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• Budget 2017: Lack of Northern Ireland Executive could halt nurse pay rise

  22-11-2017 22:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The lack of a Northern Ireland Executive could prevent Northern Ireland nurses getting a pay rise.
  
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• Northern Ireland Open: Home favourite Mark Allen crashes out

  22-11-2017 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Allen is out of the Northern Ireland Open after losing a final frame decider to China's Tian Pengfei in Belfast.
  
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• Arson attack on Northern Ireland home - resident suffers smoke inhalation

  22-11-2017 21:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A home in Conlig, Co Down has been targeted by arsonists.
  
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• Hyponatraemia report due in January

  22-11-2017 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The inquiry, which was set up in 2004, looked into the deaths of five children in hospitals.
  
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• CMCA Sunday Salons tackle - Materiality'

  22-11-2017 20:10
  The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., invites the public to attend a series of Sunday Salon gallery talks with artists featured in the current exhibition, "Materiality: The Matter of Matter." The Salons are scheduled for Sundays, Dec. 3, 10 and 17; and Feb. 4, at 3 p.m. CMCA's Sunday Salons are an ongoing series of engaging talks and conversations by artists and leaders in the fields of contemporary art and design.
  
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• Joseph Parker inquest: Soldier 'did not know' about death

  22-11-2017 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Soldier B was on duty the night Joseph Parker was shot dead by soldiers in 1971.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Long tailbacks after M1 crash

  22-11-2017 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow our feed for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Buncrana Pier tragedy: Heroic Davitt Walsh battled to pull boy from sinking car

  22-11-2017 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Buncrana pier tragedy rescuer held a boy's hand and attempted to pull him free from the sinking car.
  
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• PSNI job 'should not impact GAA membership'

  22-11-2017 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Players should be able to join the PSNI without it impacting their membership at a GAA club, says Brian McEvoy.
  
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• Linda Totten: Policewoman theft trial hears from shop staff

  22-11-2017 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The second day in the trial of a serving police officer accused of theft hears from supermarket staff.
  
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• Buncrana Pier inquest: Driver 'over drink-drive limit'

  22-11-2017 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Five members of a Londonderry family drowned when their car slid off a County Donegal pier last year.
  
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• Budget 2017: £540m extra for NI infrastructure

  22-11-2017 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Day-to-day spending will increase by £120m, a reduction in real terms with inflation taken into account.
  
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• Lord Mayor gets her skates on as Friendship Four fever takes over city

  22-11-2017 16:34 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Man who stole car with two children on board at Belfast retail park is jailed

  22-11-2017 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 36-year-old man who stole a car with two children on board from a busy Belfast retail park was handed a three-year sentence on Wednesday.
  
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• Drug charge Northern Ireland man tried to eat his own faeces, court hears

  22-11-2017 15:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was caught by police trying to consume his own faeces to hide the fact he had taken a Diazepam tablet, Derry Magistrate's Court heard on Wednesday.
  
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• Buncrana pier tragedy driver Sean McGrotty was three times over drink-drive limit, inquest hears

  22-11-2017 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The driver of a car which plunged off a pier in Ireland and killed five people may have been three times over the drink-drive limit, a post-mortem showed.
  
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• Buncrana pier deaths inquest: 'I could hear sirens, the nose of the car dipped...and the car sank to the bottom'

  22-11-2017 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emergency services called after a car plunged off a pier in the Republic of Ireland arrived within 12 minutes, an eye witness has said.
  
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• Petrol station boss glassed man in Belfast bar - Belfast Telegraph

  22-11-2017 14:33
  Petrol station boss glassed man in Belfast bar
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  The judge said the incident highlighted the dangers of bringing glasses and bottles onto dancefloors. 1 1 The judge said the incident highlighted the dangers of bringing glasses and bottles onto dancefloors. By Ashleigh McDonald. November 22 2017.and more »
  
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• Petrol station boss glassed man in Belfast bar

  22-11-2017 14:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Crown Court judge on Wednesday raised concerns about the potential dangers of bringing glasses and bottles onto the dancefloors of clubs.
  
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• Christmas panto in Northern Ireland: What's on in your area

  22-11-2017 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The festive season is officially in full swing and that means a host of Christmas pantomimes on offer across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Foster and O'Neill urged to travel to US to lobby for Bombardier jobs in Belfast

  22-11-2017 14:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Democratic Unionist chief Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein's Stormont Ieader Michelle O'Neill have been urged to set aside their differences and travel to Washington together to lobby for jobs at Bombardier's Northern Ireland factory.
  
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• Lough Neagh sand dredging to continue

  22-11-2017 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Officials decide it's "not expedient" to stop extraction work
  
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• Record volume of trade at Northern Ireland's ports

  22-11-2017 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  NI's ports dealt with a record volume of trade in 2016 with almost 27m tonnes of goods exported or imported.
  
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• 646 Northern Ireland pupils suspended for assaulting teachers

  22-11-2017 13:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 600 pupils were suspended in Northern Ireland last year for physical assaults on teaching staff, it has emerged.
  
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• Coveney rejects DUP's 'reckless' claims

  22-11-2017 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland's foreign minister rejects claims his government is being reckless with NI over Brexit.
  
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• MetaCompliance creating 69 jobs in Londonderry expansion

  22-11-2017 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  MetaCompliance is creating 69 jobs in an expansion of its operations in Londonderry.
  
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• Pearl of an idea

  22-11-2017 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Plans are submitted for four breeding pools to enhance the population of the Lough Foyle oyster.
  
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• Brexit: UK has 'no credible answers' to questions about Irish border, says Coveney

  22-11-2017 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK is failing to offer credible answers to the "hard questions" Ireland and the EU are asking about the fate of the border post Brexit, the Irish foreign minister has said.
  
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• Belfast man wins one of world's toughest races - Belfast Live

  22-11-2017 13:16
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  Belfast man wins one of world's toughest races
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  A Belfast runner has won one of the world's toughest races - a 155 mile trek over desert and mountains in Argentina. Neill Weir took on some of the best ultra runners there are in the 4 Deserts race which is considered one of the most prestigious ...
  
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• Man threatened by gang with knife at south Belfast house

  22-11-2017 11:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been threatened by a gang armed with a knife at a house in south Belfast.
  
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• Police hunt armed burglars who fled Belfast home - Belfast Live

  22-11-2017 11:32
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  Police hunt armed burglars who fled Belfast home
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  The PSNI is appealing for information after three masked men broke into a South Belfast home last night, and one threatened the resident with a knife. It is understood the 'aggravated burglars' fled the Cricklewood Park home with nothing. Detective ...and more »
  
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• Ronan O'Gara to leave Racing 92 to take up Crusaders coaching role

  22-11-2017 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Ronan O'Gara is to be released early from his contract with Racing 92 to take up a coaching role with Super Rugby champions the Crusaders.
  
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• 'Signal-blocking phone pouches' for St Patrick's pupils

  22-11-2017 11:10 via bbc.co.uk
  It is hoped that the pouches will help ensure pupils are not tempted to answer calls when driving.
  
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• Northern Ireland at crisis point, says Richard Haass

  22-11-2017 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Pro-Brexit NI politicians made an "historic mistake" that has contributed to a political crisis, says envoy.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Possible delays as broken down lorry on M2 southbound in Belfast

  22-11-2017 10:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Red lines and holiday nightmare

  22-11-2017 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Lines are being drawn over Brexit and the border and a boy's dream holiday ends in a "living hell".
  
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• Budget live updates - Hammond pledges £3 billion for Brexit preparations

  22-11-2017 10:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As Chancellor Phillip Hammond presents his budget to the Commons we bring you the highlights...and low-lights.
  
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• Labour MP ‘Grangela’ Rayner becomes grandmother at 37

  22-11-2017 09:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has become a grandmother at the age of 37.
  
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• Male pedestrian (78) dies after collision near Hillsborough

  22-11-2017 09:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 78-year-old male pedestrian has died following a crash near Hillsborough.
  
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• Queen's launches cyber-security hub

  22-11-2017 09:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The £5m research institute will help us learn how to keep hackers out of our homes.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards: Race is on after glorious year of Northern Ireland sport

  22-11-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards are back and this year they're going to be bigger than ever after another huge 12 months of sport in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Donegall Street fires being treated as 'deliberate' - Belfast Live

  22-11-2017 08:42
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  Donegall Street fires being treated as 'deliberate'
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  Two fires on Donegall Street in Belfast within the space of a few days are being treated as 'deliberate'. Firefighters tackled blazes on Friday and Monday night at an empty building on the street. On Friday, a fire broke out before 6pm and Donegall ...
  
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• Brexit 'could lead to united Ireland push', says Richard Haass

  22-11-2017 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brexit and the current Stormont stalemate could bring about a push for Irish unity, former US diplomat Richard Haass has claimed.
  
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• Northern Ireland takeaway could face £80k fine over illegal staff

  22-11-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A takeaway in Northern Ireland is facing a potential fine of up to £80,000 after four immigration offenders were found working there.
  
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