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Paisley in plea on farm safety

BY REBECCA BLACK
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Highs and lows of leading UUP

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Former First minister Lord Bannside has suggested that government carry out a highprofile advertising campaign to warn of the dangers of slurry pits after a farm tragedy at the weekend claimed the lives of three members of the same family. Writing in todays News Letter, Lord Bannside pointed to the thousands of lives protected as the result of an antismoking campaign, as well as the start of a new series of hard-hitting ads warning of road dangers. If, in our Province, we are on average losing a life every month in agricultural accidents, do we need a greater reason to justify a similar campaign? I think not, he writes. Lord Bannside also paid tribute to the evident strong personal faith of the Spence

family following the deaths of Noel, 58, Graham, 30, and Nevin, 22, last Saturday in the slurry pit accident. Shining like sunlight through a crevice has been the testimony of the Spence family. emma Spence said in her tribute that her father and brothers did God. It brought to mind that famous quote of Alastair Campbell regarding the then Labour government We dont do God. mores the pity! one by one we either do God or we dont. In the dark night of their sorrow and loss the Spence family themselves have pointed out to others the rainbow that shines over the valley of their tears. Thousands turned out to pay their respects to the three victims at a thanksgiving service held on Wednesday at Ballynahinch Baptist Church. See page 3, and Paisley column, page 19

Golfer McIlroys house on the market for 2m

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William Blair, head of history at National Museums Northern Ireland, holding the pen used by Edward Carson to sign the Ulster Covenant, at a preview of a new exhibition which opens today at the Ulster Museum. See pages 4&5

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