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• Elite League: Steve Saviano nets four goals as Belfast Giants beat Fife 7-2. - BBC News

  25-02-2017 23:10
  
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  Elite League: Steve Saviano nets four goals as Belfast Giants beat Fife 7-2.
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  Belfast remain seven points behind Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils after Steve Saviano's four goals helped the Giants beat Fife 7-2 on Saturday. Two of Saviano's goals came in the first period with Mike Forney also on target as Sebastian Thinel ...and more »
  
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• Think you know Belfast? Take our historic photo quiz and find out how well… - Belfast Live

  25-02-2017 22:58
  
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  Think you know Belfast? Take our historic photo quiz and find out how well…
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  Jump on a flight back in time for this historical challenge that will test just how well you know your home city. (Answers at the end of the article, so no looking… yet). Do you recognise these landmarks from this aerial shot of the city taken in 1923 ...
  
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• The Voice UK: This is the performance that sent Belfast's David Jackson through to the next round - Belfast Live

  25-02-2017 22:17
  
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  The Voice UK: This is the performance that sent Belfast's David Jackson through to the next round
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  This is the performance that sent Belfast's David Jackson through to the next round of The Voice. The Belfast singer faced Israel Allen in the Battle Round for Team Jennifer Hudson. The 29-year-old did enough to get through with the performance of 'It ...and more »
  
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• Watch as West Belfast pals perform stunning Ed Sheeran covers - Belfast Live

  25-02-2017 21:31
  
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  Watch as West Belfast pals perform stunning Ed Sheeran covers
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  And their covers of Ed Sheeran hits Photograph and recent No1 Castle on the Hill are causing a stir. Posted by Gemma Mc Nerney. 5,954 Views. Posted by Gemma Mc Nerney. 5,954 Views. Video Unavailable. Sorry, this video could not be played.
  
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• Man steals car with two young children in it in Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  25-02-2017 21:22
  
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  Man steals car with two young children in it in Belfast
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  A man stole a car with two young children inside and drove off near the Boucher Road in Belfast on Saturday afternoon. The incident happened in the Boucher Crescent area shortly before 5.30pm. The man jumped into the driver seat of the car after a ...
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• Large Job Fair at UMaine Hutchinson Center on March 7

  25-02-2017 17:35
  Several Belfast area organizations are collaborating to host a regional job fair at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center on Tuesday, March 7th from 10am until 2pm. Over 45 businesses and organizations will be on hand to speak with job seekers.
  
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• Live Six Nations: Ireland v France

  25-02-2017 15:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  After opening their Six Nations campaign in Edinburgh and Rome, Ireland are today in front of their home crowd for the first time with skipper Rory Best believing the Irish challenge has already reached a crossroads with today's clash with France (4.50pm kick-off).
  
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• Dramatic rescue of woman from banks River Lagan

  25-02-2017 14:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been saved from the banks of River Lagan amid a dramatic rescue operation.
  
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• Dramatic rescue of woman from banks of River Lagan

  25-02-2017 14:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been saved from the banks of River Lagan amid a dramatic rescue operation.
  
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• Police took 3 minutes to answer 999 call as it's revealed 40 people every day just hang up

  25-02-2017 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police took more than three minutes to answer a 999 call in Northern Ireland, it has emerged.
  
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• Pair arrested after stolen car crashes in to police car in Co Down

  25-02-2017 12:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman and man have been arrested after a stolen car smashed into a police vehicle in Co Down.
  
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• Premier League live scores: Chelsea v Swansea, Tottenham v Stoke, Leicester v Liverpool - plus tables and fixtures

  25-02-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp has compared Leicester City's decision to part company with title-winning manager Claudio Ranieri to Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.
  
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• DUP tells rivals: Now it's your turn to reveal your major donors

  25-02-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s main political parties have been challenged by the DUP to name their major donors.
  
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• Bullitt Hotel, Taylor & Clay Restaurant: Simple and straightforward choice, the ideal venue for a long lazy Saturday get-together

  25-02-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  How you spend your Saturday afternoons (if you don't work weekends) says a lot about you. Golfers, footballers, shoppers, dance lesson and orchestra taxi drivers know exactly how their Saturday is going to pan out. It's a standing order, a welcome and reassuring predictability, the way life is.
  
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• Bel Tel shadows candidates for 'Scores on the doors' across Upper Bann and East Belfast

  25-02-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Upper Bann never was a constituency for the faint-hearted and, as relentless rain and wind sweep across its streets, it's clear not much has changed. But even Storm Doris can't compete with DUP candidate Carla Lockhart, who powers through Lurgan like a force of nature. "Cyclone Carla, there's no stopping you," a man in the town centre shouts as she shoots by.
  
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• Bel Tel shadows candidates for 'Scores on the doors'

  25-02-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With only five days to go before the Assembly election, Belfast Telegraph writers shadow candidates in two key constituencies - Upper Bann and East Belfast - as they canvass voters to discover which way the election will go.
  
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• Wife of Northern Ireland man slain after pair's torture ordeal in South Africa

  25-02-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland expat has told how his wife was brutally tortured before being shot and fatally wounded in a horror robbery at their isolated farm in South Africa.
  
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• Woman dies after being hit by car in Co Londonderry

  25-02-2017 10:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 40s has died after she was hit by a car in Coleraine.
  
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• Police probing vicious gang attack on girl captured on mobile phones

  25-02-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating an incident in which a 13-year-old schoolgirl was filmed being trailed along the ground by her hair in a vicious attack at one of Northern Ireland's most upmarket shopping centres.
  
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• Glentoran are facing 'long, difficult road back to the top and Nacho Novo signing has not worked out'

  25-02-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chris Morgan says he can't see Glentoran returning to the top of Irish League football unless they strike it lucky with a talented group of young players emerging from the club's Academy.
  
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• Alliance's nice guy image gone, insists UUP peer Empey

  25-02-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The row over Alliance's plot to "hijack" a BBC Talkback phone-in has shattered its image as the "nice party" of Northern Ireland politics, a UUP peer has claimed.
  
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• Alliance Party hits out at anti-abortion group over 'poster campaign of lies'

  25-02-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pro-life campaigner has defended a decision to erect hundreds of controversial posters across Northern Ireland in the run-up to the election.
  
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• Bust-up as councillors branded hypocrites for condemning bomb bids

  25-02-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A furious row erupted after a councillor refused to back a letter of support to families targeted by bombs this week, telling colleagues that "no one's hands were clean when it came to supporting violence".
  
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• Sinn Fein's wish-list 'proof it is gearing up for direct rule'

  25-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The prospect of an early return of the Executive has further dimmed as Sinn Fein appears to have shifted its focus to direct negotiations with London.
  
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• I wanted to help wildlife, says man fined over keeping rare barn owls

  25-02-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who claims he kept rare owls at his open farm in Co Antrim to help educate the public about wildlife says he is now disheartened after a crackdown by the authorities.
  
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• Waldo County native Alton Lane will share his remarkable life story - ...

  25-02-2017 02:58
  Waldo County native Alton Lane will share his remarkable life story - as outlined in his memoir "Only Human: A Journey from Convict to Mentor" - Sunday, March 5, at 3 p.m. at Left Bank Books, 109 Church St. Lane grew up in poverty and suffered violence, abuse and addiction from childhood until his early thirties, when he was finally able to turn his life around. With the help of narrative historian Meghan Vigeant, Lane has written a compelling memoir that takes its readers on a wild roller coast
  
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• Rugby and religion

  25-02-2017 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland rugby international Andrew Trimble on how his spirituality enhances his love of the game.
  
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• Man in critical condition after house fire in Armagh

  25-02-2017 00:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is in a critical condition after being rescued from a fire in a flat in Armagh.
  
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• Local MMA fighters rock the SSE

  25-02-2017 00:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was certainly a case of "Friday night's alright for fighting" last night as local MMA fans flocked to the SSE Arena for a night of fistic action
  
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