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stay mild. Thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six.

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Goodbye from me, Good evening,

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the headlines on BBC Newsline. The police investigate the attempted

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murder of a police officer. A cross-border manhunt after thieves

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use a digger to rip a cash machine A claim that an IRA break-in

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at a top security prison was allowed How holiday-makers

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from here are still stuck in The flights today were cancelled and

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some people went to the airport and have come back and really is no word

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about our flights and when we are leaving.

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The beach clean-up that revealed the shocking amount of rubbish left

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Ulster Rugby ushers in a new era with a trip to Newport.

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And I wouldn't venture too far without

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The police are treating as attempted murder an incident

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in south Armagh when a police officer was struck by a lorry.

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The officer was taking part in an investigation into the

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overnight theft of a cash machine from a garage in the Newry area.

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transporting a car on the Mullaghduff Road, Cullyhanna.

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As one of the officers got out of his vehicle, the lorry drove

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The PSNI helicopter was used to transport him to hospital

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in Belfast, where he's in a serious condition.

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During the eight year and robbery last night, the thief used a bigger

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too that the machine out of a wall at the petrol station.

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The machine had just been replaced earlier this year, after

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Any follow-up operation one man was arrested and two others ran off.

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3:30am this morning and a gang of masked men arrived at a station with

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a van and a bigger store and just moments ago from a building site a

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few hundred yards ago and they quickly put it into action. --

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digger stolen. After lifting the ATM onto the trailer they made their

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escape leaving behind utter devastation. This afternoon in

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number of searches were carried out in the Inniskeen area. They came

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upon a white van and the men fled. One man in his 20s was caught and

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arrested and a widespread search is on for the other two. Inside the van

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officers found the ATM which is being forensically examined. The

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previous cash machine was taken in the same fashion six years ago.

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After years of campaigning a replacement was eventually put in

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place. Six years ago the same scene and lame actually managed to get

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away with it this time. The damage, I don't know where to start. Six

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years ago we stood here with a similar incident and it wasn't easy

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to get another ATM? April this year, it took me six years to get it. This

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firm from England took us on. We were happy with the business we were

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making but no company would take you on again. This afternoon, a crane

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had to be brought in to move the damaged digger and clear the road.

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That meant a last day of trading for all the businesses on this road but

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for the Gregory is, it is just the first of many such days as they

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attempt to repair the damage. I don't know where to go from here.

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What do you do? Going to try for another machine, try my best. We

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will give cash back and do what we can. The police want anyone with

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information about what happened here to contact the detectives.

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Downing Street has confirmed that the First Minister

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and the Deputy First Minister met the Prime Minister at Number Ten

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this afternoon, in the latest move to get agreement

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I'm joined by our political correspondent, Stephen Walker.

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We know that the Deputy first Minister and first Minister went

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into Downing Street this afternoon, meant to be a private meeting but it

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is obviously in the public domain now. Lead is no official word on the

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content of the meeting but what we understand is that they covered

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financial matters, a big thing in terms of the talks process, and this

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comes after two days of earlier this was on the view last night and

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talked about the possibility of a deal next week. We have the Sinn

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Fein president Gerry Adams talking about the fact that he predicts the

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talks will conclude soon. The prime minister you will remember talked

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about the end of October being a deadline and we are now into

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November, so today's meeting was meant to be kept private. It will be

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interpreted as a good sign that they have gone to London and you will

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remember that the prime minister only tends to get involved that

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these kinds of stages when a deal looks likely.

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The Police Ombudsman is investigating a claim that the IRA

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was allowed to break into the offices of Special Branch

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in Castlereagh to protect an agent within the organisation.

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The allegation has been made by a former Special Branch officer.

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Our Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

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What happened here that Castlereagh police station on St Patrick's Day

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13 years ago was one of the biggest and most embarrassing security

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breaches of the troubles. An IRA unit broke into the branches of

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special Branch and stole dozens of highly sensitive documents. It

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included a list of special Branch officers as well as codenames of

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paramilitary agents and handlers. Dozens of police agents had to move

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house after being warned their security was compromised. The IRA

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and Sinn Fein denied republicans were responsible. Sinn Fein has not

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been involved in any of these alleges that incidence and the IRA

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has said they are not involved and we believe them. But the police say

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it was the IRA. No one was ever convicted of involvement in the lead

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and none of the stolen documents have ever been recovered. Now a

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former member of special Branch has contacted a Belfast law firm and

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claim the break and was allowed to happen to protect a high-level

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legions within the IRA. The company wrote to the Chief Constable and he

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referred the issue to the police ombudsman. The police ombudsman has

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confirmed that an investigation has been launched and investigators have

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asked to meet the former special Branch officer to question him about

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his claims. His lawyer says he will investigate fully. The PSNI says it

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will be inappropriate to comment while the investigation takes place.

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The BBC understands that around a third of the teaching staff at one

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of Belfast's skills phoned in sick this week. This comes soon after an

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apparent industrial relations dispute. Our education correspondent

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reports. It has been a difficult week at this

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school. My understanding is that on Wednesday over 25 teachers out of a

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staff of around 70 called in sick. An apparent dispute at the school

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which has 1000 pupils centres on an incident prior to half term. Many

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staff are concerned about the way it was handled and sent a letter to the

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principal. At one stage, many of the principal. At one stage, many of

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these features stood silently at the doors of their classrooms. A staff

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meeting on Monday has been described as robust. At the moment there has

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been little comment from the teaching unions. The union which

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represents most teachers say they and other unions were attempting to

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resolve what they described as an industrial relations issue. It is my

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understanding around 15 teachers called in sick today. The Council

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for local schools says there will be a meeting next week involving it,

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the local governors and unions. It's been another difficult day for

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holiday-makers from Northern Ireland caught up in the flight chaos in the

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Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh. Some flights resumed,

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but not all of them. There are ongoing security concerns

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following the weekend plane crash which may have been caused

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by a terrorist attack. BBC Newsline's Mark

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Simpson has more. Long queues and long waits and no

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guarantee of a flight at the end of it all. The only option for some

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families of to put a few more days back at their holiday Hotel. Among

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those stranded as the Irish league footballer or in Bradley. He is the

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top scorer for his team this season and should be playing tomorrow.

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Instead he is stuck in Egypt's trying desperately to get home. I'm

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supposed to be playing Thursday and then we were told we would be home

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yesterday and then today and no tomorrow, so we have had to pack and

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unpack and go to the airport for a couple of hours and then a taxi

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back. But nothing you can do. Ruth Keenan from Belfast are supposed to

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fly home tomorrow but that doesn't look likely. I am still here at the

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Hotel envy Sharm el-Sheikh. EasyJet have contacted us again to tell me

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to remain home and some flights have been cancelled today so some people

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sent to the airport have come back but no word about our flight and

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when we will be leaving. flights have taken off. As for

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everyone else, all flights have taken off. As for

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sit around and wait and hope. The chairman of the

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Prison Officers Association says he's not surprised by yesterday's

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damning report on Maghaberry Jail. Inspectors said a failure of

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leadership has contributed to the jail becoming unsafe, unstable and

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the most dangerous jail in the UK. Finlay Spratt says cuts

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of 30 million to the prisons budget have also starved

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the service of resources. He was speaking after

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a remembrance wreath-laying ceremony at the Prison Service training

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college in Millisle, the last such ceremony to take place there before

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the facility is closed next year. Mr. Spratt said staff shortages were

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to blame for problems at Maghaberry. It is running, as I speak to you

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today, at 99 staff short of our normal complement and on top of that

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they have quite a lot of officers who wrote on set, and over this last

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year, there have been approximately 70 staff who have left. The Prison

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Service never replaced those staff so it is impossible for us to run a

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normal regime when we don't even have the complement of staff we

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should have. Still to come, one of the most important but least known

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military figures of World War II, the man born in a farmhouse in

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County Antrim. The former managing partner of

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Belfast solicitors firm, Tughan's has been questioned under caution

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by the National Crime Agency. Ian Coulter was interviewed

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on Wednesday The agency is investigating

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the ?1 billion sale of Nama's It's looking into why Mr Coulter,

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whose company handled the sale, moved millions of pounds

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in fixers fees to an off-shore Is an environmental group says it is

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appalled at how much letter was found at a site protected by EU

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environment legislations. Nestled between mountains on the right,

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Carlingford Lough has EU protection. Along its edges the result is one

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important industry, shellfish, which provides jobs for this coastal

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community, but that is an unwanted by-product. These rubber

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community, but that is an unwanted used to lash oyster bags

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community, but that is an unwanted metal crystals on which they are

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grown. Thousands of them have been carelessly discarded and washed up

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along the short. Bag loads were picked up by an environmental group

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during a decent beach clean, but many more are still left on the

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shore. It will be a major operation to retrieve them all. The scale of

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the problem shocking the environmental group which organised

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the clean-up. We have done our best, two hours

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cleaning up and I ended up with a sceptical of like rubber bands.

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Before their licence shellfish farms usually have to provide a report

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that -- showing that their operation will not adversely affect the

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environment. Pictures were posted on social media including these

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shellfish sacks washing up on the opposite shore. The resulting

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publicity has led to a response from the farms promising to clean up

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their act. A statement from the industry representation stated that

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it was unacceptable and said the clean-up was under way and the

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remaining rubbish will be collected and disposed of properly in the

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coming weeks, also saying they will work with local producers to change

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operating practices so that it does not happen again. The environment

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group says it is delighted that the outcome. It says everybody has to

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work together for the good of the area, both those who enjoy it and

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those who rely on it for a living. And we apologise for the brief loss

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of sound in that report. Ahead of Remembrance Sunday,

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we're focusing on one of the most important but least-known

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military figures in World War Two - He was born in a farm house

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in the village of Ballycarry Andy West has been looking back

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on his extraordinary rise through Top ranking personalities in

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Britain's armed services assemble in the Dorchester Hotel in London,

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Admiral John Cunningham, General Sir James Steele. At the very height of

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his influence and reputation, a long way from this tiny schoolhouse. In

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his memoirs he recall sitting in this very room as a young boy

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staring through the window to the church opposite. I can just imagine

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him here in the school. I don't know exactly where he sat but he was

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certainly able to look at this window and watch what was going on.

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She certainly wasn't content just to sit and was interested in all

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around. His teachers could never have guessed that boy would go on to

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help plan the D-Day landings and command clinical strips the world

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over. He was small in stature but a big personality. It was only one

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year between his promotions. By 1939 the boy from Ballycarry had reached

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the Army's mobilisation unit where his signature would sign off one of

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the most significant documents and British military history. This is

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the order to mobilise all Army reserves to go to war. So in other

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words this is the signed document that said British forces and to war

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with Nazi Germany. You can see here is his signature and the date, 31st

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of August, 1939. That was the date British forces were told you are

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going in. Get ready. And the day after that my history lessons tell

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me that Germany invaded Poland. Having survived the First World War,

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he would have known exactly what was going to happen. General Sir James

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Steele died in 1975 in Dorset which had been his home for the number of

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years, but as this plaque states, when he died in 1975, his last wish

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was for his ashes to be interred in the village he never forgot and

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which will always cherish as memory. Yesterday, we showed this stunning

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autumnal photograph of a deer It was taken by a National Trust

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Ranger near Newtownbutler. Our south west reporter

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Julian Fowler has been there to see The 2000 acre estate on the shores

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of Lough Erne is a beautiful and tranquil place. It's ancient

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woodland and important conservation area, home to a wealth of wildlife

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in colluding fallow deer. Ottomans rutting season and the your swim

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across the water to look for mates. To see them and photographed them

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isn't easy, but Colin, a National Trust Ranger, was on the right place

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at the right time with his camera. We were travelling to one of our

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islands to check on some fence lines, make sure they are all

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intact, just turned around in the water and there he was, straight in

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front of us. All the lovely autumn colours and this majestic bot

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swimming in the water, and there was not a ripple. Have you seen anything

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like that before? I have seen it once before but now, at that time!

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That is not the only stunning image she has caught on camera. He took

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this photograph of a red squirrel. For a keen wildlife photographer

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this is the best place to work. Beautiful, right place at the right

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time. The Ulster rugby team are

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in search of an away win this weekend - here's Mark Sidebottom

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with our sports news. It is rutting season for Ulster

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Rugby! Sunday will officially usher

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in the Les Kiss era. For his first game in charge he

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and Ulster are on he objective is securing

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a first Pro12 win away Ulster's travels in the pro 12 so

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far this season, three losses out of three including their last trip to

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Wales. The conundrum is ending those awayday blues. You want to get the

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results every week. The hallmarks of really good teams are ones that can

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deliver under all circumstances. Once that can deliver consistently.

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I am not saying this isn't a consistent team but everyone would

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like it to be a little more consistent and that is a big

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challenge for us. The immediate challenge, the Dragons this Sunday,

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is a fierce one. The Dragons have been pretty phenomenal and haven't

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had a try scored against them at Rodney Parade so it'll be tough, but

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leading into the game with that being the way it would be nice to go

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on with the victory this weekend but we know we will have to be on our

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game. It is now time for Ulster to emulate their fine home form on the

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road. And the match live on BBC Two.

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Rory McIlroy has had a frustrating second day at the WGC

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In one of the highlights of his round, McIlroy came within

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inches of hitting a hole-in-one on the par three 12th hole.

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But his level-par 72 today leaves him at four under for

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the tournament some ten shots off the lead going into the weekend.

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Maybe he's not yet fully over the food poisoning.

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The Irish Football Association has confirmed this evening that approval

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has been granted for the complete rebuilding

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In March, structural problems were identified which meant

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The new stand, which will house 3,400 fans, will be

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And the cost will be covered by insurance.

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Kenny Shiels was last night confirmed as the new Derry City

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The former Kilmarnock boss has agreed a two-year deal

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and says hard work will be the key to operating on a tight budget.

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I want to try to get the team playing in a way that excites the

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people who pay their money to come and watch and I want the people of

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the community to have an affinity with the club and see it as a good

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place to go, so in order for it to be a good place to call, I have to

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put a product on the pitch that excites people and that is my first

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priority. Results along with that is the ultimate aim.

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The top two go toe to toe in the Danske Bank Premiership tomorrow

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There is one game tonight, bottom of the table Warrenpoint Town travel

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The team does well against to make up ground on the leaders.

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The team does well against but I am hoping we get a reaction

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from our boys. They know they should have done better. Hopefully

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from our boys. They know they should Friday night we can rectify that and

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hopefully get a good performance and three points.

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The Belfast Giants moved top of the Elite League last weekend -

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but that could change tomorrow night as the they travel to take on

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This is the goal that took the Belfast Giants to the top of the

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standings as the club's all-time leading scorer completed a

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hat-trick. I think we've got a good team this year and everyone is

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chipping in and you can see that. Different guys are scoring different

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nights and two when you need contributions from everybody and on

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Sunday it was me who managed to get some goals but it is a good job so

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far. This weekend is sure to be tough as the Giants visit the second

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placed Nottingham Panthers followed by a trip to Manchester. It is never

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an easy place to play any time of the year. We are just gone to have

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to play a little bit tighter and limit the power plays against them

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and hopefully we can bang a few goals and and Manchester has got a

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lot of offensive players and a high-scoring game again. Still a

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long way to go but with a quarter of the season to go it is so far so

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good. Finally this evening,

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confirmation of a story BBC Newsline Double All-Ireland winner

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Eamon Burns has been ratified On that note,

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the GAA's All-Star awards take place I predict a lean night

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for the Northern counties. The weather has been seesawing over

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the last couple of days and that is how it will continue. We had a dull

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and bump start but you can see clearer skies following through the

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course of the afternoon. It is a bright, clear the evening, still a

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little bit breezy and then overnight another batch of showers, maybe the

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odd shark one. Once they clear, the breeze is easing down and the

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temperature drops to 7 degrees. Through the weekend, quite

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changeable with some dry spells but the rain never too far away and it

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will become quite windy, particularly on Sunday, but the

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breeze coming from the South will be quite mild. Into tomorrow, we are

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doing it all again. More rain pushing in from the south, quite

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persistent across many areas. That rain could actually linger well into

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the afternoon before it clears away. Elsewhere, we will start to see an

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improvement in the afternoon with the triad and brighter weather

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following from the West, but not quite as mild. Tomorrow the

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temperature will be close to just above average, 10-11 . Light winds

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tomorrow and fairly clear skies and likely to be a chilly night with

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temperature down to five in the countryside and all change on Sunday

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once again. Southerly wind picking up bringing yet more rain. Some of

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it particularly heavy through the morning, timing showed early

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afternoon, with some bright spells and between and it is mild, but with

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the wind and showers, feeling that way. That is the second of two laws

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through this weekend as we are not out of that into next weekend.

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Plenty of isobars squeezing in with some blustery weather on the way and

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