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• Carl Frampton fight off after Andres Gutierrez is injured slipping in shower

  28-07-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Carl Frampton's fight against Andres Gutierrez is called off after the Mexican injures himself by slipping in the shower.
  
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• Antrim beat Americans GPS Bayern in Super Cup NI final

  28-07-2017 23:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  County Antrim have triumphed in the junior section of SuperCupNI, making them the first Northern Irish side to do so since 1989.
  
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• Carl Frampton fight cancelled after Gutierrez accident

  28-07-2017 23:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Saturday night's Belfast showdown between Carl Frampton and Andres Gutierrez has been cancelled after the Mexican fighter was hurt in a a freak accident.
  
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• West Belfast businessman says he's 'lost everything' after van destroyed in blaze - Belfast Live

  28-07-2017 23:10
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  West Belfast businessman says he's 'lost everything' after van destroyed in blaze
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  A West Belfast business owner says he has 'lost everything' after his van destroyed by thieves. Ciaran Daly, who runs Belfast TV Wall Mounts & CCTV Installations had his van stolen from outside his partner's home in the Old Park area in the early hours ...
  
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• Irish government will not design 'Brexiteer border', says Varadkar

  28-07-2017 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  "It's the British who are leaving so if anyone should be angry it's us," says Irish PM Leo Varadkar.
  
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• Super Cup NI: County Antrim and Right To Dream triumph in finals

  28-07-2017 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  County Antrim beat GPS Bayern in the Super Cup NI Junior final while Right to Dream overcome Club America in the Premier decider.
  
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• All-Ireland Qualifiers: Down unchanged for Monaghan encounter

  28-07-2017 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Down boss Eamonn Burns keeps faith with the team that started the Ulster final for Saturday's All-Ireland qualifier against Monaghan.
  
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• 'Policing with Pride': Officers set for Belfast Pride for first time

  28-07-2017 20:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For the first time, Belfast's gay pride parade will include uniformed PSNI officers.
  
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• Researchers: Maine residents who can benefit most from survey data are resisting most

  28-07-2017 20:11
  Older residents of Waldo County love where they live - that much is clear. Despite concerns about transportation, future housing needs and social isolation, more than 1,000 county residents 50 and older polled in a recent countywide survey were "effusive" in their dedication to staying in their homes and communities as they age, according to survey organizers.
  
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• Weekly newspaper review: Maiden voyage, gas explosion and new CCTV

  28-07-2017 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The Claudy bombing anniversary and a coffee shop cyber-attack also feature in the weekly papers.
  
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• Our beautiful little boy has gone, says Charlie Gard’s mother

  28-07-2017 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Charlie Gard’s mother has paid tribute to their “beautiful little boy” following his death from a rare genetic condition just days ahead of his first birthday.
  
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• Leo Varadkar will not design 'border for Brexiteers'

  28-07-2017 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish government will not design a border for Brexiteers, Taoiseach (Irish MP) Leo Varadkar says.
  
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• Charlie Gard: Our beautiful little boy has gone, says his mother

  28-07-2017 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Charlie Gard has died just a week shy of his first birthday, with his heartbroken parents paying tribute to their “beautiful little boy”.
  
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• UK Supreme Court will sit in Belfast for first time - possibly for Asher's case

  28-07-2017 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Supreme Court of the UK is set to sit in Belfast for the first time, with the possibility that it will consider the judgement in the pro-gay marriage cake case.
  
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• Terror Marine Ciarán Maxwell was 'frozen' with fear of dissident republicans

  28-07-2017 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Royal Marine who made bombs for dissidents was trapped in an "intolerable double life," court hears.
  
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• Belfast's CastleCourt complex sold in deal worth £125m - BBC News - BBC News

  28-07-2017 17:45
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  Belfast's CastleCourt complex sold in deal worth £125m - BBC News
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  CastleCourt sells to Holywood firm Firefox who plan "significant" investment in shopping centre.and more »
  
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• Belfast's CastleCourt complex sold in deal worth £125m

  28-07-2017 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  CastleCourt sells to Holywood firm Firefox who plan "significant" investment in shopping centre
  
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• Belfast Pride: First uniformed police officers to take part in parade - BBC News

  28-07-2017 17:01
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  Belfast Pride: First uniformed police officers to take part in parade
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  This year's Belfast's gay pride parade will include uniformed Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers for the first time. The PSNI said its officers have taken part in the Pride festival before, but this is the first time they have paraded ...
  Police officers to join Belfast Pride parade for first timeBelfast Telegraph
  Gay pride parade in Belfast to feature uniformed police officers for first time
  
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• Police Pride

  28-07-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Police officers have taken part in the Belfast Pride parade before, but never in uniform.
  
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• Belfast Pride: First uniformed police officers to take part in parade

  28-07-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Police officers have taken part in the Belfast Pride parade before, but never in uniform.
  
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• We are not going to help UK come up with border solution: Leo Varadkar

  28-07-2017 16:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that Ireland will not play any role in creating a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
  
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• Only solution for Irish border will be UK remaining in EU single market: Jonathan Powell

  28-07-2017 16:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The issue of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic will ultimately mean the UK stays within the single market, a former senior aide to Tony Blair during the peace process has said.
  
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• Video: I'm going to 'Londonderry' not 'Derry' sketch goes viral

  28-07-2017 16:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A video from BBC Northern Ireland's comedy show 'Late Licence' ribbing one of the region's biggest political hot potatoes has taken social media by storm.
  
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• Video: Hitch Hike to 'Londonderry' sketch goes viral

  28-07-2017 16:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A video from BBC Northern Ireland's comedy show 'Late Licence' ribbing one of the region's biggest political hot potatoes has taken social media by storm.
  
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• Celtic fined over 'illicit banner' and 'blocked stairs' against Linfield

  28-07-2017 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Celtic are fined £20,615 after an "illicit banner" was displayed during last week's Champions League qualifier against Linfield.
  
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• Celtic hit with £20,600 'illicit banner' fine by UEFA following Linfield game at Parkhead

  28-07-2017 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celtic have been hit with a 23,000 euro (£20,600) fine three charges by UEFA after Wednesday evening's second leg of their tie against Linfield.
  
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• 'Onus on British to resolve Irish border issue for Brexit: Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Coveney

  28-07-2017 15:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said there is no proposal from the Irish Government to make the Irish Sea the border between Ireland and Britain saying UK officials needed to come up with an imaginative solution to the problem.
  
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• Lesley-Ann McCarragher: Second man faces charges over hit-and-run death

  28-07-2017 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men now face court in relation to a hit-and-run incident which killed 19-year-old jogger.
  
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• £4.8m spent to educate Republic of Ireland students in NI

  28-07-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The executive had previously sought compensation for teaching students from the Republic.
  
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• Poll: Should UK pay for Republic students to study in Northern Ireland?

  28-07-2017 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Last year it cost the Department for the Economy almost £5m to educate further education students from the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• HMRC announces new customs office in Belfast

  28-07-2017 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) signs a deal for a new Belfast headquarters for 1,600 staff.
  
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• Derry man's slap over how bed should be made ends 49-year marriage, court hears

  28-07-2017 14:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 49-year-long marriage came to an end when a husband slapped his wife, Londonderry Magistrates' Court has head
  
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• Altnagelvin Hospital: Beds remain closed by bug and staff shortages

  28-07-2017 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  About 25 beds remain closed for a second day due to a vomiting bug and 'worrying' staff shortages.
  
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• Royal Marine 'forced to pretend to have republican sympathies', court hears

  28-07-2017 14:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Royal Marine who lived a "dangerous double life" as a terrorist bomb-maker claims he faked sympathies for the Irish republican cause because he was "paralysed" with fear, a court has heard.
  
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• Glenanne gang: PSNI 'breaching human rights' of victims' families

  28-07-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  PSNI told it is breaching the human rights of families of victims of a UVF murder gang in the 1970s.
  
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• Northern Ireland showcased in New York's Times Square with Game of Thrones billboard

  28-07-2017 13:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland has been showcased in New York's famous Times Square with a huge Game of Thrones billboard.
  
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• Lack of collusion probe over Glenanne gang 'did not fulfil human rights duties'

  28-07-2017 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The police's failure to conduct an overarching examination of state collusion with a notorious loyalist murder gang in Northern Ireland was inconsistent with its human rights obligations, a judge has found.
  
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• Ireland leave EU? We're mad but not that mad: Ahern says no chance of 'insane' Irexit

  28-07-2017 12:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Taoseach Bertie Ahearn has said there is no chance of Ireland leaving the EU, saying: "We are mad, but we are not that mad."
  
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• Can you help police identify 8 suspects in Northern Ireland shoplifting probes?

  28-07-2017 11:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have released a series of images of suspects in shop lifting investigations from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• St Columb's Park users 'living in fear' in Londonderry

  28-07-2017 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The manager of St Columb's Park raises concerns about recent sectarian incidents in St Columb's Park.
  
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• New £200k Ferrari wrecked after smash on way from showroom

  28-07-2017 11:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A £200,000 Ferrari was reduced to scrap just moments after its new owner to it for its first spin.
  
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• Regret 'improves kids' decision-making'

  28-07-2017 11:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The ability to experience regret plays a "crucial role" in children's development, a study suggests.
  
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• Irish Sea border 'utter madness' - DUP's Donaldson rubbishes Dublin Brexit proposal

  28-07-2017 10:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson described reports Dublin ministers are pushing for the Irish Sea to act as the border between the UK and the Republic after Brexit as "utter madness".
  
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• Council walk-out over McCann Enniskillen bomb comments

  28-07-2017 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Fermanagh council's Sinn Féin chairman refuses to condemn the 1987 IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen..
  
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• More than 50 people injured in Spanish train crash

  28-07-2017 10:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A total of 54 people have been injured after a morning commuter train crashed into the buffers in a station in north-eastern Barcelona, Catalan officials said.
  
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• DUP calls for Sinn Fein council chair to quit after walkout over Enniskillen bomb comments

  28-07-2017 10:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has called for the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council's first citizen to quit.
  
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• NI paper review: Political walk-out and Twitter hack

  28-07-2017 10:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A creative carving bringing a dying tree back to life in Londonderry also features in Friday's papers.
  
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• Belfast city council to discuss bonfire safety measures

  28-07-2017 09:49 via bbc.co.uk
  A Sinn Féin motion is to be voted on at a special meeting of Belfast City Council next week.
  
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• £609 average cost of girl's First Holy Communion in Northern Ireland

  28-07-2017 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Would you lavish £6,000 on your eight-year-old daughter's Communion dress?
  
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