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• Brexit: EU citizens in UK will have to join special register

  26-06-2017 23:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Millions of EU nationals living in the UK will have to apply to a “settled status” register and might be given ID cards as part of new plans laid out by the Home Office.
  
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• Man due in court after machete recovered in Bangor

  26-06-2017 22:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is facing a number of firearms offences after an incident involving a two-foot-long machete in Bangor, Co Down.
  
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• BCOPE students donate skiff

  26-06-2017 20:24
  BCOPE students and Come Boating! volunteer staff carry the skiff, donated by BCOPE students, to Belfast Bay for its maiden voyage. BCOPE , the Belfast Area High School alternative program, on June 14 donated a 22-foot St. Ayles skiff to Come Boating! of Belfast.
  
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• Pictured: Four guns seized in west Belfast

  26-06-2017 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have released a picture of the suspected firearms and ammunition they seized in west Belfast on Saturday.
  
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• Dunlop confident of Supersport success

  26-06-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  William Dunlop believes he can be in the mix to add to his three Supersport race successes when he competes at the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod in August.
  
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• Sinn Fein blasts DUP deal as 'blank cheque for Tory Brexit which threatens peace agreement'

  26-06-2017 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has slammed the DUP and Tory government deal as a 'blank cheque for Tory Brexit which threatens the peace agreement".
  
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• Adams welcomes extra money but slams DUP deal as 'blank cheque for Tory Brexit'

  26-06-2017 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Powersharing at Stormont is the only fair way to distribute money from the DUP's deal with the Conservatives, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said.
  
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• Lord Mayor of Belfast welcomes champion boxers to City Hall

  26-06-2017 17:23 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Trump travel ban partly reinstated

  26-06-2017 16:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to go forward with a limited version of its ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries.
  
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• Girl, 15, drowns in hotel swimming pool in Crete

  26-06-2017 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old Irish girl has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Crete.
  
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• Armed robber Eamonn O'Boyle fails to have conviction overturned

  26-06-2017 15:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man jailed for an armed robbery where he tied up an elderly couple and threatened to cut off their sons fingers has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction.
  
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• Doctors hail chance for 'radical and far-reaching' healthcare transformation

  26-06-2017 15:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Conservative-DUP deal could radically overhaul healthcare in Northern Ireland, doctors have said.
  
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• Sturgeon and Jones unite in condemnation of UK Government-DUP deal

  26-06-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A deal struck between the UK Government and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is "the worst kind of pork-barrel politics" and "a straight bung", the first ministers of Scotland and Wales have said.
  
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• Where will cash go?

  26-06-2017 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The heart of this financial package is infrastructure spending - £400m over two years - says BBC News NI's John Campbell.
  
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• DUP-Tory deal at a glance: Key points of Foster and May's confidence and supply agreement

  26-06-2017 14:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has agreed a confidence and supply deal to support the Conservative minority government.
  
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• Fatberg 'takeaway' on Belfast's Dublin Road

  26-06-2017 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Water workers clear a massive fatberg from underneath Belfast's Dublin Road.
  
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• Down the drain

  26-06-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NI Water reveals objects found in Belfast's drainage system after removing a "fatberg" from the sewers.
  
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• University of Maine scientists find art in the farthest corners of earth

  26-06-2017 13:39
  "Campesina in Lupa," a photo taken in Peru by a University of Maine doctoral candidate, is shown in the new art and photography exhibit, "The Art of Climate Science," on display at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Three years ago, Gardiner native Walter Beckwith was working at a dig at a very old, very high altitude archaeological site in southern Peru, searching for insights into the people who lived there millennia ago, when someone found an obsidian projectile point.
  
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• Criminal case ban on RHI inquiry evidence

  26-06-2017 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Witness' evidence at green energy scheme inquiry cannot be used in any criminal case against them.
  
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• DUP Tory deal new £1bn allocation breakdown - where will the money go in Northern Ireland?

  26-06-2017 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP Tory government confidence and supply deal will deliver £1bn in added spending for Northern Ireland with enhanced budgetary flexibility over £500m already committed by Government - but where will the money be invested?
  
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• Irish FA propose 'tweak' to Irish League season in new five year strategy

  26-06-2017 12:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish FA's new five-year plan proposes a 'tweak' to the Irish League season and a reform of intermediate football, as well as a goal to see Northern Ireland qualify for 'every other' major tournament.
  
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• Spectacular cliff diving in Inis Mór

  26-06-2017 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reigning champions Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland are winners in the first round of the Cliff Diving World Series in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• First image of Jamie Dornan's new movie with Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage

  26-06-2017 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The first picture of Co Down actor Jamie Doran in My Dinner with Hervé has been released online.
  
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• Northern Ireland weather warning: Heavy rain, thunder and hail on the way

  26-06-2017 12:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A weather warning for heavy rain, which will affect parts of Northern Ireland on Tuesday afternoon, has been issued by the Met Office.
  
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• What's On: 9 things to do in Northern Ireland this week

  26-06-2017 12:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As Belsonic continues, US stars Green Day will also be performing in Belfast while there's plenty to keep the kids entertained at the MAC.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Latest travel updates

  26-06-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow the feed below for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Lanes blocked after Westlink collision

  26-06-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow the feed below for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• DUP agrees £1.5bn deal to support Theresa May's Conservative government

  26-06-2017 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has agreed a £1.5bn deal to support Theresa May's minority Conservative government after two weeks of talks.
  
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• DUP agree deal to support Theresa May's Conservative government

  26-06-2017 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has agreed a deal to support Theresa May's minority Conservative government after two weeks of talks.
  
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• Arsenal and Manchester City consider Sanchez-Aguero swap, Spurs keen to rebuff United's Kane interest and today's other transfer rumours

  26-06-2017 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arsenal and Manchester City could be set to swap their prize assets this summer, according to today's rumour mill.
  
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• Northern Ireland band Beoga join Ed Sheeran on Glastonbury stage

  26-06-2017 10:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland-based trad band Beoga made their Glastonbury debut on Sunday night as they joined Ed Sheeran on stage during his headlining set.
  
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• Dornan, Fabregas and Neville among famous faces to star in surprise video for Carrick newlyweds

  26-06-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's not every day that Jamie Dornan, Cesc Fabregas and Gary Neville wish you well on your wedding day.
  
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• Man shot in legs in paramilitary style shooting in north Belfast

  26-06-2017 10:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his 30s has been shot in the legs in a paramilitary style shooting in north Belfast.
  
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• Drug smuggler McCollum misses out on Big Brother £100k payday

  26-06-2017 10:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Peru two drugs mule Michaella McCollum won’t be appearing on Celebrity Big Brother, losing out on a potential £100k payday.
  
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• Man quizzed over alleged assaults on teen girls on Belfast to Derry bus

  26-06-2017 10:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland were called to a bus stop yesterday to arrest a man after a number of passengers were allegedly assaulted on the Belfast to Derry service.
  
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• Massive 'fatberg' clogs up Belfast drainage system

  26-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A massive 'fatberg' of fat, oil and grease has been taken from a sewer below the 'golden mile' in south Belfast.
  
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• Ballymena builder David McClean struggling to fund cancer battle

  26-06-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Ballymena builder who was given a year to live last October has returned to the workplace after receiving pioneering cancer care.
  
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• QUB grad is first Filipino to become Catholic priest in Northern Ireland

  26-06-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The first Filipino to be become a Catholic priest in Ireland was ordained at St Peter's Cathedral in Belfast yesterday.
  
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• Video: Mum of autistic boy subjected to tirade of abuse by Belfast teacher praises public

  26-06-2017 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of an autistic boy heard being screamed at by staff in his school has praised the massive outpouring of support she has received since going public with the secret recording.
  
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• Northern Ireland man Edmund Rice dies following assault in Waterford - accused (21) bailed

  26-06-2017 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who died a day after being discovered unconscious in a Co Waterford street after an alleged assault was originally from Northern Ireland.
  
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• Belfast council refuses to replace bonfire pallets stolen from storage

  26-06-2017 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council will not be replacing any of the 3,000 pallets it had controversially stored for loyalist bonfires that were stolen from its premises.
  
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• Two held after Belfast man struck on head with hatchet

  26-06-2017 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  North Belfast residents have been encouraged "not to take the law into their own hands" after two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a hatchet attack on another man yesterday morning.
  
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