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• Tesco to stop selling 5p plastic bags in favour of 10p 'bags for life'

  07-08-2017 22:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tesco is to stop selling single-use plastic bags in its stores, replacing them with "bags for life" to be offered at double the price.
  
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• Take the first step to a college degree at UMaine's Hutchinson Center ...

  07-08-2017 20:06
  When Amy Smith of Lincolnville started thinking about going back to college 10 years ago, she was scared. She was 36 years old and had not been in a classroom since 1989.
  
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• Man arrested after police search in west Belfast

  07-08-2017 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 42-year-old man has been arrested during a police search in west Belfast.
  
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• Sinn Fein to meet Chief Constable over UDA activity

  07-08-2017 18:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is to meet Northern Ireland's police chief to discuss UDA activity.
  
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• Belfast man accused of £300k mortgage fraud spanning over 12 years

  07-08-2017 17:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man allegedly claimed he had lost part of his leg in a car crash as part of a 12-year campaign of mortgage fraud, a court has heard.
  
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• 'Mindless vandalism': Cars set alight as youths throw stones near Belfast city centre

  07-08-2017 16:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A group of young people have thrown stones and vandalised parked cars during disorder in the Markets area of Belfast, police say.
  
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• Belfast's Markets trouble: Cars set alight as youths throw petrol bombs and stones

  07-08-2017 16:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have been attacked and cars set alight by masked youths during hours of disorder in the Markets area of Belfast.
  
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• Belfast trouble: Building and cars set alight as youths throw petrol bombs and stones

  07-08-2017 16:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A derelict building has been set on fire in the Divis area of west Belfast during disturbances involving nationalist youths on Monday night.
  
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• Ulster Grand Prix: Michael Dunlop out to end win drought

  07-08-2017 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Dunlop will hope to bridge a four-year gap since his last Ulster Grand Prix win when he competes at Dundrod this week.
  
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• CHSq 2017: Full gig line-up at Custom House Square, Belfast

  07-08-2017 16:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This week kicks off a series of headline shows at Custom House Square in Belfast with a huge number of international artists set to take to the city stage.
  
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• 'Greenway' traffic-free routes across Northern Ireland set for £75,000 cash boost

  07-08-2017 16:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three specially designated traffic-free 'Greenway' routes across Northern Ireland are set to receive a major cash boost.
  
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• Gambling Derry chef charged with criminal damage worth £264 in Ladbroke's betting office

  07-08-2017 16:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The District Judge at the Magistrate's Court in Derry has warned people against the dangers of online gambling.
  
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• Arctic visitor

  07-08-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  A bearded seal - a species normally found in Arctic waters - is spotted relaxing on the Irish coast.
  
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• Sinn Fein MP dismisses criticism over role in Venezuela election

  07-08-2017 15:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MP Mickey Brady has dismissed criticism over his role in the Venezuelan elections, saying that his party "has never and will never tell the people in Venezuela or any other country how to vote".
  
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• Waldo County gets its 'Walmart'

  07-08-2017 15:01
  A Dollar General truck sits outside a new branch of the discount retailer in Winterport Aug. 1. The store is one of six to pop up in the Midcoast in the past year. A week before the Dollar General store on Route 1A opened, Bub Saunders surveyed it from his porch across the road.
  
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• What's on: 10 things to do in Northern Ireland this week

  07-08-2017 14:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's a busy week across Northern Ireland with the NI Open, the UEFA U19 Women's Championship and lots of music gigs to keep everyone entertained.
  
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• Funding that gives pupils choice of subjects cut by almost half

  07-08-2017 14:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Funding given to schools in Northern Ireland to allow them to offer a greater range of subjects is set to be cut by almost a half.
  
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• One Show arrives in Carrickfergus to kick off week of live shows in Northern Ireland

  07-08-2017 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC's The One Show has arrived in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim to kick off a week of live broadcasts from Northern Ireland's Causeway Coast.
  
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• New bus lanes during rush hour on main route into Belfast

  07-08-2017 12:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New bus lanes are to open next week on a main route into Belfast from the east of the city.
  
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• Cold Feet: First image and plot teasers as James Nesbitt and Co return for new series

  07-08-2017 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new series of revived hit comedy drama Cold Feet is set to return to TV screens in the upcoming weeks, as a new image and plot teasers have been released.
  
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• Three questioned over fatal stabbing in Kilkee, County Clare

  07-08-2017 12:11 via bbc.co.uk
  A 25-year-old man died in hospital after being injured in a Kilkee, County Clare housing estate.
  
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• Murdered Jennifer's family still craving justice two years on as extradition stalls

  07-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of murdered west Belfast woman Jennifer Dornan said they "miss her every single day" as the second anniversary of her death passed.
  
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• Former shadow NI secretary Kevin McNamara dies aged 82

  07-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ex-Labour MP Kevin McNamara, who sat in parliament for almost 40 years and was shadow Northern Ireland secretary, has died at the age of 82.
  
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• Diana tapes revealed that Queen saw Charles as a hopeless case

  07-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Was Channel 4 right to broadcast what have become notorious tapes of Diana speaking candidly — and privately — about her life? The pragmatic answer to that has to be, on balance, yes. They were an invasion of privacy, their acquisition might be regarded as an act of theft, they were damaging to the monarchy as an institution and they are hurtful to all manner of people still alive.
  
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• Watch: Translink to investigate rival GAA fans’ brawl on train

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rail chiefs are investigating claims that rival GAA fans were brawling on a train from Dublin on Saturday evening.
  
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• Translink to investigate rival GAA fans’ brawl on train

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rail chiefs are investigating claims that rival GAA fans were brawling on a train from Dublin on Saturday evening.
  
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• Stunt planes and kites hit the skies over Co Londonderry

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of eyes turned to the skies on Saturday as the Red Arrows dazzled the crowds at this year's annual Newcastle Festival of Flight.
  
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• Strong-arm tactics as musclemen put on a show in Belfast

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's a sporting event that guarantees gasps of disbelief - and plenty of beef.
  
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• Rave organisers told a repeat event could trigger prosecution

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Action has been taken by Belfast City Council following a rave hosted in north Belfast on Friday night.
  
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• Murder probe launched as body of man (45) is found at Lurgan flats

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 45-year-old man was discovered in a Lurgan apartment block yesterday afternoon.
  
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• Maze escape movie hits delay in filming until next year

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Filming on a controversial new movie on the notorious 1983 Maze prison escape has been postponed until next year with the availability of leading stars in doubt, it's been reported.
  
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• I did not shop Royal Marine Maxwell, says man jailed over cache of arms

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former accomplice of Ciaran Maxwell has denied setting up the Royal Marine turned renegade republican.
  
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• Heartache for family as little Jayden (6) loses cancer battle

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old east Belfast boy who died from a rare form of cancer on Saturday.
  
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• Government could publish proposals for post-Brexit Irish border in the next week

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There is renewed hope that the government will provide proposed solutions for the thorny issue of post-Brexit Irish border arrangements as early as this week.
  
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• Far-right Britain First to stand for elections in NI

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The leader of Britain First has said that the far-right group has now registered as a political party here and plans to run candidates.
  
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• Dobson thanks medics as son recovers from operation to remove kidney

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former MLA Jo-Anne Dobson has paid tribute to the medical professionals who helped her son Mark through a serious kidney operation this week.
  
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• Alliance chief Naomi Long to take some time off for surgery

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alliance leader Naomi Long is going into hospital today for surgery to address a long-term illness.
  
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• All calm on streets of Belfast as rival parades and protests pass off quietly

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A heavy security presence ensured four protests in Belfast yesterday passed off peacefully - with only a fraction of the expected crowds at some of them.
  
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• Actor Rea's F-word rant over Foster provokes DUP rebuke

  07-08-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A war of words has erupted between Oscar-nominated actor Stephen Rea and the DUP over the film and theatre star's use of the 'F-word' against Arlene Foster.
  
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