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Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline: A mother whose son died

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from an eating disorder warns of the dangers.

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I am saying to every young man in Northern Ireland, don't be afraid.

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This can kill you. It killed my son, it can kill you. You need to get

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help. A second man is found guilty of the

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murder of this man just hours after these pictures were taken.

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The British Airways boss says the UK Passenger Tax is damaging the

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economy here. The hit film that's inspiring women

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to look for their children who were taken from them.

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It stopped raining for a while today! Can we make it two afternoons

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in a row? I'll have a full weather forecast later in the programme.

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Laurence Nugent from Belfast was 24 when he died of a heart attack

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brought on by an eating disorder after years of starvation and

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bulimia. He is not the only one. Danielle O'Neill from Londonderry

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also died at the age of 24 from complications connected to anorexia.

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The families say more support is needed for sufferers. In a moment

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we'll hear from a representative of one of the main charities working

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with sufferers and their families. First, BBC Newsline's Tara Mills has

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this report. Not the face of someone you would

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expect to have an eating disorder. To those outside, Laurence Nugent

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lived a normal life, but he kept a very deep secret. He was totally

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ashamed of himself. He hated himself. He told us he hated the

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very look of himself. As a family we lived in turmoil every day. We

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didn't know whether he was going to be alive and we came home. I used to

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ring him from work to make sure he was alive. You were very afraid for

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him. Sadly, their fears were realised, but not had a expected. He

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died from a heart attack. The Bellini and starvation taking its

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toll on his body. He didn't trust anybody. He was afraid to tell his

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friends, to say he couldn't cope. I am saying to every young man died

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there in Northern Ireland, do the afraid. This can kill you. It killed

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my son and it can kill you. After he passed away, a lot of his friends

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have come up to me, and they said, why didn't he say anything, we

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would've helped him, no problem. I cant believe we have known him of

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this time and he didn't say a word. Another family shares as -- as

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similar story. Adelaide O'Neill lost her daughter to anorexia. I would

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say to anybody I dare, eating disorders don't have any respect for

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anybody. Danielle would have been the last person I would have thought

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would've had an eating disorder. She said, I never intended to be this

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then. It was almost as though it was a roller-coaster for her. I can't

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stress the people enough just how much your mind play such a big part

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in this. It takes over and you can stop it. Danielle had excellent

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health, but sadly it wasn't enough. Her mum believes young people don't

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realise the permanent damage an eating disorder can cause. It is

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like losing a part of yourself. She is gone. You can never bring her

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back. Both families not have to live with their burrito and, difficult

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journey lies ahead for them but if speaking guide helps at least one

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other family, they say their loss would have been Indian.

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With me is Jacqui King from the Eating Disorders Association. It is

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rare for men to come forward? How many men do you estimate are

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suffering from such disorders? Statistics would say that 10% of

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sufferers are men. Since this morning on the radio programme we

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have had five calls today from men already in relation to the

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programme. Pamela'sstory about Sun has had a huge impact. It is so

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important men aren't embarrassed and do seek help. You have been

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campaigning for many years for help for people who have eating

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disorders. Health budgets are finite. What sort of response have

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you had over the years from government officials? Things have

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improved. We still do need some sort of day patient care and some in

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patient care, because people who need to go into hospital are going

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into local psychiatric wards or general medical wards. They are not

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being treated for the eating disorder, they are just being kept

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safe. Although we do write to the department and get some funding for

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our organisation, there is still a lot more that needs to be done. We

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heard the mother speak there in the reports, have very strong, emotional

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account of their loved ones. If someone is sitting at home and they

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fear for one of the relatives, what should they do? Seek advice and

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support as soon as possible. The earlier days and this is a court,

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the better the chance of recovery. Is there anything in particular they

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should be looking for? Just a change in the repeating patterns, maybe

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they are not eating things that they'd used to, or disappearing into

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the bathroom after the deed. Their personalities will change quite

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quickly. An eating disorder can make someone depressed and agitated.

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People may be spending a lot of time alone. Just look at video signs. If

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they expected at all, see support as soon as possible. Thank you for

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joining us. We'll have more on this on

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tomorrow's programme. We'll be looking at some of the work that's

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going on to prevent people developing eating disorders.

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A fourth man has been convicted of murdering a man in Cumber two years

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ago. Philip Strickland was shot during a dispute with the local

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family. A jury found Stephen McCarthy guilty of murder today. A

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pig farmer from Hillsborough and his two sons have already been convicted

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of murder. An ordinary image full -- Philip

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Strickland at a filling station in Cumber shortly before being

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attacked. Within 60 minutes he was shot twice, murdered by a father and

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two sons and one of their friends, Stephen McCarthy. A six-week trial

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ended today and he was convicted. The judge asked the jury, have you

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reached a verdict on the first kind of murder? The jury replied, yes,

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guilty by majority. The Justice addressed Stephen McCarthy and said

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you have been found guilty of murder and the only sentence I can pass is

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life imprisonment. Also serving life sentences for the murder card Jimmy

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Seales, convicted yesterday. Two of the farmers sons, Ian and Jason Wear

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near Killin she -- from Ian and Jason Wear have also been convicted.

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Jimmy Seales was stabbed and beaten by men with Ireland bars. There

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would then comments offensive repeating about the farmer, the --

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attributed to Philip Strickland. Philip Strickland was shot in the

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leg at his farm, then driven elsewhere and shot in the face. On

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behalf of my family upward like to take this opportunity to thank

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members of the police and the legal team for their hard work to

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successfully convey those responsible for the murder of

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fillip. It has been a difficult time for us, the ever we are happy with

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today's item, and appreciate the support from everyone over the last

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two years. Thank you. The police have played -- have paid tribute to

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the family of Philip Strickland. Philip Strickland 's work very hard.

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He loved his life. He liked a laugh, but didn't always appreciate the

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consequences of his reactions. When he find themselves in the dispute

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with Jimmy Seales, that resulted in his murder. Two years after the

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murder, four men are now serving life sentences for his murder.

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A man has died at an incident at a business premises in Dungannon. It

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happened this afternoon -- this afternoon. The health and safety

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executive is investigating what happened. There's plenty still to

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come before 7.00pm: As salmon stocks in our rivers fall, the police tell

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poachers they are the ones who will be caught.

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The Lord Mayor of Belfast has been giving evidence in the trial of

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three people accused of disorderly conduct at the opening of a

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children's park. Mairtin O Muilleoir of Sinn Fein was jostled and pushed

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at the re-opening of Woodvale Park in August last year. That came after

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rioting and protests in the area in the wake of the Twelfth of July

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parade being blocked from passing the Ardoyne shops. Eunan McConville

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was in the court for BBC Newsline. August last year and the opening of

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the children's park in Belfast and extra police officers were called in

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to help get the Lord may write and made a loyalist protest. This

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morning, Martin or Miller made himself -- was in the magistrates

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court to give evidence against the three people charged with disorderly

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behaviour. Maureen Simson, Samuel Brown and Paul McTeer, all from

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North Belfast. All three deny the charges. The court was shown video

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footage. The Lord Mayor said that when he got to Woodvale Park you

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became aware of the testers. He said he got out of the car, some people

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push towards him and he said he was shot and hit in the back of the head

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I hamburger. He told the court that when he made his way back to the

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car, himself and police officers where attacked and abused. He said

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he thought no one in Belfast in 2013 should have to put up at that level

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of abuse and he said it was dangerous. He said, I have no doubt

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that if I had gone down there was no telling what could have happened.

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Lawyers for the defence put it to him that the high Sheriff of Belfast

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had contacted him prior to the Park event, urging him to a lawyer DUP

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politician to open the park. The Lord Mayor told the court that it

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was not something in his gift to permit. And that he had taken advice

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from the police before going to Woodvale Park and was told it would

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be safe. In the afternoon the court was shown some more footage of the

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event. The evidence centred on what a number of police officers have to

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say. The case continues. A financial adviser has admitted

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being involved in laundering cash from the IRA's ?26.6 million

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Northern Bank robbery. Ted Cunningham, from Farran in County

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Cork, had pleaded not guilty to nine counts of laundering ?650,000 from

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the bank's Belfast headquarters in 2004. His plea change came on the

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fourth day of the trial. One of the world's top airline

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executives has flown into Belfast and said Northern Ireland is missing

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out on new routes because of the UK Passenger Tax. Willie Walsh also

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pledged to look into pricing on some British Airways tickets which can be

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hundreds of pounds dearer departing Belfast compared to Dublin. Here's

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our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.

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Passengers on British Airways and all other airlines pay a UK

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government tax of ?13 each way on top of fares. In Ireland, it is --

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it's equivalent tax will be abolished from April. Willie Walsh

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is a long-standing critic of the tax and argues it is harming our airport

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growth, and by extension the local economy. I speak to the CEOs of

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airlines around the world, and when I asked them about their interest in

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investing in Northern Ireland they are not interested because of the

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tax issue. You look at the opportunity that they have in

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Belfast and the number of carriers we have started flying into Dublin

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and you have to ask the question why. He was here to view a

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refurbished passenger launch of Belfast city. The tax issue aside,

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some of his local customers at a disadvantage? We compare a long

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distance British Airways flights starting from Belfast and Dublin on

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the same dates. Both were returns via Heathrow and onto Hong Kong. The

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Dublin ticket was ?243 cheaper. We also used the British Airways

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website to check flights via Heathrow and onto San Francisco. The

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Dublin return ticket was ?280 cheaper. As I understand it, Dublin

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is in the European pricing and we are in the UK pricing. There is that

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differential. I have had conversations with British Airways

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about that differential and they have bombs me they will look at the

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issue. Stormont is lobbying on two fronts, with British Airways over

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fares, and with Westminster on the album -- on the abolition of

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Passenger Tax. Stormont may not like air passengers duty, but to abolish

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it would be a costly option. The Stormont executive estimates that

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the block grant from London would be reduced by ?100 million if it

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decided to act independently of the rest of the UK.

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With all the recent rainfall, rivers have been topped up with plenty of

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water, but there iks concern about the reduced fish levels.

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In particular, salmon stocks have fallen to record low levels.

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Poaching is a problem. Some people use illegal methods to catch the

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fish and keep the ones they should return to the river. Our North East

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reporter, David Maxwell, looks at a campaign by the authorities to reel

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in those causing havoc on the waterways Philomena

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it is an idyllic scene, but catching salmon here is not as easy as it

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once was. 15 or 20 years ago the third of this salmon who left this

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river to go to the sea has dropped by 5%. Some believe that stop

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sufficient rivers are at an all-time low. Every year this salmon station

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release up to 80,000 fish, but only a small percentage will survive.

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They have been striving to save salmon stocks here for decades. One

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thing that makes life difficult for all those involved in conservation

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is poaching. The most common types of poaching I see is a net put

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across the river. In 2011 we recorded agency staff removing nets.

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We have hands and number of incidents of poachers targeting this

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river. It takes a long time for the river to recover. We want to protect

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those fish. In order to protect them, and operation was launched

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today. It involves several agencies who want to crack down on the

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poachers, and they are encouraging the public to help. If people are

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fine to be fish poaching, I would be encouraging officers to report these

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people to the public cross -- Public prosecution service. Poachers are

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only one part of the problem. Pollution is another. It seems

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efforts to save our salmon are being stepped up.

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Philomena Lee was one of thousands of unmarried mothers forced to give

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up her child. Her search for her son inspired a film that's won a BAFTA

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this week and has been nominated for Oscars. She is campaigning for a

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change in the law in the Republic to open up adoption records and give

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parents a greater chance of being reunited with their children. Chris

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Buckler has been to meet the woman whose story is behind the movie.

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They said that you had abandoned him as a baby. I did not abandon my

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child. Philomena tells of one woman's battle to try to find out

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what happened to her son. He was given up adoption without consent in

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an institution run by the Catholic Church. The film is based on the

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true story of Philomena Lee. The family believed we had committed a

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mortal sin by having a baby out of wedlock. We were led to believe we

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were sinners and that was it. Her story is having a huge impact. I

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have been advised that the adoption authority that they have already

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seen a significant increase in the number of people who are calling the

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authority in regard to information about racing. Philomena'sstory is

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not unusual. For decades there was a shame associated with unmarried

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mothers and children were taken away and sent overseas, in many cases.

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Currently, people are not allowed access to their adoption files in

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the Republic. The adoption rights Alliance is working to change that

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law and give people the right to see those records. The campaign has been

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called the cinema -- the Philomena project. Philomena Lee is then

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passed it. She is talking directly to the older woman to get rid of

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that shame and guilt. The shame and guilt as with Irish society, with

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the Irish state and the Catholic Church. Philomena believes that

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opening up the adoption files and Aaron would allow some other parents

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to be given the chance to meet their children. To know that's the film

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will help women in my age group especially, because a lot of them

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relax to come out with their stories. The morality of the past is

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being questioned, but any change comes too late for some mothers who

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The police has refused to provide a detailed breakdown of how it spent

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more than ?65 million in legal costs to settle claims by former officers

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who said their hearing had been damaged during the course of their

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duties. The BBC asked for the details, after revealing last month

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that the total bill so far is over ?135 million. Our Home Affairs

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correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

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Failure to provide property protection was a very costly

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mistake. More than a thousand 500 former RUC officers have received

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compensation for hearing loss. Over ?65 million has been spent on legal

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and court costs. Each year the names of 100 barristers and solicitors

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firm paid most were legal aid work have been published. We have asked

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the PSNI if it could provide a similar breakdown for its illegal

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payments. In response, the police said on ?25 million was spent on

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their own legal costs, and the rest, more than ?40 million, paying the

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costs of those awarded compensation. As far as external

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legal costs go, there was not much more information. The PSNI said it

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was not possible to do so, to give more information, because of the

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costs involved. They said a detailed breakdown with tripwire more than

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600 hours work. They say that a more refined requests for information was

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also denied. Four years ago, Jenna McCorkell's

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Winter Olympics experience ended in tears and disappointment. Tomorrow,

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the Coleraine woman will try to make amends when she competes for Team GB

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in the individual figure skating competition in Sochi. Gavin Andrews

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reports. The pain of underperforming on the

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biggest stage. Jenna McCorkell has had for years to think about the

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experience of Vancouver and the slip-ups that saw her finish just

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29th. The 11 time British champion Nye has another Olympic opportunity

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to put rings right. I am trying not to think back to Vancouver. I

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learned a lot from it. I have been training well and I have done

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everything I possibly can in the last couple of years. If it doesn't

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go right, then it is bad luck. I would ideally like to make the top

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15. The fact she is a shadow is down to support from home. Without the

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lottery funded Northern Ireland, it would not be possible for me to

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still be here. They have been great. We don't have many winter athletes,

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so it is nice for them to promote you. My Facebook page has been going

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crazy, from old school teachers, family, friends I haven't heard of.

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Everybody is wishing me well. That is lovely. She is soaking up the

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experience of Saatchi, and the Germans that these games will pass

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her by -- Saatchi. The venues are fantastic. I hope I make everyone

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proud. The girl from Coleraine is ready to take centre stage.

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No ice in the forecast, thankfully, for us! The weather details now from

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Cecila. No ice, but maybe a bit of rain

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later run. Up until six o'clock tonight there was still some light

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around. This cloud will bring us some rain later on tonight. It will

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not be particularly heavy. For a while, there will be gaps in the

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cloud. As the night goes on, these showers will move in. Once again, a

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relic of the mild started tomorrow. Some dampness to come first thing,

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but a good part of Wednesday will be dry once again. It should right on

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up, too. If you are up and about early tomorrow morning, no frost or

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ice on the roads, but that could be some missed. County Antrim may still

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have some light rain or drizzle. Otherwise, the second half of the

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morning and into the afternoon will bring dry weather. There will be

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bits of blue sky, brightness and damages up to nine degrees. Late in

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the day we will start to see more rain pushing in. If you are often

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have terms, you will be able to get out and about. A lot of the ground

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is still very soggy, and it will be wet again tomorrow night. This low

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pressure will come towards us bringing increasingly wet and windy

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weather for Wednesday night and into Thursday. So, I wet night to come

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tomorrow night, a good inch of rain falling, and strong winds, too. No

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warning side at the moment, but with the ground being waterlogged, it is

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likely that there will be localised flooding. On the second on Thursday,

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it will brighten up on the West. Sunshine and showers on Friday. The

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weekend were lucky star dry on Saturday.

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