02/01/2017 BBC Newsline


02/01/2017

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A man's in hospital after being seriously assaulted

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The police say he had been at a house party

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The police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

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Sinn Fein's National Chairperson has said the political

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process is being dragged towards an unprecedented

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tipping point as a result of the DUP's behaviour

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Declan Kearney has repeated calls for the First Minister Arlene Foster

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to step aside and for an independent investigation into the

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Three vehicles have been destroyed and a house have been damaged

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in a series of arson attacks in Holywood.

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The attacks were in East Link, Abbey Ring and Abbey Place

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The police say they are investigating a link

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Students from Zambia have received diplomas in computing

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with the help of tutors at the South West College in Omagh.

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The students used a video link with the college

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to do their studies, but they made the journey

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to County Tyrone to collect their diplomas in person.

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Our South West Reporter Julian Fowler was at the graduation for us.

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These five students from Zambia had been studying IT for the last four

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years and have achieved their Level 4 Diploma in Computing

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This is where they study - a classroom at Fatima

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Girls Secondary School, in Ndola in northern Zambia.

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Meanwhile, their tutors are 5000 miles away in the Virtual

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Everybody told us at the start that this would never work,

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that the challenges were too great and that we couldn't do it.

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The students have persevered through significant challenges -

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drought, lack of electricity, walking through the rainy season,

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and they have achieved so much and we are so proud of them.

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20 students began the course four years ago, and though only

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five have graduated, it has given them new life skills.

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They appreciate this opportunity that has been given to them.

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This is a big achievement, because by their education

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and even this graduation they are going to

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The computer equipment and internet connection in Zambia

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They will earn their living and they will keep their families,

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and that's the key to the whole thing.

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And they'll influence an awful lot of people to do something similar

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to what they have done themselves, and that's the benefit.

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It may be small in numbers, five, but this will multiply.

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It can be difficult for students in Zambia to fund further studies

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These graduates hope to teach or get jobs in industry.

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We are just really, really proud and happy to be here.

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As they collected their diplomas, they were given loud applause

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The five Zambian students have been on a long journey

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to get to this ceremony, and there is a great sense of pride

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The National Museum of Ireland wants to talk to an anonymous donor

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Some of the items date back to the Bronze Age

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as our Dublin Correspondent Shane Harrison reports.

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This is one of the National Museum's four sites.

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People visit each week to look at the collections,

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covering different ages, including the Bronze Age

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Recently, they received four items sent anonymously with these

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letters without a postmark, addressed to the History Museum

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It gives rise to a suspicion that the sender may not have been

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The items include two Bronze Age axes, a Viking strap end that

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originated in Scandinavia, probably Norway, and very rare

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in Ireland, and a small, twisted ring which may be linked

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The museum believes the items were probably discovered in at least

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There is also a suspicion that the artefacts were found

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using a metal detector, even though it is illegal

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to excavate items with a metal detector without a licence.

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The finder may not have known that, especially

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But staff would like whoever discover the artefacts to come

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forward, to let them know the circumstances and whereabouts

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of the finds in order to help them build up the picture of Irish

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Chip shops are used to getting orders for food to be delivered,

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but one in West Belfast went a step further over Christmas

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She was down with the flu and asked it to deliver medicine.

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The request was so unusual that the shop posted it

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on social media and got a lot of reaction online.

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The medicine was duly delivered much to the relief of the sick customer.

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She was over the moon. She was actually giving the delivery guy a

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?10 tip. She wouldn't take it. The girl asked for it so we wanted to

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help her. In ice hockey, the Belfast Giants

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have defeated Coventry Blaze 4-1 The victory means they move

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to within four points of the league's leaders,

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the Cardiff Devils. Main roads are being salted tonight

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with icy conditions forecast. Angie Phillips has

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more weather details. It's been a fairly settled start

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to the new year so far, if not a bit on the cold side

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with some wintry showers. Not so much wintry showers

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in the forecast this week. Some rain, not an awful lot

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of it though until we get Variable cloud, so some

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bright or sunny spells. It will continue to feel quite

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chilly though for a good part A few icy patches in parts of the

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South tonight. Increasing cloud will bring the temperature is above bit

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but also some rain and drizzle. If you are heading back to work

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tomorrow it is a cloudy day. Some patchy rain around. Mainly but not

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exclusively in the north and west. For parts of Scotland it is a wetter

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and windy day tomorrow. Some in northern England and Wales as well.

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Other than that largely dry. After a frosty start best sunshine likely to

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the south and more sheltered parts of the East and North Sea coast. For

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the Northern Ireland, we have a lot of cloud by the afternoon, still a

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bit of rain and drizzle. Mainly patchy and sides so dry gaps in

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between. The best likely towards the south and south-east. Temperature is

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better. More of a breeze particularly around the coast. It

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will feel cold. Through tomorrow night we still have the cloud and

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bits of rain and drizzle running through on the breeze. That should

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stay frost free. Also a weak weather front moving in from the north-east.

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That is a narrowing band of rain and it pushes south and west and moves

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away into Wednesday. Behind it it turns dry and bright with some

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sunshine. The breeze easing with highs of seven or eight Celsius. It

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looks like Thursday will be a cold start with the risk of frost. Mainly

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dry but some rain on the way for Thursday night perhaps into Friday

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but temperatures coming up a bit. The next BBC Newsline is at 6:25am

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but from me, good night.

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