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• Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough: Blues close in on title as Diego Costa, Marcos Alonso and Nemanja Matic send Boro to Championship

  08-05-2017 23:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chelsea moved within three points of the Premier League title and consigned Middlesbrough to relegation with a dominant 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge.
  
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• Two arrested in Dublin in international terrorism probe

  08-05-2017 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish police investigating international terrorism have arrested an Algerian man and another of Moroccan origin.
  
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• Henry Stover

  08-05-2017 21:27
  Henry C. Stover, 97, of Belfast, passed away May 4, 2017. He was born in South Brooksville on June 15, 1919, to William Guy and Ruth Stover; they moved to Belfast in 1921.
  
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• Billionaire Mordashov's £40 million super yacht docks in Belfast ... - Belfast Telegraph

  08-05-2017 20:00
  
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  A stunning yacht belonging to one of the world's richest men has arrived in Northern Ireland.and more »
  
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• Car 'destroyed' during incident at Belfast's Cave Hill - BBC News - BBC News

  08-05-2017 19:38
  
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  Car 'destroyed' during incident at Belfast's Cave Hill - BBC News
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  County Antrim woman found her car flipped on its roof during the incident in north Belfast.
  Co Antrim woman returns from walk at Belfast's Cave Hill to find vandals had flipped her car unto its roofBelfast Liveall 3 news articles »
  
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• Pearson publishing to create 300 jobs in Belfast - Irish Times

  08-05-2017 19:30
  
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  Pearson publishing to create 300 jobs in Belfast
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  The education and publishing company Pearson has established a finance services centre in Belfast which it expects will create 300 jobs. The new centre, which has already recruited 100 employees, is part of Pearson's overall strategy to create a ...
  Pearson to create 300 new jobs in Belfastthe Irish News
  World's largest education company creates jobs boost for BelfastBelfast Telegraph
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• In pictures: £40m yacht glides into Belfast - Belfast Newsletter - Belfast Newsletter

  08-05-2017 18:14
  
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  In pictures: £40m yacht glides into Belfast - Belfast Newsletter
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  Check out this stunning yacht belonging to one of the world's richest men - Billionaire Alexei Mordashov.
  That's rich... £40m superyacht turns heads on Belfast's quays ...Belfast Telegraphall 4 news articles »
  
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• Timmy Trumpet announced as headliner for Belfast's CHSq - Belfast Live

  08-05-2017 18:08
  
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  Timmy Trumpet announced as headliner for Belfast's CHSq
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  Multi-Platinum selling artist Timmy Trumpet has been announced as headline act for Belfast's Custom House Square. Currently ranked Australia's #1 DJ (ITM Awards 2015-16), Timmy will headline CHSq on Thursday August 17. His smash “Freaks” featuring ...
  
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• Man cleared of raping drunk teenage girl in Woodvale Park - Belfast ... - Belfast Live

  08-05-2017 17:37
  
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  Man cleared of raping drunk teenage girl in Woodvale Park - Belfast ...
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  The 28-year-old from Ballygomartin was found not guilty after a three-week trial.and more »
  
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• Tory fraud investigation: CPS to announce before general election whether it will press charges

  08-05-2017 17:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce before the General election whether a number of Tory MPs will be criminally charged over the alleged 2015 election expenses scandal.
  
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• Pearson opens finance centre creating 300 jobs in Belfast

  08-05-2017 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pearson, the education publisher, formally opens a finance centre in Belfast.
  
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• Teenager in Derry court on rape charge

  08-05-2017 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 15 year-old boy has appeared at Londonderry Magistrates Court charged with raping a 17-year-old girl in the city.
  
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• Teenager in court on rape charge

  08-05-2017 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 15 year-old boy has appeared at Londonderry Magistrates Court charged with raping a 17-year-old girl in the city.
  
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• Publishing firm Pearson to create 300 Northern Ireland jobs

  08-05-2017 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Global publishing firm Pearson is to create 300 jobs at its new Belfast base.
  
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• Randox partially suspends laboratory services in wake of probe into police forensic testing

  08-05-2017 15:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland firm Randox has partially suspended testing services at its laboratories in Crumlin.
  
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• SDLP rejects Sinn Fein call to stand aside for election

  08-05-2017 15:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP has rejected a Sinn Fein call to stand aside in two constituencies in Northern Ireland, insisting it has no intention of facilitating abstentionist MPs.
  
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• Ex-IRA man Anthony McIntyre seeks disclosure of US-UK legal correspondence

  08-05-2017 15:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former IRA man battling to stop police accessing his interviews for an American university project is to seek disclosure of all transatlantic legal correspondence.
  
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• Belfast Visual Arts: A Whistle Stop Tour

  08-05-2017 13:31 via youtube.com
  
  
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• UUP announce south and east Belfast candidates for the General Election

  08-05-2017 13:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UUP has announced the final candidates it is putting forward for the General Election on June 8.
  
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• Man dies after falling from Blarney Castle

  08-05-2017 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has died after falling from Blarney Castle in Co Cork.
  
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• Pictures emerge of UUP's Mike Nesbitt lying face down on Belfast hotel floor

  08-05-2017 12:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pictures have emerged of former UUP leader Mike Nesbitt lying face down on a Belfast hotel floor while a woman sits on him and another holds him by the collar after an incident.
  
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• 6m euro Donegal lottery win unclaimed

  08-05-2017 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tiny seaside village in Donegal hits it lucky for the second time in two years in the Irish lotto.
  
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• Emma Little-Pengelly to run for DUP in South Belfast as unionists aim for co-operation - Belfast Telegraph

  08-05-2017 11:52
  
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  Emma Little-Pengelly to run for DUP in South Belfast as unionists aim for co-operation
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  Emma Little-Pengelly has been declared as the DUP candidate to challenge SDLP MP Dr Alasdair McDonnell for his South Belfast seat in next month's Westminster election. The move comes as Arlene Foster and Robin Swann issued a joint statement saying ...
  Ex-MP in final appeal for pan-unionist electoral dealBelfast Newsletterall 24 news articles »
  
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• Fermanagh's Cuilcagh 'stairway to heaven' boardwalk closed due to fire

  08-05-2017 10:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Cuilcagh boardwalk in Fermanagh has been closed while firefighters deal with a heather fire nearby.
  
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• General election Q&A

  08-05-2017 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Key issues for people in Northern Ireland preparing to vote for the seventh time in three years.
  
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• Broadcaster slams Belfast City Council over £16 fee levied on ... - Belfast Telegraph

  08-05-2017 09:33
  
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  Broadcaster slams Belfast City Council over £16 fee levied on ...
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  A leading radio presenter has branded Belfast City Council a "brutal, uncaring bureaucracy which has no empathy" after it started charging families £16 to allow ...and more »
  
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• 'The NHS formed back in 1948 is no longer fit for purpose... it's vital that our Executive is re-established quickly to drive through the changes we need,' says consultant

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mark Taylor is a consultant in general and hepatobiliary (liver, pancreas and gallbladder) surgery based at the Mater Hospital, and the lead surgeon for hepatobiliary surgery in the Belfast Trust. He was also part of an expert panel which made a series of recommendations aimed at ensuring a better future for the NHS in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Priest tells of his moving deathbed conversation with ex-GAA star Kevin Carey whose brave cancer fight was an inspiration

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Young people formed a guard of honour at the funeral of inspirational former GAA player Kevin Carey, whose courageous brain tumour battle touched the hearts of people across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Pienaar's exit remains baffling to the Ulster players

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster centre Luke Marshall has revealed not even his fellow players can understand the decision to force Ruan Pienaar out of Irish rugby.
  
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• Heatwave makes Northern Ireland hotter than Rome or Nice

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is hotter than the Med - and that's official!
  
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• Flanagan implores Northern Ireland leaders to build on past decade of progress

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dublin's Foreign Affairs Minister has urged Northern Ireland's leaders to reflect on the 10th anniversary of devolution ahead of talks to restore government.
  
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• Charity worker's heartache as thugs trash her prized car while she treks up Cave Hill

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Heartless vandals trashed a Belfast woman's car as she enjoyed a walk on the city's Cave Hill park.
  
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• Balmoral Show: Echo the heifer becomes unlikely moo-vie star on Facebook

  08-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down heifer has become an unlikely social media star as her owners count down to the Balmoral Show this week.
  
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• Man suffers neck injury in Lurgan shooting

  08-05-2017 08:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been injured in a shooting in Lurgan.
  
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• Man suffers neck injury in Craigavon shooting

  08-05-2017 08:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been injured in a shooting in Craigavon.
  
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• Man killed in three car Co Antrim crash

  08-05-2017 08:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man aged in his 20s has died following a crash in Armoy, County Antrim.
  
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• Shane Filan announces Belfast date for new 'Love Always' tour ... - Belfast Live

  08-05-2017 08:10
  
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  Shane Filan announces Belfast date for new 'Love Always' tour ...
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  Former Westlife star Shane Filan has announced he'll play Belfast later this year as part of his new 'Love Always' tour. The Sligo singer has been teasing fans in ...and more »
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: M1 crash causing Belfast delays

  08-05-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest traffic and travel information from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Latest travel information across Belfast and beyond

  08-05-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest traffic and travel information from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Gerry Adams 'ready to make way for McDonald as Sinn Fein chief'

  08-05-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams is prepared to hand over the leadership of Sinn Fein to Mary-Lou McDonald at its the party's next ard fheis, it has been reported.
  
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• Emma Little-Pengelly to run for DUP in South Belfast as unionists aim for co-operation

  08-05-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emma Little-Pengelly is expected to be declared today as the DUP candidate to challenge SDLP MP Dr Alasdair McDonnell for his South Belfast seat in next month's Westminster election.
  
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• I'll defend country, says new French President Macron

  08-05-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emmanuel Macron has insisted that a "new page of our history" has opened after he defeated far-right populist Marine Le Pen to become France's new president.
  
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