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• The true cheap store, a 12-hp Maxwell runabout, open hours at Institute of Advanced Thinking

  27-02-2017 23:20
  Received in the past week, at Weatherbee's, a large lot of new and desirable goods, which he now offers at greater bargains than ever before offered in Belfast, and solicits the patronage, not only of all customers of his store, but of all others, both in the city and country, who are desirous of obtaining the most goods for the same money; and he pledges himself to sell his new goods as low as they can be bought at any store in the state, and the old stock at a great reduction on the original c
  
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• Richard Miskelly death: Man charged with murder in Newtownards

  27-02-2017 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man is to appear at Ards Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with murder of 24-year-old Richard Miskelly and perverting course of justice.
  
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• Richard Miskelly death: Man charged with murder in Co Down

  27-02-2017 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man is to appear at Ards Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with murder of 24-year-old Richard Miskelly and perverting course of justice.
  
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• Shane Lowry weighs in on Rory McIlroy's game of golf with Donald Trump: 'It’s not like he was up in the White House having meetings with him'

  27-02-2017 20:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shane Lowry has said that he "wouldn’t know what he’d do" if he was asked to play a round of golf with Donald Trump after world number three Rory McIlroy joined the US President at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida last weekend.
  
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• Leicester 3-1 Liverpool: Jamie Vardy brace helps Foxes to victory over Reds

  27-02-2017 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jamie Vardy's double inspired Leicester to victory over Liverpool as the champions sparked in to life following Claudio Ranieri's sacking.
  
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• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's sister shares eulogy on social media

  27-02-2017 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's sister has shared her emotional eulogy after the socialite was laid to rest at a private funeral.
  
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• Londonderry power cut affected thousands of customers

  27-02-2017 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A power cut in Londonderry caused by a major fault affected thousands
  
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• Creative Coalition profiles members

  27-02-2017 19:02
  Belfast Creative Coalition, a nonprofit organization that promotes arts and culture in Waldo County, has announced a new initiative featuring written profiles of its members. BCC members - generally local artists, artisans and makers - vary widely in their areas of skill and interest; the written profiles, highlighted on BCC's website, are meant to highlight that variety.
  
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• House fire 'hero' saves Londonderry couple from blaze

  27-02-2017 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Londonderry man is hailed a 'hero' after pulling a couple from their burning home.
  
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• Neighbour tells how he rescued couple from Derry house fire

  27-02-2017 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who pulled his neighbours from a house fire in Londonderry speaks to BBC News NI.
  
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• Winston 'Winkie' Rea facing prosecution over murder of two Catholics could mount legal bid to get case thrown out

  27-02-2017 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist Winston "Winkie" Rea, who is facing prosecution over the murders of two Catholic workmen in Belfast more than 25 years ago, could mount a legal bid to have the case thrown out, it emerged on Monday.
  
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• Co Antrim kebab house named Northern Ireland's best

  27-02-2017 16:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Sphinx kebab house in Glengormley has been named Northern Ireland's best.
  
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• Football League: Date confirmed for Tyrone-Cavan clash

  27-02-2017 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The postponed Division One game between Tyrone and Cavan is rearranged for Sunday, 12 March at Healy Park.
  
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• 11,000 homes and firms hit in Northern Ireland power cut

  27-02-2017 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 11,000 homes and businesses were hit in a power cut in Londonderry as engineers continue to restore a small number of properties to the supply.
  
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• Londonderry power cut affecting thousands of customers

  27-02-2017 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NIE says a power cut in Londonderry is affecting around 2,000 customers.
  
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• Oscars poll: Despite La La Land blunder, was Moonlight a worthy winner?

  27-02-2017 14:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was a Hollywood saga that ended with a shocking twist - or should that be farce - but was eventual winner Moonlight the right choice for the Oscar for best picture? Take our poll below.
  
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• Whistling in the dark?

  27-02-2017 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Timeline: The Garda Maurice McCabe controversy - how wiped penalty points led to false allegations against a Garda sergeant.
  
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• PSNI fails in appeal against collusion claim document order

  27-02-2017 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PSNI fails in appeal against disclosing documents over two murder attempts on taxi driver in the 1990s.
  
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• Watch: I agree with Sinn Fein Islamic State comparison, says DUP's Sammy Wilson

  27-02-2017 13:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Sammy Wilson has said he agrees with comparisons between Sinn Fein and Islamic terror group ISIS.
  
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• Garda Maurice McCabe: Tribunal holds first sitting

  27-02-2017 13:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tribunal will examine whether senior Irish police officers reacted to whistleblowers' allegations with malice, its chairman has said.
  
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• Asperger's syndrome: Employers need awareness of challenges

  27-02-2017 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A County Down woman says employers must be more aware of challenges faced by those living with autism.
  
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• Police investigate sudden death of man in Ballymena

  27-02-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in Ballymena.
  
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• Man rescues couple from Londonderry house fire

  27-02-2017 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Londonderry couple are in a stable condition in hospital after being saved from a house fire.
  
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• Truck full of sweets stolen in Northern Ireland

  27-02-2017 11:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing to information after a lorry containing a large amount of confectionery was taken in Armagh.
  
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• We'll win more seats than Sinn Fein and be biggest unionist party: UUP's Steve Aiken

  27-02-2017 11:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Unionist Party will win more seats than Sinn Fein and be the largest unionist party after Thursday Assembly election, Steve Aiken has said.
  
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• Republican terror gang orders Belfast girl (14) out of Northern Ireland

  27-02-2017 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A frightened 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl has been kicked out of her home and ordered out of the country by terror gang Oglaigh na hEireann.
  
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• Northern Ireland postman who pleasured himself through letterbox caught on CCTV making unwanted delivery

  27-02-2017 10:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the former Parcelforce driver who has expressed “enormous shame and regret” after performing sex acts in the letterbox of a house in Northern Ireland over a six-month period.
  
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• Waltz II Class

  27-02-2017 10:45
  Join the class at East Belfast Elementary School, 14 Swan Lake Ave., Belfast, and learn to glide across the floor like a star. Individuals and couples welcome.
  
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• Neighbour praised for rescue of couple from Northern Ireland house fire

  27-02-2017 10:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fire service has praised the actions of a neighbour in his rescue of a couple from a house fire.
  
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• Track Cycling World Cup: Mark Downey and Felix English win Madison race

  27-02-2017 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Mark Downey and Felix English win the Madison race at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles.
  
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• Asda reveals plans for new petrol station in Northern Ireland

  27-02-2017 09:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Supermarket giant Asda has submitted plans for a new petrol station in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Academic selection retains big support in Northern Ireland despite demise of 11-plus

  27-02-2017 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  After a decade of uncertainty a glimmer of light has appeared at the end of the tunnel for tens of thousands of parents who want their children to receive grammar school education after primary school.
  
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• Hopes rise for single grammar transfer test in Northern Ireland as rival exam bodies commit to talks

  27-02-2017 09:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Talks to agree a single transfer test system in Northern Ireland are due to start next week, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Armoy couple Stuart and Mary Nicholl clock up 60 happy years together

  27-02-2017 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This devoted Co Antrim couple are celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss.
  
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• Vandals break into GAA club and smash up defibrillator

  27-02-2017 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lifesaving defibrillator has been destroyed during a burglary at a GAA club in Co Tyrone.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn leads tributes to late Gerald Kaufman

  27-02-2017 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has led tributes to the oldest serving MP, Sir Gerald Kaufman, who has died at 86.
  
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• Run Forest Run: Castlewellan 5k and 10k - full results, pictures, video and

  27-02-2017 09:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Castlewellan 5K/10K was the 8th and final race in the 2016 Belfast Telegraph Run Forest Run Series. The race started and finished in the shadow of the Majestic lakeside castle with runner enjoying fantastic views of the Mourne Mountains and the world’s largest permanent Maze.
  
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• Murder probe officers arrest two teens after Richard Miskelly beaten to death in Ards

  27-02-2017 09:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The murder of a young man has sent shock waves through a Co Down town, politicians have said.
  
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• 'Project Fear', Crocodile Rock

  27-02-2017 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A murder inquiry is launched and electioneering hits fever pitch ahead of Thursday's Assembly election.
  
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• DUP 'Project Fear' over Sinn Fein topping poll is costing UUP votes, claims party veteran

  27-02-2017 08:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A veteran Ulster Unionist councillor has claimed that voters are abandoning his party over fears that Sinn Fein could win the greatest number of seats at Stormont.
  
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• DUP odds-on to be Stormont's main party but big names sweating on results

  27-02-2017 08:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP's Nichola Mallon, Justice Minister Claire Sugden, and veteran socialist Eamonn McCann are among the high-profile politicians set to lose their seats in Thursday's Assembly election, according to the bookies.
  
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• Assembly election Q&A

  27-02-2017 08:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Everything you need to know about this week's election in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Sammy Wilson 'agrees' with murals comparing IRA to ISIS

  27-02-2017 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Sammy Wilson says he agrees with message behind murals equating the IRA and Sinn Féin with ISIS.
  
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• Breast milk bank faces shortage of donations

  27-02-2017 08:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff at the only breast milk bank on the island of Ireland warn stock is running exceptionally low.
  
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• Ulster Unionist makes election pledge to support gay marriage

  27-02-2017 08:00
  
  Ex-soldier Andy Allen vows to support moves towards equality in only part of UK where same-sex couples cannot marryA former soldier who lost both his legs and most of his sight in a Taliban bomb attack in Afghanistan has pledged that if re-elected to the Northern Ireland assembly he will support moves towards same-sex marriage equality.Andy Allen is the sole Ulster Unionist outgoing assembly member who has fully backed gay marriage being legalised in the province.Continue reading...
  
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• Two held over Richard Miskelly murder

  27-02-2017 07:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two 19-year-old men men are being questioned over the murder of Richard Miskelly.
  
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• Academic selection: Proposal for single transfer test

  27-02-2017 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two organisations that run separate school transfer tests say they want to produce a common exam.
  
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• Firm responsible for counting Oscars votes apologises for best film blunder

  27-02-2017 01:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The accounting firm responsible for the counting and collation of votes for the Oscars has apologised for its part in the blunder that saw La La Land announced as the winner of best picture instead of Moonlight.
  
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• Vanishing traveller

  27-02-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five years ago, Jonathan Spollen was travelling in India - then he vanished. What might have happened?
  
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