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• Belfast's Saint Patrick’s Day Custom House Square gig to 'go ahead'

  11-10-2017 22:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The under-threat St Patrick's Day concert in Belfast has been given the go ahead following a Belfast Council Committee meeting on Wednesday.
  
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• Belfast woman's horror after eating partially RAW chicken burger from takeaway - Belfast Live

  11-10-2017 22:27
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  Belfast woman's horror after eating partially RAW chicken burger from takeaway
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  A Belfast woman claims she was left severely ill after eating a partially raw chicken burger from a fast-food takeaway. Mairead O'Neill says she was struck down with food poisoning that left her unable to work for three days after consuming part of the ...and more »
  
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• Police appeal for missing man (30) in Belfast

  11-10-2017 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of missing man, Lukasz Karpinki.
  
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• 'Positive meeting' over possible Libyan terrorism compensation task force

  11-10-2017 19:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A meeting between Boris Johnson and a cross-party delegation on the issue of compensation for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism has been described as "positive".
  
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• RHI overspend could hit £700m, High Court hears

  11-10-2017 18:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Overspend in Northern Ireland's botched Renewable Heat Incentive scheme could have reached £700m, the High Court heard on Wednesday.
  
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• Male chauvinism towards female staff in PSNI 'brushed under carpet,' court hears

  11-10-2017 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alleged sexualised touching and harassment of female police staff was "brushed under the carpet" amid misogyny and male chauvinism within the PSNI, the High Court has heard.
  
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• A New Street Was Meant to Bridge Belfast's Sectarian Divide. Then the Doorbell Rang. - New York Times

  11-10-2017 17:45
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  A New Street Was Meant to Bridge Belfast's Sectarian Divide. Then the Doorbell Rang.
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  The flag of the Ulster Volunteer Force flies at the entrance of Cantrell Close, part of a housing project built to pioneer a new system of mixed housing for both Catholics and Protestants in East Belfast. Credit Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York ...
  
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• PSNI warning after pensioners in Ards targeted by phone fraudsters

  11-10-2017 17:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has issued a warning after pensioners in Ards have been targeted by a scam with someone claiming to be from HMRC.
  
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• Pressure mounts on Assembly Speaker Newton to immediately quit £87k role

  11-10-2017 17:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pressure has increased on Assembly Speaker Robin Newton to immediately quit his position.
  
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• Irish FM Coveney hopeful for Stormont talks success

  11-10-2017 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish foreign minister Northern Ireland's power-sharing negotiations have reached a "sensitive" point.
  
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• Frontline health service cuts avoided after £40m funding award

  11-10-2017 15:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A series of cuts to frontline health services in Northern Ireland have been averted in the short-term after an additional £40 million was diverted from other Stormont departments.
  
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• Department of Health gets £40m cash injection - but urgent reform needed, it says

  11-10-2017 15:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An additional £40m has been made available for the Department of Health.
  
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• Sword of Jacobite who fought King William on display at Orange museum

  11-10-2017 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A historic sword once belonging to a Catholic Jacobite soldier who fought King William at the Battle of the Boyne has gone on display at the Museum of Orange Heritage in Loughgall.
  
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• Powersharing talks at 'critical point' as Sinn Fein urges DUP MLA to resign

  11-10-2017 15:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Talks aimed at restoring powersharing at Stormont have reached a "sensitive" point, Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said.
  
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• Teen accused of attempting to blackmail Belfast carwash was making prank calls, court hears

  11-10-2017 15:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager accused of trying to blackmail the owner of a Belfast carwash was just making prank calls, a court heard on Wednesday,
  
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• Belfast man injured trying to rescue dogs from arson attack house

  11-10-2017 14:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is being treated in hospital after he attempted to enter his burning house as he thought his dogs were inside.
  
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• Smart Belfast framework and collaborative challenge

  11-10-2017 14:21 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 'Brexit will create hard border in Ireland' - stark warning to MPs from academics

  11-10-2017 13:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There will be a hard border dividing Northern Ireland and the Republic if the UK leaves the Customs Union after Brexit, a group of academics has told the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.
  
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• 13 people implicated by UVF supergrass Gary Haggarty will not be prosecuted

  11-10-2017 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has announced that it will not prosecute 13 individuals implicated by UVF supergrass Gary Haggarty.
  
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• American Pie singer Don McLean announces Belfast show

  11-10-2017 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Acclaimed singer-songwriter Don McLean will perform in Belfast next year.
  
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• Woman questioned after Jim Wells' complaint over anti-DUP banner at Belfast Pride parade

  11-10-2017 12:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who carried an anti-DUP placard bearing a swear word at the Belfast Pride parade has been interviewed by police.
  
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• Watch: Prime Minister's Questions - Theresa May addresses Commons

  11-10-2017 12:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will face questions from MPs for the first time since Parliament broke for the conference recess.
  
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• Watch: Jeremy Corbyn backs Bombardier workers during Prime Minister's questions

  11-10-2017 12:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backed the Bombardier workers during Wednesday's Prime Minister's questions.
  
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• Bombardier: Belfast workers to press MPs on Boeing row - BBC News

  11-10-2017 12:18
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  Bombardier: Belfast workers to press MPs on Boeing row
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  MPs have joined Bombardier workers outside the Houses of Parliament in a campaign to protect jobs in Belfast. The workers, along with the trade union, Unite, displayed a large banner stating "#BackBombardier". Bombardier, a Canadian aerospace ...
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• Bombardier: Belfast workers to press MPs on Boeing row

  11-10-2017 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Workers from Belfast meet MPs to press the government on the Boeing trade dispute.
  
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• Charter NI: Speaker rejects claims he misled assembly

  11-10-2017 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Democratic Unionist Party MLA Robin Newton says he "will not be a candidate for speaker in any new assembly".
  
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• Energy Healer at Parkinson's Group

  11-10-2017 10:21
  Home Health Conference Room, 125 Northport Ave., Belfast. Professional energy healer Kristin Jacobson RN, CMH, BHSP, speaks to the Waldo County General Hospital Parkinson's support group about energy healing.
  
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• DUP's Newton to stand down as Speaker - and rejects BBC claims he misled Stormont

  11-10-2017 10:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP Speaker Robin Newton has rejected allegations made in a BBC Spotlight programme he misled the Assembly but said he will not seek re-election to the position.
  
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• Chancellor facing major deficit in Budget after outlook forecast

  11-10-2017 10:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Philip Hammond is facing a public finances black hole in next month's Budget after the economic watchdog warned it would have to "significantly" slash its productivity growth forecasts.
  
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• Belfast man (19) charged with blackmail and threats to kills in paramilitary probe

  11-10-2017 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating paramilitary activity have charged a 19-year-old in Belfast with blackmail, making threats to kill and damage to property.
  
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• Omagh: Paramedic attacked twice during call-out

  11-10-2017 09:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A female paramedic suffered a head injury after being punched and beaten during a call-out.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Crash on M1 countrybound J3 Blacks Road

  11-10-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Broken down vehicle on Belfast Westlink cleared

  11-10-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Paper Review: Speaker row, Star Wars and a pet blessing

  11-10-2017 08:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A Stormont speaker row, Star Wars and a church service for pets feature in the papers.
  
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• DUP Assembly Speaker Newton 'misled Stormont' over role at ex-prisoners' charity Charter NI

  11-10-2017 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont speaker Robin Newton allegedly misled the Assembly on the exact nature of his role within Charter NI, a BBC programme claimed last night.
  
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• Watch: Man arrested after shocking video of rush hour road rage in Northern Ireland

  11-10-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving following an altercation at Northway in Portadown.
  
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• Theresa May stresses importance of Bombardier jobs to Northern Ireland economy in Trump talks

  11-10-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has directly pressured Donald Trump again over the transatlantic trade row that threatens thousands of Bombardier jobs in Northern Ireland.
  
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• My daughter Cara was 'born sleeping', now I want to help other mothers who lost babies

  11-10-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eilish Telford should be buying her youngest child Cara her first Halloween costume.
  
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• Laurence Shaw's brother says he was 'killed like an animal'

  11-10-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The grieving family of Larne murder victim Laurence 'Lornie' Shaw say they are struggling to accept that their beloved brother was brutally "killed like an animal".
  
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• Belfast's St Anne's Cathedral expecting huge flock for pet service

  11-10-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All creatures great and small have been invited to St Anne's Cathedral this weekend as it launches its first pets' service.
  
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• Prescription pill warning after death of Derry woman on cocktail of drugs

  11-10-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The death of a woman poisoned by three prescribed drugs should serve as a warning about the risks of drug combinations and taking more than the stated dose, a coroner has warned.
  
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• Contemplative, kindly, unassuming: the never before seen photographs of Seamus Heaney that capture the soul of the poet

  11-10-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When Mairead Henry, a keen amateur photographer, accompanied her journalist husband Lee to interview the Nobel Prize winner at his Dublin home in 2012, little did she think she would take the picture of a lifetime.
  
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• Calling James McClean a 'hero' leaves some Bet365 customers fuming

  11-10-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An English betting firm has been urged to rethink its advertising strategy after branding controversial Republic of Ireland footballer James McClean a 'hero'.
  
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• BMA wants more NI doctors from non-grammar schools

  11-10-2017 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 90% of NI medical students are from grammar schools but BMA wants a more diverse workforce.
  
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• Maine's islands using small size to attract mainland students

  11-10-2017 06:05
  Islesboro Student Emily Lau leads a "personalized pathway" meeting with her teachers, including guidance counselor Jess Woods and English teacher Kristen Kelley. Science teacher John Kerr and English teacher Kristen Kelley co-teach a class on nature writing, with a small class of about 10 students, at the Islesboro Central School.
  
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• Ellis-Beauregard artists on WRFR

  11-10-2017 01:20
  The Oct. 17 show of "The 21st Century Bohemian," hosted by Teresa Piccari, will feature a roundtable discussion with the four recipients of the Ellis-Beauregard Artist Residency program. The program airs Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. on WRFR-LP, 93.3 Rockland/99.3 Camden.
  
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