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• When are the secondary school Open Days for 2017 across Belfast and beyond? - Belfast Live

  02-01-2017 23:11
  
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  When are the secondary school Open Days for 2017 across Belfast and beyond?
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  It's that time of year when parents and young people in Primary 7 will be thinking about the next step in their education. January is usually the busiest month for Open Days/Evenings, giving prospective pupils a chance to have a look around the various ...
  
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• Belfast man charged with domestic assault, bringing drugs into prison

  02-01-2017 22:00
  An early morning argument landed a Belfast man in jail Jan. 2, where additional charges were filed after staff found drugs in his possession. James R. Witham, 36, was arrested and charged with two counts of domestic violence assault, possession of a usable amount of marijuana, stealing drugs, unlawful possession of schedule W drugs and trafficking in prison contraband.
  
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• Shane MacGowan thanks public for support after death of mother in New Year's Day crash

  02-01-2017 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shane MacGowan has thanked people for their support after his mother was killed in a car crash on New Year's Day.
  
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• Elite League: Belfast Giants 4-1 Coventry Blaze - BBC News

  02-01-2017 19:57
  
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  Elite League: Belfast Giants 4-1 Coventry Blaze
  BBC News
  David Rutherford's double helped the Giants to victory over Coventry at the SSE Arena as they moved to within four points of leaders Cardiff Devils. The deadlock was finally broken three minutes from the end of the second period with Ashley Tait ...
  DJ Rutherford brace puts Coventry Blaze to the sword in BelfastCoventry Observer
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• Belfast Giants 4-1 Coventry Blaze: Giants claim well-earned two points in Elite League clash

  02-01-2017 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Giants claimed a well-earned two points with a 4-1 win over the Coventry Blaze in Belfast on Monday.
  
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• Sunderland v Liverpool: Jermain Defoe denies Reds fifth successive Premier League win

  02-01-2017 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jermain Defoe denied Liverpool a fifth successive Premier League victory with a penalty double as Sadio Mane went from hero to villain at Sunderland.
  
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• Man in hospital after 'serious assault' after Belfast house party - BBC News

  02-01-2017 17:43
  
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  Man in hospital after 'serious assault' after Belfast house party
  BBC News
  A man in his 20s has been beaten up after he attended a house party in south Belfast on New Year's Eve. Police said he was taken to hospital after the "serious assault" which happened at Wauchope Court some time between 03.45 and 05.45 GMT on ...
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  02-01-2017 17:43
  
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  Man in hospital after 'serious assault' after Belfast house party - BBC ...
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  A man in his 20s is beaten up after he attended a house party in south Belfast on New Year's Eve.
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• Stormont power sharing institutions risk losing all value, warns leading Sinn Fein figure

  02-01-2017 17:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The power sharing institutions at Stormont risk becoming valueless, a Sinn Fein leader warned.
  
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• Power sharing institutions risk losing all value, warns leading Sinn Fein figure

  02-01-2017 17:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The power sharing institutions at Stormont risk becoming valueless, a Sinn Fein leader warned.
  
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• Irish sailor stranded in the Pacific with 'makeshift' mast and 'limited steering' attempting to get to rescue area

  02-01-2017 17:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish sailor Enda O’Coineen is battling to make his way back to dry land after being blown off-course 200 miles from civilisation.
  
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• At least 60 inmates dead after prison riot in Brazil

  02-01-2017 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 60 inmates have died during a prison riot in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, including several who were beheaded or dismembered, officials have said.
  
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• 56 inmates left dead after Brazilian prison riot

  02-01-2017 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 56 inmates have been killed after fighting started a riot at a prison in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil.
  
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• Communications minister Denis Naughten hurt in road accident

  02-01-2017 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Communications minister Denis Naughten has suffered minor injuries after being involved in a road accident in Co Roscommon.
  
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• Man attacked with knife during attempted robbery in Belfast

  02-01-2017 15:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information following the report of an attempted robbery of a man in the Skegoneill Avenue area of Belfast in the early hours on Monday, January 2.
  
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• Minister Hazzard backs removal of limits on Belfast City Airport seat sales

  02-01-2017 15:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont's infrastructure minister has said a seat sales restriction at George Best Belfast City Airport should be removed.
  
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• Minister backs inquiry calls to end seat sales limit at Belfast City Airport

  02-01-2017 15:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont's infrastructure minister has said a seat sales restriction at George Best Belfast City Airport should be removed.
  
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• Belfast chip shop owner says tablets order reaction 'crazy' - BBC News

  02-01-2017 14:15
  
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  Belfast chip shop owner says tablets order reaction 'crazy'
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  The owner of a Belfast takeaway shop that delivered medicine to an ailing customer, along with their dinner, has said reaction to it has been "absolutely crazy". Feeley's Fish and Chip Shop revealed the unusual request on its Facebook page on Friday.
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• Belfast man accused of pouring cooking oil over partner

  02-01-2017 14:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man allegedly poured cooking oil over his partner's head during an attack on New Year's Eve, a court heard today.
  
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• Watch: Horror as car filmed speeding in wrong direction on Northern Ireland dual carriageway

  02-01-2017 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the terrifying moment a car was caught on a Northern Ireland dual carriageway travelling in the wrong direction.
  
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• Traffic alert: Ice warning after five collisions in one hour on Northern Ireland dual carriageway

  02-01-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are warning motorists to exercise "extreme caution" on the A26 near Ballymena after five crashes in an hour on Monday morning.
  
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• Four trapped in car after A26 Ballymena smash - another woman rushed to hospital after separate crash

  02-01-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four people were trapped in their car after a three-vehicle crash near Ballymena on Monday morning, while another woman was rushed to hospital following a separate incident.
  
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• All the best: James McGinn on his favourite things

  02-01-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 51-year-old is the general manager of the Europa Hotel in Belfast. He says:
  
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• Across the miles

  02-01-2017 10:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five students from Zambia receive diplomas in computing after being taught by tutors who were thousands of miles away in County Tyrone.
  
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• Premier League live score, tables, results: Manchester City v Burnley, Sunderland v Liverpool, West Ham v Manchester United

  02-01-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is frustrated with the Ivory Coast after they refused to delay Eric Bailly's African Nations Cup departure by 24 hours.
  
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• 'I'm proud to be in Sandy Row', says DUP MLA renting office from group linked to loyalist killer

  02-01-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP politician who is renting a constituency office from a group managed by a convicted UDA multiple killer has told the Belfast Telegraph he is "proud" to be renting the unit.
  
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• Elderly woman dies in Dublin house fire

  02-01-2017 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman has died in a house fire in Dublin.
  
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• Shane MacGowan's mother killed in Tipperary road crash

  02-01-2017 09:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Singer Shane MacGowan's mother has been killed in the first Irish road death of 2017.
  
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• Irish government rules out forced sale of Pearse letter

  02-01-2017 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish officials have ruled out forcing the owner of Patrick Pearse's handwritten surrender letter to sell it to the state.
  
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• Religion never issue for Carl Frampton who began boxing in Belfast's Catholic clubs

  02-01-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton has said that the sectarianism that blighted much of Belfast as he grew up was absent from the world of boxing.
  
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• Varney family 'inconsolable' as little Odhran buried on New Year's Eve

  02-01-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost a thousand mourners gathered for the New Year's Eve funeral of a five-year-old Glengormley boy who died on Christmas Day.
  
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• Passengers shocked to find scorpion loose on Edinburgh from London train

  02-01-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rail passengers en route to Edinburgh from London were delayed after a scorpion also boarded their train.
  
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• Just seven queries over vessel being renamed Queen of Ulster

  02-01-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Only seven communications were received about the anglicisation of the name of a Department of Agriculture fisheries vessel, it can be revealed.
  
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• Disney to get huge payout after death of Carrie Fisher

  02-01-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Disney is expected to receive one of the largest insurance payouts in history after reports it took out a $41m policy on Carrie Fisher.
  
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• Cocaine trade knocking on door of Belfast Titanic Quarter

  02-01-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Visitors and residents in Belfast's fashionable Titanic Quarter were surprised by a large armed police presence one Saturday evening in early November.
  
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• PM May says UK and Turkey united on defeating terrorism following nightclub massacre

  02-01-2017 08:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May has written to the Turkish president to underline the UK's commitment to defeating terrorism in the wake of a New Year attack on an Istanbul nightclub which left at least 39 people dead.
  
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• New Year's Day charity swims in Northern Ireland 2017 [Photos]

  02-01-2017 08:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brave swimmers took the plunge on New Year's Day in the freezing waters around the north coast.
  
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• Roads minister Hazzard getting tough on drivers using phones in Northern Ireland

  02-01-2017 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Roads Minister Chris Hazzard is considering tougher penalties for drivers caught using a mobile phone at the wheel.
  
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• Northern Ireland road deaths fall to 68 in 2016 but safety still police priority

  02-01-2017 08:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sixty-eight people were killed on Northern Ireland's roads in 2016 - a slight fall on the previous year.
  
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• McGuinness urges Arlene Foster for probe into RHI energy scheme fiasco

  02-01-2017 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster no longer enjoys the confidence of the public and should step aside, the Deputy First Minister has said.
  
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• Devoted mum Sarah Lamont just can't wait to give brave Joe a kidney and part of her liver'

  02-01-2017 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Ballymena mother donating two vital organs to save her four-year-old boy's life has promised him: "This is going to be your year."
  
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• BBC NI pays staff £1m for changes in their shifts

  02-01-2017 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Staff at BBC Northern Ireland were handed more than £1m last year - for arriving early and staying late at work.
  
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• Times Square production team denies Mariah Carey sabotage claim

  02-01-2017 07:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The production company behind the Times Square New Year's Eve special has hit back at Mariah Carey's claim that it sabotaged her live performance.
  
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• UK weather: Ice warning as New Year begins with cold snap

  02-01-2017 01:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parts of the UK will be gripped by icy conditions as a cold snap kicks off 2017.
  
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