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• 'That's the maddest thing I've ever done' says Frampton after Lee Johnston takes him on Ulster Grand Prix lap

  09-08-2017 23:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lee Johnston and Carl Frampton had an evening of banter and serious topics as they discussed their career highlights to raise money for the road racer's charity 'F13k Cancer' in aid of Marie Curie.
  
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• Ireland get World Cup off to a winning start against Australia

  09-08-2017 23:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hosts Ireland clung on to claim a nail-biting 19-17 Women's Rugby World Cup opening win over Australia in Dublin.
  
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• Mum thanks public who helped son who 'almost lost his leg' in Northern Ireland hit and run

  09-08-2017 22:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother has thanked members of the public who came to her son's aid after he "almost lost his leg" in a hit-and-run at the weekend.
  
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• Ex-FBI agent and daughter guilty of killing her husband

  09-08-2017 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The father and daughter beat her husband so badly that pieces of his skull fell off in an autopsy.
  
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• Police renew appeal over attack on taxi driver in Derry

  09-08-2017 22:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have renewed their appeal for information about an attack on a taxi driver in Londonderry
  
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• Donald Trump's former campaign chairman's home searched by FBI

  09-08-2017 21:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  FBI agents searched one of the homes of US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
  
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• Belfast grammar school pupils sanctioned after A-level exam details 'leak' probe

  09-08-2017 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pupils at two Belfast grammar schools have received sanctions after a probe into an alleged leak of details from an A-level exam.
  
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• Q&A: Co Down singer Ryan McMullan talks local heroes and touring with Ed Sheeran

  09-08-2017 17:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Co Down singer Ryan McMullan is about to embark on his first solo headline tour, and with fans such as Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance and Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, big things are predicted for the Portaferry man.
  
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• Glen Campbell: Derry remembers Rialto Theatre gig

  09-08-2017 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The late country music star wore a Derry City scarf and performed Danny Boy at the Rialto Theatre.
  
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• Irish vet's English fails Australian computer visa test

  09-08-2017 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A computer tells Louise Kennedy her native spoken English is not good enough for an Australian visa.
  
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• Child sex grooming network convicted in Newcastle

  09-08-2017 16:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Under-age girls and vulnerable young women were taken to parties in Newcastle and groomed with drugs before being raped and sexually abused, it can now be reported.
  
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• Company defends major pig farm plan

  09-08-2017 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The development would hold 13,000 pigs and produce 22,000 tonnes of slurry and nitrogen-rich water a year.
  
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• No Northern Ireland Assembly means no change to 1955 e-bike law: Stormont officials

  09-08-2017 16:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont officials have said the lack of a working political system in Northern Ireland means out-dated laws around the use of e-bikes will not be changed.
  
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• Mother, wife, and Belfast intelligence agent, Part I

  09-08-2017 15:10
  Married to Dr. Nahum Parker and involved in the social whirl of Belfast, Ann Sarah Monroe mingled easily with middle- and upper-class families in her native Belfast in the early 1860s. Then Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, and Ann's innocuous involvement in the Underground Railroad morphed into passionate support of the war effort.
  
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• Former Troubles soldier 'would shake hands of man who killed friend'

  09-08-2017 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former British soldier who served in Northern Ireland during the 1990s has said that he would shake the hand of the man that killed his friend in a bomb attack.
  
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• Frampton among superheroes to give cancer-battler Jayden Morrow (6) fitting farewell at funeral

  09-08-2017 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral has been held for little east Belfast boy Jayden Morrow who sadly lost his battle against cancer.
  
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• Man and woman arrested over murder of ex-UDA commander Geordie Gilmore

  09-08-2017 12:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives from the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch have arrested a 37-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman in connection with the murder of ex-UDA commander George 'Geordie' Gilmore.
  
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• UUP hits out after Danny Kinahan poster placed on bonfire

  09-08-2017 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UUP has hit out at bonfire builders in the New Lodge area of Belfast after an election poster of former South Antrim MP Danny Kinahan was placed on the pyre.
  
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• Popular Northern Ireland ice cream shop The Rinkha closed after burglary

  09-08-2017 10:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Popular ice cream parlour The Rinkha has had to temporarily close its doors after a burglary.
  
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• Police on hunt for BMW driver after vehicle mowed down six soldiers in Paris 'deliberate' attack

  09-08-2017 09:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six people were injured when a vehicle slammed into soldiers guarding a Paris suburb, French police said.
  
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• National Trust members hit out at four-hour waits at Carrick-a-Rede

  09-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The National Trust has come under fire from disgruntled members, who say they face frustrating waits of up to four hours at the popular Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge.
  
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• Feile an Phobail event imagines how 'New Ireland' will accommodate all... but doesn't invite unionists

  09-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A West Belfast Festival event focusing on how Protestants would be accommodated in a united Ireland has come in for criticism for its exclusively nationalist panel.
  
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• DUP councillor backs Belfast Pride as party splits spill into open

  09-08-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor has gone further than any other politician in the party on gay rights by voicing direct support for the Belfast Pride parade.
  
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• Police release close-up image of bullet used in 'barbaric' Derry shooting

  09-08-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have released images from the scene of the shooting of a 33-year-old man by four masked men which they described as "barbaric".
  
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• Derry shooting victim's attackers at war with community: MLA Mullan

  09-08-2017 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been shot four times in the legs and abdomen in a paramilitary attack.
  
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• Twin brother of man killed in Lurgan released by police

  09-08-2017 08:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The twin brother of a murder victim in Lurgan questioned by police investigating the killing has been released.
  
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• Revealed: The personal side to Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill's relationship

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill has said she has no problem working with Arlene Foster and that the two women share "common ground" on many issues.
  
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• Reformed prisoner Glen Connor shoulders cross on epic walk for charity funds

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former prisoner from Co Londonderry has his cross to bear - while walking over 130 miles of the north coast.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Tempo Road closed near Lisbellaw after crash

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Delays and diversions

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Nacho Novo on the shock of his death threat, and how Glentoran support helped him through

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Rangers star Nacho Novo has opened up about the difficult time in his life after receiving a death threat from dissident republicans last year when he was playing for Irish League side Glentoran.
  
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• Homosexuals are God's children too, mum of two gay sons says in letter to DUP man Wells

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down mother of two gay sons has written an emotional open letter to the DUP's Jim Wells after the Assemblyman severed his long-term ties with the National Trust over its support for LGBT rights.
  
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• Belfast council's bonfire policy up in smoke as firm quits contract

  09-08-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council's policy on removing material from bonfires lies in tatters after the contractor employed withdrew its services following violence in nationalist areas.
  
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• Following the Yardmen

  09-08-2017 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A new walking tour explores the lives of those who helped transform Belfast from a town to a city.
  
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• NI house sales survey suggest 'mixed picture' in market

  09-08-2017 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of sales reaches a 10-year high but average price falls slightly, latest figures suggest.
  
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• Tributes paid after Ulster teacher Craig Church found dead in China

  09-08-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man from Northern Ireland has been found dead following an incident in China. Craig Church, from Portstewart, is understood to have died after falling down a number of flights of stairs.
  
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• Common Ground fair tickets on sale

  09-08-2017 01:31
  Tickets for the 2017 Common Ground Country Fair are on sale at retail outlets throughout Maine and online through brownpapertickets.com . Fairgoers who purchase tickets in advance enjoy significant savings, as well as go directly to the front of the ticket lines.
  
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