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again. So, a lot going on. That is all from us. Now for the news where

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you are. The people who are behind this have

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no ideal edge. They have nothing to offer. -- no ideology.

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The police believe an assault rifle found in Strabane was intended

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Parents of special needs children are left distraught as this centre

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stops a charity holding lessons there.

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The smile on her face, you cannot buy it.

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Will the new speed limit in the centre of Belfast make things safer

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or more congested? The controversial clash against

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Derry in the Dr McKenna Cup. And the remnants of the US snow

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storm are heading our way, but it won't be bringing snow -

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just some pretty wet Last night's rioting in Lurgan has

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been described by the police as an orchestrated, intense

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and prolonged violent attack. A shot was fired at police officers

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and more than 100 petrol bombs were thrown during several hours

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of trouble in the Lake Street area. The police had been there

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because of a security alert, which is now over

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and declared a hoax. A mixture of easily influenced young

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men and bewildered old men who do not realise the world has moved on.

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That is how the top police officer had scraped the people who threw

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petrol bombs at police for more than five hours.

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The people who are behind this have no ideology. They have nothing to

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offer. In many respects they can be compared to Isis. It is the people

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in their own community who are suffering as result of this.

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The security alert that lured police into the area is just the latest in

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a string of incidents, each one coming with a price tag running into

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perhaps tens of thousands of pounds. Beyond that is the loss of policing.

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The police officers who were absorbing petrol bombs and paint

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bombs and were at one stage the target of a live round of ammunition

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ought to be chasing after burglars and dealing with domestic abuse and

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keeping the roads safe. There is the greater cost of this society.

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For evacuated residents and inconvenienced commuters, all of

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this is horribly familiar. This happens on a regular basis in

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this area. What point is there to this?

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This afternoon, there was an uncharacteristic slip by the robot

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of the bomb disposal team. But police officers said the attackers

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will not be allowed to derail society.

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The police say a gun recovered in Strabane was a powerful assault

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rifle that was going to be used to try to kill officers.

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The Justice Minister David Ford has praised the local police

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for their work in the security operation.

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Here's our North-West reporter, Keiron Tourish.

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Police released photographs of the military style assault rifle be

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recovered. It was fired with ammunition during an investigation

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into dissident republican activity. The rifle was taken away by police

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during a security alert on Friday evening.

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Of course it is worrying. For any of us to think that that sort of weapon

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is in existence and circulation in our streets. I welcome the fact that

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we have been able to remove it. It does show the success that the

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police operation is having an being able to remove this. People who

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would have such a weapon and are solely intent on killing people and

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causing harm to the community. The Justice Minister a bit to the

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PSN eye. What we need to see is the continued

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united response against it. Until it see this kind of success on the part

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of the police. Critics say they have nothing to

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offer a society that does not want to be dragged into the past.

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A charity that pays for children with special needs to have horse

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riding lessons has been told it can no longer use an equestrian

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Incartus Pony Foundation says the centre's director hasn't given

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it a reason or enough time to find somewhere else.

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These are just some of the many children with special needs who

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benefit from spending time with the ponies here at Burn Equestrian

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Centre each week. Lucy was diagnosed with autism when she was two. Her

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dad is already worried about what will happen when the charity has to

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leave. You just see her confidence, it is

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so much better. The smile on her face, it is something that you

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cannot buy it. Just watching her, we would have to go and start paying.

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It is big money. It is not cheap thing the sort of thing.

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The Incartus Pony Foundation says around 100 children with special

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needs use the facility each month but that arrangement is about to

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come to an end. This is the letter the charity received last week

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telling them that all access to the centre is to be withdrawn. And that

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all activities by the charity parties stop within four weeks.

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I'd given no reasons whatsoever and no explanation. For the children, it

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is devastating. I cannot understand it. My plan is to overturn the

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decision. At least to get the charity the proper length of time to

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find an alternative. We don't want to lose somewhere for the next month

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or two months, we want a permanent home.

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The charity says it wants to stay at Burn Equestrian Centre because the

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children are used to coming here and many of them do not like change or

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disruption. BBC Newsline has contacted the owner

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of the Burn Equestrian Centre and in a statement he said: "Over

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the past two years the charity has We are not unsympathetic

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to the needs of these children, but their safety is of paramount

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importance and must You're watching BBC Newsline

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and still ahead on the programme: Should people over 75

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get a free TV licence? We get reaction to the

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BBC's proposed change. The Taoiseach has warned that

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if the UK decides to leave the European Union it could cause

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serious difficulties Enda Kenny was speaking

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at Downing Street after meeting Our Economics and Business Editor

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John Campbell is here. What was the focus of

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this meeting today? We know there is going to be a vote

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on whether the UK should stay in or leave the EU before the end of the

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year and possibly as soon as the summer. Before that, the Prime

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ministers try to get a better deal for Britain in Europe so he can put

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that to the country. Ireland is seen as a key ally for David Cameron has

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he seeks that better deal so that was the focus of the meeting between

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him and enter Kenny today. He believes that it is in Ireland's

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interests that the UK stays in Europe and that applies as much

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north of the border as south. From our perspective, it would

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create serious stuff got is for Northern Ireland if that was to

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happen. We want to work on the positive benefits that come from a

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strong Britain being part of a strong Europe and Ireland associated

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with that, north and south. The government is generally

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concerned about Britain leaving. What are the main reasons?

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Even speaking to diplomatic sources in Dublin many months ago, they were

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obsessed with the idea of Britain leaving the EU. One of the main

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issues is around the economy. The two countries do around 1 billion

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pounds of trade every week so they are concerned that anything she does

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run at. There are also concerned about the potential impact on

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British and Ireland relations and north and south relations. Expect to

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hear much more from these arguments and from people who say this is all

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hyped up. The UK leaving would have a positive effect on Northern

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Ireland. The Attorney General has lodged

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an appeal against a High Court Last month a judge,

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Mr Justice Horner, said the legislation was "incompatible"

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with the European Convention He said women who are the victims

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of sexual crime and cases of fatal foetal abnormality are entitled

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to exemptions in the law. A senior judge has accused

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the government of failing to properly resource delayed

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inquests into almost 100 deaths He also said some of the "excuses"

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offered by state agencies for the lack of progress

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were "preposterous". Lord Justice Weir is carrying

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out a major review at Terence McDaid was gunned down in

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front of his family in the 1988. It was claimed he was murdered by a UDA

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gang any case of mistaken identity, based on information given by the

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Army agent, Brian Nelson. In court, they said the cases could

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not be worked on at the same time but Lord Justice Weir said they

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could if they were adequately funded. He said the only thing that

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stopped them being worked on was the absence of resources on the

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government provides those resources. The judges also looking at the case

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of Gerard Slane, who, like Mr McPake, was shot at his home and

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also by the UDA, in a killing also linked to the agent Brian Nelson.

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The barrister for the family said resources may not be the only issue

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affecting delays. The QC said there was it history of the MoD and police

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are obstructing enquiries into investigations on state agents. Lord

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Justice Weir is set to recommend which ones can go to inquest when he

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completes his 10-day review. A lower speed limit in the centre

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of Belfast will come The 20 miles per hour restriction

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is aimed at improving road safety. As BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson

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reports, some believe it will lead Traffic around the city centre in

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Belfast is about to slow down. The new 20 mph zone concentrates on the

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northern half of the city centre. Looping round the City Hall and

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going as far as the Cathedral Quarter. And right past the Castle

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Court shopping centre. That it is a relatively small area and doesn't

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include other traffic hotspots so what is the verdict on the new

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restricted zone from road users? It is probably quite sensible

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because 30 miles an hour is too fast if you hit a pedestrian or something

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like that. Good idea.

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It speaks for itself. It is stupidity.

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It is going to cause a lot of problems.

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30 mph is the normal speed to what genius decided to bring it down to

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20? Roy Gordon is the road services

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manager for Belfast. A taxi driver said what genius thought of this?

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What use it back to him? We do not see this as an anti-car

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measure but as a pro-pedestrian and pro-secular is to measure. Research

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shows clearly that a pedestrian struck at 40 mph is 90% likely to be

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killed. At 30 mph it is 50-50. But at 20 mph, the chances of the

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talented reduced to 10%. When you look at the new restricted

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zone, it is pretty clear that it will take a lot of getting used to

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whether you like it or not. For example, this road behind the City

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Hall is now 20 mph when is this one close by is 30 mph. To try to help

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drivers, there are lots of shiny new road signs.

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Most of them are already up but the new speed limits would be enforced

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battles Andy. -- until Sunday. Our older citizens have got used

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to not paying for their TV licence. But BBC is considering asking people

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aged over 75 to give up their free licence or to make a voluntary

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contribution to its cost. Our Arts Correspondent Robbie

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Meredith has been getting reaction It is a popular leisure and past

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time by providing free TV licences for pensioners comes with the cost.

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People over 75 get the ?145.50 licence fee paid for by the

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government but they are looking for them to fit that instead and that

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will cost 60 -- but the government is looking for the BBC to cover that

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instead and that will cost ?650 million. They are looking for over

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75 is to volunteer paying the money but that has not gone down well.

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It is just another move that usually are continuously. When there is

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money required, always go to the weakest in most vulnerable.

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Yes, there are some people who could afford to pay it and whether they do

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so is up to their conscience but why did they take it on the cannot

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afford it? It is something older people will be worrying about now.

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A recent report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that

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pensioners were increasingly well off. So do many need TV racing --

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free TV licences. Some have second pensions and

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supplementary income and have saved for their retirement. We are not

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dealing with the community with the word pensioner means poor. Many

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could afford to pay the licence fee, just as many could afford to pay for

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public transport and not use concession fare.

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It is uncertain how much pensioners will want to give up what is a free

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benefit. The bill for the BBC is only going to get bigger, however.

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Millions of pounds of public money is to be invested to deal

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with the by-product of one of our most important industries.

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It's also an industry that generates a huge amount of animal waste.

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Well, that's something that has proven problematic in the past.

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So they're looking for a long term solution.

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Here's our Agriculture and Environment Correspondent

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More than 14 million chickens were brought here for the table last

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year. They produce a lot of waste. A quarter of a million tonnes of this.

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Post a letter, a mix of bedding and droppings. Getting rid of it is a

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big issue, won the executive plans to spend lots of public money on

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soon. The poultry industry wants to expand but they are already

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struggling to deal with the current amounts of letter. Batch should it

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is spread on field but it is rich in phosphorus so it can get into rivers

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and lakes so that is not a long-term situation due to water quality

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measures. An incinerator was turned down a few

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years ago. This time, up to ?20 million of taxpayers' money has been

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set aside to come up with the new plan. It will be offered as loans to

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companies to test new technology. The agriculture minister says

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schemes based on an aerobic ingestion are progressing quickly.

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This big green balloon and the tanks and towers immediately round at

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fairs and anaerobic digester, albeit on a large scale. Silage and slurry

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is fed into a heated system. Microorganisms wicket down and

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produce a biogas which is used to create power.

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If one of these was built around your home, should you be concerned

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with smell? We are standing on the site and

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there is no order other than that which would naturally the scoring --

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no smell. Once your -- once the process is

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over, you are left with the same amount of product as in the original

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waste. Then you're left with the same pollution problems. That is

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why, two years ago, a report said that anaerobic digestion was not the

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way to deal with poultry letter. -- litter. It may be further refined to

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remove nutrients. That might help get such a scheme over the line.

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Stephen Watson has the sports news and the final of the Dr McKenna Cup

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Not just because Tyrone won the competition for the fifth time

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They sealed a dramatic victory over Derry after extra time

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But the Ulster Council now awaits the referee's report after some ugly

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And a bad tempered second half in particular?

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There were three red cards and 18 yellow cards in total.

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And the Derry manager and several players were involved in a scuffle.

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When they see a game had just about everything, it inevitably means it

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had the good and perhaps the bad. Straight from the throwing, and in

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Rogers was involved in this collision. The result was a Poole

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Hospital and 14 stitches to his face. The margin between commitment

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and over the top can be small. Both players were eventually sent off for

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this incident. The Derry manager was also involved and he was dumped on

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his back side. When he got up, the referee descended -- decided to send

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him off as well. There were a couple of boiling

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points but that is what it is about and that is what people want to see.

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It was a cool night and we got a bit of space to warm it up.

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I am not emotionally charged the way the players are when I am on the

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sideline. Who was I to say that if I was in their position I wouldn't do

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the same thing? I ask them to reflect on what they did and act for

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the good of the team and think about how the redact next time.

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Tyrone came back and looked like bringing it into extra time. Tyrone

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eventually won by five points. You can only learnt so much by

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training. Derry is a fantastic team and we need them to push us on the

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same way they need us. The McKenna Cup is perceived as a

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pre-season competition. Perhaps nobody informed the teams. The game

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served as a great starter to what could be a fascinating thing course

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between two rivals. Ulster dismantled the French

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side Oyannax 56-3 at the Kingspan stadium to finish

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second in their pool But it wasn't enough to make

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the knock out stages where there is no Irish

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representation for the Director of rugby Les Kiss today

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reflected on a disappointing We gave it our best shot but it was

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not to be. You have seen a generation of players, supporters,

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and sponsors who expect European action and it has not happened. We

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will do what we can to turn that around next year.

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We are so used to seeing Irish provinces in European knockout

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stages. How quickly can you turn that around?

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I still think we have got great players in this country and we will

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see that in the six Nations. When you look at the English clubs in the

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French clubs who are spending more and more and bolstering their

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squads, it becomes important that we keep this with that and get the

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right depth and breadth of our squad so we can can eat.

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-- compete. They think more money needs to be

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invested? Those conversations happening and

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those who invest money well make those decisions. A lot of good

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people and smart people will make those decisions.

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Rory McIlroy finished tied for third place at the Abu Dhabi HSBC

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Championship, with the tournament won by Rickie Fowler.

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McIlroy's final round of 68, four under par, meant he ended

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the tournament just two shots behind the American.

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He's now finished runner-up four times and third once

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Warrenpoint's revival continued at the weekend

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They still sit bottom of the table but, after six games unbeaten

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and three wins in a row, the teams above them are now

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nervously looking over their shoulders.

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Up until the 12th of December, Warrenpoint had lost 13 week games

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in a row. -- league games. But the resurgence continues.

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Another massive performance. Full credit to the players. They deserve

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every bit of it. A massive three points for us and a convincing

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performance. Have a massive two weeks coming up and if we can can

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continued this form then we give ourselves a chance.

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This deflected header helped consolidate Crusaders' position at

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the top of the table. All the goals came in the second half. This pic of

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them. A home debut goal and this finish provided the finish. To Conor

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McCluskey goals helped Rangers to a victory.

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Kris Meeke was forced to retire from the Monte Carlo Rally

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We'll hear from Kris on tomorrow's BBC Newsline.

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The weather is next with Angie Phillips.

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Lots of wet and mild weather around. Tomorrow will be mailed again but

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not as mild as yesterday. The wind is often a feature as well. Quite a

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gusty day today. It wet spell in the middle part of the day. That cleared

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to brighter skies but it will be quite a chilly night. The next

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weather system is the remnants of the US snowstorm. No snow for us, it

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will just turn wet and windy. Quite a miserable start to the day. Do

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bear in mind that there is likely to be surface water and spray during

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rush hour. Persistent and locally heavy rain lasting through the

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rush-hour and some of it lingering. It may not clear the East Coast

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until mid-afternoon. After that, cloud breaks up and brighter spells

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in the afternoon. Mild again. A few showers following from the West and

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then after a quiet spell we have more wet weather coming in from the

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south. We have an early warning in place for this next batch of rain.

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It could cause travel disruption and we also have strong winds. We could

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have gales developing on Wednesday morning. Once out of the way, it is

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still blustery but brighter and temperatures fall and we could see

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wintry showers of the hells. More unsettled weather to come.

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bought on the streets of east Belfast,

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How can it be credible leadership did not know?

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