A VAN which was found in

north Belfast yesterday con-

taining a mans body had been
parked for almost four days, it
was claimed last night.
Residents in the Shore
Road area of the city main-
tained the vehicle was parked
up close to the junction of
Grays Lane since Friday
night and over the New Year
holiday period.
The alarm was raised yes-
terday morning when a mem-
ber of the public discovered a
males body lying across the
front seats of the van.
Last night police declined
to comment on the matter,
stating that inquiries were
continuing into the circum-
stances of the mans death.
Body lay in
van for days
City brush
aside Reds
SEE SPORT
Strong winds
lash province
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The pride of Northern Ireland
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POLICE are confdent of
putting at least some of those
responsible for the murder
of Jean McConville before
a court, her family said last
night.
The potential breakthrough
after police won a US
court battle to access secret
recordings by senior IRA
fgures comes almost four
decades after republicans
abducted and murdered Mrs
McConville.
McConville
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Pain of missing
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THE distraught family of missing
Co Antrim cyclist Samuel Campbell
have told how we just want him
home.
The 49-year-old went out for a
bike ride from his home in the
Kells area on New Years Day. He
didnt come home.
Police have said they are very
concerned about the father-of-
three, but are hopeful he is still
alive.
Laverne Campbell, 47, said there
was nothing which could explain
her husbands disappearance.
Mrs Campbell last saw him on
the Tully Road in Kells, close to
Ballymena, at around 2.15pm on
Sunday.
Mr Campbell, who is 6ft, slim
with short, dark hair, was wearing
a red top with the letters TCG and
black tracksuit bottoms. He was
riding a white road bike.
Detective Inspector Bob
Blemmings said police were
extremely concerned about Mr
Campbell and, despite high winds,
the PSNI helicopter had been
deployed.
He said that extensive searches
of the Ballymena area are also
being carried out by police offcers,
sniffer dogs, partner agencies and
the local community.
David Campbell, the missing
mans elder brother, said: We just
dont know what the situation is.
We can only tell you that we wish
he was back again.
We work together he is an
electrical contractor and Im a
building contractor. We are the
youngest of fve boys and are very
close.
BY GEMMA MURRAY
gemma.murray@newsletter.co.uk
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Area meetings kick
start CAP debate
THE Ulster Farmers Union will kick start is 2012 series of Presidents Area meetings tomorrow evening (Thursday) in the Seagoe Hotel, Portadown. This years events take on added signifcance as they will be used by the UFU hierarchy to facilitate a province-wide debate on the CAP review proposals, which were published last October. It is absolutely crucial that we give our entire membership the opportunity to express their view
and opinions on these quite radical proposals, a union spokesman confrmed to Farming Life. The UFU will be submitting its response to DARD in February. The offcial EU timetable is that the co-decision process, seeking agreement between the EU Parliament and the EU Council on the Commissions proposals will take 18 months, aiming for agreement in mid 2013, with the new CAP in place for January 2014. However we wont be surprised if the process is disrupted by factors such as the impact of national elections, EU budget discussions
and simply the fact that this is the frst time the co-decision making process has been implemented. UFU chief executive Clarke Black has confrmed that the CAP reform proposals, if implemented in their current form, could seriously challenge production agriculture in Northern Ireland. We always knew that a change to an area based payment system would take away support from our most productive farms, he added. Whats now apparent, however, is the seismic shift in the alignment of EU support that will take effect, if the current proposals are given the green light.
European Commission staff continue to make it clear that they want to see the end of a support mechanism refecting the status quo that existed within agriculture a decade or so ago. However, it is now evident that what Brussels is proposing for Northern Ireland could severely damage our primary production base. And, of course this could have major implications, all negative, for our food processing sector. Mr Black added: What we need is a balanced settlement that recognises the needs of every farm business in Northern Ireland.
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Pair convicted of Stephen Lawrence murder PAGE 3
CCTV footage of the moment Samuel Campbell, inset, left his Kells home to go for a bike ride on New Years Day. He
has since failed to return MAIN PICTURE: Pacemaker