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• Heightened security for Belfast gig as city shows solidarity with Manchester - Belfast Live

  23-05-2017 23:23
  
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  Heightened security for Belfast gig as city shows solidarity with Manchester
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  Belfast stood in solidarity with Manchester this evening as the City Hall was lit up in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena on Monday night at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
  Increased security at SSE Arena, Belfast for Brian Cox after Manchester attackBelfast Telegraph
  Security stepped up at Belfast's SSE Arena a
  
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• Theresa May raises terror threat level to critical - attack believed imminent [full statement]

  23-05-2017 23:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May made a statement in Downing Street after a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee in the wake of the Manchester attack. Here it is in full:
  
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• Manchester attack: UK terror threat level raised to critical and Army to guard 'key sites'

  23-05-2017 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May has said the terror threat level has been raised to critical - meaning an attack is imminent - and she has asked for the military to be deployed on the streets of the UK in the wake of the Manchester attack.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Latest travel news

  23-05-2017 20:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Brian Cox show causes delays around Belfast

  23-05-2017 20:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Saving lives

  23-05-2017 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A synthetic substance that does not rely on animal products is being used in trials in Belfast.
  
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• Manchester attack: We stand together - Northern Ireland vigils held in show of solidarity

  23-05-2017 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have identified the suspected Manchester suicide bomber, responsible for killing 22 people including children, was Salman Abedi.
  
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• Kingsmill victim's mother 'told Army was ordered not to patrol on day of attack'

  23-05-2017 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother whose son was murdered in the Kingsmill massacre was told by an Army officer that the military was ordered not to go on patrol on the day of the killings, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Northwoods Gourmet Girl owner aims for 'world condiment domination,' after surviving cancer

  23-05-2017 17:13
  Abby Freethy, the owner of Northwoods Gourmet Girl in Greenville. Freethy, has spent the past decade building her brand producing jams, ketchups, sauces, dessert toppings and more.
  
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• Balaclava-clad thugs smash windows of home with 11-month-old baby inside in Co Down sectarian attack

  23-05-2017 16:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a masked gang of men who targeted the home of an 11-month-old baby in a sectarian attack in Bangor.
  
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• Rory McIlroy’s car goes on the market

  23-05-2017 16:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Here's your chance to drive like Rory McIlroy.
  
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• Padlocked escape found at popular Belfast entertainment venue - Belfast Telegraph

  23-05-2017 16:38
  
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  Padlocked escape found at popular Belfast entertainment venue
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  The owners of a popular Belfast venue have been fined over breaches of their entertainment licence after inspectors found a gate padlocked at an escape walkway. Lagan Legacy Ltd, owner of The Belfast Barge, was fined £450 for five breaches in all.
  Belfast businesses fined over food and entertainment offencesBelfast Liveall 2 news articles »
  
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• Limavady man jailed for abusing nieces in 1980s

  23-05-2017 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 65-year-old Limavady man who abused his two nieces is sentenced to nine years following a trial.
  
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• Banbridge teen accused of dog chain attack on girlfriend

  23-05-2017 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a dog chain after she tried to flee from his home, the High Court heard on Tuesday, May 23.
  
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• Message to Manchester

  23-05-2017 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A peace campaigner whose son was killed in a 1993 bombing offers support to Manchester bomb victims.
  
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• Sean FitzPatrick cleared as Anglo Irish trial collapses

  23-05-2017 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sean FitzPatrick will be acquitted after longest criminal trial in Irish state history collapses.
  
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• Manchester attack: Suspected bomber identified as Salman Abedi, US officials say

  23-05-2017 14:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  British authorities have identified the suspected Manchester suicide bomber responsible for killing 22 people, including children, as Salman Abedi, according to US officials.
  
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• Anglo's Sean FitzPatrick acquitted on all charges

  23-05-2017 14:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick for allegedly misleading the bank's auditors about millions of euro in loans between 2002 and 2007 has collapsed.
  
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• 'Unbelievable relief '

  23-05-2017 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Derry father describes the agonising wait to hear from his daughter after the Manchester attack.
  
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• Watch: St Patrick's Junior Choir await Britain's Got Talent news

  23-05-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The children from St Patrick's Junior Choir have been crossing their fingers and practising hard as they await news on whether they will be going forward to the live Britain's Got Talent semi-finals.
  
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• Portlaoise man dies on holiday in Algarve in Portugal

  23-05-2017 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daryl Dargan, 30, from Portlaoise in County Laois dies while on holiday in Portugal
  
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• Manchester attack: Call for Belfast to stand together at silent vigil in show of solidarity

  23-05-2017 14:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A call has been made for Belfast to stand together at a silent vigil for those killed or injured in the Manchester attack.
  
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• Manchester attack: Belfast shows its support at City Hall vigil

  23-05-2017 14:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A small group gathered outside the gates of Belfast City Hall for a vigil in memory of the victims of the Manchester attack.
  
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• Manchester Arena suicide attack live updates: The Queen says 'whole nation shocked by act of barbarity' - man arrested - Theresa May statement in full - children among 22 killed after explosion at Ariana Grande concert

  23-05-2017 13:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Children are among 22 people who died after a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device, carrying out a deadly terrorist attack at Manchester Arena.
  
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• Coronation Street in tribute to Manchester terror victims

  23-05-2017 13:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester-based soap Coronation Street has paid tribute to the victims of Monday night's terror attack, while many of the show's actors have also offered their condolences.
  
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• Northern Ireland had the highest public spending in the UK in 2016

  23-05-2017 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Office for National Statistics data suggest Northern Ireland had the highest public spending per head of any region of the UK in 2016.
  
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• Belfast council unveils policy to promote Irish and Ulster-Scots

  23-05-2017 13:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council is to transform how it treats minority languages, with a major promotion of both Irish and Ulster-Scots.
  
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• Emmerdale's Isabel Hodgins caught up in Manchester terror attack

  23-05-2017 12:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emmerdale actress Isabel Hodgins has been speaking to Good Morning Britain about the shocking events at the Manchester Arena on Monday night.
  
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• Arlene Arkinson inquest delays play to conspiracy theorists, says family lawyer

  23-05-2017 12:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conspiracy theorists are capitalising on delays in concluding the inquest for murdered teenager Arlene Arkinson, a coroner's court has been told.
  
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• Manchester Attack: Theresa May's statement in full

  23-05-2017 12:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has made a statement in Downing Street following the Manchester attack. Here it is in full:
  
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• Manchester attack: City and United lead sporting tributes to victims

  23-05-2017 12:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Both of Manchester's Premier League clubs have extended their 'thoughts and prayers' to the victims of the Manchester Arena attack as the Etihad Stadium is used as a support centre following the tragic event.
  
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• Nagusa set for Belfast return as Barbarians name tour squad

  23-05-2017 11:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Barbarians will boast 1,018 international appearances between their 27-strong tour squad when they arrive at the Kingspan Stadium next week.
  
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• Letters of evil child killer Brady bought on 'dark web' by macabre collectors

  23-05-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Morbid crime obsessives have spent a fortune buying Ian Brady's possessions and letters from murky websites in the wake of his death, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Sinn Fein hails 'the most important election in a lifetime'

  23-05-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has hailed the General Election as "the most important election in a lifetime" as it demanded a referendum on a united Ireland in the next five years.
  
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• Corbyn and McDonnell have blood on their hands for IRA support, claims ex-terrorist

  23-05-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former IRA terrorist said Jeremy Corbyn's support for the group gave its members "great encouragement" and claimed the Labour leader and shadow chancellor John McDonnell have "blood on their own hands".
  
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• Altnagelvin Hospital kitchen given all-clear after sighting of rats

  23-05-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A kitchen that prepared food for patients in Altnagelvin Hospital is now free of rats and has reopened, the Western Trust has said.
  
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• Pope Francis likely to visit Northern Ireland next year

  23-05-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Pope is likely to visit Northern Ireland next year, the President Higgins has indicated.
  
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