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the Zika virus is spreading fast and could have affected 4 million people

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Our leading transplant clinicians say Northern Ireland isn't ready yet

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What we are concerned about is that we don't make a system any worse.

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My husband died three weeks ago today and it is distressing for

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everybody. misleading a Stormont committee over

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the new Casement Park project. More worry for Farmers

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here as their incomes take The partner of the Flying Doctor,

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the late John Hinds, tells us of her hopes for a lasting

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legacy in his memory. And batten down the hatches -

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we have warnings for rain, snow and more importantly,

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potentially damaging winds Northern Ireland's most senior organ

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transplant doctors have told the BBC that Northern Ireland isn't ready

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yet for an opt-out system, that's where the public have

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to register their wishes not to donate their organs

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when they die. The move, which is the opposite

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to the current system, had been proposed by

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the Ulster Unionist MLA JoAnne Here's our Health Correspondent,

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Marie-Louise Connolly. Imagine waiting for someone

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to donate you one of their organs. Lucia Quinney knows all about it -

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in her 16 years she's had I do ballet, swimming. I'd love to

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become a doctor one day. All these different things that young people

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start to think about that they'd want to do with their life.

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With her own Facebook page and plans for a blog,

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Lucia wants to encourage people to join in the conversation

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She prefers the current system where people sign up

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Speakman it means to know that a donor and possibly not even the

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donor but the donor's family has made that decision, has given it

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thought. To know it was something they wanted to do. To know it was a

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conscious choice that they made. I think it makes it even more special

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for us, and when people talk about the gift of life, it really does

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mean a gift. The organ donation debate is back

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in the headlines after an attempt to change the law here to an opt-out

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system was blocked by DUP and Sinn Fein members

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of the Stormont Health Committee. The proposal brought

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by an Ulster Unionist MLA had meant that those who didn't

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want to donate organs would need Looking at the options for us today

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I would ask members to consider whether they wish to amend the bill

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is proposed through option B or dropped the bill as proposed through

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option A. But showing a united

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front, for the first time Northern Ireland's most senior

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clinicians involved in this speciality came together and told

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the BBC that the opt out system We have a good system, we want to do

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whatever will make it better and we're not convinced just yet that

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the public in Northern Ireland have them inside understanding of the opt

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out. We are concerned it will make things worse and what we all want is

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to make things better. Wales adopted the opt-out system

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in December last year. With a population of over

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three million so far, around 86,000 of those

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have opted out. According to campaigners,

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it's early days. While health service showing

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overwhelming majority of people believe in organ donation, actually

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doing something about it is a completely different matter. The

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challenge for health professionals and politicians is coming up with a

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system which encourages people to turn those thoughts into action.

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Tell us what you think on our Facebook page.

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There's been anger in Londonderry after two handguns were found

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A controlled explosion was carried out on the vehicle which was parked

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close to the graves of people who recently died.

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

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This has been a deeply distressing time for Fiona Kelly. Her husband

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and father both died on this Day three weeks ago. The car at this end

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of the cemetery alert was sparked only yards from her husband's grave.

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A controlled explosion was carried out around midnight after two

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semiautomatic handguns were found inside. The cemetery remained closed

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until mid-morning today. Totally distressed, disgusted, saddened that

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somebody would come to a cemetery West people are supposed to be

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resting in peace and the past, people have never bothered people

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who died. Why now? What is it all for? It is terrible that people are

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coming to see the graves of loved ones and they can't even get in.

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There has been a wave of revulsion across the city as PSNI teams carry

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out there follow up operation. My reaction has to be the sense of

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everybody else's reaction. A sense of why are these things happening?

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In this day and age, people who are abusing the sanctity of the cemetery

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so as to maybe take life. I have to condemn it. The PSNI say they are

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delighted to have taken three weapons off the streets in recent

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days that they say violence dissident republicans remain

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determined to try to kill police officers. They have urged public to

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be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity.

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There's been a crash in County Armagh.

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It happened on the Legacorry Road in Richhill this afternoon.

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Ambulances and the Fire Service are at the scene and the road has

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The Sports Minister Caral Ni Chuilin is to be called back

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to a Stormont Committee to answer claims that she knew about safety

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concerns at the proposed new Casement Park stadium as far

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The Minister previously said she only found out

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Tonight she denied misleading the committee.

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports.

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The controversy over Casement Park has turned into a case of who knew

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what where and when. In particular where was the sports Minister Caral

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Ni Chuilin first told about concerned that emergency exits. This

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former chairman of Sport NI says he told her back in 2012. She says she

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was only told last year. What does he think of that? That surprises me

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that she doesn't have a record of it. The emergency exits and the need

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to purchase housing was discussed back in 2012. The minister and

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special adviser were in the room and they were a aware of the issue for

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the need to purchase houses potentially in order to provide

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adequate access? Yes. It was that that meeting I was assured it was

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being taken seriously and the solution was the purchase of four

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houses which were at the opposite side to the road. No written proof

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was presented but the evidence was enough for the committee to decide

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to call back the Minister to give an explanation. These are questions

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that have to be explored. Either people have misremembered or they

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have misled the committee. Minister, did you mislead the committee? No, I

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absolutely didn't. People can make claims and accusation. I have two CB

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evidence. That has not come forward. I have been consistent and clear. I

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completely refute these allegations. As for being recalled to the

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Stormont committee to explain herself, the minister says she had

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happy to accept the invitation. She insists she has nothing to hide.

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A sneak preview of a major expansion at one of Belfast's biggest

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landmarks. Farm incomes took a huge hit last

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year, according to official The total income from farming fell

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by 41% down to ?183 million, and while all sectors had

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to deal with the pressure, some took a much bigger

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hit than others. Some sectors to a much bigger hit

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than others. Farmers know how much financial pressure they have been

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under for a long time now. What this proves is just how tight things are

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on the farms. These are the worst figures we have seen in a decade.

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The farmers union described them as grim. Their artefact is in play, the

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first is that poor prices the farmers are getting for produce. The

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other, reduced value of EU subsidies converted to Stirling at an

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unfavourable rate at the back end of last year. Which sectors are

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suffering most? Beef has been up and down, but Derry has been under the

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most pressure. -- dairy. From the Department of agriculture, ?10,000

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for this year. Down a staggering 78%. Pics, average income for this

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year will be ?22,000. Half of what it was the previous year. It doesn't

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take a genius to work at the potential impact it will have on

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family finances and on the wider rural economy.

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A senior judge has criticised the Ministry of Defence's inability

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to get the wheels of justice moving in relation to

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In response to claims that the MOD could not resource legacy cases

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Lord Justice Weir said the MOD was not short of money

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as it was fighting wars across the world.

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The judge was examining a case of an alleged shoot-to-kill policy

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and also the shooting dead of a father of six by a covert army

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Patrick McVeigh was shot as he chatted to men in a barricade in

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west Belfast. His death and that of Daniel Rooney featured in a BBC

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panorama programme which highlighted the activities of an under

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undercover army unit, the Military Reaction Force. At the time the army

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denied any involvement. Following the documentary, the legacy

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investigation Branch of the PSNI started an investigation. There was

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no indication of when the investigation would be able to be

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finished. In Lord Justice Weir's view, this was unacceptable. He

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pushed the MOD lawyer to agree on a date when documents may be

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disclosed. Something the daughter of Patrick McVeigh appreciated. After

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hearing judge we are today, it is time that we had some truth and

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hopefully justice afterwards. In 1992 the SAS killed for men after an

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attack on a nearby police station. That case was also raised during

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today's review hearings. Lord Justice Weir again asked the MOD

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about their readiness to hand over files and documents. In response,

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the MOD's lawyer said the issue of disclosure was not as far forward as

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they had hoped. A comment Lord Justice Weir described as a

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masterpiece of understatement. Lord Justice Weir was direct in his

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comments when the MOD raised the issue of resources. He said...

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Barry O'Donnell 's family say he just wants -- they just want the

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truth. We just won the MOD and the PSNI to hand over this information.

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This could have been done years ago. Tomorrow will see the last of Lord

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Justice Weir's review into 56 inquests.

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The mum of a 13-year-old girl has warned of the dangers of adults

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Her daughter was found unconscious with a head injury by the police

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I spoke to her this afternoon and she told me about the shock

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Speaking the peace -- the police rang that my daughter was highly

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intoxicated. I was in total shock. I said of course you can. I put the

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phone down and I rang her back and said, she is not responding. We'll

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have to take to the hospital. -- they rang back. They came for me and

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brought me over. She had just come out and was going into

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resuscitation. She was great, she was a total mess. I broke down when

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I saw her. This is the car park

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where the teenager was found. She was extremely cold and needed

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a scan for the blow to her head. It was a few days later

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before the picture emerged She couldn't remember going to

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hospital. She knew she had drank. She was in barrister. She was so

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sorry that she had done it and she knows how stupid it was. We did talk

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to her, the dangers that could have happened. She was sick everywhere.

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It was that cold. Numerous things could have happened to her.

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Thankfully the police did find her. when she thought her daughter

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was having a usual trip into town That was another shock. Some person

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had got them alcohol. For them to hand a child drink, that is what I

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cannot accept. How easy it is to get it.

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adults about the dangers of buying drink for children,

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and how the consequences could have been so much worse.

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Around 50 teachers held a protest this afternoon about a Department

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of Education scheme to enable 500 older teaching staff

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They'll be replaced with newly-qualified graduates.

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But as our Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith reports,

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many teachers are worried they'll not be able to apply

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It is wrong, it's not there. It is unusual for people to protest about

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jobs being created that that is what these teachers in Londonderry are

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doing. It is not fair, do we not deserve the same opportunities as

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newly qualified teachers? Education minister has said jobs will be open

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to teachers who have qualified to teachers in the last few years. But

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many have been teaching for much longer than that. I've been teaching

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for ten years. It just means you don't have any job security so it

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means you can't get a mortgage and you can't really plan. Stormonthas

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also raised this with Department officials. There is a level of

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discrimination. This is targeting those in that bracket. The biggest

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teaching union here welcomes the scheme but once changes to. Our main

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issue is that there are some teachers who qualified more than

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three years ago who will feel discriminated against. We feel those

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people should have the same rights and chances to apply for those jobs.

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In a statement the Department for Education said they understood some

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of the concerns and the final details were yet to be ironed out.

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Many teachers will be waiting to see what these -- if these jobs become

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open to everyone. For streets have been identified for

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the five-year project which will also create office space and jobs.

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A Belfast landmark has opened the doors on a major expansion,

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one which the city hopes will brings tens of thousands of new visitors.

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The Waterfront Hall's extension has generated much debate over its looks

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but as our business correspondent Julian O'Neill has been finding out

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The new Waterfront has been taking shape for months.

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?30 million has been spent doubling its size so belfast can

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Today organisers of major UK conferences got a first look

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inside as the venue pitched for business by showcasing

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I love it, it is so close to the airport, easy into the city. I think

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the important thing is that it is helping to regenerate the city.

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There's now room for conferences hosting 5,000 people at a time,

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meaning Belfast can better compete for money-spinning national

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30 conferences are already booked and there's confidence

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We have found once we can get a client into the building and city,

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they will sign on the dotted line. They are so impressed by the venue,

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the welcome they receive and the city itself. We took our decision

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when we didn't even see the plan so you can see what a big risk it was

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but we're absolutely delighted. Business visitors can spend big,

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and Belfast hopes that by 2020 conferences will have delivered

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a ?100 million windfall. Almost 20 years old, it marks the

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beginning of a new era for the waterfront with new hotels springing

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up in the city. There is a lot riding on the business it hopes to

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do. Now sport, and hopes of a lasting

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tribute to the so-called flying Yes, the partner of the late

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motorcycle medic Dr John Hinds has said she's hopeful that an air

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ambulance will be in place A public consultation on the service

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was completed last week. In her first interview

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since the death of Dr Hinds last year, Janet Acheson has told BBC

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Newsline the service would be a fitting tribute to

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the "flying doctor". Special recognition for the work of

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her partner. Janet Acheson receives

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an Irish Motorcycling Award for the contribution

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of Dr John Hinds. His death last July shocked

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the racing community. Now Janet wants to see a lasting

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legacy for the flying doctor. Nothing will compensate me for

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John's class that he got a lot of fulfilment out of saving people's

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lives and limbs at Rome racing -- Road racing and hopefully that will

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bring that for everyone in Northern Ireland. It is time critical medical

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attention and that was the beauty in some ways of Irish road racing

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because the medical team were there, the skills were there. If you have

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your accident in the hills or in the mountain is, on a roadside somewhere

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that's not aside a hospital, you don't get that time critical

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intervention. Dr Hinds lost his life

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in an accident while providing medical cover during practice

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at the Skerries road races outside If there is anything good that comes

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out of his death, it is hopefully that there are lives saved that

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would otherwise have died without it and that is the long-term goal. In

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some ways this is much bigger than John. John's unfortunate death has

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brought this into the spotlight in no way that I don't dig it would

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have been otherwise. And hopefully in the not too distant future we

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will come online with the rest of Europe and the world and have that

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life-saving service. Ireland have lost to India

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in their first game at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup

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which is being held in Bangladesh. Late entries to the tournament

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after Australia withdrew due to security concerns,

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Ireland were beaten by 79 runs. They may be late additions

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to this World Cup - and the hosts were suitably grateful

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- but Ireland showed today they aren't just

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making up the numbers. wickets, India recovered,

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eventually posting a competitive And, although it proved

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too big a target for Ireland, a defiant fifth-wicket

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partnership of 113 run by William McClintock

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and Lorcan Tucker, saw both players Ultimately, the run chase was too

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big an ask and Ireland lost their last wicket

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still 79 runs short. Their next game is against

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Nepal on Saturday. Ulster rugby coach, Les Kiss,

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has revealed that Ulster have all their player signings

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completed for next season - including the imminent announcement

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of two major big name players. But he's admitted there's a growing

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financial pressure now to compete with the salaries on offer

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from English and French clubs. We have to be cognisant of the fact

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that people across the ditch in England are starting to make plays

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at our players so we need extra funding to ensure that we reward

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those players with the right level of contract as well because that is

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as big a risk of not having enough good foreigners in your system. Any

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extra money you have -- we have will make sure we can keep our talent

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here. We have a couple of announcements to make over the next

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few weeks, but hopefully people are excited about what we have coming

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up. We think it is exciting so watch this space.

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Let's get the weather now. A bit chilly today.

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Lots of potential hazards with the Weatherford if you days. -- for the

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next few days. Storm Gertrude comes in over the next few days. The

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isobars packing in an indication of the windy conditions. Today was

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windy today. As well. Behind me you can see the clouds starting to

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gather once again. Allows moving into bring another couple of batches

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of rain through the night. A warning is in place for the rain for western

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areas. Risks of localised flooding. The first batch this evening,

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persistent and heavy at times with wind is picking up. Later on

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tonight, the second batch of rain really get going. Gusts could be

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potentially damaging so we have an amber be aware warning from the Met

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office. We could see trees coming down, power supplies come affected,

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some material damage. The strongest winds continuing into tomorrow

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morning. A wet start early on but strength of the winds taking the

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rain out of the way. We will still see gusts of 50 to 60 miles per

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hour. Plenty of squally showers in between sunshine. It will feel

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bitterly cold. Into tomorrow night, a band of rain pushing its way in

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from the north-west behind it cold air. You can see sleet and should

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know showers at low levels also. And gusty winds. In early morning for

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the wind and snow is in place. That carries on into Saturday. A bitter

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feeling day, gradually becoming less cold on Sunday but a slow process.

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Our leading transplant doctors say Northern Ireland isn't ready for an

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opt out system for organ donation. Anger in Londonderry after two

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handguns were found near new graves in the city cemetery.

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