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Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

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Good evening, and welcome to BBC Newsline.

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A man's been knocked down and killed in County Antrim.

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The 56-year-old was struck by a car as he walked along the Belfast Road

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in Dunadry at about twenty-past two this morning.

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Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident

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A man's been shot in the leg in Carrickfergus.

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He was walking in the Castlemara estate at about half-past seven last

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night when he was attacked by three masked men.

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A man with an address in the Republic has appeared

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in court on drugs charges after police stopped a van

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29-year-old Robert Stewart, from Cardonagh Park in Dublin,

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is charged with having about ninety thousand pounds worth of diazepam

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Stewart appeared before Newtownards Magistrates Court today.

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A detective alleged that he had been renting storage premises near Conlig

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under a different name, where more tablets were found.

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We've had Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and today's been hyped

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as 'Panic Saturday' - the last shopping weekend before

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An estimated ?1.2 billion has been spent today across the UK,

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and trade in Northern Ireland still hasn't reached its peak.

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With so much of workers are spending online you might have expected town

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centres to be bit more secure -- subdued. That was not the case in

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Belfast this afternoon and many source have staged massive sales in

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a bid to part us from cash. Saturdays here in Victoria Square

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are normally busy but the crowds are you larger today because of panic

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Saturday, shoppers only have five more days to get those important

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Christmas gifts and over the coming days the crowds are expected to get

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larger as people stock up on the final presence from Christmas Day.

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Christmas Eve is panic. I got the nice wrap delivered. That's it. We

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needed all done by the end of the week goes on working until

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Wednesday. Using town has been busy? Nightmare. City centre trade has

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been busy with high streets and shopping centres benefiting from a

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late search during the festive season. It's been a busy day and

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will be a busy weekend. It was slow this morning but people coming out

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this afternoon at the weather is perfect for shopping. Tomorrow marks

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the final day of the Christmas market. They expect their foot fault

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I've been highest to date. The mild weather means more be blood ventured

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into Belfast but it remains to be seen if it has been professed of fun

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or that all-important shopping. The smack if it has been for festive

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fun. Grassroots sport and the volunteers

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who make it happen have been celebrated ahead of tomorrow night's

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Sports' Personality of the Year Dame Mary Peters has teamed up

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with the sports' charity Limbering up. A few last-minute

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stretches and a helping hand to inspire and get us active. It is a

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legacy from the London 2012 Olympics. We want more people

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actually taking part in sport but sport cannot happen without the

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volunteers who do all of the officiating and so on. It big clap

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on the back for those who make it happen. There is a strong bond

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between all the volunteers and the runners seem to be appreciative of

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the efforts people make in terms of volunteers. Everyone goes together

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at the person who is last get as big a cheer as the person who is first.

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All present and correct, and with that, they are. Cheered on from the

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sidelines. Nowadays lots of young people are involved with high-tech

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things and they don't get as much opportunity to take part in sport as

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perhaps we did in our day goes we did not have that diversion. But I

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need people daily through my charity who are giving an awful lot of their

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free time to wanting to be champions of the future and we give them the

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bursary to help them on that reached us excess. You can also get on the

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road if you feel inspired by this lot, there are hundreds of park runs

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throughout Northern Ireland. Go for it.

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Good evening. It isn't going to be quite as mild in the run-up to

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Christmas. Temperatures are still going to be above average for the

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most part. Exceptionally mild today. 15 or 16 degrees at one point, lots

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of dry weather as well and that's how we start the evening, mainly

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dry, particularly towards the West. Eastwood 's the cloud -- cloud will

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gather and rain will brush in as well. That moves away and discover

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clears as temperatures drop to six or seven, lower than recent lights

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but the smack recent nights but above average. Things will brighten

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up eventually come it will be blustery with showers to come as

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well. Lots of them during the morning. Cloudy shark and showers

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could be prolonged before they ease off and become scattered. They are

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also quite happy as they move in across central and western parts of

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Scotland. For the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland it is

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basically bright spells and showers, which are more frequent the West of

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Ireland, northern England, Wales and the South West. Drier and brighter

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disease delinquent. Not as mild as today and we have those blustery

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winds. By tomorrow afternoon we still have the blustery wind and

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there will still be showers running income more frequent across Ireland,

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bright eclipses and sunshine coming through. Not as mild as today but

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still above average. Into the new week, looking at the charts, plenty

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of isobars indicative of blustery winds that will be a feature,

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various weather systems running through, more rain or showers in the

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forecast for blustery winds and temperatures still above average.

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That is it for now. You can keep up to date with local

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news on BBC Radio Ulster From everyone on the BBC

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Newsline team - goodbye.

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