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• PDC World Championship: Gurney defeats Huybrechts in opener

  18-12-2017 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland player Daryl Gurney eases into the second round of the PDC World Championship with a 3-1 win over Ronny Huybrechts.
  
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• 'It's Belfast or go blind': Bus of elderly head on eight-hour journey up North for cataract surgery - thejournal.ie

  18-12-2017 22:59
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  'It's Belfast or go blind': Bus of elderly head on eight-hour journey up North for cataract surgery
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  THIRTEEN PEOPLE REQUIRING cataract surgery travelled from Cork and Kerry to Belfast over the weekend where they had their operations carried out under the cross-border directive. The elderly group, aged in their 70s and 80s, travelled eight hours to ...
  
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• Camden man accused of torturing family for years

  18-12-2017 22:42
  A Camden man remains in jail after police said he beat and choked members of his family over many years. Among the other allegations in the arrest warrant for Senad Brkic is that he refused to get medical care for the couple's 2-year-old daughter who later died.
  
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• Father of Celtic superfan Jay Beatty slams 'disgusting' tweet about son

  18-12-2017 22:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A father of a young Celtic superfan has slammed a "disgusting" tweet about his son after they arrived home from a match in Edinburgh.
  
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• Royal Victoria Hospital workers who stole drugs jailed

  18-12-2017 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Two staff members who stole drugs from the RVH in Belfast have each been jailed for six months.
  
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• Revealed: Rates, rent, and university fees to increase under civil service budget plans

  18-12-2017 21:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont officials have laid out the bleak financial position facing public services in Northern Ireland ahead of a major budgetary tipping point for the rudderless administration.
  
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• Belfast, Mount View, Searsport enjoy pre-holiday court clashes - Republican Journal

  18-12-2017 21:56
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  Belfast, Mount View, Searsport enjoy pre-holiday court clashes
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  Photo by: Ken Waltz Belfast's Luke Lightner, left, and Stan Sturgis, right, along with Presque Isle's Adam Patterson, during a Dec. 16 high school boys basketball game. The visiting Wildcats beat the Lions 78-72. Lion/Wildcat girls I View More... Lion ...
  
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• Shankill, Ardoyne and Falls young people come together to feed homeless - Belfast Live

  18-12-2017 21:37
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  Shankill, Ardoyne and Falls young people come together to feed homeless
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  Young people from the Shankill, Ardoyne and Falls Road showed true Christmas spirit through helping out the homeless. The cross-community R City project brings together kids from Hammer and Ardoyne Youth Clubs. And last week, around 30 people aged ...
  
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• Belfast A&E doctor shines in the West End

  18-12-2017 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  A singing doctor working in Belfast gets a West End surprise.
  
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• Ulster's Best honoured with freedom of Armagh council

  18-12-2017 21:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster and Ireland captain Rory Best has been handed the freedom of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
  
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• Northern Ireland health trust in appeal to public as A&E 'extremely busy'

  18-12-2017 19:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland health trust has urged the public to only use its accident and emergency services after it was hit by an influx of people.
  
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• Rates rise warning over NI budget pressures

  18-12-2017 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Incoming ministers at Stormont may have to make deep cuts to some departments, a briefing paper warns.
  
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• Watch: Belfast doctor Ciara Mackey steals Michael McIntyre show in front of millions - Belfast Telegraph

  18-12-2017 18:53
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  Watch: Belfast doctor Ciara Mackey steals Michael McIntyre show in front of millions
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  Eamonn Holmes was among the first to congratulate Belfast doctor Ciara Mackey after her stunning performance on Michael McIntyre's Big Show at the weekend. But her shock at being tricked by her boyfriend into becoming the episode's 'Unexpected Star of ...
  Belfast doctor sings in front of millions on prime time Michael ...the Irish Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Watch: Belfast doctor Ciara Mackey steals Michael McIntyre show in ... - Belfast Telegraph

  18-12-2017 18:53
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  Watch: Belfast doctor Ciara Mackey steals Michael McIntyre show in ...
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  Eamonn Holmes was among the first to congratulate Belfast doctor Ciara Mackey after her stunning performance on Michael McIntyre's Big Show at the weekend.
  Belfast doctor sings in front of millions on prime time Michael ...the Irish Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Poll: Second Brexit referendum a 'betrayal', says Theresa May but should we have one?

  18-12-2017 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union would be a “betrayal”, Prime Minister Theresa May has told MPs.
  
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• Jayda Fransen: Twitter suspends Britain First leader retweeted by Donald Trump

  18-12-2017 17:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Twitter has suspended a number of accounts connected to far-right group Britain First.
  
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• Six killed as US train derails during first run on faster route

  18-12-2017 17:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A train making the first run along a faster route has hurtled off an overpass in the US and spilled some of its carriages on to the road below, killing at least six people, authorities said.
  
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• RHI Inquiry panel feeling the cold, says chair

  18-12-2017 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The chair of the inquiry calls for the heat to be turned up as panel members are "feeling the cold".
  
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• Lord Mayor gets into the festive spirit at Holy Cross Boys Primary School

  18-12-2017 17:02 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Winter Wonderland cancelled in Bangor, County Down

  18-12-2017 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Winter Wonderland cancelled in Bangor, County Down
  
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• 'Funding gap' threat to Belfast's MAC theatre - Belfast Newsletter

  18-12-2017 16:40
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  'Funding gap' threat to Belfast's MAC theatre
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  The MAC in Belfast says it is facing a “funding gap” despite the city council having agreed to stump up £40,000 for the centre just last month. The Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) was opened in the Cathedral Quarter in 2012 at a cost of almost £18m ...and more »
  
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• 5 things to do in Belfast today, Tuesday, December 19 - Belfast Live

  18-12-2017 16:29
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  5 things to do in Belfast today, Tuesday, December 19
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  Check out the JTI Lunchtime Concert: A Box of Festive Delights at the Ulster Hall today. Settle in for a memorable afternoon of festive treats, starting with Debussy's evocation of memories of childhood toys in Children's Corner, while Träumerai am ...
  
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• 'Panicking' Belfast pervert Hull gave phones to charity after viewing child images, court hears - Belfast Telegraph

  18-12-2017 16:25
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  'Panicking' Belfast pervert Hull gave phones to charity after viewing child images, court hears
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  Belfast man Philip Hull has changed his mobile five times in the last three months, a judge was told. By Alan Erwin. December 18 2017. 0 Comments. 'Panicking' Belfast pervert Hull gave phones to charity after viewing child images, court hears ...
  
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• 'Panicking' Belfast pervert Hull gave phones to charity after viewing child images, court hears

  18-12-2017 16:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted paedophile repeatedly "panicked" and gave his smartphones away to charity after using them to view indecent images of children, the High Court heard on Thursday.
  
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• US military open fire after car rams checkpoint at RAF Mildenhall base

  18-12-2017 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shots were fired by US service personnel and a suspect was arrested after a disturbance at RAF Mildenhall.
  
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• Suffolk police at scene of 'significant incident' at RAF Mildenhall

  18-12-2017 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are responding to reports of a "significant incident" at RAF Mildenhall.
  
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• UUP's Swann tells Simon Coveney to 'step away from microphone' after London and Dublin comments

  18-12-2017 15:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UUP leader Robin Swann has said the Irish Foreign Minister should "step away from the microphone" in a bid to repair relationships with unionists.
  
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• Candystripes sign NI U21 forward Jamie McDonagh

  18-12-2017 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Derry City boss Kenny Shiels bolsters his attack by bringing in Northern Ireland U21 international Jamie McDonagh.
  
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• Celebrity vegan chef's debt pushes historic Belfast building to brink of foreclosure

  18-12-2017 15:41
  A prominent downtown building is in the midst of foreclosure after celebrity chef Matthew Kenney's business stopped paying rent. The culinary school, PlantLab, has shuttered and it's unclear what the building's future might be.
  
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• Belfast terror charge man not allowed to FaceTime relatives over Christmas

  18-12-2017 15:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Crown Court Judge refused to vary bail conditions imposed upon a Belfast man who wanted access to the internet so he could FaceTime relatives over the festive period.
  
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• Grotty grotto

  18-12-2017 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A Christmas event in County Down is cancelled and full refunds offered after a large number of complaints.
  
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• Jailed: Belfast Royal Victoria Hospital workers stole drugs

  18-12-2017 15:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two members of staff who stole drugs from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast have each been jailed for six months.
  
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• Hawe family inquest: Clodagh's mum recalls feeling of foreboding about killer dad Alan

  18-12-2017 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a woman who was killed in her home with her three sons has fought back tears as she recalled the feeling that her son-in-law was responsible.
  
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• RTE sports producer admits child sex charges in Leeds

  18-12-2017 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Kieran Creaven had flown from Ireland to Leeds thinking he would be meeting a 13-year-old girl.
  
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• On the road with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service

  18-12-2017 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  From car crashes to home births, it's all in a night's work for ambulance service crews.
  
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• Celebrity vegan chef's debt pushes historic Belfast building to brink ... - Bangor Daily News

  18-12-2017 13:08
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  Celebrity vegan chef's debt pushes historic Belfast building to brink ...
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  One of downtown Belfast's most prominent buildings is in the midst of foreclosure after the celebrity chef trying to buy it stopped making payments and vacated the building at the close of summer.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and ...and more »
  
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• What's on in Northern Ireland Dec 18-24 - Imelda May, The Coronas, Home Alone...

  18-12-2017 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's the final countdown to Christmas and there's loads of events on across Northern Ireland to get you in the festive mood - as well as some great music on offer.
  
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• Watch: You've made my dream come true, beams BBC Sports Personality of the Year runner up Jonathan Rea

  18-12-2017 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Rea reckons he cost the Northern Irish public a fortune on Sunday night, but wasn't it worth it?
  
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• First pictures of Celebrity Big Brother's newly decorated house

  18-12-2017 11:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new cast of Celebrity Big Brother will enjoy a sauna, a log-burning fire, and a bathroom looking out over the garden, first pictures of the newly decorated house show.
  
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• Two dead and three others in hospital after fire at luxury Scottish hotel

  18-12-2017 11:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three people taken to hospital following a hotel fire, in which two others died, have been discharged after treatment.
  
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