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• Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County Holiday Wreath Auction at Camden National Bank

  06-12-2016 23:52
  Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dozens of generous and creative Waldo County businesses have each decorated their own signature wreath now on display and waiting for silent auction bids at Camden National Bank at 156 Main Street in Belfast. Proceeds from sale of all wreaths will support H
  
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• The Hutchinson Center In Belfast is the perfect venue for your next...

  06-12-2016 19:24
  The UMaine Hutchinson Center is the perfect venue for winter staff retreats, conferences, professional workshops, job fairs and gala fundraising events. Ideally located in mid-coast Maine, the Center is easily accessible from all points in Maine with Bangor and Augusta just a 45 minute drive.
  
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• Green delight as Trump's Irish wall plans withdrawn

  06-12-2016 19:15
  
  Donald Trump's plan to erect a huge sea wall at his Irish golf course has been withdrawn in the light of stiff opposition.
  
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• Organ transplants: Why are relatives less keen to give the gift of their eyes?

  06-12-2016 18:41
  
  Why are people less keen to donate eyes?
  
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• Tourism NI and Belfast Telegraph launch Year of Food and Drink Awards

  06-12-2016 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph joins Tourism NI to launch the first Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink Awards. 
  
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• Brexit: Government 'lacks legal power to trigger Article 50 using royal prerogative'

  06-12-2016 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Government has no legal power to use the royal prerogative to trigger Britain's exit from the European Union, the Supreme Court has been told.
  
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• Man's death in Magherafelt treated as suspicious

  06-12-2016 17:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are treating the sudden death of a man in Magherafelt as suspicious.
  
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• Brian Stack murder: Gerry Adams to address the Dáil

  06-12-2016 17:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will make a special Dáil statement on the murder of prison officer, Brian Stack.
  
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• Renewable Heat Incentive: Prosecutions warning over 'shocking' abuse of controversial scheme

  06-12-2016 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Criminal prosecutions should be brought against anyone who abused a green energy scheme set to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds, the Economy Minister has warned.
  
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• Prosecutions warning over 'shocking' abuse of Renewable Heat Incentive

  06-12-2016 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Criminal prosecutions should be brought against anyone who abused a green energy scheme set to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds, the Economy Minister has warned.
  
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• Stormont vows 'heavy' investment for direct Londonderry-Dublin rail link

  06-12-2016 16:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland will be "investing heavily" in a direct rail link between Londonderry and Dublin, Stormont's infrastructure minister has vowed.
  
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• Stormont vows 'heavy' investment for direct Derry-Dublin rail link

  06-12-2016 16:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland will be "investing heavily" in a direct rail link between Londonderry and Dublin, Stormont's infrastructure minister has vowed.
  
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• Careworker who stole over £1k from an elderly client with dementia warned she faces jail

  06-12-2016 16:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A careworker who stole £1,347 from a 91-year-old lady client who has dementia has been warned she could go to jail.
  
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• Project Eagle property sale 'corrupted all Northern Ireland's political system'

  06-12-2016 16:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont Finance Minister Mairtin O Muilleoir has said Northern Ireland's entire political system has been corrupted by the controversial £1.2 billion euro Project Eagle property sale.
  
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• Vigilance urged as Northern Ireland terror threat 'remains severe'

  06-12-2016 15:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The threat level from terrorism in Northern Ireland remains severe, the Government has warned, as it emerged six people have died in paramilitary attacks this year.
  
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• Six people died in terror attacks in Northern Ireland this year

  06-12-2016 15:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The threat level from terrorism in Northern Ireland remains severe, the Government has warned, as it emerged six people have died in paramilitary attacks this year.
  
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• Magic mushroom Irish League footballer fined £500

  06-12-2016 15:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  AN Irish League football star caught with cocaine, 'magic mushrooms' and cannabis 'space cakes' at Belfast International on his way home from Amsterdam has been fined £500.
  
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• DUP and Sinn Fein votes stop bid for independent Social Investment Fund review

  06-12-2016 14:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Assembly bid for an independent review of Stormont's controversial £80 million Social Investment Fund has been voted down.
  
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• Game Of Thrones and Porridge star Peter Vaughan dies aged 93

  06-12-2016 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Game Of Thrones actor Peter Vaughan has died at the age of 93, his agent said.
  
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• EU's chief Brexit negotiator Barnier refuses to rule out hard border between Northern Ireland and Republic

  06-12-2016 14:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior European Union official has refused to rule out the return of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK after Brexit.
  
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• Irish Cup fifth round: Glentoran v Linfield one of four all-Premiership ties

  06-12-2016 13:53
  
  Glentoran are drawn to face Linfield in the fifth round of the Irish Cup, while Ballymena United will host Cliftonville.
  
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• Brexit: Supreme Court told 'Parliament can look after itself' as QC Eadie wraps up Government's case

  06-12-2016 13:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK's highest court is hearing a second day of argument in the historic Brexit legal challenge.
  
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• Stolen bike returned on dad's death anniversary

  06-12-2016 13:26
  
  A young boy’s bike, which had been stolen and was the last present his late father gave him, is returned.
  
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• Woman died after 'overworked' Northern Ireland pharmacist give her wrong drugs, court hears

  06-12-2016 13:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An 'overworked' pharmacist in Northern Ireland made a tragic error and gave out the wrong pills to a grandmother who took ill within moments and later died, a court has heard.
  
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• Police probe 'suspicious' death of man in Magherafelt - woman arrested

  06-12-2016 13:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the death of a 46-year-old man in Magherafelt are treating it as suspicious.
  
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• Man critically injured in west Dublin shooting

  06-12-2016 12:45
  
  A man is critically ill in hospital after he was shot up to six times through a kitchen window in west Dublin.
  
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• BBC News NI is now on Facebook

  06-12-2016 12:26
  
  BBC News NI is on Facebook - check us out!
  
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• NI is top UK region for export growth

  06-12-2016 12:12
  
  Northern Ireland's manufacturing export performance is improving at a rate better than any other part of the UK.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after woman critically injured in Downpatrick

  06-12-2016 11:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have charged a 30-year-old man with attempted murder after a woman was left critically injured in Downpatrick on Friday.
  
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• Police probe claims of historical sex abuse at football clubs in Northern Ireland

  06-12-2016 11:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI is investigating a number of allegations in to historical child sex abuse linked to football clubs in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Video: Shocking footage shows dissidents armed with rocket launchers roaming Belfast streets

  06-12-2016 10:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A video has emerged of masked dissident republicans on the streets of Belfast armed with RPG rocket launchers.
  
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• Northern Ireland new car sales stuck 'and could go into reverse'

  06-12-2016 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New car sales stagnated in Northern Ireland in November for the second month in a row - while the Volkswagen Golf was once again the most popular model, latest industry figures show.
  
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• Admin accounts for 80% of costs at Northern Ireland Environment Agency

  06-12-2016 10:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The agency tasked with protecting Northern Ireland's environment spent 80% of its costs on administration last year, it has been revealed.
  
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• Belfast man in hospital after gang assault with hammers

  06-12-2016 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a number of men armed with hammers.
  
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• Friends of hit-and run boy Reece Meenan hold birthday vigil celebration of his life

  06-12-2016 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reece Meenan should have been celebrating his 14th birthday last night - but instead hundreds of his friends gathered for a vigil in memory of the schoolboy killed in a hit-and-run.
  
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• Crash victim Ryan McCaul had battled cancer three times

  06-12-2016 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his 30s who died in a two-vehicle collision in Co Londonderry had fought cancer three times, and had survived a previous serious road crash.
  
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• Northern Ireland pensioner Glyn Girvan dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Lurgan home

  06-12-2016 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents in Lurgan have been warned to be vigilant, after carbon monoxide was detected at a home where a well-known man was found dead on Sunday.
  
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• Nigel Farage on shortlist for Time magazine's person of the year award

  06-12-2016 09:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage has been shortlisted for Time magazine's prestigious person of the year award.
  
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• Northern Ireland celebs tackle Band Aid classic even though some can't sing

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's one of our most recognisable Christmas songs, as you've never seen - or heard - before.
  
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• Manchester City v Celtic: Talking points ahead of Champions League Group C clash

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City host Celtic in their final Champions League Group C game on Tuesday.
  
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• Manchester City 1-1 Celtic: Talking points ahead of Champions League Group C clash

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City and Celtic have drawn 1-1 in their Champions League Group C match.
  
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• Manchester City 1-1 Celtic: Patrick Roberts scores against parent club as Hoops bow out of Champions League

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City and Celtic have drawn 1-1 in their Champions League Group C match.
  
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• Helen Marten lands Turner Prize with coins, eggs and cotton buds

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The artist Helen Marten has scooped a £25,000 jackpot after she was named winner of the 2016 Turner Prize.
  
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• Basle v Arsenal: Talking points ahead of Champions League Group C clash

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal face Basle in Switzerland on Tuesday night having already qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League.
  
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• Basle 1-4 Arsenal: Lucas Perez's hat-trick secures win in Basle

  06-12-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal head into next Monday's Champions League round of 16 draw with no regrets after Lucas Perez's hat-trick secured a superb win in Basle to see Arsene Wenger's side finish as surprise winners of Group A.
  
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• Staggering £800,000 weekly bill for benefit fraud in Northern Ireland

  06-12-2016 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The cost of fraud in Northern Ireland's benefits system has reached its highest level for more than a decade, a damning report reveals today.
  
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• 1,000 new jobs could be created in £36m Kilkeel Harbour expansion plan

  06-12-2016 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A massive £36m expansion of a Northern Ireland harbour could create up to 1,000 new jobs, ambitious plans have revealed.
  
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• Riddle of biblical graffiti at church demolition site in Ballymena

  06-12-2016 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The writing may be on the wall for an old Ballymena town centre church that is facing demolition - but it appears one man wants to ensure the new building will keep the faith.
  
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• Stormont ends installation of water meters in Northern Ireland

  06-12-2016 08:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The controversial installation of water meters in homes in Northern Ireland has been ended.
  
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• English spa firm wins battle over word 'Titanic' in hotel name

  06-12-2016 08:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An English spa has won a stormy legal battle against a company led by a Northern Ireland property developer over the naming of Liverpool's Titanic Hotel.
  
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