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• Justin Gatlin just beat Usain Bolt in the Jamaican’s last ever 100m race and people have a lot to say

  05-08-2017 22:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Usain Bolt has finished third in his last ever 100 metres race, conceding the World Championship title to Justin Gatlin.
  
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• In pictures: Belfast Pride parade - BBC News

  05-08-2017 21:38
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  In pictures: Belfast Pride parade
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  A selection of some of the best photographs from the Belfast Pride Parade. Belfast Pride Parade 2017 Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Selfies and smiles all round at the Belfast Pride parade Belfast Pride Parade 2017 Image copyright Press Eye ...
  
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• In pictures: Belfast Pride parade

  05-08-2017 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  A selection of the best photographs from the Belfast Pride parade on Saturday.
  
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• All-Ireland SFC quarter-final: Dublin 1-19 0-12 Monaghan

  05-08-2017 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  All-Ireland champions Dublin thump Monaghan 1-19 to 0-12 at Croke Park to set up a semi-final showdown against Tyrone.
  
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• PSNI officers and Gardai take part in Belfast's gay Pride parade - Belfast Newsletter

  05-08-2017 20:26
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  PSNI officers and Gardai take part in Belfast's gay Pride parade
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  Members of the PSNI and Garda join the Pride parade as it makes it's way through Belfast city centre. Photo: PA. Deborah McAleese. Email. Published: 19:21 Saturday 05 August 2017. Uniformed officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An ...and more »
  
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• Belfast Pride parade: 'My goodness. We're a long way from Save Ulster from Sodomy' - Irish Times

  05-08-2017 19:30
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  Belfast Pride parade: 'My goodness. We're a long way from Save Ulster from Sodomy'
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  One of the biggest cheers of a rainbow-colourful Belfast Pride Day on Saturday was for the gardaí and PSNI officers marching down Royal Avenue in full uniform. About 30 members of the Garda Síochána, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and some ...
  Belfast Pride: Watch as uniformed PSNI officers are cheered while taking part in parade for the first timeBelfast
  
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• Belfast Pride parade: 'My goodness. We're a long way from Save ... - Irish Times

  05-08-2017 19:30
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  Belfast Pride parade: 'My goodness. We're a long way from Save ...
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  Organisers say 8000 people marched through the city for marriage equality.
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• Rampant Tyrone tear Armagh apart and cruise into semis

  05-08-2017 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Those supporters from either county, especially Armagh, who got clogged up on the various northside arteries into Dublin might have been left wondering what all the stress was about.
  
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• Summer gala, after party set for CMCA

  05-08-2017 18:59
  Everyone is invited to dance the night away at the Night Stories After Party, following the Center for Maine Contemporary Art's Summer Gala, Friday, Aug. 18, from 9 to 11 p.m. CMCA's courtyard at 21 Winter St. will come alive with dance music by DJ Owen Cartwright, cash bar by Trillium Caterers, ice cream truck by Stone Fox Farm Creamery, a fire pit to gather around, sparklers and more. Tickets are $12, $10 for CMCA members, available online at cmcanow.org or the evening of the event.
  
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• All-Ireland SFC quarter-final: Tyrone 3-17 Armagh 0-8

  05-08-2017 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Tyrone hammer Ulster rivals Armagh 3-17 to 0-8 to seal their place in the last four of the All-Ireland Football Championship.
  
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• NI League Cup: Ballymena to start defence against Knockbreda

  05-08-2017 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballymena United will begin their defence of the League Cup against Championship side Knockbreda on 29 August.
  
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• Elderly motorcyclist critical after Ballywalter crash

  05-08-2017 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The crash happened on the Dunover Road in Ballywater, County Down.
  
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• Charity Shield: Linfield defeat Bannsiders in Oval curtain-raiser

  05-08-2017 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Linfield start the season by securing a 3-1 victory over Coleraine in the Charity Shield game at the Oval on Saturday.
  
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• Belfast Pride: Thousands take part in parade through city centre

  05-08-2017 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  PSNI and Gardaí officers participated in the Belfast Pride event for the first time in uniform.
  
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• Belfast Pride gives uniformed PSNI and Garda officers a joyous reception

  05-08-2017 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Uniformed officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda Siochana have taken part in Belfast's gay Pride parade for the first time.
  
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• Baby birds die after attack in Ballyclare

  05-08-2017 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The thrush chicks died after being kicked and burned in Ballyclare, County Antrim.
  
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• West Belfast: Men assaulted and threatened with hammer

  05-08-2017 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  A pensioner suffers a minor head injury after two men are attacked on a west Belfast street.
  
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• Man seriously hurt after being hit by car

  05-08-2017 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  It happened at about 01:40 BST on Saturday at the junction of Glebe Road and Upper Dunmurry Lane.
  
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• Police take Pride of place as LGBT Belfast festival brings explosion of colour to city

  05-08-2017 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Pride parade brought thousands of people out on the streets in the city centre.
  
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• Livestream: Belfast Pride parade brings explosion of colour to city streets

  05-08-2017 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Pride parade brought thousands of people out on the streets in the city centre.
  
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• First Time Homebuyers Class - Day 1 of 2

  05-08-2017 14:21
  Unlock the door to your new home! Prospective homebuyers whose lender or mortgage assistance program requires them to attend a HUD approved homebuyer education class no longer need to travel outside Waldo County to fulfill course requirements. First Time Homebuyer classes are now available right in Belfast through Waldo Community Action Partners , a local 501 non-profit.
  
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• Bare-chested Putin pictured spearfishing during break in Siberia

  05-08-2017 14:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has been pictured spearfishing in southern Siberia's mountains.
  
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• Leo Varadkar: NI same-sex marriage 'only a matter of time'

  05-08-2017 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish PM spoke at a gay pride event in Belfast which he attended as a "gesture of solidarity".
  
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• Three charged after north Belfast stabbing

  05-08-2017 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The assault took place on the Antrim Road close to Duncairn Avenue in Belfast on Friday morning.
  
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• Two on murder bid charges after Belfast assault

  05-08-2017 13:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland have charged two men with attempted murder following an assault in Belfast.
  
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• Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland only a matter of time, says Varadkar

  05-08-2017 12:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes it is only a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legalised in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Celtic and Rangers join clubs in Scottish LGBT Sports Charter

  05-08-2017 11:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scotland’s top football clubs have united in a pledge to better include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the game.
  
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• World War One: The sinking of the SS Belgian Prince 100 years on

  05-08-2017 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The fate of the SS Belgian Prince's Bangor-born captain remains unknown 100 years on from its sinking.
  
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• A century lost

  05-08-2017 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The fate of the SS Belgian Prince's Bangor-born captain remains unknown 100 years on from its sinking.
  
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• Restaurant review: The Members' Dining Room at Stormont

  05-08-2017 10:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  What's going on at Stormont? The visitor car park is full, there's a buzz about the place and the security measures are still in force. The Executive might be absent but you'd never know it if you tried to get a table for lunch in the Members' Dining Room, which is now open to the public.
  
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• 2,700 patients hit as Northern Ireland hospital cancels all non-emergency ops

  05-08-2017 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland health trust is facing an unprecedented crisis with a potential 2,700 non-emergency operations postponed at one hospital.
  
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• Dublin man jailed for brutal attack on Belfast cabbie

  05-08-2017 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior judge has warned that the courts will protect taxi drivers from hijacking and attack.
  
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• Brexit doubts blamed as new car sale slump in Northern Ireland

  05-08-2017 09:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New car sales in Northern Ireland continue to slump but performance remains better than elsewhere in the UK.
  
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• Welsh MP battered unconscious for being gay set for his first Belfast Pride

  05-08-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Conservative MP who was brutally beaten unconscious by three men for being gay has said he can't wait to take part in today's Pride march during his first visit to Belfast.
  
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• Sudden deaths of Gavin Bradley and Alan McCreery stun Northern Ireland communities

  05-08-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his 30s has died suddenly in Banbridge.
  
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• Rival groups set to descend on Belfast for marches

  05-08-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Demonstrators are set to bring hundreds of people onto the streets on Sunday to protest against Britain First and "reflect the true diversity of Belfast".
  
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• Tyrone wife-beater wants family to repay dowry

  05-08-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man convicted of assaulting his wife on three consecutive days intends to force her family to repay her dowry if she refuses to reconcile, a court heard.
  
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• No surprise that ancestor of Big Brother's Emma Willis was Orangeman with chequered past, insists Order

  05-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order says scores around the world should not be surprised to discover they have loyalist roots.
  
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• Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill hit the road in new play

  05-08-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Move over Thelma and Louise - and get ready for Michelle O'Neill and Arlene Foster as you've never seen them before.
  
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• Revealed: Speed camera roads in Northern Ireland where most offenders are caught

  05-08-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 120 drivers a day are caught speeding on Northern Ireland's roads.
  
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• Sharing - Best Seashore Nature Sites'

  05-08-2017 05:28
  Tony Oppersdorff and Kyrill Schabert will present a free illustrated talk based on their book "Best Seashore Nature Sites: Midcoast Maine" Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Lincolnville Community Library, 208 Main St./routes 173/52. The nature guide, also authored by Des FitzGerald, offers detailed information on 32 public preserves from Freeport to Searsport, with inland sites in Jefferson, Dresden and Searsmont.
  
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• Anger at 'illegal' rave taking place near north Belfast interface

  05-08-2017 00:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP councillor Brian Kingston has hit out at an 'illegal rave' taking place near an interface in north Belfast.
  
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• Dickensian chamber theater in Belfast

  05-08-2017 00:43
  Cold Comfort Theater will present a short play, "The Triumph and Tragedy of Smike: a friendship wrought from misery," Friday through Sunday, Aug. 11 through 13, at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, 95 High St. This brief morality tale reflects on the never-ending battle between good and evil as told though the eyes of Charles Dickens and focusing on the relationship between Nicholas Nickleby and the lonely and abused orphan Smike. This one-act adaptation uses much of the text from
  
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