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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Serious crash on Great Northern Road in Omagh

  08-06-2017 22:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Serious crash on Great Northern Rd, Omagh

  08-06-2017 22:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• General Election 2017: Northern Ireland voter turnout 'steady' despite the rain

  08-06-2017 21:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland voter turnout has been reportedly steady through General Election day despite inclement weather sweeping across most areas.
  
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• Newtownards incident: Police investigate 'serious assault' in Mark Street area

  08-06-2017 21:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been admitted to hospital with serious injuries after what police believe was a serious assault in the Mark Street area of Newtownards.
  
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• Only one of Belfast's farmers' markets 'united'

  08-06-2017 20:56
  Belfast Farmers' Market, a mainstay of downtown for 37 years, recently updated its website with a message that begins "Don't be confused," and goes on to assure customers that the market will continue to operate "come wind, rain, shine, snowbanks, mud and new markets in the area." The new market in this case is Paul Naron's United Farmers Market of Maine, which held its grand opening May 27. The venture in downtown has generally received a warm welcome, in part because it revived a large buildin
  
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• General Election 2017: Northern Ireland leaders cast their ballots as voters head to polls for seventh time in three years

  08-06-2017 19:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland political leaders have cast their ballots as people across the UK head to the polls for the General Election 2017.
  
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• East Belfast crash: Three arrests after collision on Upper Newtownards Road

  08-06-2017 18:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men have been arrested after a two-car crash in the Upper Newtownards Road area of east Belfast.
  
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• London Bridge victim’s family denounce ‘deranged’ killers

  08-06-2017 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of James McMullan, who was murdered in the London Bridge attack, have said his killers were “deranged and deluded individuals” as they paid tribute to him.
  
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• Former PSNI chief Duncan McCausland sues over 'wrongful arrest'

  08-06-2017 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Duncan McCausland is seeking damages for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
  
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• Queen's University Belfast drops out of top 200

  08-06-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The QS rankings are regarded as one of the most authoritative rankings of universities across the globe.
  
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• Woman dies after car collides with lamppost in Newtownabbey

  08-06-2017 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has died following a single car collision with a lamppost in Newtownabbey.
  
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• Newtownabbey crash: Woman who died after car hit lamppost named as Elsie Magee

  08-06-2017 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 70s has died following a single car collision with a lamppost in Newtownabbey.
  
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• Saudi Arabia's football team fails to join Australia in minute's silence for London terror victims before kick-off

  08-06-2017 16:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia's national football team has been criticised for appearing not to observe a minute’s silence for the victims of the London Bridge terror attack.
  
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• Poolbeg incinerator workers hospitalised after incident

  08-06-2017 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eleven workers taken to hospital after lime was "inadvertently released" inside new waste plant.
  
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• Woman undergoes reconstructive surgery after nephew stamps on head, court told

  08-06-2017 15:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman had to undergo facial reconstruction surgery after a nephew allegedly stamped on her head repeatedly, the High Court heard.
  
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• Hungarian woman 'raped and forced into sex trade after being brought to Northern Ireland to pay off family debt', court hears

  08-06-2017 14:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Hungarian woman was allegedly raped and forced into the sex trade after being brought to Northern Ireland to pay off a family debt, the High Court heard on Thursday.
  
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• General Election 2017: The key Northern Ireland battlegrounds and expected result times

  08-06-2017 13:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is in the throws of yet another vote, the seventh in the past three years. Here we look at some of the key battlegrounds in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Child's play

  08-06-2017 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'The Current' follows five young friends on a camping trip who decide to drink alcohol.
  
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• Donegal 19th Hole bar badly damaged in fire

  08-06-2017 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Donegal pub has been left badly damaged after a fire.
  
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• Funeral held for Queen's University Vice-Chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston

  08-06-2017 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral has taken place for the late Professor Patrick Johnston who was Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Serious crash closes Newtownabbey road

  08-06-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• London Bridge attack CCTV shows dramatic moment police shoot dead terrorists

  08-06-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  CCTV footage has emerged of the dramatic moment heavily armed police shoot dead the London Bridge attackers.
  
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• General Election 2017: Early indications suggest turnout high at key Northern Ireland battleground

  08-06-2017 10:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are early indications of a high voter turn out in one of the most hotly divided constituencies in Northern Ireland this polling day.
  
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• General Election 2017: Bride-to-be Northern Ireland election candidate undergoes surgery after 'nasty' dog bite - hopeful to cast vote in wedding dress

  08-06-2017 10:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Northern Ireland election candidate who will be casting her vote in her wedding dress - spent the last few days recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery on her hand following a "nasty" dog bite.
  
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• Craigavon's Almac makes pre-tax profit of almost £27m in 2016

  08-06-2017 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The figure is just below Almac's 2015 record performance.
  
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• 19th Hole bar in Bridgend badly damaged by fire

  08-06-2017 09:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 25 firefighters from Londonderry and Donegal attend the scene of an overnight fire.
  
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• Morelli's lands deal to supply Tesco stores in Republic

  08-06-2017 09:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland ice cream brand Morelli's has won a deal to supply 29 Tesco stores in the Republic. Morelli's, which is owned by an Italian family on the north coast, said it had designed new packaging to attract supermarket customers.
  
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• Victims' anger as Sinn Fein defend using Shankill bomber Kelly as canvasser

  08-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Victims have reacted with fury after Sinn Fein defended using Shankill bomber Sean Kelly as a door-to-door election canvasser.
  
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• Storm clouds gather as Northern Ireland voters head to polls again

  08-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  After a lacklustre election campaign, Northern Ireland's voters could face a thunderstorm today as they go to the polls for the fifth time in two years.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Rain hits morning commute

  08-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland man's lucky escape as killers' van sped towards him

  08-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man who narrowly escaped injury in the Westminster attack believes the jihadist he saw close-up was Rachid Reduoane, the extremist who lived in a Dublin suburb.
  
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• Former Presbyterian Moderator Morrow slams Republic's abortion proposals

  08-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Presbyterian Moderator has strongly criticised recommendations for liberalising abortion in the Irish Republic.
  
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• Asbestos found at site of fire that swept through Northern Ireland shops

  08-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Potentially deadly asbestos has been found at the site of a huge blaze which wiped out businesses in Ballymena last week, it can be revealed.
  
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• The hijab-wearing Gael

  08-06-2017 08:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iranian woman says Gaelic football is not just a game, "it's part of my life".
  
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