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cooler through the weekend, but the weather is looking pretty good for

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most will treat the attraction of

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loyalist lives in south Belfast as a breach of the police.

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A man says his Peter van have been hijacked six times.

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The only flight between Northern Ireland and America is suspended for

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the early part of next year. With the World Cup finally about to

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start we get a taste of what it is like to be a Brazilian in Belfast.

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At the first round of the US Open, both Graeme McDowell and Rory

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McIlroy are in the clubhouse after good opening rounds and are among

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the early leaders in North Carolina.

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Rain is on the way for two morrow but it is one day only with dryer,

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brighter unsettled conditions for the weekend.

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The issue of flags is one of the most contentious problems facing

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This evening we can report an apparent change of policy. The

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police have told Northern Ireland politics programme the view they

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will treat flags erected in South Belfast as a breach of the police --

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peace. This is the Ballynafeigh area

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of south Belfast, once a Unionist stronghold.

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But the last census showed the majority of people living here

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But you wouldn't know it from these pictures showing dozens

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The flags appeared on a section of the former road on a Thursday night

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during the recent election campaign under the noses of the police who,

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according to some local representatives, chose to do nothing

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about it. This Sinn Fein MLA raised

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the issue with senior police. Police officers did see and did

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stand-by when people were putting flags and I do not want to see that

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repeated again. They have brought themselves into disrepute by their

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behaviour around flags. I have discussed it with a senior

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leadership team in size and East Belfast and I think we have a better

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understanding of what needs to happen. The PSNI, in my opinion,

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will adapt their approach. If someone is putting up a flag without

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the permission of the local community they are in danger of

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causing public disorder. The police have told the BBC they've

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had a rethink following In a statement,

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they say further enquiries backed the assessment that tensions are

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"particularly heightened as a result of a significant number

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of flags being erected." As

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a result police have directed "any future erection of flags" on

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this part of the Ormeau Road "will be treated as a breach of the

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peace." "have been spoken to and advised of

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this." But this DUP representative says

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the police already have enough to In South Belfast we have experienced

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a rise in crime over the course of the last year. I believe the Police

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Service of Northern Ireland has better things to be doing with its

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time than sending officers of lamp posts to remove flags and if Alex

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Maskey, who is supposed to represent South Belfast, thinks that is a good

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use of police time I suggests he asks what people's priorities are.

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The police say the actual removal of flags is not their

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responsibility and that they will only act in extreme circumstances,

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But if any more go up it seems they'll now intervene.

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And you can see more of Gareth's story on The View tonight at 10.35

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A 14-year-old girl who was with her father delivering pizzas last night

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is said to be traumatised following a hijacking in Londonderry. Mast

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meant that what appeared to be a gun to the Father's head and threatened

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him. They store the delivery van and burnt it out. The pizza delivery,

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my's owner has lost six fans in similar circumstances and has been

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speaking to our north-west reporter. The aftermath

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of last night's hijacking. This pizza delivery van was taken

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from its driver and his 14-year-old daughter by three masked

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men before being brought to the Creggan

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estate, where it was burnt out. The company owner said

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the gang left his driver and teenager daughter deeply traumatised

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shortly after they arrived with When he got out of the van to

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deliver the Peters three men came out of the shadows, masked men, and

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took the van of them. He said he would not give them the van. Then

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they cocked gun at his head and said if you do not we will niqab him. The

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girl was squealing and crying. Paolos Pizzas employs 65 people at

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five restaurants and take-aways - It also has a factory

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in a local industrial estate. Its owner says he's now had six vans

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hijacked in four years at an estimated cost

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of ?50,000 to his company. We are running a business and

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businesses had enough. What they are doing this for, I don't know. Please

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leave us alone and let us get on with our work and leave our fans and

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drivers alone. Stop leaving them petrified.

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Sinn Fein says those behind the attacks must explain their actions.

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The question has to be post about why. I continue to engage in these

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activities, which are doing nothing and serving no purpose whatsoever?

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The company says this is his 25th year in business and despite the

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setbacks they remain determined to continue and provide jobs and a

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local service. A controlled explosion has been

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carried out on a pipe bomb The device, which is pictured here,

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was found in the Eastway area of the city at

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about nine o'clock this morning. Homes and businesses were evacuated

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for several hours and a number of roads were closed while Army

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bomb experts dealt with the device. It has since been taken away

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for further examination. A court has been told that

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a man stabbed a shopkeeper after his dog bit him in the face

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as he fed it crisps. The attack happened at a tackle

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shop in east Belfast on Tuesday. 49-year-old Raymond Allardyce was

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charged with the attempted murder of the owner of this shop on

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Belfast's Upper Newtownards Road. 66-year-old Denis Wolsey,

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who was stabbed in the neck and head, is still in hospital and has

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yet to be interviewed by police. The court was told Allardyce had

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been feeding crisps to Mr Wolsey's His solicitor said it was accepted

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that while the accused's anger had been directed at the dog,

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he had gone back and attacked The court heard that Mr Allardyce

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had been on a four-day drinking He was released on bail,

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told to live with his mother, and prohibited from contacting

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the victim or witnesses. His solicitor said

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his client apologised for the incident and accepted

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responsibility for it, adding that the real issue at trial would be

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the state of his intoxication. The only direct flight

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between Northern Ireland and the United States is to be suspended

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in the early part of next year. United Airlines will halt flights to

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and from New York between January and the beginning of March because

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it says the route doesn't perform With the details,

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here's our economics The flight between Belfast and New

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York is used of one of our most economically important error rates,

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especially when it comes to attracting investors. -- important

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airline routes. It has been operating for just under a decade. A

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couple of years ago it was under threat because of the impact of an

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air passenger tax imposed by Westminster. Stroman won the right

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to cut the tax at a cost of about ?2 million a year and that seemed to

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give some stability. But now United Airlines says the flight does not

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perform strongly in the first couple of years therefore they are

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suspending it between 6th January and 12th March. It is taking similar

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flights -- steps with flights between Dublin, Manchester and Rome.

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The move should be kept in perspective. They are suspending it

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for nine weeks in the dead of winter in January and March 2015. It will

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come back online on 12th March, 2015. That is absolutely definite.

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The reality is over the course of the last number of years, this route

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has performed at high load factors. Nonetheless this development is

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causing anxiety at Stormont and among the business community and

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with Dublin providing more than 100 weekly flights to the US, the

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Belfast route will continue to face major competition. And Executive

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strategy on attracting flights to Northern Ireland is expected to be

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published in the autumn. This move increases the pressure to come up

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with something substantial. The flags are out in force

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for the World Cup, including this Health Trusts across Northern

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Ireland are being asked to review their admissions policy for older

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people into residential care homes. Last year you may remember there was

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a public outcry when it emerged the trust had earmarked homes

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foreclosure. Since then the health and social board, which has overall

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responsibility for services, carried out a consultation into the future

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residential care. The trusts are now being advised to review their

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admission policy, so the decision moving back to them. What was the

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point in the consultation? You are right. The decision has been batted

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back to the health trusts again. This is where it all began 15 months

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ago. The big difference now is that there has been a major consultation.

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That was not their 15 months ago. The health trusts, based on what

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they have learned from the consultation with 1200 people, who

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told the health board what they wanted from residential care, East

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trust will go back into their own area and assess the need. What older

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people want in the need. What older people want in Dunbar in Derry or

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Dungiven. Their needs will be assessed. The trusts have been asked

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to review their admissions policy. That is important because if they

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decide to lift the ban, that means long-term residential care could

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have a brighter outlook here in Northern Ireland. Those who carried

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out the consultation are very aware that it is not one size fits all. We

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weren't working to a number or timescale. Therefore, we are not

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saying that X number of homes have to close, or will close. It has to

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be a proper assessment on a localised basis and each individual

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home has to be considered. Can I just say that the families and the

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residents felt that was the right approach. What has been the reaction

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so far? From Twitter alone, people are very confused about what is

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happening. First of all it was with the trusts, then the board, then

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back to the trusts. That is confusing to people unless you are

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completely engrossed in the health care system, as of us are. With

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regards to the health union, Unison Mac, they say it has been a waste of

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of time and money and they are actually very cross about what is

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happening. It has just been asked to review the ban. The health and

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social airport were charged with the review by the Health Minister some

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months ago and what we find is that they have passed it onto the trusts.

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It is a case of passing the buck. The buck. -- passing the buck,

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according to Unison. It will be able at least before we hear more.

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Yesterday we heard the prestigious open golf tournament will be held at

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the Royal Portrush club sometime in 2015. They have been reacting to the

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News of the biggest tournament in the sport, to their town.

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Hopefully they will not simply be bringing major trophies but they

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will be lifting the claret jug here as well stop the news at the open is

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coming broke five days before the amateur tournament at Portrush and

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neither have five years to get ready. At last came in 1951 and one

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member recalls his teacher's encouragement to be part of it. I

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volunteered as a bag carrier. I was a bag carrier to Harry Bradshaw and

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he was a lovely man and he gave me 12 golf balls. The flags of many

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nations already fly here in Portrush for the amateur Championships to be

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held in the coming days. They are entirely appropriate. Royal Portrush

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has always attracted international golfers. Holding it here makes

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perfect sense to them. I like the people here. It will be fun playing

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here. Hopefully I will have a great experience. The area can expect a

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substantial boost. So much tourism is a driver for this area. This does

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not get any bigger. It is the legacy thereafter. We had complaints at the

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time of the Irish open at local businesses did not benefit

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immediately but they have benefited since that time. In Portrush itself

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traders have been wondering about that dividend, given some find the

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Irish Open a bit of a disappointment. They want to pay the

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-- play the course of the Irish Open. Can you imagine how many more

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people want to come when the Open is going to be held? There will be a

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big legacy afterwards. For now it is not just the golf swing city to be

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ready by 2019. -- that need to be ready.

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Armagh and Cavan GAA teams. Armagh has said they will appeal the

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decision but Cavan will not. We are looking at 15 groups of

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schools waiting to hear which will get money for a shared campus. This

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evening education correspondent Maggie Taggart looks at how primary

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schools are breaking new ground. Will communities buy into the plans?

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The clue is in a different uniform as Catholic and Protestant children

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share a technology class. This is one group looking for funding to

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expand its sharing. The principles of these permits goes are looking

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forward to sharing and they are only walking distance between the

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schools. They want two new centres to house the shared activities. One

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in Holy Trinity for science and to the projects and an other. We look

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forward to the opportunity to develop those areas. We need

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specialist equipment and specialist space. In the family said we have

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provision at present but we have a designated location for that. This

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is the staff room at Cookstown primary school currently doubling up

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as a family resource centre but the dream is to have a shared purpose

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built area which can be used by the whole community. We are talking 30

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years of working together. Staff and pupils move back and forth between

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the schools on a regular basis. We use each other's facilities, our

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skills, which resources and we are basically there help it. Some other

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partnerships are hoping to share the same buildings while keeping their

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own identities. Sharing between denominations is a sensitive issue

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and a university lecturer who has studied campuses in Scotland says it

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is important to get the community on board. Parental involvement is

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cruiser and success as we have seen in Scotland. If the schools have

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consulted with the parents and the local community and they are on

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board, there is every reason to think it will be successful. Across

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Northern Ireland 15 projects with different schools are waiting to see

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if they will be selected. The result will be revealed before the recess

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at the end of this month. Ireland's worst railway disaster.

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Today a memorial was unveiled. If you were born and brought up in

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Armagh, then this famous photograph of the 1889 railway disaster, it is

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practically burned into your consciousness. Today this railway is

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long gone. This embankment sits in a brooding silence. The little changed

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embankment and the equally little changed mall in the city centre are

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reminders of how from any Armagh people, this disaster still seems

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very close. Among those gathered today to watch the unveiling of the

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memorial were several grandchildren of children who had been on this

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underscrew lighting. My grandfather survived the railway disaster. He

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was on the train and a lot of his friends were on the train, too. His

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friend asked him to change seats just before the collision and he

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did, and his friend was killed. My grandfather left his left leg in the

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accident and he also lost his younger brother, David, and his

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sister, mini. The remember your grandfather? He had a wooden leg

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strapped in leather and I could hear him creaking as the leather squeaked

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when he was walking. It has taken a long time for this

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city to direct this memorial. The current Minister of the Methodist

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Church from where the excursion cent says that is because until now the

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wound has been simply to roar. For many years it was something people

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try to forget because it was too painful and they had learned to cope

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with it by just keeping it hidden away. I think the time is right now

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for a memorial. That memorial is now in place, ensuring none of the 89

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victims will ever be forgotten. Remembering Aaron's worst railway

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disaster. More sports news. The World Cup is about to start in

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Brazil this evening. ABC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been to my South

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American software -- you are sizing -- thousands of miles from home but

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who are still looking to party. They are not in Brazil they are in

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Northern Ireland. They are in their double-decker bus

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cafe. They show their support for their home country in their colours

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and their music. And for these Brazilians, the World Cup is not

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just about winning. It is about beating Argentina. Argentina versus

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Brazil is, you know, a fight when it comes to football and we want to see

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a final. As the first game approaches the

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fans admit they are nervous. We have to win, that is all. Of course, this

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isn't the only part of the city for a World Cup fever has broken out.

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Belfast beamed Belfast, there is no shortage of flags. -- being Belfast.

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In the heart of West Belfast and England flag. Every house on the

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street entered a World Cup sweepstake and whatever team they

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got they had to fly the country's honours. I got the England flag so I

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had to hang it out anyway. I do not think I would want to go too far. --

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they will go too far. I do not think they will win. If they get to the

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final there is a couple of quid in it for me.

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There is plenty of interest in the World Cup here and according to the

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bookmakers the team most likely to lift the trophy is... Brazil.

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CHEERING .

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They could be right. Today, one of the US open -- is day one of the US

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Open and our players are top of the leaderboard.

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With yesterday's breaking news story that the Open Championship is to be

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staged at Royal Portrush what better way to celebrate that to date with

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Graeme McDowell taking an early lead in the US open. He won this

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tournament in 2010 followed by Rory McIlroy in 2011. He is two under

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par, Rory McIlroy is three shots back at one over. I spoke to him at

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all a short time ago. I am happy with the display this morning. It

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knows not my most amazing ball striking round that I ever played.

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This golf course, you do not have to strike, you just have to hit it in

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the correct places as often as you possibly can. Then you have got to

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grind and paste pot as you can and make as many par as you can. To make

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one bogey was very pleasing. We might have got a little bit of a

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break with the moisture content and the overcast conditions to keep the

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moisture in the greens for a while longer. It gave us have a chance to

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attack. Lovely eagle at the par-5/5. Yes, it was nice and settling. I

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thought birdies were going to be rare and to have a 12 foot up the

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hill eagle opportunity was good. It was a settler for me. I played nice

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golf after that and I am very pleased with that effort. More to

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come. Obviously there are a big 54 holes coming up. This golf course

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will get firmer, faster and tougher and we have just got to stay

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ultraconservative. Obviously it is exactly where you wanted to be? You

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always want a nice round under your belt to get you up and running. You

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do not want to have to come out there chasing tomorrow in any shape

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or form. I prepared well immensely for this event and I am trying to

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get my head in the right space to know this golf course was not going

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to give me much and I had to accept that from an early start. I had the

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ball well. Rory McIlroy, take a look at this.

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This was his fantastic birdie at the 18th hole. He is just three shots

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off the lead. Still very much in this tournament. Graeme McDowell

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Andrey McIlroy looked as if they enjoy playing together today. Darren

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Clarke has teed off and we will let you know how he gets on tonight. --

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Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy. Why we have had a lovely couple of

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days, a little bit of a change tonight. Rain working its way in

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along the north coast and into the north-west. As we go overnight the

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rain gets heavier. Because of the cloud, it stays mild with those of

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12 or 13. Tomorrow looks very different. Tomorrow morning, plenty

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of rain around. All of the rain starts to work in a breakfast time

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tomorrow and there could be quite intense showers mixing in. The good

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news is that as we go through the day it does gradually ease a little

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bit. We will see more breaks in the showers. The temperatures have taken

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a hit with highs of 17 or maybe 18 degrees. That is cooler than we have

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had over the last couple of days. The good news is that once the front

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moves through the high-pressure system built-in and that is going to

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give us a good bit more protection from the weather. By the time we

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have got to the weekend we have drier and brighter conditions ahead.

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So, let's take a look into the weekend. Saturday looks very

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different to the -- to Friday. Not very warm at all. The wind has come

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to the North. Friday is the only wet day in what looks to be some

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promising weatherhead. I lit summary is at 10:25pm here on

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BBC One. to BBC Northern Ireland's

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new monthly magazine, The Gaitherin. 'Over the coming months, we'll be

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out and about across the country,

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