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• Holiday Homecoming Dance Party

  15-11-2016 23:35
  Our Town Belfast invites the community to shake off those turkey comas and break out the dancing shoes for a post-holiday dance party Saturday, Nov. 26, from 7 to 11 p.m. at United Farmers Market of Belfast, 18 Spring St. The Milk & Honey Rebellion will get the evening started with a fresh mix of danceable covers spanning genres; then The Rugged will keep Belfast boogie-ing late into the night with its distinctive brand of backwoods voodoo rock. A cash bar catered by Trillium will be availab
  
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• Auditions for musical - You've Got Mail'

  15-11-2016 23:35
  Cold Comfort Theater will hold one-time-only auditions for the musical, concert version of "You've Got Mail" Saturday, Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Belfast, 95 High St. Yes, this is an adaptation of the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks hit film. Roles are available for three males , age 20 to 40s; two females , age 20 to 30; a mixed chorus of all ages; and two narrators .
  
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• UFC superstar Conor McGregor is set to come to Belfast this weekend - Belfast Live

  15-11-2016 23:06
  
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  UFC superstar Conor McGregor is set to come to Belfast this weekend
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  UFC superstar Conor McGregor is set to come to Belfast this weekend, Belfast Live can reveal. The Irish warrior is due to take in the UFC Fight Night at the SSE Arena on Saturday evening. And beforehand The Notorious is expected to rub shoulders with ...
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• Northern Ireland 0-3 Croatia

  15-11-2016 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland lose at home for the first time in more than three years as they go down 3-0 to Croatia in a friendly in Belfast.
  
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• Belfast traffic chaos: Northern Ireland v Croatia match delayed - Belfast Telegraph

  15-11-2016 22:49
  
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  Belfast traffic chaos: Northern Ireland v Croatia match delayed
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  Northern Ireland's friendly match against Croatia at Windsor Park has been delayed after a lorry shed its load of metal plates on the Westlink. The game was due to kick-off at 7.45pm but will now begin at 8pm. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email ...
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• Maghaberry jail: Second prisoner dies at high security prison in Co Antrim

  15-11-2016 22:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A prisoner has died at Maghaberry jail in Co Antrim.
  
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• Arlene Foster hails 'strong, mature' relationship with Enda Kenny

  15-11-2016 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster has denied frosty relations with Taoiseach Enda Kenny over Brexit - and has agreed to ramp up top-level talks over the coming months.
  
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• Teenager arrested after five students stabbed at Utah high school

  15-11-2016 20:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after five students were stabbed inside the boys' locker room of their Utah high school, police said.
  
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• Belfast tailbacks ahead of football game and concert - BBC News

  15-11-2016 20:39
  
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  Belfast tailbacks ahead of football game and concert
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  There was gridlock on the main routes in and out of Belfast on Tuesday evening after a lorry shed its load on the Westlink motorway. Up until 20:00 GMT, only two lanes were moving freely, causing huge delays in the city centre, the M2 and M3. The kick ...
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• Belfast's biggest student rooms development approved for Nelson Street

  15-11-2016 20:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's largest ever student accommodation development has been given the go ahead.
  
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• Belfast traffic chaos: Northern Ireland v Croatia match delayed

  15-11-2016 19:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's friendly match against Croatia at Windsor Park has been delayed after a lorry shed its load of metal plates on the Westlink.
  
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• Belfast traffic chaos after lorry sheds load on Westlink

  15-11-2016 19:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lorry has shed its load of metal plates on the Westlink causing long tailbacks.
  
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• Mental health services 'need at least 160 more staff to cope with pressures'

  15-11-2016 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 160 extra staff are needed to cope with the pressures on mental health services, the Stormont Assembly has been told.
  
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• Supersonic Boom: New passenger plane to fly faster than Concorde

  15-11-2016 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new generation of supersonic jet is promising Concorde-style travel that "anyone can afford to fly".
  
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• Belfast man Alfred Hannaway's death was 'tragic and needless' - BBC News

  15-11-2016 17:50
  
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  Belfast man Alfred Hannaway's death was 'tragic and needless'
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  The death of a 61-year-old west Belfast man was "tragic and needless", an inquest has found. Alfred Hannaway, a father of eight, died of a brain haemorrhage in 2013, weeks after a quadruple heart bypass. Coroner Joe McCrisken said his death was due to ...and more »
  
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• Loyalist supergrass Gary Haggarty reveals UVF plotted to raid PSNI station for weapons

  15-11-2016 17:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UVF stole PSNI uniforms and warrant cards in preparation for a post-ceasefire break-in at one of Northern Ireland’s biggest police stations that could have wrecked the peace process.
  
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• A Look at Early Health Care in Waldo County

  15-11-2016 17:03
  The Belfast Historical Society will present "The History of Health Care in Waldo County: 1900 - 1950" at 7:00 pm on Monday, November 28, in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library. The Belfast Historical Society, with the support of the Maine Community Foundation - Waldo County Fund, has produced a series of five short digital multimedia modules depicting early health care.
  
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• Theresa May urged to let UK nationals remain EU citizens after Brexit

  15-11-2016 16:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May is being urged to allow UK nationals to retain their European Union citizenship if they wish to do so after Brexit.
  
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• Ex-soldier Alan Foster pleads guilty to Pauline Carmichael murder in Antrim

  15-11-2016 16:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 38-year-old former soldier has been jailed for life after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his father's 61-year-old partner Pauline Carmichael.
  
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• The deadly grip of depression

  15-11-2016 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Depression has completely turned our family upside down".
  
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• Teenager admits hacking offences linked to TalkTalk data breach

  15-11-2016 14:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old boy has admitted seven hacking offences linked to the TalkTalk data breach in October 2015.
  
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• Brexit vote 'not legally binding' says Supreme Court judge

  15-11-2016 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The EU referendum was not legally binding, a Supreme Court judge hearing the Government’s appeal against the Brexit legal challenge has said.
  
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• Man dies in Cookstown house fire

  15-11-2016 14:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man aged in his 80s has died following a house fire in Cookstown.
  
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• Funding York Street Interchange 'in doubt' after Brexit, minister says

  15-11-2016 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Funding a £130 million motorway project to ease a traffic bottleneck in Belfast remains a major challenge, Stormont's infrastructure minister has said.
  
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• Watch: Celtic superfan Jay Beatty meets Rod Stewart at Belfast gig

  15-11-2016 14:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was a meeting of two legends - as Celtic superfan Jay Beatty met Rod Stewart backstage at the Scottish rocker's Belfast gig.
  
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• Junction One reveals £30m revamp creating 500 new jobs

  15-11-2016 13:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A £30m revamp and expansion of the ailing Junction One shopping centre will bring almost 500 new jobs and make the retail park "thrive once again", its new owners have said.
  
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• Croatian football legend Davor Suker visits George Best grave

  15-11-2016 13:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Croatian football legend Davor Suker has visited the grave of George Best.
  
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• Northern Ireland health trusts fail to meet mental health waiting time targets

  15-11-2016 13:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Not one of Northern Ireland's five health trusts met waiting time targets for people suffering mental health problems, it has been reported.
  
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• Family of Belfast boy suffering rare cancer hope GAWA backing will take him to America for pioneering treatment

  15-11-2016 12:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a Belfast boy suffering from a rare and aggressive childhood cancer are hoping to raise much needed funds at Windsor Park as Northern Ireland take on Croatia.
  
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• NI League Cup: Kearney upbeat for Crues test in quarter-final

  15-11-2016 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coleraine boss Oran Kearney believes his young team can overcome Premiership leaders Crusaders in the League Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• Belfast crash victim Kevin Kearney funeral hears 'smile would brighten any room'

  15-11-2016 12:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of a man who died in a road crash in Belfast has heard how his smile would brighten any room.
  
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• Craig David's Children In Need video released

  15-11-2016 12:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Comeback king Craig David's music video for this year's official BBC Children In Need single All We Needed has been unveiled days before the charity's live TV telethon event.
  
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• Belfast-born Cereal Killer twins open third cafe

  15-11-2016 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast-born twins Gary and Alan Keery have this week opened a third branch of their Cereal Killer cafe chain.
  
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• House prices in NI continue to rise but at slower rate

  15-11-2016 11:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  House prices in Northern Ireland continued to rise in the third quarter of this year, but at a slower rate.
  
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• Surgeon Sellu jailed for negligence after death of Northern Ireland man James Hughes has conviction quashed on appeal

  15-11-2016 11:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A surgeon who served a jail sentence over the death of a patient from Northern Ireland at a private hospital has had his conviction quashed on appeal.
  
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• Farage urges May to set aside 'petty differences' over Trump envoy role

  15-11-2016 11:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage has attacked Theresa May's refusal to use him as a go-between with US President-elect Donald Trump as "nonsense".
  
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• House prices in Belfast fall by 0.9% in just three months

  15-11-2016 11:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The average cost of a home in Belfast has fallen by 0.9% in the last three months, official figures have revealed.
  
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• 'Supermoon' views from across NI

  15-11-2016 10:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Supermoon' views from across Northern Ireland
  
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• Family fight for apology over hospital death of 11-week old baby

  15-11-2016 10:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim father, whose 11-week-old baby died after contracting the superbug E.coli in a leading children's hospital, has pledged to fight for a "proper apology" after "a catalogue of errors" in the little boy's care.
  
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• Charitable Northern Ireland stars pay special visit to young cancer sufferers

  15-11-2016 10:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's football stars have spoken of their honour at helping families devastated by childhood cancer diagnosis.
  
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• Northern Ireland v Croatia: Niall McGinn in line for 50th cap as O'Neill set to make changes

  15-11-2016 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael O'Neill will make a few changes to his Northern Ireland starting eleven for the friendly against Croatia tonight (7.45pm) but it will still be a strong side unleashed on classy opponents.
  
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• Northern Ireland v Croatia: Niall McGinn captains GAWA on 50th cap

  15-11-2016 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Niall McGinn was made captain on his 50th Northern Ireland appearance for the friendly against Croatia, with kick-off delayed by 15 minutes in Belfast due to traffic congestion.
  
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• Fr Joe McVeigh: I would like to meet people who attacked my home

  15-11-2016 10:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A priest whose Fermanagh home was targeted in a sectarian hate crime on Remembrance Sunday has said he wants to talk to his attackers.
  
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• Self-harming in Northern Ireland on rise with 25,000 cases in three years

  15-11-2016 10:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of people self-harming in Northern Ireland is on the rise, with more than 25,000 cases dealt with in hospital in the last three years.
  
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• Business leaders not willing to help me tackle capitalism, says Theresa May

  15-11-2016 10:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has accused some business leaders of resisting her drive to tame the excesses of capitalism in her first landmark City of London speech.
  
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• Kindness of strangers gives Northern Ireland veteran John Kearns a fitting send-off

  15-11-2016 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An appeal to find relatives of a 95-year-old British Army veteran who enlisted for service in Belfast in 1943 has been launched after the pensioner received a touching funeral tribute from his adopted community in Derby.
  
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• Nearly 700 Belfast bus lane fines scrapped as drivers can't be traced

  15-11-2016 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 700 drivers caught illegally using Belfast's bus lanes have had their fines scrapped - because they are not from Northern Ireland.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph behind victory for common sense as overnight bus lane curbs are lifted

  15-11-2016 09:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Motorists will no longer be fined for driving in a bus lane outside Belfast's Central Station at night, it was announced yesterday.
  
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