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• Singer/songwriters for Rock City weekend

  18-11-2016 23:45
  
  Rock City CafA©, 316 Main St., will host Belfast singer/songwriter Sam Ladd Friday, Nov. 25; and a holiday homecoming gig by Alice Limoges Saturday, Nov. 26. The original music will run from 7 to 9 p.m. Ladd, a local mason for more than 30 years, plays acoustic, electric guitar and harmonica. His vocals and powerful guitar playing should make for an entertaining evening.
  
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• Coalisland boxer Conrad Cummings suffers controversial first defeat at the hands of Ronny Mittag, while Belfast fighter Paddy Gallagher loses to Tamuka Mucha

  18-11-2016 23:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conrad Cummings suffered a controversial first defeat of his career when Ronny Mittag was given a split decision points victory after 10 rough rounds in their IBF inter-continental middleweight title fight at the SSE Wembley Arena, London.
  
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• John Lewis, Sprucefield: Court ruling could lead to new store

  18-11-2016 22:07
  
  The High Court lifts a restriction on "bulky goods only" at Sprucefield paving the way for a John Lewis store.
  
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• More snow flurries expected across the higher ground on the Glens of Antrim, Tyrone and Londonderry

  18-11-2016 21:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Further snow showers could hit the Glens of Antrim as well as higher ground in counties Londonderry and Tyrone tonight.
  
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• Bid to save Belfast's crumbling Crumlin Road Courthouse - Belfast Telegraph

  18-11-2016 20:03
  
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  Bid to save Belfast's crumbling Crumlin Road Courthouse
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  A Stormont department is working to smooth the path of redevelopment for one of Northern Ireland's most recognisable buildings. Crumlin Road Courthouse is one of the most iconic landmarks of the Troubles, but since it was closed in 1998 after 150 years ...
  
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• Police at scene of prearranged street fight in Belfast - Belfast Live

  18-11-2016 19:38
  
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  Police at scene of prearranged street fight in Belfast
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  Police have warned young people and parents they are aware of plans for a prearranged teen fight in Belfast tonight. Officers are stepping up patrols in the area in the next few hours after being alerted to possible violence. Police took to their PSNI ...
  
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• No Commons cuts

  18-11-2016 19:22
  
  A move to keep the number of MPs at 650 rather than reduce the number to 600 is backed at Westminster.
  
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• Footage of cars on fire in Antrim

  18-11-2016 19:04
  
  Three cars are damaged during an arson attack in the Stiles estate in Antrim.
  
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• Annual Belfast Christmas Market opens at city hall - the Irish News

  18-11-2016 18:56
  
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  Annual Belfast Christmas Market opens at city hall
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  THOUSANDS of visitors are expected to pass through Belfast City Hall today as the annual Continental Christmas Market opens its doors. This year's event is set to be the biggest ever, with more than £200,000 invested in new stalls and initiatives to ...
  
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• UFC Belfast: Everything you need to know about the action-packed show - Belfast Live

  18-11-2016 18:51
  
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  UFC Belfast: Everything you need to know about the action-packed show
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  It's the fastest growing sport in the world and its stars are rolling into Belfast this weekend for an action-packed night of combat. And as if the arrival of UFC in the city wasn't exciting enough, global superstar Conor McGregor is set to swagger in ...
  Will Conor McGregor be Cornering Artem Lobov at UFC Belfast?champions.coall 6 news articles »
  
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• Stormont heads back Social Investment Fund as opposition politicians urge review

  18-11-2016 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont's leaders have defended the workings of a controversial fund that distributed £80 million to disadvantaged communities amid demands for it to be halted.
  
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• Stormont heads back fund for disadvantaged as opposition politicians urge review

  18-11-2016 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont's leaders have defended the workings of a controversial fund that distributed £80 million to disadvantaged communities amid demands for it to be halted.
  
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• 10 reasons to watch Saturday's UFC doubleheader, with events in Belfast and Sao Paulo - MMAjunkie.com

  18-11-2016 17:52
  
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  10 reasons to watch Saturday's UFC doubleheader, with events in Belfast and Sao Paulo
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  If you're a UFC fan who doesn't miss an event, you'll have your work cut out for you on Saturday when the promotion pulls the rare double booking, presenting both UFC Fight Night 99 and UFC Fight Night 100 on the same day. Things kick off from SSE ...
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• Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery scrapped from UFC Fight Night in Belfast - FOXSports.com

  18-11-2016 17:49
  
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  Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery scrapped from UFC Fight Night in Belfast
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  Ian McCall just can't seem to escape fights falling apart just hours before he's supposed to step inside the Octagon. McCall was scheduled to face Neil Seery on Saturday in Belfast, Northern Ireland but the veteran flyweight came down with an illness ...
  Irishman Neil Seery's UFC Belfast retirement fight OFF after Ian McCall suffers food poisoningMirror.co.uk
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• Rory McIlroy roasted by 9-year-old on his favourite female tennis player, Zika virus, and friendship with Donald Trump and Niall Horan

  18-11-2016 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy is used to fielding the questions of the media - but there was nowhere for him to hide as he was roasted by a child interviewer on the eve of his DP World Tour Championship defence.
  
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• Arlene Foster disappointed by fund criticism

  18-11-2016 16:49
  
  First Minister Arlene Foster says she is disappointed by criticism of the executive's Social Investment Fund.
  
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• Irish bride-to-be Majella (30) dies after falling ill on dream holiday flight from South Africa

  18-11-2016 16:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young woman who had just become engaged to her boyfriend has died after falling ill on the flight home from a dream holiday.
  
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• Irish and Stormont ministers hail Brexit meeting as best yet

  18-11-2016 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ministers from both sides of the Irish border have hailed the latest round of Brexit discussions as their best yet.
  
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• Hopes raised for John Lewis store near Belfast - Irish Times

  18-11-2016 16:09
  
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  Hopes raised for John Lewis store near Belfast
  Irish Times
  Attempts to secure the first John Lewis store in Northern Ireland were given a major boost on Friday by a High Court order on a new planning blueprint for greater Belfast. A clause restricting future expansion of the Sprucefield shopping centre in Co ...
  Mixed reaction to news of John Lewis Sprucefield development progressBelfast Newsletterall 4 news articles »
  
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• Teenager shot dead by secret British Army unit to be exhumed in Legacy investigation

  18-11-2016 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The body of a man shot dead by a controversial Army unit more than 40 years ago is to be exhumed by police.
  
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• Teenager shot dead by secret Army unit to be exhumed in Legacy investigation

  18-11-2016 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The body of a man shot dead by a controversial Army unit more than 40 years ago is to be exhumed by police.
  
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• Lord Mayor welcomes Belfast’s Resilient City status

  18-11-2016 15:54 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Hospitality Ulster's Pub of the Year Awards 2016: Belfast bar The National, Enniskillen Taphouse and Galgorm Resort ... - Belfast Telegraph

  18-11-2016 15:45
  
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  Hospitality Ulster's Pub of the Year Awards 2016: Belfast bar The National, Enniskillen Taphouse and Galgorm Resort ...
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  Morgan Watson, Horiatio Todd's, Belfast, winner of Food & Beverage Manager of the Year at Hospitality Ulster's Pub of the Year Awards at Plaza Hotel, Belfast. Picture by Kelvin Boyes, Press Eye. Sinead Eastwood, Bronagh Bennett and Leigh-Anne Deegan, ...and more »
  
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• Wayne Rooney controversy: Unnamed football agent claims Irish background to blame for behaviour

  18-11-2016 15:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A football agent quoted by The Sun newspaper says that Wayne Rooney's Irish roots played a part in his recent drinking controversy.
  
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• Traffic alert: Delays after four vehicle crash at Belfast's Westlink - Belfast Telegraph

  18-11-2016 15:18
  
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  Traffic alert: Delays after four vehicle crash at Belfast's Westlink
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  It happened on the Clifton Street on slip towards York Street just after 9.20am on Friday November 18. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The inner lanes are blocked going towards York Street and the M2. Police have said there ...and more »
  
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• Girl who died from cancer cryogenically frozen

  18-11-2016 14:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A High Court judge allowed a 14-year-old girl who died from cancer to be cryogenically frozen so she could potentially be revived in the future.
  
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• Supreme Court to hear claim Brexit can't happen without Northern Ireland consent

  18-11-2016 14:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A victims' campaigner's claim that the United Kingdom cannot quit the European Union without the consent of the people of Northern Ireland is to go before the Supreme Court.
  
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• Brexit challenge: Supreme Court to decide if UK needs Northern Ireland's consent to leave EU

  18-11-2016 14:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A victims' campaigner's claim that the United Kingdom cannot quit the European Union without the consent of the people of Northern Ireland is to go before the Supreme Court.
  
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• Pudsey joins BBC NI to meet the Good Morning Ulster team

  18-11-2016 14:04
  
  Pudsey pops into BBC News NI studios to meet the Good Morning Ulster team
  
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• Major garda operation launched at Irish ports to fight Isis terror threat

  18-11-2016 14:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A major garda operation has been launched over fears Isis could use Irish ports to begin an attack.
  
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• Somme pilgrimage

  18-11-2016 13:49
  
  A Belfast man tells how a silver chalice belonging to an Irish priest who died at the Battle of the Somme was brought from Ireland to his grave in France.
  
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• Northern Ireland workers experience biggest rise in commuting times, study shows

  18-11-2016 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Workers in Northern Ireland have experienced the biggest rise in commuting times, a new study has found.
  
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• Social Investment Fund 'flawed' and in need of root and branch reform: Former public standards chair

  18-11-2016 12:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The process to distribute funds from the £80million Social Investment Fund - which awarded £1.7m to an east Belfast charity headed by UDA boss Dee Stit - has been described as "flawed" and in need of root and branch reform.
  
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• Women In Business Awards: Top honour for Belfast's 'unelected first woman' Suzanne Wylie - the Irish News

  18-11-2016 11:33
  
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  Women In Business Awards: Top honour for Belfast's 'unelected first woman' Suzanne Wylie
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  From left, Irish News business editor Gary McDonald, Rosaleen Blair of Alexander Mann Solutions, Suzanne Wylie of Belfast City Council, former tánaiste Mary Harney, Imelda McMillen from Women in Business and Roseanne Kelly from Women in Business ...
  
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• Traffic alert: Delays after four vehicle crash at Belfast's Westlink

  18-11-2016 10:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Traffic delays are expected due to a four vehicle crash in Belfast.
  
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• Conor McGregor poster gets painted over in Belfast.. but fans hit back with this - Belfast Live

  18-11-2016 10:32
  
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  Conor McGregor poster gets painted over in Belfast.. but fans hit back with this
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  He's the man of the moment after making history at UFC 205 and it seems Conor McGregor's face has been appearing everywhere... In tribute to the fighter, who added the lightweight world championship to his featherweight crown last weekend, a poster ...
  What time is UFC Belfast and where can I watch it on TV?Irish Mirror
  Conor McGregor will be in Belfast on Saturday nightBelfast Newsletter
  
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• Female warder bound with sticking tape to chair by laughing inmates at Maghaberry jail

  18-11-2016 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A female prison officer was tied to a chair with sticking tape by laughing prisoners during a frightening assault at the crisis-hit Maghaberry jail, in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Opinion: Executive should lift barrier on tolls and upgrade roads in Northern Ireland

  18-11-2016 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's not so long ago that driving from Belfast to Dublin took three hours at best, and frequently much longer, as traffic crawled through Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda, Balbriggan and the northern suburbs. Today the entire journey - city centre to city centre - can be safely completed in well under two hours, mainly thanks to the motorway construction south of the border, although significant improvements to the northern part of the route have helped accelerate the journey time.
  
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• Mark Allen through to Northern Ireland Open quarter finals after win over Gary Wilson

  18-11-2016 09:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mark Allen is through to the last eight of his home Coral Northern Ireland Open after a hard-fought victory over Gary Wilson.
  
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• Harley's the pooch with perfect poise is internet sensation

  18-11-2016 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In terms of going viral on the internet, one east Belfast dog is ready to take the crown - by balancing things on his head.
  
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• Revealed: Worst place in Northern Ireland for car thefts - 259 stolen in two years

  18-11-2016 09:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Drivers living in the city side of Londonderry are at the highest risk of having their car stolen in Northern Ireland, new figures show.
  
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• Mum used to sit waiting for Disappeared victim Kevin McKee to come home, reveals sister

  18-11-2016 09:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The families of two men 'disappeared' by the IRA and found in the same shallow grave have used inquests into their deaths to ask for assistance in finding the bodies of the remaining missing victims.
  
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• Northern Ireland tourism spend hits £790m as visitors increase

  18-11-2016 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Spending by tourists in Northern Ireland increased by 5% to reach nearly £790m in the year to June, latest figures show.
  
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• Bid to save Belfast's crumbling Crumlin courthouse

  18-11-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Stormont department is working to smooth the path of redevelopment for one of Northern Ireland's most recognisable buildings.
  
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• 'Boy racers' McManus and Kirton face jail over death of Down man Patrick Wilkinson

  18-11-2016 08:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two "boy racers" have been warned they face jail after pleading guilty to causing the death of a pensioner who was struck by one of the cars they were driving.
  
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• Northern Ireland house prices up by 6% as stability returns to market

  18-11-2016 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland house prices have risen by more than 6% over the past year, bringing the cost of an average property to just under £160,000.
  
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• Fire engine rampage accused Duffin and Clarke 'caused damage worth £1.5m'

  18-11-2016 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men charged with taking a fire engine and driving it through a Co Antrim town caused damage to houses and cars totalling £1.5m, a court heard yesterday.
  
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• Terrified Richard Branson thought he'd die in Limavady balloon disaster

  18-11-2016 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Limavady has a new and unwanted claim to fame - as the location of one of the worst moments in Sir Richard Branson's life.
  
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• Donald Trump could make Sinn Fein ally Peter King counter-terror chief in White House

  18-11-2016 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lifetime supporter of Sinn Fein could be in line for a key position in Donald Trump's administration, according to Washington insiders.
  
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• Donald Trump could appoint Sinn Fein ally Peter King counter-terror chief in White House

  18-11-2016 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lifetime supporter of Sinn Fein could be in line for a key position in Donald Trump's administration, according to Washington insiders.
  
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