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• Art Opening Tonight: Climate Change Institute - Art of Climate ...

  16-06-2017 23:54
  "The Art of Climate Science," a new exhibit of photography and artwork illustrating the diverse research activities of students, faculty and staff of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will be on display June 16-Sept. 29 at UMaine's Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
  
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• Rory Best and Steven Davis on the NI honours list

  16-06-2017 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen recognises 100 people from Northern Ireland on her 2017 Birthday Honours list.
  
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• 260 suspected cannabis plants found in Lurgan

  16-06-2017 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland have uncovered a suspected cannabis factory, following the search of commercial premises in Lurgan.
  
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• Donald Trump restores travel and economic restrictions on Cuba

  16-06-2017 20:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has said he is restoring some travel and economic restrictions on Cuba that were lifted by Barack Obama's administration.
  
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• Tim Farron gives all his MPs a job in his frontbench team

  16-06-2017 20:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Outgoing Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has given all of his MPs a job in his frontbench team.
  
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• Queen’s Birthday Honours for Rory Best, Steve Davis, Jonathan Rea and Gloria Hunniford

  16-06-2017 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland football captain Steven Davis heads a list of more than 100 local people named in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
  
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• Brexit talks to focus on Northern Ireland border, expats and UK’s ‘divorce bill’

  16-06-2017 20:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brexit talks in Brussels on Monday will focus on the status of expats, the UK’s “divorce bill” and the Northern Ireland border, rather than on future trade relations with the European Union, it has been confirmed.
  
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• Screams and tripping over bodies: Residents describe fleeing Grenfell Tower fire

  16-06-2017 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents of Grenfell Tower have described how they escaped the burning building.
  
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• Family Friendly Hikes in Maine with Aislinn Sarnacki at the Belfast Free Library

  16-06-2017 19:19
  On Tuesday June 20th 6:30 the Belfast Free Library will host a book talk and signing with Aislinn Sarnacki, outdoor reporter for the Bangor Daily News and author of the new guidebook "Family Friendly Hikes in Maine," released by Down East Books in June 2017. In this illustrated talk, Aislinn will describe some of the trails from her new book, especially trails within easy reach of Belfast.
  
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• 'Upskirt' videos: Enniskillen teachers may take action

  16-06-2017 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Allegations that a pupil filmed up the skirts of two teachers leads to staff considering industrial action.
  
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• Eddie Girvan: Killer was high on crystal meth and heroin

  16-06-2017 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Margaret Henderson-McCarroll pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Eddie Girvan.
  
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• Live: Sunday Life Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards 2017 at Belfast's Culloden Hotel

  16-06-2017 18:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Find out who this year's real life heroes are in Northern Ireland with our live update from the Sunday Life Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards grand final.
  
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• Live: Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards 2017 at Belfast's Culloden Hotel

  16-06-2017 18:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Find out who this year's real life heroes are in Northern Ireland with our live update from the Sunday Life Spirit of Northern Ireland Awards grand final.
  
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• Decision not to prosecute soldier who killed Derry boy Daniel Hegarty 'perverse', court told

  16-06-2017 17:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A decision not to prosecute the soldier who shot dead a Northern Ireland teenager at point-blank range was perverse and irrational, the High Court heard on Friday.
  
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• Belfast barista awarded £90k after being knocked off bike

  16-06-2017 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A barista whose hopes of joining the police were shattered when she was knocked off her bike is entitled to £90,000 damages, a High Court judge ruled today.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Parades, Belsonic and Maritime Festival travel plans

  16-06-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow the feed below for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Protesters try to storm Kensington and Chelsea town hall

  16-06-2017 16:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Protesters outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea headquarters have tried to storm the building.
  
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• Buncrana pier tragedy: Inquest date set for November

  16-06-2017 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five family members died when their car slipped off a pier into Lough Swilly last year.
  
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• British Superbikes: Glenn Irwin suffers arm injury in Knockhill crash

  16-06-2017 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland rider Glenn Irwin is taken to hospital with an arm injury sustained in a crash during British Superbikes practice.
  
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• Girl (15) charged with Bangor Pickie Fun Park burglary

  16-06-2017 15:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old girl has been charged over a burglary at Bangor's Pickie Fun Park.
  
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• Mismanaged and amateurish: Ex-UUP chairman David Campbell quits party

  16-06-2017 15:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Campbell, has resigned from the party.
  
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• Power company plan to conserve wildlife

  16-06-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are 70 protected or priority species - including hares and badgers - at two sites run by AES UK and Ireland.
  
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• Cladding checked at four NI Housing Executive tower blocks

  16-06-2017 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cladding systems at high-rise flats in Belfast were "rigorously tested", says housing body.
  
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• Colin Horner murder investigation: Man arrested

  16-06-2017 14:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of Colin Horner have arrested a man.
  
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• Sinn Fein and DUP agree powersharing deal can be done by end of June

  16-06-2017 14:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionists both agree a deal to restore a powersharing administration in Northern Ireland can be done by the end of the month.
  
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• Former UUP chairman David Campbell resigns from party

  16-06-2017 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Campbell, who had been a member for 35 years, accuses the party of "amateurism".
  
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• Weekly newspapers: Cyber-bullying and war memorial plan

  16-06-2017 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mother's plea about her daughter's cyber-bullying and a war memorial plan make the weekly papers.
  
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• Cyber-bullying

  16-06-2017 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mother's plea about her daughter's cyber-bullying and a war memorial plan make the weekly papers.
  
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• Police handling 200 online child abuse cases in Northern Ireland at any given time

  16-06-2017 14:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI are investigating around 200 cases of online child sex abuse at any given time, a senior officer has revealed.
  
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• Arlene Foster calls for 'sensible Brexit'

  16-06-2017 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The DUP leader was speaking after meeting newly-elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin.
  
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• Lord Mayor welcomes cyclists to City Hall for Cycle to Work Day

  16-06-2017 13:50 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Cat freed after getting stuck in wall

  16-06-2017 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video of Francee the cat's rescue from (ma)cavity space is shared hundreds of times on Facebook.
  
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• Man attacked with metal bars at Northern Ireland bonfire site

  16-06-2017 13:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two masked men attacked a 20-year-old with metal bars at a bonfire site in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Grenfell Tower blaze death toll rises to 30 - arson not suspected, says Met chief

  16-06-2017 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 30 people have died in the Grenfell Tower fire, London police have revealed.
  
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• Cancer patient racially abused while leaving Northern Ireland hospital: MLA

  16-06-2017 13:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A cancer patient has been racially abused while leaving a Northern Ireland hospital, MLA Doug Beattie has said.
  
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• DUP's Arlene Foster meets with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over Stormont talks

  16-06-2017 13:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has met with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin.
  
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• Cat freed after being stuck in wall

  16-06-2017 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Francee being freed after engineer Campbell Baird heard his wall meowing.
  
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• Shock as kids played with object at centre of Northern Ireland security alert

  16-06-2017 12:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There has been shock that children played with an object that was at the centre of a security alert in Belfast.
  
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• Paramilitary threats 'force police to move home'

  16-06-2017 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mental health-related absence in the PSNI is up by 40% in four years, the Nolan Show finds.
  
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• Loyalist and republican paramilitaries force 20 officers a year to move home: PSNI

  16-06-2017 11:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist and dissident republican paramilitaries are forcing up to 20 police officers a year to move home, a senior PSNI officer has said.
  
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