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• Premier Division: Derry City 2-0 Bohemians

  05-05-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Derry City are up to fourth in the Premier Division after beating Bohemians 2-0 to end a run of six league matches without a win.
  
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• A postcard from New Zealand: When family come to visit... - Belfast Live

  05-05-2017 22:37
  
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  A postcard from New Zealand: When family come to visit...
  Belfast Live
  As I write this my dad sits thousands of feet in the air, about to descend into Belfast City Airport. He's been on a plane for most of the last 28 hours, flying through Manchester, Dubai and Sydney from Christchurch where we waved goodbye to him ...
  
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• Shocking moment woman punches and headbutts a female victim in sunny Belfast park - The Sun

  05-05-2017 21:37
  
  The Sun
  Shocking moment woman punches and headbutts a female victim in sunny Belfast park
  The Sun
  DISTURBING footage shows a young woman punching and headbutting another female during a sun-drenched afternoon in a park in Belfast. The shocking clip shows the attacker following her student victim around the Botanics Garden in the city centre while ...
  Shock footage shows woman launching vicious attack in Belfast ...Belfast Telegraph
  Student headbutted during violent incident in Botanic Park
  
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• West Belfast residents fear FIFTH night of hell at play park - Belfast Live

  05-05-2017 20:38
  
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  West Belfast residents fear FIFTH night of hell at play park
  Belfast Live
  Residents near a West Belfast play park fear large crowds of young people will gather for a FIFTH night in a row. Lenadaoon Park has been the gathering point for more than 50 young people for each of the past four nights, according to a local community ...
  
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• Berkeley balcony collapse: Survivors and families of victims reach settlements with some firms

  05-05-2017 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Survivors of the Berkeley balcony tragedy and relatives of six students who died have reached out of court settlements with a number of companies involved in the construction of the building.
  
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• Berkeley balcony collapse families reach partial settlement

  05-05-2017 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Berkeley balcony collapse families and survivors agree settlement with some of the building's firms.
  
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• 'Devastated' Zoe Ball requests privacy following death of partner

  05-05-2017 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TV presenter Zoe Ball says she is “devastated” following the death of her partner Billy Yates at the age of 40.
  
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• More than 200 deliberate gorse fires in 'tinderbox landscape'

  05-05-2017 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firefighters say 92% of 221 gorse fires they have tackled since Monday were started deliberately.
  
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• Belfast Facebook troll convicted of breaching cyber ban

  05-05-2017 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Facebook troll who was last year hit with a five year gagging order aimed at preventing her from making any online reference to her former boyfriend's current partner has now been convicted of breaching the ban.
  
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• Service for Troubles victims and survivors gets funding reassurance

  05-05-2017 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Changes to how services are provided to Troubles victims and survivors in Northern Ireland have to be implemented without any cuts to funding, the chairman of the delivery body has said.
  
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• Eamonn Magee Jr murder: Orhan Koca 'motivated by jealousy and anger', court told

  05-05-2017 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Turkish man who carried out an "unprovoked" and "brutal" attack which claimed the life of promising young west Belfast boxer Eamonn Magee Junior was motivated by jealousy and anger, a court heard on Friday.
  
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• Botanic Gardens incident: Teenage girl and man charged over attacks

  05-05-2017 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenage girl and a man have been charged by police over assaults in Botanic Gardens in south Belfast.
  
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• Arlene Foster says Brexit has not weakened NI's place in union

  05-05-2017 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster says she does not accept Brexit has weakened Northern Ireland's place in union.
  
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• Teenage girl and man charged over Botanic Gardens attack

  05-05-2017 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man are charged over an attack in Belfast's Botanic Gardens.
  
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• Lord Mayor leads delegation on visit to China

  05-05-2017 17:23 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Eamonn Magee Jr murder: Orhan Koca 'motivated by jealousy'

  05-05-2017 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eamonn Magee Jr was found stabbed to death outside the west Belfast home of his girlfriend two years ago.
  
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• England v Ireland: Hosts win first one-day international in Bristol

  05-05-2017 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England begin their Champions Trophy preparations with an emphatic ODI win in their first home international against Ireland.
  
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• Car 'explodes' outside Northern Ireland primary school

  05-05-2017 16:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A car has caught fire outside a primary school in Bangor.
  
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• Firefighters attend 221 gorse fires in just four days in Northern Ireland

  05-05-2017 16:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters have attended 221 gorse fires in Northern Ireland in just four days.
  
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• Sister of murdered Seamus Ruddy visits French forest thought to hold his remains

  05-05-2017 16:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of a teacher murdered and secretly buried during the Northern Ireland Troubles has travelled to the French forest where a search for his remains is under way.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alert: Delays expected for Irish Cup Final

  05-05-2017 15:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police say traffic delays can be expected in parts of Belfast ahead of the Irish Cup final on Saturday afternoon and have urged fans to leave plenty of time for their journeys.
  
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• BBC News NI pictures of the week

  05-05-2017 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Here are a selection of the pictures sent into us this week
  
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• TB case at school

  05-05-2017 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A diagnosis of TB at a primary school, and tributes to two race aces are in the NI weekly papers.
  
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• DUP leader Arlene Foster warns against 'destabilising' border poll

  05-05-2017 14:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A border poll would destabilise Northern Ireland at a time when stability is required, Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has warned.
  
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• Decision on private taxis using Belfast bus lanes kicked into long grass

  05-05-2017 13:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The decision on allowing private hire taxis to use Belfast bus lanes will be taken by the next roads minster, the Department for Infrastructure has said.
  
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• Seamus Coleman: Everton full-back signs new five-year deal

  05-05-2017 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Everton full-back Seamus Coleman signs a new five-year deal with the Merseyside club.
  
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• Seamus Coleman signs new five-year contract at Everton

  05-05-2017 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Everton defender Seamus Coleman's recovery from a serious double fracture of his right leg has been boosted by a new five-year contract.
  
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• Prince Philip: Cyclone coinciding with retirement 'likely to cement God status among cult who worship him'

  05-05-2017 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An island cult who worship Prince Philip as their God may believe his retirement has triggered a tropical cyclone, according to an author who has lived among the villagers.
  
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• Cancer victim Kevin Carey's family: 'Thanks for helping us when we needed you the most'

  05-05-2017 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a Northern Ireland man whose courageous brain tumour battle touched the hearts of the nation has thanked the thousands of people who supported them "when we needed you the most".
  
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• Man couldn't attend court over Larne 'feud' because leg was broken in assault

  05-05-2017 13:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who was arrested by police investigating incidents linked to a "feud" in Larne was unable to appear in court because his leg was broken in an assault, it has emerged.
  
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• Belfast sends off two longtime educators

  05-05-2017 13:05
  Students today are less likely to know how to peel a hard-boiled egg, and less apt to judge their peers based on stereotypes than they were 30 years ago. Their parents love them just as much, but those parents are working more, and more of them are in jail than in the past.
  
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• Ulster Bank in NI makes 2016 pre-tax profit of £58m

  05-05-2017 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland makes 2016 pre-tax profit of £58m on turnover of £176m.
  
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• DUP councillor Carson praying for Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly 'to die very soon...just like Marty'

  05-05-2017 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor has said he will "continue to pray" that Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly will "very soon face the one true judge, just like Marty".
  
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• Line of Duty commissioned for two more series, BBC confirms

  05-05-2017 12:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The BBC has confirmed that there will be at least two more series of its hugely popular police drama Line of Duty.
  
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• Pro12 Dream Team: Ulster's Pienaar and Piutau named in team of season

  05-05-2017 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ulster backs Ruan Pienaar and Charles Piutau are named in a Munster-dominated Pro12 team of the season.
  
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• Dinner Theater: One-Act Maine Plays

  05-05-2017 10:50
  Belfast Maskers present four full-staged 10-20 minute plays plus catered meal , wine and dessert at the new United Farmers Market of Belfast, 18 Spring St. Cost: $40.
  
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• Oscar Valdez 'would cross Atlantic to fight Frampton,' says trainer Robles

  05-05-2017 10:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  WBO featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez would have no problem crossing the Atlantic to take on Carl Frampton, according to his trainer.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman weds her 90-year-old beau

  05-05-2017 10:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At first, it sounds like a typical 'boy meets girl' love story. Larne woman Hester met the man who is now her husband on a bus after he politely asked her if the seat next to her was taken.
  
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• Second Strangford Lough rescue in 48 hours

  05-05-2017 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of five men got in to difficulty on a yacht and were escorted back to safe water.
  
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• Illegal levels of arsenic in rice-based baby food discovered by Belfast scientists

  05-05-2017 09:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parents should avoid giving rice to young children, scientists in Belfast have said, after a study found almost three quarters of rice-based products sold as baby food contained illegal levels of arsenic.
  
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• Why a word in Bertie's ear could bring Irish Cup to Coleraine

  05-05-2017 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Footballing legend Bertie Peacock has been the secret weapon from beyond the grave for the success of his hometown team Coleraine's run to the Irish Cup final, one of the club's biggest fans has claimed.
  
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• Brave U-11s do Wicklow proud on Belfast trip - Irish Independent

  05-05-2017 09:41
  
  Irish Independent
  Brave U-11s do Wicklow proud on Belfast trip
  Irish Independent
  Wicklow RFC's U-11s headed north last Saturday morning to take part in the Four Nations Festival hosted by Malone RFC in Belfast. Setting out early on Saturday, 15 boys and their coaches took on teams from Northern Ireland and England. They played five ...
  
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• Jamie Patterson exits Masterchef as fish and chorizo dish flops

  05-05-2017 09:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MasterChef scaled back its contestants to a final six last night as Northern Ireland chef Jamie Patterson found himself in choppy waters during the seafood challenge.
  
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• Widow of road victim Keith McWilliams tells of last kiss goodbye

  05-05-2017 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wife of a Warrenpoint man who died in an accident while out walking has paid tribute to "an absolute giant of a gentleman."
  
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• Timothy Spall's joy as Paisley widow endorses The Journey

  05-05-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The actor who plays the late firebrand preacher-turned-politician Ian Paisley in a major movie which opens today personally visited the former first minister's widow at her home yesterday.
  
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• Hotelier Coulter to take libel battle to Supreme Court

  05-05-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A hotelier referred to in a newspaper as "a Scrooge" appears set to take his libel battle to the UK's highest court in London.
  
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• What General Election means for Northern Ireland - Parties set out their stalls

  05-05-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The starting guns have been fired in the election. With Parliament formally dissolved, the battle has officially begun to elect the next one.
  
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• Tories promise inquiry into Bangor-born medic who disfigured patients

  05-05-2017 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt has said an inquiry will be held into disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson, who is believed to have carried out needless operations on hundreds of patients.
  
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• Shock footage shows woman launching vicious attack in Belfast Botanic gardens

  05-05-2017 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shocking video of a woman viciously punching and slapping two women in south Belfast's Botanic Gardens yesterday has been viewed more than half a million times in a few hours.
  
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