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

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A 28-year-old man's been charged with the murder

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The 38-year-old died in a care facility last year after being left

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with severe injuries when he was attacked

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A second man who was arrested in England has been charged

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The 61-year-old will appear in court next month.

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A third man who was also being questioned has been released.

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The high-profile Republican Sean Kelly has been arrested

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and questioned in connection with the murder of a man

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Kelly was convicted of the Shankill bombing in October 1993

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in which ten people died, including one of the bombers.

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The body of 31-year-old Conor McKee was found by his mother at his home

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in Glenpark Street off the Oldpark Road.

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The outgoing head of one of Northern Ireland's

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most prestigious grammar schools has written an unprecedented statement

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containing outspoken criticism of his successor.

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The letter, obtained by the BBC, was sent by the current headmaster

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of Portora Royal in Enniskillen to parents of pupils.

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Portora is due to merge with the Collegiate Grammar School

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Here's our south-west reporter Julian Fowler.

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The amalgamation of two Enniskillen grammar schools has divided

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the community for more than a decade.

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The dispute saw a petition with thousands of signatures

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It was finally settled earlier this year when the High Court rejected

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a judicial review from a Collegiate pupil, although the judge said

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in reality the challenge was brought by the school's leadership as part

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of their determined opposition to close the school.

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Neil Morton has been headmaster at Portora for 14 years.

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He had fought for the creation of the new school -

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Instead Elizabeth Armstrong - the Collegiate prinicpal -

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In his letter to parents, Dr Morton criticises Ms Armstrong

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for her "implacable opposition" to amalgamation which he says

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much bitterness might have been avoided,

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and new schools in Enniskillen already built, if she had

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He adds that fighting the legal challenge cost the school ?35,000

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and at least twice that amount to the public purse.

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The Department of Education confirmed its costs

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Dr Morton said sending the letter was not a case of sour grapes.

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It is obviously a move which reflects on personal

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disappointment but it is a professional issue.

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The issue is that the person who was responsible for ten years

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along with others for delaying this amalgamation and all

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the consequences of that for the students in for a manner,

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the consequences of that for the students in Fermanagh,

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new buildings, new curriculum, everything was delayed

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Elizabeth Armstrong said she would prefer not

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By September, the name will have changed DNS Keller Royal Grammar

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School and pupils will go to two sites before the decision is

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eventually made on where to build the brand-new school. By then, many

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will hope the bitter legacy of the amalgamation process will be a thing

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of the past -- Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.

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A 21-year-old man has died following a car crash on the main

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road between Ballynahinch and Carryduff last night.

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80 financial technology jobs are to be lost in Belfast

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as the Euronext firm shuts its operation in the city.

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Meanwhile, a similar number of jobs are under threat at the Tayto crisp

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Earlier, our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell

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Euronext run a series of stock exchanges across Europe, they were

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once part of the bigger New York Stock Exchange group and was spun

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off as a separate business. The Belfast off Magda Linette staff

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offer technical expertise to the stock exchange but Euronext say it

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makes more sense for the technical expertise to be closer to the main

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operations, so I understand it is highly likely many of these jobs

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will be run in the late moved to Portugal, where they run the stock

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exchange in Lisbon. What about Tayto? The union Unite, who

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represent Tayto, said the company are up to actively to making up to

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80 redundancies, and it is highly likely there will be job losses.

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They say they are likely to focus more production on their bigger

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factories because it makes more sense to have production there. They

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say the whole factory isn't under threat, but it is maybe likely in

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the future that anything they do will only be for the Northern

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Ireland market and that wouldn't need so many people.

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Hundreds of people have turned out for a loyalist parade in

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north Belfast to mark 1,000 nights of protest at Twaddell Avenue.

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It began after a Parades Commission determination

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not to allow Orange lodges to march past the Ardoyne shops

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Policing the protest has so far cost more than ?18 million.

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The County Grand Master of the Orange Lodge of Belfast

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thanked those who have taken part in the campaign.

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We have always said from the start, we don't need thousands or even

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hundreds each evening. The protest is not a numbers game. But we do

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need support from tens of thousands of people from all shades of

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unionism and loyalism, who are committed to see the July parade

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completed. A doctor has warned

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of the dangers of taking abortion

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drugs bought online. He was speaking out after a woman

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who used abortion pills told the BBC she almost died

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after taking the medication. The doctor said such

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drugs are unregulated Our Health Correspondent

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Marie-Louise Connolly reports. Without a doubt, there's

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more than two sides Monday's suspended jail sentence

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of a young mother highlighted how it remains one of the most emotive,

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complicated and legally challenging It also triggered a massive debate

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about taking abortion This woman did just that -

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she took the tablets I have never felt anything

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as painful and being on my own, when you in that

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much pain, you should either be in hospital

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or have some sort of medical

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professional with you. So I felt I was making calls

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I wasn't equipped to. This week has seen separate

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abortion pill cases brought While that's a first,

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they probably won't be the last, as according to some lawyers more

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women are being vocal Their actions have caused alarm

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among both lawyers This type of medication

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is not a simple treatment. Where it is prescribed,

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there are quite strict People should be under

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medical supervision. There are dangers

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of side effects with this procedure that can be

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infection, there could be bleeding, there can be interactions with other

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medications, allergic reactions. This week, Northern Ireland's

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abortion debate took a massive leap from discussing allowing abortion

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in very limited circumstances The conversation has opened up now

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to talking about changing the law with respect to these

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abortion pills. If we did that we would effectively

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be liberalising the law a great deal and we would

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effectively be bringing in abortion on demand and that would

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cause us great concern. Late this afternoon in Belfast,

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hundreds of pro-choice Clearly this issue is a long way of

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being resolved. The former Labour Home Secretary

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Alan Johnson has met members of the Labour Party here and says

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he supports their campaign to field Mr Johnson, who's leading Labour's

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pro-EU campaign, was speaking during He said members understood

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the referendum in June I led the charge in the CW for

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Labour Party members to be recognised here, but the issue about

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whether we stand candidates is something for after June the 23rd.

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We have got all of our focus on winning that referendum. You won't

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peseta Sammy, though? He hasn't even persuaded a lot of his own members.

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One of the reasons behind the reticence for going out

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campaigning... We have got 232... Devastated his own constituency,

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what devastated that? EU membership. And you can see the View straight

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after this bulletin. Dublin Airport is to go-ahead

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with plans to build a second runway in a project costing

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around ?260 million. just under a mile north

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of the existing main runway. It is expected to be

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operational in 2020. The airport's chief executive

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says it's good news Tourism in Ireland is marketed and

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driven on an all Ireland basis and is doing tremendously well. I think

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Dublin growing its frequency and roots in continental Europe is

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really important to that, to bring more people in here to go right

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across The Island, particularly with the good, strong road

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infrastructure, it is only an hour from here to the centre of Belfast.

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Despite a shaky start to the Masters golf tournament in Augusta,

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Rory McIlroy is currently 1 under par after 11 holes

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of his opening round - five shots off the lead.

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And it's another Irish golfer who has been making

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the biggest impact so far as Stephen Watson reports.

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Shane Lowry might be playing in just his only second Masters, but he is

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showing the composure and touch panel customer trend. The Offaly man

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produced some sensational golf to rocket up the leaderboard and find

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himself just one shot behind the leader, reigning champion American

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Jordan Spieth. Rory McIlory looked relaxed as he teed off in the final

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group in windy conditions. But his frustrating start to the season

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continued. And he certainly wasn't at his best over the opening holes.

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He dropped a shot here at the par-4 third, but managed to hold his game

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together and bounced back with fine birdies at the 7th and ninth holes

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to stay well in touch with the leaders. Despite some excellent

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shots like this, Darren Clarke was struggling to find his rhythm and is

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well off the pace. Houses Graeme McDowell. The famously fast Augusta

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greens were giving the Portrush man all sorts of trouble, especially

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here at the 5th hole. So problems for one half of the Irish

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contingent, but Lowry and McIlroy are well placed at this stage to

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make a Masters challenge. And Darren Clarke has finished

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4-over par, ten shots behind. Graeme McDowell is level par with boreholes

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left. Let's get the weather now. Good evening. That has been a much

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better day of weather, dry and brighter this evening and a lot

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calmer overnight and those more calm conditions mean temperatures through

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the first top of the night drop away quite sharply under the clearing

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skies, but they will recover a little bit towards dawn tomorrow

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morning and that is because while we start our reasonably bright note

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tomorrow, it won't take long for the rain to arrive. So the skies in the

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west will begin to cloud over as battlefront approaches from the

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Atlantic, it pushes slowly east as we go through the day, bringing rain

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to all parts -- as that front. Britain and Ireland having two very

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different days. Quite a reasonable day over the water, dry and bright

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in places, a few showers around and decent temperatures in the

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south-east. For us, a very different day. It is going to be cool, it is

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going to be wet and a bit miserable under all that rain through the

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afternoon. The rain will gradually clear out to the eased so we get

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some evening brightness in the west in particular and that is a hint of

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better things to come as we head into the weekend. It is going to be

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another day of sunshine and showers but it is going to be cold, we are

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into a cooler air mass so never feeling terribly warm. It will be a

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cake if you are in the sunshine but any other showers could be of a

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reasonably wintry nature, so some hail is possible and maybe some snow

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of the highest of hills but it is an improving picture, getting a little

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bit warmer as we head into the second half of this weekend.

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We are approaching one of the biggest decisions

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