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• Freezing fog grounds a number of flights from Belfast to London - Belfast Telegraph

  30-12-2016 23:40
  
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  Freezing fog grounds a number of flights from Belfast to London
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  There has been anger among Ulster holiday makers after their plans to celebrate the New Year in London were grounded due to freezing fog. A number of flights to London airports from both Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport were ...
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• New Year Honours 2017: MBE awards for Firth and O'Neill

  30-12-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paralympic gold medallist Bethany Firth and Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill are appointed MBEs in the New Year Honours.
  
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• Northern Ireland football manager Michael O'Neill and Paralympic gold medallist Bethany Firth among locals receiving New Years Honours from the Queen

  30-12-2016 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's history-making football manager and its golden girl from Rio have both been recognised by the Queen in the New Year Honours list.
  
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• New Year Honours: More than 100 Northern Ireland recipients

  30-12-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 100 people in Northern Ireland are recognised for their achievements in the New Year Honours list.
  
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• Blythe Street: Viable device found in south Belfast

  30-12-2016 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A viable explosive device has been found in south Belfast.
  
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• Freezing fog grounds a number of flights from Belfast to London

  30-12-2016 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some flights from Belfast International and Belfast City Airport to London are delayed or cancelled due to freezing fog in England.
  
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• Flights from Belfast to London disrupted due to adverse weather

  30-12-2016 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Some flights from Belfast International and Belfast City Airport to London are delayed or cancelled due to freezing fog in England.
  
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• Bird flu case confirmed in Republic of Ireland

  30-12-2016 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A case of bird flu has been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• West Belfast: Elderly woman rescued from fire

  30-12-2016 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman has been rescued from a house fire in west Belfast.
  
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• West Belfast: Elderly woman rescued from fire - BBC News - BBC News

  30-12-2016 18:20
  
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  An elderly woman has been rescued from a house fire in west Belfast.
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• Glengoland Gardens house fire: Firefighters rescue woman and dog from Belfast blaze

  30-12-2016 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters rescued an elderly woman and her pet dog from a house fire in the Glengoland Gardens area of Belfast on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Blythe Street security alert: 'Viable explosive device' made safe

  30-12-2016 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A viable improvised explosive device, discovered in the Blythe Street area of south Belfast, has been made safe by Army technical officers.
  
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• Blythe Street security alert following discovery of 'suspicious objects'

  30-12-2016 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are attending a security alert in the Blythe Street area of south Belfast following the discovery of 'suspicious objects'.
  
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• RHI scandal: Arlene Foster encouraged banks to support scheme

  30-12-2016 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first minister faces a renewed call to resign after it was revealed she wrote to banks encouraging them to support the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
  
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• Boy 'critical' after being left on freezing balcony for 15 hours as Boxing Day punishment

  30-12-2016 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A six-year-old boy has been left in a critical condition after he was reportedly shut outside by his parents in freezing temperatures over Christmas.
  
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• Teenager found dead in Belfast apartment

  30-12-2016 13:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager was found dead in his bed at a Belfast apartment yesterday.
  
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• Isis killer: British jihadis shunned Syria frontline in favour of torture squads

  30-12-2016 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  “When I shot the rafidi it was easy. He was kneeling in front of me, sobbing. He was a big man: his body was shaking. I thought ‘why are you crying, you are a killer yourself, you are going to have a quick death’.
  
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• Isis killer: British jihadis shunned frontline in favour of torture squads

  30-12-2016 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  “When I shot the rafidi it was easy. He was kneeling in front of me, sobbing. He was a big man: his body was shaking. I thought ‘why are you crying, you are a killer yourself, you are going to have a quick death’.
  
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• Andrew Trimble, Tommy Bowe and Darren Cave in Ulster line-up for New Year's Eve Leinster clash

  30-12-2016 13:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Les Kiss has named the Ulster match day panel that will travel to play Leinster in the RDS Arena on New Year's Eve.
  
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• Meet the unwanted and unsold post Christmas puppies

  30-12-2016 13:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  These seven-week-old cocker spaniel and border colllie puppies were among the first unsold and unwanted pups just days after Christmas .
  
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• Belfast police still probing theft of Steve McQueen artwork from Bullitt hotel

  30-12-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than two months after a £15,000 print of Hollywood icon Steve McQueen was stolen from Belfast's Bullitt Hotel - during which time the culprit has confessed to the media - the art heist has still not been resolved.
  
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• Bangor branded one of the UK's weakest house price performers as a new slowdown grips NI

  30-12-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  House prices grew at a slower rate in Northern Ireland than in almost any other UK region this year, new figures have shown.
  
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• Man rescued from River Lagan in Belfast

  30-12-2016 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was pulled from the River Lagan in Belfast last night in a dramatic joint rescue operation.
  
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• Charles Brooke Pickard: Arrest over County Kerry abduction

  30-12-2016 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man in his 60s is arrested in connection with the abduction of a man in County Kerry in 1991.
  
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• Waterford: Arrest as Lithuanian man found injured in street dies

  30-12-2016 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man in his 40s has been arrested after a man found with head injuries in Waterford city centre on Christmas Day died in hospital.
  
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• BBC News NI's 20 most read stories of 2016 - 20 to 11

  30-12-2016 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look back through the most read stories of 2016 on the BBC News NI website - from 20 to 11.
  
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• UK secret files released: Thatcher tried to bar Queen trip, Princess and PM's tell-all letters, Foster & Allen Apartheid shock

  30-12-2016 09:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britain and Ireland would get on very well together were it not for history, a senior diplomat observed. Writing at the end of 1988, the British Ambassador to Dublin noted improving relations on every matter - except Northern Ireland.
  
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• Simon Hamilton defends Arlene Foster in 'burn to earn' row

  30-12-2016 09:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Arlene Foster's ministerial colleagues has claimed political rivals calling for her resignation as Stormont First Minister are more interested in a scalp than the truth.
  
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• Rivals challenge Foster's RHI claim after 'guarantee' letter to banks revealed

  30-12-2016 09:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pledge by Stormont's First Minister to claw back millions committed in a botched energy scheme has been questioned after it emerged she told bankers that payments would be guaranteed.
  
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• RHI scandal: Rivals challenge Arlene Foster's claim after 'guarantee' letter to banks revealed

  30-12-2016 09:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pledge by Stormont's First Minister to claw back millions committed in a botched energy scheme has been questioned after it emerged she told bankers that payments would be guaranteed.
  
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• 1lb birth baby Thomas Owen moved from Belfast hospital

  30-12-2016 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of Thomas Owen Boyle got the Christmas present they had been wishing for when their precious bundle was deemed well enough to be transferred from the Royal Victoria Hospital to Altnagelvin.
  
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• Poll: Sinn Fein plans to increase rates for houses worth more than £400k - do you approve?

  30-12-2016 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP has vowed to fight "tooth and nail" against a Sinn Fein proposal to increase rate bills for up to 7,000 homes.
  
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• Collie Casey back home after 50 mile dander

  30-12-2016 09:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A dog which was missing for six weeks has been reunited with its owner after wandering 50 miles away from home.
  
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• Debbie Reynolds final words: 'I want to be with Carrie'

  30-12-2016 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds' final words were "I want to be with Carrie".
  
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• Northern Ireland grandad jailed for abuse of boys over 30 years ago

  30-12-2016 09:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down man who molested three young boys under the age of 13 over a six-year period has been sent to jail.
  
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• George best seller at Manchester football museum gift shop

  30-12-2016 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester is renowned for sporting heros who fans have idolised for years.
  
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• BHS workers turn to Charles Dickens' charity for handouts

  30-12-2016 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland workers who lost their jobs as a result of the collapse of high street stalwart BHS are understood to be among hundreds who have contacted a hardship charity once chaired by Charles Dickens.
  
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• Queen's academic Scraton refuses OBE over Hillsborough disaster

  30-12-2016 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Queen's University academic Phil Scraton has turned down an OBE.
  
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• Thatcher's shock admission that UK got it wrong on Irish border in 1921

  30-12-2016 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told officials from the Republic of Ireland that the UK "got it wrong in 1921" with the Northern Ireland border.
  
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• Teenager discovered dead in his bed at Belfast apartment

  30-12-2016 08:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager was found dead in his bed at a Belfast apartment yesterday.
  
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• Teen found dead in Belfast - police trying to find relatives

  30-12-2016 08:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager was found dead in his bed at a Belfast apartment yesterday.
  
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• Belfast mum's horror as stranger contacts girls on walkie-talkie Christmas presents

  30-12-2016 08:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother has told how her young daughters were left panicked by a man who made contact with them over toy walkie talkies she had bought for Christmas.
  
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• Secret papers: UDR denied 'pointing guns at Irish army'

  30-12-2016 08:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newly released government papers from the 1980s have revealed details of an alleged incident between the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Irish army.
  
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• BBC News NI's year in pictures - July to September 2016

  30-12-2016 07:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of BBC News NI's year in pictures from July to September 2016
  
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• Botanic Gardens: Precious plants of Victorian ravine kept warm

  30-12-2016 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the heart of winter, tender tropical plants are being kept cosy inside a major construction project in Belfast's Botanic Gardens.
  
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• NI state papers reveal government focus on public image of the UDR

  30-12-2016 07:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  State papers from the 1970s and 1980s reveal how much the British authorities discussed the public image of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
  
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• Police chief John Stalker who probed RUC shootings was concerned about 'six murders', files show

  30-12-2016 01:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police chief who investigated an alleged shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland confided in a diplomat that he was not concerned about a cover-up but "murder, six murders", newly declassified files show.
  
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