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• FAI report alleged racist abuse of Cyrus Christie to police

  20-11-2017 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The Football Association of Ireland refers allegedly racist abuse of Cyrus Christie to police.
  
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• Five 'lucky to escape serious injury' after gas explosion at Northern Ireland home

  20-11-2017 23:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Five people were said to be lucky to escape serious injury after a gas explosion in their home in Newry.
  
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• Special court sittings to review faulty electronic tag sentences

  20-11-2017 22:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Special court sittings have been called to review the convictions of 14 people found to have tampered with their electronic tags after it was revealed the fault may have been the equipment’s.
  
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• Further moves to direct rule 'inevitable,' says DUP's Foster ahead of PM meeting

  20-11-2017 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said that while she wants devolution in Northern Ireland restored further moves toward direct rule appear "inevitable" unless there is a change in direction in talks.
  
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• Watch: 'You disrespectful little s**t' - Phil Taylor blasts behaviour of Northern Ireland darts star Gurney

  20-11-2017 19:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Darts legend Phil 'The Power' Taylor has hit out at Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney after the 31-year-old didn't pour him a glass of water during a match on Saturday night.
  
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• Drivers jailed for pensioner death crash

  20-11-2017 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  69-year-old David John Ritchie was killed while driving on the Glenshane Road in April 2013.
  
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• David Ritchie: Drivers jailed over death of pensioner

  20-11-2017 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  69-year-old David John Ritchie was killed while driving on the Glenshane Road in April 2013.
  
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• Hospital staff members are suspended

  20-11-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Four staff members are suspended from an Antrim hospital as police investigate claims of ill-treatment.
  
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• Barnier challenges UK on post-Brexit border proposals

  20-11-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU Brexit negotiator says it is unclear what the UK is willing to commit to in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Waldo women in the West Gallery

  20-11-2017 19:28
  "Women Artists of Midcoast Maine" is on view through Dec. 12 in the West Gallery of River Arts, Route 1. There will be a public reception for the artists, all from Waldo County, Friday, Dec. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. Women Artists of Midcoast Maine is a group of women from the Belfast area who banded together several years ago to support and promote their artwork. The artists have different backgrounds and styles, but their unity comes from their love of, and commitment to, art.
  
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• Is Sinn Féin leadership a one-horse race?

  20-11-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Mary Lou McDonald is the clear favourite to succeed Gerry Adams as the next president of Sinn Féin.
  
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• Blaze erupts in same Belfast building which caught fire just days ago

  20-11-2017 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fire broke out in a Belfast city centre building for the second time in the past few days.
  
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• Pair injured after meat cleaver assault by gang in Newtownabbey

  20-11-2017 16:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been injured following an assault by a gang armed with a meat cleaver in Newtownabbey.
  
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• Care home staff excluded amid police probe into conduct

  20-11-2017 16:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four staff members at a residential facility for vulnerable adults have been excluded from work amid a police investigation into concerns about their conduct.
  
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• Hotel Employment Academy (HEA)

  20-11-2017 16:39 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Irish Premiership: Coleraine not panicking despite reduced lead

  20-11-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Oran Kearney says there is no panic in the Coleraine camp despite seeing their lead in the Irish Premiership reduced to two points.
  
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• Autumn internationals: Joey Carbery ruled out of Ireland's Test against Argentina

  20-11-2017 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland fly-half Joey Carbery will miss their autumn international against Argentina because of a wrist fracture.
  
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• Nicole Fegan, 12, dies in Newry beach buggy crash

  20-11-2017 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Nicole Fegan, 12, died after a beach buggy on which she was a passenger crashed with another vehicle in Newry.
  
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• Toy gun may have been used to hijack woman's car in north Belfast, court hears

  20-11-2017 15:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A toy gun may have been used to hijack a woman's car on the outskirts of north Belfast, a court heard on Monday.
  
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• TV producer in court on grooming charges

  20-11-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Kieran Creaven, from Dublin, appears in court in Leeds charged with two grooming offences.
  
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• RTÉ producer in court on grooming charges

  20-11-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Kieran Creaven, from Dublin, appears in court in Leeds charged with two grooming offences.
  
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• Vandals damage eight hospital vehicles in Belfast

  20-11-2017 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Criminals smash windows and break into hospital buses in Belfast, causing £4,500 worth of damage.
  
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• Three face trial over suspected loyalist attack on bouncer in Carrick

  20-11-2017 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three Carrickfergus men are to stand trial over a suspected loyalist feud attack on a pub bouncer in the town, a judge ordered on Monday.
  
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• Anne Brolly hits out at Sinn Féin's abortion stance

  20-11-2017 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  A former Sinn Féin councillor says the party's abortion stance is still unclear to voters.
  
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• More than £4k of damage done to Royal hospital vehicles in Belfast

  20-11-2017 14:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than £4000 worth of damage has been done to a number of hospital transport vehicles at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
  
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• Frank Warren planning additional fight for Carl Frampton

  20-11-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Promoter Frank Warren believes Carl Frampton should look for another opponent before challenging for a world title next summer.
  
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• Electronic tags fault leads to review of 'tampering' convictions

  20-11-2017 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  It is understood faulty electronic tags were weakened by household products, to the extent some fell off.
  
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• Marion Millican murder: Fred McClenaghan given 13-year sentence

  20-11-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A man who murdered Marion Millican at her Portstewart workplace is sentenced to 13 years.
  
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• TV sports producer accused of sending lewd message to '13-year-old girl'

  20-11-2017 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A television sports producer allegedly messaged that he "felt horny" to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, a court has heard.
  
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• Shocking images of Marion Millican launderette murder scene released as killer McClenaghan sentenced

  20-11-2017 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who killed his former partner with a shotgun in the Portstewart launderette where she worked was on Monday handed a miniumum sentence of 13 years for her "tragic and traumatic" murder.
  
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• 'They showed me the gun and told me to lie on floor' - teen victims' paramilitary shooting horror

  20-11-2017 13:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two teenagers, who were victims of so-called punishment shootings, have described the night they were shot - as the PSNI reveal the number of attacks have doubled over the past year.
  
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• NI child heart patients going to Dublin triple in number

  20-11-2017 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Between January and September this year, 23 children travelled to Dublin from Northern Ireland.
  
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• What's on: 11 things to do in Northern Ireland - November 20-26

  20-11-2017 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There's loads happening across Northern Ireland this week from music to film, sports to theatre - so here's a handy list of the top events to put in your diary.
  
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• Man stabbed in Armagh assault

  20-11-2017 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is being treated in hospital for stab wounds after an assault in a house in Armagh.
  
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• 'I was screaming when they shot me'

  20-11-2017 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  "Thomas" tells the Victoria Derbyshire programme what it's like to undergo a "punishment attack".
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: M2 crash cleared

  20-11-2017 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow our feed for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Crash on M2 near Duncrue Street - long delays with 3 lanes blocked

  20-11-2017 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow our feed for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• I'm A Celebrity: Ant and Dec joke as presenter returns to TV following rehab

  20-11-2017 11:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I'm A Celebrity returned to ITV on Sunday night, marking Ant McPartlin's return to television following a period on rehab.
  
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• Firefighters tackle 12-hour Mallusk fire

  20-11-2017 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Some 50 firefighters and 11 appliances battled the flames at a waste management plant.
  
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• Derry alert an 'elaborate hoax' after residents leave homes

  20-11-2017 10:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A security alert in the Carnhill area of Londonderry has been declared an "elaborate hoax" after residents were evacuated from their homes.
  
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• Editor apologises for publishing Michaela McAreavey death scene photos

  20-11-2017 10:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The editor of a Mauritian newspaper who published graphic photographs of the body of murdered Michaela McAreavey has apologised.
  
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