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the night. Dungannon rider Ryan Farquhar

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and another competitor have been injured in a crash tonight

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at the North West 200. Ryan Farquhar was taken by police

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helicopter to Belfast. Stephen Watson is at

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the North West for BBC Newsline. An evening of the mixed emotions at

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the North West 200 as Carrickfergus ride Alistair Seeley put his name in

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the history books, a crash in the second race marred this evening's

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writing. Ryan Farquhar and Amit Cooper both suffered injuries after

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a high-speed crash which organisers say tonight are not

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life-threatening. But the incident brought an early end to the racing

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as Gavin Andrews reports. In conversation on the grid before the

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super Twin is a raise. A short time later, Dungannon's Ryan Farquhar and

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English man Dan Cooper were involved in a racing incident on the coast

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road section. The race was red fly good and paramedics attended the

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scene. Ryan Farquhar is sustained chest and pelvic injuries and was

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taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital by helicopter. Cooper suffered

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shoulder injuries and was transferred to the Causeway

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hospital. Both riders are in a stable condition, with a

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non-life-threatening injuries. Earlier this evening, Alistair

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Seeley had produced a record-breaking performance in the

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super sport class. This is his 16th North West Wing which makes him the

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most successful ride in the history of the event. He set a new lap

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record on the way to the chequered for like and sparks emotional scenes

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in the enclosure of the winners with his support team and family. There

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was a third rider injured during practice earlier today coming he has

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been named as a local man, the new, who suffered pelvic injuries and is

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being treated in hospital in Belfast. One race did not run this

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evening, in the superstock class, and it has been added to Saturday's

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schedule. The Ulster Unionists,

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who for decades were the main party of Government at Stormont,

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have announced that they're Leader Mike Nesbitt said this

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afternoon that his party would not be taking up the one seat they're

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entitled to in the His surprise move followed

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the re-appointment of Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness as First

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and Deputy First Ministers. Here's our political

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correspondent, Gareth Gordon. We were down to last

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"and finally..." for the former

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newsman-turned-politician The UUP decided unanimously

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to form the first official opposition of this

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Northern Ireland Assembly. This is a big and bold move to bring

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a better and a more normal democracy Suddenly, all that went

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before, the real election of the First Minister,

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a Deputy First Minister and the Assembly Speaker were relegated

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to the inside pages. The focus will now fall

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on the SDLP and Alliance. Will Sinn Fein and

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the DUP govern alone? The SDLP were taken aback

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like everyone else, has a mandate for the UUP

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and I have a mandate for the SDLP's position which was

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always to negotiate and achieve a programme for Government

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that we could all sign up to. That is our position

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and remains our position. The parties who will form

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an Executive were not During the election

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campaign, there was no He was never in nor

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out, and now he has tested his own party and they have

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said it is time to get out. seen as a leadership, it will be

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seen as a lack of leadership. to express the democratically

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expressed wishes of the people in charged both the DUP

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and the SDLP have the responsibility to bring

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this Talks of a Programme

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for Government are to resume I spoke to Mike Nesbitt earlier,

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and I asked him if his decision was an admission of political

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failure at the Assembly elections. It may be an admission of failure

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by Sinn Fein and the DUP, but we agree on the Programme for

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Government in the two weeks between the election and setting

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up the next Executive. Not only can they not do it

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in two weeks, they can't do it in to months,

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in less than seven months. It will be the end

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of the year before you know what they plan to deliver

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and how they plan to deliver it. What they will publish over

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the next months is basically motherhood

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and apple pie. You could have an the

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education minister post, and instead,

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they've added a fourth I would have thought, given

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what they said about education, the DUP will take it

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on the first or third pick, so I think you

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are wrong to suggest it But you have handed your opponents

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should have a fourth Yes, we think it is much

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more honest if the next Executive is run by

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the DUP and Sinn Fein, as the last one was,

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and look what happened at the end,

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they had four parties in Government, two of who we were voting

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against the Budget and also against Now, whether the SDLP

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joins the UUP is for them, but we would be stronger

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if they did and we would have a more honest debate, because

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whether the other parties are at the table or not,

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it is clear the DUP and Sinn Fein intend to boss

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the next Executive. Martin McGuinness said

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it is a mistake to pitch Dave He told me if we had a mandate

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to get back into the Executive, there's no way

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I would not be there. Others said I wouldn't take

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the additional ?39,000 per annum, the chauffeur-driven

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car and other perks. I am not here to put my nose

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in the trough, but to see better politics delivered for all

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the people of Northern Ireland. Would you give this

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the five years and see what There's no reverse

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gear in opposition. A good thing for devolved

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Government in Northern Ireland and hopefully a good thing

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for all of Northern Ireland. And there'll be reaction

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from the five main parties to that Ulster Unionist move

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on the The View, straight A 20-year-old man has died

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following a road accident He was the driver of a car

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which was in collision with plant An energy company has plans to build

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a new power station in Belfast. Evermore Energy wants to develop

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the facility at a site It could produce electricity

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for for 100,000 homes. A planning application is due to be

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lodged later this year and funding for the scheme is understood

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to be well advanced. Families of some of those killed

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in the Birmingham pub bombings over 40 years ago have been told that

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"sensitive material" from the time has been sent by the Government

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to the city's coroner Louise Hunt. She told a hearing

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today that the material was in her judgment "significant"

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and related to a claim by lawyers for the families

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that the authorities may have had advanced warning of

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the bombings from an IRA mole. A barrister representing

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West Midlands Police said the evidence was that there

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had been no tip-off. The coroner is due to give

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a ruling next month on whether the inquests

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into the bombings The Loyalist Community Council says

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it's hoping there'll be fewer It's unveiled an alternative design

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commemorating the battle of the Somme a hundred years ago,

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which it thinks would Unfurling a new way to tackle

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the problem of flags. The Loyalist Community Council

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says it hopes this one, commemorating the 36th Ulster

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Division at the Somme, could replace It has been consulting and has come

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up with a new protocol as well. It is all about respect

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for the flags, they say, Things need to be done better,

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both in terms of ensuring that torn and tattered

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flags are replaced with a more dignified

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and respectful commemoration. But also, people are

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saying clearly that the impact of flags needs to be

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reduced on the communities No one believes that paramilitary

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flags will disappear entirely this year, but the LCC expect to see

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fewer of them and hopes I'm hoping the Loyalist

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Party will take charge of their own flags and take

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responsibility for them. I certainly would not

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like to see them on and that is not what it

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they may cause offence Certainly any initiative that tries

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to get to grips with the challenges presented

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by flags is to be welcomed and can be helpful, but of course,

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the proof of the pudding is in the eating and we will wait

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and see how this is This is the first big

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initiative from the Loyalist Community's Council since

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it was formed last autumn. It does acknowledge

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what everyone already knows, that flags can cause

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friction, so too do bonfires. And it is the coming

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summer which will tell whether these latest calls

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for respect have been heated. Well, it was day two

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of the Balmoral Show, and the good weather ensured that it lived up

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to its billing as the busiest day. of livestock and farm machinery,

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food featured strongly once again. But also present were campaigners

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in the EU referendum debate, including two British farm ministers

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on opposite sides of the argument. If we vote Leave and take back

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control we can write laws correct for our own farming can sweep away a

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lock of the pointless at the ministrations, a lot of the petty

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finders that farmers get, we can abolish all of that and start again

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from scratch and supports farmers, because we would be spending ?350

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million a week on the European Union, we could spend it on our own

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priorities and support farming in a way that works for us. The European

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market is incredibly important for food and farming and particularly so

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in Northern Ireland, 83% of all food exports go into the European Union,

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particularly into the Republic of Ireland. Leaving the single market

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would be bad for those exports. It would mean a more red tape, farmers

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would have to follow both UK and EU regulations and we could also see

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tariffs as well. Bikes that crush at the North West 200. Dungannon rider

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Ryan Farquhar is now said to be in a serious condition in Belfast's Royal

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Victoria Hospital. The weather forecast

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now, with Barra Best. Is being another fine day, but

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tomorrow it cools. It will be: tonight and temperatures will fall

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to about a- 9 degrees. Not bad for the time of year. As for tomorrow,

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we are expecting plenty of dry weather and it will feel cooler, but

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sunny. The study will be out in many areas, bit of cloudy here and there

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are not a bad start. Across Britain and Ireland and apart from the odd

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shower in parts of northern England, for Scotland, it is a dry picture.

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The best of the sunshine across Ireland, northern England, parts of

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Wales and the south coast of England. Crowley elsewhere. Northern

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wind will be driving in and temperatures will fall back to

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northern -- normal and warm further south. For Northern Ireland, the

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second part of the day will have the highest temperatures inland. 18-19d.

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For coastal areas, probably 13-14d. But that is normal for the time of

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year. By the end of the day, 12-macro showers, a few could be

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heavy, but they shouldn't last. As for Saturday, if you're heading

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towards the North West 200, it is said to be dry, plenty of sunshine,

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but temperatures of 10-11d so you may want is to wrap up. 40-15

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further inland. Cloud of the Irish Sea, not a lots. No rain at Sunday

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or Monday, good amounts of sunshine as well. Good night.

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