23/04/2017 BBC Newsline


23/04/2017

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The police say a sizeable bomb that was left at the gates

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of Holy Cross Boys School in Ardoyne in north Belfast was an attempt

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by violent dissident Republicans to kill police officers.

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Up to 20 families had to be moved from their homes for most

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of the night while the bomb was dealt with.

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The Secretary of State James Brokenshire said the consequences

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could have been devastating. Dan Stanton reports from Ardoyne.

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The bomb was left outside the school gates on a busy pedestrian route

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between the shops in Ardoyne and a social club at the bottom of the

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hill. It was spotted by police just before midnight close to these

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terraced homes. There is no doubt the device were there to try to kill

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community police officers on the beat in the local area but also it

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was left in such a reckless manner and such a reckless occasion that it

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would undoubtedly have led to death of the member of the public had it

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exploded. Police knocked on the doors on all of these homes and

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asked people living in home to leave. They will offer the

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alternative of going to a community centre or to stay with friends. A

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mother and her daughter are on the 20 families forced to leave their

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homes. You can see the fear in her eyes, affected quite badly by this.

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She said her mum woke her up at 1am in the morning and said we have to

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leave the house and for any young child, it is difficult for it to go

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through it so you can tell people were affected by this incident.

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Those who are involved in this need to get off people's backs and they

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need to go away. It's as straightforward as that. After the

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device was taken away, the police cordon was lifted and people were

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allowed to return. Thank goodness everyone was out safe. You don't

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want these things, so you don't. It's lucky nobody was hurt. Nobody

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needs this. Why are people doing it? It doesn't achieve anything.

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Forensic experts will analyse the bomb for clues. The Holycross boys

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school is due to open after the Easter holidays.

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A car has been driven into the front of a house in Larne.

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There are few details about the incident which happened

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at the property on the Killyglen road in the Craighyhill area

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It's not yet known if anyone was injured.

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Firefighters and police are still at the scene.

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A rider is in a critical condition in hospital after he crashed

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during yesterday evening's Tandragee 100 road races in County Armagh.

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38-year-old Dario Cecconi from Italy suffered serious

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injuries in the incident, which happened on the approach

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to Bells Crossroads on the final lap of the Senior Support race.

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It's understood another rider was involved in the accident.

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The final two races of the meeting were abandoned.

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The Tandragee 100 was the first road race of the new season.

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The Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann and the DUP leader

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Arlene Foster are due to meet tomorrow to discuss the potential

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of a unionist pact in some constituencies in June's

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general election. Mr Swann has already declared his

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party won't be standing in Foyle, or North and West Belfast.

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It was one of the major talking points when the five main parties

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took part in todays Sunday Politics as Helen Jones now reports.

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Pacts are on the agenda with the five main parties limbering up. Last

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general election, Belfast took the seat from the Alliance Party after

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the Ulster Unionist Party decided not to field a candidate. He will be

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hoping for a similar pact this time round? If it's a straight, fair and

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Brexit fight, I'm quite relaxed. You fancy your chances quite well if

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it's an Ulster Unionist Party candidate? I'm quite relaxed. Pacts

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don't work, they are fundamentally anti-democratic. They restrict

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choice rather than try to facilitate a different type of choice. The

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leaders of the UUP and DUP will meet to discuss maximising the unionist

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vote, a different tactic used to those in the Assembly collections.

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Two months ago, Mike Nesbitt stood up and said vote might get column.

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Is it being replaced by vote Kruse, get Arlene Foster? That's what

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discussions will be about. If you can maximise the number of

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representatives that go back and take the seat in Westminster, so

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much the better. They believe the general election is an opportunity

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to form a Coalition. If we are to protect the wishes of the people, we

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need to stand up and it's a chance for progressives to stand together.

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We have a duty to see, can we maximise that pro-Remain vote, those

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people that want to mitigate the impact of Brexit. That's what we're

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trying to do. That would have to be done clearly on a nonsectarian basis

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and hopefully that could take forward the nonparty voices too.

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Just under seven weeks to polling day, it's clear there is still a lot

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to iron out. A firefighter from Omagh

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who was hailed a hero after coming to the help of a runner during last

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week's Boston Marathon has been Crew Commander Terry Canning,

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saw that US runner Julianne Bowe was overcome with heat

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and struggling to finish the race. Along with another competitor

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from Chile he helped carry her up He stayed with me for the last,

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maybe 200 metres and... Your job was a great help because you are a

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fireman. Yes. The important thing was that you let her down so she

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crossed the line. Absolutely, to anyone who has ever experienced a

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marathon, the most important thing is the last couple of steps over the

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marker plates, just say, I finished that marathon, I crossed the line

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have done it. Now finally here's Angie Phillips

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with the weather forecast. Hello there, we may be

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well into the springtime but the weather has different ideas

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about that this coming week. It is going to be feeling cold and

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off tonight as a cold front It is going to be feeling cold and

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it will be a gusty wind that will accentuate the chill. If you wintry

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showers in places as well. Tonight, a few rain showers in the evening in

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the first part of the night, not particularly chilly. Later in the

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night, we get that weather front moving in, a more persistent band of

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rain into the northern counties. It will sink south tomorrow and we will

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get a lot of sunshine but not particularly warm. A cloudy start of

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that rain band continues to sink south. Brighter skies follow behind.

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That rain band extending into the Republic of Ireland, north of

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England and parts of Wales and to that south of act, dry and bright

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and temperatures in the mid teens. Already some wintry showers of sleet

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and snow coming into northern parts of Scotland. Northern Ireland in the

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afternoon, some rain showers, plenty of sunshine and gusty winds that

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feeling cold. It is through tomorrow night and into Tuesday that we get

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sunshine and wintry showers, a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and

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hill snow. Our next BBC Newsline bulletin

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is at a 10.20pm this evening. From all of us here, enjoy the rest

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of your evening, bye bye. How many times have you

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driven a boat this fast?!

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