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• Celtic extend unbeaten run to 69 with win over Hamilton

  13-12-2017 23:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celtic extended their unbeaten domestic run to 69 games with a 3-1 win over Hamilton at Parkhead but it was far from a vintage Hoops performance.
  
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• Committee votes for abortion law change

  13-12-2017 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  A cross-party committee recommends legalising abortion 'without restrictions up to 12 weeks' in Ireland
  
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• Former HMRC employee who stole £30,000 in tax credits given suspended sentence

  13-12-2017 21:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former HMRC employee who lied about being a single parent to steal tax credits has been given a suspended sentence.
  
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• Theresa May suffers humiliating House of Commons defeat over critical Brexit vote

  13-12-2017 20:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has suffered a humiliating House of Commons defeat in a critical Brexit vote at the hands of her own MPs.
  
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• UVF killer Haggarty shot Catholic to hide double life

  13-12-2017 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Loyalist paramilitaries decided who would carry out a shooting by flipping a coin, a court hears.
  
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• Britain First video outside Islamic centre in Belfast condemned

  13-12-2017 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A video taken outside Belfast's Islamic Centre featuring independent councillor Jolene Bunting and the deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been condemned as "grotesque and offensive".
  
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• DUP MP on mission to keep Christ in Christmas

  13-12-2017 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP MP Jim Shannon tables a motion in the House of Commons about the "real meaning" of Christmas.
  
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• The new Belfast Rapid Transit 'Glider' vehicle arrives in Belfast

  13-12-2017 17:04 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Politicians vote to end constitutional restriction on abortion

  13-12-2017 16:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Politicians have voted to end the constitutional restriction on abortion and give women access to the procedure up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy.
  
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• Poll: Which Star Wars film is the best? Cast your vote

  13-12-2017 15:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Last Jedi will be hitting cinemas worldwide this week - once again igniting the debate of which of the Star Wars films is the best.
  
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• Northern Ireland accountant stole £120k from his Freemason lodge

  13-12-2017 15:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former senior member of the Freemasons was jailed on Wednesday for a year after he admitted stealing over £120,000 from his own lodge.
  
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• Izzy Dezu dies during Under-16s football match

  13-12-2017 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Tributes are paid to Izzy Dezu, 16, who became ill very suddenly during a Schoolboys League game.
  
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• Belfast nail bar woman 'is no gangster's moll', drug trial hears

  13-12-2017 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland businesswoman allegedly linked to seizures of more than £800,000 worth of cannabis is no gangster's moll, the High Court heard today.
  
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• 'What is the DUP' makes Google's top UK trending queries of 2017

  13-12-2017 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP made Google's top UK trending queries of 2017.
  
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• 'Angry and sickened'

  13-12-2017 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  It is feared thieves took the ashes after mistaking them for drugs.
  
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• US payments firm to create 170 jobs in Belfast - Irish Times

  13-12-2017 13:33
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  Cayan, the US payments company, plans to establish a new support centre in Belfast which will create 170 jobs. The Boston-headquartered technology company, which provides payment processing services to businesses, first set up a technology development ...
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• Northern Ireland health workers to get 1% pay award

  13-12-2017 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland health workers are to get a 1% pay award.
  
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• Department of Agriculture writes off £5m in farmer overpayments

  13-12-2017 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The money was paid out in error to more than 11,000 farms between 2007 and 2013.
  
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• Older Volunteers celebrated at Age-friendly Awards in City Hall

  13-12-2017 13:21 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Peter Kay cancels stand up tour due to 'unforeseen family circumstances'

  13-12-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Peter Kay's first live stand-up tour in eight years has been cancelled due to "unforeseen family circumstances", the comedian has said.
  
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• Boeing acting 'spitefully' in Bombardier trade dispute

  13-12-2017 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The US aviation firm is questioned by MPs over Bombardier trade dispute that threatens Belfast jobs.
  
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• 'Idiot' who kissed Celtic badge as flute band paraded past Lurgan war memorial fined £150

  13-12-2017 12:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An “idiot” who repeatedly kissed the badge on his Celtic top as a flute band paraded past a war memorial was fined £150 on Wednesday and told to “wise up.”
  
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• Domestic abuse at highest level in Northern Ireland as PSNI launch Christmas campaign

  13-12-2017 12:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI responded to 147 calls for help on New Year's Day last year, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Ashes of twins who died at birth are stolen in west London burglary

  13-12-2017 12:11
  Police call on thieves who broke into home in Richmond to return box, as officers in Belfast report similar incident
  A box containing the ashes of twins who died at birth has been stolen during a burglary in west London.Police are appealing for help to catch the thieves who broke into the house in Richmond on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Boeing challenge against Bombardier over US C Series sales 'spiteful' says MP

  13-12-2017 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boeing's challenge to rival Bombardier over the sale of its part-Belfast made jets is “spiteful”, a Westminster committee has heard.
  
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• Irish Sea fishing quota rise worth £3.6m

  13-12-2017 11:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The amount of cod that Northern Ireland's fishing fleet can catch is increased by almost 400%.
  
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• North Belfast: Baby's ashes stolen in burglary - BBC News - BBC News

  13-12-2017 10:56
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• Premier League scores: Manchester United v Bournemouth, Swansea v Man City - plus tables and fixtures

  13-12-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has questioned Manchester City's behaviour in the wake of the post-derby fracas.
  
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• Premier League scores: Manchester United v Bournemouth, Swansea v Man City, Liverpool v West Brom, West Ham v Arsenal - plus tables and fixtures

  13-12-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has questioned Manchester City's behaviour in the wake of the post-derby fracas.
  
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• Premier League live scores: Manchester United v Bournemouth, Swansea v Man City, Liverpool v West Brom, West Ham v Arsenal - plus tables and fixtures

  13-12-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has questioned Manchester City's behaviour in the wake of the post-derby fracas.
  
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• Belfast mum's anguish as baby Holly's ashes stolen - 'it's like losing her twice'

  13-12-2017 10:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A baby girl's ashes have been stolen during a burglary in Belfast.
  
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• Baby girl's ashes stolen by Belfast burglars

  13-12-2017 10:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A baby girl's ashes have been stolen during a burglary in Belfast.
  
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• Warning of more wintry weather for Northern Ireland

  13-12-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Motorists were urged to remain vigilant today as wintry conditions look set to continue across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Newry's dismal Christmas tree got festive makeover ... thanks to Belfast Telegraph

  13-12-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A CHRISTMAS tree that was branded "disgusting" by locals has been revamped after a public outcry.
  
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• Davis’s final plea to Tories as ‘Commons revolt’ threatens to derail Brexit bill

  13-12-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Davis has written to MPs in a last-ditch attempt to avert a Tory revolt and potential Commons defeat for the Government’s Brexit legislation.
  
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• Brexit withdrawal deal will be put to MPs ‘well before’ UK leaves EU, says May

  13-12-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has insisted that MPs will be given a vote on the Brexit withdrawal deal as she faced the prospect of a Tory revolt and first Commons defeat on the issue.
  
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• Trending with Meghan

  13-12-2017 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Other most searched topics included the UK general election and the crypto-currency Bitcoin.
  
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• 'Paedophile sting' video at Belfast Tesco - police warning to vigilante group

  13-12-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI says enquiries are continuing after a vigilante group posted a video claiming to show a paedophile arriving at a north Belfast supermarket to meet what he thought would be a 14-year-old boy.
  
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• 'F*** the DUP' tea towels on sale at English bookshop

  13-12-2017 08:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England's premier radical bookshop has began selling tea towels with a forthright anti-DUP slogan.
  
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• Little Leah's pride after organ donor mum she never got to meet saved five lives

  13-12-2017 08:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An eight-year-old girl who never got the chance to meet her mum as she died shortly after childbirth has told of her pride that she saved five people's lives through organ donation.
  
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• Northern Ireland man Philip Hagan (25) found dead in Philadelphia

  13-12-2017 08:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sudden death of a 25-year-old Co Armagh man in America has been described as a "devastating loss for his family and the entire local community".
  
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• Northern Ireland care home worker faces patient ill-treatment trial

  13-12-2017 08:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Antrim woman charged with the ill-treatment of three mental health patients in a residential care home will go on trial in the new year, a judge has ordered.
  
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• Northern Ireland stately home is latest in growing list of film locations

  13-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A stately home in Co Antrim owned by a pharmaceutical tycoon has a new role as the backdrop to the filming of one of The Canterbury Tales.
  
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• Clerical solution

  13-12-2017 07:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Permanent deacons can carry out services such as baptisms and weddings - but can also marry.
  
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• Murderous acts of supergrass witness outlined at sentence hearing

  13-12-2017 03:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The murderous confessions of a loyalist paramilitary commander-turned-supergrass witness have been outlined in graphic detail during a sentence hearing.
  
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• Limited jail time expected for former loyalist paramilitary turned informer

  13-12-2017 03:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former loyalist paramilitary turned supergrass informer is due to be sentenced later.
  
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