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

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evening. Deaths could have been prevented in

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the pseudomonas outbreak had health chiefs acted sooner.

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The man who inspects the criminal justice system is to be the new

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Police Ombudsman. The school principal of the

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teenager shot in Belfast says friends are shaken by what happened.

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How a tough new grading system could hit tourist accommodation.

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Join me in Augusta in a special interview with Rory McIlroy. He

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says he is ready to put last year behind him and when the Masters.

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Despite the sunshine today, there was not much heat around.

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Temperatures should rise over the next few days.

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The head of the review of the pseudomonas outbreak has told BBC

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Newsline it is possible that some of the deaths could have been

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prevented if the Belfast Health Trust had acted sinners. Four

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babies died in the space of two months last winter from the

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hospital borne infection. The bacteria claimed the lives of three

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children at the Royal Maternity Hospital and one child in Abigail

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them. The children were in high care neonatal units and were

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particularly vulnerable to infection. In a moment we will hear

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from the Health Minister. First, our health correspondent looks at

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the main findings of the independent report. Heartbroken.

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This couple's baby son died after contracting pseudomonas in and the

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Kelvyn's neonatal unit last December. He was the first of four

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babies to die during the outbreak. They were briefed by the Health

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Minister this morning and they are adamant there should be no cover-up.

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We want the truth to come out to prevent it happening to anyone else.

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Three others also died in the neonatal unit at Belfast Jubilee

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Maternity Hospital. The report is lengthy and critical. It highlights

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that there were different strains of the infection which meant they

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were different outbreaks. Contaminated tap water was used for

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washing babies during that the changes and to defrost breast milk.

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That has changed. Vulnerable baby should only come in contact with

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sterile water. The report highlights the lack of an agreed

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system in the Health Service and a delay in sharing information

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between health trusts. It also says there was no agreed approach for

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declaring outbreaks. This is the woman leading the team. She says

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the Belfast Health Trust should have acted more responsibly and

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declared an outbreak sooner. When they thought they may have an

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outbreak, they improved their infection control. The did not test

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the water and be did not introduce sterile water for cleaning the

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babies. Had they done that, that might have improved the situation

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earlier. Might it have made a difference in terms of the deaths?

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At it is possible. While being questioned by the committee, she

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said the Royal Victoria Hospital's neonatal unit was not difficult --

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was not fit for purpose. The committee also questioned if using

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e-mail and circulars was the correct way of senior managers

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sharing information. Judging by this exchange, communication of

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vital facts may still be an issue. You say that the family were not

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told? But until the 14th. OK. baby was buried on the twelfths.

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This is an issue for families. We need to learn the lessons from this.

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During the next stage of the investigation, the team will be

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asking who knew what, where and when and will be questioning the

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timing of certain decisions. While the Professor Pat Troop says it is

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not her position to apportion blame, that responsibility could fall to

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someone else. This would be the Health Minister. Edwin Poots is

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with me now. At the centre of this are four devastated families and

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the claim that earlier action could have prevented deaths. This report

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has little to comfort the bereaved. Absolutely. I met the families

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individually this morning. I presented the report to them and I

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expressed my sympathy. What was coming from them is that they were

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not looking recriminations, they were looking for assurances that it

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would not happen to other families. They were very brave in how they

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are handling this. You say you will implement or 15 recommendations,

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but given the prevalence of and the knowledge and awareness of

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pseudomonas long before these deaths, is there any excuse for

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what happened? I think the report has a timeline in it and the time

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lying in the Western Trust was different to the Belfast Trust in

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terms of introduction of the sterile water. She also indicates

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that this made a fundamental difference. There is questions to

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be asked. He said there were warnings coming round at and

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national level from 20th September 10. There was a warning about

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pseudomonas in water and it was indicated that the most likely

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source would be the caps. It was clear that that was the most likely

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source and that is why action should have been taken on sterile

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water. Was it not taken seriously enough? I would hope to get those

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answers from the Belfast Trust. The did take actions in terms of

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stepping up their hand washing up and all of the disinfect since that

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took place. Clearly the problem was coming from the taps and that was

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the source of the problem. The lack of co-ordination, lack of planning,

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poor facilities... This pains at her picture of our health care.

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think the Belfast Trust has answers to give and I will be challenging

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them on these issues. I think it is vitally important that went letters

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come from Chief Medical officers that they are taken seriously. The

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need to be responded to in a timely and appropriate fashion and there

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is no delay when these warnings are sent out. By Nikki.

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The man who described the police ombudsman's office as dysfunctional

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and said it should suspend investigations of historical cases

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has been appointed as its new head. Michael Maguire has been to the

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Criminal Justice Inspector for the past 3 1/2 years. Al Hutchinson

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retired as Police Ombudsman last month following a series of reports

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criticising the performance of his office. One of the reports was

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written by Criminal Justice Inspector Michael Maguire who had

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this to say. The office of the ombudsman is important in the

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context of police oversight and anything which undermined

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confidence is important. This report did not note concerns of

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current cases, but was concerned about historic cases. This report

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said that Al Hutchinson had lost the confidence of senior members of

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his staff. It also said that the operational independence had been

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lowered and that an number of reports had been rewritten to

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reduce criticism of the report -- the police. Now, the author of the

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report has been appointed as the new Police Ombudsman. Michael

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Maguire identified a series of problems in the office and called

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for an action plan to deal with them. He has now been asked to

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deliver the changes he said were necessary.

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If 33-year-old man has been released on bail in connection with

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the shooting of a father and daughter in north Belfast yesterday.

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47-year-old Harry Hayles and his 18-year-old daughter Emma were

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attacked as he to go to school yesterday morning. Both are in a

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stable condition in hospital. Emma's headmaster at Our Lady of

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Mercy High School said staff and pupils were praying for a quick

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recovery. We have a very close-knit community here. The whole school

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community was shocked at the news. Emma is a lovely girl. She is

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bubbly, always smiling and good humoured. She is a great girl and

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she is hard working. She has high hopes of going to university.

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A man has been beaten and shot in the leg in Strabane. A gang forced

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their way into a house in Carlton Drive last night and beat their

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victim before shooting him. His girlfriend and her daughter were in

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the house at the time. His injuries are not believed to be life-

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threatening. His attackers took off in the red car which was later

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found burnt out on the Prospect Road.

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You are watching BBC Newsline. Still to come.

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Rory McIlroy speaks exclusively to us ahead of the US Masters. This

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iconic guitar or belonged to an iconic Belfast guitarist. Find out

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more later. In a year when Northern Ireland is

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trying to attract more visitors, the tourist board has said some

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self catering premises do not have the correct star rating. The board

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is reviewing all visitor accommodation from one start to

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five stars and that includes an assessment by Scottish inspectors

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of up to 2,500 self-catering places. Any downgrades will not be

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publicised for one year. In the meantime, paying customers will not

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be told. The owner of this self- catering farmhouse in Portrush

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wanted a four five star rating and carried out work, using a Tourist

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Board checklist. The inspection done by Scott -- Scottish assesses

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she was demanding. We felt that she was judging us by a Scottish world

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class at standing category. That is not mentioned by our Tourist Board.

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She was expecting high end appliances, marble worktops, plasma

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TVs these, more than one TV in the rooms, expensive art work, none of

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which were mentioned by the jurors for. We felt confused. He may not

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be the only one left disappointed by a voluntary reappraisal of self

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catering premises. I have been told by a senior woman in the Northern

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Ireland Tourist Board who said that the housing stock on the tourist

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officer in Northern Ireland was overrated. This meant it has too

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high a star rating and in the fullness of time, some of those

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establishments will find their rating reduced or changed.

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tourist board said it was using a visit Scotland as it standards were

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among the best in the world. It is proving tough. Any reduction in

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star rating will not take place for one year. We and we go out to do an

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assessment, we are telling the operator that there is cause for

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concern. He are not telling the customer? Know. We were told by

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Scotland that you have to give the operators time it to react. People

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ask why we are bringing in this game. We are good. We want to make

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ourselves better. We want to tell people we are a quality destination

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and world class. Figures reveal that one in every 10 self-catering

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premises is graded 5 *. But for how Last night Belfast had the UK

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premier of the latest movie about the Titanic, yes another movie! The

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story has been told so many times over the years in all sorts of ways.

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Natasha Sayee has been finding out why a century after its sinking the

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ship is still inspiring actors, film makers and playwrights.

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A Night to Remember, more than 50 years after it was made, it is

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still praise as the best and probably most accurate a movie

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about the Titanic. The legendary ship has also inspired some of very

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strange films, like this very strange Nazi propaganda film. We've

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had to be good and are the ugly, then there is the downright bad.

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The second Titanic film is one we shouldn't talk about. It is so bad.

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There is supposed to be an exact replica of the Titanic, and lo and

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behold, it encounters an iceberg. Then they raise James Cameron's

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blockbuster which brought the story to a whole new generation of, it is

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happening again, out now in a 3D. Last night Belfast hosted the UK

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premiere of the latest Titanic movie, with a local actor in the

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lead role. Why does he think the big ship has such an influence on

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the big screen? It is the horror, I imagining what you would have done.

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There is a fascination about what happened that night. There is the

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shock of it. This thing was unthinkable. From cinema to stage,

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and in Belfast's newest theatre, there is a new play about what

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happened after the disaster. It is one of many performances on in time

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for the centenary. If you fancy being inspired by the

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Titanic and want to find out more about it's artistic nature, why not

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view some of our picture galleries on our special website at

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bbc.co.uk/titanic. We're also on Twitter - you can follow us

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@bbctitanic100. Getting customers in tourism or

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elsewhere in the economy very often means thinking outside the box. Our

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environment correspondent Mike McKimm has looked at the popularity

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of vegetable box schemes and discovered that unusual alliances

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can prove successful. Hello Simon. Deliveries are

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commonplace that this hairdresser's in Belfast. Customers can place

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orders and collect them at the salon. To vegetables and

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hairdressing next? I don't see why not. In times like this, it is

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great for businesses to support each other. We are in a recession,

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we need food, and we also need to catch our haircuts -- have our hair

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cut. They are buying their vegetables directly from the farmer.

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It is about having a personal connection to the farmer. A new

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food culture around identity and trust. These schemes are bucking

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the trend, they are growing all over the place. It's also about

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creating resilience and security in the food supply. Craig thinks

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things are going their way. As petrol prices rise, the fuel costs

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are going to be bigger, our producer is going to become cheaper.

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It is more local, not as far to travel, the production is all very

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hands-on. It is human intention of a rather than machine intensive.

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Buying direct means more money stays in the local economy. Locally

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grown vegetables are attracting more people. As we were filming, a

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hotel chef turned up to find out more. They hope to encourage more

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local markets and box schemes the rout Northern Ireland. --

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throughout. They taste lovely. Home-grown.

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Last night we focussed on Graham McDowell's preparations for the US

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Masters. Tonight's it's all about Rory McIlroy. He's returning to the

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golf course which caused him so much heartache twelve months ago.

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Here's Austin O'Callaghan. This time tomorrow evening McIlroy

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will be the last of the four Irish golfers at this year's US Masters

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to tee off in the first round of the Major. For the World number two,

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it's a return to the Augusta course which proved his downfall last time

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as Stephen Watson reports. Rory McIlroy a may have been a

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driving down Magnolia Lane this week. He could have been a champion

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if it hadn't been very final round collapse. -- for a very fine all-

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round collapse. This weekly returns. He is the name on everyone's lips.

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His autograph is the most sought- after. Rory McIlroy is back for

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unfinished business. Have you exercise the ghost? I think so. I

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have a couple of practice rounds. The memories came back, once you

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get that out to the way it's fine. I'm trying to prepare like any

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other event. I feel like I'm ready to go. His meltdown last year was

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embarrassing, and an emotional sporting humiliation. He responded

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in record-breaking style by winning the US Open two months later.

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was great to bounce back so quickly. I would love to come back here this

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year and prove a point to myself, that I cannot win around this place.

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I would love to have a chance to win on Sunday, and see how wire

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handle it. His main opposition could be Tiger Woods, who is a big

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admirer of the world No. 2. I love the way he handles himself a round

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of the golf course. He's very feisty. It's what you have to be

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around here. He has all the makings of being a great champion borrowed

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longer period of time. He was pretty impressive last year. He won

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7-8 round a row. He just needs to get more experience. -- rounds in a

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row. I couldn't believe how close the cabins were. They are only 15

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yards off the tee. I can't believe I didn't get further. It was such a

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confusing experience. We could be in by Masters tournament to

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remember -- for a Masters tournament.

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The prospects of two Coleraine brothers rowing together at the

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Olympics moved a step closer today. Peter and Richard Chambers have

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both been selected on the Great Britain lightweight four crew which

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will contest the world cup regattas. This selection is usually a firm

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indicator of the likely crew line- up for the Olympics.

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And confirmation today that Cuba's Olympic boxing team will set up

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their pre-Games training camp in Belfast. Cuba have dominated world

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amateur boxing for the last forty years winning forty Olympic gold

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medals. The decision to select Belfast was announced at the Holy

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Trinity boxing club in the west of the city, which will be one of the

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Cubans training venues. They are the top nation in the world. It is

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the icing on the cake. For the kids here watching them. It will be

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brilliant. Newry City will play Linfield in

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the Irish Cup semi-final after Ballymena United lost their second

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appeal against expulsion from this year's competition. United were

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penalised for playing an ineligible player, Alan Davidson, who scored

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the winning goal against Newry last month. An independent hearing has

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ruled that the expulsion should stand.

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Ulster named Stephen Ferris in their provisional squad for

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Sunday's Heineken Cup quarter-final away to Munster They remain hopeful

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the flanker will be available despite picking up an ankle injury

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in last Friday's win over Aironi. Gary Moore was one of our most

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celebrated guitarists who played with the likes of Thin Lizzy,

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George Harrison and BB King. He died just over a year ago but is

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being remembered in a special exhibition of his personal

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belongings in Belfast's Oh Yeah centre and our reporter Mervyn Jess

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is there for a preview. Gary Moore was a start in his own

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right. -- a star. This exhibition has been seen people gather who

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were friends of them throughout his long career. Terry, you wear a

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music promoter -- you were a music promoter. How do place amongst the

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pantheon of great guitarists. was a great guitar player. Just

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absolutely amazing. He could play Peter Green's guitar better than

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Peter Green could. Thanks for that. We have something rather special

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down here. We have his suit, worn by him. It has barbed wire on it.

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Next to him is his Les Paul guitar. Joining me here is Stuart Bailie.

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This is something remembering him, how important is that? It is very

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important. It would have been his 60th birthday. It is a celebration.

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We have grieved for him, we have to remember how great he was. The fans

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still keep the legend alive. Thanks very much. There are gold the desks,

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the music, there are many great things, his father, Bobby, has made

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an appearance here. A lovely tribute.

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Now for a look at the weather, Now for a look at the weather,

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here's Cecilia Daly. A colder, nasty wind. A lovely to

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see the sand. -- lovely to see the sun. Temperatures are going to

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recover over the next few days. That low pressure is well away from

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us. It was all about sunshine and patchy cloud today. Once the wind

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starts to drop, it will be fairly frosty tonight. It will be sharp

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across County Down, maybe a little bit lower than that in rural areas.

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A frosty start tomorrow, mostly dry. The cloud will gradually increase

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from the north-west, but it shouldn't feel as Kohl yesterday,

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the wind will be much lighter. It is likely, around lunchtime, there

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will be some brightness. Generally speaking, the cloud will start to

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increase in the afternoon. Temperatures will be higher, 9-ten

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degrees. A few spots of rain. Not much more than that. It doesn't

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look like the damp weather will continue. Not so cold tomorrow

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night. Some cloud around. Good Friday, the breeze picks up again,

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from the north-west this time. More likely we will see some rain.

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Normal temperatures as we head into the Easter weekend. Saturday looks

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like being the better of the two days. Not great for picnicking, but

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days. Not great for picnicking, but not as cold as it has been.

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