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• We are bonfire victims: Apartment residents ask who will pay for damage?

  13-07-2017 23:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents of an apartment complex in Belfast have voiced concern over who will pay for the damage caused to their building by an Eleventh Night bonfire.
  
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• Brave dad opens up about battle with depression to help others - Belfast Live

  13-07-2017 21:58
  
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  Brave dad opens up about battle with depression to help others
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  Feeling lower than he ever had, Caolan Doherty thought the only way out of the black fog of depression that had descended over his world was to take his own life. On the outside the 25-year-old had appeared to be happier than he had been in years, but ...and more »
  
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• Petrol bomb thrown at Northern Ireland church

  13-07-2017 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after a petrol bomb was thrown at a Northern Ireland church.
  
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• Petrol bomb attack on Northern Ireland church an 'isolated incident'

  13-07-2017 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after a petrol bomb was thrown at a Northern Ireland church.
  
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• Gospel pitched in the streets

  13-07-2017 21:39
  The tourist season is here on full throttle again, so I thought to mention a certain danger inherent in our "Joyful Rockland Welcome." For some reason, a number of city crosswalks were not repainted this spring, and so from-away drivers might not know they are supposed to refrain from killing us as we cross the streets at places where we know there are supposed to be crosswalks.
  
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• Motorcyclist injured after crash near Newry

  13-07-2017 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A motorcyclist in his 40s is airlifted to hospital after a collision outside Newry.
  
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• A1 crash: Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital in serious condition

  13-07-2017 20:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland have described as "serious" the injuries suffered by a motorcyclist in a crash on the A1.
  
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• Adults can now learn to ride a bike in Belfast - Belfast Live

  13-07-2017 20:24
  
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  Adults can now learn to ride a bike in Belfast
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  Proving you are never too old to get on a bike, Sustrans is delivering lessons to adults in a new project. As well as teaching youngsters how to ride a bike, experts will be getting seniors on two wheels as well.
  
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• Celtic supporters' absence a shame for Linfield and the new Northern Ireland, says Brendan Rodgers

  13-07-2017 20:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celtic manager and Carnlough native Brendan Rodgers described as "sad" the absence of his side's fans for the glamour Champions League tie at Windsor against Linfield.
  
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• Hume's legacy

  13-07-2017 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The documentary features interviews with former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
  
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• Superweed that can grow through house foundations is now in Belfast - Belfast Live

  13-07-2017 19:02
  
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  Superweed that can grow through house foundations is now in Belfast
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  Belfast has been invaded by the world's most robust weed that can grow through concrete, asphalt and even the foundations of homes it finds in its path. Japanese Knotweed was spotted growing in waste ground in the east of the city and the issue has ...
  
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• Police seize drugs and ski masks... but don't mention paramilitary material

  13-07-2017 18:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have seized - what looks like - Loyalist paramilitary material, but are refusing to say so.
  
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• In pictures: Scarva 'Sham Fight'

  13-07-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of spectators attend the annual Sham Fight in the County Down village of Scarva.
  
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• Worker bee symbol to feature on Man Utd and Man City shirts in friendly match

  13-07-2017 17:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City and Manchester United will wear shirts featuring their city's 'worker bee' symbol when they meet in the United States later this month.
  
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• Top EU negotiator meets with Scottish and Welsh reps, but Northern Ireland is left out

  13-07-2017 17:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The EU's lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has met with representatives from the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament, but Northern Ireland was left out in the cold due to its lack of government.
  
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• Dump drugs anonymously in new bin at West Belfast shopping centre - Belfast Live

  13-07-2017 17:28
  
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  Dump drugs anonymously in new bin at West Belfast shopping centre
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  The PSNI has thrown its weight behind the installation of a drug disposal bin at a West Belfast shopping centre. The Kennedy Centre's new RAPID drug bin will give anyone from concerned parents to young people a place to get rid of unwanted prescription ...
  
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• 222 Bog

  13-07-2017 17:16
  Several active blueberry fields and a great location for a house with elevated views for miles. Driveway and access will be a challenge but the property is truly spectacular and unrivaled in the Mid-coast area.
  
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• Tributes paid to Belfast man (29) who died just five weeks after cancer diagnosis - Belfast Telegraph

  13-07-2017 17:09
  
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  Tributes paid to Belfast man (29) who died just five weeks after cancer diagnosis
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  Tributes have been paid to a 29-year-old Belfast man who died just five weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Aaron O'Neill passed away on Monday in the Somerton Road hospice in north Belfast. His brother-in-law Jim Forbes paid tribute to him ...
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Travel delays on A1 - north bound closed after serious crash

  13-07-2017 16:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: A1 north bound closed after serious crash

  13-07-2017 16:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Project restoration

  13-07-2017 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  St Patrick's Church is looking to raise funds to help restore its landmark building.
  
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• Belfast's St Patrick's Church 'needs millions' for restoration - BBC News - BBC News

  13-07-2017 16:22
  
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  Belfast's St Patrick's Church 'needs millions' for restoration - BBC News
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  St Patrick's Church is looking to raise funds to help restore its landmark building.and more »
  
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• Belfast's St Patrick's Church 'needs millions' for restoration - BBC News

  13-07-2017 16:22
  
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  Belfast's St Patrick's Church 'needs millions' for restoration
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  St Patrick's Church has been standing on Donegall Street in Belfast since 1877. The building withstood the Belfast Blitz during World War Two and recovered from a catastrophic fire in 1995. But its distinctive stone cladding exterior is now struggling ...and more »
  
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• Police officer ordered to apologise over prisoner assault case delay

  13-07-2017 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police officer has been ordered to apologise to a prison guard for failing to investigate an alleged assault by a prisoner within the legal time frame.
  
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• Captain sacked for drinking over the limit, court told - Belfast Live

  13-07-2017 15:56
  
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  Captain sacked for drinking over the limit, court told
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  The captain of a merchant vessel has been sacked after he was found to have been drinking over the limit while in charge of a boat at Belfast Harbour, a court heard today (Thursday). Estonian man Juri Ting appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court where he ...and more »
  
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• Belfast City Council to fund Celtic fanzone at pub for Linfield game - BBC News

  13-07-2017 14:58
  
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  Belfast City Council to fund Celtic fanzone at pub for Linfield game
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  Belfast City Council is due to spend money on a fanzone for Celtic football fans at a pub in Belfast, as their team faces Irish league champions, Linfield. Friday's Champions League qualifier was moved back from 11/12 July to avoid a clash with Orange ...
  Brendan Rodgers saddened Celtic fans' safety can't be ensured in BelfastIrish Times
  Plans for safe zone for Celtic fans in Belfast for Linfield match attack
  
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• Councillor wants removal of image of masked men with guns on house wall

  13-07-2017 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Strabane councillor says residents are concerned over a large image of masked gunmen.
  
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• DUP Pengelly defends 'free society' remarks over bonfire election posters

  13-07-2017 14:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Emma Little Pengelly has sought to clarify comments she made about "free society" when questioned over the burning of election posters and effigies on Eleventh night bonfires - which were met with criticism.
  
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• Pictured: Dramatic rescue after climber's fall on 80-metre Antrim cliff

  13-07-2017 13:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An injured climber has been dramatically rescued from an 80-metre cliff face after injuring her leg.
  
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• Theresa May under pressure to visit Northern Ireland and help break talks deadlock

  13-07-2017 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has come under fresh cross-party pressure in the Lords to intervene personally and try to break the deadlock in restoring a powersharing executive for Northern Ireland.
  
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• Prime Minister under pressure to visit Belfast for powersharing talks

  13-07-2017 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has come under fresh cross-party pressure in the Lords to intervene personally and try to break the deadlock in restoring a powersharing executive for Northern Ireland.
  
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• Murder-accused mother told gardai 'it was not me, it was the power', court heard

  13-07-2017 13:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman charged with murdering her toddler son told detectives "it was not me, it was the power", a court has heard.
  
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• John Hume documentary to premiere at Galway Film Fleadh

  13-07-2017 13:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A film about former SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Laureate John Hume will have its world premiere in Galway on Thursday.
  
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• Fiore and his art, at Vose

  13-07-2017 13:01
  Anna Witholt Abaldo of the Belfast-based Maine Farmland Trust will share a short film by Richard Kane and talk about artist Joseph Fiore Wednesday, July 26, at 7 p.m. at Vose Library, 392 Common Road. After screening "Joseph Fiore, The Nature of the Artist," Abaldo will talk about Fiore's art, his connection to MFT, the distribution of his Rock Paintings to Maine nonprofits and the recent establishment of the Fiore Art Center and artist residency program in Jefferson.
  
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• Woman in Dublin court charged with murder of three-year-old son

  13-07-2017 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 42-year-old doctor, who is originally from Iraq, appeared at Dublin District Court on Thursday.
  
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• Irish novelist Colm Toibin wins US literary peace award

  13-07-2017 11:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish novelist, journalist and essayist Colm Toibin is this year's winner of a US lifetime achievement award that celebrates the power of literature to foster peace, social justice and global understanding.
  
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• UK Brexit plan 'could fall apart at first tap like chocolate orange'

  13-07-2017 10:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK spending watchdog warns Brexit could fall apart at first tap unless ministers are more "united".
  
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• George Galloway's 'time for united Ireland' tweet angers novelist Neville

  13-07-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  George Galloway has been blasted for "hypocrisy" and "bigotry" after a fiery row on social media in which the controversial left-wing politician told a local author Northern Ireland had no place in the UK.
  
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• 'Peaceful Twelfth'

  13-07-2017 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A collective sigh of relief in Thursday's papers as the Twelfth is hailed 'most peaceful' in years.
  
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• Tragic cyclist Gavin Moore died doing sport he loved, says partner

  13-07-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The partner of a father-of-two killed after a car collided with a group of cyclists said he died doing the "sport he loved".
  
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• Family of wee Donnacadh Maguire 'totally distraught' after little boy's death in Derry

  13-07-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken parents of a little boy who died after he was found with serious injuries lying on a road in Londonderry are "totally distraught" with grief as they await the release of his remains from the authorities.
  
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• Unionist anger at Belfast council fanzone for Celtic supporters during Linfield game

  13-07-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council is spending £15,000 on a fanzone for Celtic supporters at a west Belfast pub, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Poll: Anger at Belfast council Celtic fanzone - Should Hoops have taken Windsor tickets?

  13-07-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council is spending £15,000 on a fanzone for Celtic supporters at a west Belfast pub, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Landmark Northern Ireland resort hotel goes on the market

  13-07-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A third generation Co Down hotel situated close to one of the world's top golf courses has gone on sale for £600,000.
  
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• Belfast painter thrives off of the hustle of the art world

  13-07-2017 08:49
  Artist Jerri Finch in her gallery in Belfast. Finch is a painter with a long history in midcoast Maine, but before arriving there she worked a wide variety of jobs all over the country.
  
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