08/03/2017 BBC Newsline


08/03/2017

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Police are appealing to a prisoner who was released by mistake to the

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Prison Service to give himself up. Micah Lawrence Smith, 38, was on

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remand accused of murder. He is described as dangerous and was last

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seen in the Belfast area on Tuesday. The police have taken

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the unusual step to publish his photograph and make an appeal

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for his whereabouts. They say he's dangerous with

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an extensive history of violence. He was last seen in the Belfast area

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around 2pm yesterday afternoon. Michael Smith applied for bail two

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days ago via video link. The police say he was

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freed by mistake. The Prison Service say

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they're investigating. We have a number of lines

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of inquiry we are following. And I hope that some of them

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will maybe lead to us Michael Smith, but it is about

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members of the public, if they see him at all, or if he

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himself is watching, He's awaiting trial accused

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of murdering a 28-year-old man at Walmer Street off

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the Ormeau Road last year. Stephen Carson was killed

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while he was eating dinner with his partner and nine-year-old

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son at their home in Walmer Street. The victim tried

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to hide but was shot in the head The police are urging the public not

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to approach the prisoner The DUP leader Arlene Foster has

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suggested that Sinn Fein has not raised the issue for her stepping

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aside in any of the two Mrs Foster was speaking

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after the latest round of political talks at Stormont aimed at restoring

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the power sharing executive. The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister

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Charlie Flanagan has warned that they are operating under

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a strict time frame. Here is our Political

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Correspondent Stephen Walker. And seasonal change is clearly

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on display at Stormont. But what of the political

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temperature? Today, Charlie Flanagan,

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the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister, We are operating under

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a very strict time frame. I detect a willingness on the part

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of all parties involved to sit down, engage constructively

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on what is a challenge. Charlie Flanagan's meetings included

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talks with the DUP leader Arlene Foster who met him

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with the Secretary of Afterwards Arlene Foster suggested

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that Sinn Fein had not Well, maybe they didn't feel

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they had to, Mark. I am not saying that it's

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not an issue for them. It may well be an issue for them

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but as I have always said, when we are telling

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each other's parties because we will obviously

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want to have an indication around

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Sinn Fein All the parties

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had a series of meetings today Sinn Fein insist when it comes

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to legacy matters the discussions The public rightly

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are demanding delivery on equality issues,

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on the legacy issues. That's what we are interested

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in and that's what we are putting all of our efforts

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into dealing with these issues. We don't want to go

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through the process of We need to see delivery

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on these keyish use. We need to see delivery

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on these key issues. On legacy, the SDLP say this

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is the time to strike a deal. Let's make sure that the Irish

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Government are fully involved and that the victims and survivors

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are fully involved, as well. We know how to make progress

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on legacy, it needs people now to move a bit and be

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prepared to open up the books For James Brokenshire,

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it has been a busy few hours. He began it in London on Budget Day

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and ended it in Belfast. There have been helpful discussions

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that have taken place And a real commitment that I have

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discerned from the parties to get back into government,

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to get back into an Executive. With the involvement of two

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governments and the parties, it is inevitable there are going to be

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many, many meetings. And Charlie Flanagan was unable to

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see everyone who wanted to today. He is staying in Belfast and tomorrow,

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the talking will continue. A scheme which was to allow older

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teachers to take early retirement and be replaced by those more

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recently qualified has been suspended by the

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Department for Education. It means that around 100 teachers

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who expected to retire this year Here's our Education

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Correspondent Robbie Meredith The investing in teaching workforce

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scheme was to allow up to 120 senior teaches to go, with jobs taken by

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teachers qualified in the last five years but it is now said the scheme

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will not go ahead as it is facing a legal challenge. That means a

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teacher who qualified before 2012 cannot apply for a job under the

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scheme, claiming it is discrimination. The department is

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protesting that -- contesting that but the consequences will be around

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100 senior teachers due to retire this summer now being told they will

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have to change their plans, by schools that had been planning for

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younger teachers to replace them and they will have to stop.

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Some self-employed people will face a higher tax bill as a result

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Philip Hammond is increasing the National Insurance contributions

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About 130,000 people here are self-employed.

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That's just over 15% of the total workforce.

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The biggest impact is expected in the construction sector,

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where about one in five work for themselves.

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A County Tyrone cattle dealer who scammed an 83-year-old

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farmer has been given a suspended prison sentence.

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A judge told David Lee he'd also shown complete disregard for rules

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Our Agriculture Correspondent Conor Macauley reports.

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Patrick McGorrey and his son James had arranged to buy eight cattle,

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but they didn't know the seller was planning to scam them.

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83-year-old Patrick was at home alone after dark, when the dealer

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arrived unexpectedly to deliver them - with two extra animals

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The cattle cost ?4,000 but weren't what had been ordered.

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And some were sick, leaving the family with a ?2,000 vet bill.

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older man, they don't think, people don't think that in life they get

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56-year-old David Lee of Carrickaness Road, Dungannon,

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was convicted of fraud and pleaded guilty 14 charges of failing to keep

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was convicted of fraud and pleaded guilty to 14 charges

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the rules around animal sales and movements -

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rules put in place to protect the food chain, human health

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The judge said he found it alarming that someone like him could be

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The court heard he sold 3,000 animals in a ten-month period.

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Breaking the rules is taken seriously by the department.

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It undermines the integrity of animal traceability

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which is the bedrock of Northern Ireland's reputation

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Traceability is of vital importance to provide food chain information

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Much more springlike weather today. Jeff Astle can tell us if it will

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last. Wasn't it a lovely day, and the good news is that tomorrow will

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be just as good. This was the scene in Belfast this morning, captured by

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our weather watcher, beautiful blue skies and we will see more tomorrow.

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Overnight, a bit of rain across the north coast and in some clearing

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skies, so the chilly fields of the night, too breezy for a frost and

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tomorrow is another great day, dry, mild, a little bit more cloud later

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on in the day through the morning -- but through the morning, very nice

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indeed, plenty of bright blue skies and temperatures of ten, maybe 11

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degrees and a little less breeze. As we go through into the afternoon, we

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will start to see a bit more in the way of cloud and that's a sign of a

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weather front approaching. It's this weather frontier that will gradually

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track its way north but generally across the British Isles, very nice

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day, a few showers across the north of Scotland that elsewhere, and

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sunny with very light winds and temperatures in the middle teens.

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Overnight, that rain works its way in, introduces some more milder,

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some damp air, meaning Friday will have a rather different feel to it.

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Not a write-off, because we are drawing in that mild air so while

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things will be a bit grey and cloudy, there will always be a bit

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of drizzle in the air. Temperatures pretty mild, 11, 12 degrees.

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Saturday starts on a similar note that as we go through the day,

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things will brighten up quite nicely. Temperatures will drop off

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as we go through the weekend but at least it feels like spring.

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Our next BBC Newsline is at 6:25 in the morning

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