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Good evening - the headlines on BBC Newsline:

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The funeral is held of a West Belfast man beaten

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A seven-year-old boy dies in a road accident in County Fermanagh.

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The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year is hosted in Belfast

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for the first time - with some well known and some not

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These are people you see on TV all the time and just to be able to

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share a stage with them, in some believable. Sports personality of

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the year has now gone, but what will be the lasting impact for Belfast?

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A quarter of a million passengers are coming through the three local

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airports as families and friends reunite for the festive season -

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# Nearly 2000 years ago, under a starlit sky.

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We have a Christmas Carol from pupils of

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And only four more sleeps until the big day -

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I'll be back with the latest on the Christmas forecast.

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A priest has urged young people in West Belfast not to take the law

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He was speaking at the funeral of Christopher Meli,

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who was beaten to death in Twinbrook where he was visiting friends.

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The young men's family also called for no retaliation for his murder,

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One of the teenagers accused of Christopher Meli's murder

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Another had bail refused amid fears that he would re-offend.

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Family and friends gathered outside the Mealy family home off

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the Springfield Road this morning. They stood silently as the coffin

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of 20-year-old Christopher Mealy was carried outside,

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before being placed in a horse-drawn hearse.

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A lone piper walked ahead of the cortege playing a lament.

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At the Church of the Annunciation in nearby New Barnsley,

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more people joined the mourners filing in for the Requiem Mass.

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During the service, the parish curate Father Aidan Denny spoke

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of what he called a stupid group of teenagers who did this horrible

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deed, and he went on to urge young people in the area not to take

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the law into their hands, echoing calls for no retaliation

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from the victim's family. The priest also spoke of the sudden

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and tragic loss which the family are having to come to terms with.

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Nothing can prepare us for something like this and naturally we ask why

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it happened. And there is a tendency to say, it is the will of God. But

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As the cortege moved away not will this tragedy to happen.

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As the cortege moved away from the church for the burial,

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Christopher Mealy's mother Vannessa clutched a photograph

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of her son in one hand, while placing the other

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on his coffin as she followed it down the road towards

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the city cemetery. The police say they have

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significantly increased patrols in West Belfast since the murder

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of Christopher Mealy. Local political and community

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leaders have expressed concern following an attack on another group

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of teenagers at the weekend, The police were in the Twinbrook

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area yesterday, close to where Christopher Mealy died.

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They were appealing for information about his murder.

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Officers have also been spending more time in the wider West Belfast

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area in recent days. Over a week after the murder,

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there are political concerns about about vigilantes.

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There are people from armed groups going about in cars appear, like

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vigilantes, all week. This has to stop. They have to stop doing this

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because they are intimidating people and people in this area are very

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fearful for their children. On the nearby Stewardstown Road,

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a teenager was attacked and beaten by a number of people

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early yesterday morning. He suffered a suspected broken nose.

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Today the police have appealed to the wider local community in the

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area to help reduce tensions. In turn, the local community has called

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These community workers into the area over the coming days.

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These community workers are finalising arrangements

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for a big Christmas community event here tonight.

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But they've also been shifting their focus to the deal

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with the fallout from the unforeseen events of recent days.

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There is increased attention. We had a very large group of volunteers out

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on Friday night in the area of reassuring people.

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And the community leaders say they're trying to show people

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a different way forward to help them get over the dangers on the streets.

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Maybe they shouldn't be hanging about in their gangs and shouldn't

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be drinking on the streets and drinking in areas where that happens

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regularly. Just days from Christmas,

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this is a community hoping for an end to the tensions of recent

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days and a return to normality. A community in County Fermanagh

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is mourning the loss of a seven year old boy who was who was killed

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in a road accident yesterday. He was hit by a car

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on Latone Road near Belcoo. Here's our south west

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reporter Julian Fowler. Seven-year-old Ryan McGovern lived

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with his parents and two brothers on the road between Garrison

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and Belcoo, a few miles from where he was killed.

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Ryan was struck by a car which was travelling along the road yesterday

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lunchtime. He was brought to hospital, where he later died.

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This latest tragedy on our roads has left another family,

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another community, devastated. Here are just heartbroken. I'm

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talking on my own behalf of the half of the old community, I cannot

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imagine or believe how they are feeling, because I have a small boy

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at the same age, they were in the same class and they play together,

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it's very sad, very, very sad. And for the school beside us as well, my

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sweet it would've been full of the joy of Christmas. Yes, the school

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play and the children running about playing, words can't describe it.

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I'm just devastated. The police in Enniskillen have

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appealed for anyone who witnessed the accidnet to contact them.

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Julian Fowler, BBC Newsline, Garrison.

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Still to come on the programme this evening Stephen Watson's

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We'll hear from Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill and reflect

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on Ulster Rugby's European triumph in France.

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The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has praised the prominent

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republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy for, what he called, 'his invaluable

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The South Armagh man was convicted last week on nine counts of tax

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evasion by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

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Here's Our Political Editor Mark Devenport.

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For decades, Thomas "Slab" Murphy, here wearing a cap, has been

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regarded as a leading republican on the border between South Armagh

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Last week, the farmer was convicted of nine charges of tax evasion.

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But Sinn Fein said he'd been treated unfairly.

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Gerry Adams criticised the decision to deal with his case at

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the Dublin Special Criminal Court, which operates with

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British, Irish and Stormont ministers faced questions

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today about the handling of Tom Murphy's case.

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Martin McGuinness said his support had been vital to what he called

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the amazing progress achieved in the last 20 years.

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It wouldn't have happened without the support of people like Tom

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Murphy and we need to understand that. Tom Murphy has found himself

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before a court on revenue matters. There have been others who have

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found himself before courts, business people, but none of them

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are to be described as criminals. However, other ministers didn't

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share Sinn Fein's concerns Peter Robinson reckoned it

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would have been sheer madness to have heard the Murphy case

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in front of a jury. I don't think it would have been any

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different result had there been a jury, I think a jury would've been

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much more suspect will to pressures. There are very good reasons and have

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been for a number of years as to why we have had special criminal courts

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and we will continue to have them. It's important in the context of

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bringing people to justice that every effort is made to ensure that

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we can bring an end to this port is crime within communities.

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The ministers have confirmed that a new joint task force intended to

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tackle met paramilitary crime will have its next meeting next month.

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Some stories in brief next and a man who confessed to a number

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of IRA-related offences in the 1990s has been given

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42-year-old Christopher Paul O'Kane from Woodland Avenue

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in Londonderry admitted playing a role in several attacks

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against the security forces, including assisting offenders

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in the aftermath of a police officer's murder.

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A van driver was injured during a hijacking in Carrickfergus.

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He was threatened with a handgun on Belfast Road, told to drive

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to the Glencairn Road in North Belfast where the contents

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It was a big night for local sport at the BBC Sports Personality

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of the Year ceremony in Belfast last night.

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A Lifetime Achievement Award was given to the recently retired

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Lisa McAlister was there for BBC Newsline.

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Among the big winners on the night Northern Ireland Manager Michael

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O'Neill who was named Coach of the Year after qualifying

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for next summer's European Championships in France.

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To bring an event like this to Belfast is something special.

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To be here on the stage as the manager of my country

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and to be going to France is very special for me as well,

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And the local triumphs didn't stop there.

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Holywood golfer Rory McIlroy presented champion jockey AP McCoy

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To any young people watching tonight's show or that are here this

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evening, all that I can say is make the sacrifices

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The Unsung Hero Award went to West Belfast man Damien Lindsay

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who set up a football club to try and get young people

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These are people you see on TV all the time.

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Just to be able to go and share a stage with a lot of them

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I sort of choked because I had things I wanted to say and thank

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a lot of people and things like that there and I couldn't wait

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I probably would have burst out crying or something.

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Outside the arena Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness joined

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around 30 people protesting over the nomination of Tyson Fury

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after the heavyweight champion made controversial comments

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On the red carpet though there was a sense that holding it

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We all grew up with the Sports Personality of the Year

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awards and the timing, it coincides with Northern Ireland

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qualifying and Michael O'Neill's achievement.

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Although Andy Murray was named Sports Personality of the Year,

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Northern Ireland's sporting success was definitely on display.

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Belfast City Council and Tourism NI paid almost ?250,000 to help pay

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson asks if it was worth the spend.

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More than 7,000 people were there. Seven million watched it on TV.

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And for the star guests having brekfast in Belfast the day

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after the night before, there was high praise

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for the host city. It was huge. I think it puts Belfast

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into a good light. I've gone the last four or five of these things

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and Belfast was easily the best atmosphere. Thank you!

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One of the biggest cheers of the night was for eight-year-old

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Bailey Matthews, who, despite having cerebral palsy,

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recently completed a triathlon. His family have been

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here for four days. The question is would

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they come back. Over to you. Would you like to come

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to Belfast again? It's been an absolutely brilliant time that we've

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been here. We came on Friday. Absolutely fabulous time. The old

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Getting the stars here is one thing, stereotype of Belfast is long gone.

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Getting the stars here is one thing, getting them back is another.

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We are a normal city, we have great things to offer so many people. I

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can't wait to have some of these guys back to stay with us.

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# Oh, Danny boy. They put almost one quarter of ?1

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million into the cost of hosting busway's event. But was it worth it?

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Think it was incredible value for money. I think if we'd have to look

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at what we've have to spend in terms of advertising to reach an audience

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of that skill, we would be spending millions, if not tens of millions of

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pounds. The show was now over, and while some are clearing up, others

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are adding up what the benefit might be. The reality is, there is no way

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of connectivity exactly how much money is going to be made for the

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Northern Ireland economy, but one thing is clear. Lastly's event will

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have enhanced the reputation of Belfast as a place for a great night

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out. With less than a week

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to go before Christmas, it's the busiest day of the year

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at our local airports, as people travel home

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for the holidays. Maggie Taggart joins us now

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from Belfast International Airport. Yes, and as you can hear, there are

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some seasonal songs going on from a charity in the background. This is

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said to be the busiest day of the season. Monday has more planes than

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any other day, more flights, but a slight stutter here are full to the

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brim and I have been speaking to some people and the reunions.

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Christmas jumpers were very involved today. Even novelty hats were

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popular. What are we celebrating here? I'm coming home from

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university. There you go! Some newer passengers were eagerly anticipated

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in this season of family get-togethers. That was quite a

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welcome! Where are you all coming from? Liverpool and Australia. She's

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from Belfast. And you were in Australia? Yes, it's my sister 's

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wedding. That arrived from Manchester. This is with Eliza. This

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is my mother. She's here to welcome us home for Christmas. We are about

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70% up previous year, so not a significant increase, and we are

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seeing passengers coming from everywhere, domestic as people come

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from London to Northern Ireland, regional airports. Very busy

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overall. But what about the age-old question, if you're not at home, how

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will Santa know where to come? He left a note for Santa to come to

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Northern Ireland instead of Liverpool. Hopefully he gets! That

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was a smart daddy. Belfast International Airport in 45,000

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passengers over the weekend alone. Over the three airports, the Belfast

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international, Derry city and George Best airport, they will carry

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250,000 passengers, lots of turkey, but the Christmas food and champagne

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needed. Well, let's go back to the BBC sports awards.

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Among the biggest cheers of the evening, were those reserved

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for Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill.

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He won the Coach of the Year award for getting his side to the finals

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of Euro 2016 next summer - and he said afterwards

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that the recognition had come as a complete surprise.

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I didn't expect this award, to be honest. There are a lot of fantastic

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coaches in the room and we have had a magnificent campaign, it never --

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magnificent achievement by the players, but it reinforces how much

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it means to the people of Northern Ireland that we are now going back

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to the big stage and friends and it gets more focus. We do everything we

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can to make them proud again once we get there. People in Northern

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Ireland show their support, we saw that may, in the world saw as we saw

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in the audience say, it is appreciated by people that they are

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huge and thought thought it was fantastic. Standing with the trophy

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in your hands, does it really make you reflect on what an incredible

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year it has been? Yes, and possibly even longer. And for years I've been

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in charge, the difficult times we had at the start, how we overcame

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them and how we grew as a team. Seeing players grow from a pure

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being on the periphery of the squad to become established players, as

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the established players towing into top international players. It has

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taken three or four years to do this, but we have shown over this

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campaign and we won our group, a difficult group, we now have a team

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that everyone in Northern Ireland can be proud of, it represents

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everyone in Northern Ireland and come June we will be ready to play

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again. A deserted victory. And in other one now. -- deserved victory.

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Ulster recorded a famous win in France yesterday

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as they completed back to back victories against Toulouse

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The 25-23 triumph puts them right back in the mix for the knockout

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stages of the competition with three games still to play.

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In the first half, wave upon wave of Ulster pressure paid off. This

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player dived in for the opening score. And in the second half,

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Ulster appeared to take control of the game. A break by the impressive

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Stuart McCluskey eventually set up another superb tries. And that is an

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outstanding finish from a world-class winger. But the

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four-time world European champions came back strongly and with a try in

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a penalty, they took a 1-point lead in the contest. The revival was

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short-lived, however. He is straight through! That is surely it! Ulster

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scored the decisive try of the game. And the wind, just a third ever in

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France, mean that Ulster now have a quarterfinal spot very much in their

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sites once more. A great performance.

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Champions Crusaders have opened up an eight-point gap at the top

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of the Danskebank Irish Premiership table after closest rivals

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Cliftonville dropped three points on Saturday.

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Ballymena also emerged pointless from their game at home to Linfield,

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but with the consolation of a strong contender for Goal of the Season.

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The opening goal at the Showgrounds on Saturday was worth the price

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of admission alone. That's a good effort, that's a very

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good effort! That's a marvelous goal! United's tops marksmen, his

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11th of the season! What a goal. To go one nil of, is that everything

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you take from David, we know he can do it. All my time knowing him,

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that's the best I've seen yet. He gave us a good start, into half time

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we were one up. But in the second half we did not have the intensity

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we had in the first paid the price. Visitors Linfield

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finished up 3-1 winners - as David Healy's side were the only

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team to go up in the table, rising to third.

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But Cliftonville had a game to forget at the Oval,

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losing 2-0 to Glentoran, Fra McCaffrey with the decisive

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second strike for the home side. Which meant Crusaders,

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1-0 winners on Friday night against Coleraine, could now

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extend their lead to 11 points with a win on Boxing Day

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against their North Belfast rivals. Nial Foster, BBC Newsline.

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Finally, the Belfast Giants had a good weekend away from the SSE

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Arena - they won back-to-back games in Edinburgh to get

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their Elite League title challenge back on track.

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Sorry, they were not in the SSD arena, there was a big event!

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As well as the glamour at the sports awards yesterday,

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we had the very glamourous wedding of a sports star and the former BBC

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Northern Ireland presenter Christine Bleakley.

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She married the footballer Frank Lampard in front of family

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and friends at St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge in London.

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The couple recently moved to the USA where he has signed

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And we have yet more star-studded pictures

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There was a fantastic spectacle last night with weather conditions

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perfect for spotting the Northern Lights.

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This video - taken by one of our viewers -

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shows the aurora dancing in the sky above Derry.

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The weather forecast is next with Cecilia Daly.

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Thank you, the aurora borealis is nature's own Christmas lights. A

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wonderful time to sea. Look fantastic. Judging by the number of

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photographs we have received today, a lot of you got to see them as

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well. The north coast is always a really good spot to see the aurora

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borealis when conditions are just right, but last night the dishes

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were so strong that even as far inland as new free, they were seen

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as well. Conditions may not be as good tonight, unfortunately things

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are going to get wet and windy. The rain moves in, some parts can expect

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a good inch of rain. The ground is still saturated here, after the big

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storm Desmond. It is still running in a number of places to more money,

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wet and windy weather to come tomorrow night. It does not hang

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around too long, but first thing in the morning it will be reigning in a

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lot of places and likely to be a lot of service water and spray on the

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roads, possibly some flooding. First thing we will have our highest

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temperatures, the air gets drier and brighter, it will turn colder. Still

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decent if you're out and about, eight or nine Celsius in many

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places, blustery winds, lots of dry weather through the afternoon, some

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sunshine. Some showers moving into the northwest as the afternoon goes

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on. A lot of places may well get lucky tomorrow, especially across

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Belfast on the South East. Not seen too many showers out all through the

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day. But a combo quite heavy showers to come in tomorrow evening. Last

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three wins, temperatures will fall and they will turn increasingly

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wintry. Temperatures will be low on Wednesday morning to have a touch of

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eyes. Colder as we head towards Christmas, a few flakes of snow

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around on Christmas Eve, but at the moment, that looks like Christmas

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table and a pretty soggy. Once bright and breezy, cold winds, some

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sunshine as well. Christmas Eve, a lot of dry and crisp weather, though

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showers starting to turn a bit wintry and snow on the hills.

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We leave you this evening with the first of our annual

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Here you have pupils from Downpatrick Primary School.

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# Nearly 2000 years ago, under a starlit sky.

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# Many events were taking place as the angels had prophesied.

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# And a gift was given from heaven to earth,

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# So let us adore the Saviour born, Immanuel, here tonight.

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# Heavenly ghost of angels, praising God on high.

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# Sang of the promised child to come, the saviour Jesus Christ.

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# And a gift was given from heaven to earth,

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# So let us adore the Saviour born, Immanuel, here tonight.

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# Darkness was over Bethlehem, brightly the star did shine.

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# Showing the way to where he lay, in a manger for all to find.

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# And a gift was given from heaven to earth,

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# So let us adore the Saviour born, Immanuel, here tonight.

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# Never before in history had there been such a sign.

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# For God was born in human form for the sake of all mankind.

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# And a gift was given from heaven to earth,

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# So let us adore him, Christ the Lord, Immanuel, here tonight.

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