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• Chelsea 4-3 Watford: John Terry scores in goal-fest

  15-05-2017 23:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  John Terry scored for a 17th successive Premier League season as champions Chelsea beat Watford 4-3 courtesy of Cesc Fabregas' late strike.
  
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• Deaths of man and woman in Fermanagh are investigated

  15-05-2017 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deaths were at a house in the Abbey Road area near Maguiresbridge.
  
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• Documenting Maine's traditional music

  15-05-2017 22:01
  Insight Video Productions, the Colonial Theatre and Belfast Flying Shoes will host the Maine premiere of the documentary film "Welcome Here Again: a Recording Session with the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra" Tuesday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at the Colonial, 163 High St. The film captures the meeting of 16 musicians who came together in the Chapel at Middlesex School in Concord, Mass., to make a recording. It was familiar territory for some; the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra first recorded the
  
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• Antrim's Matthew Fitzpatrick in last-ditch plea over Donegal game availability

  15-05-2017 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Antrim's Matthew Fitzpatrick makes a last-ditch attempt to be cleared to play in Sunday's Ulster SFC game against Donegal.
  
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• Police probe Lisnaskea deaths

  15-05-2017 21:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding two deaths in the Abbey Road area of Lisnaskea in Co Fermanagh.
  
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• Plan for new Belfast waterfront office block - BBC News - BBC News

  15-05-2017 21:14
  
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  City Quays 3 has a proposed cost of £46m and is expected to be 16-storeys tall.and more »
  
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• Plan for new Belfast waterfront office block - BBC News

  15-05-2017 21:14
  
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  Belfast Harbour has submitted a planning application for what would be a third major waterfront office block. City Quays 3 has a proposed cost of £46m and will be 16-storeys tall. With a target completion date of late 2019, it will provide Grade A ...and more »
  
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• Plan for new Belfast waterfront office block

  15-05-2017 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  City Quays 3 has a proposed cost of £46m and is expected to be 16-storeys tall.
  
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• Rory McIlroy: Scan reveals golfer's back pain a recurrence of earlier rib injury

  15-05-2017 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A scan reveals the back problem Rory McIlroy had at the Players Championship was a recurrence of his rib injury from earlier this year.
  
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• Derry funeral for IRA 'secret peacemaker' Brendan Duddy

  15-05-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brendan Duddy, who played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process, died on Friday aged 80.
  
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• NI computer networks 'may be infected' by virus

  15-05-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The virus that hit parts of the UK may have infiltrated NI systems, but not yet been activated, police say.
  
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• Kingsmills massacre inquest resumes in Belfast

  15-05-2017 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The inquest into the 1976 Kingsmills massacre had been adjourned for a year after a suspect was arrested.
  
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• Education official says industrial action harms education

  15-05-2017 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NI's top education official sends a strongly-worded letter to teachers, but unions react angrily.
  
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• Foster 'sexist' blonde remark sparks social media anger

  15-05-2017 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sinn Féin accuses the DUP leader of being sexist about Michelle O'Neill; critics say it is an over-reaction.
  
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• At least 13 suspects for Kingsmill massacre named in documents, inquest told

  15-05-2017 18:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Intelligence documents gathered after the 1976 Kingsmill massacre named at least 13 suspects in the atrocity, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen's uncle and brother in court over alleged retaliation attack

  15-05-2017 17:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The brother and uncle of murdered Ballymena schoolboy Michael McIlveen have appeared in court following an alleged incident in which one of those convicted of the 2006 killing was chased through Antrim town.
  
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• Stormont vacuum 'impacting child heart services'

  15-05-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast could become the poor cousin of an all-Ireland congenital heart disease service, says a charity.
  
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• Belfast Facebook troll who posted false accusations about special needs teacher is jailed for four months

  15-05-2017 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Facebook troll who set up a bogus account and posted false accusations about a special needs teaching assistant - including fake claims she got her pupils "drunk" - has been jailed for four months.
  
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• Social media advice to NI health workers queried

  15-05-2017 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BMA seeks legal advice over an email telling staff not to express political opinions on social media.
  
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• New Exhibition opens at Belfast City Hall

  15-05-2017 17:19 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Rockland councilors may ask voters to OK pay hike

  15-05-2017 17:14
  Clayton suggested that the pay should increase to perhaps $3,000 per year for councilors and $3,500 for the mayor. The current pay is $800 for councilors and $1,000 for the mayor.
  
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• Sun columnist Kelvin MacKenzie leaves The Sun 'by mutual consent' after comparing footballer to gorilla

  15-05-2017 17:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kelvin MacKenzie has had his contract with The Sun "terminated by mutual consent".
  
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• Hilden Mill complex sold to St Francis Group developers

  15-05-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 24-acre site has been unused for more than a decade and various regeneration plans have failed.
  
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• Tory councillor Nick Harrington suspended for anti-Irish 'gypsies' Eurovision tweet

  15-05-2017 16:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tory councillor Nick Harrington has been suspended for posting an anti-Irish tweet during Eurovision song contest.
  
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• Goldenbridge Cemetery reopens after 150 years

  15-05-2017 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's first cemetery for people of all religions and none was founded by Daniel O'Connell.
  
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• German host of secret Northern Ireland peace talks dies

  15-05-2017 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A German clergyman who hosted secret meetings between deadlocked Northern Ireland political parties in the 1980s has died.
  
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• JP Morgan buys bigger office for 1,000 staff in Dublin

  15-05-2017 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US investment bank paves the way to move some staff out of London in the wake of Brexit.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder of bouncer at Carrick's Royal Oak Bar refused bail

  15-05-2017 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with attempting to murder a bouncer in a suspected loyalist feud attack has been refused bail.
  
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• Joe McMahon: Tyrone star retires from inter-county duty after long injury battle

  15-05-2017 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tyrone star Joe McMahon announces his retirement from inter-county football at the age of 33 after a long battle with injury.
  
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• What's on in Northern Ireland this week

  15-05-2017 14:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Unfortunately summer seems to have come and gone in Northern Ireland but here's a look at what's happening in Belfast and across Northern Ireland this week.
  
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• Hi-tech car alerts Craigavon police to drunk driver

  15-05-2017 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vehicle automatically phoned emergency services when the drink driver crashed, police say.
  
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• Stone throwers attack police at Londonderry drugs raid

  15-05-2017 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police officers and vehicles come under attack from up 30 young people throwing stones.
  
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• Burnley defender Kevin Long handed first Republic of Ireland call-up

  15-05-2017 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley defender Kevin Long receives a first call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad for the games with Mexico, Uruguay and Austria.
  
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• Derry's Global Equipment Spares doubles workforce

  15-05-2017 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manufacturing company Global Equipment Spares is to invest £1.9m and create 61 new jobs.
  
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• Lonely Planet celebrates the cream of UK breweries

  15-05-2017 13:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Breweries across the UK have been recognised by travel guide Lonely Planet as among the world's best for visitors.
  
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• Court overturns bail of man charged with George Gilmore murder due to 'ongoing feud'

  15-05-2017 13:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A High Court judge on Monday overturned the granting of bail to one of the men charged with murdering prominent loyalist George Gilmore.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Traffic lights on A2 between Hollywood and Bangor operational again after power cut

  15-05-2017 13:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest traffic and travel updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Police officers attacked during Derry drugs bust

  15-05-2017 11:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have come under attack from youths throwing stones damaging police vehicles in Londonderry.
  
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• Woman injured in 'petrol bombing'

  15-05-2017 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The victim sustained leg injuries in the attack on a house in east Belfast.
  
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• Man assaulted by masked gang at Ballymoney home

  15-05-2017 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has suffered cuts and bruises after he was assaulted by three masked men during a burglary at his Ballymoney home.
  
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• Woman suffers burns in petrol bomb attack on Belfast home

  15-05-2017 10:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been treated in hospital after a suspected petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Belfast.
  
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