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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline. One year on from his murder, the

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mad that of Constable Ronan Kerr says she pities his killers.

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people who have done this have to live with this for the rest of our

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lives. They have to live with the knowledge that they killed a young

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innocent man. Another jobs boost, the third in

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three days and this one is in County Tyrone.

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It called for more funds to fight brain cancer. We hear from one

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family who have lost three loved ones to the disease. She never

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cried. Near Christmas, she complained about a headache.

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The view from Portaferry is absolutely stunning tonight, but I

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will be finding out how the village itself will be improving its looks.

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Another glorious day of sunshine, how long can it continue? I will

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have the answer later. Almost one year after the murder of

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the police officer Ronan Kerr, his mother has said his killers have

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gained nothing. He died when dissident republicans put a bomb

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under his car in Omagh. His mother and brother have been speaking as

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the first anniversary of his death approaches. Ronan Kerr was just 25.

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He often checked his car for bombs. This time he had gone out to

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collect something. It was enough to detonate the device. Police say the

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murder investigation is extremely large, long and detailed. In the

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weeks before his death, he told friends and family that he loved

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his job, that he had never been happier. His family had come to

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rely on the man with the big bubbly personality. His mother and brother

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Cathair Kerr have been speaking of as the anniversary of his death

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approaches. It is difficult to live with it all. I just want to appeal

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to the people that did this. They have to live with it as well. It is

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not just us. They have to live with the knowledge that they killed a

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young innocent man. He may have had a police uniform, he was a lovely

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young man. He was taken from us. This is not the way forward.

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says the killers have not achieved anything. Absolutely nothing. The

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show of support at the time was definitely a sending a clear

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message that they have no support. They knew what they had done and

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they do not have the support. Numerous people have said to me

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sense that my son or my doctor, as soon as recruitment opens again,

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they will join. Constable care was murdered in Omagh. Police moved in

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the here, where they found munitions and explosives, along

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with stolen vehicles. You can see an officer lifting a weapon inside

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the building before it is taken away for examination. One man has

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been charged in connection with the find. Now, the police want more co-

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operation and information from the community, especially about just

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who was wet the -- renting the garage. No one from the PSNI was

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available for interview today. Obviously we want justice for Ronan.

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We want someone charged and the right person charged. It could save

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another life. They could take someone else's life. That is the

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main thing. It will not bring Rome and back, but it could save someone

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else. Later this week, a judge is expected to deliver his verdict on

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the men charged with the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll. He was

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the first PSNI officer to the murder. It makes the appeal now for

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information about the murder of Ronan Kerr all the more timely.

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In major food processing company is creating 164 jobs in Cookstown.

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Vion Food is investing in new equipment and technology.

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Representing one in five jobs in the private sector, the agri-food

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industry is still growing. This company in Cookstown already

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employs more than 700 people. It is the largest pig processing plant in

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Ireland and one of the largest in the UK. Today's Investment will

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enhance the processing facilities and update the chilling technology.

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There is a long tradition. Our plant dates back to 1938 and we

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believe there are sound foundations for us to grow our business. This

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investment will mean 170 additional jobs in relation to it and will

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mean our technology will improve. It will make as globally

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competitive and keep us on the right track to sustain the industry

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here. That industry has been thriving despite the -- despite the

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economic downturn. I have long been a supporter of this industry and

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throughout the recession it has continued to grow and there are

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huge opportunities for the sector, particularly in the export market.

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And with the creation of the food strategy board hoped to work in

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conjunction with farmers and with processors to make this an industry

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that is world class and can drive the economy here. The company

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supplies several large supermarket chains as well as selling its own

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Cookstown brand products. It anticipates increase sales as a

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result of the investment. The police on both sides of the

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border have been criticised at the Smithwick Tribunal for failing to

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disclose details before today of an investigation into alleged leaks of

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Garda intelligence to the IRA. The tribunal is investigating

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allegations of collusion in the IRA murders of two RUC officers. Chief

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Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan were

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killed in an IRA ambush just after they left Dundalk Garda station.

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The leaks investigation was two years after that. Our reporter is

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in Dublin. The person who led that leaks investigation in 1991 was

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before the tribunal again today? Back his right. He was back before

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the tribunal. In recent weeks has the tribunal found out that in 1991

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there was an investigation into alleged garden leaks to the IRA in

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Donegal. It was the first time they had got wind of what was a major

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investigation. The person charged at that probe was... And there was

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no evidence linking any officer with this. The tribunal said that

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given that we are investigating allegations of collusion, you would

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think that this would be one of the first reports we would get. He

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agreed and he said it depends what information the tribunal requested.

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The PSNI came in for particular criticism by the chairman. That is

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right. There were some heated exchanges today. The former Garda

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commissioner admitted it was the first and only time that he had

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investigated the links to the IRA. They asked why it was left out

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until now. He said what he had always a - a have always answered

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the questions he had asked. The tribunal chairman criticised the

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PSNI pointing out that it was an RUC witness that brought this

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matter to the attention of the tribunal, so why did the PSNI not

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volunteer this report? What was the response? The councillor for the

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PSNI described it as unfair and he cited a loss of corporate knowledge

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on the case and the exchange between the chairman and Mr

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Robinson continued for a number of minutes. He said neither at the

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Gardai and the PSNI had disclose details of this investigation to us.

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The title of both reports were indicative that that they were

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investigating matters of collusion and begs the question, what other

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evidence is there that we do not know about? And thank you.

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This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme. The latest

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attractions for followers of all things Titanic are unveiled in

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Belfast. Also. It is like jogging on the moon. We are using NASA

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equipment which has revolution analysing we have in the Royal

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Victoria Hospital. A 53-year-old woman who was being

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questioned about the murder of a man 16 years ago has been released.

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Simon Tang was beaten and robbed as said his takeaway restaurant in

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Carrickfergus. The arrest follows an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch

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programme last week. Police say they are falling in the lines of

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inquiry. A judge has ruled that an education

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board acted unlawfully in its treatment of a nine-year-old boy

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with special needs. The boy in known only as LC failed to receive

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it to erect a literacy teaching from the board. The Children's Law

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centre, which supported the case, says this could set a precedent for

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future cases. It is a broad judgment. This is in the sense that

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it does not apply just to direct teaching support, it could also

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apply to other board services such as children with autism, children

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with behavioural needs and children waiting for psychology assessments.

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A property management company controlled by a high profile estate

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agent, Philip Johnston, has gone into receivership. The company

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called East Development Ltd has fallen victim to the market slump

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and a receiver is trying to sell its properties to recover �3

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million owed to creditors. Philip Johnston did not want to comment on

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the news, but has made it clear his estate agency business is not

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affected. There a couple in Londonderry whose

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daughter and two other relatives died from brain tumours have backed

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calls for more research funding into that particular cancer. There

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up to 250 brain tumour operations here every year, but campaigners

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say research into brain tumours gets less than one % of the money

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preface was just 26 years old when she was diagnosed with a brain

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tumour. She was a popular young teacher and she excelled in sports

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and was engaged to be married this summer. In January, eight months

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after being diagnosed, she lost her fight for life. When the doctors

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explain to us and her fiance that she had two monster live initially,

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without an operation, it was escalating. She was told if she had

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an operation it is possible she could live for a one year. It was

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hard. She never cried. She never complained. She never would have

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said, I feel sick or near Christmas she would have complained about a

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sore head. As her parents reflect on their laws, they say the onus --

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illness has had a devastating impact on them. She was going out

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and said I am going now. She took I said I am going with you. She said

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she would not be back. I said she would be back. That is how when he

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awoke she wouldn't be back. We have got plenty of novel therapies in

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the pipeline that we hope to develop. We need a boost to move

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that forward into clinical trial activity. It is the third time this

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family have lost a loved one to the disease. 14 years ago, her uncle

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sickened to a brain tumour and in 2010 or 18-year-old cousin and

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close friend also died. Their graves are just yards apart. It has

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been terrible. We have not got over it. We do not seem to be moving on.

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I think what happened to Charlene brought everything back. The two of

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them died on the same ward. It was horrific. The families of both

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these young women are backing funding for further research into

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this cancer in the hope that it will prevent what they described as

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Yet another attraction for so called "Titanoraks" was been

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unveiled. This one is a bronze sculpture dedicated to the shipyard

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workers who built the famous liner at Harland and Wolff and not far

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from the statue a train station has also been getting the Titanic

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treatment as Natasha Sayee reports. 100 years ago, men like this walked

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to the shipyard to put the finishing touches on their greatest

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project and this is to remember them. It is also in memory of the

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thousands of others who worked in what was once Belfast's biggest

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industry. My father, Mike grandfather and lots of us in our

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family worked here. The any reason I didn't is that it didn't happen

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when it came to me. Part of the idea of the sculpture is to allow

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local children a way to connect with it the past with grandfathers

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and great-grandfathers long gone but there are a few who remember

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the yard to mend. They are just at the real thing. We will give them a

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wave every day and I hope thousands remember the shipyard men. Really

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remember this shipyard men before they take the steps away. There

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were thousands of them. Just a stone's throw away, another

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unveiling. A name change for the former Bridgend station, although

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it is a good walk to Titanic Belfast from here so is the name

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misleading? It is a ten-minute stroll across so not that far away.

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It is improved access between east Belfast and the Titanic environment.

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It is about a mile from here to Titanic Belfast but there would not

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have been a project -- problem for the yard men who would have walked

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a similar route twice, if not four times a day.

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On tomorrow's programme, I'll be presenting from Titanic Belfast,

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the new name of the Titanic signature building and on Fridays

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programme we will beat -- bring you more of what the attraction has to

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offer. Many towns and villages are

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blighted by derelict buildings because of the economic down turn.

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Now one County Down village is hoping to turn things around with

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the help of some lottery cash. Our District journalist, Claire Savage,

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joins us live from Portaferry. Hello. What a glorious day and a

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glorious setting. I am in the glorious village of Portaferry. But

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this way, if you it isn't as attractive but now derelict

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buildings like this could be in line for beauty treatment to

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improve their looks. On a day like today, it is more

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like a summer clean than a spring clean as There are more than 30

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boarded-up buildings here. It was a thriving centre but it has waned

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somewhat through lack of private investment. We would love to see

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the buildings being read generated and we would like to be part of

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that. �1.2 million of lottery funding is now up for grabs so the

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owners of these properties can help preserve them. Some of the

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buildings are still in the control of may be the receivers. All of

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them are up for sale so anyone out there looking for a great

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investment opportunity and the chance of a grant... This property

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has been empty for six years but now there are plans to reopen it as

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a guest house. It is a lovely village and lovely frontage but

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boards are not attractive for someone wanting to stay. A new

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owners of a business have recently invested private cash. Any money

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that comes to Portaferry is welcome. My husband and I have put a lot of

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effort into advertising and marketing to get his place going.

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It is a lovely community. The derelict buildings are either a

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glass half-full or empty. If you come, you realise the glass is

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half-full. It is hoped to give this place a new lease of life - my life.

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It will only work if people take up the funding but hopefully it will

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help this beauty spot become more beautiful.

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From changing the look of the village to Changing lives. The

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Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast has been chosen as the first NHS

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hospital to trial a special piece of rehabilitation equipment. The

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treadmill was designed by NASA to help astronauts walk in space but

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it is producing marvellous results for patients at the trauma centre.

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A week ago this man was on the flat of his back with multiple fractures.

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A few hours ago he was walking freely thanks to the appliance of

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science. I came off my by civil last week or 10 days ago. I smashed

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my pelvis, five or six ribs. Basically, I could only shuffle

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around on a crutch and here I am walking five kilometres per hour,

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albeit with 40% of my body weight. Using the treadmill is like walking

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on the moon as the zero-gravity effect allows patients to wait bear,

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but at a price as each treadmill costs �30,000. With NHS facilities,

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it hasn't been something they have been able to get. What we have been

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asking for them to do is let us trial it. It is not the only thing

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we are currently doing with these patients but it would be a nice at

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and. Sean and ever thought he would never compete in motocross again.

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My initial recovery period we beat two years but it is down to 12

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months now it has brought me on that far. He sustained a compact

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factor and he now has just as -- experienced the sensation of

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running for the first time in months. It was a real. When I

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started it was hard to imagine being able to run because I haven't

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for six months. But the good thing was I had the confidence to know I

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wasn't doing damage to the fracture site. The surgeons who routinely

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put these patients back together again fully recognise the role

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played by personnel and the machinery. It is valuable. We can

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do that technical aspects of putting bones back together again

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and providing stability but equally important is that we have

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afterwards. What you have this at your disposal every day of the if

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you could wave a wand? Obviously yes. There are constraints but

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talking to my physiotherapy colleagues there are clear benefits

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as to what this machine has to offer. The treadmill will trial

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Fire crews at tackling a course fire in County Armagh. Locals say

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the blaze broke out at around midday. Six appliances are in

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attendance and crews are using beating Tikrit and to put it out.

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They are working alongside the Forestry Service. A small portion

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of a nearby forest is also in flames.

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More on that later. It was a beautiful day to go

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fishing and that is what schoolchildren in Colraine did

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today. They started out with 100 salmon but they were happy to leave

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empty handed. Our reporter explains. Titanic topics to study but these

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children at Milburn primary school had other fish to fry. They were

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given over 100 salmon eggs to look after and hatch as part of a major

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rivers agency environmental improvement scheme and their

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teacher gave them top marks. children are the ones who are

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checking the fridge and the temperature and looking out for any

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hazards and of removing anything they shouldn't be in the water.

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They have been great. But this morning it was time to say goodbye

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to their unusual classroom pets as the children released them into the

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water in the town centre. Some did die but we got quite a lot of them

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at least. I am happy we are releasing them. It was good to have

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the feeling of accomplishment. Looking after them and being

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responsible. I didn't name any of them but it was very weird to have

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a double home-made -- double-headed salmon but it died. It is part of a

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flood alleviation programme Hine completion. Because of the

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modifications made to the river with cull that's and pipes, it

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inhibited their salmon getting up to the catchment. We were able to

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restore the natural function of the river to allow the fish to get back

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up. The children have worked very hard and they hope to enjoy the

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fruits of their labour within the next three years when the fish come

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Our next bunch of reporters there! With all the concern about water

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shortages in many parts of England, people have been contacting us here

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on BBC Newsline wanting to know if we're affected. Well Northern

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Ireland Water told us a short time ago that local reservoirs are 90%

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full. Good news, but we're still enjoying this dry sunny weather.

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Let's get the forecast with Cecilia Thank you. There is no sign of any

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real main within the next four or five days but we will see changes

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in the weather. Another day of sunshine tomorrow. It has been

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glorious today with lots of people packed in the City Hall at

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lunchtime. Yesterday, on the north coast, temperatures peaked but

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today it was 15 degrees Celsius. Not due to lack of sunshine because

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there was hardly a cloud to be seen. His clout will gradually comes

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southwards but the breeze today is coming from the north-west and it

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was purely down to the change in wind direction coming off the cold

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sea. That north-westerly breeze we are keeping tonight. A sharp fall

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in temperatures again after dark with some frost possible. A Bank of

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missed here this morning. Similar tomorrow morning. A chilly start

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tomorrow but we keep the sunshine going. It doesn't take too long

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before it warms up. More cloud tomorrow towards the north coast.

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The further south you are the warmer it will be. 17 and 18

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degrees Celsius are typical temperatures inland but Calder on

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the coast in a keynote breeze. -- where the breeze is fresher. A warm

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night tonight but when the cloud arrives it will make quite a

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difference. On Friday, cooler and cloudier with a breeze.

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Temperatures slipping back to average for this time of year. No

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