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Northern Ireland News

  1. psni crest 12-year-old escapes city shooting
  2. Ranger David Dalzell Funeral of RIR man Dalzell due
  3. Ballymurphy in 1971 Robinson in Ballymurphy meeting

Foyle and West Headlines

Northern Ireland Sport

  1. Tommy Bowe's likely return for the Ospreys is also good news for Ireland Benetton Treviso v Ospreys (Sat)
  2. Paul Hession (right) wins the 60m at last year's Irish Indoors Irish Indoors set to quit Odyssey
  3. Mark Allen Allen edged out by Ding in Wales

More Top Stories

BBC Newsline Reports

  1. Family Focus: State of the NI car market Family Focus: State of the NI car market
  2. Crash survivor speaks about escape Crash survivor speaks about escape
  3. Mystery surrounding swan deaths Mystery surrounding swan deaths

Family Focus

NI Weather

Friday day weather

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  • Min: 5°C
  • Wind: SSE 13mph

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  • Max: 10°C
  • Min: 7°C
  • Wind: SSE 5mph

Sunday day weather

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  • Light Rain
  • Max: 9°C
  • Min: 7°C
  • Wind: SSE 18mph

Traffic & Travel

Latest Incident

M1 Antrim

Traffic returned to normal eastbound at J3, Dunmurry

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Rugby

Ulster's Andrew Trimble

Scarlets v Ulster

Live coverage of the Magners League clash on BBC 2 at 7pm.

Be in the Audience

Horslips

St Patrick's Day Concert

Get tickets to see Paul Casey, Horslips and the Ulster Orchestra.

Radio Ulster

Colin Murray

The Late Show

Colin Murray shares his passion for music and his own favourite tracks.

Children

Thumb Wrestlers

The Thumbertaker

Beat your opponent with the power of your thumb!

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