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Police have started a murder investigation after the discovery

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of a man's body in a house in Lurgan this afternoon.

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Two men and a woman have been arrested.

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Our reporter Catherine Morrison is at the scene.

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The police were called to the house at Manor Drive in a Lurgan shortly

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before 3pm this afternoon. Inside, they found the body of a 29-year-old

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man. It is still not clear how he died. The police say a postmortem

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examination will be carried out to determine the cause of death. It is

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understood a house party may have been taking place in the property at

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the time. Three people have been arrested. Two men and one woman. And

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are being questioned by police. Detectives want anyone who knows

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what happened to contact them. Police are still hunting

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for a prisoner who was mistakenly released from Maghaberry Jail

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on Tuesday. 38-year-old Michael Lawrence Smith,

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who was on remand charged with murder, was freed to attended

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a family confirmation. The Prison Service have

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apologised for their error. Michael Smith was released from

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prison despite being refused permission to do so. He had applied

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for compassionate bail on Monday to attend a family event. The Prison

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Service say he was collected by a family member just before lunchtime

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on Tuesday. The mistake was realised the few hours later, around 4:30pm.

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I want to apologise to the public this morning for what is a very

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serious mistake on the part of the Prison Service. It is the will of

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the Prison Service to protect the public by holding securely those

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committed to our care by the courts. On this occasion, we have failed in

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our responsibility and it was a very serious mistake and a very serious

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occasion has risen. He also apologised to the family of the

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28-year-old Michael Smith is accused of killing. He was shot dead in

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front of his partner and young son in their home last year. Yesterday,

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the police took the unusual step of publishing a photograph of Michael

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Smith in an appeal for his whereabouts. The prisoner is said to

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be dangerous with a history of violence. The police are urging the

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public not to approach him but to contact them instead. This is where

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Michael Smith was last seen. Around 2pm on Tuesday afternoon. The police

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are a third day into their manhunt and the Prison Service has been left

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scratching its head. It says it will review all procedure is so this will

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never happen again. The judge overseeing the inquiry

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into the renewable heat incentive scheme has said he won't be

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reporting within months, The first public session

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of the inquiry is due in April. Here's our Agriculture

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and Environment Correspondent The Senate chamber at Stormont will

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be the setting for the drama that may shape our political future. This

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is where witnesses will come to tell what they know about the setting up

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and running of the renewable heat incentive scheme. Today, the man in

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charge set out his housekeeping rules. The German ruled out talk of

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an early finish. He said his enquiry was a fact-finding mission, not a

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trial, and had no power to determine any person's criminal or civil

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liability. He poured cold water on talk of a six-month time frame,

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saying no one would back the enquiry team for producing a fast but flawed

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piece of work. And he ruled out an interim report. Some have looked to

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as a way out of the current political stalemate, saying any

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preliminary conclusions that could be reached would necessarily be

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based on incomplete information. So no commitment from the chairman

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other than to do the work as quickly as possible without sacrificing any

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thoroughness. Those who bought this enquiry might produce a quick

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political fix are starting to get a better sense of how long it all may

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take, and it seems to be stretching into the distance a bit.

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The Secretary of State James Brokenshire has warned

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there could be another election if the parties can't reach agreement

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The DUP leader Arlene Foster has said she regrets describing

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republicans as crocodiles during the election campaign.

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In an interview with Fermanagh newspaper the Impartial Reporter,

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she said she regretted the comment insofar as it allowed

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Here's our Political Correspondent Stephen Walker.

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Stormont. To some, it is an uphill struggle. Two others, a chance to

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catch a glimpse of history. Behind the scenes, the talking continues.

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Today, in a letter to MPs, the Secretary of State said he wanted

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devolution to work, but warned that there was no deal, another election

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could follow. So should we get ready to vote again? I think there was

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another election, I think there would be huge frustration across the

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people of Northern Ireland. They have given their say already and

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they have been very clear-cut. And there was a feeling here that the

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public would be angry about holding another vote. Never mind about

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elections are anything else. This is about the public. They came out in

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very large numbers to tell us to get the job done. Legacy dominated much

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of today's discussions, and the Ulster Unionist Party that the Irish

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Government have not fulfilled their responsibilities. Particularly in

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relation to Kingsmill. But we also said that they were still following

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very far short of giving what the UK Government promised, which was full

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disclosure. In contrast, Sinn Fein insisted it was the British

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Government to donate on agreements. As we come towards the end of week

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one, we haven't seen anything we put on the table for the British

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Government on how we can deliver on the key issues, what the public are

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demanding is action. Tonight, C Flannigan is returning to Dublin,

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after two days of talking in Belfast. I do detect a willingness

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on the part of everybody to do business. I am not underestimating

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the challenge. There are real and serious issues outstanding. Some of

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which go back 18 years to the Good Friday Agreement. So another day of

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talking ends and perhaps today will be remembered for this stark warning

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from the Secretary of State. In simple terms, he said, do a deal or

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prepare for another election. There'll be more on the political

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situation in The View after this programme,

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and with news of that, Thank you. And one of the big

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talking points this week is the next critical move by unionists in

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response to losing its Stormont majority. We will hear from the DUP

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and David Campbell, the former chair of the Ulster Unionist Party, what

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the next steps should be and after that, how does nationalism approach

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that shift in the political balance here? That is straight after

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bulletin. The Ulster Bank is to close

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nine of its 64 branches It says it's made the decision

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because more of its customers The branches include four

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in Belfast, and the rest are in Monkstown, Bangor,

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Kircubbin, Garvagh and Londonderry. The Catholic primate

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Archbishop Eamon Martin has said he is ashamed of revelations

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about the Tuam mother and baby A recent report found

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that there were significant human remains buried in a field linked

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to the home that was run by nuns Archbishop Martin apologised

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for what he called The best thing for us to do is to

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open it up carefully and respectfully and I think establish

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the truth, the whole truth really about what happened at that time, so

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that we as a community and as a society, as people on this island,

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can move on, understanding the shadows and the darkness and these

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terrible chapters of our past. Hello. Good evening. It has felt

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like another day when spring might just have sprung. This fantastic

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picture sent in. I am afraid tomorrow it is all going to change.

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Overnight, we have the cloud filling in and rain moving in from the west.

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Quite mild. A 5-7dC. Beautiful blue skies for the last few days. It will

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be an altogether cloudier picture tomorrow. Dull and grey and a bit

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drizzly throughout the day. That blanket of cloud sitting over as.

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Light rain never terribly far away. It is quite mild. Even without

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feeling much in the way of sunshine. We will still see temperatures

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11-12dC. We might get a few breaks in the cloud on high ground.

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Generally, across the UK and Ireland, it is a pretty dry day.

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Particularly across the eastern half of England where we will see some

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decent spells of sunshine. Cloud and central parts. Overnight, we will

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see more rain working its way through. A front coming through on

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Friday night into Saturday. It means that Saturday will get off to a bit

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of a cloudy start but it will be brighter later on. That front

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clearing out of the way, introducing some fresh air. 12-13dC. Another

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front overnight into Sunday. That introduces some cooler air and there

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will be some showers but again at least some war in the way of

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brightness. Saying settled and right into next week.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at six twenty five in the morning

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