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• RHI scandal: DUP MLAs Carla Lockhart and William Irwin reveal family members have boilers under the botched green energy scheme

  23-01-2017 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two DUP MLAs have revealed that they have family members who installed Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) boilers.
  
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• Opportunities to explore inner artist

  23-01-2017 22:57
  Journey to Health, part of the MaineHealth Learning Resource Center, offers several opportunities to Explore Your Inner Artist this winter at different Midcoast locations. The three-session class, led by Lisa Cohn, will help participants discover how creating art can lift one's mood, reduce stress and quiet the mind mind in this three-session class.
  
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• RHI scandal: Claimants details to be made public on Wednesday

  23-01-2017 22:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Economy minister Simon Hamilton has insisted it is in the public interest to publish the details of recipients of the botched renewable heating scheme.
  
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• UMaine Hutchinson Center announces new fall 2017 MSW-Weekend Cohort

  23-01-2017 20:43
  Applications are being accepted for the new 2017 Master's of Social Work Weekend Cohort which will take place at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center starting September 2017. Classes will be held on Friday nights and Saturday mornings in Belfast.
  
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• North Belfast shooting: Injured officer 'recovering well' as police appeal for information on Audi car

  23-01-2017 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A PSNI detective has appealed for information about car used in an attack on an officer at a filling station on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast.
  
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• Rory McIlroy to miss Dubai Desert Classic

  23-01-2017 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy will not compete at this week's Dubai Desert Classic.
  
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• UUP MLA Ross Hussey standing down on health grounds

  23-01-2017 17:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist MLA for West Tyrone Ross Hussey has confirmed he won't seek re-election due to health concerns
  
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• Tributes pour in following death of 'Allo 'Allo! star Gorden Kaye

  23-01-2017 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  'Allo 'Allo! actress Vicki Michelle has led the tributes to her co-star Gorden Kaye following his death, saying he was "an icon across the world".
  
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• 'Allo 'Allo! star Gorden Kaye dies aged 75

  23-01-2017 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Actor Gorden Kaye, best known for his role in the long-running sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75.
  
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• Trident row: SDLP demands explanation after claims nuclear deterrent missile malfunctioned off the coast of Florida

  23-01-2017 16:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP has demanded that the MOD explains why it allegedly hid a Trident missile malfunction only weeks before a Westminster vote on renewing £40 billion nuclear deterrent last summer.
  
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• Michelle O'Neill says Sinn Féin role 'biggest honour'

  23-01-2017 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill says becoming Sinn Féin's new Northern leader is the "biggest honour" of her life.
  
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• Banned motorist who drove at up to 113mph on M1 as police chased her - jailed for four months

  23-01-2017 16:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A banned motorist who drove at up to 113mph as police tried to stop her has been jailed for four months.
  
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• Michelle O'Neill is Sinn Féin's new leader north of the border

  23-01-2017 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sinn Féin picks Michelle O'Neill to replace Martin McGuinness five weeks before snap elections.
  
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• Chief Constable full statement on officer shooting in north Belfast

  23-01-2017 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Chief Constable George Hamilton has branded the attack on a police officer in north Belfast last night as ‘attempted murder’.
  
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• Sinn Féin leader Michelle O'Neill's political career

  23-01-2017 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Michelle O'Neill becomes the new Sinn Féin leader north of the border, BBC News NI looks at her career to date.
  
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• Sinn Fein name Michelle O'Neill as new ‘leader of the North’ to succeed Martin McGuinness

  23-01-2017 15:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein have named Michelle O'Neill as its new leader in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Face of the future

  23-01-2017 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill's journey from rural County Tyrone to Sinn Féin's new Northern leader.
  
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• Irish police put massive cannabis find on display

  23-01-2017 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gardaí (Irish Police) and the republic's revenue service put herbal cannabis worth €37.5 million seized at Dublin Port on Friday on display.
  
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• Aer Lingus staff arrested over 'immigrant smuggling'

  23-01-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Aer Lingus staff are arrested as part of an investigation into illegal immigration at Dublin Airport.
  
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• PSNI chief condemns suspected dissident republican attack in Belfast

  23-01-2017 14:44
  
  George Hamilton describes gun attack on busy petrol station in which one officer was shot as ‘completely reckless’Suspected dissident republicans who sprayed a petrol station in Belfast with automatic gunfire endangered not only the lives of two police officers but also the civilian staff and drivers at the garage, Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said.The head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, George Hamilton, described the attack on the filling station as &ldqu
  
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• Dental lecturer 'overheard having sex in office'

  23-01-2017 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A dental lecturer was overheard having sex in his office by a colleague as she tried to comfort a student who was grieving over the death of a family member, a hearing has been told.
  
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• County Armagh: Pensioner dies in fire

  23-01-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 90s has died following a house fire in Jonesborough, County Armagh.
  
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• David Lyness in court over murder of Lurgan woman Anita Downey

  23-01-2017 13:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 51-year-old man has appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court charged with the murder of Anita Downey in Lurgan.
  
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• Belfast policeman injured during gunfire at filling station

  23-01-2017 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police officer is injured after automatic gunfire is sprayed across a garage forecourt in Belfast.
  
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• Man in court charged with Anita Downey murder

  23-01-2017 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Lyness appears in court charged with the murder of Anita Downey in Lurgan, County Armagh.
  
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• Cats' parasite linked to extreme PMS symptoms

  23-01-2017 13:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For those women who suffer severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) every lead up to a period can feel like a living hell, but if you have a cat you may suffer even more.
  
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• Police chief Hamilton: Gunmen likely 'hiding behind fencing' across from north Belfast petrol station

  23-01-2017 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's police chief has said gunmen who opened fire at a PSNI officer at a busy petrol station in north Belfast were likely hiding behind fencing across the road.
  
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• RHI scandal: 'No proposal' to compensate firms

  23-01-2017 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is no proposal to compensate businesses which lose money from an reduction in their RHI tariff, says senior civil servant.
  
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• Man dies in crash on Bangor to Belfast Road

  23-01-2017 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man has died following a crash on the main road between Belfast and Bangor, County Down.
  
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• Air pollution levels soar in Belfast, Londonderry, Armagh and Newry

  23-01-2017 12:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland, London, the South East and Eastern regions are experiencing very high levels of pollutants known as particulate matter, or PMs, which come from sources such as traffic emissions, in particular diesel engines.
  
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• Aer Lingus staff arrested in 'illegal immigrant smuggling' probe at Dublin Airport

  23-01-2017 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Aer Lingus employees were among three men arrested as part of an investigation into an international illegal immigrant smuggling network.
  
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• Six Nations 2017: Uncapped Munster trio named in Ireland squad

  23-01-2017 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uncapped Munster brothers Niall and Rory Scannell, plus winger Andrew Conway, are named in a 40-man Ireland Six Nations squad.
  
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• Terror attack Belfast petrol station sprayed with automatic gunfire, says police chief Hamilton

  23-01-2017 11:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's police chief has said a PSNI officer was wounded a petrol station in north Belfast was sprayed with automatic gunfire during a drive-by shooting.
  
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• Carl Frampton: I have the power to knock Santa Cruz's block off

  23-01-2017 11:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An athlete knows when he is ready to fire, when he has raised the bar and I just feel going into this re-match with Leo Santa Cruz more explosive than ever before — like a stack of dynamite waiting for the fuse to be lit.
  
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• Plan for 130km Belfast bicycle network unveiled

  23-01-2017 11:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard MLA has announced a public consultation on a draft Belfast Bicycle Network.
  
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• Shooting eyewitness describes gun attack in north Belfast

  23-01-2017 10:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An eyewitness to a shooting in north Belfast has described how he was told to "get on the ground" by a police officer during a gun attack on a petrol station
  
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• Northern Ireland house fires claim lives of Ards man and woman in her 90s in Jonesborough

  23-01-2017 09:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two people have died in separate house fires over the weekend in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Armagh house fire claims life of woman in her 90s

  23-01-2017 09:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman aged in her 90s has died following a house fire in Co Armagh.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Run Forest Run at Gosford Forest Park -full results, pictures and video

  23-01-2017 09:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gosford 5K/10K is the sixth race in the Belfast Telegraph Run Forest Run Series. Gosford Forest Park comprises some 240 hectares of diverse woodland and open parkland and is set in gentle rolling drumlin countryside.
  
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• Bangor man's wife tells murder suspect Binotti to hand himself in

  23-01-2017 09:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The widow of murdered Bangor teacher Gary Ferguson has pleaded with the chief suspect Harris Binotti to hand himself into the authorities.
  
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• Man dies in crash on Belfast to Bangor A2 road

  23-01-2017 09:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland have confirmed that a man has died following a single vehicle road traffic collision on the A2 dual carriageway between Belfast and Bangor.
  
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• Northern Ireland train users paying up to £9 a day to park cars at costly rail stations

  23-01-2017 09:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Commuters in Belfast are now shelling out up to £9 a day for the privilege of parking at a train station, it can be revealed.
  
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• Troubles victims who will not forgive ill Martin McGuinness for suffering IRA inflicted

  23-01-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Victims of two of the most shocking atrocities of the Troubles have called on former Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness to explain why the IRA inflicted so much suf fering on Northern Ireland.
  
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• Sinn Fein's O Muilleoir vows 'there'll be no hiding from RHI inquiry'

  23-01-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A public inquiry into Northern Ireland's botched green energy scheme will leave no hiding places, Stormont's finance minister has vowed.
  
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• RHI scandal: Fears of backlash over plans to reveal ‘cash for ash’ names

  23-01-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland businessman fears "persecution" over Stormont plans to name those who availed of the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI).
  
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• Newspaper headlines: PSNI shooting, McGuinness' replacement and Babe Station blunder

  23-01-2017 08:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The shooting of a PSNI officer dominates the papers, but there's also plenty on Martin McGuinness' likely replacement.
  
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• How does SF's Michelle O'Neill measure up to Arlene Foster?

  23-01-2017 08:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Long before Martin McGuinness became ill, the front-runners to take over when he eventually retired were household names. Conor Murphy was the odds-on shot with John O'Dowd the clear second favourite.
  
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• Sinn Fein's new ‘leader of the North’ Michelle O'Neill will have her work cut out as election day looms

  23-01-2017 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill is today expected to be named as Sinn Fein's new leader in Northern Ireland as the party attempts to rebrand itself for the next generation of voters.
  
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• DUP's Arlene Foster says Belfast gun attack on officer 'work of cowards'

  23-01-2017 08:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The gun attack on a PSNI officer last night was widely condemned as "the work of cowards" by DUP leader Arlene Foster.
  
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