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• Ulster Grand Prix: Tragedy as English rider Jamie Hodson dies at Dundrod

  10-08-2017 23:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rider who was involved in a crash in Thursday's Ulster Grand Prix has died, the Dundrod and District Motorcycle Club has confirmed.
  
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• Dundrod 150: English rider Jamie Hodson dies in crash

  10-08-2017 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  English rider Jamie Hodson dies after a crash at the Dundrod 150 National race.
  
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• McIlroy on the charge at PGA Championship

  10-08-2017 23:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy is only two shots off the early lead held by Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen at the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club, NC after 10 holes of his opening round.
  
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• Record breaker Peter Hickman wins the Dundrod 150 Superbike race

  10-08-2017 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Peter Hickman clocked a new lap record on his way to victory in the Dundrod 150 Superbike race at the Ulster Grand Prix.
  
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• Ulster's Piutau to join Bristol Rugby for 2018/2019 season

  10-08-2017 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Rugby have confirmed that Charles Piutau has agreed to join Bristol Rugby at the end of the 2017/18 season.
  
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• Man released over IRA murders of nun and officers in Armagh

  10-08-2017 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Four people were killed when an IRA landmine exploded on a road in Armagh in 1990.
  
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• Northern Ireland Open: English duo and Portuguese man Santos share Galgorm lead

  10-08-2017 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  English duo Gary King and Nick McCarthy and Portugal's Ricardo Santos lead after rounds of 66 at Northern Ireland Open.
  
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• Above & Beyond concert tribute planned to tragic North Belfast man - Belfast Live

  10-08-2017 20:11
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  Above & Beyond concert tribute planned to tragic North Belfast man
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  Family and friends of a North Belfast man who died suddenly want to honour his memory with a special message at a concert. Francis McStravick, 25, died unexpectedly on Thursday, August 3. He had been due to attend the Above & Beyond concert with a ...
  
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• Two riders involved in serious accident at Ulster Grand Prix

  10-08-2017 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two riders have been involved in a crash during the National race at Thursday's Dundrod 150 motorcycling meeting.
  
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• Omagh bombing: Families sue NI chief constable

  10-08-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Families take legal action over "failings" relating to 1998 attack that killed 29, including unborn twins.
  
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• McGrory welcomes 'impartial PPS' survey

  10-08-2017 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The survey comes months after the service was accused of being biased over prosecutions of soldiers.
  
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• Charles Piutau: Bristol to sign Ulster and New Zealand utility back

  10-08-2017 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand international back Charles Piutau signs for Bristol from Ulster on a two-year contract, starting in 2018.
  
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• 'Agitated man' arrested in Dunmurry after hijacking Subaru

  10-08-2017 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in Dunmurry has hijacked a car parked in an underground carpark in Millfort Mews, before repeatedly driving it into security gates.
  
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• The First Confession

  10-08-2017 18:51
  This is absolute sacrilege in this town - or it is in the other four wards. And I have dear friends who live in the other four wards who shop there almost exclusively.
  
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• Cloughmills community fridge is a first in Northern Ireland

  10-08-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The idea behind the community fridge in Cloughmills is take what you need and leave what you don't.
  
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• Modern slavery 'significant problem' in NI

  10-08-2017 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Thirty-four victims identified and rescued in the past year and 13 suspects arrested.
  
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• Controlled explosion carried out near West Belfast college - Belfast ... - Belfast Live

  10-08-2017 18:41
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  A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspicious object near a West Belfast college. The object, found in the Springfield Road area beside the Belfast ...
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• UUP leader meets Irish language activists

  10-08-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Robin Swann urges Sinn Féin to stop using Irish language to block restoration of Stormont executive.
  
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• Suspect in Dublin boxing weigh-in murder dies

  10-08-2017 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A suspect in a gun murder at a boxing weigh-in during a bloody gangland feud has died.
  
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• Lithuanian nationals to stand trial over heroin dealing in Belfast

  10-08-2017 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men are to stand trial following a police operation targeting suspected heroin dealing in Belfast, a judge has ordered.
  
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• Pensioners' listed thatched cottage 'falling down around them'

  10-08-2017 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Despite a gaping hole in the roof, elderly pair cannot afford the cost of listed building repairs.
  
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• Living 'in squalor'

  10-08-2017 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Despite a gaping hole in the roof, elderly pair cannot afford the cost of listed building repairs.
  
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• Lord Mayor welcomes US Tech Mission to Belfast

  10-08-2017 17:32 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Mystery surrounds case of Belfast woman 'taken' to England to commit fraud - Belfast Live

  10-08-2017 17:08
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  Mystery surrounds case of Belfast woman 'taken' to England to commit fraud
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  A Belfast woman was 'taken' to Liverpool by shadowy criminals to commit a sinister fraud after running up drug debts, a court heard. Mystery surrounded the case of Lisa Johnston, who was arrested at a HSBC bank in Old Swan with a phone bill and ...
  
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• Price worth paying?

  10-08-2017 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Promotional material for a Banbridge production of Great Expectations had to be changed.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Jeffrey says Ballymena's season aim is 'consolidation'

  10-08-2017 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballymena United manager David Jeffrey is not making bold predictions about his team's Premiership chances this season.
  
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• PSNI officer attacked with Celtic-themed baseball bat

  10-08-2017 15:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has released pictures of weapons confiscated in two incidents by one of its dog handlers.
  
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• In good health?

  10-08-2017 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Extra funding will only allow NI health service to keep hobbling along, rather than improve, says Marie-Louise Connolly.
  
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• Belfast road re-opens after suspicious object sparks security alert

  10-08-2017 15:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A security alert on the Springfield Road in west Belfast has now ended.
  
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• Belfast road closed after suspicious object sparks security alert

  10-08-2017 15:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Springfield Road in west Belfast has been closed due to a security alert.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman arrested in Spain after 'going on run with daughter' - reports

  10-08-2017 14:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland woman has been arrested in Spain after allegedly going on the run with her five-year-old daughter, it has been reported.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman arrested in Spain after 'going on run with daughter'

  10-08-2017 14:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman believed to be from Northern Ireland has been arrested after sparking an international manhunt by fleeing to Spain with her five-year-old daughter.
  
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• Bonfire at Bogside, Londonderry: Talks break down

  10-08-2017 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Talks took place to try to avoid repeat of problems associated with last year's bonfire.
  
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• Donegal farmer pays record sum for 'once in a lifetime' lamb

  10-08-2017 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  A Donegal farmer pays a record sum for his "once in a lifetime" lamb
  
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• Man arrested over 1990 Armagh bomb attack that killed four

  10-08-2017 14:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 55-year-old man has been arrested by detectives from PSNI Legacy Investigation Branch in connection with a 1990 bomb attack that killed four people.
  
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• Spence says Ireland composure was vital in opening Women's World Cup win over Aussies

  10-08-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Sophie Spence says Ireland's composure and resilience helped them see off a battling Australia side 19-17 in their Women's World Cup opener in Dublin.
  
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• Recipe for a Maine summer festival

  10-08-2017 14:06
  BDN coastal reporter Nick McCrea helps Eric Johnson, owner of EWJ Sound Production, set up staging for his sound system in preparation for the Maine Celtic Festival in Belfast. BDN coastal reporter Nick McCrea hammers stakes into the ground to make a temporary fence while working with various volunteers who were setting up for the Maine Celtic Festival in Belfast.
  
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• Irish composure 'key' in win over Aussies

  10-08-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Sophie Spence says Ireland's composure and resilience helped them see off a battling Australia side 19-17 in their Women's World Cup opener in Dublin.
  
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• Superhero send-off

  10-08-2017 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The NHS bill of a disgraced surgeon and a superhero tribute make Thursday's headlines.
  
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• Northern Ireland grammar school described pupils sanctioned after A-level exam 'leak' as 'regrettable incident'

  10-08-2017 13:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Belfast's top grammar schools has described the sanctioning of its pupils after a probe into an alleged leak of details of an A-level exam as a "regrettable incident".
  
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• Mother's horror as daughter's pony 'killed by accident by man shooting foxes' in Coleraine

  10-08-2017 13:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has told of her horror after her ten-year-old daughter's pet pony was "shot and killed by accident" just yards from their Coleraine home.
  
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• DJ Oliver Heldens cancels Belfast gig at Custom House Square

  10-08-2017 13:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Oliver Heldens has cancelled his gig at Belfast's Custom House Square next week.
  
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• Omagh bombing victims' families to sue PSNI chief constable

  10-08-2017 13:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Relatives of Omagh bomb victims are to sue Northern Ireland's police chief for investigative failings they believe let the killers escape justice.
  
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• DUP submit formal complaint over SF councillor's Enniskillen bomb comments

  10-08-2017 13:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has submitted a formal complaint to the Local Government Commissioner over the Sinn Fein head of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council's refusal to condemn the Enniskillen bomb.
  
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• Warning over Royal Mail delivery card scam hitting public with £45 phone call

  10-08-2017 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The national fraud body has warned the public to be on the look out for fraudulent 'Something For You' cards trying to con people into thinking they have a package waiting for them.
  
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• Rogue apostrophe costs Northern Ireland taxpayers more than £1k after Council sign gaffe

  10-08-2017 12:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rogue apostrophe on a promotional sign produced by a Northern Ireland council has cost the taxpayer more than £1,000 - after it was reprinted on promotional material.
  
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• Police pelted with petrol bombs while guarding murder scene

  10-08-2017 11:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police were attacked with petrol bombs while they guarded a crime scene in Lurgan.
  
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• A-level exam 'leak': Belfast grammar pupils sanctioned

  10-08-2017 11:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Nine students at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Methodist College are affected.
  
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• Concerns after Northern Ireland man confronted by 'sexual predator hunters' dies by suicide

  10-08-2017 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A child-safety expert has voiced concern after a man confronted by a self-styled group of "sexual predator hunters" died by suicide.
  
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• Cranfield beach jet ski rescue as teen's lilo swept to sea

  10-08-2017 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The teenager was found clinging to a canoe after being blown 300 metres from the beach.
  
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