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• Revealed: Half of all TV Licence evaders nabbed during unsocial hours

  25-07-2017 23:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New figures released by the organisation responsible for issuing and regulating TV licensing have shown that evaders can be caught off-guard at any time.
  
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• Decision to cut £3 million from school uniform grant budget to be reversed

  25-07-2017 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A decision to slash £3m worth of funds put in place to allow struggling parents to buy school uniforms has been reversed.
  
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• Appeal for witnesses after driver left in critical condition in Newry crash

  25-07-2017 20:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Newry are appealing for information about a serious road collision earlier this month.
  
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• Ulster rugby duo charged with alleged rape offences

  25-07-2017 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding are facing prosecution for offences related to allegations of rape.
  
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• Loyalists to march in mixed communities to commemorate UDA men

  25-07-2017 18:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalists are organising a march through a mixed community to commemorate UDA members connected to numerous sectarian murders during the Troubles.
  
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• Pig-showing champ

  25-07-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Samara, 12, used to get bullied for her unusual hobby but is now a prize-winning pig show competitor.
  
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• Getting ready for a pig show

  25-07-2017 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Samara Radcliffe has won more than 120 rosettes for her very unusual hobby - showing pigs.
  
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• Belfast man gets top job with global Credit Union group

  25-07-2017 17:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man has been elected as the new Chairman of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU).
  
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• Two Belfast men convicted of benefit fraud - Belfast Live

  25-07-2017 17:35
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  Two Belfast men convicted of benefit fraud
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  A man in his 70s has been convicted of benefit fraud after claiming more than £10,000 he wasn't entitled to. Josiah Morrison, of Hopewell Place, North Belfast , claimed Pension Credit and Housing Benefit totalling £10,207 while failing to declare ...
  
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• Irene Cook

  25-07-2017 17:35
  Irene J. Cook, 86, of Searsport, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, with her loving family by her side. She was born Nov. 20, 1930, the daughter of Reynolds and Ruth Ward.
  
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• High Court order for police to disclose files a 'major breakthrough' in two actions over alleged state collusion, lawyers claim

  25-07-2017 17:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A High Court order for police to disclose files held on a loyalist informer represents a major breakthrough in two actions over alleged state collusion with paramilitary killers, lawyers claimed on Tuesday.
  
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• Fun & Games at Belfast City Council Play Day

  25-07-2017 16:39 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Brokenshire: Government considering new tactics ahead of powersharing talks

  25-07-2017 16:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK Government is considering a number of options to potentially inject fresh impetus into stalled talks to restore powersharing at Stormont.
  
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• Man injured after attempt to move burning car from house after Derry arson attack

  25-07-2017 16:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was injured as he tried to move a burning car away from a house after an arson attack in Londonderry.
  
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• Homes evacuated in Derry after gas leak following arson attack

  25-07-2017 16:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Homes were evacuated in Londonderry following a gas leak which occurred just hours after an arson attack.
  
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• Orange Order member McNarry lifts lid on 'ride the goat' ritual for new recruits

  25-07-2017 15:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Orangeman has revealed prospective members must go through an initiation ritual know as "riding the goat" before they can become full members of the institution.
  
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• Thief who loaded wheelie bin full of rugs twice and walked out of Belfast shop jailed

  25-07-2017 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A thief who twice loaded a wheelie bin full of rugs and walked out of a Belfast store without paying has been jailed for six months.
  
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• Be more breast aware, urges nurse saved by early cancer diagnosis

  25-07-2017 14:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A nurse whose early cancer diagnosis helped save her life is on a mission to make every man and woman in Northern Ireland more breast aware.
  
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• Car collides with PSNI vehicle responding to emergency call in South Belfast - Belfast Live

  25-07-2017 14:37
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  Car collides with PSNI vehicle responding to emergency call in South Belfast
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  The collision happened at the junction of the Belvoir Road and the Milltown Road at 7.50am on Tuesday, July 25. There were no reports of any injuries. A PSNI spokesman said: "A car collided with a liveried police car responding to an emergency call at ...
  
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• Life-time ban for Linfield fan who sang Super Rangers at Celtic tie

  25-07-2017 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Linfield Football Club have issued a life-time ban to a Belfast man convicted for singing sectarian songs at Linfield's Champion League qualifier in Scotland.
  
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• Aer Lingus launch £44.99 summer flights from Belfast to Spain and Portugal - but you need to be quick - Belfast Live

  25-07-2017 14:24
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  Aer Lingus launch £44.99 summer flights from Belfast to Spain and Portugal - but you need to be quick
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  Fancy a last minute getaway to the sun? Then you'll need to move fast as these deals won't last long. Aer Lingus have announced a flash sale with seats to Spain and Portugal from Belfast selling from £44.99. You can fly from Belfast direct to Alicante ...and more »
  
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• Belfast is world's 8th fastest growing retail city - the Irish News

  25-07-2017 14:19
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  Belfast is world's 8th fastest growing retail city
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  BELFAST has been named as one of the fastest-growing prime retail locations in the world according to new research from CBRE. In its half-yearly report CBRE lists Belfast as the eighth fastest-growing location, after the city recorded an 8.7 per cent ...and more »
  
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• Dying tree transformed into Celtic sculpture in Derry

  25-07-2017 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Instead of being chopped down, a tree is saved from the axe and turned into a piece of public art.
  
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• Gas leak after Londonderry arson attack

  25-07-2017 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  A number of homes are evacuated after an early morning arson attack and gas leak.
  
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• Police and family 'increasingly concerned' over missing woman Siobhan Owens

  25-07-2017 13:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are becoming increasingly concerned about the welfare and whereabouts of missing woman Siobhan Owens.
  
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• Sinn Fein and DUP issues 'not real' and damage Good Friday Agreement, says SDLP's Mallon

  25-07-2017 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Seamus Mallon the former SDLP deputy First Minister has said some of the issues holding up the formation of power sharing in Northern Ireland are "not real" and the DUP and Sinn Fein are doing damage to the Good Friday Agreement.
  
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• Love Island: How to apply to be a contestant next year

  25-07-2017 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TV lovers are mourning the end of Love Island, but fear not as a new series has already been commissioned for 2018 - and applications are now open.
  
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• QUB medical students wear 'skin cancer tattoos' to gain insight into experience of patients

  25-07-2017 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Medical students at Queen's University Belfast are learning first-hand what it's like to "walk in the shoes" of a patient as they got an insight into life with skin cancer.
  
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• St George's Twilight Market in Belfast returns with 'Summer Beach Party'

  25-07-2017 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The popular Twilight Market at St George's is set to return to Belfast next week with a special 'Summer Beach Party’ theme.
  
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• Dean McIlwaine funeral details announced as firm offers thoughtful gesture to family

  25-07-2017 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A big-hearted funeral director in Belfast has said he will cover the costs of tragic Dean McIlwaine's funeral.
  
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• On-the-run English prisoner McHugh captured in Northern Ireland

  25-07-2017 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An man on-the-run from an English open prison has been found in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland parties spent £150k on election - Sinn Fein biggest spender

  25-07-2017 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nine Northern Ireland political parties spent £150,000 on the snap Assembly election in March.
  
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• Northern Ireland's loughs: Make a splash with the family this summer

  25-07-2017 12:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  We spy them from the road on our family trips and see them feature across the map, but how many of us have really experienced Northern Ireland’s loughs?
  
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• Martin McGuinness' sons to attend Washington memorial mass

  25-07-2017 11:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sons of the late Martin McGuinness are set to attend a memorial mass in Washington later on Tuesday in memory of the veteran Sinn Fein politician.
  
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• Belfast Methodist church to become £2m pub - Belfast Telegraph

  25-07-2017 09:50
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  Belfast Methodist church to become £2m pub
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  Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has won the go-ahead for its £2m project to transform a former Belfast church into a bar. The long-awaited decision to redevelop the Methodist Church on University Road marks progress for the plans three years after they were ...
  
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• Belfast Methodist church to become £2m pub

  25-07-2017 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has won the go-ahead for its £2m project to transform a former Belfast church into a bar.
  
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• Awesome Antrim are just too hot for Newcastle

  25-07-2017 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  County Antrim made a flying start to the SuperCupNI’s Premier Section, defeating Newcastle United 3-1 at the Ballymena Showgrounds.
  
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• Teen saved from rocks with just moments to spare in Northern Ireland

  25-07-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A courageous Coastguard rescue team saved the life of a teenage girl trapped on rocks by a rising tide with just moments to spare last night.
  
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• Claudy families still craving justice as they prepare to honour the dead

  25-07-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who lost his brother in the Claudy bombing has said the pain and anguish is as raw today as it ever was.
  
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• Sam Bargewell fled the Blitz to Armoy aged 8 - now, 73 years later, he's reunited with the sisters who were his wartime pals

  25-07-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two sisters whose parents welcomed a family of Belfast evacuees into their home during World War Two have had an emotional reunion with one of their childhood friends... 73 years on.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Newry road reopened after crash

  25-07-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Claim that RUC-trained Sri Lankan unit massacred family-of-10 to be probed

  25-07-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An elite RUC team trained a Sri Lankan police unit that murdered 10 members of the same family, a widow of one of the victims has claimed in a complaint to Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman.
  
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• Parents blast 'crazy' PE kit revamp at Northern Ireland school

  25-07-2017 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Furious parents of pupils at a school that has changed its PE kit have hit out at the distance they have to travel to buy the new sportswear - and its exorbitant cost.
  
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• Michael Loughlin accused of 'kicking victim's head like a football'

  25-07-2017 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man accused of attempted murder kicked his unconscious victim's head "like a footballer taking a free-kick", a court has heard.
  
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• Northern Irish man Gary Wood dies of heart attack while swimming to island in Lake Garda

  25-07-2017 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Irishman has died while attempting an arduous one-mile swim in Lake Garda, despite a dramatic rescue attempt by his family.
  
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