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• Challenge Cup quarter-final: Belfast snatch overtime win over Manchester - BBC News

  20-12-2016 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Challenge Cup quarter-final: Belfast snatch overtime win over Manchester
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  Belfast Giants twice came from two goals down to force an overtime victory over Manchester Storm in the Challenge Cup quarter-final second leg. After the 3-3 draw last week, Storm looked in control as Connor Varley and Taylor Dickin put them 2-0 up.
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• Belfast barber to open his shop on Christmas Day to offer free haircuts and food for homeless - Belfast Live

  20-12-2016 20:54 via belfastlive.co.uk
  
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  Belfast barber to open his shop on Christmas Day to offer free haircuts and food for homeless
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  A Belfast barber is opening the doors of his shop on Christmas Day offering free haircuts and food to the homeless. Jack Shewihi, owner of Jack's Barbers on Church Lane, decided he wanted to 'give something back to the people of Belfast' who he said ...
  
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• Belfast Community Radio's house party a blast

  20-12-2016 20:47
  BELFAST, MAINE: Belfast Community Radio , WBFY 100.9 FM, officially launched on Saturday, December 17 with a festive on-air party at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. WBFY is the city's new low-power radio station.
  
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• Gun found during house refurb in South Belfast - Belfast Live - Belfast Live

  20-12-2016 19:55 via belfastlive.co.uk
  
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  The police say they have recovered a firearm following the search of a property at Annadale Crescent in South Belfast . A spokesman added: “Officers were ...
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• Belfast Crowne Plaza opens with plans to grow - Belfast Newsletter

  20-12-2016 19:39 via newsletter.co.uk
  
  Belfast Crowne Plaza opens with plans to grow
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  Belfast's largest hotel group, Andras Hotels, has opened the first Crowne Plaza hotel in Northern Ireland, following an upgrade and rebranding of it's flagship property, the four-star Ramada Plaza, Shaws Bridge. Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts is the ...
  
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• UK airport baggage handlers call off 48-hour strike after 'improved pay offer'

  20-12-2016 18:46
  
  A planned 48-hour pay strike by baggage handlers and check in staff at 18 airports across the UK, including including Belfast International and Belfast City, has been called off.
  
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• Swissport strike action that threatened passengers flying into Belfast called off - Belfast Live

  20-12-2016 18:46 via belfastlive.co.uk
  
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  Swissport strike action that threatened passengers flying into Belfast called off
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  A planned strike by airport workers that had threatened passengers flying into Northern Ireland for Christmas has been called off. Baggage handlers and check in staff at 18 airports, including Belfast City and Belfast International, were planning a 48 ...
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• From Home to the Battlefield- These Soldiers Are Family

  20-12-2016 18:42
  Mosul, Iraq, 2004: It was four days before Christmas and the halls of the dining facility at Forward Operating Base Marez were decked, the carols were playing. The soldiers were filing in for the meal they should have enjoyed in these brief moments of downtime and festivity with their comrades- their family away from home.
  
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• Ballycastle fatal crash: Sharon Kinney pleads not guilty to perverting the course of justice

  20-12-2016 17:07
  
  A mother has entered not guilty pleas to charges connected to her son being accused of death by dangerous driving after two young people died and others were injured in a crash which stunned County Antrim.
  
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• First Berlin victim was Polish driver who 'fought for his life'

  20-12-2016 16:56
  
  The first victim in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market was a 37-year-old Polish truck driver who was seemingly stabbed and shot to death in the cabin of his truck.
  
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• Facebook ordered to pay £3,000 damages to loyalist flag protester over online comments

  20-12-2016 16:43
  
  Facebook must pay £3,000 damages to a loyalist flag protester for online comments about his children's religion, a High Court judge ruled Tuesday.
  
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• Connacht: Denis Buckley, Jack Carty and Quinn Roux sign contract extensions

  20-12-2016 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Denis Buckley, Jack Carty and Quinn Roux become the latest Connacht players to agree contract extensions.
  
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• Sinn Fein warns of Stormont crisis if Foster does not step aside for RHI probe

  20-12-2016 16:31
  
  Sinn Fein has warned a collapse of the powersharing institutions at Stormont is an option if First Minister Arlene Foster refuses to stand down to allow a probe into her handling of a botched green energy scheme.
  
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• Apollo House: Irish stars join homeless shelter protest

  20-12-2016 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish celebrities back a campaign against homelessness after activists turn an ex-government building into a shelter.
  
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• Midfielder Ruaidhri Higgins released by Coleraine

  20-12-2016 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coleraine midfielder Ruaidhri Higgins is released by the club after an injury-plagued spell with the club.
  
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• Norovirus hits Slieve Russell hotel and hospital wards

  20-12-2016 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A norovirus outbreak closes five wards at Altnagelvin hospital and the Slieve Russell hotel in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Al Jazeera board member says Russia ‘deserved’ ambassador killing for its ‘crimes’ in Syria

  20-12-2016 16:16
  
  A woman who sits on the board of international news company Al Jazeera has reportedly said that she believes the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey was justified because of the bloodshed the country has contributed to in the Syrian civil war.
  
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• DUP's behaviour over RHI 'deepens crisis,' says Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams

  20-12-2016 15:55
  
  The behaviour of the DUP over the botched Renewable Heating Incentive scheme has deepened the crisis, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said.
  
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• Music promoter jailed over 10 kilos of cocaine smuggled into Belfast - the Irish News

  20-12-2016 15:28 via irishnews.com
  
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  Music promoter jailed over 10 kilos of cocaine smuggled into Belfast
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  Shane Delaney, (30) a father-of-one from Delouthry in Kilkenny, was stopped on May 22 after a Border Force officer noticed his suitcase had come from south American via Madrid and Heathrow. When opened the case contained 15 packaged polo shorts ...and more »
  
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• Watch Kayleigh Rogers sing Hallelujah

  20-12-2016 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Kayleigh Rogers' version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah was the highlight of her local Christmas concert and has been shared thousands of times on Facebook.
  
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• What do yew think makes a winning tree?

  20-12-2016 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What makes a winning tree - trunk size, age, ease of climbing, or number of nobbles?
  
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• Norovirus: Western Trust boss says outbreak 'worst in 30 years'

  20-12-2016 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Western Health Trust's medical director says a norovirus outbreak at Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry is the worst he has experienced in his career of almost 30 years.
  
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• Downpatrick women's 1987 convictions for imprisoning man are quashed

  20-12-2016 15:00
  
  Two women convicted of falsely imprisoning a man in a case involving a suspected British agent have won a 30-year battle to clear their names.
  
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• 'It's so horrific': Shining a light on senior financial exploitation in Maine

  20-12-2016 14:40
  Annie Cilley of Belmont gets emotional as she talks about how her friend Veronica Pendleton was defrauded of thousands of dollars by a lawyer whom she had given power of attorney. Pendleton was victimized by the attorney over a period of several years.
  
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• Trump blames Islamic terrorists over killings in Turkey and Berlin

  20-12-2016 14:36
  
  US president-elect Donald Trump has blamed Islamic terrorism for deadly violence in Turkey and Germany, and vowed anew to eradicate their regional and global networks.
  
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• Fine for man who paid for newspaper ad to counter immigration 'scare stories'

  20-12-2016 14:26
  
  A frustrated man who paid for a newspaper advert to try to counter "scare stories" about immigration during the EU referendum has been hit with a £4,000 fine by the elections watchdog.
  
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• Police want ASBO for woman who allegedly made 100 calls to Crimestoppers

  20-12-2016 14:25
  
  The PSNI are seeking to take out an ASBO against an Antrim woman who they allege has bombarded 'Crimestoppers' with 100 hoax calls in a seven month period.
  
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• Belsonic 2017: Jess Glynne and Axwell /\ Ingrosso among headliners of Ormeau Park gigs

  20-12-2016 13:56
  
  Chart-topping singer Jess Glynne has been announced as a headliner of the upcoming Belsonic outdoor music festival, which will take place at Ormeau Park in Belfast in June next year.
  
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• RHI scandal: Department releases 'critical' email following Jonathan Bell demand

  20-12-2016 13:48
  
  The email which suspended DUP MLA Jonathan Bell described as "critical" to the Renewable Heating Incentive scandal and called for it to be published, has been released.
  
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• M2 motorway re-opens after lorry fire

  20-12-2016 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The M2 motorway re-opens after a lorry fire near Templepatrick caused it to be closed in both directions.
  
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• Omagh bomb evidence to be heard partially in secret

  20-12-2016 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast's High Court grants permission for some evidence connected to the 1998 Omagh bombing to be heard in secret.
  
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• Barry Petticrew jailed over bomb-making factory find

  20-12-2016 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mechanic caught at a bomb-making factory on a Fermanagh farm will spend 11 years behind bars.
  
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• Norovirus outbreak at Northern Ireland hospital closes wards

  20-12-2016 13:07
  
  Wards at Altnagelvin hospital in Northern Ireland have been closed due to an outbreak the norovirus.
  
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• Cavan man Barry Petticrew jailed over Fermanagh bomb find

  20-12-2016 13:00
  
  Police believe the seizure in Kinawley two years ago of a munitions and explosives haul has saved lives in Northern Ireland and seriously damaged the capability of a terrorist grouping.
  
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• M2 closed after lorry bursts into flames - Belfast Live

  20-12-2016 12:41 via belfastlive.co.uk
  
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  M2 closed after lorry bursts into flames
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  The M2 was temporarily closed this morning in both directions after a HGV burst into flames on the carriageway. The road was closed in both directions at Junction 5 Templepatrick while emergency services dealt with the blaze. PSNI had been diverting ...and more »
  
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• Set dancer Lewis (87) facing 65 sex offence charges has case sent to Crown Court

  20-12-2016 12:31
  
  An 87-year-old man, the star of a TV programme about some of the oldest dancers in Northern Ireland, who is charged with 65 sex offences has had his case sent to the Crown Court.
  
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• Tourist winched to safety in Causeway cliff rescue

  20-12-2016 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There were dramatic as a Belgian tourist was recued from cliffs at the Giant's Causeway on Monday.
  
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• Northern Ireland election 'distinct possibility' if Arlene Foster does not step aside, says Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy

  20-12-2016 12:00
  
  Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy says an election is a "distinct possibility" if Arlene Foster does not step aside as First Minister in the New Year.
  
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• Mick Wallace TD declared bankrupt in High Court

  20-12-2016 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The independent Irish TD (MP) Mick Wallace is declared bankrupt at the High Court in Dublin.
  
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• Tourist winched to safety in cliff rescue

  20-12-2016 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Coastguard Helicopter in the latter stages of a rescue at the Giant's Causeway on Monday
  
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• Robin Newton: 'Concerns recognised' over RHI statement

  20-12-2016 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The assembly speaker writes to MLAs explaining his decision to allow the first minister to make a statement without the support of the deputy first minister.
  
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• Belgian tourist rescued from Giant's Causeway chimney stacks

  20-12-2016 10:02
  
  A Belgian tourist in Northern Ireland has been rescued off the rocks at the Giants Causeway.
  
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• TeleBest: Warmest tops to combat winter chill

  20-12-2016 10:00
  
  Want to stay snug on the hill? Make sure you have some insulating tops in your ski kit bag. By Sally Newall.
  
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• RHI scandal: 'Critical information' email released

  20-12-2016 09:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An email which DUP MLA Jonathan Bell said held "critical information" about the Renewable Heating Scheme Incentive (RHI) scandal is released.
  
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• Police hunt Belfast care worker who abused elderly residents

  20-12-2016 09:25
  
  Police are searching for a Belfast care worker convicted of abusing elderly care home residents after she failed to attend court yesterday.
  
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• Fury as doll donated to poor child ends up for sale in Northern Ireland shop

  20-12-2016 09:25
  
  A woman has been left "horrified, hurt and angry" after a doll she worked on for months to send to a disadvantaged child in eastern Europe was seen for sale in a shop window in Richhill.
  
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• Police hunt Belfast care worker who abused elderly residents - Belfast Telegraph

  20-12-2016 09:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  Police hunt Belfast care worker who abused elderly residents
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  Police are searching for a Belfast care worker convicted of abusing elderly care home residents after she failed to attend court yesterday. Lisa Cullen left a man with a hood over his head and wheeled another resident into an empty room and left him ...
  
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