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• Laura Lacole and Eunan O'Kane's humanist wedding ruling to be appealed

  09-06-2017 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A court ruling granting an international footballer and his model fiancee legal recognition of their looming humanist wedding is set to be appealed.
  
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• Footballer and model's humanist wedding ruling to be appealed

  09-06-2017 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A court ruling granting an international footballer and his model fiancee legal recognition of their looming humanist wedding is set to be appealed.
  
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• Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers marries Charlotte Searle in fairytale wedding

  09-06-2017 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers re-married on Friday in what’s been described as a fairytale wedding in Scotland.
  
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• Leinster Lightning ease to T20 win over Northern Knights

  09-06-2017 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leinster Lighting cruise to a seven-wicket victory over Northern Knights in Friday's Twenty/20 game at Merrion.
  
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• Roof is blown from shed and pigeon house in County Tyrone

  09-06-2017 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stephanie Shepherd said part of the roof landed in a neighbour's back garden.
  
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• May to form 'government of certainty' with DUP backing

  09-06-2017 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May says she will govern with her Democratic Unionist "friends" and "get on" with Brexit after losing her majority, but rivals say she has caused chaos.
  
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• Election results 2017: Who are the DUP's 10 MPs?

  09-06-2017 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look at the DUP's 10 MPs after Theresa May says she will form a government with their support.
  
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• Michael Dunlop secures Senior TT victory in Isle of Man

  09-06-2017 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland rider Michael Dunlop clinches his 15th TT success by winning Friday's Senior race on the Isle of Man.
  
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• Pensioner dies after 'serious assault' in Newtownards

  09-06-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say the victim, John Trolan, was found injured in his home at Mark Street on Thursday.
  
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• Newtownards incident: Pensioner who was victim of serious assault dies in hospital

  09-06-2017 18:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pensioner who was discovered in a badly injured state in his flat in the Mark Street area of Newtownards in Co Down has died.
  
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• From protest to power

  09-06-2017 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As a hung parliament is declared, Northern Irish unionists hold the key to Theresa May's government.
  
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• Strong winds rip roof from shed and pigeon house

  09-06-2017 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Strong winds have ripped the roof from a shed and pigeon house near Coalisland.
  
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• This would be a very, very sad move.

  09-06-2017 18:22
  The local board that oversees Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital, the Knox Center, Quarry Hill, Kno-Wal-Lin, the Sussman House and nearly all the physician offices in the Midcoast will be seeking public comment over the summer on a proposal to merge its operations under one statewide board. In a series of votes at nine of the 10 entities that make up MaineHealth, the individual boards decided over the course of the past month that "the time was right to engage their communitie
  
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• Election results 2017: DUP and Sinn Féin celebrate election gains

  09-06-2017 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The SDLP and the UUP were the big losers on election night after losing all their MPs.
  
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• Ian Hutchinson injured in Senior TT crash in Isle of Man

  09-06-2017 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ian Hutchinson is taken to hospital with a broken leg after crashing in Friday's Senior TT on the Isle of Man.
  
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• Girlfriend’s tribute to ‘exceptional man’ knocked into river in terror attack

  09-06-2017 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The girlfriend of a French tourist knocked into the River Thames as terrorists ploughed a van across London Bridge has paid tribute to an “exceptional man”.
  
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• 'The union is our guiding star' - DUP's Arlene Foster

  09-06-2017 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party to work with Theresa May "at this time of great challenge."
  
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• Ryan Burnett determined to dethrone champion Lee Haskins in Belfast - BBC Sport

  09-06-2017 16:40
  
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  Ryan Burnett determined to dethrone champion Lee Haskins in Belfast
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  Ryan Burnett is confident of overcoming IBF champion Lee Haskins in Saturday's world bantamweight title fight at the SSE Arena in Belfast. The unbeaten Belfast man has won all 16 of his pro fights while Bristol's Haskins is making his third defence. "I ...
  Lee Haskins vs Ryan Burnett: Belfast's young hopeful favoured to take first world titleThe Independent
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• Ryan Burnett determined to dethrone champion Lee Haskins in Belfast

  09-06-2017 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ryan Burnett is confident of overcoming IBF champion Lee Haskins in Saturday night's world bantamweight title fight in Belfast.
  
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• James Nolan: Leg part discovered in Co Monaghan during search for remains of murdered rapist

  09-06-2017 16:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Part of a decomposed leg has been found in Co Monaghan during a search for remains of convicted rapist James Nolan.
  
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• Laura Lacole wins landmark case over humanist wedding

  09-06-2017 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bride-to-be and her footballer fiance win a landmark legal battle over humanist marriage ceremony.
  
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• Removing Barriers in Belfast

  09-06-2017 16:11 via youtube.com
  
  
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• World Cup 2018: Roy Keane tells Republic 'to go to war' in Austria game

  09-06-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roy Keane urges Republic of Ireland players to "put their bodies on the line" in Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Austria.
  
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• Mars recalls some Galaxy bars, Maltesers Teasers and Minstrels over salmonella fears

  09-06-2017 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mars in the UK and Ireland is recalling some bars of Galaxy, Maltesers Teasers, and bags of Minstrels “due to the potential presence of salmonella”, the chocolate maker said.
  
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• Antrim's Fr Alan McGuckian is new Bishop of Raphoe

  09-06-2017 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fr Alan McGuckian is appointed as the new Bishop of Raphoe by Pope Francis.
  
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• Game of Thrones season 7 finale will basically be a feature-length film

  09-06-2017 15:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  HBO is making up for a truncated season of Game of Thrones with the final two episodes of its seventh run being the longest the show has seen.
  
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• British and Irish Lions take on Crusaders with Farrell and Kruis handed starts

  09-06-2017 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After losing to the Blues in midweek the Lions - desperate to find some form and with Owen Farrell starting at 10 - take on the mighty Crusaders.
  
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• Darren Fagan jailed for attack on Bessbrook toddler

  09-06-2017 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Darren Fagan fractured a toddler's skull because she was crying while he was watching the X-Factor.
  
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• Election in pictures

  09-06-2017 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From cheesy grins to stiff upper lips it was a night of high emotion with no prizes for second place.
  
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• Theresa May works with DUP to form government

  09-06-2017 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May says she will form a government that will guide the country through Brexit.
  
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• WRC: Kris Meeke crashes out of Rally Sardinia

  09-06-2017 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kris Meeke's disappointing start to the World Rally Championship season continues as he crashes out in Sardinia when leading
  
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• Northern Ireland man who punched baby girl claiming he wanted to watch X Factor in peace jailed for 13 and a half years

  09-06-2017 13:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Armagh man who punched a "defenceless' 'baby girl claiming he wanted to watch the X-Factor in peace was jailed on Friday for a total of 13 and a half years.
  
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• Co Armagh man who punched baby girl in head 'so he could watch X Factor in peace' jailed

  09-06-2017 13:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Armagh man who punched a baby girl claiming he wanted to watch the X-Factor in peace was jailed on Friday for a total of 13 and a half years.
  
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• World Cup 2018: Boyce and Magennis set for NI starts in vital Azerbaijan game

  09-06-2017 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill looks set to pick Liam Boyce and Josh Magennis for Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan.
  
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• Woman dies after crash with lorry in Clogher

  09-06-2017 12:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman aged in her 20s has died following a crash in Clogher.
  
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• End of an era for SDLP in Foyle

  09-06-2017 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After four decades in power, the SDLP lose their Westminster stronghold in Londonderry.
  
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• Memorial Day flowers scattered on the bay, a fashionable dress maker, Frye Mountain research

  09-06-2017 11:14
  SUMMER FASHIONS: Mrs. S.B. Wilson would inform her friends and the public that she has employed Miss M.A. Foster as a Fashionable Dress Maker. Ladies of Belfast and vicinity who wish for dresses cut or made in fashionable style will please favor her with a call.
  
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• Britain's Got Talent: Missing People Choir 'delighted' after boy found

  09-06-2017 11:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A boy whose image was shown during the Missing People Choir's performance on Britain's Got Talent has been reunited with his family.
  
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• Election result: What price for DUP support?

  09-06-2017 10:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Conservatives may need the help of the DUP to form a government, but at what cost?
  
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• 'He did extraordinary things' - warm tributes at Northern Ireland cleric's funeral who was found dead at home age 47

  09-06-2017 09:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Grieving friends and family gathered at a small rural church yesterday for the funeral of Presbyterian minister Rev Roy Campbell.
  
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• Mum's fight for special needs unit in school to save girl daily trip of 46 miles

  09-06-2017 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother is petitioning for a special needs unit in Dromore as her six-year-old daughter faces having to travel 23 miles to go to a school that can accommodate her.
  
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• Beach work-out leaves Ballyholme lean and clean

  09-06-2017 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It wasn't just bodies getting even more beautiful in Bangor this week, with Ballyholme Beach also benefiting from a new fitness initiative.
  
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• Presbyterians reject appeal to send delegates to Scotland over same-sex marriage row

  09-06-2017 09:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Presbyterians have rejected a personal plea from the leader of the Church of Scotland to attend its General Assembly as the church in Ireland maintains its traditional stance on marriage.
  
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• Jailed: Man who subjected priest to 'terrifying' knife ordeal after Mass

  09-06-2017 09:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man consumed by "demons" from his childhood decided to "challenge a member of the Catholic Church" before going to Mass armed with a Stanley knife where he left a priest terrified, a court has heard.
  
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• At least 11 gunmen in Kingsmill murder gang

  09-06-2017 09:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The IRA gang responsible for the Kingsmill massacre of Protestant workmen in 1976 was made up of at least 11 gunmen, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Police appeal as pensioner is the victim of brutal assault in his own flat

  09-06-2017 09:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pensioner is seriously ill in hospital after being discovered in a badly injured state in his flat in Co Down.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Clogher road closed due to crash

  09-06-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: A22 Comber Road closed in both directions due to suspicious object

  09-06-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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