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• The 2018 Northern Ireland New Year Honours List in full

  29-12-2017 23:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 2018 New Year Honours List has been revealed, with recognition going to local names.
  
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• The 2018 New Year Honours List in full

  29-12-2017 23:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 2018 New Year Honours List has been revealed, with recognition going to local names.
  
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• Eamonn Holmes: My wife was even more thrilled about OBE than I was

  29-12-2017 23:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eamonn Holmes has said his wife and This Morning co-star Ruth Langsford was even more delighted than him as he was named in the New Year Honours.
  
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• New Year Honours 2018: Beckett and Moss awarded MBEs

  29-12-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland pair Liam Beckett and Michael Moss become MBEs in the New Year Honours.
  
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• Organ donation campaigner, 18, in New Year Honours

  29-12-2017 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucia Mee, who has had three transplants, wants organ donation to be taught in schools.
  
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• Elite League: Belfast Giants 7-2 Edinburgh Capitals

  29-12-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast Giants hammer Edinburgh Capitals as they make a winning return at the SSE Arena after 10 straight matches on the road.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Carrick Rangers 2-2 Ballinamallard Utd

  29-12-2017 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Joshua McIlwaine strikes a late equaliser to give bottom side Ballinamallard a draw with Carrick in the basement battle.
  
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• Herbig schedules Senate District 11 announcement

  29-12-2017 22:11
  House Majority Leader Erin Herbig, D-Belfast, announced Dec. 27 she is hosting a "major press conference" Tuesday, Jan. 2, to comment on the race to replace term-limited Sen. Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, for Senate District 11. The Jan. 2 press conference will take place at 5 p.m. at the French and Webb Building, 7 Front St., Belfast. In recent months, Herbig has declined to respond to repeated requests from The Journal for comment about the race or if she intends to run for the position.
  
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• Lord Adonis quits infrastructure role saying PM has become ally of Ukip

  29-12-2017 18:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May’s infrastructure tsar has quit and delivered a scathing verdict on the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit.
  
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• Playstation and Michael Kors watch among items stolen from house in Belfast

  29-12-2017 18:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Playstation 4 console, a Silver Pandora bracelet and a Rose Gold Michael Kors watch are just a few items that were stolen from a house in north Belfast on Saturday.
  
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• Two teenagers remanded after alleged attack on 'vulnerable' man

  29-12-2017 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The boy is charged with attempted murder while the older teen is charged with attempted grievous bodily harm.
  
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• Irish passport applications by UK citizens surge

  29-12-2017 18:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than a fifth of all Irish passports issued in the last year went to people living in the UK - a surge which has been directly linked to Brexit.
  
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• Uproar as Nathan Ward accused appears in court

  29-12-2017 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Police intervene as two people rush towards a man accused of murdering a woman on Christmas Day.
  
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• Storm Dylan set to bring wet and windy end to year

  29-12-2017 16:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Storm Dylan is expected to cause disruption across the country as the weather front brings a wet and windy end to the year.
  
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• Belfast man called 'tinker' wins £300k in discrimination case

  29-12-2017 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man who was called a "tinker" and asked where he parked his horse and cart has won almost £300,000 in an employment tribunal case.
  
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• Pictured: Drivers flout Dark Hedges road ban causing traffic chaos

  29-12-2017 15:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Permanent barriers must be put in place to prevent motorists flouting a ban on cars driving along the famous Dark Hedges road, or the hugely popular tourist attraction will be lost.
  
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• All-Ireland appeal for missing Belfast and Newry women

  29-12-2017 13:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An all-Ireland appeal has been issued for two women missing from Belfast and Newry.
  
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• Scammer cons woman out of most of life savings with phoney gold deal offer

  29-12-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland woman has lost tens of thousands of pounds to an online scammer who promised her a cut of a phoney gold deal.
  
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• Judge-only trials urged amid 'unique risk of jury tampering'

  29-12-2017 13:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nearly 200 offences of intimidating jurors or witnesses were recorded in Northern Ireland last year.
  
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• Teenagers charged over Limavady hatchet attack

  29-12-2017 13:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two teenagers are to appear in court charged over a hatchet attack in Limavady.
  
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• 1987 papers reveal 'MI5 plot to kill Irish PM Haughey'

  29-12-2017 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish state papers include a claim an MI5 officer asked loyalists to assassinate Charles Haughey.
  
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• Ian Paisley spotted in car outside Slane takeaway before Peter Robinson trial

  29-12-2017 12:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley was left cowering in a car as he waited for a burger and diet coke outside a takeaway near the banks of the Boyne, state papers have revealed.
  
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• Martin McGuinness set up meeting where Frank Hegarty was killed, Bishop claimed

  29-12-2017 11:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Martin McGuinness personally set up the rendezvous which led to the brutal murder of a suspected IRA informer, the Irish Government was told in 1987.
  
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• Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon was on verge of suicide in prison, letters show

  29-12-2017 11:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon felt such despair after 12 years in prison that he was on the verge of killing himself, private letters to the Irish Government have revealed.
  
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• Altnagelvin hospital: Trust implements 'full capacity' plan

  29-12-2017 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Altnagelvin Hospital introduces protocol to cope with increased demand on its emergency department.
  
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• Carrickfergus armed robber takes bags filled with cash and tobacco from shop

  29-12-2017 10:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after an armed robber took bags filled with cash and tobacco from a shop.
  
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• State papers: Paisley's 'eat himself to death' claims

  29-12-2017 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The late Ian Paisley complained about claims he was gorging on fast food, declassified papers reveal.
  
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• Police attacked responding to call of underage drinking

  29-12-2017 10:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police came under attack as they tried to deal with reports of underage drinking in a Northern Ireland park.
  
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• Community relations chief Peter Osborne: 2018 could be a crucial year for peace

  29-12-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Next year could be a defining one for the peace process, the chairman of the Community Relations Council (CRC) has said as he urged politicians to help move the process forward.
  
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• 12 die in New York fire 'started by three-year-old playing with stove'

  29-12-2017 08:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A three-year-old boy playing with the burners on his mother's stove accidentally lit New York City's deadliest fire in decades, turning an apartment building into an inferno that killed 12 people.
  
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• 12 dead in fast-moving New York City apartment fire

  29-12-2017 08:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least 25 years has killed 12 people and left four more fighting for their lives, officials said.
  
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• 2017 health review: Cuts and a 'collapsing' care system

  29-12-2017 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News NI's health correspondent looks back at the issues which made headlines throughout 2017.
  
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• Year in pictures: Part 2

  29-12-2017 08:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A selection of BBC News NI's year in pictures from April to June 2017
  
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• State Papers: Margaret Thatcher outburst: ‘Where are the Irish living? They are going back to the Black and Tans... or is it 400 years ago?'

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher subjected Taoiseach Charles Haughey to a furious tirade where she said she was "upset" and "very angry" over Irish moves on extradition.
  
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• State papers: Gerry Adams 'set up Loughgall IRA gang for ambush'

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams was rumoured to have set up a notorious IRA gang for ambush by the SAS as they tried to blow up a police station in May 1987, previously secret files have revealed.
  
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• Stand-off at Stormont to hit medical school plan

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A proposed second medical school for Northern Ireland is in danger of being shelved because of the continuing impasse at Stormont.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Glasgow airport reopens after heavy snow suspends services - latest flight information

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Fallen tree on the Shore Road, Newtownabbey - drivers advised to avoid area

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Co Antrim road closed after crash

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland man in horrific Thai bike crash flown back home after friends raise £45k

  29-12-2017 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man facing a battle to walk again after an horrific bicycle crash in Thailand has been flown home to Northern Ireland.
  
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