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

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Half a month's rainfall fell overnight in County Down

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as Storm Frank brought the worst weather here so far this winter.

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At one stage more than 200 roads were blocked and around 20,000 homes

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and businesses were without electricity.

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High winds and high seas made it a dangerous night. This was along the

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east. Power cables came down. Hundreds of homes were affected as

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the storm raged. But that was not the only problem. Many roads were

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also flooded, including those on the main routes to Belfast International

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Airport. It happened so quickly that some drivers were caught out, and

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only realised when it was too late. Ruth McKee was in a cart that got

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stuck at 6am. She eventually made it to the airport, but the car did not.

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We were on it before we knew what it was. It was impossible to see it in

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that dark. It was unimaginable. High winds at the airport meant that more

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than 1000 passengers were stranded in planes when they arrived in

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Belfast last night. It was said to be to dangerous for them to walk

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down the steps. You actually thought that you were still in the air. It

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was bouncing about. When he went to the toilet is, it was bouncing

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everywhere. Even when you were on the tarmac?! Yes. This is usually a

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popular footpath for those walking their dogs. Not today. If you want

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some idea as to how much rain has been in recent days, just look

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around at the nearby fields and the nearby river. Most of the province

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suffered about one inch of rain. We had isolated spots that had two

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inches of rain, and that is about half of the normal December total.

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That fell in three hours. Across the border, Cork and Galway have also

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been badly hit. The Army have been called in to try and limit the

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damage. The good news is that the worst of the storm has now passed.

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But everyone using the roads is advised to drive with caution. To 17

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euros have been Newly released state papers

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from 1988 show that the Soviet Union asked the British government

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to investigate the cases More than 600 previously

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confidential files have been made available at the

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Public Record Office. Here's our political

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correspondent Chris Page. in the 1980s, you would have

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expected British- Soviet summits to focus on the Berlin wall rather than

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what was going on behind these balls. But 27 years ago, the

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troubles and the Cold War collided. At a meeting in Moscow, the Soviets

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claimed that there were more than 400 political prisoners in Northern

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Ireland. They asked Britain to investigate eight inmates in the

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maze. The Foreign Secretary was said to be astounded. People recalled

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Geoffrey Howe's shock and astonishment. It was different from

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usual human rights cases. It was unusual. The details are revealed in

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some of the 620 state documents released today. The main thing was

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how to deal with the dreadful cycle of violence. It was one of the

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bloodiest times in the conflict. The letter was written to the Foreign

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Secretary. He said that he would not advocate a British withdrawal from

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Northern Ireland because he was afraid of civil war. But eventually,

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the British are going to find ... Sir Alan speculated about Peter

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Robinson becoming the head of an Austin government that Ulster

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government. He was the first person to mention Peter Robinson in any

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context. The Northern Ireland Office policy

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was to bolster the SDLP. These files paint a picture of a bleak and

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violent time. Within a few years, the peace process was underweight.

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The documents provide a valuable insight into the thinking of the

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time. It also provides a few unsold stories, such as Moscow and the

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Maze. The Secretary of State will meet

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Sinn Fein early next month to try to break the deadlock over

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how to deal with the legacy Theresa Villiers will also meet

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other political parties Our Home Affairs Correspondent

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Vincent Kearney reports. History continues to cast a long

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shadow over politics here. How best to deal with the legacy of the

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troubles remains highly controversial. The agreement in

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November did not contain an agreement on the issue, the past was

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part of something to be dealt with in the future. As a result,

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per unit was put on hold. The police remain responsible for those

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investigations. The chief Cartmell has made it clear that he is not

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happy. The one area of real disappointment for us as the police

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service, and for many grieving families, is the lack of agreement

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on dealing with the past. Agreement on legacy issues remain impossible

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because of disagreements over how much information about the possible

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be made public. The government wants to retain a veto on some

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information, because of concerns about national security. Sinn Fein

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has accused the government of using that as an excuse. The secretary of

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State plans to meet Sinn Fein next month to aim to break the deadlock.

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She will also meet victims groups. All involved say they want to deal

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with the past. But they cannot agree how.

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After all of the destruction -- disruption with storm Frank, today

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will be calmer, if a little cooler. We state right until the small

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hours. That makes it more difficult to treat any icy roads. There's the

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chance of the odd icy patch by dawn tomorrow. As we had into New Year's

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Eve, we will start to see some wintry showers as we go through the

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day. It is going to be a little bit colder than it has been today. Those

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showers working their way in from the West. The high ground, it will

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stick -- it will fall as sleet and snow. If we take the wider view, you

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can see the difference in temperatures. We still have a warm

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zone. High temperature is of ten to 12 degrees. Some warm air behind it.

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Across Ireland, as we go through New Year's Eve, and head towards

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midnight, the showers are continuing for a time. It is going to be a

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chilly night. Wrap up if you are heading out and about. It is going

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to be a cold start to the New Year. At least January is going to feel

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like January, with a frosty start the day, before the rain arrives

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later. This is the picture you will be waiting up to on Friday morning.

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Bright and frosty to begin with. Some sunshine through the early part

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of the day, before the skies start cloud over. We are expecting a few

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weather systems heading in our direction before the weekend. The

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weather is going to be pretty unsettled as we had through the next

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few days, but because the jet stream has shifted, we are drawing some

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colder air out of the North. The rain will continue over the next few

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days, which will mean lesser volumes and we have seen of late.

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