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The UK is going to the polls on the 8th of June, an early

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Westminster election called by the Prime Minister before

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As our political correspondent Stephen Walker reports,

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over the coming days, potential pacts in key

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Once a snap general election was a long shot,

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Every poll creates winners and losers, and Northern Ireland

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Already, some are suggesting the general election of 2017 has

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created its first casualty - the talks process and devolution.

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I think quite frankly, we're seeing the freezer bags come out

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and the deep-frost button being pressed in the Assembly,

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But if that makes this place the centre of politics

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for Northern Ireland, then we need to make sure

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we have a strong DUP team here working for all the people

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By calling the election during the talks process,

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some think the Prime Minister has disregarded the wishes

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She has shown no interest anyway in Northern Ireland so far.

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She has hardly ever been to Northern Ireland,

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How she can do anything over the next seven weeks?

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It's just a disgrace what they're doing.

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Others insist that the Prime Minister is putting

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Yet again, we have Theresa May acting with the Tory Party in a very

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selfish way about protecting Tory Party interests,

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rather than protecting the needs of the people of Northern Ireland.

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It's not just devolution that's on the minds of unionists.

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Their co-operation in key Westminster seats helps

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I'm sure there will be discussions over the next few days

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of where we can come to the best agreements around

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What we want to do is make sure we have representation

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There is no point electing people that will not take their seats in

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The election will take place on Thursday, June 8th,

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meaning Parliamentary time is running out.

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Within days, emergency financial measures needed in the absence

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of the Stormont Executive will be pushed through here,

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in advance of the dissolution of Parliament in May.

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So the starting pistol has been fired for an early general election.

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Our second poll this year. Get ready for leaflets, posters, TV debates

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and election broadcasts. A motorcyclist has died

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following a collision with a tractor near Gilford,

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in County Armagh. It happened shortly before

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half-past one this afternoon The man who died was

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21-year-old James Campbell. A Coleraine man has appeared

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in court charged with 16 sexual offences which the police allege

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are linked to a fake The 23 year old denies

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the charges and claims someone Limavady Court was told some

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of the women involved have been left traumatised and in need

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of medical help. Here's our North-West

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reporter, Keiron Tourish. Ryan Eastwood, a waiter

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from from Grasmere Mews, Coleraine, of causing two women to engage

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in sexual activity on the Skype He faces 14 offences relating

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to the improper use of electronic communications by sending Facebook

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messages which caused A Detective Constable told the court

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that the police investigation into the fake online modelling

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agency began last year. A woman had told police that she had

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been contacted via Facebook by a modelling agency

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based in London. More contact was made by another

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man, who used two different names. The woman was asked to send

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photographs of herself fully The police said that

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when Ryan Eastwood was arrested, he claimed he was

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a victim in the case. He said that the social

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media accounts had been set up by someone else,

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using his name. The police told the court that some

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of the women who were victims in the case had required medical

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assistance and had Ryan Eastwood was remanded

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in custody until next month. More than one third of Belfast Bikes

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are out of action because of theft or vandalism, the city's

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council has revealed. The damage is costing ratepayers

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about ?20,000 a year and is putting future plans to extend

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the scheme in jeopardy. Over the Easter weekend,

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19 of the bikes were stolen and only Our call is for members of the

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public to be vigilant. We often see people walking past when we check

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CCTV and watch people take these bikes and do nothing about it. We

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are not encouraging people to interact with people taking by

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bikes, but phone 999 if you are seeing a theft live, or if you have

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information to assist us with our enquiries, contact us on 101 or

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through the Crimestoppers phone line as well.

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Harland and Wolff has won a wind turbine contract

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with a Polish company, supporting 80 jobs in Belfast.

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It will make parts used to anchor turbines to the seabed off

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It is the second major turbine-related order

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The exploration of space has been inspiring us for more than 50 years.

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The stars and planets have had a special impact on an autistic

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Hayden Geraghty didn't speak his first words until he was three.

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But that changed when he watched British astronaut Tim Peake's

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And he's been talking about space ever since.

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Our reporter Declan Harvey caught up with Hayden

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Still a little shy at times, but Hayden Geraghty

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is unrecognisable from the boy he was just over a year ago.

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He didn't like much eye contact and his speech was very delayed.

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But all that changed in December 2015, when Major Tim Peake became

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the first British astronaut to blast off to the International

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He started doing the countdown, right up to the blastoff.

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This was the first real length conversation or sentence from him.

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I never imagined how it's developed on.

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What planet is it that you want to go to?

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Can you tell him whereabouts Mars is?

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It's the fourth planet away from the sun.

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Hayden met his hero in Belfast last year.

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He's also the youngest member of the Astronomy Ireland Club.

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It's transformed Hayden with his learning, development and speech.

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That wee personality, that we used to worry

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about if we were ever going to really find out

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The charity Autism And I have said there are things that other families

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That despite the challenges and differences that come

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with autism, there are many positives - and sometimes,

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A firefighter from Omagh has been hailed a hero after coming

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to the help of a runner during the Boston Marathon.

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Crew Commander Terry Canning, who's pictured here on the right,

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saw that an American runner was overcome with heat

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Along with another competitor from Chile, he helped carry her up

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to the finishing line, then set her down so she

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He said it was the right thing to do.

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Time for a check on the weather forecast now.

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Good evening, a lot of dry weather this month and we do not expect much

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rain. Spots of drizzle the night and otherwise fairly cloudy and mild

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temperatures not much lower than seven, 8 degrees. Some of the cloud

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quite low and sitting on the Hills so a bit dull and dreary tomorrow

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but hopefully we will see brightness is developing later and a bit of

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sunshine. Drizzle here and there in the morning, but not too much and it

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will disappear and a good part of the day will be dry but fairly

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cloudy. Lovely weather towards the South Coast of Ireland with

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sunshine, and towards London and South East England before it starts

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the cloud, edging southwards. It wet day for North West Scotland with

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persistent drizzly rain and hill fog and showers elsewhere. That is the

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case for Northern Ireland, a lot of dry weather, quite cloudy, drizzly

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showers and where it brightens which is more likely in the used, it feels

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quite pleasant and temperatures could hit 15, 16 degrees. A weather

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front on Friday moving South bringing rain for a while, but

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nothing heavy, and temperatures will fall after that so it will be cooler

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this weekend, but we expect a lot of dry weather. Rain for a time on

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Friday and it may brighten in places, temperatures fall, at 11

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degrees towards the North coast. And on Saturday, more typically 10

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degrees but hopefully with that cooler air, we will see a bit of

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sunshine as well. Our next BBC Newsline

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is at 6:25 in the morning You can also keep updated

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with News Online. With unprecedented access

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to our prison service, and some of the men and women

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serving time, BBC Northern Ireland reveals

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the stories behind bars.

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