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Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna

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Traynor. The headlines this Tuesday evening: A gun attack in north

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Belfast leaves a father and daughter critically ill.

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The impartiality of the Historical Inquiries Team is questioned in a

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university report. Six people die within ten days at a nursing home

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in County Donegal. 95 consultants posts remain

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unfilled in local hospitals. And none of can Graeme McDowell

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become the first Irish golfer to win the Masters? Join me from a

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customer. After today's blast of winter, you

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may be wondering if we are in for a white Easter. Join me for the

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Good evening. The police say the father and

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teenage daughter who were shot in North Belfast this morning are

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lucky to be alive. Both are described as critically ill in

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hospital. It is believed two men were involved in the attack, which

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happened in Evelyn Gardens at 8.15am. Conor Macauley has been to

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the scene. It was a routine morning run. The 47-year-old father was

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taking his 18-year-old daughter to school when the gunman struck. He

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walked up wearing a balaclava and opened fire in the street outside

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the house. Demands is the in the chest., his doctor was shot in the

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stomach and hand. His injuries are life-threatening. She is described

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as critical but stable. Neighbours reported hearing a number of shops

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at about half past eight this morning. The mother, who was in the

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house at the time, came out just in time to see the small red van used

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by the gunman turn-off towards the Cavehill Road. It is believed that

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this is the vehicle used by the gunmen at his getaway driver. It

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was found burnt out in the Old Park. There has been much speculation

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about a Motors, but this afternoon the officer in charge of the

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investigation told reporters it was too early to say for sure. It is

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too early to discuss motives. There is a range of information that we

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are looking at. We're asking anyone in the area off Evelyn Gardens or

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Ballymoney Street to come forward to the police. This was a very

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brutal attack in a very quiet area, a residential area, a lot of very

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settled its people in the community. It is believed both shooting

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victims spent time in theatre this afternoon. Police have asked anyone

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who was close to the scene of the shooting or where the getaway

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vehicle was burnt out to get in touch with them.

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A woman believed to be in her mid- 60s has died in a house fire in

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Lisburn. Fire crews were called to the property in Maralin Avenue this

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morning. Care workers raised the alarm when they arrived at the

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bungalow, just before 10.00am. When firefighters entered the house they

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found the woman in the living room, where a small fire had burnt itself

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out. It is believed to have been accidental.

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A nursing home in County Donegal is at the centre of a health

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investigation following the deaths of six residents. It is understood

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the residents were all over 80. Teresa Craig reports from Fahan

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near Buncrana. The deaths happened at Nasa with

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nursing home, which provides residential care for older people.

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Six people are known to have died at their home in the last two weeks.

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It is understood that five of the debts were in the last five days.

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It is not yet known what caused the illness, although it is believed to

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have been other respiratory nature. I have spoken to some relatives of

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the residents who said they were anxious to know the cause of the

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debts. One local councillor has said that there is now concern

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about this close-knit community. is very, very sad. There are a lot

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of people affected. There is a question as to what happened and

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why it happened. There are still 27 other people sick who need to be

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looked after. We don't know what is the cause of the problem. Hopefully

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we will find that this evening. In a statement, the Sisters of

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Nazareth expressed their deepest condolences and said he would like

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to reassure the families of residents of their receiving a high

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standard of care and that they are working closely with the help the

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authorities to ensure that they have all the access and information

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that they need at this critical time. The Irish Health Service

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Executive said that all residents here are currently receiving either

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active or for vented of treatment and that all appropriate control

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measures have been put in place. Tests and swabs were taken

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yesterday evening attended a soap those results will be back some

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time today. The Health Service is making the

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headlines again. Yesterday the BBC learned that the Belfast Trust is

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investigating a second death at the Royal, now we discover that 95

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consultant posts, some in A&E, have not been filled. The British

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Medical Association says the authorities must plan ahead if they

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are to end the waiting list crisis. Our Health Correspondent, Marie-

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Louise Connolly has more details. How significant are 95 unfilled

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posts and what is the breakdown across the hospitals? While this

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figure represents around 10 % of the consultant workforce, we can

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only assume that so long as the posts remain open that management

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see these posts as being essential to the system. Let's look at how

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these figures breakdown. At the Royal Victoria there are 20

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unfilled consultant posts. Six in the Royal Belfast Hospital for six

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- for Sick children and the City Hospital has it. In Craigavon there

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are 12, Daisy Hill has seven. The Ulster Hospital has 10 posts.

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Altnagelvin hospital has 10. Into Northern Health Trust, there are

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six unfilled posts in the Antrim Area Hospital. Because in the

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Antrim area with the alarm was raised. De MLA for the area decided

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to ask the question. He has described the figure as shocking

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and accused the Northern Health Trust of not filling the posts in

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order to save money. These are the department's own figures. They

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should not have needed me or anyone else to ask the question to show

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the scale of the problem. They should be coming to terms with the

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realities of the vacancies that exist in trying to fill them.

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Northern Health Trust said the - said they are trying to fill the

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posts and depict this advert in the paper today. Over the course of the

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past 18 months we have filled 30 posts. Since 2007 the number of

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consultants has gone up by about 25 more staff. And I am not sure what

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the source of the information is, but to assure the public, it is not

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true. It the problem is not money, what is it? It seems to be down to

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workforce planning, planning ahead, planning for the future. The BMA

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says it is critical that the Department of Health plans not just

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for the next seven weeks, seven months but for the next seven years.

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They should be looking 10 years ahead. If that means looking at how

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their numbers in the intake of her students, they should look at that

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as well. We need to look at how the doctors will be trains and the

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services that will be required in the future and Taylor are were

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forced to the needs of the health service. There is a question mark

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over how be readily consultants work. I understand him one health

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trust that clings to one speciality, a consultant may only carry out a

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procedure wanted twice a month and this is not making any impact at

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all on waiting-lists. The independence of the Historical

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Enquiries Team has been called into question relating to killings by

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soldiers during the Troubles. A report from the University of

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Ulster claims that in their investigations soldiers are given

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favourable treatment. Our Home Affairs correspondent, Vincent

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Kearney, has this exclusive report. Soldiers based in this former

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church hall in Ballymurphy shot dead 11 civilians over a three-day

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period in August 1971. The Historical Enquiries Team his

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reviewing the circumstances of the killings and more than 140 others

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by soldiers between 1970 and 1973. All of the killings were originally

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investigated by the Royal Military Police but nine years ago a court

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ruled that those investigations had been inadequate. The Historical

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Enquiries Team set up an independent team of former police

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officers from outside Northern Ireland to re examine what happened.

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Dr Lundy is a senior lecturer at the University of Ulster and to

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spend more than two years reviewing how the cases are reinvestigated.

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don't believe that today's Independent. The evidence from the

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research suggested is not because the interviews are not impartial,

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affected or transparent. She claims the Historical Enquiries Team gives

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former soldiers special treatment by giving them much more pre-

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interview material than when the paramilitary killings are being

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investigated. A I have interviewed a number of solicitors and their

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indicated to me that in the cases were they represent suspects and

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paramilitary cases they do not get this very fulsome Prix interview

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disclosure. It seems to me there is a more generous approach taken to

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the military cases. This solicitor represents the families of those

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killed in Ballymurphy and a number of others, including the mother of

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Francis Rowntree, an 11-year-old killed by a plastic bullet. He

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shares the concerns raised in the report. I think that the best

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approach is to have a totally independent unit dealing with the

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British Army cases. At present it is not sufficiently independent.

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The Historical Enquiries Team rejects the criticism, pointing out

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that there had been a number of cases where families of victims of

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army - up army shootings welcomed apologies after the 8GT rejected

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the original military version of events. They include the family of

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this man, shot dead at this army checkpoint in February 1988. The

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soldier responsible claimed he fired his gun accidentally, but

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that claim was dismissed in a report published by the Historical

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Enquiries Team. It is directly accountable to the Chief Constable

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and Dr Lundy's report will be discussed by the police and border

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on Thursday. In a statement the PSNI said that the Chief Constable

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recognises that there have been some questions raised and he will

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address those issues. But he said he will also consider whether to

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commission an independent review of historical inquiries team processes.

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This is BBC Newsline and still to come on the programme: Titanic tat?

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The less tasteful end of the global brand born in Belfast We hear from

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the remarkable motorcyclist who survived this crash, and is riding

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An Ulster Unionist councillor believes a bomb left outside his

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home in County Fermanagh could be part of a sectarian campaign to

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force Protestants to move out of the area. The device, which the

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police have described as viable, was left near Harold Andrews' home

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in Rosslea. He's been speaking to our Fermanagh district journalist,

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Julian Fowler. The bomb was found in the lane

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leading to Harold Andrews's far. His family have lived you for four

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generations. The Ulster Unionist councillor says that following a

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number of recent incidents, some families from the bodies and

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community feel that their living under siege. It is intimidating for

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the small Protestant population in this area. During the height of the

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troubles there was quite a number of families who were forced out of

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the area. It would appear that there are certain individuals who

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don't want the peace process to be successful and they want to turn

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the clock back. Hopefully, they would be able to achieve their aim.

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Last year a gas launder connected to wires was left 50 yards down the

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road. It was a hoax, but the police say the pipe bomb found yesterday

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was viable. Harold Andrews says a victim of a recent incident in the

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area is also convinced that the motive is to force Protestants out.

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It would seem that this is something similar, to intimidate

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people to leave the area. I won't be leaving the area anyway.

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Dissident republicans are believed to be responsible. The police said

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they are keeping an open mind to the motor. - to the motives.

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It is difficult to ignore that we are in the middle of all things

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Titanic. The centenary of the sinking is in a couple of weeks,

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but we have already had the opening of the new visitor building,

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exhibitions, dramas and there is much more to come. It is also an

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opportunity for business to cash in on the attraction of what has

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become a global brand. Mervyn Jess reports.

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Putting the word Titanic on to something, anything, was a public

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fascination even before the liner sank her lip - sank a century ago.

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Harder facts here include this coveted invitation to the launch of

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the ship in Belfast. Decades later, Titanic is off the front page to

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the newspapers, and it is on the front page Hof a comic-book. The

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name has appeared on many items. is a great thing for local people

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and local businesses. It is something we can claim as a Rome.

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It is some international brands. The Titanic as a brand it as a bolt

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over the years. In the last 20 years they Titanic became something

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we started to feel proud of. Titanic is everywhere. There are no

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complaints from the businesses benefiting from the sales.

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whisky has been selling extremely well. We sold out over the weekend.

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It has been one to take on for the tourists. This is the Titanic suite.

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This used to be the hotels prestigious Clinton presidential

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suite. We call it the Titanic suite because it has got more meaning and

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more appeal worldwide. Titanic is here, forever, and it will be parts

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of us going forward. It is a huge brand. Like it or loathe it, there

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is no getting away from the Titanic Brent, at least not this year.

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Weather products of this time can sustain themselves in the years

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ahead, that is a matter of personal For much more on the Titanic,

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including a host of BBC archive clips explaining why Belfast was at

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the hub of shipbuilding at the turn of the 20th century, check out our

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special website on bbc.co.uk/titanic. We are also on

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Twitter. You can follow us The County Antrim village of Toome

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is paying tribute to its most famous sportsmen. In doing so, the

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Main Street is getting a facelift. Mark Sidebottom is there tonight

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with the sport news. Mark. I could be doing with an anorak.

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The reason we are here is because this wee village is feeling the

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recession, so to restore some civic pride they have done this, giving

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the business is a facelift. The local famous sporting sons, Willie-

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John McBride and Tony McCoy. First, no Irish golfer has won the US

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Masters but, come Thursday, we will be closely following the fortunes

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of four contenders for the famous Green Jacket. Rory McIlroy, Darren

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Clarke, Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell have six Majors

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between them and McDowell fancies adding that Masters title to his

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previous US Open triumph, as he has been telling Stephen Watson.

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Flying the flag for Northern Ireland at the Masters is something

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Graham Goodall is very proud of. This tournaments is a unique

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experience for players and fans alike and Graham Goodall is

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thrilled to be making another appearance. It just has that

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special edge to it. Players walk on eggshells at its. The tradition and

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the history, it has that special feeling that gives you goose bumps.

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He arrives here with his game in the best shape since his US Open

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triumph in 2010 and he is dreaming of winning another of the biggest

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prizes in golf. There would be nothing better than slipping on

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that green jackets. Maybe aside from the Open Championship, this is

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the one I would love to win. It hasn't been a happy hunting ground

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for me, but I feel if I can do certain things well, chip and putt,

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get my self doing well on a few tee-shots, you never know. Graham

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big toll is surrounded by family and friends and is hoping to

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deliver more major success. I think people in Northern Ireland are

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getting a bit impatient. It has been nearly eight months since he

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won a major! It must be my turn again. It has been an exciting few

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years. I think there is more to come. This is the most famous part

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of the course, Amen corner. No golfer from Ireland has ever won

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this prestigious tournament. Let's hope when the final round reaches

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here on Sunday one of the Irish quartet is in the next. - in their

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We will hear from Rory McIlroy later tonight at 10.30pm and

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Stephen will have a special feature on the Holywood star on tomorrow

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night's BBC Newsline. Now here in Toome is a man who is currently

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featuring, along with other local sports stars, on the walls of his

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hometown, but, in truth, he's very lucky to be with us at all. The man

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on his motorcycle has cheated death. This footage taken eight months ago

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shows John Laverty crash of 120 miles an hour. He broke his body

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from bottom to top. He smashed both ankles and feet, shattered his

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knees and pelvis, broke several ribs and dislocated both shoulders.

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His spine was intact and so began months of intensive rehabilitation.

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After extensive surgery came weeks in the hydro pool and then the gym.

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In his own words, the surgeons, nurses and physiotherapists at the

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World Victoria Hospital have put me back together again. Last week,

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with the help of this zero-gravity treadmill, she ran again. Next week

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he will get back on his motorbike. Brands Hatch, Monday. I have got to

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ask this, are you crazy? Numerous people have asked that. I suppose

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we have a different mindset as a racer. We just want to get back to

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what we're used to doing. What is it like to be on the wall of fame?

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Big civic pride and a big boost for you! It is a big honour to be on

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this wall. It is a privilege for us and it is great to see what the

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community has done. I want to take you back. I spent the day with you

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last week up the Royal Hospital. To see which you have come through in

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the last eight months, meeting your wife and little girl, then to

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contemplate that you are going to get back on a motorbike. But any

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pointer to contemplate quitting? Our mindset is if you're fit and

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able to go back, why not? We do push ourselves hard to get back. I

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am back to the kind of fitness for I can do it, so why not? We wish

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you well. Finally, news tonight that Armagh defender Ciaran

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McKeever is now eligible to play this weekend against Donegal. The

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red card he picked up against Laois has been rescinded by the Central

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Hearings Committee. We certainly ran out of luck with

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the weather today. Cold and wintry. It is hard to believe that this

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time last week we were basking in the sunshine. You can see today the

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rain and snow in the weather radar. This no did not fly at low levels,

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but you can see it lined here on the county Antrim hills. So, our

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attention will be frost and ice tonight. Clear skies with

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temperatures dropping away from the coast. He could get down to three

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degrees below freezing tonight. A lot of the roads and pavements

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should drive up - dry up. Tomorrow we will still have the cold winds

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but there will be a lot of sunshine in the morning of that will help to

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lift the frost. The sun is strong at this time of year. Parts of the

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Antrim coast will be very exposed, very bitter indeed. Comic lines and

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it will be an improvement on today. - come in lands and it will be an

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improvement on today. So, a bright end to the day and once again

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tomorrow night the frost will be back again. It will be quite sharp

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in places, especially in the south- east. On Thursday we will start to

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see it changing temperatures will start to lift. It'll be a nice stay

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with sunshine in the morning, clouding up in the afternoon.

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Temperatures will be back up into double figures. For the Easter

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weekend, it will not be dry and sunny the whole time, rain on Good

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Friday and some dampness on Easter Sunday. Our late summary is at

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