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• PSNI warn of scam in West Belfast aimed at conning residents out of cash - Belfast Live

  05-01-2017 22:20
  
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  PSNI warn of scam in West Belfast aimed at conning residents out of cash
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  Police in West Belfast have warned people to be on their guard against a new scam. A resident contacted the PSNI after receiving a text message informing them of a tax rebate. But police said the message was a ploy to dupe people into revealing their ...
  
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• Paddy Barnes set for second professional fight in February

  05-01-2017 21:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paddy Barnes will have his second fight as a professional on 18 February at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
  
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• Young people in North Belfast to make life-changing trip - Belfast Live

  05-01-2017 21:49
  
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  A group of young people from North Belfast are gearing up for a potentially life-changing experience. Twenty youths, aged between 15 and 18 who are part of the Romania Project in the New Lodge area, are to travel to the country in just a few weeks.
  
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• Belfast mum in plea for help to find autistic son work after closure of cafe which had turned his life around - Belfast Live

  05-01-2017 20:56
  
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  Belfast mum in plea for help to find autistic son work after closure of cafe which had turned his life around
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  A Belfast mum has issued a plea for help to find her autistic son work after the cafe which turned his life around was forced to close. Tracy Burke has been left distraught after the closure of The Lamppost Cafe on the Upper Newtownards Road this week.
  
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• PM to visit Trump in spring

  05-01-2017 20:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will visit Donald Trump in spring this year following preparatory December meetings between key staff from Downing Street and the United States president-elect's team, a Number 10 source said.
  
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• New owner plans co-housing, performance space for old Belfast high school

  05-01-2017 20:49
  Belfast resident Kiril Lozanov recently purchased the former William C. Crosby School in Belfast. He plans to turn the building into community theater space, offices and co-housing apartments.
  
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• Northern Ireland waiting time targets for urgent cancer treatment missed again

  05-01-2017 20:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A third of patients are waiting too long for urgent cancer treatment to begin in Northern Ireland, official figures show.
  
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• New owner plans co-housing, performance space for old Belfast high school - Bangor Daily News

  05-01-2017 20:16
  
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  New owner plans co-housing, performance space for old Belfast high school
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  Belfast resident Kiril Lozanov recently purchased the former William C. Crosby School in Belfast. He plans to turn the building into community theater space, offices and co-housing apartments. Belfast resident Kiril Lozanov recently purchased the ...
  
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• RHI scandal: Mairtin O Muilleoir denounces 'sticking plaster' and says Executive will collapse if Arlene Foster doesn't step aside

  05-01-2017 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mairtin O Muilleoir has said the Stormont Executive will collapse unless Arlene Foster steps aside while the botched renewable heating scheme is investigated.
  
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• RHI scandal: Mairtin O Muilleoir denounces DUP 'sticking plaster' and says Executive will collapse if Arlene Foster doesn't step aside

  05-01-2017 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mairtin O Muilleoir has said the Stormont Executive will collapse unless Arlene Foster steps aside while the botched renewable heating scheme is investigated.
  
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• RHI scandal: Máirtín Ó Muilleoir denounces 'sticking plaster' and says Executive will collapse if Arlene Foster doesn't step aside

  05-01-2017 19:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has said the Stormont Executive will collapse unless Arlene Foster steps aside while the botched renewable heating scheme is investigated.
  
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• Ó Muilleoir denounces DUP plan for RHI as 'sticking plaster'

  05-01-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir says Arlene Foster must step aside while scandal is investigated.
  
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• Funeral held for veteran Belfast solicitor Gerry Daly who passed ... - Belfast Telegraph

  05-01-2017 18:24
  
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  Funeral held for veteran Belfast solicitor Gerry Daly who passed ...
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  The funeral has been held for veteran Belfast solicitor Gerry Daly, who passed just two weeks after his wedding.and more »
  
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• Disgraced Belfast care home worker denies assaulting whistleblower

  05-01-2017 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A disgraced care home worker has denied assaulting the whistleblower who told the authorities she was abusing elderly and vulnerable residents.
  
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• NI Secretary seeks parties' views on funding clarity

  05-01-2017 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire asks whether the time is right for transparency on political donations.
  
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• Dublin stabbing: Teenager dies after attack in Tallaght

  05-01-2017 17:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager has died after he was stabbed in Tallaght, south Dublin.
  
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• Police officer cautioned for improperly accessing police records

  05-01-2017 16:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police officer in Northern Ireland has been cautioned after improperly accessing police records.
  
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• At the pumps

  05-01-2017 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drivers in Northern Ireland have something to celebrate - prices seem to be rising more slowly than in other parts of the UK.
  
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• Rhys Jack: Drowned man's mother in life-belt appeal

  05-01-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother of a County Tyrone teenager who drowned in a quarry calls on vandals to stop damaging life-belts.
  
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• Tribunal to hear 'racial discrimination' case from police constable

  05-01-2017 15:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland are facing serious allegations of racism within the organisation after an officer claimed to have been subjected to racist abuse by a number of his colleagues.
  
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• Belfast man in court over attack on David Ervine memorial chair

  05-01-2017 15:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has appeared in court in Northern Ireland today accused of an attack on a memorial to the late Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine.
  
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• Burning question

  05-01-2017 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will Stormont launch a public inquiry or an independent investigation into the 'cash-for-ash' scandal? And what's the difference?
  
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• DUP's Hamilton and SF's O'Muilleoir to hold 'clear-the-air' talks over RHI £400m overspend

  05-01-2017 14:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP Economy Minister Simon Hamilton and Sinn Fein Finance Minister Mairtin O'Muilleoir are to hold clear-the-air talks over how to cut the projected Renewable Heating Incentive £400m overspend.
  
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• Scarlets v Ulster: Best's Ireland quartet lead the charge Pro12 clash

  05-01-2017 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Les Kiss has named the Ulster team to play Scarlets in Round 13 of the Guinness PRO12 on Friday at the Parc y Scarlets.
  
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• David McIlveen: DUP confused between humility and humiliation and detached from reality over RHI

  05-01-2017 13:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former DUP MLA David McIlveen has accused his party's leadership of not knowing the difference between humility and humiliation and of avoiding the issues he raised over the RHI scandal.
  
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• Teachers' union NASUWT calls second strike at Northern Ireland schools

  05-01-2017 12:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Teachers’ union the NASUWT has announced its next planned strike action in Northern Ireland.
  
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• E-cigarettes cost-effective way to help smokers quit - analysis

  05-01-2017 12:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  E-cigarettes are a cost-effective way of helping people to quit smoking, the first official analysis of its kind in Europe has found.
  
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• Bump in 'water-influenced' property values prompts talk of 'equalization'

  05-01-2017 12:22
  The city in the coming year will adjust property tax assessments, but to what extent and where remains to be seen. The problem, according to City Assessor Brent Martin, is that some properties have increased in value faster than others relative to the city's own assessments.
  
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• Full file still pending on ex-football coach charged with child sex offence

  05-01-2017 11:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A full file has not yet been received on a former Celtic Football Club youth coach and kitman charged with a child sex offence, a prosecutor said.
  
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• Belfast – a cultural adventure

  05-01-2017 10:51 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 'Sore' David McIlveen can't back up claims of diminishing support for Arlene Foster, claims Sammy Wilson

  05-01-2017 10:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sammy Wilson has rejected claims from fellow DUP member David McIlveen that support for Arlene Foster is diminishing within the party.
  
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• Police renew Brian McIlhagga murder probe appeal

  05-01-2017 10:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have renewed their appeal for information over the brutal murder of a Ballymena man two years ago today.
  
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• DUP's David McIlveen criticises Arlene Foster over green energy scheme 'omnishambles'

  05-01-2017 10:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Assembly colleague of Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster has broken ranks to heavily criticise her handling of a botched green energy scheme.
  
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• Why no public outcry at Gerry Adams paying homage to the notorious fascist thug Sean South?

  05-01-2017 10:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This Sunday afternoon Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams TD will be in Limerick for a special commemoration. Sinn Fein supporters will gather in the city centre and march out to the grave of Sean South at Mount St Lawrence Cemetery, where Adams will be the main speaker.
  
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• TeleBest: Best soundbars on market from Sonos and Bose to Yamaha and Samsung

  05-01-2017 10:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Get the audio to match the picture with a sleek device.
  
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• Belfast fashion spy: Kylie Jenner is different, Kate Middleton looks stunning

  05-01-2017 10:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Our reporter Rachel Dean checks out all the style in Victoria Square, Belfast.
  
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• RHI scandal: DUP's David McIlveen criticises Foster over RHI 'omnishambles'

  05-01-2017 09:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former DUP MLA breaks ranks and criticises his leader Arlene Foster, saying the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme is an "omnishambles".
  
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• Belfast bakery owners banned from top posts over £90,000 debt

  05-01-2017 09:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former owners of a north Belfast home bakery have been banned from senior business roles for four years each after it collapsed, owing over £90,000.
  
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• Fuel and food prices soar in aftermath of Brexit vote

  05-01-2017 09:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland consumers are being warned to brace themselves for an unhappy new year as rocketing fuel and food prices take their toll.
  
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• Fermanagh dad's funding plea to send little cancer girl Nadezda to for treatment

  05-01-2017 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of a two-year-old girl from Co Fermanagh currently undergoing chemotherapy are pleading for help to get her life-saving cancer treatment in Israel.
  
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• Sunday Mass in English axed at Newry church due to priest shortage

  05-01-2017 09:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Worshippers in Newry have been left disappointed by the Bishop of Dromore's surprise announcement to end the only English language Sunday Mass at St Brigid's Church.
  
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• Tyrone animal shelter reeling under deluge of discarded pets

  05-01-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An animal charity that saved a pregnant dog that went on to have eight pups in Christmas week is under huge pressure.
  
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• Northern Ireland surgery with 5,200 patients but no GPs will remain open, say health chiefs

  05-01-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A GP surgery that serves more than 5,000 people in a Co Armagh town has secured a temporary reprieve after fears that it was set to close in just over a week's time.
  
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• Altnagelvin Hospital triggers major incident plan as A&Es struggle

  05-01-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health officials have apologised after emergency departments across Northern Ireland struggled to cope over Christmas and New Year.
  
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• RHI: I don't buy Arlene Foster's sudden awareness of misogyny

  05-01-2017 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The misogyny claim is a crude attempt by the First Minister to detract from her central role in the Renewable Heating Incentive scheme fiasco.
  
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• Troubles legacy set to cast shadow over 2017

  05-01-2017 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's past will continue to cast a shadow over politics this year, writes BBC NI's Vincent Kearney, with no signs that an agreement is close on dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.
  
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• New beginnings

  05-01-2017 07:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A city in the Republic of Ireland is leaving its violent past behind and preparing for Brexit gains.
  
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• Two charged in High Street meth lab get deferred dispositions

  05-01-2017 04:14
  Two people accused of helping to run a methamphetamine laboratory in the city received deferred dispositions for their roles in the drug operation. In March 2016, Michael J. Redding, 27, and Krystyl A. Robbins, 24, both of Belfast, were charged after Maine Drug Enforcement Agency raided a home at 354 High St. and seized 2 grams of methamphetamine, according to previously published reports.
  
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• Brian McIlhagga murder: Fresh appeal on second anniversary of Ballymena man's death

  05-01-2017 01:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of Brian McIlhagga in Ballymoney have renewed their appeal for information on the second anniversary of his death.
  
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