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• BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Coach award for sprint trio Blomkvist, Malcolm & Maguire

  17-12-2017 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm, who helped GB's men's 4x100m team to world gold, win Coach of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality awards.
  
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• Voting figures: Jonathan Rea was this close to beating Mo Farah for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

  17-12-2017 22:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Rea is BBC Sports Personality of the Year runner up 2017.
  
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• Jonathan Rea named BBC Sports Personality of the Year runner up

  17-12-2017 22:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Rea is BBC Sports Personality of the Year runner up 2017.
  
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• Boy, 16, assaulted in Londonderry

  17-12-2017 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  A 16-year-old boy is in a stable condition in intensive care after suffering head and face injuries in an assault.
  
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• Over 400 GAA stars take part in 'homeless crisis sleep-outs'

  17-12-2017 19:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over 400 GAA stars have taken part in "homeless crisis sleep-outs."
  
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• Sold a pup: The Bangor woman left with a £1,000 bill

  17-12-2017 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A County Down woman bought a French Bulldog, believing it had all the correct documentation, only to find out it had a fake passport.
  
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• Faking it

  17-12-2017 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A Bangor woman is left with a big bill after unwittingly buying a puppy with a fake passport.
  
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• Two men arrested after boy (16) assaulted in Londonderry

  17-12-2017 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was assaulted in Derry.
  
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• Watch: Belfast Telegraph Born2Run - Kilbroney

  17-12-2017 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph's Born2Run has returned with the fourth race, this time in Co Down.
  
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• Born2Run at Kilbroney - full results, pictures and video

  17-12-2017 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph's Born2Run has returned with the fourth race, this time in Co Down.
  
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• Ryanair offer last-minute talks with union in bid to stop pilot strike

  17-12-2017 16:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ryanair has offered last-minute talks with an Irish pilots' union on Tuesday in a bid to stave off a threatened pre-Christmas strike.
  
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• James McClean: Footballer is named RTE Irish sportsperson of 2017

  17-12-2017 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Republic of Ireland footballer James McClean is named as RTE's Irish Sportsperson of 2017.
  
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• Runaway prisoner James Valliday arrested in north Belfast

  17-12-2017 15:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A prisoner who has been unlawfully at large from Maghaberry Prison has been found in Belfast.
  
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• Irish Government 'needs to repair relationship with DUP'

  17-12-2017 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Government's relationship with the DUP needs to be repaired, a minister said.
  
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• Prince Harry quizzed Barack Obama for Today programme interview

  17-12-2017 13:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry has interviewed Barack Obama for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
  
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• Jewellery, engagement ring and wedding band stolen in Ballynahinch burglary

  17-12-2017 12:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A large amount of jewellery, an engagement ring and a wedding band have been stolen from a house in Ballynahinch.
  
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• Mausoleum to be late hotelier's final resting place

  17-12-2017 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hotel tycoon Sir William Hastings will be laid to rest in a mausoleum he had specially built in the grounds of Down Cathedral.
  
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• Man charged following Dunmurry burglary

  17-12-2017 10:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged following a burglary in Dunmurry on Saturday.
  
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• Bookmaker apologises over tweet of blackface darts fan dressed as Diane Abbott

  17-12-2017 09:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bookmaker accused of racism after it posted a picture of a darts fan blacked-up as politician Diane Abbott has apologised.
  
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• Bookmaker accused over blackface Diane Abbott tweet

  17-12-2017 09:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bookmaker has been accused of racism after it posted an “impressive” picture of a man blacked-up as politician Diane Abbott on social media.
  
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• Six killed and one critically injured in multi-vehicle crash in Birmingham

  17-12-2017 08:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six people have died in an early morning crash involving a taxi and two cars in Birmingham.
  
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• New warships and planes at risk due to doubt over MoD savings – MPs

  17-12-2017 08:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Plans for new warships, planes and armoured vehicles could be put at risk because of concerns about the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) ability to find more than £7 billion in savings, a parliamentary committee has warned.
  
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• May’s hopes of bespoke trade deal with EU dealt blow by Barnier

  17-12-2017 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has dealt a blow to Theresa May’s hopes of a bespoke trade deal with Brussels.
  
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• May vows to seek trade deals with other countries despite EU rules

  17-12-2017 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will tell MPs that the UK will seek to sign trade deals with countries around the world despite potentially being bound by European Union rules for around two years after Brexit.
  
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