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• Maine Outdoor Film Fest tour in Belfast

  30-08-2017 23:33
  The Maine Outdoor Film Festival tour will come to the Midcoast Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. to screen selections from the 2017 MOFF on the outside wall of Waterfall Arts, 256 High St. Attendees should bring their own blankets and/or lawn chairs.
  
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• Girl, 5, shot herself in the head with father's gun, police say

  30-08-2017 23:33
  An autopsy has shown that a five-year-old girl who died in the US had picked up her father's gun and shot herself in the head. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/girl-5-shot-herself-in-the-head-with-fathers-gun-police-say-36086044.html An autopsy has shown that a five-year-old girl who died in the US had picked up her father's gun and shot herself in the head.
  
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• Belfast girl, 5, accidentally shot herself with father's gun, police say

  30-08-2017 23:33
  The State Medical Examiner's Office determined that the shooting that killed a 5-year-old girl in Scarborough Monday night was accidental, a state police spokesman said Wednesday. Elise Dorr of Belfast died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after taking the .45 caliber handgun from her father's backpack, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said in a Wednesday afternoon statement.
  
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• Belfast girl, 5, accidentally shot herself with father's gun, police say - Bangor Daily News

  30-08-2017 22:30
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  Belfast girl, 5, accidentally shot herself with father's gun, police say
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  Police cars block off a part of Milliken Road in Scarborough while investigating the shooting of a child at a home there. By Seth Koenig, BDN Staff. Follow on Twitter · Find on Facebook. Posted Aug. 30, 2017, at 4:30 p.m.. The State Medical Examiner's ...
  Belfast girl, 5, died of accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, MSP saysWCSH-TV
  UPDATE: Young Belfast girl dies from accide
  
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• Derry alert: Homes evacuated during police operation

  30-08-2017 20:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of houses have been evacuated in Londonderry due to a security alert.
  
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• Derry alert: Homes evacuated during operation

  30-08-2017 20:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of houses have been evacuated in Londonderry due to a security alert.
  
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• Tiesto gig assault could leave teenager with permanent eye damage

  30-08-2017 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  PSNI say the 16-year-old may have permanent vision damage after the attack on Saturday.
  
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• O'Neill sure Evans transfer saga won't disrupt Northern Ireland's preparations

  30-08-2017 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael O'Neill is confident Jonny Evans' transfer saga will not derail Northern Ireland's San Marino preparations, with the centre-back's future still unresolved heading into the window's final stages.
  
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• William and Harry view tributes left in memory of Diana

  30-08-2017 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry have made a personal pilgrimage to view the floral tributes left in memory of their mother as Harry confessed "all of us lost somebody".
  
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• Diana: William and Harry view tributes left in memory of late mother

  30-08-2017 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry have made a personal pilgrimage to view the floral tributes left in memory of their mother as Harry confessed "all of us lost somebody".
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to defrauding south Belfast community ... - the Irish News

  30-08-2017 19:23
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  Woman pleads guilty to defrauding south Belfast community ...
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  A Belfast woman has admitted defrauding more than £15000 from an organisation of which murdered ex-IRA leader Gerard 'Jock' Davison was a director.and more »
  
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• Man arrested at Belfast airport in Nama sale probe

  30-08-2017 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested and later released by officers investigating the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) sale.
  
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• Nama: Third person arrested in investigation

  30-08-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  A man arrested by the National Crime Agency was later released on police bail.
  
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• Public hearing on Belfast's rangeways tonight

  30-08-2017 18:43
  City officials are inviting the public to comment tonight on a plan for Belfast's rangeways and rights-of-way to the water. The hearing, to be held Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Belfast Boathouse, will focus on 11 public access routes to the bay, including: The city did a comprehensive survey of its rangeways in 2009 and found 17 public ways, including two disputed access points and one public access to a pond .
  
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• Northern Ireland ESA rate double that in Britain

  30-08-2017 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance has gone up since last year.
  
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• Northern Ireland floods: Autism centre remains closed

  30-08-2017 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The Londonderry support centre will remain closed 'for a few weeks' because of flood damage.
  
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• Former Ulster Unionist John McCallister appointed to Human Rights Commission

  30-08-2017 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Assembly member John McCallister has been appointed to the Human Rights Commission.
  
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• Family welcomes new meningitis test

  30-08-2017 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast's Hospital for sick children is trialling a test for meningitis that should speed up diagnosis.
  
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• Family welcome new meningitis test

  30-08-2017 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Meningitis: Family welcome prospect of quicker diagnosis
  
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• Police say 'nothing was found' in Belfast human head search 'after children said they discovered remains while ... - The Sun

  30-08-2017 17:30
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  Police say 'nothing was found' in Belfast human head search 'after children said they discovered remains while ...
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  POLICE searching woodlands have said they have found nothing after reports that three children found a human head while playing near North Belfast. Police said they had conducted an "extensive search" of wasteland around Ballygomartin Road after ...
  Children find human head in Belfast - police investigate reportBelfast Telegraph
  Three children 'find human head'
  
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• Carl Frampton: Eddie Hearn wants former world champion back at Matchroom

  30-08-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Promoter Eddie Hearn says he will give Carl Frampton a Belfast fight with Leo Santa Cruz if he returns to his Matchroom stable.
  
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• Serious assault after Belfast concert may leave boy, 16, partially blinded

  30-08-2017 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenage boy could be left partially blinded following a serious assault after a Vital concert in Belfast.
  
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• Court orders police and military files disclosure in Miami Showband collusion case

  30-08-2017 16:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police and military chiefs have been ordered to disclose intelligence files in a major legal action over alleged collusion with loyalist terrorists behind the Miami Showband massacre.
  
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• Councillor McShane assaulted police officer during Twelfth parade

  30-08-2017 14:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland councillor who was involved in a flare-up during a Twelfth parade in Ballycastle has received a suspended jail term.
  
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• Warrenpoint to investigate racial abuse claim in League Cup tie

  30-08-2017 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Warrenpoint Town confirms it is investigating an alleged case of racial abuse against one of its players during a League Cup match against Lurgan Celtic.
  
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• Cash cuts mean disabled Antrim boy can't access school toilets

  30-08-2017 14:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland mother has spoken of her frustration because her son, who has cerebral palsy, cannot access facilities at his school.
  
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• Children find human head in Belfast - police investigate report

  30-08-2017 14:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are conducting a series of searches in Belfast believed to be in relation to the find of a human head.
  
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• No Irish language act, no Assembly return: Gerry Adams

  30-08-2017 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams has said there will be no restoration of the Stormont institutions unless there is an Irish language act.
  
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• SDLP wants Belfast council to reject Donald Trump White House invite

  30-08-2017 13:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP is proposing a motion for the Lord Mayor of Belfast to reject an invitation to Donald Trump's White House for next year's St Patrick's Day celebrations.
  
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• Brexit talks: Ireland on agenda in Brussels Brexit talks

  30-08-2017 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish border and UK-EU relations after Brexit are on the agenda for Brussels talks.
  
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• Remembering Diana, Her Life and Legacy - don't miss Belfast Telegraph's free supplement

  30-08-2017 12:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As a nation marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Belfast Telegraph pays a very special tribute with our commemorative supplement.
  
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• Lord Mayor launches the Belfast International Arts Festival 2017

  30-08-2017 11:51 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Underwhelming?

  30-08-2017 10:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Wednesday's papers carry criticism of the sentence of a man whose blackmail led to a teenager's death.
  
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• 20 years on, flowers and tributes back at gates of Diana's palace

  30-08-2017 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  He stands just beyond those great and famous gates, one hand rakishly on hip, a cane in the other. A sword hangs from the waist of his frock coat. His boots are spurred and his wide hat is festooned with plumes.
  
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• Lough Erne tragedy mum Annette Preston planned to sail Shannon next year, mourners hear

  30-08-2017 09:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mourners at the funeral of the mother-of-two tragically drowned in a boating accident on Lough Erne heard how her family and a whole community have been left numbed by this unexpected, sudden and tragic death.
  
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• Ex-Celtic star Joe Miller sets record straight on claims of sectarian abuse at Belfast ground

  30-08-2017 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Celtic star Joe Miller has reignited the controversy over allegations that he and his team-mates were subjected to sectarian abuse during a visit to Linfield's Windsor Park stadium in the 1990s, when laser pens were also supposedly shone at them during a friendly game.
  
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• Warrant issued for man who stole Twaddell camp flag

  30-08-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man has been convicted of stealing an Ulster flag from a loyalist protest camp in the north of the city two years ago.
  
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• Texas deluge: You cannot prepare for this, says Northern Ireland man caught up in devastation

  30-08-2017 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland people caught up in Tropical Storm Harvey as it devastated the US city of Houston have been talking about living through a once in 1,000 years weather event.
  
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• Could Spanish “Superblocks” make Belfast Greener, Quieter and a Nicer Place to be? - Slugger O'Toole

  30-08-2017 09:23
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  Could Spanish “Superblocks” make Belfast Greener, Quieter and a Nicer Place to be?
  Slugger O'Toole
  So much of our modern city space is dedicated to cars, the needs of the automobile take priority in almost every city's layout. This causes pedestrians and cyclists to be pushed to narrow pavements and cycles lanes, both having to navigate through ...
  
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• Antrim man denies indecency in forest charge

  30-08-2017 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent behaviour in a Co Antrim forest.
  
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