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• Kasabian cancel Belfast gig at the last minute because of 'illness' - Independent.ie

  22-08-2017 23:48
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  Kasabian cancel Belfast gig at the last minute because of 'illness'
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  Ticket-holders who queued for hours in the rain shared their frustration following the late announcement. Kasabian. By Francesca Gosling. August 22 2017 9:43 PM. 0 Comments. Kasabian cancel Belfast gig at the last minute because of 'illness'. Independent.
  Kasabian speak out after last minute Belfast gig cancellationNME.com
  Kasabian say 'severe vomiting' led to Belfast gig cancellationthe Irish News
  
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• City of Belfast Honors Maine Celtic Celebration Organizer Bob MacGregor

  22-08-2017 22:10
  Over eleven years ago, a group of Belfast area residents joined together to develop a new summer event in the wake of the demise of the Belfast Bay Festival, formerly known as the Broiler Festival. While the Bay/Broiler Festival was developed to honor the chicken-processing heritage of Belfast, the new group decided to reach further back into Belfast's history to celebrate the Scots-Irish heritage of colonial Belfast, which was named after Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  
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• Where was the preparation? SDLP's Eastwood hits out at flooding response

  22-08-2017 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Statutory agencies have questions to answer over their reaction to flash floods which hit many parts of Northern Ireland.
  
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• Watch: Flash flooding hits parts of Northern Ireland and thousands without power as weather causes havoc

  22-08-2017 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Flash flooding has hit parts of Northern Ireland as the Met Office extended its weather warning across the country.
  
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• Man charged with GBH over city centre bar assault - part of man's ear bitten off

  22-08-2017 21:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have charged a man with grievous bodily harm following an attack in Belfast city centre bar in which a man had part of his ear bitten off.
  
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• Six people struck by car in Dublin

  22-08-2017 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Gardaí (Irish police) say the incident on Tuesday evening was not a hit and run.
  
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• Man critically injured in Fermanagh weekend crash dies

  22-08-2017 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man critically injured in a crash in Newtownbutler at the weekend has died.
  
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• Celtic reach Champions League with Astana aggregate win

  22-08-2017 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celtic progressed into the Champions League as expected but the 4-3 second-leg defeat in Astana was their first of the season although they ran out 8-4 winners on aggregate.
  
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• World Cup fact-file

  22-08-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Facts and figures about one of the biggest events in women's sport, which comes to a climax this weekend.
  
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• Police probe sudden death of Portadown teenager

  22-08-2017 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the sudden death of a teenager in Portadown.
  
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• Masked Belfast dad who entered home of ex-partner with knife put on probation - Belfast Telegraph

  22-08-2017 17:46
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  Masked Belfast dad who entered home of ex-partner with knife put on probation
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  Belfast Crown Court heard the early morning incident was witnessed. 1 1 Belfast Crown Court heard the early morning incident was witnessed "in part" by the former couple's 13-year-old daughter. By Ashleigh McDonald. August 22 2017. 0 Comments ...and more »
  
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• Post-mortems on Ballymena men Rodney McDowell and Mark McPeake 'inconclusive'

  22-08-2017 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Post-mortems carried out on the bodies of two men who died in Ballymena estate on Sunday have proved inconclusive, police have said.
  
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• Call for Stormont to approve North-South interconnector plan

  22-08-2017 17:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Business body CBI Northern Ireland has called for "urgent clarity" and for plans to be approved for the northern side of the North South Interconnector project.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Heavy rain causes havoc across Northern Ireland

  22-08-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Belfast Road, Saintfield reopens after crash

  22-08-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Belfast Road, Saintfield closed after crash

  22-08-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• James Brokenshire won't say when NI talks will resume

  22-08-2017 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Secretary of State James Brokenshire said he "would come forward with further information in my own way".
  
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• People are being sidelined in Belfast's housing crisis - The Guardian

  22-08-2017 16:00
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  People are being sidelined in Belfast's housing crisis
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  'Across Northern Ireland, Catholics wait significantly longer for housing than Protestants.' Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo. Society. People are being sidelined in Belfast's housing crisis. Dawn Foster. Discrimination still exists in housing Catholics ...
  
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• World Championships: Magees through to last 16 in Glasgow

  22-08-2017 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Sam and Chloe Magee progress to the last 16 in the World Badminton Championships mixed doubles after an impressive victory.
  
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• Ardoyne residents' group members convicted over 'un-notified public procession'

  22-08-2017 15:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Five members of a nationalist residents' grouping have been convicted of participating in an unlawful march protesting at a deal to enable a controversial Orange Order parade through north Belfast.
  
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• Belfast Road blocked in both directions due to road traffic collision - Belfast Live

  22-08-2017 15:44
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  Belfast Road blocked in both directions due to road traffic collision
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  Motorists are being advised to avoid the Belfast Road in Saintfield this afternoon following a road traffic collision. The crash on the A7 Belfast Road between Saintfield and Carryduff is currently affecting traffic flow in both directions. PSNI are ...
  Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Belfast Road, Saintfield closed after crashBelfast Telegraphall 3 news articles »
  
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• Northern Ireland greenhouse gases slashed by 30% since 1990

  22-08-2017 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Greenhouse gas emissions in Northern Ireland fell by 29% per person between 1990 and 2015.
  
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• Masked Belfast dad who entered home of ex-partner with knife placed put on probation

  22-08-2017 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 44-year-old father of four who entered the home of his ex-partner whilst masked and brandishing a knife was placed on two years probation on Tuesday.
  
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• Yellow weather warning for rain in Northern Ireland

  22-08-2017 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  There may be some localised flooding later on Tuesday, as thundery downpours are expected.
  
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• Man arrested over Colin Horner murder at Bangor supermarket released

  22-08-2017 14:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 46-year-old man arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Colin Horner has been released.
  
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• Man arrested over Colin Horner murder at Bangor supermarket

  22-08-2017 14:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 46-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Colin Horner.
  
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• Pressure group loses appeal to stop high-power electricity line across border

  22-08-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Opponents of a controversial cross-border high-power electricity line have lost their attempt to stop the project.
  
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• North-South interconnector plans upheld

  22-08-2017 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The £200m scheme will connect the two power grids via 138km of overhead lines between Tyrone and Meath.
  
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• Londonderry pensioner rescued from burning house

  22-08-2017 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A woman in her 70s says she is lucky to be alive after a fire at her home in Londonderry.
  
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• Sinn Fein pushes for statues of two female Irish republicans at City Hall

  22-08-2017 14:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has proposed that statues of historical female republicans are erected at Belfast's City Hall, amid concern that this could complicate efforts for a proposed memorial to almost 1,000 people killed during the 1941 Belfast Blitz.
  
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• Man attacked police station with paint because he believed officer had mocked him, court hears

  22-08-2017 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man attacked a police station with tins of paint because he believed an officer had mocked him, a court heard on Tuesday.
  
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• Belfast bar a winner at annual Sky Bar of the Year Awards

  22-08-2017 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast bar was a winner at the annual Sky Bar of the Year Awards in Dublin.
  
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• Watch: Game of Thrones transforms Belfast's Wolf Hill Quarry for epic battle

  22-08-2017 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The makers of Game of Thrones have been revealing how the epic battle in this week's episode was created - with Belfast's Wolf Hill Quarry at the centre of the action.
  
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• American Rugby tycoon: Belfast's Titanic Quarter could become like San Francisco port - Belfast Newsletter

  22-08-2017 12:26
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  American Rugby tycoon: Belfast's Titanic Quarter could become like San Francisco port
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  The Californian businessman and sports investor Will Chang calls into the News Letter Belfast office last week, on a transatlantic to Ireland for the women's rugby. Pic by Ben Lowry. Ben Lowry. Email. Published: 11:14 Tuesday 22 August 2017. Tonight ...and more »
  
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• Belfast woman guilty of £62k benefit fraud

  22-08-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been convicted at Belfast Magistrates' Court for claiming £62,774 benefits she was not entitled to.
  
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• Northern Ireland weather warning for heavy rain

  22-08-2017 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Certain parts of Northern Ireland have been issued with a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.
  
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• Londonderry pipe bomb attack 'may have been sectarian'

  22-08-2017 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Police investigate possible sectarian motive for 'reckless' attack at house in Londonderry.
  
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• Woman (70s) rescued from burning house in Derry

  22-08-2017 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 70s has been rescued from a house fire in Londonderry.
  
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• Aviva Stadium in Dublin to host first Pro14 final

  22-08-2017 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The final of the inaugural Pro14 will be staged at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin next year.
  
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• Jimeoin joke voted among funniest at Edinburgh Fringe

  22-08-2017 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland comedian Jimeoin has been voted at number seven in a poll ranking the funniest jokes at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
  
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• Universal credit: ID issues with Irish passport

  22-08-2017 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish passports and NI driving licences pose problems for system processing the new benefits.
  
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• Universal credit

  22-08-2017 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish passports and NI driving licences pose problems for system processing the new benefits.
  
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• Belfast's office market set for busy year - Insider Media

  22-08-2017 10:34
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  Belfast's office market set for busy year
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  Office market activity in Belfast is on course to exceed the last decade's average take-up level, according to new data, with 100,000 sq ft of space currently under offer. Lambert Smith Hampton's Belfast Office Market Report H1 2017 shows that grade A ...
  Commercial property deals expected to reach £300mBelfast Newsletterall 3 news articles »
  
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• County Antrim Shield: Linfield to start defence against Ballyclare

  22-08-2017 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Linfield will begin their bid to retain the County Antrim Shield with a first-round game against Ballyclare Comrades next month.
  
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• Viable pipe bomb found at Derry security alert - police blame loyalist paramilitary gang for 'reckless act'

  22-08-2017 10:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A viable pipe bomb was discovered outside a residential property in the Derry on Monday night - which police have described as a "reckless act" by what they believe to be a loyalist paramilitary gang.
  
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• Is cancer sufferer's redundancy discrimination?

  22-08-2017 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Disabled employees, who suffer from a physical or mental condition which has a long term and substantial effect on their day to day activities, have protection from discrimination.
  
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• Pensioner rescued from burning house in Londonderry

  22-08-2017 09:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A woman in her 70s is rescued from a house fire in the Creggan area of Londonderry
  
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• Touching funeral for mum Aundrea Bannatyne who bravely battled cancer

  22-08-2017 09:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Dundonald mother-of-two who fought a high-profile battle with pancreatic cancer has been remembered as beautiful and inspirational during a poignant funeral service.
  
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• Delays for motorists around Belfast's Central Station after crash - Belfast Live

  22-08-2017 09:01
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  Delays for motorists around Belfast's Central Station after crash
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  Motorists are being warned to expects delays after a crash close to Belfast's Central Station. The collision happened on East Bridge Street close to Central Station before 8am on Tuesday, August 22. A lane is blocked in each direction. A PSNI ...
  
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• Vet issues health warning after Belfast dogs hit by vomiting bug - Belfast Telegraph

  22-08-2017 09:00
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  Vet issues health warning after Belfast dogs hit by vomiting bug
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  A Belfast vet has issued a health warning after a "high number" of dogs in parts of south and west Belfast were hit by a sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhoea. Vets4Pets in Belfast issued the warning on its Facebook page, saying some vaccinated pets ...
  
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