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there's a first look at the papers over on the BBC

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Fox Good evening. A 48-year-old man's been charged

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with the murder of two Catholic workmen in north Belfast almost 20

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years ago. 44-year-old Eamon Fox and Gary Convie, who was 24, were

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sitting in their car at a building site in North Queen Street when a

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gunman opened fire with a sub-machine gun. The man charged

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will appear at Belfast Magistrates Court in the morning. He is also

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accused of attempted murder and having a firearm. A 41-year-old

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woman has been released. A man charged with killing two of

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his former girlfriends is to be prosecuted for the murder of a third

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partner. Leslie Ross, from Dromore, in County Down, has been told he

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will be charged over the death of Lily McKee in 2002. Gordon Adair

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reports. Last year, Leslie Ross, who lived

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here in Dromore, was charged with two murders. Both were former

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girlfriends of this stonemason. One was discovered in 2012. Five years

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before that, the body of Margaret Weis was found. Five years before

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that, in 2002, Lily McKee, who was 52, was found dead. She was a mother

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of one. Again, she was from Dromore and again she was a partner of

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Leslie Ross. At the time of the initial two charges, the police

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passed a file to the Public Prosecution Service and today at

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court, they revealed that Leslie Ross will now be charged with the

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murder of Lily McKee. Leslie Ross's solicitor said his client denied the

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involvement in all three of the women's deaths. Last year, Leslie

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Ross was shot with three other offences, indecent assault, gross

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indecency with a child and indecently assaulting a female

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child. Today, the prosecutor approved those charges without

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prejudice. It is understand they will now be pursued through separate

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court proceedings at another date. It's been confirmed that 197 people

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are to lose their jobs at a call centre in north Belfast. The

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company, TeleTech, lost a substantial contract to a

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competitor. Eunan McConville has more details.

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This is TeleTech, a US owned communications company with bases in

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many countries around the world. It has been operating call centres in

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Belfast since 2001. These job losses are as a result of the company

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losing a contract with car manufacturer Nissan. TeleTech had

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been providing customer support for Nissan but a French company recently

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won the contract. We will keep in contact with the company, offer any

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assistance we can, but obviously, this is very bad news for those

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working in TeleTech connected with this contract. A statement from the

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company said: The company says that they are

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looking for other business opportunities, but have not

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identified any at this time. It says the site will remain open. We have

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been in touch with TeleTech, we're willing to meet with them, we have

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talked to some of those who would be unemployed, some of the employees

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here, to see if there's anything we can do about it. The people losing

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their jobs will be given the opportunity to follow the work to

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France, but of course, that one to France, but of course, that won't

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suit everyone. A man whose car was targeted in a

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bomb attack in Londonderry has told BBC Newsline he can't understand why

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he was singled out. Christy Tarr, from the Creggan estate, says his

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family has been left traumatised. Here's Keiron Tourish.

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Christy Tarr says he is lucky to be alive after his car was targeted in

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a bomb attack last night. The 29-year-old, who was at home with

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his mother, says his family are devastated. Extensive damage was

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caused to the silver Vauxhall, that was part in nearby gardens. The

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device exploded at 10:40pm. Residents were at home nearby, but

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no one was injured. I was sitting at home last night, just a normal

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night, and there was a massive explosion outside, shook the whole

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place, a big third. Anybody in the street, anybody walking past, they

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could have been killed stone dead. Politicians strongly condemned the

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attack. There for the grace of God, no one has been seriously injured or

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killed. When there was a target last night, the victims were the people

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behind us who were forced out of their homes. This latest attack

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followed a shooting at a house in Creggan eight days ago. They need to

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come forward and tell this community the rationale of what they are

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doing. Because nobody seems to understand why. Community leaders

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have called for the attacks to stop immediately.

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?15 million is being spent by the Assembly to help parents of

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school-age children get back to work. The Bright Start scheme will

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subsidise the care of an extra 6,000 children here before and after

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school and during the summer. The move will create 750 childcare jobs

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and, from today, childcare providers can apply for the subsidy as long as

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the cost is around ?70 a week. That would be quite reasonable, when you

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look at private childcare which could be costing in excess of ?150,

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so it is almost half. But if parents are able to utilise the tax breaks

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that are available, it makes it even more affordable to them.

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The Ulster Unionist party says it would be happy to see Pope Francis

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visit Belfast. It issued a statement after one of the party's councillors

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said he opposed a Papal visit to the city, fearing it could lead to

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unrest. The city council is expected to discuss the idea next week. There

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is a lot of flash photography at the start of this report from our

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political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

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Vatican this morning, two of the world's most famous men made for the

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first time. One has already been to Belfast, the other, Pope Francis,

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will be invited if a city councillor has his way. This union thinks it is

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a bad idea. Perhaps some other part of Northern Ireland were closer to

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the border, would be more appropriate. I think people need to

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become realistic in this whole matter. Rather than trying to make

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cheap political capital because we have two elections coming up in May.

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Y-word closer to the border make any difference --Y-word pressure on

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people in Belfast entitled to sue the Pope? Of course, but they can

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travel down to the border. You will find there are a large portion of

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Roman Catholics on the border area than there are in this area. I was

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very comfortably collected last time on the first count. Alderman Rogers

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was not, if you want to go and check the election results. As far as I am

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concerned, it is an issue of portraying this place in a good,

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positive night. -- light. Catholic sources say it is unlikely the Pope

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would want to visit Ireland without coming north. The details will be

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discussed with the Westminster government and the Executive was not

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Belfast City Council. We are in Belfast, they took the flag them.

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There would be controversy. I think it would be great to see the Pope

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here but I don't think sex is this community would be ready. It would

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be great if he was to lead the 12th of March. Jim Rogers says it is not

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a question of no Pope here but that is not how others will see it. City

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Hall is set, it seems, for another row.

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And that debate continues on The View straight after this bulletin.

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Let's get a look at the weather for tomorrow, here's Angie Philips.

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Good evening. We are stuck with this chilly easterly breeze for another

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24 hours at least and it will continue to bring showers as well.

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We are going to see showers pushing their way westwards again through

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the first part of the night and then almost grinding to a halt close to

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the southern counties. Towards the north and north-west, it becomes

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drier with clear spells and temperatures could dip close to

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freezing, so we are looking up pockets of frost and maybe the odd

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icy patch but where we have those cloudier skies in the South, it

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should stay frost free. Tomorrow, the weather front bringing the

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showers is still lingering close by and the white lines, the isobars,

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are quite close together, an indication that it is going to be

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breezy and chilly again. Showery rain will be pushing through the

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South and East in the morning rush hour, some of it fairly heavy and

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gradually tracking westwards through the latter stages of the morning.

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The Republic of Ireland becomes drier and brighter for a time but we

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have some heavy showers across the south of Wales, the south-west of

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England and they will swing into Ireland in the afternoon. Also heavy

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showers across the Pennines in northern England and into southern

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Scotland. Elsewhere, it is right. Still chilly in the breeze but the

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hint of something perhaps a bit warmer pushing into the south-east.

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The Northern Ireland in the afternoon, still chilly, around

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about eight or nine degrees. Driver time but then more showery rain

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coming in later in the day and into tomorrow night, some of its heavy

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and thundery. It could stay damp into Saturday, but at least through

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the weekend, those temperatures are rising.

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the weekend, those temperatures are That is it now, have a

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From an East End dynasty of funeral directors to the hardware store

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