It's revealed 20 senior council employees in NI are paid over £100K a year.
20 senior council officials in Northern Ireland received financial packages totalling more than £100,000 last year. Analysis by pressure group The TaxPayers' Alliance, covering 2017-18, has a council-by-council breakdown detailing all employees whose money exceeds £100,000. What do you reckon - is it worth every penny? Stephen spoke to Harry Fone from the Taxpayers Alliance and commentator and ...
24m Apr 09, 2019
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Green Party leader says outsouring of relationships and sex education in NI is not appropriate
Green Party leader Clare Bailey has had a report commissioned into how Relationships and Sexuality Education is delivered in Northern Ireland. The report, written by the Assembly, details a lack of consistency in how the subject is taught in Northern Ireland. Many classes are outsourced to other agencies by individual schools to organisations such as Love for Life - something she believes is no...
21m Apr 09, 2019
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Sinn Fein under fire for Irish border "Berlin Wall" warning
Do you remember the Berlin Wall? It was a 96 mile long barrier of concrete and barbed wire barrier, patrolled by armed border guards and watched over by lookout towers. It stood for nearly 30 years and more than 130 people died trying to cross it. It divided families, communities and the states of East and West Germany before it was demolished in 1989. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald recalle...
27m Apr 09, 2019
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PSNI hit back after they're criticised following NINTH ATM theft this year
Another ATM robbery as thieves used a digger stolen from a near by building site to steal a cash machine from a shop in County Londonderry. It is the latest in a series of ATM thefts on both sides of the Irish border, with the PSNI saying it was the eighth such incident in 2019. Stephen spoke to Glyn Roberts, Chief Executive of Retail NI, SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly and Police Detective Chief Superi...
15m Apr 08, 2019
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Bin #Brexit if you can't strike an agreement this week - that's the call from Make UK - a group representing around 20,000 UK manufacturing firms
The group representing around 20,000 manufacturers in the UK is telling Theresa May to Revoke Article 50 if she cannot strike a Brexit agreement this week. Make UK has written to the PM and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn saying it's critical for businesses and their work forces that they bring the current Brexit uncertainty to an end. Theresa May is due to ask the EU for a Brexit extension on Wedn...
20m Apr 08, 2019
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Journalist @PaulMartin tells @StephenNolan about his devastating cancer diagnosis
We started the show in a different way this morning. Not with a debate, but a personal story. He's on this show regularly as a showbiz commentator, but this morning he'll talk about something very personal - a cancer battle. Paul Martin told Stephen his story this morning.
34m Apr 08, 2019
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@RealMcCririck talks racing, growing old and he had some words of wisdom for @StephenNolan
"It's a difficult time in life - when you wake up in the morning with no purpose". John McCririck talks racing, growing old and he had some words of wisdom for Stephen.
12m Apr 05, 2019
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Mairia Cahill won't stand in upcoming council elections because of legislation around publishing home addresses
The SDLP member Mairia Cahill has been told that she cannot stand in the upcoming local government elections. This is because she is unwilling to make public her home address, due to a restraining order protecting her from an individual. Mairia has been the victim of harassment and intimidation in the past. Legislation has not been updated for local elections which would allow the option of kee...
6m Apr 05, 2019
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'Mums Make Porn' - Channel 4 defend porn movie freely available via website
Let's talk about porn. Have you been watching the Channel Four series, Mums Make Porn? The three part series ended this week and the explicit porn film made by the mums, called Four Play, has now been posted online by Channel Four. It's free to view, but viewers have to prove they're over 18 with a credit card, driving licence or mobile phone. Is this what Channel Four should be doing? It descr...
9m Apr 05, 2019
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Two tiers of Irishness? Calls for UK government to clarify immigration rules for Northern Ireland born Irish citizens after #Brexit
The government has said it is not carrying out a "formal review" into the post-Brexit rights of Irish citizens who were born in Northern Ireland. Recent changes mean that essentially there could be two tiers of Irish citizens with those in the Republic of Ireland retaining EU rights and those in Northern Ireland who can't. But what rights did the Good Friday Agreement actually guarantee? And sh...
16m Apr 05, 2019
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PSNI ACC Alan Todd hits out at "vile and reprehensible" dissident republican threats on car recovery companies
A number of car recovery companies here have been warned by dissident republicans that they will be targeted if they continue carrying out work for the PSNI. It is understood the threats have been issued by the group known as the New IRA. Two companies involved in the work have been targeted in arson attacks in recent weeks. Stephen spoke to Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd.
24m Apr 05, 2019
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Outrage as footage of soldiers from the Parachute Regiment shooting an image of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn emerge online.
The former Labour Defence Minister Lord West says the soldiers filmed firing bullets at a poster of Jeremy Corbyn need a "kick up the backside". Lord West - who used to be head of the Navy - said soldiers sometimes do stupid things. The troops - members of the 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment - shot holes in a large picture of the Labour leader using hard wax rounds. The incident happened ...
23m Apr 04, 2019
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Nolan confronts dissident linked group
Youth club event cancelled over Saoradh protest threat at PSNI presence. Party spokesman Paddy Gallagher contacted Nolan to explain their opposition
25m Apr 04, 2019
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Mark Lindsay - chairman of @PoliceFedforNI - hits out at as youth event in Derry cancelled over dissident protest threat at presence of PSNI
The DUP have called for greater leadership from Nationalists in Londonderry after a youth event in the city was cancelled after dissident republicans threatened a protest. Saoradh - a party representing dissident republicans - opposed the presence of the PSNI. The club said it tried to discuss it with the dissident group, but in the end felt it had no option but to cancel. Stephen got reaction ...
3m Apr 04, 2019
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Neil contacted @StephenNolan about a £1,200 cheque he received - from the Northern Trust - that wasn't actually for him.
This is an unbelievable story Neil has contacted the show about a cheque he received that wasn't actually for him. Have a listen to what happened .
10m Apr 03, 2019
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Frankie Boyle and the BBC are lambasted after the comedian jokes about the IRA.
The controversial comedian Frankie Boyle is under fire again as joke about IRA killing Tories causes outcry. Stephen got the views of John Laverty, Executive Editor of the Belfast Telegraph, and Tom Slater from Spiked Online.
18m Apr 03, 2019
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DUP criticises May's 'lamentable' negotiations as she turns to Labour to break #Brexit logjam.
The DUP's Jeffrey Donalson has dismissed suggestions that the party has been sidelined in Brexit talks, after the Prime Minister reached out to Labour to break the logjam. Theresa May is expected to meet Jeremy Corbyn later after she said she wanted to work with the Labour leader to end the Brexit deadlock. The Prime Minister hopes the two of them can come up with a modified version of her deal...
22m Apr 03, 2019
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Do you get permission from your kids before you post photos of them on social media? Is the practice a sign of pride or an invasion of privacy?
Do you get permission from your kids before you post photos of them on social media? You might have heard that the movie star Gwyneth Paltrow got a public telling off from her teenage daughter for sharing a picture of them together without clearing it with her first. Is "sharenting", where parents share photos and news about their kids online, a sign of pride or an invasion of privacy? Stephen ...
6m Apr 02, 2019
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Calls for pallets to be removed from a controversial bonfire site in east Belfast
We are only on the second day of April and it would seem that some are already planning for bonfire season. The Irish News are reporting that stacks of wooden pallets have been gathered on the Bloomfield Walkway site in East Belfast, the same site where last year masked contractors removed materials under armed guard of the PSNI at a cost of over £120,000 to the tax payer. Stephen got the views...
12m Apr 02, 2019
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DUP's Sammy Wilson hits out at new sex education rules in place in England which he says will inevitably come to NI.
The DUP's Sammy Wilson has hit out in parliament at new sex education rules in place in England which he says will inevitably come here to NI. Mr Wilson says the current rules give far too many rights to headteachers, particularly those who want to "push certain lifestyles in relationship education." Sex and relationship education that includes discussion of same sex relationships will be deliv...
18m Apr 02, 2019
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Alarming increase in diabetes rates in Northern Ireland as they spike by 70%.
Diabetes is the UK's fastest growing health crisis and new figures out today show an alarming rise in the past decade. In just over a decade, the total number of cases has risen by over 70%. Stephen spoke to the GP Dr George O'Neill and asked if he was surprised by the figures.
24m Apr 02, 2019
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More problems at Belfast International Airport brought to @StephenNolan
More problems at Belfast International Airport brought to the Nolan Show. This time listeners are telling us about baggage and passport control delays . If you've got a story - email us nolan@bbc.co.uk - that's what Annette and Clare did. They told us about delays they faced on returning to Belfast International Airport.
7m Apr 01, 2019
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Belfast comes SECOND in the UK for the most time spent in traffic congestion.
A few weeks ago - we were talking about congestion. Belfast comes second in the UK for the most time spent in traffic. It brought up the topic of air pollution, some of which is of course linked to vehicle emissions. Where are the problem areas - and what is it doing to YOUR health? Stephen spoke to Green Party Councillor Rachel Woods and Dr Mark Miller from the British Heart Foundation, one of...
8m Apr 01, 2019
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MPs vote for LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education for primary schools in England.
Following an overwhelming vote in Parliament, relationship education - including information on LGBT relationships - is to become compulsory in all schools in England. Both primary and secondary school pupils are covered by the new regulations which will be introduced in 2020. Among the small number of MPs who voted against the new regulations were most of the 10 DUP members - Gregory Campbell,...
8m Apr 01, 2019
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Families of Dunmurry Manor Care Home are demanding to be given a place on an oversight group of the Independent Review into how elderly people were historically neglected at the home.
The Nolan Show this morning reveals that families of Dunmurry Manor Care Home are demanding to be given a place on an oversight group of the Independent Review into how elderly people were historically neglected at Dunmurry Manor Care Home. The Department of Health set up what they described as an Independent Review after the Older Person's Commissioner, Eddie Lynch, wrote a damning report into...
41m Apr 01, 2019
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Calls to BAN shops selling chocolate eggs more than 3 weeks before Easter.
Should shops be banned from selling chocolate eggs more than three weeks before Easter? Polling by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) suggests 77% of people think supermarkets are pushing chocolatey Easter treats too early. The RSPH says "If supermarkets are serious about tackling the obesity epidemic, we would urge retailers to change their marketing strategies in the interest of the p...
6m Mar 29, 2019
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The #BrexitDay that wasn't. PM repeatedly said we would leave the EU on 29th March.
Today was meant to be the day. The day the UK left the EU. Except it's not. And as of now, we still don't know when we're leaving, if we're leaving, how we're leaving... Theresa May's withdrawal deal has been defeated - and well defeated - twice in the Commons. But today she's bringing part of it back to Parliament for another go at getting it through. It's expected to be defeated once again wi...
41m Mar 29, 2019
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It's a border battle that's been raging for more than 60 years - Northern or Southern Tayto?
It's a border battle that's been raging for more than 60 years. Which are the better crisps - Northern or Southern Tayto? They're separate companies with similar crunchy, salty products - but opinion has long been divided on whose crisps win the taste test. What's your preference? Oasis front man Liam Gallagher reignited the debate when he tweeted earlier this week: "Taytos are the best crisps ...
4m Mar 28, 2019
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Automatic speed limiters planned for all new cars
So are we about to see the end of speeding on our roads? New EU rules aim to force car manufacturers to fit speed limiters and other safety devices to new vehicles. But is this a good idea? Or will it take the responsibility of safe driving away from the person behind the while? Stephen got the views of driving instructor Neil McClaren and editor of Completecar.ie, Shane O'Donoghue.
8m Mar 28, 2019
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Man Utd legend Paddy Crerand reacts as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appointed as permanent manager
Manchester United have appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as their permanent manager on a 3 year deal. The former United striker has won 14 of his 19 games in charge since taking over as caretaker boss when Jose Mourinho was sacked in December. Stephen got reaction from Manchester United legend, Paddy Crerand.
10m Mar 28, 2019
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Chaos in the Commons as none of the 8 alternative #Brexit proposals put to MPs secure backing.
Chaos in the Commons as none of the 8 alternative Brexit proposals put to MPs secure backing. Stephen got reaction from former Women's Coalition Assembly member jane Morrice, UUP MLA Steve Aiken, Alliance MLA Stephen Farrry and SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan.
29m Mar 28, 2019
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The #Brexit chaos continues - Theresa May has promised Tory MPs she will quit if they back her Brexit deal.
The Brexit chaos continues. Theresa May has promised Tory MPs she will quit if they back her Brexit deal. She told backbench Tories: "I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party." But the DUP say no. And there was no sign of agreement in the Commons either. None of the 8 alternative Brexit proposals put in front of MPs secur...
25m Mar 28, 2019
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How does a 4 day working week sound to you?
A new YouGov poll suggests 71% of us would be happier if we worked a 4 day week. Would that include you? The survey of 1699 UK adults indicated 57% would be in favour of such a move. What do you reckon? And the all important question - do you think it could work here? Stephen got the views of business owner and Conservative Party member Irwin Armstrong and the Editor of The View Digital, Brian ...
6m Mar 27, 2019
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Some NI schools review uniform policy to take account of transgender pupils and those from religious and ethnic minorities
A number of Northern Ireland schools are reviewing their uniform policies to take account transgender pupils, and those from religious and ethnic minorities. The latest to consult parents on the issue is leading Belfast Grammar school, Methodist College, which says it is also considering uniform costs and comfort. The Welsh government has told schools they should not dictate what uniform is for...
7m Mar 27, 2019
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He's still feeling nostalgic - the old TV ads that remind @StephenNolan of his childhood
We were talking earlier this week - about old TV shows that Stephen loved. Banana Splits, Little House on the Praire, Hong Kong Fuey... and it got him thinking about all those old advertisements, that really take him back to his childhood. Commentator Andrea McVeigh talked through her favourites, and we spoke to Jim Megaw of "Crazy Prices" fame!
15m Mar 27, 2019
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It's #Brexit "lucky dip day" as MPs vote on a series of alternatives to Theresa May's withdrawal deal.
It's lucky dip Brexit day. MPs are preparing to vote for their preferred option on how we leave or maybe stay in the EU. The Prime Minister will also meet Tory backbenchers in an effort to win them over to her deal. Some have suggested Theresa May must name the date she will step down to have any hope of winning MPs' approval for her deal at the third attempt. Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg ...
26m Mar 27, 2019
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Northern Ireland fans' 'we hate Catholics' song slammed by IFA
A video emerged on social media last night appearing to show Northern Ireland supporters in a Belfast bar singing sectarian songs. The official Northern Ireland team twitter account responded to a posting of the video on twitter saying "this is utterly wrong and we condemn sectarianism in any form". The video shows a number of people dressed in Northern Ireland replica shirts singing "we hate C...
8m Mar 26, 2019
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A new report warns we need over a billion pounds to upgrade Northern Ireland's roads network
A new report has warned that more than £1 billion is needed to upgrade Northern Ireland's road network. The Audit Office says annual funding has been, on average, £50 million less than what was needed for maintenance resulting in a backlog of repairs. Also compensation paid to drivers here whose vehicles were damaged by potholes and other road defects has more than doubled in the last two years...
9m Mar 26, 2019
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Liam Neeson erased from from the latest QUB undergraduate prospectus
The actor Liam Neeson has been erased from Queen's University prospectus and Queen's University, a bastion of free speech, is refusing to explain why. Inside information brought to the Nolan Show has been told that Neeson was scheduled to be in this years prospectus, but an instruction was given for him to be removed. Queen's has promised the BBC they would provide a comment, and then u-turned ...
45m Mar 26, 2019
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Should Northern Ireland's drink laws be relaxed ahead of the Open Golf championship in Portrush? #BBCNolan
A public consultation on relaxing Northern Ireland's drinking laws ahead of this summer's Open Golf Championship has been launched. The Department for Communities (DfC) has announced plans to designate certain occasions as 'special events' which would allow them to sell alcohol outside the normal licensing hours the Open being one of them? Should the open receive special status?
10m Mar 25, 2019
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Some NHS staff have been asked to clean their own desks – is that fair? #BBCNolan
Office staff in the Northern Health Trust have been told they are now responsible for vacuuming, dusting and keeping their own work area clean. A memo seen by BBC News NI said domestic staff would continue to clean areas including kitchens and toilets. The trust said there had been a review of cleaning services and was "mindful of the need to protect the health of everyone who uses our premise...
4m Mar 25, 2019
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Should MPs back Theresa May's #Brexit deal if she says she'll step down as Prime Minister? #BBCNolan
Should MPs back Theresa May's Brexit deal if she says she's step down as Prime Minister? That's the speculation this morning. Mrs May is expected to update ministers on her Brexit strategy when she chairs a meeting of her cabinet this morning. It comes after a weekend of speculation about her leadership and claims of a plot to oust her - something senior ministers have denied.
34m Mar 25, 2019
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Could a full functioning Stormont return post #Brexit? #BBCNolan
The DUP is suffering from a reset fantasy - if they believe that once a Brexit deal is done everything in Northern Ireland will go back to what passes for normal. That's according to Newton Emerson writing in the Irish Times.
13m Mar 22, 2019
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No deal? May’s deal? or potentially an extension? Where do we stand with #Brexit deadline looming? #BBCNolan
The EU has said that Brexit day can be postponed until 22 May if parliament approves the withdrawal deal next week. But if the Commons rejects the deal, the extension will last only until the 12th of April.
41m Mar 22, 2019
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Older Peoples Commissioner’s concern over independent review into Dunmurry Manor #BBCNolan
Shocking revelations about issues within the health service in Northern Ireland. One of them concerned an "independent review " launched after the older Person's commissioner Eddie Lynch damning report into historical abuse in Dunmurry Manor Care Home. And it is that independeent review that we have significant questions about. Our questions are for the Department and some of their officials.
39m Mar 21, 2019
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Campaigners look for LGBT teaching to be abolished in schools #BBCNolan
Four more schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching children about same sex couples after protests from parents . This comes after another school in the city suspended a programme, designed to challenge homophobia . Some parents at Parkfield community school say that the lessons are promoting gay and transgender lifestyles. So should parents be able to decide what parts of the curriculum a...
16m Mar 21, 2019
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Theresa May blames MPs for the deepening Brexit crisis. She demands they back her deal. Is that on the cards? #BBCNolan
Theresa May will make a direct plea to EU leaders later asking to postpone Brexit for three months, hours after telling the British public a delay was "a matter of great personal regret". But with March 29th fast approaching - where does she place the blame for the current situation? At the feet, of her fellow MPs . There were rowdy scenes in the House of Commons last night as MPs reacted to ...
18m Mar 21, 2019
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Musician Cormac Neeson talks to @stephennolan about writing music for his son with Down Syndrome #BBCNolan
Its World Down syndrome day on the 21st March. Local musician Cormac Neeson recently became an ambassador for the charity Mencap NI, as a thank you for the help they gave him when his own son was born. He's written a song for them about his son Dabhóg (pronounced Da Vogue) who was born 3 months prematurely and with Down's Syndrome, in 2014.
8m Mar 20, 2019
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Unfair criticism or reality of modern politics - Lembit Opik and Malachi O'Doherty discuss billboards featuring politicians’ cock ups #BBCNolan
"...another way to humiliate our politicians!" that's how one former MP has described a new billboard campaign that's popping up around the country. It uses mocked up Tweets to highlight the mistakes, confusion or contradictions - of politicians. Its a crowdfunded campaign from the group 'Led By Donkeys' and includes messages from our own Secretary of State - Karen Bradley
12m Mar 20, 2019
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Another child with special education needs left at home because a space can't be found at a suitable school #BBCNolan
John's son Alex is 5 years old and has autism. He's also non-verbal. Since his family returned to Northern Ireland last year, after living in America, he has never been to school. He has not been offered a place by the Education Authority His parents have been told there is no space for his son in school in Northern Ireland
39m Mar 20, 2019
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