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Reasons to be cheerful?

Mark Devenport | 09:54 UK time, Friday, 16 July 2010

Obviously the City of Culture triumph - congratulations to all those involved in the Stroke City bid.

Moreover when I awoke in England this morning I found Northern Ireland being hailed as an example to the others when it comes to tackling youth crime. Hard to believe, given the images from North Belfast? Well then listen again to my colleague Mark Simpson's report on the Today programme, in which you will hear praise for the local youth conferencing system and the Justice Minister David Ford insisting that care works better than incarceration.

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