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• Belfast students party LESS than students in rest of UK - Belfast Live

  22-07-2017 22:56
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  Belfast students party LESS than students in rest of UK
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  Student life is usually dominated by some of the best nights out in your life, but it seems Belfast students don't party as hard as their counterparts in rest of UK. According to he Ulster Bank Student Living Index, Belfast students socialise less ...
  
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• Brexit: Gove says NI farmers will get post-Brexit subsidies

  22-07-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Environment Secretary Michael Gove gave the assurance during a visit to the Antrim Show.
  
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• Body found in search for missing Dean McIlwaine - Belfast Live

  22-07-2017 16:37
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  Body found in search for missing Dean McIlwaine
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  Police have confirmed that a body has been found in the search for missing Newtownabbey man Dean McIlwaine . Family and friends searched the Cavehill area on Saturday for the popular 22-year-old who has been missing since July 14. Large searches ...
  Body found during search for Dean McIlwaine on Belfast's Cave HillBelfast Telegraphall 15 news articles »
  
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• Baroque music concert in Camden

  22-07-2017 15:35
  Mezzo-soprano Catharine Cloutier, flutist and baritone Andrew Cloutier will join the Somerset Consort in an evening of Baroque music Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the parish hall of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 33 Chestnut St. The free concert's program includes music of Dornel, Hasse, Naudot, ChambonniA res, Purcell, and Quantz. Catharine Cloutier studied voice with Francis Vogt at the University of Maine.
  
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• Dean McIlwaine: Hundreds of volunteers search Belfast's Cave Hill for missing man

  22-07-2017 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people have answered the call for volunteers to help out with a new search for missing Newtownabbey man Dean Mcilwaine.
  
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• Body found during search for Dean McIlwaine on Belfast's Cave Hill

  22-07-2017 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed that a body has been found during the search for missing Northern Ireland man Dean McIlwaine.
  
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• Northern Ireland dad's heartbreak as son (12) diagnosed with brain tumour - I wish I hadn't worked as much and was home more'

  22-07-2017 14:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken father of a 12-year-old Northern Ireland boy who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour has urged other parents not to take their children for granted.
  
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• Belfast estate agent Philip Johnston found dead at his home - Belfast Telegraph

  22-07-2017 14:08
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  Belfast estate agent Philip Johnston found dead at his home
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  A former estate agent once linked to a murdered UDA chief has been found dead. The body of Philip Johnston (51) was discovered at his Bangor home in the Bryansburn Road area on Wednesday afternoon. Police are not treating his death as suspicious.
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• Hyde Park bomb relatives march for justice

  22-07-2017 13:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Relatives of the 1982 Hyde Park bomb attack have appealed to the public for support in their quest for justice.
  
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• Larne man injured in paramilitary assault and arson attack

  22-07-2017 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is recovering in hospital following a paramilitary style assault and arson attack in Larne.
  
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• Man shot in paramilitary-style attack in north Belfast - BBC News

  22-07-2017 12:30
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  Man shot in paramilitary-style attack in north Belfast
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  A man has been shot in both legs in what police have described as a "brutal and horrific" paramilitary-style attack in north Belfast. The 30-year-old was attacked by two men as he walked along Henry Place at about 01:30 BST on Saturday. Police said it ...
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  Man shot in both legs in 'brutal and horrific' North Belfast attackBelfast Live
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• Shots fired at business in Keady, staff badly shaken

  22-07-2017 12:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information following a shooting incident at business premises in the Annvale Road area of Keady.
  
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• Restaurant review: We try Glenarm Castle Gardens Tea Rooms

  22-07-2017 11:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When it comes to the business of holidays, the north has been plagued by a collective lack of confidence. We aren't quite there yet with the promotional sure-footedness of Failte Ireland's proposal to take you on a tour of heaven on earth, a place so wondrous that ancient history, drink, golf, music and an unparalleled west coast merge into a super-destination offering just about everything you could possibly want to do and experience during your two weeks off and then die happily fulfilled.
  
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• City settles with motorcyclist over 2015 crash with cruiser

  22-07-2017 11:09
  The city has settled with a Swanville man for $250,000 over injuries from an Aug. 24, 2015, crash with a Belfast police cruiser. Mark Belleisle was injured when his motorcycle T-boned a cruiser driven by Sgt.
  
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• Dean McIlwaine and his distraught family are in our prayers, but we can also help by joining the search for this young man

  22-07-2017 11:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The agony of waiting to hear of the whereabouts of a missing family member is graphically underlined in our interview today with Karen and Rod McIlwaine, whose son Dean disappeared on July 13.
  
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• Body found in Belfast's River Lagan identified one week on - BBC News

  22-07-2017 10:37
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  Body found in Belfast's River Lagan identified one week on
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  A man whose body was found a week ago in the River Lagan in Belfast has now been identified. Police reissued their appeal for information earlier on Friday, saying it is "important that we can inform the man's loved ones". The body of the man, believed ...
  Body found in Belfast river remains unidentified a week laterthe Irish Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• Body found in Belfast's River Lagan identified one week on - BBC ... - BBC News

  22-07-2017 10:37
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  Body found in Belfast's River Lagan identified one week on - BBC ...
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  The dead man's identity had been a mystery for a week after he was found in Belfast's River Lagan.
  Body found in Belfast river remains unidentified a week later - The ...the Irish Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• Full jury trial for £22 shoplifting case in Northern Ireland

  22-07-2017 10:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A full jury trial is to be convened in the case of a woman charged with stealing £22.62 worth of goods from a Cookstown shop.
  
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• Northern Ireland man jailed for urinating in public as women jogged past

  22-07-2017 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for four months for urinating in public twice despite being warned not to on both occasions by the police.
  
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• Bangor family fled burning jet on Egyptian runway

  22-07-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down father who dislocated his elbow while fleeing a smoke-filled plane with his wife and 10-year-old son has described the "chaos" that unfolded on a Thomas Cook flight from Egypt.
  
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• US woman out to find Derry half-brother she never knew about

  22-07-2017 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An American woman who found out just four years ago she has a half-brother in Londonderry is appealing for help to find him.
  
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• Quad buggy death on Northern Ireland farm - O'Neill family left 'traumatised'

  22-07-2017 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The son of a Co Tyrone pensioner who was killed in a farming accident at his home said the family are deeply "traumatised" by the incident.
  
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• Direct rule looms as Tories confirm £1bn is not dependent on working Northern Ireland Executive

  22-07-2017 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP MP says Northern Ireland could be heading for direct rule to fill the vacuum left by the absence of a functioning Stormont Executive.
  
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• Tributes to Gary Donaghy who lost cancer battle led by pal Gerry Armstrong

  22-07-2017 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland football legend Gerry Armstrong has paid tribute to a close friend of 30 years who died in Singapore after a long battle with cancer.
  
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• Irish crash victims Mairead, Margaret and Rachel were returning from dream holiday

  22-07-2017 09:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother among three killed in a horrific car crash had been returning from a "holiday of a lifetime" celebrating her one-year wedding anniversary.
  
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• Derelict Northern Ireland bar to become a church

  22-07-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim pub is to replace bar stools with bibles in a 'pint to pews' transformation that's bucking the trend for the popular church to bar revamp.
  
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• Distraught McIlwaine family: 'We have to find Dean, we can't go on like this'

  22-07-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of 22-year-old Dean McIlwaine say they are struggling to stay positive after eight painful days of their "truly loved wee boy" being missing.
  
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• Dean McIlwaine's girlfriend 'leaving door to our new home unlocked for him'

  22-07-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The distraught girlfriend of missing Dean McIlwaine says she won't lock her front door in case he comes home.
  
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• The Postcard View' of Warren

  22-07-2017 06:48
  Kevin Johnson, photo archivist for the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, will present "Warren: The Postcard View; Selections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company" Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. at the Warren Historical Society, 225 Main St. in the village. All are welcome.
  
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• Waldoboro woman to run for district attorney

  22-07-2017 02:09
  A Waldoboro native with a private law practice announced Friday she will seek the Democratic nomination for district attorney for the region stretching from Bath to Belfast. Natasha Irving of Waldoboro said she is seeking the top regional prosecutorial job to change the district's policies on drug cases.
  
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• Controversial nationalist bonfire in north Belfast removed from site near flats - the Irish News

  22-07-2017 02:08
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  Controversial nationalist bonfire in north Belfast removed from site near flats
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  The scene at the New Lodge bonfire before it was removed. Photo by Hugh Russell. A nationalist bonfire erected close to high rise flats and a children's nursery in north Belfast has been dismantled and removed. The `anti-internment' pyre in the New ...and more »
  
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