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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline. The headlines this Wednesday

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evening. The trauma and it Sidey because by delays and the justice

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system. We hear the it experience of one family. But best you are

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ignored, and you're also seen as a nuisance. Anger from Health Service

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workers are over job cuts and relocation. Downpatrick to

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Ballymena is a no go. It is 50 miles there and 50 miles back.

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some pharmacies say they are in financial crisis as a result of

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funding cuts. A you been harassed by unwanted adverts on your mobile

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phone that? I am live in Belfast finding out why. The Met Office is

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warning of even more disruptive winds before tomorrow. The daughter

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of a murdered Newry pensioner has said her family at times felt

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ignored by the criminal justice system during the trial of the

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woman convicted of the murder. She has joined others including Victim

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Support in welcoming a review by the independent watchdog, Criminal

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Justice Inspection, which says victims and witnesses in court

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cases should receive better treatment. Our Home Affairs

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correspondent reports. Mother of eight Maire Rankin seen here

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playing with her grandson was beaten to death with a crucifix on

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Christmas morning three years ago. Two months ago her neighbour, Karen

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Walsh, was found guilty of the murder and has been sentenced to a

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minimum of 20 years in jail. One of more awry can's daughters met a

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Victim Support to discuss how the family was treated during what she

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describes as a long and tortuous legal process. Initially you were

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made to feel that she did not have a role, that the state prosecutes

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the criminal and the families and the victims do not have any role.

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At best you are ignored and at worst, you are seen as a nuisance.

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You were in limbo all the time. You could not make any plans. You could

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not get information, there was a lack of communication throughout

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the whole process. That experience is far from unusual. The report

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published today says more needs to be done to improve the treatment of

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victims and witnesses involved in court cases. It criticises the

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length of time it takes for Craig - - for cases to be completed and the

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lack of communication which inspectors say increases anxiety

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and trauma for those involved. The report recommends a single point of

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contact for victims and witnesses to get the information that they

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need. A what they lack is that lays some advocate, someone who can link

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up with the family and answer questions. That is what we found.

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It took us a long time and a lot of digging before we develop the

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contacts. Not all crimes are as brittle or a high profile as the

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murder of Maire Rankin. Victims of other crimes often also feel

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marginalised by the criminal justice system. The author of the

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report says that concern is shared by many who go through the court

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system. The justice organisations need to make an extra effort to

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recognise the impact that crime has on individuals and to develop what

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should be a more personalised service. Some of the more emotional

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impacts of the crime. The reports also recommends improved services

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for witnesses who at times find themselves sitting beside

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defendants they are due to give evidence against. Justice Minister

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David Ford has welcomed the report and accepted his recommendations.

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He said all parts of the criminal justice system are committed to

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improving the treatment of victims and witnesses. About 100 people

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were moved out of their homes last night because of a pipebomb attack

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in Poleglass in West Belfast. The device was thrown through the

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window of a house in Woodside Park at about 10pm. There were no

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reports of injuries. A motive for the attack is unclear. There has

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been anger and dismay from health administrators whose jobs are being

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redeployed. Up to 100 jobs are to be lost and another 400 staff are

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being forced to relocate because services are being reorganised. The

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Department of Health says the moves will reduce administration and

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duplicates and -- duplication. There was not a lot of Christmas

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cheer at this Health Trust Office at the dacha hospital complex today.

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30 staff are affected here in the payment section and they have been

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told in future they will be working either in the new Ballymena centre

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of excellence are will be redeployed. Downpatrick to

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Ballymena is a no go. It is 50 miles there and 50 miles back. A

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100 miles round trip. I cannot travel there, I have two young

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children. We have not been given any assurances that we will be

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redeployed or whether there will be redundancies. The Department of

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Health centralise a sound plan means for art macro new

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administration centres. At Belfast of us will do with pay roll, Armagh

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will handle human resources and finance income will go to Omagh

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with place... 43 a human resources staff in Derry will be dispersed

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and that means facing the day the prospect of travelling to Armagh

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and back for some of them. We can get a bus that leaves from Derry at

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4:30am that will get us there at 8:30am, so we may be able to get to

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work in time. It was total and utter shock. We have a consultation

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period. To be hit with this with just a few weeks before Christmas...

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There are concerns over redundancies. They're quite a few

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young members of staff who will not be offered the chance of voluntary

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early retirement. I also have a fear that this will not work and

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that staff will be put through quite a lot of distress and in a

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number of years that decision will have to be reversed.

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Department's plan includes an 18 month long process of relocation

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and retraining with 100 job losses taking place by the middle of 2013.

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The people who run our chemist shops have told BBC Newsline they

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are having to take out bank loans are cash in pensions to keep their

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businesses open. Pharmacists do much more than hand out

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prescriptions. They run smoking clinics, help vulnerable people to

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the right drugs at the right time and supply a range of community

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services. According to the body that represents pharmacists, the

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budget to fund all that was cut this year by �38 million. This

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man's weekly trip to his local pharmacy is helping to prevent

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diseases such as heart attack and stroke. A diabetic for 12 years, it

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was this Pharmacy, not his health centre, which got him back to be

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dealt. I came here and, blood sugars monitored, blood pressure

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monitored. In four to five weeks I was down Matt, I was no longer a

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diabetic in real terms and I have lost two stone in weight and I had

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a completely new quality of life. There are over 500 community

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pharmacies in Northern Ireland, while the Department of Health

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wants to enhance the role they play in delivering health care,

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according to this but the budget was cut by 30%. We have had to seek

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emergency funding to continue been able to operate. That is all over

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six or seven months to continue to employ two pharmacists. The

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potential cuts, shortening our powers, a general loss of services

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to the patient. According to community pharmacists they play a

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vital role in dispensing prescriptions. They offer advice on

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quitting smoking and weight management. They operate the minor

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ailments scheme for Coles, immunised patients and offer advice

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on sexual health. They acknowledge that times are difficult, community

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pharmacy end I'd say the cuts are too much too soon. We're finding

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that pharmacists and having to revert to banks for emergency

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funding, they are having to revert to family members for funding and

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we have heard that some are cashing in at their own pensions.

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Pharmacies are facing a 30% reduction and this is unworkable.

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The Department of Health considers that there has been no change in

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the mind of recurrent funding or in the fees pharmacists are paid for

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dispensing prescriptions. Part of the problem could be increased

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competition from the High Street and that lesser medicine is being

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prescribed. When they talk about the work that they're doing been

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down, but the formula for giving them funding been the same, that is

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a pretty fair treatment. It'll be interesting to see what happens

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when there is a review of the formula. With the ongoing changes

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to how local health care is being delivered as in parts of England,

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the idea might be that some health centres could dispense medication.

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All could be revealed next week when the review into health care is

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due to be published. During a recent Assembly debate, a number of

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MLAs questioned if this was the wrong time. For so many communities

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and local businesses for taking a massive head. With little light on

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the economic horizon, the question is if there is ever a good time for

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such a move. Clearly a lot depends on the outcome of the review. Still

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to come on the programme. A law that allows some to children to be

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absent from school for nearly half the year, but that could change.

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Team work makes life a lot easier for fans at the soccer club. People

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in Glengormley say they are fed up with large gangs of youths

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gathering in the area and causing trouble. Police have charged 29

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young people in relation to anti- social behaviour and the fighting

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which takes place most weekends between rival sectarian gangs. I

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new community group has been formed in a bid to claim back the streets.

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We do not seem to have that report, we will try to get back to it. It

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may surprise you to know that there are some children who can miss have

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at the school year and their parents are not penalised for it. A

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legal loophole permits widespread absenteeism in a particular group

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of pupils, children from traveller families. That could change to help

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the children's learning. Travel a pupil's progress is hampered by a

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high level of absenteeism. It is much higher than average at primary

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school but by secondary school, traveller children are staying away

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for almost half the term and some are not even register that the

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school. It is important to improve travel or attendance. If attendance

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reaches a certain level, we involve the education and welfare officer

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and in recent years we have been doing that even more. Travel

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attendance has improved. Because of the way they move around, traveller

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children allow it to be absent for have this the year without their

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parents facing prosecution. That law could be repealed. There is

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also a recommendation not to restrict travellers to special

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schools, but some children disagree. She says she likes guilt and has

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many friends but does not like it when she gets called names. She

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would like to be in a school just for travellers and would like

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teachers to stop people when they call travellers' names. We have to

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encourage the traveller community based on the best information to

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ensure that young traveller children are given the opportunity

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to attend school. The Minister for education is to order an action

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If we will go back to Glengormley now. They are claiming that the

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area from dudes. Atypical weekend night in

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Glengormley. The police have observed gangs of young people. The

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majority of these teenagers are socialising but there is a sinister

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element. Intent in causing trouble. It can be as many as 40. They are

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arranged around 14. They are from different religions and they will

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taunt each other. -- may our age. They exchanged verbal abuse and

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this can escalate. This policeman and his team's aim is to keep them

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apart but local residents are sick of the trouble and have come out to

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help. Glengormley community group was only formed one year ago. This

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other group were chipping away, trying to do stuff. The more people

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come out and do things, the more effect we are going to have. It was

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on our doorstep. It was happening outside my Matt Holmes, night in,

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night out. It got worse at the weekends. Outside our homes. That

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with the police team, the policeman is called to the outer road where

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rival gangs are goading each other. The rest of the night will be a

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game of cat and mouse as police keep them apart. We stop them

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clashing and fighting with each other. There is usually a preamble

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to the fighting. That is young crowds gathering in numbers. They

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are shouting and taunting. One young man were shouting abuse

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across. The police have charged for 29 young people in Glengormley this

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year. There are no arrests this time but after our cameras leave,

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the TA to clash again. -- the teenagers. Hugo Swire has

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warned about the possibility of dissident groups using forthcoming

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centenary anniversaries such as the Battle of the Somme and the Easter

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Rising for their own purposes. Speaking in Westminster, he said

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Stormont have a role to play. there that the Executive and the

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mainstream political parties must take the lead in ensuring those who

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would seek to undermine the political process do not have the

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opportunity to do so. These other people who oppose forbearance and

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oppose dissidents. They will try and use anniversaries to further

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their agenda. An extra 700 undergraduate places are to be made

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available for students who want to study in Northern Ireland over the

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next three years. Most of the places will be split between

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Queen's University and the University of Ulster. All of the

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places will be in science, technology, engineering and

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mathematics subjects. It is expected more local students will

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want to stay at home to study to take advantage of cheaper tuition

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fees. Just how smart is a smartphone?

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Does yours ever send you adverts when you are in a shopping centre,

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leaving you wonder -- wondering how you could know where it is? It is a

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central feature of the digital age but is it becoming an unacceptable

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and -- a intrusion into privacy? We have been looking at mobile

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phones and how the message is get to you and how they work. I have

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been going out into the streets of Belfast and finding out more about

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what goes on out there. It is another day in the busy city street.

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Your smartphone goes off and it is a message imploring you to buy

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something. Perhaps from a shop you have just passed. This man is one

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of these -- those people who regularly receives adverts.

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seems like an invasion of preserve these -- are busy. I do not like it

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that they know where I am. A partly targeted? Yes. Perhaps in things I

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have shopped in previously. Where do you think the information is

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coming from? It must be my online shopping habits. Information the

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online companies have had access to. He is claimed that people who are

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sending the message do not know of the you are. The use a complex

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system for using your smartphone's facility. That is how they know you

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are near by and they get your message. A recent survey revealed

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89% of users found that the adverts annoying. No one is breaking the

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law. It depends on the technology that is used for the adverts. It is

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coming through a spandex message, there is an issue there we would be

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issued -- interested in hearing about. -- Spam a text message. It

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is sent the a Bluetooth, the legislation is less clear. For the

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Protection of people's privacy, it should not be happening. Is there

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any way we can reduce those ads we receive?

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That is very hard. I am in a busy mobile phone shop. Lots of

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different phones. That is the point. It depends on your phone. Some

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phones do not take the messages. Others you have to as the provider

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to switch them off. If the phone it uses Bluetooth, you have to switch

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that off if you are in a city. That should reduce the adverts. Social

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media groups are committed to gathering more information and

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Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Strategy information with other

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people. This is just going to get worse, is it not?

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Yes. If you look at what is happening in the United States, it

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is dreadful. We are only seeing the very edge of a very big phone

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Messaging iceberg. It is already starting to annoy people.

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Yesterday you that their privacy on our computers. Today it is about

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smart phones. What is next? Tomorrow I will look at satellite

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navigation systems in your car. But something goes back to the

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manufacturers' you may not be aware Glentoran had a new facility at the

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Oval for fans with disabilities. The project was entirely funded by

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supporters. This is the new purpose-built

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facility at the Oval. The previous enclosure could only cater for

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three wheelchairs but his area now allows access for up to a dozen

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shares and also has room for carers. Everybody banded together and

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wanted the same thing. We had this Dem -- determination. We are all

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happy we have achieved it. supporters' group was set up

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earlier this year and is the only one of its kind in local football.

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It is a big area for him and it is more comfortable. They have a

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better view. A is safer for them. They are not on the pitch side.

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This section is into rented -- integrated. It is a hell of a

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difference. We didn't have anything, more or less, the 4th. Anything

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else is an improvement. The home side might only have managed to

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draw but these fans are celebrating success of the pitch.

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We have a new world champion. He is a school boy from the north coast.

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He has taken North Carolina by storm. And the McLellan's next

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target is to conquer a stretcher. - - Andy McClelland.

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One resident has been making waves in a different sport. It is very

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similar to the normal boarding you see. Same sort of principle. The

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competitions are scored Bognor waved choice and how dynamic and

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aggressive York choices are. He claimed first place in the USA.

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the north coast to say we have a world champion is fantastic. We

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have various people doing very well on surfboards. To add a different

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type of serve craft to that is amazing. People will be looking at

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Andy and saying, where is he from? With everything going online, it

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will be instant. People will see where he is from an recognise that.

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With competitors from over 20 countries taking part, it makes and

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the's win even more significant. You train very hard for these

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competitions. There is a four year build up. He is a goal I always had.

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It means all the training starts to pay off. Next up is Australia in

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2013. The sheer joy is not bad Now the weather. This is a picture

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taken from the crane working at the You can see this picture if you

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look at our BBC Facebook page. Do not forget you can e-mail us your

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photographs. The address is there on the screen. You can always keep

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in touch. We love to see your photographs. The weather is not

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looking good. We will get a lot of stormy weather photographs. There

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will eventually be wintery photographs, too. It will be

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blustery and cool enough to date. Tomorrow it will be more windy.

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Before we get there, we are going to find the winds he's down. It is

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later in the night, particularly in two tomorrow, an area of low

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pressure moves into the North of Scotland. It will deepen and the

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winds around this low will be potentially stormy. That is

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particularly through the the Mans of Scotland. The Met Office has

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issued an amber warning. That means we have to be prepared for

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disruptive winds. As we head into this evening, it is calming down a

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bit. The winds wallies. Most parts will dry out. The early frost will

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soon go. The wind will increase from the south. It will be a wet

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end to the night. Rain and gales. By the middle part of the day, they

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could be disruption to trees and buildings. A is a wet and windy

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start to the day. The mild as part -- mild as part of the day will be

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the afternoon. That is when we start to see high a winds setting

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in. They could reach 70 mph for inland areas. It could potentially

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be quite stormy. We see those winds starting to ease down tomorrow

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night. That cold air will continue to seek -- sink its way southwards.

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Some of us will catch some snow showers. There is a warning for

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that, too. An early warning for snow. It is an icy, snowy start on

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You would almost think it is winter! Finally, a reminder of the

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stories here on BBC Newsline: A daughter of murdered Newry

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pensioner Maire Rankin has backed a report which calls for a speeding

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up of the criminal justice system. Health administration staff have

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been expressing anger at the prospect of job cuts and having to

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relocate to four new work centres. Some pharmacists have been driven

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to taking out emergency bank loans to keep their businesses afloat.

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That is after cuts in government funding.

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David Cameron is coming under increasing pressure from his own

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party to protect British interests under a new EU treaty. There is the

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summer meeting on Friday to discuss the changes, to try and stop the

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