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• Grand National 2017: One For Arthur, ridden by Derek Fox, wins

  08-04-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 14-1 shot One For Arthur, ridden by Derek Fox and trained by Lucinda Russell, wins the 2017 Grand National at Aintree.
  
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• Rev Harold Good says Eta disarmament 'hugely important'

  08-04-2017 22:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland minister who was one of those who witnessed the handover of an inventory of Eta's weapons has said it was a hugely important day.
  
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• Belfast and Co Down kids to undergo potentially life-changing treatment - Belfast Live

  08-04-2017 20:55
  
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  Belfast and Co Down kids to undergo potentially life-changing treatment
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  Three kids from Belfast and Co Down are to begin potentially life-changing treatment next week. Caoilte Fitzsimons (3), Mia Warren (6) and Noah Collins (2), who all have Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) are to begin treatment with drug Nusinersen ...
  
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• Cardiff Devils to play Sheffield Steelers in Elite Ice Hockey League play-off final

  08-04-2017 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cardiff Devils will play Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League play-off final on Sunday.
  
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• Ulster Senior Hurling Championship: Antrim to face Armagh in final

  08-04-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Antrim and Armagh will meet in the Ulster Senior Hurling final for the second year in a row after semi-final victories.
  
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• Rescue 116 helicopter crew search 'one of the largest in Irish state history'

  08-04-2017 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 110 boats will take part in a search for two crew members missing since a helicopter crash.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Linfield earn vital win over Crusaders

  08-04-2017 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Linfield blow the title race wide open by beating leaders Crusaders 1-0 to reduce the gap at the top to just one point.
  
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• Conor McGregor stuns racegoers with spectacular entrance to Aintree Grand National

  08-04-2017 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor didn’t take very long to make an impression at the 2017 Grand National, arriving in a white Rolls-Royces and testing Aintree’s formal dress code by striding around the race course in an unbuttoned Louis Vuitton shirt.
  
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• Twinbrook security alert vehicle linked to Dunmurry robbery

  08-04-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The alert in west Belfast's Twinbrook estate, which began on Friday night, is now over.
  
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• Controlled explosions carried out on car in Twinbrook alert

  08-04-2017 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Controlled explosions were carried out on a car in a security alert in Twinbrook, west Belfast.
  
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• Man (20s) dies at Northern Ireland leisure centre

  08-04-2017 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has died at a leisure centre in Armagh.
  
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• Man accused of trying to murder pharmacist on Belfast's Falls Road ... - BBC News

  08-04-2017 15:44
  
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  Man accused of trying to murder pharmacist on Belfast's Falls Road ...
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  Two men were stabbed during robbery at west Belfast pharmacy.
  Man remanded in custody on attempted murder charge over Belfast ...ITV News
  Man charged with attempted murder after pharmacy robbery bid ...Belfast Newsletterall 4 news articles »
  
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• Man accused of trying to murder pharmacist on Belfast's Falls Road

  08-04-2017 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men were stabbed during robbery at west Belfast pharmacy.
  
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• Armagh leisure centre closed after death of man in his 20s

  08-04-2017 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police says the man in his 20s died suddenly at Orchard Leisure Centre.
  
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• Police link car at centre of Dunmurry security alert to robbery which saw two female staff members assaulted

  08-04-2017 15:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have said they believe the car at the centre of a security alert in Dunmurry may be connected to a robbery which saw two female members of staff assaulted.
  
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• Ulster Unionist Party confirm Robin Swann as new leader

  08-04-2017 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The North Antrim MLA ruled out a single unionist party after being confirmed by party members.
  
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• Man in court charged with attempted murder after two people stabbed in Belfast pharmacy robbery bid

  08-04-2017 14:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after two people were stabbed in a pharmacy robbery bid in west Belfast.
  
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• Man charged with fire engine rampage in Larne breached curfew by nipping outside for a smoke, court hears

  08-04-2017 14:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Larne man charged with taking a fire engine on a rampage causing "£1.5million" damage to houses and vehicles in the town has admitted breaching a bail curfew by nipping outside for a smoke, a court heard on Saturday.
  
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• Boy, 14, tried to buy sub-machine gun on the dark web, court hears

  08-04-2017 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old attempted to buy a sub-machine gun and 100 rounds of ammunition, a court hears.
  
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• Teen boy (14) allegedly left school at breaktime to attend meet-up about buying sub-machine gun and ammunition, court hears

  08-04-2017 12:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy schoolboy allegedly left school at break time to attend a meet-up in Coleraine about buying a sub-machine and ammunition, a court has heard.
  
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• WRC: Kris Meeke retires with engine problems while leading Tour de Corse

  08-04-2017 12:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kris Meeke retires with engine problems while leading the World Rally Championship round at Corsica.
  
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• Baby driver?

  08-04-2017 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Well, sort of - 18-month-old Hannah had a little help from dad Stephen (and photo editing).
  
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• Education Authority postpones closure of County Down outdoor education centre

  08-04-2017 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Closure of the Delamont Outdoor Education Centre will now not take place until a consultation ends.
  
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• Dunmurry security alert: Police remain at scene after controlled explosions carried out overnight

  08-04-2017 10:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police remain at the scene of a security alert in Dunmurry.
  
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• Butterfly collector who netted protected species avoids prison

  08-04-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A collector who captured and killed specimens of Britain's rarest butterfly has been spared jail.
  
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• Royals remember 'rebel' Lord Snowden

  08-04-2017 09:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lord Snowdon was a "rebel" who considered himself a "failure", his son said at a service to remember the celebrity photographer and former husband of Princess Margaret.
  
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• Holidays in Northern Ireland get off to a sunny start... but it won't last

  08-04-2017 08:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Easter holidays are set to get off to a glorious start today with clear skies for most and temperatures reaching 17 degrees in places - but the sunny weather will be short-lived as a grey and damp week is set to follow.
  
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• Robin Swann to reveal his plan for 'positive' unionism

  08-04-2017 08:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann will today spell out his vision for a more "non-threatening, positive" unionism.
  
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• My son Nathan cried out for help but no-one was listening, says mum of Westlink death teen

  08-04-2017 08:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Bangor teenager who took his own life has called for more help for those suffering from mental health and addiction issues. Nathan Ritchie was 19 when he lost his life at a bridge on Belfast's Westlink on September 29.
  
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• Northern Ireland man tells of carnage as terrorist kills four in Stockholm truck attack

  08-04-2017 08:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four people have died and nine are seriously injured after a terrorist used a lorry to plough through pedestrians in Stockholm.
  
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• Belfast man discovered on Northern Ireland beach died of coronary on anniversary of wife's death

  08-04-2017 08:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man whose body was discovered on a beach miles from home died while out walking on the anniversary of his wife's death, his son has said.
  
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• Belfast man discovered on Northern Ireland beach died of coronary ... - Belfast Telegraph

  08-04-2017 08:54
  
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  Belfast man discovered on Northern Ireland beach died of coronary ...
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  A man whose body was discovered on a beach miles from home died while out walking on the anniversary of his wife's death, his son has said.and more »
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after stabbing at west Belfast pharmacy - Belfast Telegraph

  08-04-2017 08:53
  
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  Man charged with attempted murder after stabbing at west Belfast pharmacy
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  A 26-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and a series of other offences following a stabbing at a west Belfast pharmacy. The charges are in connection with the arrest of a man following an attempted armed robbery at a chemist on ...
  Man, 26, charged over Falls Road pharmacy stabbing - Belfast LiveBelfast Live
  Man charged over pharmacy robbery on Falls Road, Belfastt
  
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• De La Salle child protection report 'ready in weeks'

  08-04-2017 08:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A report into child protection issues at De La Salle College is expected to be completed within weeks.
  
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• Martin McGuinness police file was 'not blocked to save peace'

  08-04-2017 08:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland prosecution service has disputed a former UK cabinet minister's claim that it blocked a murder case against Martin McGuinness to save the peace process.
  
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• House of Horrors: American lawyer on her three weeks of holidaying and karaoke night with the Bakers

  08-04-2017 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An American attorney who spent two weeks inside Craigavon's house of horrors as a guest of Keith Baker and his two "wives" has given an astonishing insight into the life of the depraved couple who kept a mentally disabled woman locked up as a sex slave for eight years.
  
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• New UUP leader warns against calls for single unionist party

  08-04-2017 03:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new UUP leader has dismissed calls for a single unionist party.
  
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• New UUP leader Robin Swann warns against calls for single unionist party

  08-04-2017 03:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new UUP leader has dismissed calls for a single unionist party.
  
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• Landmark west Belfast crucifixion statue reinstated - the Irish News

  08-04-2017 03:02
  
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  Landmark west Belfast crucifixion statue reinstated
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  Landmark west Belfast crucifixion statue reinstated. The statue of Christ outside St Paul's Church on the Falls Road has been reinstated after falling from the cross earlier this year. Picture by Mal McCann. SUZANNE MCGONAGLE. 08 April, 2017 01:00 ...
  
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• Two-vehicle collision near Belfast City Airport - Belfast Telegraph

  08-04-2017 01:09
  
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  Two-vehicle collision near Belfast City Airport
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  There has been a two-vehicle collision on the Sydenham bypass near George Best Belfast City Airport. One lane of the dual carriageway was blocked for motorists travelling in the Bangor direction, causing delays on Friday evening. The Sydenham bypass ...
  Sydenham Bypass crash leads to long tailbacks leaving Belfast ...Belfast Liveall 2 news articles »
  
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• Premier League live scores: Tottenham v Watford, Stoke v Liverpool, Man City v Hull, Bournemouth v Chelsea, Sunderland v Manchester United - tables, results, fixtures

  08-04-2017 01:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jesse Lingard's new and improved contract has raised some eyebrows, but Jose Mourinho believes it is a "very important" deal for Manchester United.
  
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