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• More than 40% of students sexually assaulted told no one, new survey shows

  15-08-2017 23:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Calls have been made for more education on sexual consent across Northern Ireland, following the publication of data on the sexual assaults experienced by Queen's University students.
  
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• Andersonstown Leisure Centre: Planning permission granted for £25million project - Belfast Live

  15-08-2017 23:17
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  Andersonstown Leisure Centre: Planning permission granted for £25million project
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  The existing Andersonstown Leisure Centre will be demolished and replaced with a state-of-the-art new multi-purpose leisure facility, with an emphasis on water based family fun. In a statement on Tuesday night, the council said that the poolside area ...
  
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• Man (48) arrested over paramilitary-style shooting in Derry

  15-08-2017 22:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 48-year-old man has been arrested in Londonderry in connection with a paramilitary-style shooting.
  
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• I cried when my dad accepted me as a drag queen - Belfast Live

  15-08-2017 22:28
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  I cried when my dad accepted me as a drag queen
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  A gay man from West Belfast has told of the moment he broke down in tears when his dad accepted him as a drag queen. Paul Morgan O'Donoghue, 26, first came out to his parents John, 64, and Christina, 63, when he was 16. He said that while his mother ...
  
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• Green Party's Bailey makes formal complaint about Edwin Poots' tweet

  15-08-2017 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Green Party MLA has submitted a formal complaint to the Assembly’s standards watchdog over a tweet by the DUP’s Edwin Poots in the wake of controversy over Prince George being branded a "gay icon".
  
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• Challenges for Belfast housing plans - Belfast Telegraph

  15-08-2017 20:49
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  Challenges for Belfast housing plans
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  Belfast City Council has a responsibility to influence the development of many features affecting the standard of living of its residents, none more important than the social consequences of a continuing increase in population above the current 339,000.and more »
  
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• Irish League Round-Up: Adam Foley nets a VERY quick hat-trick as Glenavon blast Ballinamallard and five teams keep up perfect records

  15-08-2017 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Adam Foley netted a 12 minute hat-trick to mark his first match back in blue at Moureview Park as Glenavon blasted Ballinamallard 6-2.
  
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• Adam Foley nets a VERY quick hat-trick as Glenavon blast Ballinamallard and five teams keep up perfect records

  15-08-2017 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Adam Foley netted a 12 minute hat-trick to mark his first match back in blue at Moureview Park as Glenavon blasted Ballinamallard 6-2.
  
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• Environmental survey on A6 £160m expansion not fit for purpose, court hears

  15-08-2017 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Analysis of the ecological impact of building a major new road scheme near landscape made famous by poet Seamus Heaney is not fit for purpose, the Court of Appeal heard today.
  
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• Life-saving machine stolen from outside Newtownards shop

  15-08-2017 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A life-saving defibrillator machine has been stolen from outside a shop in Newtownards.
  
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• Green MLA Clare Bailey takes DUP's Edwin Poots to task over tweet

  15-08-2017 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Ms Bailey said 5,000 people joined in a Green Party petition against the former health minister.
  
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• Lesley-Ann McCarragher: Second accused cannot be found

  15-08-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Lesley-Ann McCarragher, 19, died last April after being hit by a car on Monaghan Road in Armagh.
  
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• Murder inquiry into death of Joseph Deacy in Swinford

  15-08-2017 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  A 21 year old from St. Albans was found injured outside a house in County Mayo on Saturday.
  
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• Man arrested for alleged online threats against Neil Lennon

  15-08-2017 18:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested in connection with alleged threatening comments made online against Hibernian manager Neil Lennon.
  
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• Leo Varadkar: Irish student fails to recognise taoiseach

  15-08-2017 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Dublin woman asked Leo Varadkar if he was Irish, before seating him at a "tiny table".
  
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• Trooper, K-9 Unit help track down elderly man lost in the woods

  15-08-2017 18:00
  Maine State Police Trooper G.J. Neagle and his K-9, Draco, responded to Belfast to help local law enforcement track the elderly man, who suffers from dementia. The man wandered into a wooded area behind Consumers Fuel Co.
  
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• South Belfast play park closed after vandals make it unsafe for kids - Belfast Live

  15-08-2017 17:54
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  South Belfast play park closed after vandals make it unsafe for kids
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  Belfast City Council has been forced to close a South Belfast play park because vandals have made it unsafe for kids. Damage was caused to the Roden Street park off the Donegall Road last week and it's now been closed as repairs are carried out to the ...
  
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• Margaret Henderson: PPS reviewing three-year sentence for killing pensioner Eddie Girvan

  15-08-2017 17:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors in Northern Ireland are to examine whether there is a legal basis to appeal the length of sentence handed down to a mother-of-two who killed a pensioner.
  
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• Orange Order stray to 'avoid a riot', court hears

  15-08-2017 17:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Organisers of a march protesting at a deal to enable a controversial Orange Order parade through north Belfast strayed from their permitted route to avoid a riot, a court has heard.
  
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• GARC parade against Orange march deal strayed from route to 'avoid a riot', court hears

  15-08-2017 17:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Organisers of a march protesting at a deal to enable a controversial Orange Order parade through north Belfast strayed from their permitted route to avoid a riot, a court has heard.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Striker Robbie McDaid joins Glentoran

  15-08-2017 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Glentoran boost their attacking options by signing former Glenavon and York City striker Robbie McDaid.
  
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• Eddie Girvan killer's 'lenient sentence should be reviewed'

  15-08-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  There are calls for the case of high-on-drugs killer to be referred to Court of Appeal.
  
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• Londonderry bonfire: Police and public attacked

  15-08-2017 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Police officers and public struck with bottles and petrol bombs, ahead of contentious bonfire being lit.
  
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• Traffic restrictions as £120000 road improvement scheme begins in north Belfast - the Irish News

  15-08-2017 16:16
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  Traffic restrictions as £120000 road improvement scheme begins in north Belfast
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  A £120,000 resurfacing scheme is due to get underway on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast next week. The work is to begin on Monday August 21 and is due to finish on the following Monday. It will involve the resurfacing of the carriageway from 642 ...
  Disruption on Crumlin Road throughout August due to £120000 improvement workBelfast Liveall 2 news articles »
  
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• Man (27) arrested in ongoing investigation of un-notified Lurgan parade

  15-08-2017 16:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 27-year-old man has been arrested in the Craigavon area in connection with an investigation into a un-notified parade.
  
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• Lord Mayor meets the staff and animals at Belfast Zoo

  15-08-2017 15:49 via youtube.com
  
  
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• RHI boiler inspections to get under way

  15-08-2017 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The number being visited, at least in the initial stage, is nowhere near the 100% promised.
  
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• RHI boiler site inspections to begin after contractor appointed

  15-08-2017 15:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The inspections are set to begin of the botched Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme boiler sites.
  
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• Belfast actor to return home as part of UK stage tour of Bronte classic Jane Eyre - Belfast Live

  15-08-2017 15:03
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  Belfast actor to return home as part of UK stage tour of Bronte classic Jane Eyre
  Belfast Live
  A Belfast actor has told of his excitement at coming home to tread the boards for the first time in 12 years in a critically acclaimed new production of Jane Eyre. Paul Mundell, who has appeared in Emmerdale several times, will take on a number of ...
  
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• Paramilitaries 'exploiting political vacuum'

  15-08-2017 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Increasing paramilitary attacks are "directly related" to NI being without a government, it is claimed.
  
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• PSNI launch operation to ensure Northern Ireland door staff are licensed

  15-08-2017 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has launched a special operation to make sure all door staff at bars in Northern Ireland are licensed.
  
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• Ryan McBride mural unveiled in Londonderry

  15-08-2017 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The former Derry City captain Ryan McBride
  
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• House prices continue to rise in Northern Ireland

  15-08-2017 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The average cost of a home in Northern Ireland is £128,650.
  
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• PSNI carrying out searches in Co Londonderry in dissident republican activity probe

  15-08-2017 13:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI's Serious Crime Branch are conducting searches in Learmount Forest Park, Claudy.
  
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• 'Near misses' at crossings

  15-08-2017 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Translink shares CCTV footage to drive home the message about rail safety.
  
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• Breathtaking footage of 'near misses' at railway crossings and on tracks

  15-08-2017 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Translink shares CCTV footage to drive home the message about rail safety.
  
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• Watch: Translink release footage of terrifying near misses at level crossings in summer safety warning

  15-08-2017 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Translink has released shocking footage of a series of near misses as they issue a warning about taking risks at level crossings.
  
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• Apology over Indian blood donation 'embarrassment'

  15-08-2017 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A "communication breakdown" meant 100 members of the Indian community were not allowed to give blood.
  
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• Watch shocking near misses on Translink level crossings - Belfast Live

  15-08-2017 12:57
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  Watch shocking near misses on Translink level crossings
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  Watch the shocking near misses which have happened on Translink level crossings across the country. Translink released CCTV footage which shows a series of terrifying close calls at level crossings and platforms at various locations on the network in a ...and more »
  
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• UK government to unveil post-Brexit border plan on Wednesday

  15-08-2017 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  It says a temporary customs union could be put in place at the UK's borders after Brexit
  
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• Watch: CCTV footage shows cars being damaged in Co Tyrone

  15-08-2017 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  CCTV has captured the shocking footage of the moment 30 vehicles were vandalised in Coalisland.
  
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• George Best childhood pitch Cregagh Green protected

  15-08-2017 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Cregagh Green is where one of the world's greatest footballers first flashed his talents in the 1950s.
  
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• House prices on the rise: Here's how much a home will cost you across Northern Ireland

  15-08-2017 12:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  House prices in Northern Ireland have risen by 3.1% in the space of just three months, new official figures have shown.
  
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• Ciaran McKeever: Armagh defender retires from inter-county game

  15-08-2017 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Armagh defender Ciaran McKeever announces his retirement from inter-county football after 14 years with the Orchard county.
  
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• Christian Lealiifano thought he would never play rugby again after leukaemia

  15-08-2017 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia international Christian Lealiifano says there were times during his recovery from leukaemia that he thought he would not play rugby again.
  
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