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

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Travers. The headlines this Tuesday evening:

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A passport to free degrees, how sixth formers heading to Scottish

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universities could avoid paying for tuition.

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The pensioner who died during a burglary suffered a heart attack.

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Neighbours pay an emotional tribute. I just cannot get it out of my mind.

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The great rates rip-off, businesses claim they're being pushed to the

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brink by high taxes. More harrowing details emerge at

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the trial of the elderly couple accused of killing their disabled

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granddaughter. I am live in Belfast at the new

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Titanic Building Wedd two sports are gearing up for a big summer. It

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has been milder than normal on the 1st May but will it stay that way

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tomorrow? Sixth form pupils in Northern

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Ireland have been told they qualify for free university tuition in

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Scotland, if they hold a Republic of Ireland passport. European Union

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rules have created the loophole. With a saving of up to �30,000 at

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stake for the average course, its no surprise that for students of

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any political persuasion, the Irish passport is suddenly a hot ticket.

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Our education correspondent, Maggie Taggart has this exclusive report.

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The Scottish Parliament so Scottish students will not pay university

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fees but those from other parts of the UK must pay at least �27,000

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for their degree courses. However, the dual Irish, British nationality

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available to Northern Ireland pupils appears to provide a

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loophole. Our inquiries to education bodies show that some say

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it pupils should have lived in that country for three years but it may

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not be insisted on. The official policy of the Scottish parliament

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is the nationality of the student takes precedence over where they

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live. The situation is confused and a at this school students who

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applied to Scottish universities that contradictory responses.

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told us that these would be free and there would be no problem but

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Dundee said they were but excepted. Even close to the border with

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Republic of Ireland, boys with Irish passports are in a quandary.

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This seven the questionnaire online to determine my fee status and I

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filled it in and it came back to make but I would be considered a UK

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national. 70 miles away, students in Belfast are told a different

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tale. Most in this school have British passports but the lure of

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three tuition has encouraged some to apply for Irish passports.

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waiting on getting an Irish passport. I have run the Edinburgh

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University and ask them about my fee situation and they said they

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will accept it if I send a photocopy of my Irish passport.

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contacted Glasgow to find out what was going on with the Irish

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passport situation and they were fine with it. They said it was in

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the passport off we will be eligible for the new the situation.

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Despite assurances, teachers are not totally convinced. I think it

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is a terrible shame for people caught in this situation because

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there are young people at the heart of this. It is a pretty big deal if

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you are trying to make a decision about which university to go to.

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Even if they are classified as an EU student and get free tuition in

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Scotland, they could still get a student loan as a Northern Ireland

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citizen. Maggie is with us now.

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What have the Scottish government the same about this? They have

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confirmed that Northern Ireland students with a passport are

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eligible for free education. There have been vague warnings saying the

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main aim is to provide free tuition to Scottish students and the aim is

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not to give it to Northern Ireland students. He said the Government is

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trying to find a way of getting an EU management fee but they have not

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worked out a legal way of doing it. He has warned the students that

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they should not play fast and loose with their offer of a university

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place just in case. We asked if they could claim EU citizenship

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without living in the Republic of Ireland. Playing fast and loose,

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would that be someone who switches from a UK student to again be used

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student. Yes. The universities have control of admissions so there is

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no absolute on this. They can be none because universities have

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different rules. They base their ambitions on their criteria. The

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University of Scotland's view is that residency is an important part

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of the qualification. It has not gone down entirely well in Northern

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Ireland. No, there is another thing students have to worry about. If

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they applied as a UK resident and then suddenly changed to Republic

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of Ireland, there may be a problem because there is in some

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universities a cap on publicly- funded places so they may find

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there is more competition for the place they want but if they go for

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the fee-paying option which will cost them a lot of money at least

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there may not be so many people competing for the places and they

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are consider this extra numbers on top of the Scottish ones. Gregory

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Campbell has said because Northern Ireland students are entitled to

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have both Irish and UK citizenship, Scotland should make a special case

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and allow free tuition to all Northern Ireland students,

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including those who would not feel comfortable Uplyme for a Northern

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Ireland passport. He's as open the floodgates and let everybody in.

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Thank you very much. And if you are a student intending

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to study in Scotland, or indeed an interested parent, you can join the

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conversation on our Facebook page. The daughter of the murdered

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Coleraine pensioner Bertie Acheson has described what's happened to

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her family as a living nightmare. The 72-year-old died from a heart

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attack after being assaulted by a man who broke into his home in the

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early hours of Sunday morning. Our reporter David Maxwell is in

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Coleraine. As you say, within the last couple

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of hours the police have revealed details of the post mortem

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examination which was carried out on Mr Addison today. It revealed he

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died of a heart attack. -- Bertie Acheson. The heart attack was

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precipitated by a emotional stress due to the assault. The police are

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saying they are treating this death as murder. I had the opportunity to

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speak to Bertie Acheson's daughter. She did not wish to be interviewed

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on camera but she says it has had an devastating effect on the family

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and calls it a living nightmare. She says her father was a quiet man

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and a family just need time now to come to terms with what has

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happened. The police cordon in this quiet cul-de-sac has been reduced

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and only Bertie Acheson's house is cordoned off and that has given me

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the opportunity to speak to some neighbours and a close friend.

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will be sadly missed here. By me especially. In the summer time he

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would come out and sit with me. I am very emotional about it. Just

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tell you the truth. I hope the culprit that done it is caught and

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punished. This is a very good area to live. We have never had any

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trouble. Until now. That was the very emotional words of a neighbour

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here. That is echoed on any doorstep that to call that in this

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street. The man they are looking for was in his late teens or early

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twenties, on the night in question he was wearing a dark blue jacket

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and light grey jogging bottoms. The police are saying today that what

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they need is more help from the local community. They believe that

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someone somewhere has a vital piece of information and they are calling

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on them to come forward, specifically what they want to find

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his Mrs Thatcher some's red purse which was taken on the night. It

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was red and contained cash and credit cards in her name. They say

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that is a vital clue in solving this crime.

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You're watching BBC Newsline, still to come on the programme:

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And Northern Ireland's most dangerous job is...

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Farming? Why does it still claim one life a

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month? With a motor Cycling raise the just

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around the corner, join me in at the Titanic Building to meet the

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biggest stars. The trial of the elderly couple

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accused of causing the death of their severely disabled grand-

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daughter has heard more harrowing details about the family's

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background. David and Sarah Johnston, from Carwood Drive in

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Glengormley, are charged with the manslaughter of Rebecca McKeown,

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who died 11 years ago. Today it emerged that Rebecca's stepfather

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took his own life. Chris Page was in the court.

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Today was the third day for this woman in the witness box. She is

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the mother of the victim and the daughter of the accused. The couple,

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in their late eighties, are charged with the manslaughter of their

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granddaughter 11 years ago. Under cross-examination from a defence

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barrister, Rebecca McKeown's mother said her stepmother -- stepfather

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took his own life in 2008. She said he had suffered mental problems

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after having a stroke. She was also questioned about a medical

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examination which a doctor carried out on Rebecca McKeown at her home

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before she was admitted to hospital. The barrister produced a document

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She agreed that she felt that at the time she made the statement and

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she said Rebecca did not seem distressed before the examination

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that cried out in pain during it. The prosecution claims that

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Rebecca's death from pneumonia was the result of a sexual assault

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carried out by one or both grand parents. David Johnston and Sarah

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Johnston denied charges of manslaughter and child cruelty. The

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trial continues tomorrow. Living and working on a farm can be

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a hard life and also a dangerous one. There have been 100 deaths

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from agricultural incidents since 1996. A farm safety partnership has

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been set up to tackle the issue. William may have lost an arm in an

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accident but he counts himself as one of the lucky ones. Accidents

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have claimed 100 lives a farms here in the past 16 years. He survived

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and now he helps other victims and their families come to terms with

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their pain. I could feel her tugging sensation and I knew

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automatically it was caught. I looked up at the tractor to

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Jonathan who was sitting in the tractor and he stopped the track to

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quickly but as soon as I had spoken, the next thing I realised was I was

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lying on the ground face down into the mark. I remember opening my

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eyes because one of my eyes had been damaged and I could see

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Jonathan moving away from me and I had the sensation of was the end of

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my life and I was passing away. I realised I was still in the same

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place and I got on to my feet and I look down and Amazonian my

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underwear and a pair of socks. I looked around and I could see an

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arm lying there which belonged to me. Many families have lived with

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the results of serious accidents and this -- fatalities continue at

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the rate of one a month. In the past few years, farm deaths have

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been 50% of all death that a work- related. Older farmers are

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particularly at risk. Farming is a solitary occupation. I suppose

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farmers sometimes think they need to get the job done and they will

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do things that they really shouldn't be doing. Launching a new

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farm safety partnership, ministers said the majority of deaths

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involved machinery, light stock all falls. The new partnership plans a

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campaign to convince farmers to work safety.

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A man has admitted stabbing a former Fermanagh GAA player to

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death at a party. Gary Moane from Brookeborough pleaded guilty to the

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manslaughter of Ciaran Woods. With more, here's our Fermanagh District

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Journalist Julian Fowler. This was the scene of the killing

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the day after the attack. A late night party at this house which

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ended in tragedy. It was here that 36-year-old Kieran Woods, a father

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of one and a former GAA player was stabbed to death. Today Gary Moane

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was due to stand trial for murder. Instead his guilty plea to

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manslaughter was accepted by the prosecution. The judge told the

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jury that the prosecution accepted that he suffered from an

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abnormality of mind which impaired his responsibility for his actions.

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The decision to accept the guilty to manslaughter plea followed a

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number of psychiatric reports and the prosecution said it had been

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taken in consultation with the police and the family. Gary Moane

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was detained a short time after the attack when he was stopped by

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police in a car. At his first court appearance he expressed regret over

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the death and shock at the tragic events that unfolded. He also

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admitted charges of attacking a woman and threatening to kill

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another man as well as hijacking a car and drink driving. Sentencing

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Nowhere is the impact of the recession more obvious than on the

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high streets of our towns and cities. The steepest downturn since

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the 1930s has combined with the shift to internet shopping to

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devastating effect. But while many landlords have cut rents,

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politicians are demanding the same property taxes and have postponed a

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rates revaluation until 2015. Here's our Business and Economics

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Editor Jim Fitzpatrick. Small businesses are feeling the

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pinch. There is what cost they cannot cut out - rates. There is no

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negotiation whatsoever. This city centre street is

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benefiting from the fact that when rates were at last set, the nearby

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shopping magnate of the square had not opened. So rates are relatively

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low. If you have seen where our rates are, you have seen lots of

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new retailers come into this area because it is competitive.

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A re-evaluation of rates is not on the cards until 2015. We would

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still want to get the same amount of money from business rates, it

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would simply mean the amount you paid per pound would double for.

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Alliance councillor Tom Deacon believes it local Government

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offered rates holidays for a limited period, it would achieve

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more in the long run. It only takes about five years for the pay back

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to come. I think we should take more courage.

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Streets like this demonstrate the kind of economic activity that can

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take place when rates are set at a reasonable level. But if Government

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is set to take the same amount in rates each year, but no more firms

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that put the ball, the more pressure is piled on those

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remaining businesses. -- that go to the wall.

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Unionists have rejected a call from the Deputy First Minister Martin

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McGuinness for a debate about axing the post of Northern Ireland

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Secretary. In a speech in London last night Mr

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McGuinness argued that transferring the remaining powers of the

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Northern Ireland Office to the Stormont Executive would be a vote

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of confidence in local politicians and a massive saving for the

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taxpayer. Here's our Political Editor Mark Devenport.

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The role of the Northern Ireland Office, and the Secretary of State,

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has diminished. Before the transfer of justice powers two years ago,

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the norm and powdered Office had 2000 staff and a budget of more

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than �1 billion. After that, staff numbers fell to just over 160, and

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the budget to �40 million. The Secretary of State still has a role

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dealing with national security matters, lobbying for a cut in

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corporation tax or explaining the impact of UK-wide welfare changes

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on Northern Ireland. But Sinn Fein argues that the Northern Ireland

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Office has passed its sell-by date. Power-sharing doesn't work. People

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have become more comfortable with Unionists however reject what they

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believe is just another Brits out ploy. In it is important for

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Northern Ireland to have his voice and some presence at the Cabinet

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table, and for the Executive in some -- my view to have a person

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they can relate to to deal directly with the Northern Ireland in the

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Cabinet as well. It does not make any sense at all from a Northern

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Ireland this back to four stop from time to time there has been

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speculation in London about the Northern Ireland, Scottish and

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Welsh Office to be merged into less than September 11th single

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department of the region. However, it may ironically make

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Westminster politicians more conscious -- cautious about any

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dramatic change. Some of the biggest names in

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motorcycling and Gaelic football have gathered tonight in the

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Titanic building. Stephen Watson is there live for us.

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In just over two weeks' time two of this summer's big sporting events

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get under way - Gaelic football's Ulster Championship, and the

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International North West 200 motorcycle race. Stars of both

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sports are here in this impressive building to tell us what we can

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expect this year. First to the bikes - in a moment I'll be talking

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to one of the best known road racers in the world. But first,

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here's how Dungannon's Ryan Farquhar started his season in

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style last weekend. The Cooks Thai 100 is the curtain-

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raiser to the road racing season, and Ryan Farquhar has won more

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times than any other rider. He was chased hard by England's Guy Martin.

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He had won at the first Superbike race of the day, but was too late

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on the brakes this time. As for cut road between the hedges to take the

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honours in the feature event. win the big race of the day does

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not get much bigger -- better. The team's done a fantastic job of all

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weekend. So four more visits to the winner's

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podium for Ryan Farquhar, he now has his eye on an international

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wind at the International North West 200.

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Guy Martin and Jeremy McWilliams. Guide, you saw the circuit for the

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first time yesterday. How much are you looking forward to it? I was

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apprehensive before, but I had it right round it and it... I think in

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your head you have this imagination that it will be real tough, but

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Steve was so matter of fact about it and put me at my ease.

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We wish you well. One man who has raced the north-west and there are

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many times his Guy Martin. You are a big fan of Engineering. You

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enjoyed your tour of the Titanic Building. You would never have

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thought here in the middle of Belfast what they had going on here.

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Fascinating. Can you get an international win at the North West

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this year? We don't come here to finish second. We are here to win.

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We are going to use it as a warm-up to the TT. Good to see you in

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Belfast tonight. Enjoy the launch this evening. The day after the

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International North West 200 is the start of Gaelic football's Ulster

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Championship. Thomas Niblock looks at this year's trough.

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-- draw. A first Ulster Championship since

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1992 for Donegal, but they will start the to past and 12

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Championship without Michael Murphy, ruled out through injury for a

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repeat of last year's semi-final against Cavan. The impending

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transfer of Johnston and the resignation of manager and his last

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month, have dominated the headlines. For Cavan, waiting for the winners

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of that preliminary round will be dairy, staying up in Division Two

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by the skin of their teeth. They will have Bob Bradley brothers fit

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again. Bradley's performance against our mark one of the

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highlights of 2011. Unless you were from the orchard county. Mickey

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Hart with one defeat this year, lying in wait for arguably the tier

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of the first round for. Brian McGregor and will not be here

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this summer, but Lonergan will. They play and train. -- Antrim. But

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generally, it was his season to forget for the M Bradley, and the

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players who will travel in June. The 2010 or Ireland finalists visit

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Bristol Park hoping for nothing less than a win.

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We have persuaded the manager has to join us.

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Peter, how much a unity forward to making your debut as a manager in

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the Championship this year? Very much so. 2005 is the last time I

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was involved in the Ulster Championship as a player, so I have

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missed the buzz of being involved in the Ulster Championship. It is

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unique to us all and I am looking forward to being involved again,

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all be it in a different role. you feel that you are making

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progress? We thought we were making progress until the final.

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Disappointed we did not get closer at the finish, but I have no doubt

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that the experience will benefit the boys. Some of them acquitted

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themselves very well. Some would feel that there was more in them.

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But we have nothing now but the Championship for these men to look

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forward to for. You will not be doing a pizza any favours this

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year? -- Peter any favours? It will be a big asked to go to anybody's

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home patch, but we will give it in go. Have you ever sat on one of

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these before? And I am surprised the owner is alarmingly on it. I

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hope the suspension holds up? Ulster Championship is so special.

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What is it about it for do? It is a knock out competition, all you did

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in the league is forgotten. It if you were to win the National League

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and lives in the first round of the Championship, it counts for nothing

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in the league. It is the one everybody looks forward to. Isn't

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it fantastic for Northern Ireland sport - the International North

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West 200 and the Ulster Championship. Some weekend.

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Hopefully we will provide some good entertainment.

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Ulster play in that European Cup final the same weekend, May 19th,

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May 20th. For the fans travelling to the North West 200, you will be

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able to watch Ulster live on the Bit of his split today. In the

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north and the West we had the best of the weather, but in the South

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East it has gradually clouded over, and beginning to turn a little bit

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damp. Throughout the evening we will hold on to some of that damn

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weather. Overnight, maybe for a few hours. -- damp weather. A lot of

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cloud a round tonight. It won't be especially chilly, with loans of

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seven or eight degrees. But cloud will stay tomorrow, it will be a

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cloudier day. But there will be the odd brighter spell, maybe even the

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odd glimmer of sunshine first thing. But will stay the course as we go

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into the afternoon - but cloud will come and go but there will be the

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odd break. The winds are fairly light, coming in from the north-

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east. Temperatures will get up to a run 14 degrees, just above average

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for the time of year. Typically they should be around 13. Tomorrow

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evening and overnight it stays dry, perhaps staying chilly. Five or six

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degrees around the coast. Further west we hold on to more cloud,

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staying round about seven or eight degrees. Sole a much cloudier day

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tomorrow, perhaps damp first thing, but Thursday is an improving

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picture. Brighter weather settles in and we will have that sunshine.

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With the the sunshine, temperatures will go up again, up to possibly 17

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degrees in parts of Fermanagh and parts of Armagh. Along the east

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coast, a little bit cooler. If you don't have much to do on Thursday,

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do enjoy that sunshine, because on Friday it will become a little bit

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greyer and damper. Then it will turn cooler by day and night, just

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in time for the bank holiday weekend. Do stay tuned to the

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forecast, and you can get the latest on our Mac weather website.

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We are also on Twitter. A special programme with its first

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showing coming up at 10:30pm, on the shame of the Catholic Church.

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