26/12/2011 BBC Newsline
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A mother and her six children have been left homeless after a | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
Christmas day fire gutted their home in west Belfast. The | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
children's presents, including a pet snake, were also destroyed in | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
the blaze, which is believed to have started accidentally. | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
24 hours after the fire and Eileen Wilson was still visibly upset as | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
she was comforted by friends and family. Outside her home at Moyard | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
Parade off the Springfield Road, the charred remnants of her | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
belongings scattered across the front garden, along with blackened | :00:35. | :00:42. | |
Christmas presents and decorations. Yesterday afternoon's blaze is | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
believed to have started accidentally when a kitchen | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
appliance malfunctioned. The mother and her six children who range from | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
a teenager to a nine-month-old infant, were out visiting family | :00:56. | :01:04. | |
when the fire started. I had got up on Christmas morning with the | :01:04. | :01:11. | |
children and the had opened a presence. When I came back, it was | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
gutted. There was nothing left in the house at all. | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
The investigation into the fire is looking at the possibility that an | :01:21. | :01:31. | |
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electrical fault in a kitchen appliance may have sparked it. | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
could have had a catastrophe here if the fire had broken out with all | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
the kids sleeping in bed. Thankfully, that did not | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
Local residents are collecting clothes and other household items | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
to help get the family through the holiday period. They've been | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
offered emergency accommodation in a hostel but they've decided to | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
spend what is left of their Christmas staying with family and | :01:58. | :02:08. | |
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friends. Four people have been in court in Lisbon on drugs charges. | :02:08. | :02:18. | |
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Cocaine and cannabis were found in the City on Friday. -- Lisburn. | :02:22. | :02:29. | |
Three of the accused her husband and wife and another man. They | :02:29. | :02:39. | |
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appeared in the lock -- in the dock with another man. The 4th defendant | :02:40. | :02:48. | |
was from Crumlin. A detective told the court that they had found and | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
drugs factory in one of the houses. During searches there and elsewhere | :02:52. | :03:02. | |
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on Friday, the officers found drugs with a street value of �450,000. | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
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There were charges of having cocaine with intent to supply. One | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
of the defendant swept as lawyers discussed her bail application but | :03:23. | :03:31. | |
all were remanded in custody apart from corner Reilly. | :03:31. | :03:41. | |
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What a difference a year makes. We have had our warmest Christmas Day | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
on record. It was also a mild Boxing Day across Northern Ireland. | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
There will be some heavy rain around tonight. It will ease away | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
during their early hours. The winds will ease away too. A good part of | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
the day is looking dry. Much drier weather tomorrow from mid-morning | :04:04. | :04:13. | |
onwards. Temperatures in double figures. A brighter day on | :04:14. | :04:16. |
