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Good evening. The Prime it admits this could

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split the Church of Ireland. He has the capacity to be a source of

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significant division. Somehow same time is up for Nigel

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Worthington after last night's hammering. I have had enough of

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this. He union anger as it is confirmed

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the casualty unit at Belfast City Hospital will close on November 1st.

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And as this changeable spell of weather continues, I'll have the

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latest on what to expect where you are.

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A defence barrister has accused a loyalist supergrass of making up

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his evidence. It's the second day of one of the largest trials in

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Northern Ireland for decades. Robert Stewart is one of two

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witnesses in the trial of former UVF member Mark Haddock, and 13

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other men. Nine of them are charged with the murder of the UDA man

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Tommy English during a Loyalist Feud in the year 2000.

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Under questioning today by the barrister defending Mark Haddock,

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Mr Stewart was asked about discrepancies between his claims in

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court, and earlier police interviews. BBC Newsline's Will

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Leitch reports. A day in court which quickly got to

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the nub of what this trial is about, the credibility of one of two

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witnesses on whom all proceedings rest. Format UVF member of Robert

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Stewart, already convicted of aiding and abetting in the murder

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of Tommy English, spent the afternoon on the witness stand.

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Under cross-examination by Franco Donoghue QC defending my Caddick,

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Robert Stewart described how he and his brother had spent Sundays at

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eight bed and breakfast in the late summer of 2008, how they had seen

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an advert in a newspaper and decided to give themselves up. He

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said, we wanted to make a clean break of it. He went on, we

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couldn't live with our lives any more. The defence went on to point

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out a series of discrepancies between what Mr Stewart said in

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police interviews in 2008 at the evidence he gave in court yesterday.

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The cross-examination of Robert Stewart was detailed and

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painstaking. He kept insisting that when he handed himself in to the

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police, he was nervous, under pressure and on prescription Valium.

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He would make mistakes and leave things out in police interviews.

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Now in court, he says, he is telling it like it was. One

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discrepancy he admitted, that's slightly incorrect. The defence

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barrister said, it's not slightly incorrect, it's completely

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contradictory to were too suggestive. Mr Shaw replied, it's

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miners. Robert Stewart faces more questions tomorrow.

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The leader of the Church of Ireland has spoken publicly for the first

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time about a civil partnership between one of its clergy and his

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male partner. Archbishop Alan Harper has told BBC Newsline the

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issue could cause significant division among the clergy and

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congregations. The civil partnership in question was in July.

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It involved a cathedral dean and is the first in the Irish church.

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Chris Page is in Armagh for us. This has caused controversy around

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the world, and are now it is on our doorstep. The that's right. This is

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the first time any clergyman from a mainstream domination --

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denomination has entered into a civil partnership. The Very

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Reverend Tom Gordon took his vows in July, as you said, with his male

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partner of 20 years. Today, the leader of the Church of Ireland,

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Alan Harper, gave the BBC an interview. It is the first time he

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spoke about this. We asked him if it was right for clergymen to be in

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a civil partnership. It's a civil rights in law. The Church cannot

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prevent it, but we should not pretend either that there is not a

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range of views in the church on issues of sexuality. What I would

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say is that all clergy should be more than aware that this is an

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unresolved and contentious issue in the church, and one that is likely

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to cause division. This week in the press, there has been a debate

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between those in the conservative wing of the Church, those who

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believe that all homosexual practices and wrong, and those who

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think homosexuals should be able to take on roles in the church. The

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archbishop agrees this could cause serious division. Are had hoped the

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debate could be conducted a bit more carefully and generously.

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is a fact that the bishops are about to address these issues big-

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game. -- address these issues again. The Archbishop says these recent

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developments will make the discussions all more urgent. He

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says he hopes that any talk of a split in the Church of Ireland is

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premature. Thank-you. It was a nightmare in Tallin last

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night for the Northern Ireland team and the Irish Football Association,

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but there could be more Northern Ireland's hopes of qualifying for

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Euro 2012 were shattered last night in a 4-1 hammering in Estonia. And

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even the one goal Northern Ireland got was an own goal!

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The result has brought calls for Nigel Worthington to stand down as

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manager. Stephen Watson watched an unhappy performance in the Estonian

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capital Tallin. A after the nightmare of last night,

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Nigel Worthington Warcup here in Estonia this morning with his team

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out of them running for a place in Europe -- the European Championship

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finals. Nigel Worthington has a different view on his future to his

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fans. He has two games left on his current contract, and he wants to

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stay on after that. A If Nigel Bolton term wanted to

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put a brave face on what was a depressing night -- if Nigel

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Worthington wanted to put a brave face on what was a disappointing

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night, the fans were having none of it. Nigel, Nigel, time to go!

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message was loud and clear. Taxi for Nigel. I have had enough of

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this. We have no penetration at the front. We are all disgusted. I have

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never left the Northern Ireland match in my life, but I have

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tonight. Nigel Worthington, getting out. -- Nigel Worthington, get him

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out. He has to go. We do not have anything up front. A absolute

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rubbish. A disgrace. I do not agree with the abuse been levelled at

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them, because he does his best, but it is not working. It was a

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humiliating defeat for the Northern Ireland. The manager had an answer

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for his critics. Northern Ireland fans say, it is time for you to go.

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What is your message for them? I came into their job, the press

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was, you would not walk away from the job. My answer is, my contract

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runs out at the end of this year. Until somebody says different,

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that's the situation as his. Would you like to stay on? Are I would

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love to have. How frustrated I used to watch a defensive performance

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like that? I take responsibility, Folly. I am the one in charge.

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he be packing his bags or staying in charge? That's a decision by the

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Irish Football Association. still have two games to go. We will

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not be doing anything until after that. So you will not negotiate a

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contract for Nigel until after? There. Do they want him to stay as

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manager? We will have to decide that when it is over. Not a win the

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endorsement for him this morning, there? A manager is a manager. It

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is the team on the pitch to perform, and they certainly did not perform

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well last night. That poor performance may cost Nigel

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Worthington his job. That's what some of the fans had to

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say about the manager. Later we've the thoughts of players.

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BBC Newsline has learned that the IFA is on a potential collision

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course with Stormont putting at risk the the millions of pounds

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already agreed for the re- development of Windsor Park. Mark

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Sidebottom is at outside IFA headquarters in south Belfast. A

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bad day, it may be getting much worse?

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This is complicated. I'll try to make it simple. The governement had

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a pot of money set aside for football. Last year, the sports

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minister deemed the IFA not fit for purpose because of the way it was

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being run. That forced the then IFA president and his vice president

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David Martin to resign. The IFA then carried out an independent

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review, which satisfied Stormont enough to sign off on a �61 million

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package for the development of local football .Now, however, it's

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emerged that David Martin has applied to become the new IFA

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deputy president. The election for that post is scheduled to take

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place in mid October. Mr Martin is well placed to win, and some at the

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IFA are worried that if he did, it could scupper the finance package

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and the redevelopment of Windsor Park. As yet, there's been no

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official comment from Stormont or the IFA. And sheer. -- thank-you.

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Still to come on the programme. Shared classrooms for Protestant

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and Catholic children in Fermanagh. And the leafy Malone brings laughs

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and fame for a new local writer. The date for the closure of the

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accident and emergency department at Belfast City Hospital was

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confirmed today - it will shut its doors on November 1st. The health

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authorities say it's a temporary measure for up to a year because

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there isn't the money or staff to run it safely. Marie-Louise

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Connolly is here. The Minister says, we do not the money for three

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casualty departments in Belfast, so could this measure be permanent?

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do not think I have ever been in a room when announcement has been

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made and those listening simply did not trust of believe what managers

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were telling them, that this is a temporary move. Managers are

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insisting that it is safety led, not funding lead, but workers feel

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that today marks the beginning of the end of the accident and

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emergency department at the hospital. There were major protests

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outside a hospital. Despite the upheaval that this temporary move

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will bring, the rejigging of Reuters, the temporary car parking,

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moving staff from one part of the city to another, management insist

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that this is temporary and they will continue looking for staff

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writer up to the final minute. would much prefer we were going on

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with our consultation and making longer term decisions about the

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future of emergency departments in Belfast. We found ourselves in a

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position where we must take this position. That's why we have done

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that. It will give us time to reflect and go out with a more

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strategic document about the future of A&E departments. Emotions were

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running very high. They were. Cameras were not allowed to stay.

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There was a lot of shouting, crying as well. Some nursing members were

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in the rain. They are very passionate about the City Hospital.

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There was a poignant moment when a senior consultant addressed the run.

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He said people have to get out of this mindset that they should have

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three accident and emergency departments within a few miles of

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each other. He said he has a childless serious medical condition,

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and recently, he has had two stag travelling around 40 miles to get

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his own child treatment. The unions all say they feel betrayed and do

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What was clear was a lack of planning for the future by any

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union. The managers in their need to look and consider how they

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operate. From my point of view and I think the point of view of the

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public, it is clear that this is the step towards the final closure

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of the accident and emergency. We have had been eating and now we

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have the date. What next? The patients are at the centre of

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this. People need to know where they go and what services they can

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expect when they need accident and emergency care. Without that, there

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will be chaos. It is the start of winter and we know what type of

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pressures that can bring. Thank you very much.

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With the new school term days old, there has been a call for a radical

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rethink of how we educate children. In an open letter signed by well-

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known names in business and arts, the integrated education foundation

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has called for all children to be top together in schools. In County

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Fermanagh, 3,000 pupils from 50 schools learn side by side. Our

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correspondent has visited one of these cross-community partnerships

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in Rosslea. Until recently, Catholic children

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and Protestant children in this small community did not know each

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other. They shared education programme brings them together once

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a week. The troubles have left deep scars in this border they are so it

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has been a big step. After all the troubles, I am sure a

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lot of people are aware, but teachers in the schools were

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positive, so we decided to go forward anyway. The only section of

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the community not affected are the under 10 year-olds so we should

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start there. The schools are now able to offer

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parts of the curriculum which they could not deliver themselves.

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We now have a dance teacher and a music to turn employed through this

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project. Before, because we were seen as three small schools, the

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board did not allocate us a music to 80.

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For the pupils, it is a chance to have fun. -- music tutor.

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We get to do the different activities, light dancing and music.

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I like to do different things every day. It is really fun because we

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get to meet new friends. It is not only the people to

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benefit from the scheme. I am at home and the only when I

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get to know people is through the school. Meeting parents at the

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school gates. It is great for me to get to know other parents, who it

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turns out live beside me. Shared dedication has been running

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for two years. More schools want to get involved. -- stared education.

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Those who have developed sheer dedication and fair manner say that

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the system needs to change. -- shared education. If we put

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education first, I am sure we can break down a lot of barriers for

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Lawyers for the family of a senior RUC officer murdered by the IRA

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have made a formal complaint to the tribunal investigating the killing.

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The complaint is of are the non- disclosure of a Garda intelligence

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document. Our correspondent is in Dublin for us. This is a documents

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related to another trial and the intimidation of a witness.

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That is right. A trial bringing charges of alleged fraud. It is a

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former member of the garden. The person who made the complaint was

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due to give evidence in court in the months leading up to this. They

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came under what was described as subtle intimidation. He was stabbed

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close to where he lived -- stopped by a group of men close to where he

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lived on the day of court. Today he said, I felt intimidated. Because

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of the area where I live, when you are told to do something, you do it.

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There are documents relating to the pressure that he was coming under.

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The connection to the tribunal was not disclosed to the public.

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What are the concerns of the legal team representing the family of pop

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the canon? The representative of the family

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was very upset. -- Bob Buchanan. He reiterated that families have the

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right to see the contents of particular document. He said it is

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a public inquiry and the public also has a right to know. The

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matter has not been decided on and the tribunal will continue tomorrow.

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Earlier we heard calls for the Northern Ireland football manager

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to go after the team's defeat in Estonia last night. Now the players

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have their say. Two of Northern Ireland's most

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experienced campaigners have spoken out in favour of the manager. David

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Healy and Fiona Hughes say that the manager does not deserve to

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shoulder the blame. -- Aaron Hughes. He has to pick what he thinks is

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the best 11. We might have differences of opinion. But what he

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has given is an opportunity, to all of the lads. The younger lads as

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well. Get behind him and get behind the players. There will be

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disappointments, but we are Northern Ireland at the end of the

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day. We do cause upsets and beat big teams. It is hard to keep that

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up for 10 or 12 games on a campaign. There was criticism, and I think it

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has been very unfair. Even after three or four games, there were

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things being said which we tried to run -- to ignore. I do not think we

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have been negative, I do not think we go out not to win games. We

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remember who we are, we know we cannot play teams of the park.

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He does the man being hailed as a hero for Ireland. His defensive

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display against Russia means that the team is still on course for at

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least a play-off place. His man of the match performance in Russia was

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described as being of the best ever seen in an Irish jersey. You always

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have to be on your toes. But from the front to the back, we all put a

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job then. How are you feeling? are happy. I take bangs and knocks

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all the times in games. Like Terry Butcher for England,

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back in the day. Hard to believe that six years ago to the day,

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David Healy scored that famous golf. -- goal.

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I young writer from County Down is on the cost of international

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success. His book about teenage life in a Belfast grammar school

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has been published by Penguin. Film studios have been showing an

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interest. This book is called popular and it

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is proving just that. The 24-year- old offer has already directed the

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first stage production of the book which had its premiere in Belfast

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last night. -- author. I think it is different to anything

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that has been written about Northern Ireland before but part of

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the reason that Penguin picked it up for the international market, I

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hope, is that it is able to make people laugh. It is a school

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environment that a lot of people are familiar with.

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You know how everyone says that wearing a backpack on two shoulders

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is for losers? I thought it was actually cool again.

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When I had finished the book, a few friends gave advice saying that if

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it was not about the Titanic, the famine up for the Troubles, nobody

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would want anything set in Northern Ireland. Thankfully they were wrong.

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It is a big night for the otter. Hopefully, the first of many. --

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the author. We hope it works out for him. Last

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week, hundreds of people flocked to port rush to see some unusual

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tourists. Two basking sharks were paying a visit. Some took to the

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water to get a closer look but the council has warned that anyone

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getting too close could face six months in jail and a �1,000 fine.

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Basking sharks are protected by the Northern Ireland Wildlife Order and

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any disturbance is an offence. That story has gained a lot of reaction.

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As one viewer asked, what happens if it is the shark that comes near

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the swimmer? A good question. You can check out

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the Facebook and Twitter pages online.

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Swimming with sharks. Now the Presumably these basking sharks

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like some sunshine to Basque in. Not too much of that recently. The

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rain has been quite persistent in the West and is still in many

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places at the moment. We have a picture here cent in from a viewer.

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You can see that rain shower moving in. Thank you very much. There are

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more pictures On Our Twitter site. The then and they went well he's a

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way later this evening. A few showers towards the North coast

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otherwise, temperatures dropping to nine degrees. The next area of rain

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moves up from the side tomorrow. The rain will arrive later rather

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than earlier in the day. There are a hot showers in the morning but

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otherwise fairly dry with a hint of brightness. As the rain will come

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from the South, towards the North coast, through Donegal and parts of

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Londonderry, the dry weather will hang on for a good part of the day.

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15 or 16 degrees will not feel quite so silly. Towards the South,

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the cloud will fit in. When the rain arrives, it will last a few

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hours. Things will warm up a little bit. Because the wind is in the

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South, it will be a milder night tomorrow. A warmer day on Friday.

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Some drier weather with temperatures up to 19 degrees. The

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weekend looks Wendy and at times, It has rained an average 213 days

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in Belfast. And it feels like it. Here are the headlines: a loyalist

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supergrasses denies making up evidence during a tribunal.

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