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The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams rejects claims that he

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authorised the murder of MI5 agent Denis Donaldson.

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It is daily that I'd categorically and specifically denied. -- a live.

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Masked men smash up two houses in Larne, one of them the home

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of a man arrested recently by police investigating dissident

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Sufferers of fibromyalgia welcome news that it's finally

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recognised as a long-term health condition here.

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Japanese knotweed - should new penalties be introduced

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Crowds of family and supporters welcome home Team Ireland

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from their medal-winning triumphs at the Paralympics.

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Yesterday he signed a lucrative professional contract in Las Vegas.

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Today back in Belfast, Michael Conlon goes toe-to-toe

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The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has denied claims in last night's

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BBC Spotlight programme that he sanctioned the murder

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Mr Donaldson was shot dead months after admitting

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A man who says that he was a former IRA and Sinn Fein member turned

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British agent told Spotlight that Gerry Adams would have given

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The SDLP leader says it's now time for Mr Adams to retire.

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Here's our political correspondent Gareth Gordon.

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Denis Donaldson was shot dead at this Donegal cottage in 2006,

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months after admitting he'd been working for British intelligence

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At the time, Denis Donaldson was a Sinn Fein administrator at Stormont.

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In last night's BBC Spotlight, another informer -

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who wished to remain anonymous - claims Gerry Adams

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I know from my experience in the IRA that murders have to be approved

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They have to be given approval by the leadership of the IRA

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and the military leadership of the IRA.

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Who are you specifically referring to?

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And today Mr Adams had his say on the allegation.

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It is a lie and I totally categorically and specifically deny

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it. What will you be doing about it? It is in the hands of my solicitor

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at this time but we have to look at the agenda. The person who made this

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allegation, anonymous, unnamed, self-professed agent of the British

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state. That this is an attempt to rewrite history.

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It's not the first time Gerry Adams has had to issue

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One of his opponents says he should now leave the political stage.

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I think it is time now for politics to move on. I think it's time for

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Sinn Fein to move on. Aren't never going to be able to get away from

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all these accusations until Gerry Adams retires and I think it is

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about time after a 33 years that he does that. Others say a simple

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denial from the Gerry Adams is not enough. He should take legal action

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against the BBC if he feels these claims are incorrect. If he does

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that then we would know that there is no foundation to this accusation.

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If he does not then it is clear he has got something to hide so I would

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call on him and the ball is in his court for him to decide whether or

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not he will hold the BBC to task on these claims.

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The BBC said the Spotlight programme dealt with matters of great public

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interest and it stood by its journalism.

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The home of a man who was questioned last month on suspicion of dissident

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republican activity has been attacked by a masked gang in Larne.

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In a separate incident, another house in the town had

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windows and doors broken in the early hours of this morning.

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Our north east reporter Sara Girvin has the story.

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Armed with hatchets and stones, masked men attacked this family home

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on Larne's Seahill Road at around 1:20am this morning.

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The 27-year-old man who lives here was questioned by police

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last month on suspicion of dissident republican activity.

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He was later released without charge.

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His heavily pregnant partner and two small children were also

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in the property at the time, but were uninjured.

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Their house has been targeted before, last Christmas,

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but the family say while this morning's incident has

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left them terrified, they won't be moving out.

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In a separate incident, a house on Fleet Street in the town

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The couple in their 20s who live here weren't injured,

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Their children weren't at home at the time,

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but they believe a brick that came through their young son's window

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could have left him seriously injured, or worse.

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The two householders, who didn't want to appear on camera,

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were woken by banging and smashing in their home just

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The man then came downstairs where he was confronted at the back

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door by two masked men carrying hatchets and trying to gain entry

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He now says his family are too frightened to stay here.

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Both families told the BBC they believe the attacks

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on their homes were sectarian and that they were targeted

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The PSNI say that is one line of enquiry.

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They're also working to establish whether there is a link

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between the two incidents and a car later found burned out in a field

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Four men are still being questioned after searches in Lurgan

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by police investigating dissident republican activity.

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A number of searches have been carried out in the town centre

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Some homes in Woodville Avenue were evacuated this morning.

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Three of the men were detained in Lurgan and a fourth

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A UK technology firm is to create almost 100 jobs

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Metaswitch makes software for the telecoms industry.

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The jobs will be a mixture of research and technical

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support roles, with average salaries of ?27,500.

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Here's our Economics and Business Editor John Campbell.

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Metaswitch makes products for the world's big

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It's got plans for growth and it's chosen Belfast

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These are jobs for software engineers, but the firm says it

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As far as graduate recruitment, we look across all disciplines, not

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just computer scientists. We do a terrific training scheme ourselves

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and we are being held by the economy here to build a specific centre of

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excellence training academy. We are looking for people who love

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problem-solving and who have great communication skills and we can

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train them how to be great software engineers.

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They've only been talking to Invest NI for about three months.

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The project will be supported with government

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This is more good news for Northern Ireland with 94 new jobs being

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created and I think it shows that Northern Ireland remains a very good

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place for companies to invest. This investment was one that is highly

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competitive and could have gone anywhere in Northern Ireland and

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they have beaten the competitors because of the low costs and labour

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and property but we also have a talented workforce and they are able

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to avail of this. Metaswitch said the EU

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referendum has had no impact They're in a fast-moving sector

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and can't wait for the Brexit And indeed the Office

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for National Statistics said today that so far the Brexit vote has had

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little impact on the UK economy. But they've also cautioned

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that we can't be confident How bogland moss could help

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in the fight against climate change. Stormont's former Finance

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Minister Sammy Wilson, who recommended businessman

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Frank Cushnahan for Nama's Northern Ireland advisory committee,

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has defended his decision Last week a BBC Spotlight programme

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broadcast a recording made in 2012 in which Mr Cushnahan

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was given a ?40,000 cash He has consistently denied any

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wrongdoing in relation to his role. Sammy Wilson said it should be

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the police who decide He did a good job when I was in the

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Department. He made firm representations for Northern Ireland

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with banana and glamour had a big influence of course on lots of

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properties is. As far as I am concerned this is an issue which the

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police will deal with. After years of campaigning,

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people with fibromyalgia say they're relieved it's finally

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being recognised as a long-term The symptoms, which include chronic

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pain and fatigue, are often But following a campaign

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by the Patient and Client Council, specialist services are to be

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established, including more Our Health Correspondent

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Marie-Louise Connolly reports. For Martina Marks, it's

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all about managing her pain. A combination of tablets,

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exercise and a change of lifestyle means that

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living with fibromyalgia I have lived with the pain for so

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long now. I don't really know what it is like to be without pain stop

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you always have pain of some description. Sometimes it is not

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your main symptom. Sometimes fatigue can be very overbearing.

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Fibromyalgia is one of those conditions that's baffled health

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While the symptoms such as chronic pain, fatigue and memory loss can be

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severe, as nothing is revealed in a scan, it can be

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But there's a real appetite now to address that.

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At this conference in Belfast, health professionals called

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for greater awareness and understanding of the condition.

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The difficulty with fibromyalgia is there is no specific blood test or

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abnormality on a scan that enables health care professionals to make

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the diagnosis. That has traditionally been the problem. It

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doesn't mean there isn't a real problem for that individual but it

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means to the doctor or health care professional can not make a

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diagnosis that which they feel secure.

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As there can be some scepticism about the condition,

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three years ago the group that represents patients

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One in five people in Northern Ireland live with chronic pain on a

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daily basis. Within that group of patients, we find that a significant

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number of people who were suffering from fibromyalgia and they were

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telling us they were finding it very difficult to have their voice heard

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and for the condition to be believed.

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Now acknowledged as a long-term condition, plans are underway

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to have dedicated services across the Health Trusts.

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But according to those who've been campaigning, the biggest

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breakthrough is finally having their concerns taken seriously.

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A teenager has been arrested after police described as hate crime

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incident in Londonderry. The PSNI were called to the youth club last

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night after it was reported a number of youths had gathered outside. They

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were stopping young people inside the club from leaving and they were

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verbally abusive and three a number of items at a car. They ran off

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after police arrived at the scene. Northern Ireland needs

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to act now to prepare for the effects of climate change,

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a senior government Lord Krebs helps advise government

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on greenhouse gas emissions. He says flooding is the biggest

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risk here, with about So, with that warning,

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what chance is there that climate change legislation

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could be introduced here? Our Agriculture and

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Environment Ccorrespondent At first glance, it may not look

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like a battleground in the fight But the 11,000 acres of upland bog

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is part of an innovative project to revive a key habitat

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and cut carbon emissions. When Pete and has been heavily

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drained and is in poor order it is actively pumping out carbon. But

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when it has been restored as it has been here, then not only is clocking

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in what already there, it is sucking even more out of the environment.

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The RSPB has worked with NI Water to revive this landscape.

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They've blocked old drains to bring the water back,

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encouraging the growth of a moss which is the bedrock of blanket bog.

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It is mainly the Mars is that you find across the site here. Over time

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breaking down the foliage and storing the carbon and soils in the

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heat which happens over millennia. The Garron Plateau Project

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was mentioned in a publication on climate change by

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government advisers. Today one of them was in Belfast,

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with a report on the risks We already know that here in Belfast

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there are 16,000 properties at risk of flooding. Northern Ireland White

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probably about 60,000. As a result of increased rainfall intensity, we

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18% of Northern Ireland's greenhouse gas come

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from electricity generation - burning gas for power.

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The vehicles we drive contribute around the same amount.

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At 29% agriculture - a key part of the economy -

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We're the only devolved administration without its own

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It would mean targets for cutting emissions.

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That's something farmers don't favour.

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It is one of the major concerns. If unrealistic targets are set out

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industry, we couldn't compete. Climate change is a current

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challenge, but it looks like a local bill is still some way off,

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with authorities here saying only An Ulster Unionist MLA says he plans

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to propose a private members bill to help tackle the problem

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of Japanese knotweed. Robin Swann wants to see tougher

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penalties for landowners who don't deal with the invasive plant,

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similar to laws that are already Japanese knotweed was first

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introduced here over a century ago. It can grow eight inches a day and

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is strong enough to break through concrete. Yesterday the agriculture

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and Environment Minister Michelle McIlveen told the Assembly that a

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regional eradication programme would be very costly. This North Belfast

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home is adjacent to a piece of waste ground where the plant is rampant.

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There is a human cost to this. This is devastating our lives to a

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certain extent. It has taken over. Our lives, or property has been

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devalued by 40% because of that. Somebody has got to do something. It

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is a public nuisance. And Adrian, you're not in the best of health,

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you might need to sell soon and couldn't at the moment? That is

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true. I don't know what is round the corner. My health has gone bad but

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as the estate agent said, no one will buy the house, no one wants to

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seek knotweed, they will run a mile. Part of the problem for the

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Atkinsons is that no one will take responsibility for the waste ground.

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They have had to go and appoint a solicitor to take on their case to

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try and find an owner and that is the position you find yourself in.

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You have to take out a civil action whereas if you live on mainland UK

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you can go to the local council and say you have a problem, Japanese

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knotweed is moving onto my property, I need help. Any public body that

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they come up against say it is an Assembly problem and there is no

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legislation that enables them either to put enforcement on the landowner

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or to seek redress if there is landowner. It needs legislation to

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be able to drive that and give it a purpose that somebody somewhere has

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to take action and tackle the problem. In the meantime people like

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them remain in limbo, but they are hopeful the minister will accept an

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invitation to visit their home. Boxer Michael Conlan on why

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he believes he's picked the best promoter to help him to success

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in the professional ring. More than 3000 schoolchildren came

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together today in Lisburn to mark The event took place

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at the former Maze site, They came from all over

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Northern Ireland to talk peace on a site where there had been

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little in the past. The point of it is to celebrate

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peace in the Maze Long Kesh, because now it's a new exhibition

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centre and we're looking to kind of rebuild the place

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and symbolise peace today. The event stemmed

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from one man's idea. About five years ago I had an idea

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that it was time to turn to young people to write peace pledges,

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expressions of what young people think we need to be

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doing to live better. And today we have 407

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schools represented here, this mobilisation of young people

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whose time has come. And it's a time they want

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to make the most of. It is an opportunity to tell the

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world we are taking piece seriously and time to take a stand. Just

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because we are young doesn't mean we can't do stuff.

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With 30 other countries involved, one war-torn state

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The message is, it's not about the politics.

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It's about the people - the people on standby,

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whose lives have been stopped, whose lives have been destructed

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and it's for them that we need to do the peace and think about it

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and think about a process that will put their lives

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Each school's peace pledge was engraved on a leaf and placed

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on a metal tree sculpture - along with some from a few people

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Well, my peace pledge was very straightforward.

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I pledged to work tirelessly with everyone to ensure tolerance,

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equality and mutual respect to become the bedrock

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So, I think it's a wonderful thing to do, particularly on this,

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The tree will become a piece of public art at the Maze to remind

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the young people and all who see it of the promises they made.

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Ireland's Paralympians have arrived home from Rio.

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A big turnout at Dublin Airport for the homecoming.

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Yes, Tara ? friends, family, a phalanx of photographers

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Among the many delighted to be back home, Eglinton sprinter Jason Smyth

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here with wife Elise and baby Evie, Jason,

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of course a gold medallist, along with Glengormley's Michael

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McKillop, and as Thomas Niblock reports, both are already targeting

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The colour and the crowds arrived at Dublin this afternoon to welcome

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home heroes. Paralympic gold medals for both Jason Smyth and Michael

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McKillop is he led team Ireland home. Jason's wife and baby daughter

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were there to say hello to daddy, all adding to an incredible

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Paralympic experience. I suppose it is like a fairy tale. It keeps

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happening but you wonder when it will end. It would be incredible to

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go to a fourth consecutive Paralympic Games. And winning gold.

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To be honest, I want to keep my unbeaten record going. If I could

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get to a point in my career where I have a number of consecutive Games

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and go unbeaten Michael career that would be pretty impressive. So,

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Jason Smyth is aiming for Tokyo but he is not the only one. I hope and

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pray that I will be in Tokyo because that's where I want to go and

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retire. It is also a place that my fiance will get to go and watch me

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compete in the Paralympic Games and you will probably be my wife by

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then. That be nice. Probably or definitely? Definitely. For me, she

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didn't get to go to Rio and witness me retain my type. Hopefully I can

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perform and do it in front of her and walk away content from the

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track. Four Paralympic golds for McKillop he has achieved at all but

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sometimes the small things mean the most. A young girl and mum travel

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from Ballycastle specifically to see me. They get up at 6am just to see

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me and that is emotional because it shows that people see me as their

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inspiration. She broke into tears. It is just incredible. Beijing,

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London and Rio Don, EV probably won't remember today but the good

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news is she will be old enough to watch daddy in Tokyo. We know that

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three local Olympians will not be there.

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The exodus of Irish fighters from the amateur to professional

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Last week Paddy Barnes, yesterday Michael Conlon,

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today Stephen Donnelly who fought in Rio also confirmed

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he is turning pro - the 28-year-old from Ballymena

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is mulling over offers from promoters in both the UK and USA.

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Meanwhile, having signed on the dotted line with Top Rank

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promotions in Las Vegas yesterday, Michael Conlon was briefly back

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BBC Newsline's Thomas Kane caught up with him.

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Many of the biggest names in professional boxing were battling

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to sign Ireland's first ever male amateur world champion.

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But Conlan feels that he has picked the perfect promoter.

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All boxers have been with Top Rank, Muhammad Ali, Mayweather, Oscar De

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La Hoya, they see me as the hottest prospect since back in the day. I

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see myself as going to be Ireland was my greatest ever fighter and

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hopefully a world champion. The 24-year-old will be based

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on the West Coast of America, and in March will make his debut

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in one of the most famous boxing They have put it looking down on the

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theatre in Madison Square Garden. It is amazing. People dream of this as

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the pinnacle fate of their career. Every Irish fighter once to fight

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there. Fighting there on St Patrick's Day will be unreal.

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As a professional, Conlan is likely to fight at super bantamweight

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or at featherweight - a division in which Carl Frampton

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That is miles away from the up-to-the-minute. Hopefully one day

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it happens, Carl Frampton is probably Ireland's greatest fighter.

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I want to surpass that obviously. Every guy who is a fighter does. He

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is an amazing champion and he is so strong. By that time he could be

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finished boxing. It is unsure. Whatever happens he is a great

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champion and I would love to fight him. Michael Conlon acknowledges he

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has a lot to learn but he wants to progress through the ranks quickly

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and feels that he can make it to the very top of the professional game.

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It took extra time for Glentoran to eventually beat Ballyclare Comrades

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1-0 in last night's County Antrim Shield.

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In the one upset, PSNI beat Carrick Rangers 4-1,

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but it was comfortable for holders Ballymena United, who

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We have to concentrate on ourselves and realised the challenge they put

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us. We had to work as hard as them. We had to want to victory as much as

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they did but after that he hoped that the additional difficulty will

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help. I don't think anyone could say we didn't deserve victory and we

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were very pleased. Finally, Ulster Rugby has confirmed

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that assistant coach Joe Barakat is to leave in December to take up

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a post with Western Force I am now off to walk home in the

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rain. Speaking of rain, Jeff, what is in store? Hard to think about the

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weather. This is the assistance dog. He is enjoying the north coast at

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the moment. Like all the suggestion Northern Ireland he is having four

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seasons in one day. It has been dominated by this weather front. It

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is pushing to the east overnight and behind that there is some clearing

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skies. That'll mean that temperatures tonight in some rural

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spots could did dinosaurs to with three Celsius. Real chance of some

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crass frost tomorrow. Maybe a bit of mist and fog in with. It set up to

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click a nice start the day. A little chilly but once the sunshine gets to

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work we will seek temperatures through the day of possibly 13 - 16

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Celsius for showers arrived from the west later on. Across the eastern

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half of Northern Ireland we hold on to the dry weather through much of

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the day. Further west the showers are more prevalent and could be a

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little hail and thunder in that mix as well. Eventually the showers will

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push through during the evening time. Eventually clearing out to the

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east later on. Then that sets us up for Friday. Frankly Freddie is

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rather an interesting day. The moment it looks like most parts will

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stay mild and breezy but there is the threat of rain and it is all

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down to this area of low pressure in the associated weather front in the

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Atlantic. At the moment it north and west of as meaning that we will

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really just feel the effect in terms of an increasingly breezy day, but

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it wouldn't take very much for that rain to be a little further east and

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for us to have a very different feeling day. Tomorrow temperatures

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again in the mid teens but feeling a bit fresher. Come Saturday that

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front is definitely with us. Sitting over us throughout the day and

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meaning it will be rather a damp start of the weekend. Weekend. If

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you are planning your activities for this weekend, can I suggest that

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Sunday is currently looking like the best of the day is? At least we have

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got some reasonable dry weather between now and then. A lovely

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couple of days to get out and walk the dog, particularly if he is as

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good-looking as that was. I will be back at 10:30pm. From everyone,

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thanks for watching, enjoy your evening.

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