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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Donna Traynor and Noel

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The headlines this Wednesday evening. The teenager who took his

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own life - the Prisoners' Ombudsman says he was locked up in his cell

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for too long. Skeletons from centuries ago are to be reburied

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after being unearthed at a former hospital in Omagh. Why mirror,

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signal, manoeuvre and a sense of direction will soon be needed to

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pass a driving test. Sex offenders living in the community - we've

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exclusive access to a case meeting. An unusual visitor has been spotted

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off the coast of Bangor. Join me live to find out what it is. And

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the showers are back this evening. Will they ever go away? I'll have

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all the weather details later. First to Allyn Baxter, the young

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prisoner who hanged himself last year. A report by the Prisoners'

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Ombudsman says he was locked up in his cell for too long. The Prison

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Service has admitted it didn't do enough to save the 19 year-old.

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Allyn Baxter died last summer. He was one of ten prisoners to kill

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themselves in the last three years. BBC Newsline's Will Leitch reports

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on yet another investigation to highlight failures in care in our

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jails. Foldable and troubled, before his death 19 year-old Allyn

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Baxter was detained at Hyde backward for three days. But he

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came in with problems. He had a difficult childhood, losing his

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mother to cancer when he was six and living with up to 12 different

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foster families. He had a history of drug and alcohol abuse and self

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harm and had spoken of suicide before. Prison staff did not know

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about all of that and the fountain in his cell after he took his own

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life. In the report on his death, the Ombudsman flatlines 18 areas of

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concern, especially the fact that he was left in his cell for 22

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hours a day. She says that long periods of locked down in my view

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do nothing to address the offending behaviour and are the enemy of the

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vulnerable. That is the experience of 19 year-old Thomas then, two new

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Allyn Baxter when that Hydebank himself. We are locked up 22 hours

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a day. If you don't have a job to do. A job gets you out to associate

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with people or you can talk. Bit easier, you're not in your cell

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locked up and you are more likely not to harm yourself. There have

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been 29 deaths in custody in Northern Ireland since the prisoner

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Ombudsman took up her post. 10 suicides and several since Allyn

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Baxter's debt. No one is denying the need for reform in prisons but

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with the loss of another vulnerable person in the system, many voices

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asking when they welcome. The Northern Ireland Prison Service was

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told in no uncertain terms by a prisoner review team this year that

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it needs to change and the prisoner Ombudsman agrees. There are good

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people in the service trying to make change and a number of

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programmes have been developed. That isn't enough, we need a

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comprehensive, high-level programme of change with high-level political

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support if the Arc to address the fundamental problems that need to

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be dealt with it changes to be achieved. At the prison service

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they know there must be widespread change in the way they work.

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Fundamentally, the Prison Service is at a crossroads and we need to

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change significantly, to move away from the practices of the past,

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which were largely dominated by the response to the security situation

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in Northern Ireland. During the time of the Maze prison and the

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management of paramilitary prisoners. There have been other

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debts at Hydebank since Allyn Baxter. The reports on those are

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due in the coming months. What should be done to protect

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vulnerable young people in custody? I'm joined by Koulla Yiasouma from

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Include Youth, an organisation which works with youngsters who

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have committed crime or are at risk of getting into trouble. The

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Ombudsman it damages the efforts of staff in trying to save this young

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man's life. But when it comes to the prison system, in your

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experience, how are these people being failed? In a number of ways.

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The Ombudsman report highlighted a number of issues, one of which was

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when this young man came into custody there was insufficient

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information about his needs. It was well known by a number of

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professionals that he had drug and alcohol issues, he was very

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vulnerable, but the information did not get through to the people who

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had responsibility for looking after him. In the wake of his death

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and other reports, the Prison Service admits it needs to do more

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and it is making changes and has made changes. But were is a balance

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between having a present for someone to go after committing a

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crime and a mental health treatment about the balance, when people come

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into custody, if they have mental health issues they need to be

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looked after in a mental health facility what they need to have

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specialist care. Our prisons are full of very vulnerable people. I

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know some of them have done some awful things but that does not been

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they should not have a duty of care. You have to be able to do both.

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Prisons are full, particularly Hydebank, of young prisoners. There

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are a lot of needs. We need to be able to look after them. Surely

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treatment should start at a younger age? You will not get any argument

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from me. It should start from very early on. But it does not. Is are

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the political will to make that fundamental change to put those

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treatment facilities into tears? There is political will. I have not

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heard anybody, politicians or health care professionals, who says

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we don't care about these people. Of course they do. But how to be

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joined this up? How is it that when a young person commits a crime,

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some agencies just say, it's not a problem? They're still young people

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and they need services. This is a key recommendation of the report

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that came out today. How do we joined-up services and share

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information. Thank you for joining us this evening. We invited the

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Prison Service to join us here in the studio to discuss the issues

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involved, but they declined the offer. The remains of almost 80

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people discovered on the site of an old hospital in Omagh are to be re-

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interred tomorrow. They were discovered during preparations to

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build a new health unit. We're joined now by our reporter in Omagh,

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Louise Cullen. This ad is being used to construct a new children's

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respite care facility. That is nearly complete and will be ready

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to open shortly. -- this site. This was the original site of the former

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general hospital. And the Western Trust Survey best but did not

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expect to find any new remains. Tomorrow, the cemetery will become

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the final resting place for the remains of 79 people. It is

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believed they date from the mid- 19th century, when a workhouse and

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hospital occupied the, General Hospital site. Some believe they

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should have been left to rest. annoyed me because initially I

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realised one or two bodies had been found and had been properly dealt

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with. That isn't in question. The fact was, the magnitude of this, 79,

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do we continued digging with a bulldozer or digger. And find body

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after body? This, in my opinion, must have been a graveyard in those

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days. There was work carried out to identify burials on the old

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hospital site. Construction work was confined to the footprint of

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the old building and that is how the discovery of these remains was

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unexpected. They were removed under the supervision of archaeologists

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and police and environmental health authorities were advised. We have

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sealed the stone from the old General Hospital, that was

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demolished. And we will erect a memorial in memory of the people

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that be returned back to, tomorrow. Given the nature of what this site

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is being used for, Children's respite care, we are not there this

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evening but on the Dublin Road in Armagh. The remains will be

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reinterred by representatives of the former church has fallen. Thank

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you. Following the instructions of a driving test examiner has always

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been fairly nerve wracking, but now there's an extra challenge. Yes, in

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the biggest change for 50 years, the test will include driving for

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ten minutes to an agreed destination without any

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instructions from the examiner. David Maxwell reports. If you have

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been through the driving test you will know it can be nerve-racking.

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Even without the presence of television cameras. These young

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drivers will have more to contend with if they do not manage to pass

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today. From the end of June they will be a change in the test which

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means that for 10 minutes, they will have to follow at pre-set

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route without instructions from the examiner. The good news is that

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getting lost does not mean feeling. We want to see people take

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responsibility for what they're going and make decisions, when and

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where they should change lanes and check mirrors, etc. For some who

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have been through the test and field, it's an added burden. On the

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day of the test you are extremely nervous. You will do the test and

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will be panicking and down they will lead to travel by yourself.

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What if you are in an unfamiliar area? You will not know where to go.

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I am very nervous as it is. I am panicking. Instructors say this

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isn't something to get worked up about. A lot of people are worried

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about this. If they follow proper manoeuvres, speeding I'm looking

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properly. They will not have any problem. It is the most significant

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change to the test in 50 years and there could be more to come. I am

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looking at other interventions to change the driving test so that any

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person about to be qualified will be more fit and able to go onto the

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roads, including motorways. Alex Attwood concedes that doing the

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test is a daunting task. He confessed today that he probably

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should have failed in 1977, when he did his. He stalled on a three-

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point turn but got away with it. Still to come! On the trail of a

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humpback whale spotted metres from Bangor Marina. Join me at the US

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Open golf championship. I have been talking to Rory McIlroy, who says

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he is recce -- ready to what might -- ready to mount a major challenge.

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Bus and rail fares are being frozen. Translink, which operates Metro,

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Ulsterbus, Goldline, Northern Ireland Railways and the Enterprise,

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says it hopes the move will help people budget in these difficult

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economic times. The company says it's been able to freeze the prices

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because of efficiencies. A police officer has gone on trial for rape

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in Belfast. Gary Ervine, whose address was given as PSNI

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headquarters, was off-duty when he met his alleged victim in a Belfast

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nightclub in March 2009. He went back to her home in East Belfast

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where he allegedly raped her while she was asleep. He denies one

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charge of rape and two of sexual assault. For some people, housing

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sex offenders in the community after prison is a recipe for

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disaster. But the agencies who work with them say it helps reduce the

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risk of re-offending. For the latest in our series on the

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management of sex offenders, our home affairs correspondent, Vincent

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Kearney, has been given unprecedented access into a

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normally private meeting, where government agencies discuss the

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risk posed by an offender and how to deal with it. There are more

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than 1100 registered sex offenders living in the community. After they

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have served a prison sentence. The police and agencies who work with

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than say that is the best way to reduce the risk of reoffending. At

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says in the risk posed by a sex offender and how best to manage

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that is discussed by a local area public protection panel. More than

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20 meetings take place across Northern Ireland every month. The

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one taking place today is attended by representatives from the police,

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Probation Board, Housing Executive, social services and I lay adviser,

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representing the views of the public. This is the first time

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cameras have ever been allowed to film such a meeting. The name of

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the offender being discussed has been changed to protect his

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identity. Mr Black is to be managed within the agency for three years,

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having been sentenced at court for offences against a female child

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known to him. The prohibitions contained a Rolls follows... No

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unsupervised contact with a child without social services approval

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and he must not enter a relationship without informing the

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risk manager. The police currently undertake the designated risk

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manager role in this case. Until recently, Mr Black has been

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engaging well. However, within the last few days, and yesterday in

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particular, a number of issues have actually come to my attention. The

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first is that Mr Black might have commenced a relationship with a

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young woman. And she may actually be a single mother. When I went to

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call with him yesterday, he was not there. He was not at his registered

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address. The information from police today is a cause for concern.

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Social services have not given Mr Black approval for unsupervised

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contact with any child. Moving on to the other concern, can you

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clarify the current position? Black has applied for housing, he

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applied on the 21st of you pull 2011 and his application has been

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assessed and has been placed on the list. There are a number of

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concerns regarding potential relationships, potential child

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victim access... Like in the case of Mr Black, were sex offenders

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live is a crucial part of risk management. It is also one of the

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most controversial, because parents do not want a convicted sex

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offender living near their families. I am a parent of two young boys and

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I entirely understand the emotions. But the issue of housing cuts to

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the nub of the challenge of public protection arrangements because it

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is a balance between public protection and knowing what the

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offender is and having them in an environment really can effectively

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risk the risk against having them live somewhere where it will be

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difficult to manage. The murder of eight year-old Sarah Palin by a sex

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offender in Sussex seven years ago led to new laws in England and

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Wales allowing parents to check whether someone with access to

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their children is a chance sex offender. It is unlikely to be

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introduced year. The environment in Northern Ireland is sadly different.

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A number of people who are actively shooting people who are involved in

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this type of behaviour. The murder of Attracta Harron demonstrated

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that the risk of reoffending cannot be removed. Her killer, convicted

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rapist Trevor Hamilton, had been released weeks earlier. He was

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regarded as such a high risk, he was supposed to be the most closely

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monitor sex offender at the time. The agency accepts that risks

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cannot be completely removed. But they insist that housing offenders

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in the community helps to reduce Tomorrow, we continue with the

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experiences of a victim of a sex offender.

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If you were looking out to sea in Bangor today you may have been

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lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a humpback whale, a rare sight.

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There have only been three sightings of this a mammal off our

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coast. When we got reports of ones, we jumped at the chance to see it.

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Natasha Sayee is on a boated just outside Bangor marina. Have you

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seen it yet? I am afraid we are out of luck today. We have not been

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able to spot it. We were lucky enough to come across a photograph

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of it and you should be able to see it now. It shows you how far inland

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the creature came, really within metres of the marina. You should be

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able to see across my shoulder are a couple of the fishermen on the

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walls of a harbour. Apparently they got a fright when this huge whale

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surfaced and made massive noise. There was also a group of bird

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watchers on this boat. They were heading out to the Copeland Islands.

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They did not expect to see it at all. Tell us about it, what was it

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like? We are very close in to the peer and someone on the boat just

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shouted, whale! There was an enormous splash. At first I thought

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-- solve the top end of the whale. It came up about half a dozen times.

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We saw its tail at one stage as well. We were trying to get a

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picture of it, which was very difficult. I am very proud of my

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photograph. I was in touch today with a study group who check these

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things right and they confirmed it was a humpback whale, from the

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picture I took. It is only the third time it has been seen in

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Northern Irish waters. The experts are analysing the photograph. They

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say it is a young male, probably looking for food. If it is good,

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they could come back. We are hoping to spot him this evening and if we

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do, we will let you know. What size does he reckoned the

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whale was? We know and what can be up to 40 metres long. -- we know a

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whale. I would estimate about 10 metres, very big.

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I went whale spotting in Canada and never saw anything!

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Another remarkable animal, smarter than your average bovine. A hidden

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camera has amassed Daisy as the mastermind behind night time

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escapes at a South Armagh farm. Her father installed a camera because

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he thought cattle rustlers were behind the nocturnal ramblings. He

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was amazed to see the conning tower had worked out how to who fitted to

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freedom. -- becoming Cara had worked out how to have fitted to

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freedom. The bovine Einstein!

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If I asked you what you thought the average teenager would be up to,

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going to council meetings would be one of the last things she would

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think of. That is what a 19-year- old has been doing since his

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election to Belfast City Council. Northern Ireland's young of cancer

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there is still finding time to do teenage things.

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For a new councillor, issues come thick and fast with lots of

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decisions to make about the political game. Councillor Guy

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Spence and knows that youth alone will not do in politics. He has to

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impress. That means preparing for the challenges ahead and

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considering all the options. He was elected for the DUP at the recent

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elections, taking his place among veteran a city fathers. Already, he

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has targets. He is paying for the next game! My friends would

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probably say when I am over here, I would rather be in City Hall. I'm

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just passionate about the area in which I live, passionate about

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politics and Northern Ireland and promoting Northern Ireland, whether

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it is a local or world level, depending on where politics takes

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me. Sometimes even politics must give way to teenage pastimes.

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just go bowling, to the cinema, play football and staff. He would

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like me to call him councillor Spence but it is not going to

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happen. On election day, he was also meeting his new constituents.

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Just a few days later, he was back here at the University of Ulster in

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Jordanstown, sitting his first-year exams in politics. Like teenagers

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across Northern Ireland, he will spend the next few weeks waiting

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for his exam results but for now, it is all politics. It is fantastic.

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We walk into the council and I hope I am a breath of fresh air to

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everyone, whether it is the girls in reception, the security guard

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other councillors themselves. I hope to bring a bit of new ideas

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and new perspective. I am in to win, you know! Elected with over 1,500

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votes in north Belfast, Councillor Spencer is looking forward into a

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long career in politics. -- Councillor Spencer.

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We will soon it not that enthusiasm out of him.

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It is the US Open at a man from the north coast is centre of the

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Congressional Country Club in Maryland.

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It is the other one, this time worry McIlroy leads the charge,

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hoping to take over from Graeme McDowell. -- Rory McIlroy. Despite

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his master's map than, he says he is ready for the challenge. --

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Masters and knelt down. Evelyn it the US Open champion

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enjoys watching Rory McIlroy play golf. He is one of the most

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naturally gifted players in a game. He is confident about his chances.

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I feel like my game is in good shape. I am not going to come in

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and say it is OK. I have been playing well. I feel as if I am

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playing similarly to the way I went into Augusta. M I can hit it well

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and -- if I can hit it well and get some holes I will do well. The last

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major Championship went horribly wrong. He blew the lead at Augusta

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in dramatic fashion. Eight melted down which he is determined will

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not leave any mental scars. A lot of questions will be asked of me if

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I get myself into that position again, not just of myself, but from

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other people. That is natural that people are going to question you

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until you actually do it. I would love to be able to stand here on

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Sunday night and talk to you and say, I did learn from its and what

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I was telling me at the start of the week was the truth. I hope I

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can get into position and try and get the win. And replicate the

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achievement of Graeme McDowell and as -- as back to back Northern

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Ireland champions. I have got my dad with me this week so it would

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be a good Father's Day present for him. There is a lot of golf to play.

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I feel that good coming into this week. Hopefully I will give it a

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good go. The way it Rory McIlroy handled his US Masters experience

:24:51.:24:56.

has in many ways endeared him even more to his huge number of fans in

:24:56.:25:00.

America and if he triumphs here this weekend, there may be no more

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popular winner. He is due a win and we wish him

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well. Northern Ireland's record

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goalscorer, David Healy, faces an uncertain future. He says he is

:25:15.:25:18.

determined to fight his way back into the international squad. The

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Olympic Games and Buster was in Belfast today encouraging locals to

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volunteer for the torch relay, but he ended up fielding questions

:25:26.:25:32.

about his future under Nigel Worthington. I spoke to Nigel and

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he said I was not going to be in the squad. We had error discussion,

:25:37.:25:47.
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I did not agree with what he said. I wanted to be in it. I respect him

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because he is the manager, although I do not agree with him. He said to

:25:52.:25:55.

me the door is always open and hopefully I can get myself fit, get

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a club and show what I can do. Donegal Gaelic footballer, Michael

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Murphy, will find out tomorrow whether he can play in the Ulster

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semi-final against Tyrone. He was sent off for this off-the-ball

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incident during Sunday's quarter- final win against Cavan but he is

:26:13.:26:18.

hoping to get it overturned. He will attend an appeal hearing at

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Croke Park tomorrow to argue his case.

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The full story of day one of the Gulf tomorrow.

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In gloomy start today with a lot of cloud, but it was not long before

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the sun came out and attended just came up. County Down with the warm

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spot today, temperatures reaching the dizzy heights of 22 Celsius.

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This evening, temperatures are reluctant to drop off. Sunshine

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around but there are some road showers as well. Many places

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avoiding those showers. Clear spells and temperatures generally

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holding. It is not a bad night for stargazers. The lunar eclipse takes

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place tonight. Lit to the skies before 10pm and you might catch

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something unusual. There could be mist and fog but it should not cost

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too much bother. Thursday, we are back to the familiar combination of

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sunshine and showers. The morning is the better half of the day,

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perhaps the odd shower. It is not until the afternoon that they will

:27:33.:27:36.

start to pep up and there will be some aggressive showers during the

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afternoon, perhaps some thunder. As compensation sunshine as well. In

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the sunshine, temperatures lifting to about 16 Celsius. When the

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showers kick off temperatures will tumble. Sharratt gradually fading

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