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• Thieves steal cash from man in daylight attack in Belfast city centre - Belfast Live

  27-01-2017 23:38
  
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  Thieves steal cash from man in daylight attack in Belfast city centre
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  The PSNI are appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed during a terrifying daylight attack. The man was walking down Great Victoria Street at around 10am on Tuesday morning, January 24 when the incident happened. Constable James Stewart said: ...
  Police appeal after morning robbery in Belfast city centreBelfast Telegraph
  Cash stolen from man by two other men in Belfast city centrethe Irish
  
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• Lord Chief Justice hits back at criticism of handling of Troubles inquests

  27-01-2017 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lord Chief Justice denies claims he prioritised Troubles inquests in which the State is being held to account, rather than paramilitaries.
  
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• Obamacare supporters to gather tonight in Belfast

  27-01-2017 20:44
  Supporters of the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, will meet at 6 o'clock tonight in Belfast to discuss strategies for protecting the health care law and preventing Mainers from losing access to health insurance. The gathering, which will be held at the home of MaKayla Reed and Rachel Epperly at 177 Lincolnville Ave., Belfast, is one of three events taking place this weekend in Maine and over 50 events around the country orchestrated by Organizing for Action in opposition
  
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• Belfast official hopes someone will save 190-year-old house from destruction

  27-01-2017 20:44
  A Belfast home with nearly 200 years of history on Market Street is slated for demolition to make way for a new $17 million courthouse. At least one Belfast city councilor hopes someone will step forward to save it before it is bulldozed.
  
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• Football thug who pushed Polish man on to live Tube tracks jailed for 10 years

  27-01-2017 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An England football thug has been jailed for 10 years for pushing a Polish builder on to live Tube tracks 34 seconds before a train arrived.
  
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• Police investigating abuse allegations in Northern Ireland care home

  27-01-2017 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI have launched an investigation into Glenview care home in Portadown, it has been reported.
  
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• Drunk driver Eamon Lynch jailed for killing Donegal teenager

  27-01-2017 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A drunk driver with 483 convictions killed a teenager while racing at speeds of up to 100mph, a court hears.
  
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• Election 'most important since 1998'

  27-01-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster says the March election could be the most important since 1998.
  
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• Sir Declan Morgan: Legacy inquests row leaves victims with wasted year

  27-01-2017 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A political row over stalled plans to deal with legacy inquests in Northern Ireland has resulted in a "wasted year" for victims, the region's top judge has said.
  
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• Fuel leak concern as boat sinks in Portaferry harbour

  27-01-2017 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched after a boat carrying over 1,000 litres of diesel fuel sank in Portaferry harbour.
  
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• Police investigates allegations at Glenview Care Home, Portadown

  27-01-2017 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are carrying out an investigation into allegations relating to a care home in County Armagh which closed on Thursday.
  
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• Paul Clark: 'We were gutted when we learned our little baby had Down's syndrome - and then terrified that he might not survive'

  27-01-2017 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was one item of news that the normally unflappable Paul Clark simply couldn't handle. A murder victim - a carer for his beloved brother who had Down's syndrome - was being laid to rest. UTV's cameras zoomed in on the brother walking behind the coffin. The youngster was inconsolable.
  
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• Belfast man jailed for sexually abusing three siblings - Belfast Live

  27-01-2017 17:02
  
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  Belfast man jailed for sexually abusing three siblings
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  A Belfast man who sexually abused three siblings over an eight-year period was sent to jail today (Friday). The 72-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of two sisters and brother he abused, was handed a six-year sentence. The pensioner ...and more »
  
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• Dublin: Three charged over Greenogue industrial estate guns find

  27-01-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three men appear in court charged over an arms find in a warehouse in Dublin earlier this week.
  
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• Portaferry: Fuel concern as boat sinks in harbour

  27-01-2017 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boat that sank in Strangford Lough on Friday contained up to 1,000 litres of diesel fuel.
  
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• Lord Mayor officially opens the new Olympia Leisure Centre

  27-01-2017 16:10
  
  
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• RHI scandal: Arlene Foster says if Spad acted inappropriately it was on solo run and minister not responsible

  27-01-2017 15:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said that if a special adviser acted inappropriately in relation to the Renewable Heating Incentive debacle - then they were on a solo run and a minister should not be held accountable.
  
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• Watch: Death drivers bring chaos to the streets of West Belfast - Belfast Live

  27-01-2017 15:32
  
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  Watch: Death drivers bring chaos to the streets of West Belfast
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  Death drivers bring chaos to the streets of West Belfast doing handbrake turns in the middle of a busy road. A video of the Renault Clio car, posted on Thursday night, shows the vehicle driving at speed along a section of the Falls Road next to Albert ...
  
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• Frampton v Santa Cruz: Carl Froch says Frampton 'in no real danger of losing'

  27-01-2017 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carl Froch says Carl Frampton is "in no real danger" of losing his world featherweight title in Saturday's rematch against Leo Santa Cruz.
  
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• Woman 'frightened when officer pointed speed gun' at car, court told

  27-01-2017 15:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland driver caught breaking the limit said she was "scared" when a police officer pointed a 'speed gun' at her.
  
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• Frampton v Santa Cruz: Fleet of beer trucks head to Vegas to fuel thirsty fans for title bout

  27-01-2017 14:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Las Vegas fight promoters - so wary of running out of beer to fuel Carl Frampton's thirsty fans - have stockpiled drink to stop the bars running dry.
  
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• Around the counties

  27-01-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surprise MOTs, noisy birds in Tyrone and Europe by tractor - they're all in this week's local papers.
  
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• Taggart brothers owe creditors up to £213m

  27-01-2017 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two County Londonderry brothers facing bankruptcy owe their creditors up to £213m, the High Court is told.
  
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• Petition to save Belfast Movie House becoming office block

  27-01-2017 14:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A petition has been launched to save the Movie House cinema on Belfast's Dublin Road from demolition to make way for a multi-million pound office development.
  
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• Helen Lewis: Belfast plaque for Holocaust survivor

  27-01-2017 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dance teacher and Holocaust survivor Helen Lewis is honoured with a blue plaque.
  
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• Formula 1 Manor team owned by Northern Ireland man Fitzpatrick ceases trading

  27-01-2017 14:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Manor Formula 1 team, which was backed by Northern Ireland man Stephen Fitzpatrick, has ceased trading after administrators failed to find new investment.
  
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• Taggart brothers, former Northern Ireland property tycoons, owe £213 million, court hears

  27-01-2017 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland brothers Michael and John Taggart owe up to £213 million, the High Court heard today.
  
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• A West Belfast principal has sent out a brilliant letter to pupils getting transfer test results - Belfast Live

  27-01-2017 13:44
  
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  A West Belfast principal has sent out a brilliant letter to pupils getting transfer test results
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  A West Belfast Primary School principal has sent a heartwarming letter to pupils receiving their transfer results. Mr McCabe, principal at St Oliver Plunkett Primary School on the Glen Road , has issued the reassuring letter ahead of Saturday. He said ...and more »
  
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• Frampton v Santa Cruz: Belfast man ready to emphasise dominance over Mexican in rematch

  27-01-2017 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton backs himself to emphasise his dominance over Mexico's Leo Santa Cruz in their WBA featherweight title rematch in Las Vegas.
  
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• Watch: Carl Frampton v Leo Santa Cruz weigh-in ahead of Las Vegas World title bout

  27-01-2017 13:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz will go toe-to-toe for the final time before their World title match in the MGM Grand at the weekend - and you can watch the weigh-in live with the Belfast Telegraph.
  
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• Russell Brand's RE:BIRTH tour coming to Belfast's Waterfront Hall

  27-01-2017 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Russell Brand is coming to Belfast as part of his RE:BIRTH tour.
  
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• RHI scandal: Firms can challenge plan to name them

  27-01-2017 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge rules that owners of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme boilers can challenge plans to name them at a full hearing.
  
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• Exclusive: Transfer test grades required by every grammar school in Northern Ireland in 2016

  27-01-2017 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Today the Belfast Telegraph can reveal the grades or scores each of Northern Ireland's 64 selective grammar schools accepted for their September 2016 intake.
  
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• Carl Frampton won't use 24-hour butler in Las Vegas

  27-01-2017 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast boxer Carl Frampton says he cannot bring himself to use the services of a butler at his Las Vegas hotel.
  
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• RHI fiasco: Belfast court allows hundreds of boiler owners to challenge plans to publish names

  27-01-2017 12:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Renewable Heat Incentive boiler owners have won High Court permission to challenge plans to publish their names.
  
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• Linfield to honour ex-striker and Rangers legend Billy Simpson

  27-01-2017 12:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Linfield have paid tribute to former Linfield and Rangers striker Billy Simpson following his death and are to wear black armbands at their game against Dungannon on Saturday in honour of the legendary goalscorer.
  
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• Blood, sweat and tar

  27-01-2017 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It has taken volunteers almost a year to build a currach - a traditional rowing boat - and it is to have its maiden voyage on the Lagan this weekend.
  
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• Belfast Westlink crash victim was 69-year-old north Belfast man - Belfast Telegraph

  27-01-2017 12:22
  
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  Belfast Westlink crash victim was 69-year-old north Belfast man
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  Police have confirmed the man who died in the fatal accident on Belfast's Westlink was north Belfast man Victor Shaw. He was 69 years old. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Mr Shaw was driving a white Ford Fiesta which ...
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• Newry-based Norbrook's profits rise by 65% to £35.5m

  27-01-2017 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norbrook Holdings, the Newry-based pharmaceutical firm, increased its pre-tax profit by 65% to £35.5m last year.
  
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• Assembly election 'likely to cost £5m'

  27-01-2017 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  March's Assembly election is likely to cost £5m, says Northern Ireland's outgoing chief electoral officer.
  
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• RHI fiasco: DUP chief Arlene Foster defends withholding information from Northern Ireland

  27-01-2017 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has confirmed she withheld information when delivering a statement on the RHI scandal to the Northern Ireland Assembly - as it would have been " quite wrong" to name a key party adviser at the centre of claims levelled by a top civil servant.
  
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• RHI scandal: Foster adviser Andrew Crawford 'will be cleared'

  27-01-2017 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The DUP leader believes Dr Andrew Crawford will be cleared by an inquiry into the botched energy scheme.
  
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• Carl Frampton vows to turn Santa Cruz dreams into Las Vegas nightmare

  27-01-2017 09:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Confident Carl Frampton says Leo Santa Cruz's Mexican pride will be his downfall here in Las Vegas tomorrow night. Santa Cruz may have pushed Frampton harder than anyone else in their first battle last summer but the Jackal revealed he is delighted that the three-weight champion  decided to immediately return to the ring for a shot at winning back the WBA featherweight title.
  
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