21/04/2017 BBC Newsline


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No-one is thought to have been seriously injured when a car crashed

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through the window of a shop in south Belfast earlier today.

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It's understood the vehicle was being driven by an elderly man.

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A woman who didn't want to be interviewed on camera told me she

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just managed to get out of the way. Staff inside said they thought

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there'd been an explosion. It was pushed right forward, a lot of

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glass. People were running. When I walked forward, I saw the car and it

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was obviously smashed up. I went out and saw a car had come straight

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through, I don't know how. I saw all the commotion. I phoned the police

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and ambulance straightaway and some members of the public could help the

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guys out and thankfully everyone seems OK. The two elderly people

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inside the car have been treated for shock and were taken to hospital.

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One customer inside the supermarkets suffered a minor injury from the

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debris, but it's thought he didn't need to go to hospital. The car has

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been taken away by a removal team to be assessed by accident

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investigators. A full assessment will take place of the shot behind

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me before it can reopen to customers.

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Four days into the general election campaign and the SDLP leader has

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called on the Alliance Party to rethink its refusal to join

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In the face of a possible Unionist pact, the SDLP,

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Sinn Fein and the Green Party have already held talks

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Here's our political correspondent, Gareth Gordon.

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This is the kind of happiness a pact can buy. Ulster Unionist Party Tom

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Elliott recaptures south Tyrone from Sinn Fein with help from the DLP.

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Good Brexit the about to do the same for the SDLP, Sinn Fein, Alliance

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and the Green Party? I don't think any general election is a substitute

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for a referendum on the final deal. Regardless of this pact, Northern

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Ireland's voice should be heard. The whole Brexit campaign was on take

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back control and the people of Northern Ireland should have a say.

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Let's take two constituencies to show how it might work. In the

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Brexit referendum, Fermanagh and South Tyrone had a majority of over

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8000. If the SDLP stood aside, it could help Sinn Fein removed Tom

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Elliott at the general election. In south Belfast there was a Remain

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majority of over 17,000. A pact could see Sinn Fein stand aside so

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the SDLP keeps the seat. The SDLP say they are not interested in a

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so-called sectarian pact only involving Sinn Fein, but the

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Alliance Party's rejecting the idea could prove fatal. Could the

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Alliance Party be persuaded to change their mind? It appears not.

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This will end up becoming viewed by the public as a nationalist pact and

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that is dangerous for a number of reasons. It's not only a sectarian

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icing of the debate around Brexit, but it potentially disenfranchises

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unionists who are not happy with the idea of a hard Brexit but would not

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vote for a pact that is seen to be Nationalist. Are you saying that

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because you're getting moderate unionist votes now? I'm saying it

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because I believe it. There are all sorts of ideas out there, potential

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independent candidates who would be very pro-Remain and anti-Brexit. I

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think we need to think about this. We need to set aside our own narrow

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political ambitions for a few weeks. Our door remains open to any

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political party who wishes to discuss the idea, who wishes to

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analyse each other's positions and then go away and make a decision

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about whether they wish to participate in a political alliance.

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This observer believes a kind of Brexit light could yet emerge. If it

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looks too much like a nationalist pact in disguise, I don't think the

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SDLP gamble on with it. That doesn't mean there can't be a form of

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unilateral actions from the SDLP and Sinn Fein that would allow for Khan

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debates who were for a macro and who would be in favour of some sort --

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some form of special status for Northern Ireland to have a free run.

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The parties have big decisions to make before the voters get their

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turn. A County Londonderry care worker has

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pleaded not guilty to four counts 51-year-old Freda Boyd,

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from Drumeen Drive in Garvagh, is accused of ill-treating four

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different people while they were in-patients

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for mental health disorders A solicitor said she would be

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contesting the four charges. Four people, including

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an 11-year-old boy, have escaped injury after a petrol bomb

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attack in Ballymena. It happened in the Harryville area

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in the early hours of this morning. A broken window, the evidence of an

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attack on a house in Ballymena just before 4am. Inside the house at the

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time were a woman, her ex-partner and two of their children, an

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18-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy. Through the smashed window a

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petrol bomb was thrown, causing a fire inside and damage to an outside

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wall. When the Fire Service arrived, the fire was out but there were

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concerns about a gas leak because of gas pipes underneath the kitchen

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window. No one was injured. One local MLA knows the family and spoke

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to them about what happened. They are shocked and horrified that

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something like this could happen to them, to their property and to this

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neighbourhood. They don't understand. He says the local

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community will support the community, but there's a sense of

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confusion as to why this family was targeted. It's a complete shock to

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us why they would have picked this family and this property. That's for

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the police to investigate. I condemn it and the -- and condemned the

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people who think this would be a good thing to do. This could have

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led to death. You can see the damage to the house, the damage to the gas

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line. If that had gone up, it wouldn't just have been that

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property, it would have been the whole neighbourhood. In a separate

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incident just over a mile away a car was burnt out. At this stage the

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police say they are not connecting the incidents.

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Preparations are well under way for golfer Rory McIlroy's wedding

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Holywood golfer Rory McIlroy is expected to tie the knot

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Well-known faces are expected to be there and there are rumours that

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Locals in Cong say the wedding is a welcome boost for the village.

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It's wonderful because it will hopefully bring all the tourists

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that we so badly need. Since the peace process, there weren't so many

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coming down because they didn't have to do and now we hope to get them

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back. In the last week we've been very busy. A lot of people staying,

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marquee people putting up marquees, florists and whatnot. Let's get the

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weather forecast. There will be a bit of rain at times

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denied, mainly across southern and western counties. Lots of cloud

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around under fairly mild night. Where there are breaks in the cloud,

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it could be slightly cooler compared to recent nights. Tomorrow we're

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going into Saturday on a cloudy night. Some early showers, but they

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will Peter out fairly quickly tomorrow morning and a good part of

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the day will be dry. It should do to in the afternoon, especially in the

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east. The best of the sunshine once again across south-west

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Ireland. Some wintry showers moving in across Scotland. Then some dry

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and bright weather across southern Scotland and northern England before

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we pick up cloud across the Midlands and south-west England. Temperatures

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tomorrow will be a little lower compared to today, but a lot of dry

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weather, some brightness as well, especially in the east. Thicker

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cloud across Tyrone and Fermanagh with the risk of a few showers.

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Apart from early showers tomorrow, a good chance it will be to ride for

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the tan Judy and Hundred. Next week, it's set to get much colder. Very

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cold air coming from the Arctic will develop through the course of Monday

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and Tuesday. That will make it feel very cold and it will also bring

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heavy showers and some of those could be wintry, particularly over

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the high ground. Our next BBC Newsline is at 4.40pm

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tomorrow here on BBC One. You can also keep updated

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