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Belfast is to get an economic boost with the creation of 300

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Backed by Invest NI to the tune of ?2 million, the investment

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announcement comes at a time when politicians disagree over

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what damage, if any, Brexit will have in attracting

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This report from our business correspondent Julian O'Neill.

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300 jobs from a new inward investor is just the kind of news

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Invest NI spent a year on the deal which has delivered

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Tullett Prebon has its headquarters in London but has chosen Belfast

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ahead of Asia or Europe for a new IT base.

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The First Minister says it sends out a positive message.

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I will never talk down the Northern Ireland economy because my

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experience as the Economy Minister has made it clear to me we have so

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much to offer to companies across the world, whether our young people,

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academic excellence, cost for accommodation

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and the fact we are going to lower the rate

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of corporation tax, I think Northern Ireland has a strong story to tell.

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Belfast has a track record of attracting jobs in financial

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services which has put it on the radar of a growing

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Why we chose Belfast is the high level of skilled people in the

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financial markets and technology area, combined with education, it

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It's a timely announcement amid economic uncertainty

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But one half of the Executive is concerned foreign companies may

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soon see Northern Ireland as a less attractive location.

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There's no point living in a fools' paradise.

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There is a tremendous amount of uncertainty, and that

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inhibits our ability to be very fully engaged with prospective

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investors who are, and had been up until the Brexit result, very keen

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The jobs, created over a three-year period, will pay well,

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?33,000 on avergage, with the company being offered

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Today's announcement is as good as a business

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as usual sign hanging from

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The boost is as obvious as it is welcome but

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the real challenges of Brexit are, of course, yet to be faced.

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The Environment Agency is investigating the cause

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of what it describes as a major fish kill in the Faughan

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The incident was first reported yesterday, and so far more

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than 1,000 dead fish have been recovered over several

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The Faughan is an important salmon river and it's thought the numbers

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of salmon fry may have been badly affected.

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Four masked men have been involved in a shooting at a hotel in Belleek

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Staff were threatened before one shot was fired into a van belonging

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to a contractor who was working at the premises on Main Street.

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The police say the men escaped in a black Ford Escort

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The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called

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on politicians here to introduce same sex marriage like

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Ms Davidson is in Belfast for the Pride festival.

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I'm a Protestant, I'm engaged to a Catholic Irishwoman

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who was educated by nuns, so for me this is not

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about a particular community or country or faith background,

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this is about people who are in love and are loved in return,

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having the same rights as everybody else.

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The Archbishop says accusations have been made at Saint Patrick's college

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that students had been using a day dating website.

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A new study shows there's been a significant fall in the number

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of people owning their homes, compared to ten years ago.

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Industry experts are pointing to several factors which could

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partly explain the drop, as Rick Faragher reports.

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A growing number of people might not have the option.

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Home ownership in Northern Ireland is down.

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Over the last couple of years people have been paying so much in rent

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that it could've gone to a deposit but it's desperation,

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they don't have the properties and cannot get the money,

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some are relying on their parents but they have to go

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Finances aside, could there be other factors in the decline of mortgages?

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Younger people aren't feeling the need to graduate,

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get their first pay cheque and go and buy a house, people are waiting

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longer, more in line with other European cities where there is not

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This report shows 63% of people in Northern Ireland have a mortgage,

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down from 73% ten years ago, but roughly in line

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The people behind the study say this now suggests the issue of one day

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owning your own home is not just a London problem.

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Katie and her husband bought their house in West Belfast

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two years ago via a co-ownership deal, a scheme where they own only

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She says it's becoming harder for young people to get a mortgage.

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We were both new into our jobs, the banks required a certain

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security from you in terms of making the commitment to payments every

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month, which you cannot really do, you have the best aspirations

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in the world and are ready to go once you get out of uni,

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and are ready to start your career but the requirements set for us

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Anyone who was looking for a job, you don't have an option to not live

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There's now speculation that the Bank of England could cut

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That may go some way to making mortgages more affordable,

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if you can get one in the first place.

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A court has ruled that a dog, which was at risk of being put down,

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The terrier, called Hank, was seized by Belfast council

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and was assessed as being a type of pit bull which is illegal.

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The animal's predicament prompted a huge social media campaign.

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It was last month that two-year-old Hank was removed by dog wardens

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following a complaint from a member of the public.

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One of his owners broke down in court today as it was agreed

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Until the judge said the words, we were afraid

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I can't get over it, being able to see him

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Supporters erupted into spontaneous applause inside the court.

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The campaign to highlight Hank's seizure gained worldwide attention.

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We did not think Hank would be coming home,

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especially this soon, without the support.

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Belfast City Council expediated the process, we spoke to people

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who had similar situations in England and it seems

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they responded to pressure and we would not be having

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this conversation today without the public support.

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Hank will have to undergo behavioural training and also be

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kept on a lead and muzzle while in public.

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His family, though, say they are just relieved

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A human skeleton which could be 1000 years old has been discovered

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in the grounds of Hillsborough Castle.

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Archaeologists found it during excavation work ahead

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They say it's unusual to find remains of that age

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In recent decades it has hosted royalty,

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But it seems the grounds of Hillsborough Castle have been

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These archaeologists and volunteers are uncovering an unknown history.

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And they didn't need to dig deep to find it.

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These human remains were one of the first thing to be found

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on the site, ten centimetres below soil level and

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the experts think it's a young woman but the bones will be taken away

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today for analysis in the hope that can be confirmed and we can find out

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We arrived hoping to find the remains of a 15th or 16th century

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church and about two hours into our first day

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While that was initially believed to belong to the church, we now think

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it might be about 1000 AD, so many hundreds years earlier.

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Other human remains found on this ancient burial site

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The challenge now is to find the remnants of the church building.

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Volunteers are doing much of the work.

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Were talking and very long time ago, pre-broken

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records, so exciting to find out more about

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Hillsborough before it was as we know it,

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Once work is complete, the site will be restored.

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And after revealing his or her secrets, this person will once

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Northern Ireland athletes have started arriving in Brazil

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for the start of the Olympic Games, which get underway on Friday.

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Stephen Watson is in Rio for BBC Newsline.

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They are jetting into Rio from all corners of the globe for the biggest

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sporting show on earth. And Brazil is ready. In the impressive

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athlete's Village, a traditional welcome 4-team island. They have a

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former gold medallist from Northern Ireland in charge, and he is an

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Olympic and Commonwealth Games veteran. I'm excited to be here now.

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You have different versions as an athlete when you go to the games,

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but we just want to make sure we have got everything in place for the

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lies here so they can perform to the maximum. If they do perform to the

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maximum, I'm sure we will come away with some excellent performances,

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and hopefully some medals as well. Among the competitors from back home

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is Paddy Barnes. No boxer from Northern Ireland has ever won an

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Olympic gold medal, but that is something that he is hoping to put

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right this time. In Beijing I won bronze. I was happy with that, but

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realistically, it should have been gold. A bold prediction in pursuit

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of achieving his Olympic dream. It looks like we're in for a bit of

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a wet and windy spell. Here's Barra Best with

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the weather details. It is largely dry at the moment and

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it will be a warm night, with temperatures not falling below 14

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Celsius for many of us. By tomorrow morning, the unsettled weather

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returns from the Atlantic, which sets us up for quite a disappointing

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day tomorrow. But at times, and we can expect it to be much windier. It

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is because we have this area of low pressure moving eastwards across as,

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bringing gusty winds. Quite a blustery day. Maybe some drier

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weather across parts of County Down and County Armagh, but some wet and

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windy conditions through the day. The best of the weather tomorrow

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will be across much of England and Wales. The focus of the unsettled

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weather will be across Ireland and Scotland, where we continue to see

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unsettled spells of whether continue through the day. Some of the rain

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could be heavy, possibly a touch sundry. Sunny spells in between with

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temperatures reaching 17 Celsius. Maybe 18 will be get the best of the

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sun. A better picture for Thursday. Inland, 1890 degrees is not out of

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the question. The scattered showers. Not a bad day on Friday. Lots of dry

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weather in the forecast. It will warm up for Saturday, but low

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pressure is not far away and it may turn unsettled. More detail on that

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closer to the time.

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