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some big decisions to make. That's it

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The eight-year-old boy who died in a slurry tank accident in

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County Antrim yesterday afternoon was Robert Christie. His father

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Bertie remains in a critical condition in hospital.

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They were at the farm of a family friend near Dunloy when they were

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Our North-East Reporter David Maxwell has been to the scene.

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Today, the farm where eight-year-old Robert Christie died fell silent.

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The young boy came here with his dad, who was helping out

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Exactly what happened is unclear, but it's understood

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while mixing slurry, both of them were overcome by

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The two were discovered by a postman, who raised the alarm.

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Emergency services were quickly on the scene.

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But it was too late for the young boy, who was airlifted to hospital.

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The community is still coming to terms with the tragic events

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which unfolded on this farm this afternoon.

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It's yet another sobering reminder of the many hazards encountered by

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It is a reminder to us all that we don't know what a day is going to

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bring. Here are a family and a community that have been plunged

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into indescribable sorrow, and our thoughts and prayers are

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with the family, who are well known in this community, and it is another

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reminder to us all just how quickly The Christie family regularly

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attend this church. This morning,

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they were remembered in prayer. Along with his two sisters,

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Robert also went to the Sunday school at this church, just yards

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from the farm where he died. they are on our minds very much this

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morning. We are just beside where it happened. I would

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like to express our sympathy and condolences to the family,

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This afternoon, staff met at the primary school

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where the eight-year-old was in the P4-P5 class.

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The principal says everything possible will be done to help

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What he didn't know about farming wasn't worth knowing.

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He would frequently tell me about things he had done at the

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weekend or what he was going to do. His loss will have a huge impact.

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I would say that there is a very close family spirit here

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The Health and Safety Executive are investigating this incident -

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the latest in a long line of farming tragedies.

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A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with dissident

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He's accused of directing a terrorist

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organisation and membership of a proscribed organisation.

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The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has said the truth must come out

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about the mother-and-baby home in County Galway and homes elsewhere.

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Dr Diarmuid Martin was speaking on reports of a mass grave of infants

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and children found in the grounds of a convent run by nuns in Tuam.

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There is no point only investigating what happened at Tuam

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and then next year finding more, we have to look at the whole

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They are talking about medical experiments there.

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we have to look at the question of adoption.

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They are complicated and sensitive issues but the only way we will come

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out of this particular period of our history is when the truth comes out.

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A number of Antrim residents have had to leave their home tonight

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because of flash flooding. Several homes around Ballymena are believed

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to be in -- affected. The Ulster Council

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of the GAA are investigating a mass brawl before this afternoon's senior

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championship match between Armagh The fighting, involving

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the majority of both sets of players, began as they were about to

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line up for the pre-match parade. In the match itself,

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Armagh won by one goal and 12 points The local boat taking part

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in the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race has left New York,

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en route for Northern Ireland. The Derry-Londonderry-Doire yacht is

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one of 12 taking part During its stop in New York,

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the yacht welcomed potential investors to promote business in

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Derry and across Northern Ireland. It'll arrive

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on the Foyle later this month I've been trying to prepare the guys

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for the welcome there. In the last race, the Derry stopover was one of

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the biggest and best by all reports, and that was before the people of

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Derry-Londonderry knew what it was about, what to expect, so I think

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this time the welcome will be bigger and better.

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Coming up on tomorrow's BBC Newsline:

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As a booming property market in London and the south east

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of England brings an interest rate rise ever closer, what will

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London and the south-east may be able to cope with eight 2% or 3%

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bank rate. Can an area like Northern Ireland, which is just in the early

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stages of recovery, deal with that in the same way? The question -- the

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answer is no. Here is the weather. Things are looking quieter tonight.

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Most of the heavy showers are moving away north so are fairly mild night.

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A little mist and cloud around tomorrow morning, otherwise it will

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brighten nicely. There will be some showers but not as many or heavy as

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today. Many places get away with a dry warning -- morning. It will get

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cloudier as the day goes on but most showers will be across western

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areas, drifting up from western island with fine weather in the

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East. Some showers over central and southern areas of Britain with

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temperatures towards London reaching mid 20s but elsewhere the high

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teens. Compared to today there will be more dry weather and most showers

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will be in the far West with a small risk of a thunderstorm and many

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places in the East will be dry with sunshine and feel warm. We expect

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the downpours to return on Monday night into Judy. Most of the week

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will be warm and there is a question over rain on whether state, I will

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come back to you on that. Heavy rain moves away on shoes date to the

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north of Scotland. Some downpours but also pleasant spells of

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sunshine, not as hot in the south-east. On Wednesday this rain

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dressed up into southern Ireland. Most places will be dry with

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sunshine. On Thursday we will find most of the rain comes on Wednesday

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night and then added clears away there will be sunshine with just the

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odd shower. We may find that the worst of the downpours of this week

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are on Monday night into Tuesday and the rain may come on Wednesday

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night, leaving a lot of the daytime fairly dry and temperatures mostly

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staying above average. Have a great night. That's the local news for

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now. Our next bulletin

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