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into the Russian speaking areas. Now on BBC One it is time for the news

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where Good evening. A paralympic

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power-lifter has been given a suspended sentence for sexually

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assaulting two girls and a woman when he was in Antrim ahead of the

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London Games. Omar Sami Qaradhi from Jordan had been training at a

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leisure centre in the town in August 2012. His trial had been due to

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start today but he changed his plea to guilty. David Maxwell has the

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details. Omar Qaradhi is unlikely to return to Northern Ireland after

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today. The power lifter came to Antrim in August 2012 to prepare for

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the London Games. But he and two team-mates were sent back home after

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they were arrested for sexual assaults. Charges against the two

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others were later dropped. Only Omar Qaradhi had to return from Jordan to

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face trial. Yesterday the 33-year-old pleaded not guilty

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before a jury was sworn in, here at Antrim Crown Court. But today,

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before any evidence was heard, his lawyer asked for the charges to be

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read again via a translator he changed his plea to guilty, on all

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charges. The jury was then dismissed and the judge heard the facts of the

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case. The prosecution said that in two separate incidents in the Antrim

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area Omar Qaradhi touched girls aged 14 after persuading them to have

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their pictures taken with him A third incident he touched a

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therapist during a physio sessions before passing sentence the judge

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heard from his legal team. In his closing remark, the judge said he

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had taken into account the detrimental impact of the assaults

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on the victims, but he noted the offences were opportunistic and low

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level. He also recognised the loss that Omar Qaradhi has suffered due

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to his actions. The judge said he could not lose sight of the fact

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Omar Qaradhi had been welcomed to Antrim. Hospitality he he had

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abused. He he said by his actions he brought distress to his victim,

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shame to his fellow team-mates and denied Jordan the real possibility

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of winning a gold medal. The young said he was satisfied the threshold

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for custody was passed in this case. He sentenced Omar Qaradhi tost

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months imprisonment suspended for two years, he will be put on the sex

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offenders register for ten years and will have to give notice to the

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police if he wants to return to the UK in that time.

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Members of a loyalist flute band have been cleared of defying a ban

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on them marching past a Catholic Church in Belfast two years ago. The

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seventeen band members from the Young Conway Volunteers had been

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charged with failing to comply with a Parades Commission ruling, banning

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them from walking past St Patrick's in August 2012. A judge at Belfast

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Magistrates Court dismissed the case, saying it couldn't be proved

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that the band members knew about the determination.

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The High Court's been told that a man who was punched and stamped on

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more than a week ago is yet to regain consciousness. Conor Lewsley

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was allegedly hit 16 times during the attack on the Antrim Road in

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Belfast. 23-year-old Ben Cullinan from Glenville Park, Newtownabbey is

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charged with attempting to murder Mr Lewsley. He was refused bail at

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today's court hearing. Belfast City Council has been asked

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to refer the wearing of football tops and scarves by councillors in

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the chamber to the Equality Commission. Sinn Fein have written

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to the council's chief executive asking for the move after the DUP's

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Ruth Patterson wore a Linfield scarf at last night's monthly meeting. In

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a statement, the council said there was nothing in its standing orders

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about the dress code of councillors at meetings, but that council staff

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are not allowed to wear such clothing in the workplace.

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A Czech national has been refused bail on charges of controlling

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prostitution and concealing criminal property. Josef Elias, who is 51 and

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with an address in England, was arrested Belfast last November. It

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followed the discovery of two women in a townhouse in south Belfast. The

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landlord reported finding the women in the house to the police and that

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there were signs it had been used as a brothel.

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The Health Minister has been speaking to the Assembly after a

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police operation which investigated allegations that animals were being

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illegally slaughtered at a farm in South Armagh. Police officers and

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officials from several other agencies were involved in searches

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in yesterday. Newry and Mourne Council has said there is no

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evidence at this stage that meat from the farm had been placed on the

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market. Edwin Poots said it was important to let the investigation

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take its course. This is not a large-scale operation in the first

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instance, and we shouldn't be blowing this out of proportion, that

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this is something which is common practise, where ever there isn't

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evidence, that that is the case. We became aware of an activity that was

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a course of action taken yesterday, it is now in the public domain as it

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A newly discovered official document has revealed what officials here

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were worried about during the Cold War amid fears of a nuclear attack.

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Should be. As Andy West reports, it was a real bread and butter issue.

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1953 and the early paranoid days of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear

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attack seemed very real, and in Belfast preparations were made for

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surviving a nuclear bomb. One of the pry or to -- priorities

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might seem naive but this previously confidential document uncovered in

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the archive office of Northern Ireland proves that of all things a

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bread shortage was a very real concern We were all surprised there

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was such a focus on bread after an atomic blast. Again I think it

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highlights the naivety of the time, the paranoia of the times and the

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thought, I suppose the concept of duck and cover. Everything would be

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right after the event, and we would continue as normal.

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The file titled the emergency bread exercise, is a vision of

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destruction. Detailing a world where bakeries have been turned to rubble,

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destroying vital sup ploys. -- supplies. Life-and-death

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decisions would have been taken in places like this. A bunker near the

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Malone Road, it was built for elite Government officials to shelter

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during any nuclear war The problem was that bread in those days was

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distributed daily, by a series of bread cart, bread vans brought the

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bread to outer Belfast, inner Belfast. People relied on the bread

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server, so in many ways this shows a dark period where the Stormont

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Government were living with the ever present danger of nuclear war. The

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perof this file would seem to prove who matter what other criticisms

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could be levelled at their preparations for the unthinkable,

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officials weren't just concerned with protecting the upper crust.

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On BBC Newsline tomorrow we have another report in the series marking

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the sevenriry of the outbreak of the fur we are looking at some the

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lesser known stories linked to conflict. Tomorrow we find out how

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35,000 German rifles were landed in Laugharne but the Ulster Volunteer

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Force, who went to fight and die alongside the Irish volunteer force

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in the trenches. And some sports news just in,

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Linfield have beaten Crusaders in the County Antrim Shield at the

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Ballymena Showgrounds. The match was decided on penalties after it

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finished goaless after extra time. The win means David Jeffrey equals

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Roy Coyle's record for the most number of trophies won in Irish

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league history. And in tonight's other game, Glenavon beat

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Warrenpoint Town by two goals to one in the Danske Bank Premiership. T

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and die alongside the Irish volunteer force in the trenches.

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and die It is cold, but dry, clear spells

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will cloud over as we go through the night and any fog and mist will

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lift. Temperatures by morning sitting at two or three degrees. Now

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we have plenty of bright and sunny weather today. Not much on offer

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tomorrow. It is cloudier picture right through the day and it will be

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damp at time, the damp weather most likely in parts of the north and

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west at fist. The south-east bearing better but here there will be

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outbreaks of rain. The most of the rain tomorrow will be across western

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areas of Scotland, here we have a weather warning in force, 30

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millimetres in some place, maybe more over the higher groan, that

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will combine with melted snow, so there maybe some flooding. It will

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be a cloudy and damp picture in Ireland but for England and parts of

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Wales brightening up with sunshine. Temperatures getting up into the low

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teens. So if you are out and about in Northern Ireland, you will want

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to keep the umbrella handy just in case. We expect light rain and

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drizzle. Not all the time, there will be dry spells in between, but

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not much brighter weather or sunshine on offer. Despite the

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cloudy and damp condition, temperatures will still reach eight

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or nine degrees. Thursday may get off to a promising start. I won't

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stay that way through the day. We expect more rain again, especially

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towards the north and west. Temperatures still getting up to ten

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or 11 degree, not bad at all for the time of year. For the time being, it

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looks as though fried will be dry with showers in the forecast. That

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is it. Newsline is back at 6.25 in the morning, during Breakfast. From

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me, enjoy the rest of your night. Take care. :

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