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• Pat Doherty will not stand in general election

  03-05-2017 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sinn Féin politician has been West Tyrone's MP for the past 16 years.
  
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• McGuinness-Paisley movie premiers in Belfast - Belfast Newsletter

  03-05-2017 23:35
  
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  McGuinness-Paisley movie premiers in Belfast
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  A new film about the relationship between Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness will have its UK and Ireland premiere in Belfast on Thursday May 4. The event, sponsored by the Movie House Cinemas on the Dublin Road in Belfast, will be attended by lead ...and more »
  
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• WhatsApp is down: Company 'aware of outage issue and working to fix it'

  03-05-2017 23:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp messenging app has gone down around the world.
  
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• WhatsApp back in service after outage cut millions off

  03-05-2017 23:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Messaging service WhatsApp has returned after suffering an outage that cut off millions of users around the world.
  
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• Monaco 0-2 Juventus: Gonzalo Higuain brace gives Juve victory in Champions League semi-final first leg

  03-05-2017 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gonzalo Higuain scored twice from Dani Alves passes to put Juventus in control of their Champions League semi-final with Monaco ahead of next week's second leg in Turin.
  
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• Pedestrian dies in County Down crash

  03-05-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man was walking along the Rostrevor Road in Warrenpoint when the incident happened.
  
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• John Finucane: I'm confident Sinn Fein can make history and win North Belfast seat

  03-05-2017 20:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  John Finucane has launched his bid to become the first nationalist MP for North Belfast saying he is confident he can create history and win the seat for Sinn Fein.
  
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• 'Lone-wolf dissident' Connor admits terror charges

  03-05-2017 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christine Connor posed as a Swedish model online to lure a man into helping her kill PSNI officers.
  
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• Belfast man accused of raping 14-year-old girl says allegation is "a joke" - Belfast Live

  03-05-2017 19:41
  
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  Belfast man accused of raping 14-year-old girl says allegation is "a joke"
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  A Belfast man currently standing trial on sex offences against a 14-year-old girl branded a rape allegation "a joke", a court heard today. William George McVeigh, from Forthriver Green in the Ballygomartin area of the city, is accused of raping the ...and more »
  
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• On Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, students from Rockport's ...

  03-05-2017 19:25
  Ashwood Waldorf School students volunteer at the Hospitality House in Rockport April 29 as part of the school's Serve-a-thon. On Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, students from Rockport's Ashwood Waldorf School volunteered at various locations from Cushing to Belfast.
  
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• Belfast woman Christine Connor used fake social media profile to entrap man in bid to murder police officers

  03-05-2017 19:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast woman Christine Connor posed as the model fiancee of a Swedish ice hockey star to entrap a man into taking part in her bid to murder police officers.
  
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• Bernard Watt widow relieved by coroner's verdict

  03-05-2017 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teresa Watt speaks following the clearing of her husband's name, 46 years after he was shot dead by the Army.
  
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• Ian McKinley: Fly-half called up by Italy six years after losing sight in left eye

  03-05-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish-born Ian McKinley is called into Italy's squad for their summer Tests six years after losing sight in his left eye.
  
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• Irish language school hit by three break-ins

  03-05-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three break-ins in four days prompt Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh in west Belfast to review its security.
  
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• EU to focus on Ireland in Brexit talks, says Barnier

  03-05-2017 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland will be central to the first phase of talks, says the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.
  
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• Schoolchildren welcome latest arrival at Belfast Zoo - Belfast Telegraph

  03-05-2017 17:17
  
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  Schoolchildren welcome latest arrival at Belfast Zoo
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  Children from Belfast's Fleming Fulton School's primary five class have been called upon to welcome the latest arrival at Belfast Zoo - Vixen the female red panda. Vixen arrived from Dresden Zoo in Germany on Friday, 27 April and was introduced to male ...
  
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• Stuart Olding suffers 'significant' ankle injury

  03-05-2017 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ulster centre Stuart Olding is expected to be ruled out of Ireland's summer tour to Japan and possibly the start of next season due to an ankle injury.
  
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• Belfast man brands claim he raped girl (14) 'a joke'

  03-05-2017 17:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man standing trial on sex offences against a 14-year old girl branded a rape allegation "a joke", a court heard on Wednesday.
  
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• Belfast's Burnett on world title chance

  03-05-2017 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast boxer Ryan Burnett is confident he will become IBF bantamweight champion in his native city on 10 June by dethroning England's Lee Haskins.
  
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• Belfast boxer Ryan Burnett vows to grab world title chance against Lee Haskins

  03-05-2017 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast boxer Ryan Burnett is confident he will become IBF bantamweight champion in his native city on 10 June by dethroning England's Lee Haskins.
  
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• Dennis Quaid apologises to Saoirse Ronan for 'Sheesha' moment

  03-05-2017 16:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hollywood star Dennis Quaid has apologised to Irish actress Saoirse Ronan for mispronouncing her name while announcing the 2016 Golden Globe nominees.
  
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• Vulnerable man admitted 1977 Belfast bomb attack to get police off his back, appeal court hears - Belfast Telegraph

  03-05-2017 16:33
  
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  Vulnerable man admitted 1977 Belfast bomb attack to get police off his back, appeal court hears
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  Belfast man James Goodall is trying to overturn his conviction for bombing a shirt factory in. 1 1 Belfast man James Goodall is trying to overturn his conviction for bombing a shirt factory in the city more than 40 years ago, pictured with his ...and more »
  
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• Vulnerable man admitted 1977 Belfast bomb attack to get police off his back, appeal court hears

  03-05-2017 16:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mentally vulnerable man jailed for a bomb attack in Belfast 40 years ago made admissions just to get police off his back, the Court of Appeal heard on Wednesday.
  
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• Brexit challenges agri-food industry, say Lords

  03-05-2017 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade pose difficulties for the industry, says a House of Lords report.
  
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• May accuses ‘some in Brussels’ of trying to influence the General Election

  03-05-2017 16:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said the UK’s position had been misrepresented and the European Commission’s position had hardened.
  
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• Judge bars man from cat-calling and Castlederg convenience stores

  03-05-2017 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man accused of producing a suspected gun and telling shop staff he had "people to shoot, people to kill" is to be barred from his local convenience stores, a High Court judge ordered on Wednesday.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in horror crash - reports trailer broke free from vehicle

  03-05-2017 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pedestrian in Northern Ireland has been killed in a horror crash near Warrenpoint, Co Down.
  
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• Belfast to host two major cyber security conferences - The Irish Times - Irish Times

  03-05-2017 15:24
  
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  Belfast to host two major cyber security conferences - The Irish Times
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  Belfast is set to deliver the definitive master class in how “not to get hacked” next week when the city hosts two major cyber security conferences which will ...and more »
  
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• Belfast to host two major cyber security conferences - Irish Times

  03-05-2017 15:24
  
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  Belfast to host two major cyber security conferences
  Irish Times
  Belfast is set to deliver the definitive master class in how “not to get hacked” next week when the city hosts two major cyber security conferences which will include insights from a former spy agency boss, some of the world's top online security ...and more »
  
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• Pillow used in arson attack

  03-05-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman and her family are left shaken after an arson attack in Londonderry.
  
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• Derry family shaken after arson attack at home

  03-05-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman and her family are left shaken after an arson attack in Londonderry.
  
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• Irish university post-Brexit fees questioned

  03-05-2017 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fianna Fáil calls for NI students to be made exempt from paying non-EU fees in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Orange Order marks Reformation anniversary with Portadown parade.

  03-05-2017 14:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order will mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a parade and religous service in Portadown on Saturday, May 8.
  
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• Poetry Night debuts at Pig + Poet

  03-05-2017 14:45
  The Pig + Poet restaurant of Whitehall, 52 High St./Route 1, which opens for the season with a Mother's Day brunch, will host its inaugural Poetry Night Wednesday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. in the main dining room. Pig + Poet's Poetry Night honors the memory of Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was discovered at Whitehall in 1912.
  
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• Michael O'Neill: NI boss says he has had 'no contact' over vacant Norwich job

  03-05-2017 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill insists he has had "no contact" from Norwich City as he distances himself from the Canaries role.
  
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• Belfast woman Christine Connor admits terror charges - BBC News

  03-05-2017 13:52
  
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  Belfast woman Christine Connor admits terror charges
  BBC News
  A Belfast woman has pleaded guilty to a series of terror offences relating to explosives, including attempting to murder a police officer. Christine Connor, 31, appeared before Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday. She declined to stand when the charges ...
  Belfast woman Christine Connor pleads guilty to terrorist offences including police murder bidBelfast Telegraph
  Lone wolf dissident pretended to be model to lure bomb accompl
  
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• Slash attack Belfast boxer Caoimhin Hynes lost count of stitches - Belfast Telegraph

  03-05-2017 13:17
  
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  Slash attack Belfast boxer Caoimhin Hynes lost count of stitches
  Belfast Telegraph
  A rising boxing star who suffered a horror slash to his face in an assault by a gang in Belfast has said he lost count as he tallied up the number of stitches he received. Caoimhin Hynes was attacked by a number of people while out with his girlfriend ...
  
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• Slash attack Belfast boxer Caoimhin Hynes lost count of stitches

  03-05-2017 13:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rising boxing star who suffered a horror slash to his face in an assault by a gang in Belfast has said he lost count as he tallied up the number of stitches he received.
  
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• Northern Ireland dentist to go on trial over multiple sexual assault charges

  03-05-2017 13:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A County Tyrone dentist is to go on trial in relation to multiple sexual assault charges, after pleading not guilty to all.
  
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• Belfast woman Christine Connor pleads guilty to terrorist offences including police murder bid

  03-05-2017 13:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast woman Christine Connor was told she will be sentenced next month for a number of terrorist offences, including trying to murder a police officer in a pipe bomb attack.
  
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• Watch: Banned Sodastream commercial parodies Game of Thrones

  03-05-2017 12:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A commercial from Sodastream, parodying a famous scene from Game of Thrones, has been banned on the grounds of offensive language and unsubstantiated environmental claims.
  
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• Direct Line motor insurance premiums up 6.6% amid personal injury changes

  03-05-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Insurer Direct Line has hiked the cost of car cover by nearly 7% to offset the hit from Government changes to the way personal injury claims are calculated.
  
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• Red tape stalls improvements - Belfast Media Group

  03-05-2017 12:20
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  Red tape stalls improvements
  Belfast Media Group
  A SOUTH Belfast businessman has lambasted restrictive City Hall regulations on the restoration of listed buildings. Anthony Kieran, founder and director of UsedcarsNI.com, purchased a property in South Belfast's Upper Crescent area in 2015 with a view ...
  
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• Painting Ed was a Sheer delight says Belfast artist - Belfast Telegraph

  03-05-2017 12:00
  
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  Painting Ed was a Sheer delight says Belfast artist
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  Chart-topping star Ed Sheeran has been immortalised by a Belfast-based artist in a new painting due to be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. The London museum already has a photograph of the musician on display and has now acquired the first ...and more »
  
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