| On a grey Easter Saturday, the warnings for Storm Dave have just begun to apply and will stay in place until the early hours of tomorrow. I hope that the wonderful tradition of Easter Sunday dawn services around Northern Ireland (the sun rises at 6.53am and most of services start at 630am or 7am) are not disturbed by conditions. On Monday week planning hearings begin to consider a gold mine plan in the Sperrins. I write about the disgraceful 12-year delay just to get to this point. Barely another nation in the world would sit casually on one of the best untouched gold deposits on earth for so long without any urgency. Sinn Fein seem on this vital matter to listen to a small number of local protestors. Meanwhile, the former nuclear sub commander Steve Aiken MLA says that under the republican party, Invest NI seems to "encourage US companies to invest elsewhere and defence companies to ignore them". From America, Phelim McAleer writes about the horrifying case of an abortion doctor who was ultimately a serial killer. On happier notes from home, the BBC this week used hundreds of drones to recreate the Titanic's departure from Belfast harbour, to showcase UK local programming, and and the Ulsterman head of the RAF has handed over a Harrier jump jet to an Ulster flying museum. Enjoy the rest of your Easter weekend and your reading, Ben | 
