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• Snappy parties, hounded voters

  06-02-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A round-up of the day's happenings on the assembly election campaign trail.
  
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• Commissioners to consider taking old Bangor YMCA through eminent domain

  06-02-2017 22:50
  The Penobscot County Commissioners on Tuesday will discuss acquiring by eminent domain the former YMCA, according to Chairman Peter Baldacci of Bangor. The county has made an offer to purchase the building and parking lot at 127 Hammond St., owned by the estate of William Buxton, Baldacci said Monday.
  
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• Carl Frampton upbeat about prospects of third Leo Santa Cruz contest

  06-02-2017 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton says his team are becoming more hopeful about the prospect of a third contest with WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz.
  
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• Suicide rate among young men an appalling stain on our society, says William

  06-02-2017 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Cambridge has labelled the level of suicide among men under 40 an "appalling stain on our society" as he continued his campaign to raise awareness about mental health.
  
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• Revealed: Belfast's favourite episode of Father Ted as voted for by you - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 21:37
  
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  Revealed: Belfast's favourite episode of Father Ted as voted for by you
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  The hilarious comedy about three priests exiled on Craggy Island is still a huge hit, but do you have a favourite? Share; Comments. BySheena McStravick. 20:30, 6 FEB 2017. What's On. Share; Comments. Get daily updates directly to your inbox. + Subscribe.and more »
  
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• Fans go gaga over Carl Frampton meet-and-greet in Belfast - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 20:43
  
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  Fans go gaga over Carl Frampton meet-and-greet in Belfast
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  In fact, they went a little gaga for him in Belfast city centre this evening. Frampton was making his first public appearance since returning home from Las Vegas following his world title fight with Leo Santa Cruz. The North Belfast boxer met fans at ...
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• Belfast teen who battled depression urges others not to suffer in silence - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 20:10
  
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  Belfast teen who battled depression urges others not to suffer in silence
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  A Belfast teenager has said her biggest regret is not speaking up about her battle with depression. Emma Norris, 19, suffered from depression in her teens when she was a year 14 student at Aquinas School in Belfast. Her depression was so severe that ...
  
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• Alleged head of £20m drugs plot claimed he travelled to Belfast to buy shoes - Belfast Newsletter

  06-02-2017 19:33
  
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  Alleged head of £20m drugs plot claimed he travelled to Belfast to buy shoes
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  The alleged head of a plot to smuggle nearly £20 million worth of cannabis into Northern Ireland said he travelled to Belfast to buy training shoes, the High Court heard today. Prosecutors claimed Wenjie He was at the top of a crime gang that ...and more »
  
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• SDLP's Patsy McGlone slams DUP leader Arlene Foster's comments on Irish language: 'It belongs to no party. It belongs to no community'

  06-02-2017 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP's Patsy McGlone has slammed comments by Arlene Foster about the Irish language and said that they underscore the need for statutory protection for Irish speakers.
  
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• Waldo County Progressives Meeting

  06-02-2017 18:24
  The Waldo County Progressives will be holding a meeting on March the second at the Belfast free library on Thursday March 2 from six to eight . WCP is a non-Party political group with a progressive agenda.
  
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• Security forces Troubles incidents make up third of cases DPP refers to police

  06-02-2017 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One third of cases which Northern Ireland's director of public prosecutions has referred to police to investigate relate to Troubles incidents involving security force members.
  
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• Prosecutors to ponder charges against man held over prison officer's murder

  06-02-2017 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 40-year-old man arrested by detectives investigating the dissident republican murder of a prison officer in Northern Ireland is to be reported to prosecutors.
  
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• Caragh Walsh: West Belfast father refutes any suggestion he was responsible for infant's death

  06-02-2017 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast father has 'absolutely' refuted any suggestion he was responsible for the death of the infant daughter he "just loved to bits".
  
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• Ryanair a 'victim of its own niceness'

  06-02-2017 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryanair is reviewing its free second carry-on bag allowance because some passengers "abuse" the policy.
  
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• Man arrested over murder of prison officer Adrian Ismay

  06-02-2017 17:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of prison officer Adrian Ismay have arrested a 40-year-old man
  
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• Dad-of-one jailed after being caught with child porn - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 16:53
  
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  Dad-of-one jailed after being caught with child porn
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  A 40-year old man who was caught with child porn, including a two-hour long compilation video showing some as young as two being abused, was sent to jail for five months today. Jailing father-of-one Timothy Bates, Judge Patricia Smyth said that whilst ...and more »
  
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• Thomas 'Slab' Murphy withdraws appeal against 18 month prison sentence for tax evasion

  06-02-2017 16:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy has withdrawn an appeal against his 18 month prison sentence for tax evasion.
  
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• Watch as lorry driver goes wrong way around Sandyknowes roundabout - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 16:34
  
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  Watch as lorry driver goes wrong way around Sandyknowes roundabout
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  Instead of gloomy gridlock and first gear frustrations at Sandyknowes, drivers watched an articulated driving in circles in the wrong direction. The footage was captured by Emlyn Crumlin at lunchtime today while sitting in traffic. Emlyn posted the ...and more »
  
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• Northern Ireland father caught with images and videos of child abuse jailed

  06-02-2017 16:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 40-year old north Down man who was caught with images and videos of child abuse has been sent to jail for five months on Monday.
  
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• Watch: Lorry filmed going around one of Northern Ireland's busiest roundabouts in wrong direction

  06-02-2017 16:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the moment an articulated lorry driver was caught driving around one of Northern Ireland's busiest roundabouts in the wrong direction.
  
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• Arlene Foster on Irish language act: 'More people speak Polish'

  06-02-2017 14:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP will never agree to an Irish language act, party leader Arlene Foster has insisted.
  
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• Tayto crisp maker moves into premium popcorn

  06-02-2017 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tandragee-based crisp maker buys a London snack manufacturer and a majority stake in a popcorn company.
  
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• Cars damaged in Belfast petrol bomb attack

  06-02-2017 12:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three cars have been damaged in a petrol bomb attack in west Belfast.
  
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• Stage set for gala event to honour our heroes at Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards

  06-02-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The stunning achievements of our sporting heroes will be celebrated at a gala event tonight when the Belfast Telegraph once again honours Northern Ireland's leading sports stars of the year.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards live updates: Stage set for gala event to honour Northern Ireland sport stars

  06-02-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The stunning achievements of our sporting heroes will be celebrated at a gala event tonight when the Belfast Telegraph once again honours Northern Ireland's leading sports stars of the year.
  
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• Petrol bombs used to set fire to three cars in West Belfast - Belfast Live - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 11:46
  
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  Petrol bombs used to set fire to three cars in West Belfast - Belfast Live
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  Petrol bombs were used to set fire to three cars in West Belfast this morning. Police were called to Norglen Drive in the west of the city at 3.30am on Monday ...
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• Petrol bombs used to set fire to three cars in West Belfast - Belfast Live

  06-02-2017 11:46
  
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  Petrol bombs used to set fire to three cars in West Belfast
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  Petrol bombs were used to set fire to three cars in West Belfast this morning. Police were called to Norglen Drive in the west of the city at 3.30am on Monday morning, February 6, to reports of criminal damage to three cars. The cars were on fire and ...
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• West Belfast: Woman in her 60s dies after fire in flat - BBC News

  06-02-2017 11:40
  
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  West Belfast: Woman in her 60s dies after fire in flat
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  A woman in her 60s has died following a fire at her home in west Belfast on Sunday afternoon. She suffered severe burns and was taken to hospital for treatment to her injuries but died later that evening. The fire happened at a flat in Ardnaclowney ...
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  Woman critically ill following house fire in west
  
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• Northern Ireland mum and sick son left homeless in LA over mounting medical bills

  06-02-2017 11:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland mother and her ill son have been left homeless in America where he is receiving specialist treatment- as they struggle to pay for his medical bills.
  
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• RHI boiler owners to take legal fight for payments for next 20 years

  06-02-2017 11:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Renewable Heating Incentive scheme participants have lodged court papers to fight for payments they were guaranteed from the scheme for the next 20 years.
  
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• Jack Glenn: Searches continue for missing Derry man

  06-02-2017 10:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Searches resume for a missing Londonderry man who entered the River Foyle last week.
  
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• Paraglider is airlifted to hospital

  06-02-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A paraglider has been rescued after suffering a serious injury on a Co Armagh mountain.
  
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• Brave sister prays for brother Jack Glenn believed missing in River Foyle

  06-02-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scores of people have attended a prayer vigil for missing Londonderry man Jack Glenn.
  
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• Teenager admits killing American tourist in Russell Square knife rampage

  06-02-2017 09:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager has admitted killing an American tourist and injuring five other people during a knife rampage in London's Russell Square, the scene of one of the 7/7 bombings.
  
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• UUP's Mike Nesbitt hits out at Irish mag Village's 'Trump in crosshairs' front cover

  06-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has slammed a Dublin magazine showing President Donald Trump in a gunman's sight with the caption 'Why Not' on its front cover as "reprehensible".
  
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• UUP man Smith shocked by Arlene Foster's latest RHI 'back pay' revelation

  06-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shock has been expressed after revelations that former First Minister Arlene Foster wanted payments on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) backdated to 2010 - more than 18 months before its costs were even decided.
  
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• Six Nations: Rory Best left baffled by where it all went wrong for Ireland

  06-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Frustrated Ireland skipper Rory Best was left mystified by his team's slow start to the Six Nations after they fell 27-22 to Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday.
  
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• More pets being kept at Maghaberry than any other high security jail in UK

  06-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Inmates at Maghaberry Prison have more pets than at any other high security prison in the UK, it has emerged.
  
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• Anger over Irish mag Village 'Trump in crosshairs' front cover

  06-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has slammed a Dublin magazine showing President Donald Trump in a gunman's sight with the caption 'Why Not' on its front cover as "reprehensible".
  
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• Ambulance damaged and paramedic attacked during weekend incidents

  06-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man smashed an ambulance windscreen with an oxygen cylinder in one of two sickening attacks on paramedics over the weekend.
  
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• Woman suffers severe burns following blaze at Belfast housing complex

  06-02-2017 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 60s was critically ill in hospital last night after suffering severe burns in a fire at her home in west Belfast.
  
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• Woman dies following blaze at Belfast housing complex

  06-02-2017 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 60s has died after suffering severe burns in a fire at her home in west Belfast.
  
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• Soldier IRA Bomb survivor slams PSNI probe of ex-soldiers while letting terrorists 'go free'

  06-02-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former soldier who survived the Ballygawley bus bombing said a police service which pursues soldiers over allegations in relation to Troubles deaths but won't bring IRA men who tried to kill them to justice is "not fit" to wear their uniform.
  
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• Man escapes injury in Northern Ireland shooting

  06-02-2017 08:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has escaped injury in a shooting in Newtownabbey.
  
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• Alliance leader Naomi Long rejects criticism of using Irish on poster

  06-02-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The leader of the Alliance party has defended a decision to produce an election poster in Irish, calling for people to vote.
  
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