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• 'I'm still alive,' Kasabian's Tom Meighan says on return to stage after illness

  25-08-2017 23:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rockers Kasabian are to announce details of their rescheduled Belfast concert next week.
  
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• Man who spent 44 days on the lam during Maine crime spree pleads guilty to 38 charges

  25-08-2017 22:43
  A Waldoboro man pleaded guilty Tuesday to 38 charges in connection with a fall 2016 crime spree that included three narrow escapes from police, several burglaries, a car theft, and a police standoff .
  
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• Buckingham Palace incident: Police injured while restraining man armed with knife

  25-08-2017 22:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police after two officers received minor injuries outside Buckingham Palace, the Metropolitan Police has said.
  
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• Mary McAleese fears border checks are inevitable post-Brexit

  25-08-2017 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-Irish president says she will be heartbroken if Brexit means showing her ID at the border.
  
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• Person 'neutralised' after Brussels soldiers attacked by knife man

  25-08-2017 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Soldiers have "neutralised" a man in the centre of Brussels, Belgium's anti-terror crisis centre said, amid media reports that the man may have been shot after attacking troops with a knife.
  
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• Man who attacked Brussels soldiers with knife shot and killed

  25-08-2017 22:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belgian soldiers shot dead a man in the centre of Brussels after he attacked troops with a knife, police said.
  
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• UK's Northern Ireland Brexit plan 'magical thinking' and peace can't be used as bargaining chip: EU

  25-08-2017 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The European Union has warned the UK it won't allow Northern Ireland to be used as a "bargaining chip" in the Brexit negotiations, saying proposals so far from London on the border were "magical thinking".
  
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• Kasabian to perform Reading and Leeds Festival after cancelled Belfast gig

  25-08-2017 18:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rockers Kasabian are scheduled to perform at Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend, days after cancelling a gig in Belfast at the last minute.
  
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• Boyfriend bought tragic teen Emma Doogan more drugs after seeing her take 'dreadful' cocktail of booze and pills, court hears

  25-08-2017 17:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The boyfriend of a teenager who died of a suspected overdose had allegedly brought her more drugs after seeing her take a "dreadful" cocktail of booze and pills, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Two tourists injured at popular north Antrim coast attractions

  25-08-2017 17:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two tourists have been rescued by the Coastguard following separate incidents at popular tourist attractions on the north Antrim coast.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Last Saturday parades and Derry Pride march

  25-08-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Emergency services attend Dundrod three-car crash

  25-08-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Disruptions expected this weekend

  25-08-2017 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Woman who damaged fiance's car with drill avoids jail

  25-08-2017 16:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who used a drill to damage her former fiance's car, before poisoning his plants and putting superglue in his house door lock, has avoided jail.
  
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• Ballymena man who boasted about being able to smuggle 'big loads' of drugs jailed

  25-08-2017 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Ballymena man who boasted in a text message "I am the only one that can get the big loads in" was jailed on Friday for the role he played in a drugs operation.
  
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• Lord Mayor gets ‘bee-hind’ conservation at opening of zoo’s new ‘Buzz Stop’!

  25-08-2017 16:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Prison officer accused of smuggling drugs into Maghaberry claims he acted under threat from an inmate, High Court hears

  25-08-2017 15:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A prison officer accused of smuggling drugs into a high-security jail claims he acted under threat from an inmate being held for "grave" offences, the High Court heard on Friday.
  
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• Punishment shooting left Derry man with 'the worst injuries solicitor had ever seen', court hears

  25-08-2017 15:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Derry man who was the victim of a so called punishment shooting which according to his solicitor left him with "the worst injuries I have ever seen" took Xanax on top of his prescription medication and "basically has no recollection of the last two days".
  
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• Watch: Daniel O'Donnell, Eamonn Holmes, Barry McGuigan among famous names paying tribute to Father Brian D'Arcy

  25-08-2017 15:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fermanagh is saying goodbye to one of its best known and best loved priests this week.
  
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• Belfast security alert ends - object removed for examination

  25-08-2017 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The security alert in north Belfast has ended.
  
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• Northern Irish universities beat out UK rivals for employment

  25-08-2017 14:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Graduates from Northern Ireland's Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) are more likely to be employed after leaving university than their peers that studied in England, Scotland or Wales, new figures have shown.
  
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• Two men arrested in Londonderry accused of loyalist paramilitary activity

  25-08-2017 14:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives in Londonderry have arrested two men accused of violent loyalist paramilitary activity under the Terrorism Act.
  
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• Floods and terror

  25-08-2017 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  A 'helicopter attack' and tributes to a popular priest also make the NI weekly papers.
  
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• Map of coastal Maine farmers' markets expanding from Down East to midcoast

  25-08-2017 13:22
  Last August, the Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets released a map that connected Washington County's farmers' markets to free outdoor recreation areas so that visitors to the markets could take advantage of both while in the area. One year later, the federation has received funding to extend that trail of farmers' markets down the coast, reaching as far south as Bath.
  
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• Gareth Hutch murder: Extradited man charged in Dublin

  25-08-2017 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A man extradited from the UK appears in a Dublin court charged with murder
  
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• Pictured: James Dornan stops off for a quick bacon sandwich in Dungiven

  25-08-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Staff at Silky's Bistro in Dungiven had quite the surprise on Friday morning when actor Jamie Dornan popped in to grab a quick breakfast.
  
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• Sinn Fein's O'Dowd warns Stormont Executive will not bring 'utopian society'

  25-08-2017 13:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein's John O'Dowd has warned that a restored Stormont Executive would not bring about a "utopian society".
  
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• Pensioner dies after being knocked down while walking along promenade

  25-08-2017 12:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 78-year-old man has died in a road traffic accident in Newcastle, Co Down.
  
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• Runwood Homes to pursue 'all legal remedies' to keep Ashbrooke Care Home open

  25-08-2017 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Runwood Homes is set to explore all "legal remedies" in a bid to keep Ashbrooke Care Home in Enniskillen open.
  
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• Travel updates: Cannes, Glasgow and Belfast - Financial Times

  25-08-2017 12:20
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  More than 600 yachts will be on display at the Cannes Yachting Festival next month — from a 9ft Williams Minijet rib to a 164ft Cerri Cantieri Navali superyacht capable of carrying 21 people at 30 knots. The event, which is celebrating its 40th ...
  
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• What's on: 9 things to do in Northern Ireland this Bank Holiday Weekend

  25-08-2017 12:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  From music and sports to theatre and family-friendly fun - there's plenty going on across Northern Ireland this Bank Holiday Weekend.
  
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• HMRC brings winding-up order against Belfast beer technology business Brewbot

  25-08-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast beer-making robot technology firm Brewbot looks set to go under after the taxman filed a petition to wind up the company, it can be revealed.
  
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• Bomb alert at Co Down home of prison warder

  25-08-2017 10:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A prison officer is believed to have been the target of a suspect device discovered in the driveway of a house in Co Down last night.
  
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• Male pedestrian dies after Co Down crash - teen arrested

  25-08-2017 10:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 78-year-old man, who died following a single-vehicle crash in Co Down, has been named.
  
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• Private papers and pig head

  25-08-2017 10:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Government interest in Catholic cardinal and unionist willingness to compromise comes to light.
  
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• Declassified papers

  25-08-2017 09:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The former taoiseach's views are outlined in newly released confidential state papers.
  
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• Treasury was reluctant to help compensate struggling Europa

  25-08-2017 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Europa Hotel almost closed at the height of the Troubles due to repeated attacks by terrorists.
  
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• State Papers revealed: Treasury was reluctant to help compensate struggling Europa

  25-08-2017 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Europa Hotel almost closed at the height of the Troubles due to repeated attacks by terrorists.
  
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• State Papers revealed: NIO under fire for giving only 'safe Catholics' top public jobs

  25-08-2017 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former deputy leader of the SDLP once accused the NIO of selecting only "safe Catholics" for public appointments - and singled out previous Alliance Party chief Sir Oliver Napier as an example.
  
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• State Papers revealed: Molyneaux believed SDLP had no interest in making NI work and wanted a nationalist police force for nationalist areas

  25-08-2017 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster Unionist leader Jim Molyneaux believed the SDLP had no interest in Northern Ireland making political progress and would rather Catholics felt like "Sudeten Germans", previously classified papers reveal.
  
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• State Papers revealed: Blowing up border roads proved costly for everybody

  25-08-2017 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Closing border roads using explosives during the Troubles would distress and harm local residents, officials feared.
  
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• NIO under fire for giving only 'safe Catholics' top public jobs

  25-08-2017 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former deputy leader of the SDLP once accused the NIO of selecting only "safe Catholics" for public appointments - and singled out previous Alliance Party chief Sir Oliver Napier as an example.
  
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• Molyneaux believed SDLP had no interest in making NI work and wanted a nationalist police force for nationalist areas

  25-08-2017 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lack of optimism among political leaders for progress and fears about Government bias against the minority over quango appointments among the issues highlighted.
  
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• Blowing up border roads proved costly for everybody

  25-08-2017 08:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Closing border roads using explosives during the Troubles would distress and harm local residents, officials feared.
  
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• Northern Ireland jails watchdog retires but can’t yet be replaced

  25-08-2017 08:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland will have no prisons watchdog from September unless a new Executive is formed.
  
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• Unions and politicians lay into Belfast Trust over its £26m cuts plan

  25-08-2017 08:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Anger boiled over at a meeting of the Belfast Trust where a draft savings plan aimed at pulling back more than £26 million was outlined.
  
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