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• Grand Opening for the United Farmers Market of Maine

  25-05-2017 23:07
  On Saturday, May 27 - just in time for Memorial Day weekend - the United Farmers Market of Maine invites everyone to come celebrate its first day with a grand opening event from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Located at the former Mathews Brothers Door and Windows building in downtown Belfast , the United Farmers Market of Maine is the only, year-round, permanent indoor farmers and artisans market on the entire midcoast.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Runher challenge returns with Co Down event

  25-05-2017 22:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The first of the year's Belfast Telegraph Runher events returns on Friday evening with a run at Rockport School and Seapark, Holywood.
  
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• Fourth teenager arrested over Caitlin White suspected drug death

  25-05-2017 21:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the death of Caitlin White have arrested a fourth teenager.
  
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• Michael Conlan 'more relaxed' for second professional fight in Chicago

  25-05-2017 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Conlan says he feels "more relaxed and very confident" for his second professional fight in Chicago on Friday night.
  
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• Poll: Would you share phone headset? Belfast call centre worker facing sack for refusing

  25-05-2017 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A call centre worker is facing the sack for speaking out against a company policy that would mean hundreds of staff using shared headsets.
  
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• Manchester terror attack bomber 'called mother to say forgive me'

  25-05-2017 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The suspect in the Manchester bombing attack telephoned his mother hours before the attack and said "forgive me", a spokesman for an anti-terror force in Libya has said.
  
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• Seven-month-old baby girl dies after 'being left in hot car for number of hours'

  25-05-2017 19:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A seven-month-old baby girl has died after apparently suffering heat stroke after she was left in a car in the sun for a number of hours.
  
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• General election 2017: Northern Ireland Campaigns resume

  25-05-2017 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parties resume their general election campaigning after Monday's bombing in Manchester.
  
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• 'Unusual day' for Gary Lineker after #WalkersWave campaign sees him 'pose' with Jimmy Savile

  25-05-2017 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It would appear the pitfalls of social media, which so many have suffered in the past, are doomed to be repeated with Walkers Crisps behind the latest #Fail.
  
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• Deadline July 31 to apply for 2017 Deborah Pulliam Social Justice Grants

  25-05-2017 18:39
  The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine announces its application timetable and deadlines for the 2017 Deborah Pulliam Social Justice Grants. These Grants are made annually by UUCC to honor the memory and commitments of Deborah Pulliam, a longtime benefactor of UUCC and other social justice causes.
  
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• 'No new customs posts' post-Brexit, says Irish tax chief

  25-05-2017 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Irish tax chief issues advice to firms but says he is not looking for sites for customs posts.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Multi-vehicle Carryduff crash cleared

  25-05-2017 18:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Multi-vehicle Carryduff crash causing long delays

  25-05-2017 18:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Homeless families 'told to sleep in Garda stations'

  25-05-2017 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dublin authorities ran out of emergency accommodation on Tuesday, and some families 'slept rough'.
  
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• Pictured: Woman escapes injury after car ends up in front garden of Northern Ireland home

  25-05-2017 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has escaped injury after her car crashed into the front garden of a house between Londonderry and Strabane.
  
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• Car upended in Strabane road crash

  25-05-2017 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A car crashes into a property beside the road between Londonderry and Strabane.
  
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• Boy (9) 'lucky to be alive' after sniffing toxic chemicals dumped at Belfast bonfire site

  25-05-2017 16:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The father of a nine-year-old boy, who is in intensive care after coming into contact with toxic chemicals dumped at a bonfire site in Belfast, has said his son could have died.
  
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• Northern Ireland Attorney General intervenes in Laura Lacole and Eunan O'Kane's humanist wedding case

  25-05-2017 16:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Attorney General is set to feature in a landmark High Court battle for legal recognition of a celebrity couple's humanist marriage.
  
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• Prince Philip enjoys 'very witty' chat with DofE award group in Northern Ireland

  25-05-2017 15:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh was in jovial form as he visited Northern Ireland officially for perhaps the last time.
  
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• Revealed: How many people failed their driving test in Northern Ireland?

  25-05-2017 14:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  According to figures released on Thursday, nearly half of learner drivers in Northern Ireland failed their driving test and one in five vehicles failed the MOT.
  
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• Carrick man on £300k cocaine charge was entrapped by 'The Nazi', court hears

  25-05-2017 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man accused of having £300,000 worth of cocaine claims he was entrapped by a figure known as "The Nazi", a court heard today.
  
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• Manchester attack: The Queen meets injured victims in hospital

  25-05-2017 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Queen has arrived at a hospital where medics battled to save the lives of children caught up in the Manchester Arena suicide bomb.
  
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• Northern Ireland tourism on the rise: Giant's Causeway reaches almost 1 million visitors

  25-05-2017 13:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Giant's Causeway is proving to be Northern Ireland's most popular tourist spot and approaching almost 1 million visitors a year, new figures show.
  
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• Manchester attack: Minute's silence in tribute to suicide bombing victims

  25-05-2017 12:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A minute's silence has been held in an emotional tribute to the Manchester Arena suicide bombing victims.
  
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• Visitor numbers rise as lower pound helps NI tourism

  25-05-2017 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A post-referendum fall in the value of sterling looks to have boosted visitor numbers in 2016.
  
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• Police helicopter in 100mph car pursuit through Northern Ireland

  25-05-2017 12:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The police helicopter was deployed in the pursuit of a car driving at excess of 100mph through Northern Ireland on Wednesday night.
  
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• 'Sickening' vandalism attack on Narrow Water massacre memorial in Northern Ireland

  25-05-2017 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A vandalism attack on a memorial to 18 murdered soldiers in Warrenpoint has been called 'sickening".
  
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• Video tour of ultra-modern Newtownards home in Teal Park

  25-05-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This stunning property sits proud on an elevated site offering mesmerising views over Strangford Lough to Scrabo Tower and the Mourne Mountains.
  
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• Manchester attack: Injured Northern Ireland man McCollum undergoes op for shrapnel wounds

  25-05-2017 11:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man has been injured in the Manchester bombing.
  
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• Belfast Fashion Spy: Sienna's dress sense is just effortless

  25-05-2017 10:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Our reporter Rachel Dean checks out the style in Victoria Square, Belfast and finds plenty of trendy people out and about.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Rail disruption at Yorkgate

  25-05-2017 09:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Rail disruption at York Gate

  25-05-2017 09:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• RHI scheme Dungannon brothers have earned £1.3m

  25-05-2017 09:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two Dungannon brothers have 21 RHI-funded boilers on their poultry farms and have so far earned more than £1.3 million from the scheme, a list of claimants has shown.
  
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• RHI farmer who claimed £900k says business has been hurt and my family insulted - 'I wish I'd never heard of scheme'

  25-05-2017 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The farmer revealed to have claimed almost £1m from the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has spoken of how his business has been "decimated".
  
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• Aine McLaughlin inquest coroner hits out at health trusts' 'inflexibility'

  25-05-2017 09:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A coroner has criticised the lack of communication between two Northern Ireland health trusts during the inquest of a young Londonderry woman who took her own life.
  
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• Newspaper review: A - Z of RHI claimants in papers

  25-05-2017 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thursday's papers feature the full list of non-domestic RHI claimants.
  
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• Top honour for policeman who saved woman from icy waters

  25-05-2017 09:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A constable from Belfast Harbour Police who rescued a visiting ice hockey fan from the freezing waters of Belfast Lough has been honoured for his bravery.
  
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• Manchester attack: More victims are named in wake of arena bomb

  25-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PR manager Martyn Hett from Stockport is the latest person named as a victim of the Manchester Arena atrocity.
  
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• Manchester attack: IRA victims slam Sinn Fein's 'faux sympathy' as nauseous hypocrisy

  25-05-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  IRA victims have hit out at the "faux sympathy" of Sinn Fein for those affected by the Manchester atrocity.
  
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• Manchester attack: There are similarities between Isis and the IRA ... their violence is protest, not resistance

  25-05-2017 08:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Telling the difference between Isis and Northern Irish paramilitaries should be fairly easy, though people do get into trouble for trying.
  
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• Manchester attack: Belfast teen charged over comment on social media

  25-05-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager from Northern Ireland has been charged over comments he allegedly posted on social media about the Manchester bombing.
  
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• Manchester attack: Cookstown man injured

  25-05-2017 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tommy McCollum, who now lives in England, suffered shrapnel wounds and has had an operation.
  
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• Police face 'dire' situation as 238 officers to be axed in Northern Ireland

  25-05-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of the association representing rank-and-file police in Northern Ireland has called a reduction in PSNI numbers of more than 200 officers over the next two years a "frightening prospect" that will have "dire consequences".
  
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• More victims feared as Belfast boy fights for life after toxic waste incident at bonfire site

  25-05-2017 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of a nine-year-old boy were maintaining a vigil at his hospital bedside last night after he came in contact with hazardous material believed to have been dumped at a Belfast bonfire site.
  
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• Ireland to launch first satellite in space

  25-05-2017 07:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Led by Queen's University Belfast, EirSat-1 will orbit space for a year gathering data.
  
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• Boy critically ill after Shankill bonfire site incident

  25-05-2017 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are concerned that other young people could have come into contact with a hazardous substance.
  
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• Maine on Glass' wins book award

  25-05-2017 02:36
  "Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography," a joint effort of Kevin Johnson, Penobscot Marine Museum's photo archivist; W.H. Bunting, Maine's foremost interpreter of historic images; and Maine State Historian Earl G. Shettleworth, Jr., is the New England Society 2017 Book Award winner in the Photography category. The New England Society is a nonprofit organization that celebrates and promotes the New England heritage; and honors books that celebrate New England and
  
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• Londonderry student 'walked past Manchester explosion scene'

  25-05-2017 00:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Father of student who works in Manchester Arena says she is the lucky to be alive.
  
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