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The headlines this Wednesday evening:

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More disturbing descriptions of child abuse in Australia

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at the Historical Abuse Inquiry - one man describes his experience.

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I can recall on the horsehair mattress going to bed at night

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crying myself, looking up at the stars thinking, what did I ever do

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to deserve this cruel, harsh environment?

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Charges are dropped against three people accused

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in connection with the murder of Robert Hamill 17 years ago.

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47 new jobs are created at a County Down aerospace factory.

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I will be finding out why free solar panels are stopping some people from

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selling their homes. The new arrival at Belfast Zoo

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that took everyone by surprise. The countdown is on to boxer

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Carl Frampton's world title fight - Temperatures made it close to

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20 degrees today - tomorrow A pensioner has told the

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Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry that he was physically

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and sexually abused as a young boy while in the care of the

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Presbyterian Church in Australia. He's the latest witness to give

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evidence from Australia this week. Our reporter Kevin Sharkey joins

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me now live from Banbridge. Today another story in this chain of

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stories of abuse and heartache. Today, a boy born in County Tyrone

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to an unmarried mother. His mother died a few years after his birth. He

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was put in an orphanage and then sent to Australia. Because of his

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Australia, the abuse he received there, his younger brother was meant

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to come to Australia and he sent him a letter saying not to come. Not all

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of the witnesses who will give evidence over the next few weeks

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will be travelling here. One former child migrant from Northern Ireland

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has been speaking to my colleague. His name is Tony Costa and this is

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his story. I can recall on horsehair mattress, going to bed at night

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crying and looking up to the stars thinking, what did I ever do to

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deserve this cruel, harsh environment? Painful memories of

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what he described as a robbed childhood in Australia. Part of the

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migration scheme, Tony Costa was rounded up and shipped off. But just

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ten years old he arrived at Fremantle to a rude awakening. It

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has left us all with scars of trauma, cruelty, intimidation,

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ridicule. Equally, with the appalling ill-treatment, and

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exploitation of children through hard labour and perversion. He is

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back in Ireland revisiting his long lost family on his fathers side. He

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wasn't aware he had any family until 2001. When he was four years old he

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went into care. I can't recall my mother. I can recall a lady with an

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orange bag. What hurts me more than ever is that my mother did go back

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looking for me and I was moved on. Just imagine the heart rate for that

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poor woman. I never met her. The closest I got was to visit her

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grave. That is the reality of what I'm coming to terms with. My mother

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died at the age of 56 traumatised by the fact that she was denied access

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to the child. I feel robbed and deceived, as she would have felt. He

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told me he was hoping his mum was looking down on him

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Kevin, the inquiry chair made a significant intervention today

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Quite a stinging and harsh comment by the judge. It related to the

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submission of documents in a timely fashion and he said in some cases

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they were only being handed into the enquiry days, and in some cases only

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times macro before witnesses came forward. He said it was causing

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considerable distress to the witnesses. He apologised for his

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intervention saying he did not want to do this but it was necessary to

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ram this message home and let the witnesses and general public know

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that it was not the fault of the enquiry. He was busy very annoyed

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and frustrated here today. A judge has thrown out the case

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of three people charged with perverting the course of justice

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in connection with the sectarian The Catholic man was attacked

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by a gang in Portadown in 1997. Controversy has always surrounded

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the death of Robert Hamill because for police officers were sitting in

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a Land Rover nearby at the time he was attacked but did not intervene.

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The case thrown out this morning involved another former police

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officer. Robert and Eleanor Atkinson were accused of trying to prefer the

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course of justice, but this morning here the judge said evidence before

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the court was insufficient to put the three people on trial. It

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revolved around a phone call made from the home of Robert Pack written

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on the morning of the attack. Kenneth Handy's son, Alistair... The

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allegation was an acting policeman had filmed the family and offered

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advice. This case has been stopped and restarted before over the

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reliability of Andrea Jones, also known as Andrea McKee. The judge

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said Andrea McKee had proven to be an utterly unreliable and

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unconvincing witness and he discharged all three accused of all

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matters before the court. In a statement issued through his

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solicitor, Kenneth Handy said he believed the decision to prosecute

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him and his co-accused for a third time was politically motivated and a

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waste of public money. A 15 year-old girl has been

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treated for facial injuries after It happened on the

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Ballymacarret Road last night. Shannon Thompson and a friend were

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attacked by a group of youths. She was hit

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in the face with a wooden object. We were at McDonald's. We went to

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the park and took a walk as I've was taking on one of my friends little

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brothers home. It happened so fast I just like site. They go at

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socialising, write to the park, doing what normal teenagers do. He

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don't expect to get a phone call saying your daughter has been beaten

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up by these mad people. Seeing her in that state last night, with my

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kids screaming and crying, so emotional after seeing her. We were

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in the hospital until after three o'clock this morning. Thankfully, no

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fractures, just badly bruised. An attack on gravestones

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in a Cookstown cemetery is being It happened early this morning

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at the graveyard on the Drum Road. Graffiti was sprayed and scraped

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onto the stones during the attack. Six men, aged between 19 and 21,

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have been arrested and are being questioned

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about anti-social behaviour. They are not being linked

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to damage to the graves. Two men charged with setting fire to

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a family's pet dog were today accused in court

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of repeatedly lying about their whereabouts on the morning

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of the incident in August 2012. The 23-year-olds are accused

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of causing unnecessary suffering to the Border collie, which had to be

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put down after it was attacked. Claire Savage was in court -

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and we would warn you that you may find some of the pictures

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in her report disturbing. Jamie Guiney from Moira, seen here

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on the left covering his face as he walked from court this afternoon. A

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short time later, Richard Stewart from Wellington Park in the Tyne at

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the same building. At the start of the case today the judge warned the

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jury they might find some of the details in the trial distressing.

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This is Cody, three-year-old boarder Colley. The family noticed she was

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missing. She arrived at their jaw over 60 minutes later suffering from

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severe burns. She had to be put to sleep. In the prosecution's opening

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statement the jury was told that the two accused had told lie after lie

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about their whereabouts on the Sunday morning and added that the

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pair had done a circuit of Maghaberry Village, either to walk

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off the effect of a party they were at the night before or to finish off

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alcohol they had with them. For whatever reason, they decided to

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take a dog, poor flammable liquid on it and set it alight. Both men

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denied the charges. The trial is due to resume tomorrow.

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The nuclear bunker that caused an outbreak of hostilities between one

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The Health Minister, Edwin Poots, has told an emergency committee

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meeting that he has not created a doomsday scenario by warning

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about the impact of potential cuts to the Health Service.

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The meeting, which lasted almost two-and-a-half

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hours became heated at times, with Sinn Fein and the Minister coming to

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Speaking publicly for the first time about the current

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crisis to the budget, the Chief Medical Officer reiterated the

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Minister's comments by saying he couldn't support the proposed cuts.

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The consequence if these decisions are made will be more people will be

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waiting for approved drugs and we will have to develop a waiting list

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for people to access not only drugs for arthritis, but drugs that people

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are currently receiving for MS and a range of conditions, that is not to

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mention the new drugs that will be approved next year.

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The aerospace firm Majellan is creating 47 jobs at its factory

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The Canadian firm's investment is being supported with

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Here's our Economics and Business Editor, John Campbell.

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John took control of this back to two years ago when it bought a local

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firm for ?10 million. Today it has announced another investment,

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spending ?6 million in the next four years to build an extension and buy

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more equipment. The workforce will grow by 50%. Tempting is a major

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supplier to bombard the eighth, but also makes parts for other aircraft

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manufacturers. This will end up on the wing of an Airbus. The company

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says the investment meter can do new things here. Since we have taken

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over and we have been able to bring more work and expand the facility.

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With a grant funding we are receiving from the Northern Ireland

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assembly, we will be able to take it to the next level. Manufacturing has

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been the one of the bright spots in the local economy over the last

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year. The enterprise minister says the sector is creating high-quality

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jobs. We have recognised that we can compete with China and India for the

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simple processes, but high-quality manufacturing is something that is

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anchoring itself here in Northern Ireland. Aerospace is a growth

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industry here. There are ambitious plans to double the annual revenues

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to ?2 billion in ten years. This announcement will go some way to

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meeting the target. The Secretary of State,

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Theresa Villiers, says suspected On The Run paramilitaries,

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who received letters from the Government assuring them they were

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not being sought by the authorities, She also told the Northern Ireland

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Affairs Committee at Westminster that she will make a statement

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shortly to Parliament and has no She told MPs she believes

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the so-called 'On the Run letters' What I have made clear today is that

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they cannot be relied on even as statements of fact. The government

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no longer stands behind them because we cannot be certain they were

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accurate and reliable at the time. So, there can be no question of

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looking back at past decisions by prosecutors and police. What will

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count is what is the evidence available to date and does it

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justify arrest, prosecution? That decision will be made by today's

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police and prosecutors, regardless of what judgements were made in the

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past. With soaring energy costs,

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it can seem a tempting option - get free solar panels bolted to

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your roof and benefit There are currently

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around 5,000 private homes making the most of solar energy,

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and the number is growing fast. But now people are being warned

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that accepting a deal for free solar panels could one day prevent

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you from selling your house. Cathy signed on the dotted line for

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her free solar panels a year ago. They have generated about 4.5

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kilowatts of energy. She now wants to move, but the problem is they can

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only get a mortgage with the Halifax, he apparently will touch

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houses with free solar panels. The Halifax's value as stated in his

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report he was unable to value my house with the solar panels in

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place. With them removed, he could value the house of the agreed price.

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If you want solar panels forge a riff you can buy them yourself or

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about ?7,500. What if you don't have the cash? There is a host of

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companies offering to put solar panels on your roof completely for

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free. Well, free sort of. It is expected to sign a contract leasing

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the airspace above your roof to them for 20 years. The mortgage companies

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are reluctant at the moment to lend on properties were these leasing

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agreements are in place. It is the finance agreement who feel that

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their entitlement will be undermined the existence of these leasing

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agreements. He says she should have been told about all this before she

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signed her contract. We did ask the question, what would happen if we

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decided to sell the house. We were assured that all that would happen

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would be that the people buying the house would sign over the lease and

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it would become theirs. The company in question says the Halifax's

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decision is not the view taken by many of the leading mortgage

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providers in Northern Ireland and they continue to receive consent

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from mortgage providers. As for Cathy, she has to buy her panels for

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?7,000 and take them to her new house. 20 years is a long time to

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take a gamble that you will stay in the same house. So, while solar

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panels create free energy for your home, it seems they can also create

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serious issues when you come to sell.

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The Office of the First and Deputy First Minister says it is now

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working with a Cold War enthusiast to lend him some artefacts from a

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He'd previously been told by officials that he wouldn't be

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able to retrieve the items in time for an exhibition he's planning.

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Kevin Magee has been finding out more.

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This is the nuclear monitoring post in County Armagh which has been

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fully restored by Cold War enthusiast Alistair McCann. Very 15

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feet underground, some of these bunkers were in use until 1991. We

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are in the monitoring room of 45 post Portadown, 158 nuclear

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monitoring posts built in Northern Ireland to reports the effect of

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nuclear explosions and the radioactive fallout. The bunkers

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were stacked by the Royal Observer Corps and to commemorate its

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formation he is planning a special exhibition. For his display he had

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hoped to borrow exhibits from inside the government's mean nuclear bunker

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in Ballymena. The Ballymena bunker was one of the last regional nuclear

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shelters built anywhere in the United Kingdom. As a result, it

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contains some of the best examples of equipment used at the height of

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the Cold War. While it was agreed he could borrow some exhibits, like

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these, the problem was he was told he was not allowed inside the bunker

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to select them because there had been a recent fire. It is just a

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real shame. If they had a piece of paper that I could sign to say I

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would go in with the torch and come straight out, I would do it. By

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Saturday I could have it on display. Officials at the Office of the First

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and Deputy First Minister had told him that the bunker would not be

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accessible for a significant period, but when asked when he might be

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allowed in it appears there might be a bit of compliance being shown. The

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Office of the First and Deputy First Minister no set it is working with

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Mr McCann to retrieve the artefacts in the near future.

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Plenty still to come before 7.00pm: We catch up with Carl Frampton ahead

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Visitors to Belfast Zoo got a shock when a baby giraffe was born

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The new arrival had been expected, though not quite so soon.

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Mother and baby together just minutes after the birth. It happened

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in full view of visitors. They could not leave their eyes as the baby

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suddenly appeared. If you're squeamish, you may want to look away

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because the actual moment of birth was caught on video by Lurgan

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teenager Maria Armstrong. In all, the baby dropped five feet. If you

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watch the footage again he could see it had a relatively soft landing.

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Within 30 minutes it was on its feet and meeting its family. The big

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question is, is it a boy or girl? Leave it or not, those zookeepers

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are not sure. Since it was born they have allowed it to bond with its

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mother and have distance. They have come up with names, Ballymena United

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is a girl, and Bally Rory if it is a boy. The breath was on Monday. There

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were some concerns about the health of the giraffe, but nothing serious.

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He or she should be back in the public eye very soon.

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The countdown continues ahead of Saturday's world title showdown.

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It's the biggest boxing event in Belfast for many years -

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so big they've taken the fight outdoors to the Titanic Quarter.

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Carl Frampton takes on the World Champion, Kiko Martinez.

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Today, the two took part in a brief public work.

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Hundreds of fans turned up to catch a glimpse of the pair who will go

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Kiko Martinez feels that there is unfinished as between him and Carl

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Frampton. 19 months after being knocked down by the Belfast boxer.

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What will happen on Saturday night? It'll be a long, hard fight. He is

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not here for a holiday. People get the title back. What will it be like

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coming into that environment? Everyone has been treating me very

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well. You know is that the Irish crowd can be really hostile because

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they know a lot about boxing, but they know how to recognise when

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someone is better. Carl Frampton acknowledges that the Spaniard is a

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better fighter now when they last met but feels that his personal

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development has been even more significant. Just ready to go. The

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best training camp I ever had. I easily made my weight. I have been

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able to make it easier on my body. I am a super-bantamweight. How do you

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separate yourself from this kind of buzz, hundreds of people turning out

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to see you? Eddie McGrady separate myself. I enjoyed doing this stuff.

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It gives me something to do. -- I don't really separate myself from

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it. Ballymena United are back on top

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of the Danskebank Premiership after coming from behind

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against Institute last night. But the chasing pack is gathering -

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with wins for Crusaders and Glenavon and a hard fought point shared

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between Cliftonville and Linfield. Gavin Andrews report begins

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at the home of the league leaders. Stephen O'Flynn found himself in the

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right face at the right time to give Institute the lead at the Ballymena

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Showgrounds. Haggart responded with two goals. The manager was full of

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praise for the visitors. Institute tried to play the ball -- football.

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It was good to see the ball on the deck. There was plenty to admire at

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Crusaders. They won 6-2. Cliftonville could not break down as

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stubborn Linfield defence. It finished scoreless. The boss of the

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blues can't understand why people think he has made a stuttering

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started the season. It has been a fantastic start for us. A new team,

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new players, we are starting to gel. Blaenavon moved into the top four.

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Glentoran drew 1-1 with Portadown. David Scullion but their goal.

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Darren Merry equalised with a penalty. Warrenpoint town picked up

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their first points of the season with a 2-0 win over Dungannon

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Swifts. The Republc of Ireland take on Oman

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tonight in a friendly in Dublin. We'll have the goals on tonight's

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late bulletin. Some of us got up to 20 degrees

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today in parts of County Down. Some of us will have a few spots of

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evening sunshine this evening. Overnight, it will stay dry and

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mild. The skies will clear -- if the skies to clear where you are, we

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could see temperatures down to single figures. There will be some

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mist and fog tomorrow morning, but it will clear quickly. It will be at

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day much like today. Lots of cloud around, but at times it will

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brighten up. To begin with, mist and fog for some of us. That will lift.

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Into the afternoon, things will brighten up nicely. The cloud will

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break up in the sunshine will come through at times. Under the cloud,

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temperatures will be 1920, so still above average for the time of year.

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Not much difference in Great Britain and Ireland. Lots of cloud around.

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In the south-east of England, 23 degrees. Across Ireland,

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temperatures moving up into the low 20s. For Northern Ireland,

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heightened about tomorrow it will be pleasant. There is the risk of one

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of two isolated showers. Overnight, it will stay quite mild with

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temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees. Then this week weather from coming

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in from the Atlantic. It will push its way southwards on Friday,

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bringing with it some grey, damp, drizzly weather. It will be a

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cooler, fresher day on Friday. The wet weather Wiltshire and for the

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time being the weekend is shaping up to be pretty decent. The hype

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pressure and maintain control, so plenty of dry weather.

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