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• Majority of UK voters want Theresa May to face Jeremy Corbyn on live TV

  25-04-2017 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A majority of the British public wants Theresa May to go head to head with her rivals in live TV debates during the election campaign, an exclusive poll for The Independent shows.
  
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• Maskers dinner theater serves up Maine plays

  25-04-2017 22:09
  The Belfast Maskers will present four evenings of dinner theater that include a catered meal, wine, dessert and four one-act plays by authors from around the state of Maine. The dinner theater showcase is set for Fridays and Saturdays, May 5 and 6; and 12 and 13, at the new United Farmers Market of Belfast, 18 Spring St. Dinner, offering both meat and vegetarian options, will be served at 7 p.m. The actors in the four plays include Sunny Kirkham, Dennis Harrington, Makaila Redden, Calvin Redden,
  
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• Woman dies as lorry and car collide in Strabane

  25-04-2017 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a collision on Monday.
  
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• Strabane crash: Man charged after 69-year-old woman dies from injuries

  25-04-2017 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal crash involving a car and a lorry in Strabane.
  
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• Rod' Stewart celebrates son's first goal

  25-04-2017 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Music legend Sir Rod Stewart celebrates on social media as son Liam scores his first international goal as Great Britain beat Estonia 5-1.
  
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• Aoife O'Hare missing: Teenager last seen in Market Square area of Dungannon

  25-04-2017 20:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of missing Aoife O'Hare, from the Cookstown area, is becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.
  
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• 'Too much distance' for Green Party to join pro-Remain pact in Northern Ireland

  25-04-2017 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Green Party has ruled out joining a mooted pro-Remain electoral pact in Northern Ireland.
  
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• 'Little prospect' of pro-Remain electoral pact in Northern Ireland

  25-04-2017 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Plans for a pro-Remain electoral pact in Northern Ireland have been left in disarray after parties failed to strike a deal.
  
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• Oxford Bulls Down's syndrome team has 'night to remember'

  25-04-2017 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oxford Bulls shot-stopper draws applause during football game with Sion Sonics.
  
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• Bowles Given Award for Excellent Service

  25-04-2017 17:02
  Kate grew up in the Belfast area and received her Master Degree in Physical Therapy from University of New England in July 2004. She joined the staff of Tall Pines in 2008 and has remained a tremendously gifted and stabilizing force in the rehabilitative and restorative therapies at The Commons.
  
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• Man refused bail after car driven into house in Larne and set alight

  25-04-2017 16:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police fear lives could be lost because of an ongoing "feud" between two individuals in the Larne area, a court heard on Tuesday.
  
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• Larne man 'with UVF links' refused bail after car driven into house in Larne and set alight

  25-04-2017 16:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police fear lives could be lost because of an ongoing "feud" between two individuals in the Larne area, a court heard on Tuesday.
  
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• Hastings Hotels to spend £53m on Grand Central site in Belfast

  25-04-2017 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Hastings Hotels group is to spend £53 million building Northern Ireland's largest hotel.
  
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• Hastings Hotels to invest extra £23m in Belfast project - Irish Times

  25-04-2017 15:45
  
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  Hastings Hotels, one of Northern Ireland's largest locally owned hospitality groups, is to increase its investment in a new luxury hotel project, currently under development in Belfast, by £23 million (€27 million) to £53 million. The group, which part ...
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• General Election Northern Ireland seat predictions - who will win the key battlegrounds?

  25-04-2017 15:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pollsters LucidTalk have once again grasped the nettle and laid out their predictions for the forthcoming General Election calling each of Northern Ireland's 18 seats.
  
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• No evidence Barney Watt was throwing petrol bomb in 1971 shooting, inquest told

  25-04-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Claims by British ex-soldiers that a Belfast man was shot dead as he threw an explosive have been dismissed by Northern Ireland's former state pathologist.
  
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• DUP and Sinn Fein clash over who's to blame for public spending cuts

  25-04-2017 14:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP and Sinn Fein are at loggerheads over who's to blame for public spending cuts in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Elderly woman stands up to would-be thief who tried to snatch handbag

  25-04-2017 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman, aged in her 80s, stood up to a would-be thief who tried to snatch her handbag.
  
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• Software firm Unosquare to create 100 Belfast jobs

  25-04-2017 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US-based firm Unosquare is to create 100 jobs in Belfast with a £650,000 grant from Invest NI.
  
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• Stormont Executive a 'priority' to ensure Northern Ireland's economy doesn't falter

  25-04-2017 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont must form a working Executive as a priority to ensure Northern Ireland's economy does not falter, businesses have said.
  
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• Northern Ireland boy held over TalkTalk cyber attack to fight identification ruling

  25-04-2017 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim schoolboy arrested over the TalkTalk cyber attack is to appeal his failed High Court bid to secure legislative protection from media identification.
  
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• US tech firm creates 100 new jobs in Belfast

  25-04-2017 11:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A US tech firm is creating 100 new jobs in Belfast.
  
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• Paedophile turned pastor Raymond Pulman attempted suicide after abuse revealed

  25-04-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A paedophile turned pastor tried to kill himself when confronted with his abuse, a judge has heard.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph teams up with Digital DNA showcase

  25-04-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph today reveals it is the 2017 media partner to Northern Ireland's biggest technology event, Digital DNA. A showcase of global achievement in the digital space, it will take place at St George's Market on June 6 and 7.
  
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• Bangor man who sold batch of 'poisonous' diet pills faces two years in jail

  25-04-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Bangor man who admitted selling diet pills which were in fact poisonous faces up to two years in jail, a court has heard.
  
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• Birdwatchers in a flap

  25-04-2017 08:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Enthusiasts flock to catch a glimpse of two avocets spotted at Belfast docks RSPB reserve.
  
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• Unionist pact is off the table as DUP's Foster and UUP's Swann fail to strike a deal

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prospects for a series of electoral pacts between the DUP and the UUP now look increasingly unlikely, unionist sources have said.
  
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• Tom Kelly: Northern Ireland is just too immature to forge electoral agreements with any real meaning

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Political electoral pacts seem to be in vogue this spring throughout Northern Ireland. Or at least so it seems. Unionists appear to have a congenital predisposition to electoral pacts among the so-called unionist family.
  
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• Reprieve for death row donkey after sanctuary plans to give it new home

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An ill-treated donkey found abandoned in a field earlier this year and facing being put down has found a new home.
  
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• Remarkable legacy of Northern Ireland nun Clare Crockett killed in Ecuador earthquake remembered a year on

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of a Londonderry-born nun who died a year ago in South America when the four-storey school she was teaching in collapsed during an earthquake say she is missed every day. Sister Clare Crockett (33) was a missionary worker with the Home of the Mother Order at Playa Prieta and was trying to evacuate children from the building when it collapsed on top of her.
  
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• Northern Ireland weather updates: Met office warns of hail and snow as cold snap hits

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It may be spring - but forecasters are warning the public they may need to pull out the winter woollies as Northern Ireland braces itself for a cold snap.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Strabane Road closed following crash between car and lorry

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Stockmans Lane crash causing delays

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland man Alan Cowan arrested over feud in Larne has links with UVF, court is told

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Larne man arrested at the weekend as part of a police investigation into a "feud" in the town which has seen several arson attacks allegedly has "highly influential" involvement in the UVF, a PSNI officer claimed in court.
  
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• Northern Ireland care home staff arrested by police after abuse claims

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two staff members at a Co Armagh residential care home were arrested by police on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, it has been reported.
  
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• Lurgan footballer (11) in Spanish hospital after kidney injury

  25-04-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of an 11-year-old Lurgan boy who suffered a serious kidney injury during a football match in Spain flew out to be at his hospital bedside last night.
  
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