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• Irish fisherman who tried to smuggle cocaine worth £84m into UK jailed for 16 years

  06-04-2017 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish fishing boat skipper who tried to smuggle more than £80 million of cocaine into the UK has been jailed for 16 years.
  
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• Teen gets 3 years in prison for car accident that killed passenger

  06-04-2017 21:37
  A 19-year-old woman will spend three years in prison after a high-speed car crash that killed her friend. Chelsea Larrabee, 19, of Belfast received a 10-year sentence, with all but three years suspended, plus four years of probation and a six-year license suspension after she pleaded no contest in March to charges of manslaughter, operating under the influence and aggravated driving to endanger.
  
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• 5 Things To Do This Weekend, April 7-9: Might as well bust out the shorts and sandals

  06-04-2017 21:37
  That's how I know. In Bangor this weekend, on Friday night take your pick from either two screenings of the Oscar-nominated "20th Century Women" courtesy of River City Cinema at COESPACE, at 6:30 and 9:30; indie rockers Weakened Friends and Midwestern Medicine at the Central Gallery, Little Rodeo at Paddy Murphy's, or Bill Barnes at Nocturnem Drafthaus.
  
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• Two arrests after west Belfast vehicle pursuit - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2017 21:06
  
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  Two arrests after west Belfast vehicle pursuit
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  Police have arrested two men following a short vehicle pursuit that ended near Beechmount Pass in west Belfast on Thursday. Both men are currently in custody, assisting police with their enquiries. There are no further details at this time. Online Editors.and more »
  
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• Three Belfast SDLP councillors suspended after abstaining from ... - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2017 21:06
  
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  Three SDLP Belfast councillors have been suspended after they abstained from a vote on Monday night.
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• Coleraine police arrest boy (14) over 'serious crime'

  06-04-2017 20:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy has been arrested by police in connection with 'serious crime'.
  
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• Dustin Johnson withdraws from Masters 2017 after injuring his back in fall

  06-04-2017 20:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  World number one Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the Masters after injuring his back in a fall on Wednesday.
  
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• Questions raised over handling of paedophile case

  06-04-2017 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Questions are being asked over how the criminal justice system handled the case of a self-confessed child abuser who went on to run a children's home in Canada.
  
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• RHI scheme firms 'folding' due to subsidy cut

  06-04-2017 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group representing RHI boiler owners says it has had reports of companies shutting down as reduced tariffs effect their businesses
  
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• Three Belfast SDLP councillors suspended after abstaining from vote on motion condemning harassment of women at clinics

  06-04-2017 17:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three SDLP Belfast councillors have been suspended after they abstained from a vote on Monday night.
  
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• Quinn Industrial Holdings 'positive despite Brexit'

  06-04-2017 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Major cross-Irish-border company Quinn Industrial Holdings says it is positive about trade "despite Brexit".
  
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• Donald Trump portrait made from Lego by Belfast artist - BBC News - BBC News

  06-04-2017 17:12
  
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  Donald Trump's teenage self, called Space Cadet, is constructed by a Belfast artist.and more »
  
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• Teen avoids football banning order after Irish league fans clash

  06-04-2017 17:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager who admitted to police he was leading a group of Ballymena United supporters around the Co Antrim town when they clashed with fans of derby rivals Coleraine has avoided being hit with a Football Banning Order.
  
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• Northern Ireland house of horrors: Judge drops ban on publishing Caroline Baker pictures

  06-04-2017 16:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A judge had dropped a reporting restriction banning the publication of photographs of Caroline Baker in the notorious 'house of horrors' case.
  
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• Belfast Farmers' Market Participates in Maine Harvest Bucks Program

  06-04-2017 16:39
  Friday, April 14, 2017 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2017 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2017 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The original Belfast Farmers' Market begins its thirty-seventh outdoor season on Friday, April 14, 9 am to 1 pm in the yard at Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast. Market runs rain or shine and accepts EBT, SNAP, credit and debit cards, a service that is handled by volunteers from the Maine Farmland Trust at the Market Info table.
  
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• Ferrari crash: Belfast millionaire fined £250 and banned from driving ... - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2017 16:05
  
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  A Belfast millionaire property developer who crashed his Ferrari while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit was handed a driving ban and fined £250.
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• Woman broke wrist fleeing from partner Stephen Harbinson, court hears

  06-04-2017 15:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland woman allegedly broke her wrist jumping from a first floor window to escape her partner, the High Court heard today.
  
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• New police search for Gerard Conway after disappearance 10 years ago

  06-04-2017 14:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have launched another search as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a man 10 years ago.
  
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• Tractor driver reverses into record books

  06-04-2017 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A farmer who reversed his tractor and trailer 12.5 miles sets a new world record.
  
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• Dramatic fall in Irish religious belief

  06-04-2017 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Census figures show a 74% rise in the number of people who say they have no religion.
  
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• Minister criticised by Sinn Fein over public services amid Stormont crisis

  06-04-2017 14:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has heavily criticised an attempt by the UK Government to highlight the impact of Stormont's crisis on public services in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Two men stabbed during west Belfast armed robbery - The Irish News - the Irish News

  06-04-2017 14:01
  
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  At around 9.30am a man armed with a knife entered premises on Falls Road. He threatened two staff members before attacking them.
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• Ferrari crash: Belfast millionaire fined £75 and banned from driving after crashing supercar while drunk

  06-04-2017 13:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast millionaire property developer who crashed his Ferrari while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit was handed a driving ban and fined £75.
  
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• Bid to ban NI Events Company directors 'at advanced stage'

  06-04-2017 13:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Directors disqualification proceedings against eleven former board members at a now defunct quango set up to attract show business and sporting stars to Northern Ireland are at an advanced stage, the High Court has heard.
  
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• A border poll is the last thing we need, warns former taoiseach Bertie Ahern

  06-04-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bertie Ahern has warned now is not the time for a border poll on Irish unity.
  
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• Staff members stabbed at Falls Road pharmacy robbery

  06-04-2017 13:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two members of staff have been stabbed at a Belfast pharmacy during an armed robbery.
  
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• Weather: Will Northern Ireland see any sunshine as UK temperatures to soar this weekend

  06-04-2017 12:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parts of the UK may be set for a few days of extra heat but Northern Ireland isn't expecting to feel too much of the benefits.
  
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• Father who took girl on Disney World school term trip loses landmark court battle

  06-04-2017 11:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Supreme Court announces its decision today in a landmark legal battle between education chiefs and a father from Northern Ireland who took his daughter on holiday in term-time without her headteacher's permission.
  
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• Why Belfast City Hall chiefs are wrong to unleash the black bin ... - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2017 10:30
  
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  The secret police in communist East Germany had a special unit called the Division of Garbage Analysis, whose job it was to rummage through people's rubbish ...and more »
  
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• RHI cuts costing jobs and will lead to bankruptcies, warns boiler owner

  06-04-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New caps to curb the multi-million pound 'cash for ash' overspend are already causing job losses, a businessman has claimed.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic and travel: Co Antrim road closed after serious crash

  06-04-2017 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Finvoy Road in Ballymoney has been closed after a serious crash.
  
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• Man shot in elbows, knees and ankles in Northern Ireland

  06-04-2017 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Paramilitaries are being blamed for shooting a man in the elbows, knees and ankles.
  
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• Neighbours saw victim's ghostly face at window in house of horrors

  06-04-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Of all the horrific images conjured up by the notorious Baker house of horror, it is perhaps the most haunting - the face of a captive vulnerable young woman, ghost-like, at the window of her upstairs prison
  
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• Belfast Trust admits failings in no-smoking policy after Kathleen Fegan's care home death

  06-04-2017 09:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Health Trust has admitted it missed opportunities to spot major flaws in a care home's smoking policy in the weeks leading up to the death of an 81-year-old resident who perished in a fire after lighting up in her bedroom.
  
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• Police arrest murder charge Michael Smith released by mistake from Northern Ireland jail

  06-04-2017 09:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A prisoner charged with murder who went on the run after being released accidentally has been rearrested.
  
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• £20000 price tag but Belfast's cheapest house sees bidding go through the roof - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2017 09:11
  
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  £20000 price tag but Belfast's cheapest house sees bidding go through the roof
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  One of the cheapest houses to be advertised for sale in Belfast now has offers of close to three times the initial asking price. The property on Parkgate Avenue in the east of the city first went on the market for £20,000. The low price appears to have ...
  
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• Belfast Telegraph's former parliamentary correspondent Desmond ... - Belfast Telegraph

  06-04-2017 09:09
  
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  The Belfast Telegraph's former parliamentary correspondent Des McCartan has died after a tragic accident in London.and more »
  
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• New tax rules driving up Northern Ireland car sales, says expert

  06-04-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  March was a 10-year high for new car sales in Northern Ireland as motorists seized the opportunity to make a purchase before the introduction of sweeping tax changes, according to the latest industry figures.
  
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• Glowing tributes to ex-Tele man Des McCartan after tragic death

  06-04-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alastair Campbell yesterday led tributes to former Belfast Telegraph Westminster correspondent Des McCartan, who has died after an accident.
  
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