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The enterprise minister Arelene Foster has described a petrol bomb

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attack on the home of a man working for a shale gas exploration company

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in County Fermanagh as a disgraceful and cowardly act.

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Two petrol bombs were thrown at the house in Letterbreen

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Our South West reporter Julian Fowler reports.

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Two weeks ago, they began to secure this quarry where it wants to drill

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a borehole as part of its exploration licence. Yesterday

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morning, two petrol bombs were thrown at the home of one of the

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site workers. The company says it follows a number of unlawful

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incidents and threats to security staff. Hundreds of people have been

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involved in peaceful protests outside the gates. Local campaigners

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have condemned the attack. From our point of view we went to diss

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associate ourselves with this. We have a code of conduct which is

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non-negotiable. The environment minister has seven more days to

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decide if the borehole to collect rock samples can go ahead. It will

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not involve fracking. There have been a lot of very misleading

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statements made recently, some very ignorant statements made and I hope

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that people recognise that this is not just a matter for me or indeed

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for the Minister of environment, it is a matter for the entire

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Executive. We need people to come together. People in the West need to

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fight fracking. We need to ensure the protests are kept peaceful. We

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must protest in a way which does not impact on anybody's health and

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safety. The police are investigating the attack. They want to speak to

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the driver of a dark coloured Audi estate car seen in the road at the

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time. Specially trained victim recovery

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dogs are being used in a fresh search for

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a murdered teenager in Portadown. Caroline Graham went missing

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in the town 25 years ago. The police have launched a new

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search at a house in Hanover Street where the 19-year-old was living

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when she disappeared in March 1989. Whoever is responsible for this

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crime, whoever they are, I believe they may have discussed this over

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the past 25 years. If that is the case, and you have information, I am

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appealing directly to you to provide that information to my Ent enquiry

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team. A 31-year-old man has been arrested

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after a series of hate crimes Paint was thrown over a car and

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another vehicle had its windscreen One of the cars belonged to a Polish

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family and the police believe A short time later another

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windscreen was smashed Enquiries

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into the attacks are continuing. As part of the commemorative events

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is a candlelit vigil at A poignant and sombre service in

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honour of the war dead. Dignitaries, politicians and others came to

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remember the beginning of the great War. The Queen was represented this

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evening by the Duke of York. Also there, the Secretary of State, Irish

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Minister Heather Humphreys and the First Minister. We're here to mark

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the centenary of the beginning of the First World War. This we

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penitence and faith, contemplating the sacrifices that 100 years ago

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were about to be made. When people also remembered those who gave their

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lives, lighting a candle for every one of the five years of war. And

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the candle lit by Prince Andrew was placed beside one of the eight

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volumes of books kept in the cathedral which record the names of

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all those from across the island of Ireland who fought and died. I

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thought it was great that we had Mr Humphries from the Republic of

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Ireland taking part. Looking at these centenary is with a spirit of

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historical accuracy, inclusivity under consideration and help

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everyone move forward. There are lessons for this day and this

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generation. We see where business and division Leeds. It leads to

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conflict, death and injury. What is spelt out and meet is, what unites

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human beings is huge and wonderful. What divides human beings is small

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and mean. That sentence has come from the artist who was commissioned

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to do this. Bob, what is that sentence? What does it mean? It is

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inspired by the famous football match on Christmas Day which is a

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cliche but is actually true. It's not an apocryphal story. The Germans

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did engage in a football match with the British Christmas Day. The

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obvious thing about that powerful is that there were the same kinds of

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people fighting that playing on both sides. It is about saying for

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today's society, we need a new peace movement. It looks special. During

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the day, we had a chance look at the artwork in daylight. I know this was

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carried out by various community groups. What did you think of the

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way they carried your work? Enormously proud of it because we

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had different groups from all across Belfast, a city which knows about

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division. You had all these different groups and they have all

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come together to make this which is a statement about peace. It has been

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a moving experience. We had lesbian and gay groups. We had a group

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called arts sector. It has been great doing it. You can see it

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tonight but unfortunately, that is the last opportunity because it will

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be packed up by midnight and it will be away tomorrow. Just to say at the

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last minute, between ten o'clock and 11 o'clock, people have been asked

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to turn out the light and have a single candle to remember people who

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died in the war. Torrential rain over the weekend

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caused landslides in County Antrim, as around fifty millimetres

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of rain fell in just a few hours. The downpours brought havoc to

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farmers, as Louise Cullen reports. Friends, family and fans gathered

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at the Queen's Pavilion this evening to welcome Northern Ireland

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athletes back home after On Saturday, we were coming back

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from seeing a friend and we looked up. This ground looked funny. My

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friend said there is a landslide. As we walked up, it was dramatic

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watching half the mountain slide down with the force of the water. It

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was the first time people here had seen anything like it. My father

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says he has never seen anything like it. They were clumps of clay the

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size of cars moving. It is amazing to see. Work is underway to get the

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road cleared and open to traffic again but this is a rural area. They

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were not any properties under threat but it was a different story in one

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of the other glands. The rain also caused for landslides in these

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mountains. They crashed down the slopes, bringing stones, trees and

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destruction to this farm and guesthouse. The stream has broken

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out and I ran out thinking I would need to put a stone to stop the flow

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of water and then within ten minutes, I could see several hundred

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tonnes of rocks coming right down through the farmyard. The mud is up

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to the back door. With the clean-up under way at the sun shining, the

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suddenness of Saturday's landslips seems a distant memory. People here

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The boxing team excelled with nine medals in all.

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BBC Newsline has followed the competitors every step of the

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way and Nigel Ringland was there for the final leg of the journey today.

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Captaining the Northern Ireland team home, Paddy Barnes and Michael

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Collin at the controls, as they returned from Glasgow after most

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successful games since 1986. Daniela Hill competed in her first

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games. She is looking forward to four years time. I am very excited.

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I cannot wait. There's lots of training to going to be the best and

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to get the final stages and hopefully medal finishes. For these

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bowlers, it was their fifth and final games. Both returned with

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medals, proud to have represented Northern Ireland for so long. We

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watched the finals day and it was a fantastic atmosphere. It is good for

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sport in Northern Ireland. When you walk into that stadium for a opening

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ceremony, you are effort told. An amazing experience. It was the

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boxers who stole the headlines with nine medals. Some great athletes

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here. World class. They just need a little bit of funding and they can

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all step up to the plate. That is what comes down to. Believe you me,

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every athlete on the team did their best. I didn't see anybody lying

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about. Everybody did their best. From Northern Ireland, there will be

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many memorable moments from northern dash from Glasgow to look back on.

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Here's Barra Best with a look at what the weather has in store.

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Thankfully we lost the weekend's rain. Most of us enjoyed a fine day.

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The distilled fine across many areas at the moment but through the night,

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there will be the odd spot of rain coming in from the south. But it

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will be a mild sniper temperatures between 12 and 14 degrees. Tomorrow,

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we do have a fair amount of dry weather on the cards. Bright as well

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at times but also a scattering of showers. Some of those showers will

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be heavy. The Met office has issued a weather warning. There is the

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potential force some thundery downpours. We could see flooding as

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a result. Something to bear in mind. To begin with, a fair amount of dry

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weather. Some wet weather around the post. As we make our way into the

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afternoon, we begin to see those scattered showers beginning to pep

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up and some of those will be heavy, stretching down the east coast of

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Ireland and further inland during the day. Much of Britain will get

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off to a good, bright start. In the afternoon, the best of the sunshine

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across eastern areas. Further west, cloudy with some scattered showers.

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Temperatures in the south-east up to 24 degrees. Cooler and fresher

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further north. For Northern Ireland, there will be a few showers

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aren't there. Some of them will be heavy. They will be well spaced

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out. Not everyone will get one but if you do, you probably will know

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about it. Temperatures of 19 or 20 degrees with fairly light wind. It

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is an improving picture as we make through the day on Wednesday.

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Temperatures up to 20 degrees. More unsettled as we head towards the end

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of the week. You can keep up to date with

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