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MLAs gather at Stormont to remember the former Sinn Fein deputy first

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minister Martin McGuinness A former head of the civil service

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here speaks for the first time about working with

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He had been appointed a minister and Deputy First Minister but, in my

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judgment, he became a statesman. Warnings of a risk of infection

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for those who have had We will bring you the latest from

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the Northern Ireland and Republic camps against two crucial World Cup

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qualifiers. And more wet weather tonight,

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especially in the east but it'll Four people have died in what's been

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described as a terrorist incident around the Houses of Parliament

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at Westminster this afternoon. A number of Northern Ireland MPs

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were also caught up in the security alert which has been described

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as shocking by those Reports suggest the Saturn and's

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terrorist incident began when a vehicle was driven across

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Westminster Bridge, mowing down resident. One women has since died.

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The vehicle crashed into railings at the houses of parliament and after

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this a police officer was stabbed and his assailant was shot and

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killed. MPs were in the houses for a vote at the time.

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Suddenly, we heard a bang from the side, I believe near the gates into

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Parliament. I can't be sure whether it was gunshots or a vehicle

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striking entrance to Parliament, probably the latter, although I know

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that shots were discharged. At the moment, the very clear advice

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from the police and the security director is that we should remain

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under suspension and that the chamber should remain in the

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lockdown until we receive advice that it is safe to go back to normal

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procedures. The atmosphere is one of total

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shock. There was a vote going on so hundreds of MPs were in the chamber.

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This is unprecedented and our first thoughts are with the security

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personnel, to make sure they are given every corporation to sort this

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manner soon possible. The police have been remarkably

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effective. There is some shock of everybody waiting in line but we

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will do as we are told. This Polish woman who has lived in

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Northern Ireland from a year 's was at Westminster for meetings.

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The police and ambulance arrived and I must praise the emergency

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services. Within minutes, basically everything was shut down. Very well

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organised but still quite shocking. Westminster went into lockdown

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during this incident, which is still continuing. Number ten says the

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Prime Minister has been taken near where she is monitoring.

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Describe what security is like there.

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That whole area is probably the most protected building in the country so

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that as no surprise that there were plenty of police officers able to do

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with this very quickly but it does go to show just how vulnerable

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everyone is to this form of terrorist attack in a crowded place.

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What are the implications for Westminster and beyond?

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I think there are a number of issues. This terrorism threat is not

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going to go away. It is not the same type of terrorist threat that we

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have seen over previous years with the Troubles. This is different, it

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is about killing as many innocent people as possible and the police

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have to react quickly to that. We have seen a situation where an

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individual has taken it upon himself to use a car which is and a knife

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which is in his kitchen drawer, which is almost impossible for

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police to stop. The only thing you can do is react and the way that you

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react either means that more people die or more people there. If this

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kind of attack happened and a small number of people die then really the

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police have done a great job. But it does show the vulnerability

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of the people whose job it is to protect the public.

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Absolutely and I know many of the police officers who work in that

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area and he might have been there. They know that it is a high-risk

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location. These gates often get attacked by idiots in cars but you

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don't expect to have someone run at you with a gun or knife. The good

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thing is that the reaction was swift and this person wasn't able to get

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access to the building so to some extent the policing worked but we do

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have to understand that this is London, this is the highest security

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location. This could have happened anywhere across the United Kingdom.

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The police say a bomb that exploded in Strabane last night

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was an attempt to kill officers on patrol.

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An area at Liskey Road has been closed for follow up searches.

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Our North-West reporter Keiron Tourish has more.

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PSNI was carrying out a follow-up operation after last night's attack

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in Strabane. The police say it was a clear attempt to kill officers who

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were on patrol in the Liskey Road -- in an area.

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I am lucky that I'm not reporting on deaths because that could have

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happened. This could have went anywhere and killed anybody who was

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out in the street at that time. It was madness. Number of residents

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were moved out of their homes during the alert.

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The police arrived on scene about 11:20pm and started knocking on

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doors and asking people to either leave their homes or move to the

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back of their homes. It was quite late at night and older people would

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have been in bed. It does not a nice experience at that time of the

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evening. Politicians were scathing in their

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response. He will be joining me in condemning

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those acts. The people of Strabane were held hostage as result of this

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dangerous action. If it was an attack then anybody who

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is responsible for it should catch themselves and realise that the

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community here are sick of this and they are entitled to the piece that

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was brought by the Good Friday agreement. This community suffered

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more than most. The PSNI paid tribute to the local

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response. They have issued an appeal for information. They want to hear

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from anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the area to

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come forward. Northern Ireland may never see

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Martin McGuinness's like again. The DUP leader Arlene Foster made

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the claim as MLAs gathered to remember the former Sinn Fein

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deputy first minister and IRA Here's our political

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correspondent Gareth Gordon. Stormont once did unlikely

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friendships better than it does Martin McGuinness seemed to watch

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over the people who must Members will have been saddened to

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learn of the passing of former Deputy First Minister, Mr Martin

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McGuinness. As it did following the death

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of his old friend Ian Paisley, the Assembly gathered to pay tribute

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to the former deputy first minister. Led by the woman who must

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now fill his shoes. In his last public appeal, he asked

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people to choose hope over fear, to put a quality of respect at the

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heart of our institutions. That should be the clarion call for all

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in this chamber in the weeks, months and years ahead.

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The woman whose political relationship with Mr McGuinness

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broke down said his likes would never be seen again.

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There's been much talk of my personal working relationship with

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Martin. He never saw to air brush the past and neither did I. And it

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was precisely because of his past, because of his involvement with the

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IRA in the 1970s and 1980s, because of his involvement in those circles

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that he was able to play the part that he played in bringing about a

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peaceful and democratic means. And because of all of that, I doubt we

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will ever see his like again. In remembering the past,

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some looked to the future. Of course we have to remember

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victims on days like this but the best way to remember victims is for

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all of us to commit to solving the problems. For all of us to commit to

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doing the things that victims want us to do. We have that opportunity

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in the next few days. I do not believe that we would enjoy

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the relative peace that we do today if it were not for people like

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Martin McGuinness and others who should the vision and leadership and

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the courage to move from very entrenched positions in the darkest

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of times. And to unionists this challenge

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from one of their own. If Unionism has anything to learn

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from Martin McGuinness, it is the importance of outreach. He reached

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far beyond his own on many occasions and sometimes complain that Unionism

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did not reciprocate. But there is another view

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and this man put it. Constable Clive Graham was murdered

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by the IRA 29 years ago. He died in the same city

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and on the same date He never got the chance to live to

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66, he never the chance to marry his girlfriend of the time, he never got

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the chance to see children and grandchildren. Why? Because a man of

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blood decided he would die. Afterwards, MLAs filed out to sign

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the book of condolence. Led by the Speaker,

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and followed by Michelle O'neill and then the DUP

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leader, Arlene Foster. He was described as a man without

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him there might not have been an assembly. MLAs queueing to sign the

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book of condolence for Martin McGuinness do not know if it will

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come back. The former American President Bill

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Clinton will be in Londonderry tomorrow for the funeral of

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Martin McGuinness. Mr Clinton had been

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in contact with the former Deputy First Minister

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during his illness. The Irish President Michael D

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Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny Today the head of the Catholic

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Church in Ireland paid tribute to Mr McGuinness as our political

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correspondent Its been a day of quiet reflection

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outside the McGuinness family They came from near and far

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to pay their respects. I think he is going to be missed.

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And he was a lovely person. He was very mild, no matter what he had

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done. He was great. I've known Martin since 1973. He

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would have stayed in my house quite a number of times. I've great

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admiration for Martin. Heartbreak for the family. Still a

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young man at 66 years of age. It is just a very, very sad day.

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You said you could -- you felt that you could just say to him, how are

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you doing? He was just a gentleman. Across the city,

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others are also remembering. This memorial garden

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in the loyalists Fountain estate What sprang to my mind when I heard

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of his death was of a little girl of eight years of age out cleaning when

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eight bombs went off in that small and sleepy village and I will never

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forget that. Unionists politicians in the city

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have also been mindful of those who have suffered at

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the hands of the IRA. It is a time of sadness for the

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McGuinness family and all who knew him but it is a time that those

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victims who are so hurt and angry think they will never get any

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closure. Among those paying

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their respects today, the head of the Catholic church

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in Ireland and he regarded the former deputy first

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minister as a peace builder. I would like him to have been around

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for longer because I believe he believed in peace and had a lot more

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to bring. I only hope it will refocus the minds of our political

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representatives and everybody in the community to try and build a peace

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that is just and lasting. Tomorrow, Martin McGuinness will

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leave his loved Bogside area for the last time at this church where he

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spent much time. A former head of the civil service

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has spoken for the first time about working with Martin McGuinness

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as a Minister at Stormont. Sir Nigel Hamilton admitted

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there had been some apprehension within the civil service

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about the former IRA commander but Mr McGuinness won over

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many of his doubters. When Martin McGuinness first walked

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into government, Nigel Hamilton was the civil servant there to greet

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him. There was a mixture of apprehension,

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of curiosity. At times of disbelief that this man had been appointed as

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the minister. I nominate Martin McGuinness as

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minister for education. People will remember that when he

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was appointed there were lots of protests. There were rumours that he

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would go to people's schools and make them learn Irish.

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They might already know it but we don't want to learn it.

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Back then, the new education minister had a difficult start but

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as relationship with the civil service began well.

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People said one of the most important things I did was shake his

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hand in public but then I had to remind him that I had all the staff

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looking out the window wondering what I was going to do. I guess that

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was one of many significant handshakes that he made in his life.

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This was another significant relationship and once again Nigel

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Hamilton watched it developed. There he is taking his seat on the right.

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What you were seeing in public, affectionately known as the chuckle

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Brothers, mirrored how accurately they got on. They had a respect for

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one another. That was reality. Given your relationship with them as

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a minister, how will you remember Martin McGuinness?

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He was appointed a minister and Deputy First Minister but, in my

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judgment, he became a statesman. Whatever people's view of Martin

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McGuinness, at Stormont it is the end of an era.

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Wreckage of the Irish coastguard helicopter which crashed off

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the Mayo coast last week has been found.

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A remote underwater camera has shown the aircraft lying about 60 metres

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off Blackrock Island, close to the spot where

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a signal from its black box recorder was located.

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Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was killed in the crash last Tuesday.

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The bodies of three other crew are still missing.

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Around 2000 people in Northern Ireland who have had

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open-heart surgery have received letters warning them

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about the risk of infection linked to medical equipment.

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The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust say they've contacted patients

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Our Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.

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This affects anyone who has undergone procedures for congenital

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heart disease as well as those who have heart valve -- who had heart

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valves repaired or replaced. All since 2013. It's a possible link

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between a bacteria and a device used to heat and cool the blood during

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heart surgery. The risk of infection is very low

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and indeed the risk of not having cardiac surgery is much higher than

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the risk of infection. However, we feel it is important for patients to

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be aware of this risk so they can monitor their health.

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This is part of a UK wide investigation which also includes

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children. Well the rest is being described as

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low, 20 cases have been -- 50 people have died from the condition. At

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this stage, no one from Northern Ireland is affected. -- 50 people

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have died. -- 15. If you have a temperature above 30

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degrees, persistent cough, severe night-time sweats, unexplained

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weight loss, widespread muscle and joint pain, diarrhoea or vomiting,

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you should approach your GP. Treatments are available, including

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antibiotics, but the sooner people are diagnosed, the better the

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outcome. Five people, including a prison

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officer, who were arrested in connection with an anti-trafficking

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operation inside Maghaberry Jail They were detained yesterday

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in a joint operation by police and the Prison Service investigating

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the smuggling of prohibited items. The investigation uncovered banned

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items such as Class A and B drugs, fireworks, mobile phones

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and ?10,000 in cash. Class A and B drugs include cocaine,

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heroin, cannabis and amphetamines. Five people were arrested, including

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a 50-year-old prison officer Four other people were arrested

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including a 50-year-old woman at the village of Kinallen

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near Dromara and two other women and a man

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in Newtownabbey and Belfast. Police are investigating

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the trafficking of prohibited goods A prison charity says drugs

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are so widely available that drug-free prisoners can become

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addicted inside but a sentence With experience of men who went in

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with a drug addiction and through the support of prison staff and

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organisations they have made it possible for him to come off drugs,

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support him and manage his health. For the other side of that coin,

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there are those that go into prison without the usage of drugs and fear

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for the family is that they become drug users.

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The Prison Officers Association says it's frustrating that drugs

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are getting into jails by many different routes.

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There's no suggestion that having prisoners high on drugs makes

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them easier to control, in fact, they say it can

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make prisoners agitated and more prone to violence.

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On the other hand, they say there has been a lot of success

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in combating the influx of drugs, particularly here at Maghaberry.

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The five people arrested have now been released

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Northern Ireland and the Republic both have crucial World Cup

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Mark Sidebottom has this evening's sport from the Northern Ireland team

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It is home to the Ireland rugby squad and increasingly the preferred

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choice to the football team. It offers seclusion and first-class

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facilities. We felt privileged when the Northern Ireland manager talk to

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us and invited us to his home in Edinburgh.

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In the five years that Michael O'Neill has been Northern Ireland

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manager, he has won many awards, and they are all kept at his home in the

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Scottish capital. I've moved a lot in my career.

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Myself and my wife have always enjoyed Edinburgh and when we moved

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away from hence it was always in our minds to come back -- moved away

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from Hibernian. Poor kids were born here as well and have Scottish

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accents. They are very sporty. Should they play for Scotland or

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Northern Ireland? At the minute, they say Scotland but

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I've told them never to rule out Northern Ireland they get the

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opportunity. Coming into job I did not know, I

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had no staff for example, I had to assemble, I remember the first day

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being shown an office with a desk and a telephone and that was pretty

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much what I had to work with. Given the experience you know have,

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if you had to write a letter to your younger self having had that

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experience, what would it say? I think it would seek to persevere.

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There were times, certainly in the first two years, where I felt that I

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was banging my head against a wall a little bit, despite all the work I

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was doing I was not seeing the results.

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And persevere he did as the 47-year-old light has country -- led

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his country to the European Championships.

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They will not relish coming to Belfast. We have not conceded a goal

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there recently. I do not think they will underestimate us. We know the

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significance of what three points will mean.

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And if they do win, Michael will be another step closer to Russia for

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the World Cup. Michael O'Neill, family man and

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football man. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed there will be a one-minute

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applause in tribute to the Derry City captain, who died recently. We

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wrap up this evening with skiing and confirmation of a bumper haul for

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the Northern Ireland team at the special Olympics. Cyril Walker from

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Armagh got a bronze and 16-year-old Sean also got bronze. There was a

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silver for this boy. Well done to them all.

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It has been a split between East and West today. Not bad in the West but

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very different in the Eastern counties. Grey and wet and quite a

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north-easterly wind. The reason for this was a low pressure across

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England and Wales, bringing this weather front into eastern counties.

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That weather front won't go far through the course of tonight. I

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think we will see a few splashes of rain in the West but it will be the

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east bearing the brunt once again. It could be wintry on the hills.

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Because we've got more cloud across all parts it will not be as cold as

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last night with temperatures generally around three or 4 degrees.

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Tomorrow, we will see something a bit more brighter but rather cloudy

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in the first half. Mainly dry but a few spots of rain first thing. They

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will clear with quickly and the breeze will ease down into the

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afternoon. That is when we see brighter skies moving in from the

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east although it could be late afternoon before they reach the West

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so it may not be such a good day. A better one in the east. After a cold

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start on Friday with some frog and Frost, it looks and settled into the

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weekend -- with fog and Frost.

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