That's your lot on BBC News NI Live for another day. It's been a pretty wet day but there has been sunshine attempting to break through too. The mixed weather captured perfectly in Paul Warwick's picture of Slieve Croob in County Down earlier today.

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We'll be back again at 07:00 on Wednesday. Until then, you can keep up-to-date with all of the latest news, sport, travel and weather from across Northern Ireland on the BBC News NI website.

John Campbell
BBC News NI Economics & Business Editor

The NI Executive has bought a central Belfast office building for just over £12m saying it will "generate substantial rental savings."

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Causeway Exchange on Bedford Street is the headquarters of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and also accommodates other civil servants.

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Ireland all-rounder Kevin O'Brien says he is frustrated by the team's lack of top-level cricket fixtures as they prepare for Friday's one-day clash against England at Malahide, near Dublin.

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The showdown with England and a Belfast encounter against Australia in August will be Ireland's only matches against full member teams this season.

John McPoland of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service says that the proposed strike action by ambulance workers in the union, Unite, tomorrow will "further impact on our ability to deliver an emergency service to those in need".

Mr McPoland said: "The public may, immediately, notice a delay in their call being answered by our control staff and there will be delays in ambulance response as the trust anticipates a reduced level of cover for the 24 hour period."

World super-bantamweight champion Carl Frampton has told BBC Evening Extra that an announcement about his next fight is imminent.

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Julian O'Neill
BBC News NI Business Correspondent

Sports Minister Carál Ni Chuilín has said "an anti-GAA element" is making it difficult for a new 38,000 seater stadium being built at Casement Park in west Belfast.

But she has insisted the project will be delivered "on my watch." It comes as an investigation begins into evidence from a public official at the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee last week.

Unite's Ambulance Service members will start a 24-hour strike at 00:00 tonight over a pay dispute. Unite members account for approximately 25% of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service workforce.

Unite's Kevin McAdam said: "This action is only the latest in a long running pay campaign to ensure healthcare workers are treated with respect and dignity."

Police have announced extra road checkpoints and patrols in the coming days to counter dissident republican threats across Northern Ireland.

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ACC Stephen Martin said: "In light of the four attacks carried out in Belfast and Londonderry over the last two weeks, the PSNI will have an enhanced profile in local communities to provide safety and reassurance to everyone."

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Motorists can expect extra traffic on the M3 and A12 Westlink in Belfast from around 18:30 this evening as there is a Take That concert on in the Odyssey Arena.

A former soldier who pleaded guilty to making explosives under suspicious circumstances and having pistols has been given a suspended sentence.

John Rankin, a Falklands War veteran, had claimed that he made blast bombs and collected guns as a "hobby". The 52-year-old's address was given in court as Maghaberry prison.

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Ulster second row Franco van der Merwe says that Ulster are on an upward curve and are peaking at the right time ahead of their Pro12 clash with Munster.

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Van der Merwe said: "Things have been going well for us, especially the last game with Leinster. We took a lot of confidence from the fact that we defended very well in that match."

Rory McIlroy and Masters champion Jordan Spieth are in the same group for the opening two rounds of the Players Championship at Sawgrass in Florida later this week., external

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World number one, McIlroy and world number two, Spieth will play alongside Jason Day on Thursday and Friday, teeing off their opening round on Thursday at 13:39 BST.

On BBC Evening Exrta tonight, BBC Radio Foyle's Teresa Craig will have all of the latest on two bombs found close to an Army Reserve centre in Londonderry that were left about 20 metres from nearby homes.

Economics and business editor John Campbell tweets, external that the Asher's 'gay cake' judgment has been moved to 19 May, meaning it will no longer clash with polling day, this Thursday.

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Belfast city councillor Jeffrey Dudgeon will bring a motion before council tonight to formally mark the 75th anniversary of the 1941 Blitz with a commemorative event and to consider a memorial in the grounds of City Hall.

Mr Dudgeon says: "It goes without saying that the blitz in 1941 and its consequences were the most significant tragedy to hit our city in half a century and that colossal death and destruction were experienced, without consideration of religion or politics."

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You may know that there's a general election this Thursday and while experts may have trouble predicting the results, we're hoping BBC News NI's weather team can be a bit more accurate with their forecasts.

It's going to be dry for most with just the odd shower on Thursday, polling day.

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In County Fermanagh there will be roadworks on the A32, Enniskillen Road in Irvinestown until Friday 8 May. The road will be closed every day until Friday between 09:30 and 22:00.

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The Belfast Telegraph reports, external that two of Northern Ireland's largest pharmaceutical companies, Almac and Norbrook, saw contrasting fortunes in 2014, according to latest accounts.

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Craigavon-based Almac Group saw pre-tax profits fall by more than a third in 2014, despite a rise in turnover while Norbrook Holdings saw profits rise but turnover fall last year.

A Sinn Féin election candidate has said he has had three death threats within 24 hours. Mickey Brady said police officers told him on Monday that a threat had been made against him.

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A second threat was later made in a phone call on Tuesday morning. Then, there was a bomb alert at his home but nothing was found.

Police have described Gerard 'Jock' Davison as a father, grandfather, brother and son. Police said he was a a prominent member of the Markets Development Association and are appealing for witnesses to his murder.

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Mr Davison was shot a number of times at Welsh Street in the Markets area of Belfast at about 09:00 this morning. He died at the scene.