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• World Snooker Championship: Mark Allen beats Jimmy Robertson in Sheffield

  17-04-2017 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Antrim's Mark Allen showed nerves of steel to make a match-winning break of 97 and seal a dramatic 10-8 victory over English qualifier Jimmy Robertson at the Betfred World Championships in Sheffield.
  
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• Middlesbrough 1-2 Arsenal: Alexis Sánchez and Mesut Özil goals seal win for Gunners

  17-04-2017 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mesut Ozil kept alive Arsenal's hopes of a top-four finish as Middlesbrough slid closer to the Premier League exit door on Monday night.
  
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• Steamer Belfast arrives, Christmas v. Clark, little fellows enjoy birthday party

  17-04-2017 23:02
  To the members of the Waldo Agricultural Society: The seeds for distribution will be at the store of Wm T. Colburn, the treasurer, on the 20th inst., at which time all members who have joined the Society since the annual meeting must send in their names to entitle them their proportion. Isaac Allard, sec'y.
  
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• easyJet apologises to passengers ordered off overbooked plane and told to wait four days for next flight

  17-04-2017 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two easyJet passengers were ordered to leave an overbooked flight and told they would have to wait four days before they could travel again.
  
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• Family and friends of West Belfast dad Seamus Clarke gather for special event in his memory - Belfast Live

  17-04-2017 21:59
  
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  Family and friends of West Belfast dad Seamus Clarke gather for special event in his memory
  Belfast Live
  Family and friends of a West Belfast dad who took his own life at the end of last year paid tribute at a poignant football tournament in his memory. Seamus Clarke, a father-of-two, was aged just 23 when he died by suicide in September. He left behind ...
  
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• Dissident republican parade held in Derry

  17-04-2017 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 2,000 people attend dissident republican parade in Londonderry.
  
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• Dissident republicans march through Derry

  17-04-2017 19:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of dissident republicans dressed in military uniform have marched through the streets of Londonderry.
  
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• Irish Grand National: Our Duke lands the €270,000 first prize at Fairyhouse Racecourse

  17-04-2017 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Our Duke stamped his class on the BoyleSports Irish Grand National to continue the golden season of trainer Jessica Harrington and jockey Robbie Power.
  
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• Dinner Theater in Belfast Features Maine Playwrights

  17-04-2017 18:32
  Friday, May 5, 2017 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 6, 2017 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2017 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 2017 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Belfast Maskers will present four evenings of dinner theater in May that include a catered meal, wine, desert and four one-act plays by authors from around the state of Maine. The selections include both comedy and drama.
  
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• John Terry to leave Chelsea at the end of the season

  17-04-2017 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  John Terry will leave Chelsea at the end of the season, the club has announced.
  
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• Frostbit Boy planning to bring 'culchie revolution' to Belfast - Belfast Live

  17-04-2017 18:09
  
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  Frostbit Boy planning to bring 'culchie revolution' to Belfast
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  Ruairi McSorley, known to many as Frostbit Boy after his appearance on UTV News went viral, is to open a 'culchie club' in the city's Crumlin Road Gaol. The 20-year-old wants to 'Get Belfast Jiving' and is in the process of opening Belfast's first ...and more »
  
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• UK's first double hand transplant recipient claps Leeds Rhinos on to the pitch

  17-04-2017 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chris King, the first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant, has celebrated the success of his operation by clapping his beloved Leeds Rhinos on to the pitch for a rugby league clash.
  
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• Car on fire causes part of A4 road to be closed

  17-04-2017 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The incident in County Tyrone is said to have caused massive tailbacks.
  
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• Dinner Theater in Belfast Features Maine Playwrights - Bangor Daily News

  17-04-2017 16:48
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  Dinner Theater in Belfast Features Maine Playwrights
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  The Belfast Maskers will present four evenings of dinner theater in May that include a catered meal, wine, desert and four one-act plays by authors from around the state of Maine. The selections include both comedy and drama. Peter's Muse, a comedy by ...
  
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• Teen boy among three arrested after police stop and search car in north Belfast

  17-04-2017 16:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy was among three arrested after police stopped and searched a car in north Belfast.
  
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• DUP ready to fight another snap election in Northern Ireland, says Donaldson

  17-04-2017 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson has said as things stand in the current political crisis he believes Northern Ireland is "heading towards direct rule" - but vowed the party would be ready to fight a snap election.
  
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• Mother and daughter die after becoming trapped inside Czech sauna

  17-04-2017 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother and her daughter have died in a sauna in the Czech Republic after getting locked inside for around an hour and a half, police have said.
  
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• Funeral for dad of Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty

  17-04-2017 14:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of travellers have descended on suburban Surrey for the funeral of TV personality Paddy Doherty's father.
  
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• 15th Annual POETS/SPEAK! Festival April 27 in Bangor

  17-04-2017 13:57
  In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Bangor Public Library will host this year's 15th annual POETS/SPEAK! on Thursday, April 27 from 4:30-8 p.m. A key collaborator and co-sponsor for the popular event is the University of Maine Department of English. POETS/SPEAK! is one of the largest free poetry festivals in Maine, and this year's event celebrates "Origins: Roots & Sources" in conjunction with the library's month-long Smithsonian exhibit on "Human Origins."
  
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• Belfast boy (14) hit on head with bottle in city centre attack

  17-04-2017 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy has been treated in hospital after being hit with a bottle on the head in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Latvians injured in racist attack by men outside bar

  17-04-2017 13:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Latvian men have been seriously injured in a vicious racist attack in Coalisland.
  
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• Five-year-old boy crushed to death inside Atlanta revolving restaurant

  17-04-2017 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A five-year-old boy died after getting caught in the mechanism of a revolving restaurant which is one of Atlanta’s most popular tourist attractions.
  
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• Latvian men injured in race hate attack outside Northern Ireland bar

  17-04-2017 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland are treating a serious assault on two men outside a bar in Coalisland as a hate crime.
  
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• Skyfall writer John Logan has play staged in Belfast - BBC News

  17-04-2017 13:10
  
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  Skyfall writer John Logan has play staged in Belfast
  BBC News
  He has written some of the world's biggest films, but John Logan is equally as excited about one of his stage plays opening in Belfast. Logan's family moved from Northern Ireland to the United States before he was born, but he is still a regular visitor.and more »
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts - crash closes one lane on A2

  17-04-2017 12:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts - car blaze closes A4 Dungannon to Ballygawley lane

  17-04-2017 12:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts - A4 Dungannon to Ballygawley lane reopens after car blaze

  17-04-2017 12:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland on the feed below.
  
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• Applications for new Irish passports on the rise in UK

  17-04-2017 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of British people applying for Irish passports has risen by more than two-thirds, indicating a continuing surge in Britons seeking to become citizens of Ireland following the Brexit vote.
  
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• Fire burns at Portrush derelict property

  17-04-2017 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fire, which was beside a nursing home, is being treated as suspicious.
  
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• Cause of fire at derelict Portrush property 'suspicious' - 52 firefighters tackled the blaze

  17-04-2017 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are treating a fire at a derelict property in Portrush, which was tackled by fifty-two firefighters, as suspicious.
  
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• Syrian refugee makes scoring debut for Michael Davitts GAA club in under-10s hurling match

  17-04-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The team mentor of Michael Davitts club has hailed the inclusive powers of the GAA, after a young Syrian refugee made a scoring debut for their under-10s in a match against St Gall’s on Saturday.
  
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• O'Neill: Irish unity is back on agenda due to Brexit

  17-04-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brexit has put Irish unity back on the agenda, Sinn Fein's Stormont leader has warned.
  
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• DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson: As things stand Northern Ireland's heading towards direct rule

  17-04-2017 11:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson has said as things stand in the current political crisis he believes Northern Ireland is "heading towards direct rule".
  
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• Irish fans of Hollywood star John Cusack robbed in Belfast hours before landing exclusive interview - Belfast Live

  17-04-2017 10:42
  
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  Irish fans of Hollywood star John Cusack robbed in Belfast hours before landing exclusive interview
  Belfast Live
  Two huge fans got a world exclusive interview with Hollywood star John Cusack after being robbed hours before. Intrepid Naoimh Reilly and Denise Lavelle travelled from Cork to Belfast to meet their idol on a journey where everything went wrong. The two ...and more »
  
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• Learn Wilderness Skills

  17-04-2017 09:44
  Join Jason Chandler, a Maine Master Naturalist, guide and teacher, and Caitlin Thurrell, farmer and educator, for a free outdoor wilderness skills workshop at 210 Oak Hill Road, Swanville. Learn from Jason how to make a fire with a bow drill, and which natural materials to use for drill and tinder.
  
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• International appeal over Danielle McLaughlin murder

  17-04-2017 09:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The campaign has assembled an international legal team, headed by Londonderry solicitor Des Doherty.
  
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• New pet will set you back £3.5k in first year

  17-04-2017 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pet owners pay nearly £3,500 typically in the first year of owning their animal, including costs such as food, bedding, toys, equipment and insurance, a survey has found.
  
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• Uncovered: Secret burial crypt of 'lost' Archbishops of Canterbury

  17-04-2017 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The remains of five Archbishops of Canterbury have been found inside a secret tomb underneath a church in a discovery hailed as "astonishing".
  
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• Campaign to get justice for slain Danielle goes global

  17-04-2017 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Those behind the justice campaign set up in the wake of the murder of Donegal woman Danielle McLaughlin have issued an international plea for assistance in the case.
  
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• Tearful final farewell to Belfast boxer Manuel Caddell

  17-04-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Grieving friends and family gathered at St Peter's Cathedral Church in west Belfast yesterday for the funeral of boxer Manuel Caddell who died last week in a car crash near Crumlin.
  
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