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The headlines this Tuesday evening: The Executive agrees to invest more

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than half a billion pounds in roads and hospitals, with the promise of

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several thousand jobs. I'm live in Armagh where there is anger over a

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string of recent job losses. A court is told Police investigating

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the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll had to threaten the Army

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with a search warrant. As Rangers go into administration and lose ten

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points in the Scottish League, we've been speaking to local fans.

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Also there and Anna this week we will be sending over a bigger

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support this weekend. -- more so than ever. I'm in Londonderry at

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the site of the former Ebringdon Barracks for the opening of the

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city's newest venue. And it's been a rather cloudy and gusty day. Will

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it stay like that tomorrow? Find In an announcement which brings

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much needed relief to the struggling construction industry,

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the Executive is to spend well over �500 million on roads and hospitals.

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The projects will bring thousands of jobs, and the work will get

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under way as early as the autumn.The total outlay will be

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�580 million. The lion's share, almost �500 million, will be spent

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on building and improving roads. Three hospitals will share �88

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million. Now this is not new money, it's the handing out of funds

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already earmarked for infrastructure projects, but it

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will be a shot in the arm for the local economy. Here to put some

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flesh on the bones is our Business and Economics Editor Jim

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Fitzpatrick. Jim, the A5 had been in doubt - this removes the

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uncertainty. It is not new money. Nor are these new projects. All

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with the withdrawal of the Irish government on their share of the

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funding for our biggest roads budget ever threw the old thing

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into question. We have a scaled- down version of it announced, and

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that provides some certainty, which is a good outlook for the industry.

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The A5 was supposed to be 45 kilometres but now it is 37

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kilometres. That will be going ahead once or the public inquiry is

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a clear. The I'll for eight, which has 14 kilometres of road, from --

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the A*. That is now going ahead. At the Ato has been taken out of

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mothballs and is now going ahead. Wells the announcement has come,

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lots of it has been going on in the background because we know who the

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contractors are going to beat. number of local contractors are

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involved FB McCann. We will wait to see who gets the contract for the A

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2.The job should be created there and then. Once you have built the

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road, that can lead to industrial development, too, so that is more

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jobs. And three hospitals sharing �88 million. The us, these are not

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new projects, they have just brought forward the timescale. The

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Ulster Hospital said and �37 million. Up the Golden Hospital is

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receiving �28.5 million. -- Altnagelvin. And Omagh getting

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�25.7 million. We spoke to Gerry Durkan at the Western Trust.

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have brand spanking new premises in the south wing which was much

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opened by her Majesty the Queen two years ago, but the other part of

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the hospital was 50 years old, so I can guarantee that this is the

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number-one priority to. The party is the view from hospital

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administrators. -- that is the view. The should bring about to those and

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500 jobs. It is money that was expected to be spent in some shape

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or form. The construction industry has been waiting for it and they

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are glad that it is now going ahead. George Armstrong, and in this be

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represented at, thinks this will create more jobs, because of the

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multiplier effect. The dismal new money. It is money pulled forward

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from future years. That is important, in the sense that it

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will create jobs quickly and we need to get an air of confidence

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back into the economy. This will help in that regard. It will help,

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but construction employers want more infrastructure money to be

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made available, not just the money we were already getting. This is

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not a big strategy response to the downturn, this is the investment

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that the Executive was already going to give the go-ahead to. But

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money is being put into things like construction to kick-start the

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economy, but that is not quite what we have got today. While the

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construction industry awaits the confirmation of jobs from those

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capital projects, other businesses are still suffering. Three firms,

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HCL in Armagh, Unicorn Mouldings in Markethill and Noel Zwecker

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Transport near Armagh, have announced closures in the past ten

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days. Kevin Magee is in the city tonight. Kevin. Between them those

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closures mean that more than 250 people are to lose their jobs in

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and around the Armagh city. The council meets tonight and it will

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discuss those job losses. I've spent the day here taking the

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temperature and it's a blow people say they just can't afford. There

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was anger on the streets that this area is losing so many jobs. 170,

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going with the closure of a call centre at HCl, one of the largest

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employers in the City. It is a disgrace that so many jobs are lost

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in the stand. We badly need more jobs. The is bad enough as it is.

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It is very, very bad. It affects everybody in the area, shops, a

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rhythm. One local employer said the call centre for build an important

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role. When I left school I went straight into the call centre. It

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was probably the best salary in the town by somebody starting out, so

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people are not going to get experience now and not a lot of

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places will take them. This means that some 250 fewer wage packets

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will be spent in shops like these in Armagh, but the overall economic

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impact does not end there, the fear factor kicks in and those with jobs

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begin to worry about their own security of employment and, as a

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result, they begin to spend less. This is on top of already low

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consumer confidence. The people who are working are keeping a bit of

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money back because the recession is getting worse. Prices are going up.

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So, they are saving their money. I believe that Armagh is losing it

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because it is not connected to the motorway network. We think that

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private jobs for the roads infrastructure. In the last few

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years there is evidence that large- scale public sector jobs are now

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following the road network and that leaves us out of the loop.

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those looking for a new job, finding one will not be easy.

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used to be a builder and I are now unemployed. I have applied for

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factory jobs, delivering pizzas, I have applied for a taxicab job.

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Just really anything at all. I am filling in application forms and

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there is not anything, you do not hear any walk back, one way or

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another. Some staff will be offered the chance to relocate to Belfast

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and the call centre. The council meeting gets under way you shortly.

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Jobs are on the agenda. Already, the Mirror armour has issued an SOS

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to the Stormont exec of past as executive -- the mayor of Armagh

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has issued an SOS. The trial of two men for the murder of Constable

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Stephen Carroll heard today that the police had to threaten the army

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with a search warrant before it would hand over a tracking device

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which placed one of the accused close to the scene of the shooting.

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Constable Carroll was killed by dissident republicans in Craigavon

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almost three years ago. Natsha Sayee was in the court. This is the

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moment when one of the accused was detained by police, the day after

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the shooting. Part of the evidence against him involves a GPS tracking

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device hidden on his card by a special Army Intelligence Unit.

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Belfast Crown Court was told that bitter from the advice should that

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his vehicle was parked close to the scene of the killing. But one of

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the police officers in charge of the investigation claims that he

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nothing about the tracking device when he arrested him. The detective

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said there was a dispute between the army and the PSNI, or that the

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dice, and said there was much conversations going on above my

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head, involving the Chief Constable and possibly even above that. He

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said that, after the killing, it was a fortnight before he and his

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team were given what he called "approval" to explore the

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information on the device. He said there was a great deal of

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reluctance on the part of the army to hand it over and that they only

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agreed to it after the PSNI threatened to seize it, with a

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warrant. It was finally handed over, more than four months after

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Constable Stephen Carroll was murdered. The court heard that the

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device made the police now was, because it was the first time that

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data from a GPS tracker was used as evidence. But a soldier who acted

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as a liaison officer between the army and police at the time told

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the court there was no dispute over the device. Both men charged with

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This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme: Join me in

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just a few minutes live from the former Ebrington barracks

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inLondonderry where the party's hotting up at the opening of the

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city's newest venue. Local fans of Rangers have vowed to stand by

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their club which today went into administration with debts of up to

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�75 million. And the move doesn't just affect the boardroom. The

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club's been docked ten points for its financial woes, putting it out

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of the running for this season's Premier League championship. Mervyn

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Jess reports. When times are good, it is all smiles and back-slapping

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for a football club chairman, but as Rangers' owner, Craig Whyte,

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found it last night, when times are back the tide is not long in

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cunning. LOUD BOOING. This afternoon the historic Glasgow club

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when into administration after the courts asked that an administrator

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be appointed immediately, with a tax bill looming that could be as

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high as �75 million. What do the Rangers fans over you think about

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what is going on at the club, or were there? What were better to

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find out and here at this and the role Belfast Rangers supporters'

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club? -- Sandy Row. There are only two teams in Scotland. From this

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particular area, we can send anywhere from 30-50 people were to

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watch Glasgow Rangers. It is in people's blood. It is clearly bad

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times for Rangers at the moment. But it is not been over. -- game

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over. The Ibrox side were lying four points behind Celtic record a

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ten-point penalty for administration was issued. Even

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with the penalty, Rangers are still The two men arrested in relation to

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the murder of a Hillsborough man seven years ago have been released.

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Ronald Todd was 30 years old when he went missing in December 2005.

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His car was found burned out the following day. Two months later his

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body was recovered from the River Lagan in South Belfast.

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A man is being treated in hospital after a crash involving a police

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car and a van just off the Westlink in Belfast this morning. The two

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vehicles collided after a 20-minute chase along the M1. The Police

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Ombudsman is investigating. It's Valentine's Night, and the

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people of the North West have been invited to share the love at a huge

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party to celebrate the opening of a new public space. It's on the site

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of the old Ebrington barracks in the Waterside. Sarah Travers is

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there for BBC Newsline. What's going on there, Sarah?

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Hello. People from both sides of the river have come to the

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Waterside Inn night, to the opening of this branded -- brand new side.

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This place opened in 1841, and since then it has been home to all

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kinds of different military personnel, from the army to the

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Royal Air Force and the Navy. The troops left some time ago and since

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then it has undergone a major Maj 2003, and the first Battalion

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made their departure from Ebrington Barracks.

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This was a significant military and naval base from the middle of the

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19th century right until the end of the Second World War. Indeed, the

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war is the most important era because this was part of a

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functioning heart of the naval base, and it was here that the battle of

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the Atlantic was waged. The troubles saw many Protestants

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moved from the city side across to the waterside. However, this local

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worker believes the opening of the new bridge leading to this new

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space has made great leaps forward to end feelings of alienation.

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One of the great problems with segregation has been the fact that

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a lot of Protestants have moved to the city side. There's always been

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a reluctance in the city centre, but this extends the city centre,

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and already we have the bridge giving evidence that it has become

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a very inclusive space for the whole community.

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The cast of transforming the former ground has been �7.4 million.

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During its excavation, to macro cannon were unearthed. As final

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preparations are made for tonight's opening, one of Derry's Les -- most

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loved daughters is in town. The potential for this space is

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world class, and the work that the lads have done in the last couple

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of years... The walkway on from the bridge, there's potential for the

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concerts for the next year, and the amount of gallery space is

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phenomenal. It is an amazing opportunity body be able to embrace

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it and make it their own. Good to see her back in Derry. She

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will take to the stage at just after 7 o'clock. I have been joined

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by a few giant jesters. Where are you from? And from here. And what

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do you think of this space? It is pretty.

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I think you are frightening the children. You are frightening them!

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We're fine. I'm going to have to leave you now.

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Just behind this giant just there should be shown in the car for a --

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Miss McCarthy. This new space we have got, this is going to be key,

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isn't it? You are in charge of that. Yes, not only this space but the

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whole city is going to be a canvas for our ear. This is an example of

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the huge change in this city. How important is it to have a venue

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like this on the waterside? It is vital. We are all familiar

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with the institutions on the city side. To have this place, the Arts

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Centre and so on, is wonderful. It makes the whole day is a landscape

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for 2013. What kind of events can we expect here? The highlights

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programme will be announced in April, but from New year's Eve

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until the 12th January Sudi All Ireland concerts come into the city

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-- until the 12th January, to the island concerts coming to the city,

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it is all happening. And how can people coming here get

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tickets? We have learned all we can from the Olympics and from

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Liverpool, so we are going to have it right. People will be able to

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get tickets. It is all about community access.

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Thank you very much for talking to us. Lots of people milling around.

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Who have we got here? Aid in. are you from? I am from England!

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And I'm his sister! We will be staying a bit longer so

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please join me again later. They are so shy and retiring in

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Derry, aren't they?! More from Ebrington before the end

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of the programme. First, Stephen Watson's here - and a decision on

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the Ireland-France rescheduled match in the Six Nations.

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Yes, the match which was called off has been re- scheduled for Sunday,

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March fourth. Not everybody is happy. But it will be a much

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earlier kick-off. It will kick off at 3pm, earlier than the 9pm kick-

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off last weekend. Not everybody is happy. The RFU wanted the game to

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be on the Saturday because they thought it would give the players

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Longwick -- longer between matches. The fans who did travel to France

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last weekend can have their tickets refunded. The French Rugby

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Federation will reimburse any supporters who want to sell back

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their tickets. Today the Ulster coach applauded the decision at the

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weekend to put player safety first because of those freezing

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conditions late at night in the French capital.

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The pitch was frozen, so from my point of view, yeah, players have

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to come first. They are very expensive commodities and have to

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be looked after. If the pitch was not playable, that is the way it is.

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I know that the French clubs are a bit upset. The date in March is a

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top weekend for their league, so they are not too happy.

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Good luck in trying to book some trouble.

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It is an important week for Bryan Magee. He is hoping to take another

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step towards a world title this Saturday. Today he flew to Denmark

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for his fight. After his final training session, he told us he is

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confident, despite being 36 and fighting away from home.

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I'm feeling under. I think I'm going backwards. I'm enjoying my

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training. I feel stronger. Glentoran Football Club could have

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a new manager as early as tomorrow. Former Manchester United player Pat

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McGibbon, along with Eddie Patterson, Roy Walker, and Ian

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Foster have all been interviewed for the vacant post. Glentoran play

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Shamrock Rovers tonight. Going back to the rugby, it was all

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about player safety. Absolutely. It was probably the

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right decision but it was a catastrophic mistake to leave the

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decisions so late. That was the problem.

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But does this mean there will be more spare tickets?

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Yes, and cheap. But the flights Talking about the weather, it is

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not too bad today. Temperatures may be mild, however,

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because we have some dusty winds making things feel colder. We also

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have some damp weather in the north-west. It is blown in by the

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strong winds. We have milder than normal temperatures of around six

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degrees. No frost to worry about. Into tomorrow, may be a damp start

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for many of us. It is going to stay cloudy and it will be gusty at

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times. Those winds continued to blow some damp weather in. Into the

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afternoon, a bit of damp weather for the coast into Belfast, but in

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the South East, temperatures could even be into double figures. In the

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West, cloudy, a few spots of light drizzle, but generally speaking it

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is a dry day than wed. Towards the evening, maybe even a glimmer of

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sunshine. Things will stay cloudy but the winds begin to ease. They

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will come from a different direction. Temperatures at six

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degrees again. The high pressure which has been in control of the

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weather gradually shifts south as we go into the end of the week. As

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it does, we have this neckband of wet weather pushing south across

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the UK and Ireland. -- this next band. Keep the umbrella handy for

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Thursday. It is going to be the wettest day of the week. But

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temperatures are on the rise. Going into Friday, it looks settled. One

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or two spots of showers. Temperatures into the double

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figures. But by the weekend, although it looks settled, it is

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although it looks settled, it is going to be colder by day and by

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night. We end the programme by going back

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to the Ebrington Square, the new shared public space on the

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Waterside. The old parade ground - the size of London's Trafalgar

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Square - is having the first of many parties. Sarah, you're waiting

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We are indeed. The size of Trafalgar Square behind me is

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packed full of people from both sides of the River Foyle. The first

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and deputy first ministers are here. But this has all been a result of

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money that came from Stormont. There's regeneration here. This man

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is behind the company that -- this lady is behind the company that

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funded this. The transformation of the parade

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ground was the first project to be completed. The Peace Bridge last

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year was a great start but it had to lead somewhere. Now the parade

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ground puts a heart in to the site. We will have a maritime museum. We

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will host the Turner Prize next year. We are investing this year.

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We are going to be in the global sphere with the Olympic Games, the

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Cultural Olympiad next year. Thank you very much. A great party

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