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underway in Brazil with the opening ceremony in Rio just hours

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This is BBC Newsline and these are the headlines

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A haul of dissident republican weapons found by police near Lurgan.

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A man's arrested over the murder of ten workmen

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Two people lose their lives on the roads in 24 hours.

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The sale of former police stations is turning out to be an answer

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This was the office for the police station. We do not have an office in

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the church. This is perfect. The Olympic Games get underway tonight

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in Brazil. Join me for all the latest.

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The police have put on display a haul of guns, home-made explosives

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They have described it as significant and believe it

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The two day security operation led to the closure of the railway line

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Our home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney reports.

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The grounds of a former convent where the scene of a major security

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operation during the last couple of days. Specialist teams look through

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hedges on the outskirts of Lurgan. It was closed for a number of hours

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yesterday and again today because of what the police described as a

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significant operation. How significant became clear this

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afternoon when police displayed some of the items found. Some of the

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items are not here. What we have in total are parts of explosives. We

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have improvised launchers and a number of pipe bombs. We have three

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firearms and a variety of ammunition. These items were in the

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advanced state of readiness and some were ready to be used. As the police

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arrest conference was taking place, other items were being recovered

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from the scene. In the course of the investigation today, further

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searches and that location are ongoing. Further items have been

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identifying. As well as what you have seen here today, there are

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other items, including firearms and ammunition. The police released

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other images. A pipe bomb, a semiotic camp two -- is

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semi-automatic gun. They are believed to belong to the new IRA,

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which is known to be active in the area. This is the third hide to be

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found this year. In March, police and covered for plastic arrows

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underground. They contained component parts which could be used

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to make bombs. Two months later, just six miles away in a forest,

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police found what they described as one of the most significant finds in

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years. That included two military grade mines, material that could be

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used to destruct booby-trap bombs. The police say at this new find has

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saved lives and dealt a blow to dissident republicans.

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Put this in context for us. This is significant in two ways. First of

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all because of the quality to the correct quantity and variety. There

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were firearms and ammunition. They were found in a number of different

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locations, quite a bit of material. It is significant where they were

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found. The dissident group is known to be active north Armagh. The

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police believe this has dealt a major blow to the organisation and

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their activities. On a separate matter, we heard news today on

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arrest of people in connection to the Kingsmills murders 40 years ago.

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It was the worst atrocities of the troubles and no one has ever been

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convicted. Today the police said they had arrested a 59-year-old man.

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They gave no other details. This comes two months after they said

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they had been a major friend at breakthrough in this investigation.

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An inquest into this death, the police said they had identified a

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palm print and a possible suspect. The palm print had been found on the

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getaway vehicle used by the gang. More to come on this. For now, thank

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you. Two people have been

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killed in road crashes They were a woman in her 60s

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and a 50-year-old motorcyclist. The 39th person to die on our roads

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this year was killed here outside Hillsborough this morning. The

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impact of the collision was clear to see. It is a fast bit of road and

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the speed and the coach involved, it was a very serious accident. We

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treated three people at the scene and two were taken on to hospital

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for further treatment and one was released. The fourth person was

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trapped in the car and unfortunately that person has died at the scene.

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Investigation teams arrived to try and work out what happened. The main

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Belfast Dublin Road stayed closed in both directions for hours after the

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crash, with traffic diverted. Drivers could not avoid long

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tailbacks. Less than 30 miles away, another death. A man in his 50s died

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here. The police said his motorbike crashed into a roundabout. No other

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vehicles were involved. The number of road deaths of down slightly on

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the last two years. But to more families have been left devastated.

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The number of people in Northern Ireland applying

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for Irish passports rose by more than 60% last month,

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compared to the same period last year.

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The figures, which have just been released,

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cover the first full month since the UK's vote to leave

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BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson has been breaking down the numbers and joins

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What have you learnt today? These are the figures we have been waiting

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for. The figures from the first film on sites that Brexit vote. Let's

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look at those figures, in terms of Irish passport applications from

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Northern Ireland, in July last year it was 4070. July this year, the

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month just passed, that had shot up to 6638 applications. That's an

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increase of 63%. If you look at Great Britain, England, Scotland and

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Wales, there has been an increase in the ever people applying to Irish

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passports of 73%. I am sure politicians all over these islands

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will be poring over these figures to see what they really mean. We have

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seen that is a trend but we will not know until next month whether this

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trend is going to continue. Who has been applying? We know that

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information is confidential, but in the past in Northern Ireland at were

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normally all the nationalist persuasion. Normally, but we do not

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know how many and we do not know how many. Unionists, for European

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reasons and practical reasons, they would say, they have applied for the

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first time for an Irish passport, having held a British passport from

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within 60 years. Including Iman we're going to hear from now. A

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retired teacher and he explained to me why he decided to apply for his

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first Irish passport. Essentially, I am British but I am using the Irish

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passport as a means to an end. I have been speaking to other

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first-time applicant and we will hear from them next week. Mark sense

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and in the news room. A hostel for vulnerable

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women in West Belfast is to close later this month

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despite its management team requesting additional funding

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from the Housing Executive. Regina Coeli in the Andersonstown

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area is home to twenty women with mental health issues,

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alcohol and drug problems. Eight years providing a home for

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some of our most vulnerable women. This morning word filtered through

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that the hostel will be closing on the 31st of August. The bolt out of

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the blue. It is devastating. These women are so vulnerable. The morale

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is down. Where are we going to go into weeks? What was going to

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happen? -- in two weeks. It is just outrageous. It is believed up to 20

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staff will lose their jobs. In a letter seen by the BBC, the hostel

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management says the closure is down to what they claim the Northern

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Ireland Housing executive unwillingness to provide adequate

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funding. That is at complete odds provided by them. They say the all

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waiting to agree the budget when they received a letter from the

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management committee informing them they are going to close the hostel.

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We are all together and we are sitting there and waiting. Nobody

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has come to see what is happening about this. About our points. Ari on

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the urgency lest? Are they going to do anything? -- are we on the

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emergency lest? They have been lobbying local politicians and order

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to get the decision overturned. More than half of all the police

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stations in Northern Ireland have The majority were bought

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by private developers, Most of the buildings

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were demolished but some were retained including one

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which will soon be used for Sunday School classes

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as our Political Correspondent Enda It may not have been the most

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attractive building on the market. For those that bought the former

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police station, it was the answer to their prayers. The Presbyterian

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Church next door needed extra space for a car park. When the bombproof

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property on the other side of the security wall came on the market,

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they were first in with a bed. It cost us ?175,000. It is six of an

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acre plus a building. We think it is excellent value for money. What did

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they get further investment? This is the area that the general public

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will have access. We will keep it as a reception and make it more open

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and more receptive of members of the congregation. Then moving down

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through to the left, we have a room that would be perfect for a creche

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for the young children and the congregation. This was the office

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for the police station. We don't have an office in the church. This

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is perfect for all the papers. Moving across the corridor we have

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what was known as the surgeons removed. Because the room was not

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big, we... We tumbled the two into one. The potential is it could be

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used for the evergreens of the church. This was the holding cell

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and it was only used briefly. We do not know what we're going to use

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this form. Maybe it is a perfect room for someone to come in for some

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quiet reflection. 74 former police stations have been sold and the past

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ten years. 22 of them have stayed in the public sector but by housing

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associations, councils and community groups. The rest were sold on the

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open market to private developers, bringing in more than ?24 million to

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the public purse. Does the closure of 74 police stations mean we have

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74 at Trinity is who are feeling more exposed and vulnerable to

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crime? As the police service we are now less than half the size we used

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to be. Therefore, we do not need the same number as we needed before. We

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can contact people in different ways and we can give that unity confident

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through social media and having a building in today's digital age is

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not as important as it used to be. What has been the experience here?

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To people here missed the police station which once dominated the

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Main Street? There is a different era. There is telephone is and

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people have retires. As long as there is a police station in the

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facility, they are happy. This will be used as churchgoers and not

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criminals. If you fancy owning one of these, there is still one on the

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market in Belfast. An ASCII and price of ?900,000. -- and asking

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price of ?900,000. A review of taxi legislation

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could threaten the future The US company operates in more

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than 300 cities worldwide But it could now struggle to comply

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with changes to the law. Our Economics and Business Editor

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John Campbell reports. With just the press of a button,

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Labour is a growing giant. -- bluebird. They have had brushes with

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the law and regulators. In Belfast they have had a flavour of that. It

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is how taxes are regulated. A recent change in the lark means that all

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taxes will have to install meters and receipt printers. Bluebird does

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not work like that. It uses smartphones as meters. -- Uber those

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vehicles do not use a meter or have a roof sign. Crucially, the law does

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not stop taxis using those licenses. The minister says that is the

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loophole and one he is determined to close. If they are not happy with

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that, they will have to look elsewhere. We are going to have a

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taxi system here that is fear and transparent for everyone. The public

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safety is a very big thing because people are used to taxes arriving

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with no identification. Uber Seems startled by what is being proposed.

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They said... This journey has some way to go. It

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often gets what it wants, but it has pulled out of cities when things

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don't go its way. Next an update on Brooke Park

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which we have featured The former Victorian Parkland,

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where an orphanage once stood, He bequeathed a small fortune

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to build Londonderry's first He insisted that orphans

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like himself and the poor be among This weekend his relatives

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from around the globe will be in Derry to see how the park

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has been transformed. Here's our North-West

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reporter, Keiron Tourish. It is one of the city's best kept

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secrets, Brooke Park. It has undergone a major redevelopment in

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the last few years, costing ?5.6 million. The first orphanage was

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built here, using ?40,000 by businessman John Gwyn. He insisted

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the purist children were looked after first before others. Members

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of his family from Australia, Norway, France as well as the UK and

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Ireland will get a to it this weekend. It was a massive gesture.

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The original institute was opened by the bishop at the time. He made it

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clear that everyone should be allowed. He was progressive. As part

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of the major redevelopment, there will be a new cafe, leisure

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facilities, play garden and pond. As well as a environment training

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centre. It is 20 acres and is in the heart of the city. Over time, it was

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a very treasured Park initially, right through the 1900s all the way

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up until the trouble is it teetered out because it was neglected. The

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whole ethos of this project is to breathe some life into the space and

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the surrounding areas and put the park back into the wider city. When

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the descendants of John Gwyn visit here tomorrow, they will do so on a

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significant date. It will be 115 years since the public 's first

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started coming here in 1901. The newly redeveloped Brooke Park of

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2016 will officially be open to the public in a couple of weeks' time.

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While there still a shadow hanging over Team Ireland

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after a boxer's failed drugs test, the opening ceremony of the 2016

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Olympic Games takes place in Brazil tonight.

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Good evening. Good evening. Good afternoon from Rio. The Olympic Park

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behind me will stage many of the sporting events. A very impressive

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backdrop. The opening ceremony takes place in about 45 minutes away from

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here near Cocoa cabana Beach. Before that opening ceremony, somebody has

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already been in action today. He was taking part in the qualifying for

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the artery. He finished 38 out of 64. -- archery. Of the 28 athletes

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from Northern Ireland taking part, 11 of them are hockey players. Four

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were representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland and seven in the

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Irish team. It is the first time and Irish squad has been to the Olympic

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Games in 108 years. Being in Rio is a lifetime ambition. They are

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determined to enjoy the Olympic experience. It has been amazing.

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From the first moment, it has been surreal. We are excited to get

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started. It is amazing. There is a lot of history behind of what we

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have done here. Being at the Olympics, the pinnacle of our

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careers and are hockey in Ireland it is a massive thing. To even get to

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the games has already been an incredible journey. The players want

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to make sure they leave an impression. We want to come out and

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show we can able of. We know, we know we're capable of beating the

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bigger teams. That is what we here to do. We have the country on our

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shoulders but we do not feel that pressure. We have been together for

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ten or 15 years playing together the same is squad. We are a big family.

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There are hockey brothers from Northern Ireland here. We have

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beaten everyone who we come up against. It is doing it when it

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counts. We have let ourselves down in big games and semifinals. I think

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if we perform to our ability we can. It is in our hands. The two teams

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could meet later in the turn and. We will let you know how both teams get

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on. The local football season kicks off tomorrow and hasn't been a

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smooth start. One game is off. Portadown's opening game

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of the Danskebank Premiership season, away to Coleraine,

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will not go ahead tomorrow. The club's suspension

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from all football activity, imposed after failure to pay

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disciplinary fees, All the other games go ahead

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tomorrow. Crusaders lost just three games and 38 last season and will be

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the team to beat. The manager has been busy this summer to ensure the

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north Belfast side stay on top. We look forward to the challenge. We

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have enjoyed the last two years that have gone before. We had tougher

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times in the years before that. We have work to get where we are today.

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The trick was to keep it going and be competitive. The other teams

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around us are improving. It is important we improve our squad this

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year. We have lots of decent players in. We will bring them in and get

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them bed at into what we do and keep them working hard. We have an

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exceptional bunch of players and they will be competing for places in

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the team. That is the difficulty I have defined the right formula. We

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have also been searching for the answer. The Irish cup winners have

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brought the talent to their home ground. They have signed former

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Rangers striker to bring experience and goals to the Oval. While across

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Belfast at Windsor Park, the boss has called on former international

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team-mates to bolster the blue challenge. We were champions last

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year. The best team always wins the week. It is going to be a big ask

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for ourselves. We have brought players into narrow the gap. When

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you finish above them, if we finish above the three teams and dog when

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the league next year, I will be hugely disappointed. -- don't win

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the lake next year. There will be great goals to come. All the

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ingredients are there for another dramatic Irish league season. We

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will have all the results and action tomorrow. It is also a big day for a

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Gaelic football. Donegal take on Dublin and Tyrone play Mayo for a

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place on the last four. Not so long ago, Tyrone and Donegal played out a

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grilling Ulster final. The score is true gasps from the terraces. Who is

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the benchmark in training? He has trained very well. He is probably in

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front of everyone. Pete has everyone on a scale. The platform is high but

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everyone is very close to it. Now it is Mayo, not quite the machine they

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once were. We know what we are dealing with. Just because the last

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the match to Galway, doesn't mean to say the last of the quality that we

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had. -- lost. That wasn't to be. We can produce a performance and I

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think you have to go down with that degree of confidence and knowledge

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that he can do it. Going down there and producing it is a big task over

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the coming days. It all makes for a most intriguing Saturday. We will

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have live coverage of those quarterfinals tomorrow on BBC radio

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Ulster. I will be back with more from Rio tonight. Enjoy yourself.

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Angie has the latest weather forecast.

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We have a rear of low pressure. It is running up to the west. We are

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watching those isobars. Indicative of strengthening winds. There will

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be some rain associated with this system. A lot of dry weather and the

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temperatures are looking reasonable. Back to today, we had those light

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winds and that feel of cloud. Standing there as you look out. That

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cloud is also starting to break up. For many of us, a fine and bright

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end to the day. We hold onto that dry weather and broken cloud during

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the night as well. Very similar to last night. These are the

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temperatures in the towns, around 11 Celsius. In brutal areas they could

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get down to seven Celsius. A lot of dry weather and the wind will be the

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main feature. Not too bad in the morning. When are alight at this

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stage. Some sunshine around and the odd spot of drizzle. Not amounting

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to two much. We hold onto the dry weather for the afternoon. That wind

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started to pick up from the south. That is a mild direction. That is

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going to lift temperatures up to 21 Celsius. The cloud will start to

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thicken up towards the west in the evening. We are likely to get a

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spell of rain and the rest of the night is dry and cloudy. Very windy.

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Some keel force gusts and it stays very window into Sunday -- it stays

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windy into Sunday. Wetter later in the day. Goodbye and take here.

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