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• Spice Girls confirm plans to work together again on ‘new opportunities’

  02-02-2018 22:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Spice Girls have confirmed plans to work together again on new projects.
  
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• Pictured: Firefighters deal with house fire in west Belfast

  02-02-2018 22:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters have dealt with a house fire in west Belfast.
  
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• Hyponatraemia inquiry: Department to put action plan in place

  02-02-2018 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The Department of Health in NI is to put an action plan in place in response to 96 recommendations.
  
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• Trump unconcerned at prospect of mass demos on UK visit – US ambassador

  02-02-2018 20:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is not worried about the prospect of mass protests when he comes to the UK, the US ambassador to London has said.
  
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• Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?

  02-02-2018 18:31
  In this file photo from Jan. 4, 2017, floodwaters threatened several buildings along the Belfast waterfront as a blizzard hit the Maine coast. Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy rainfall.
  
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• Help sought to decide how USDA conservation funds should be spent

  02-02-2018 18:31
  Knox-Lincoln and Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the Belfast field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will host a meeting of the Local Working Group for Knox and Waldo counties Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. This group will make recommendations to NRCS on how to spend USDA Farm Bill funds for conservation practices on private lands in Fiscal Year 2019. Area stakeholders are urged to participate in the session at the Searsmont Tow
  
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• 'IRA spy' Stakeknife: Scappaticci released on police bail

  02-02-2018 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast man Fred Scappaticci was questioned about claims he was involved in dozens of murders.
  
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• RHI inquiry: Official thought RHI had 'big red button'

  02-02-2018 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Trevor Cooper had an important role in the approval process for the botched green energy scheme.
  
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• MLA asks why Ulster players attended rugby rape trial

  02-02-2018 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Players including Rory Best and Iain Henderson attended the trial of teammates Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.
  
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• Rugby rape trial woman denies celebrity attraction

  02-02-2018 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The woman who accuses Stuart Olding and Paddy Jackson of rape denies being attracted to celebrities.
  
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• Man released in Stakeknife probe

  02-02-2018 16:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man widely named as the Army’s notorious IRA agent Stakeknife has been released on bail.
  
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• Victims’ father tries to attack disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar in court

  02-02-2018 16:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A father of three of Larry Nassar’s victims has tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor during a sentencing hearing.
  
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• Best says 'only a big, big performance' will ensure that Ireland beat France

  02-02-2018 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland captain Rory Best says "only a big, big performance" will see Joe Schmidt's side win their Six Nations opener in Paris.
  
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• Alleged rugby rape victim not attracted to celebrities, court hears

  02-02-2018 15:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman allegedly raped by two Irish international rugby stars has denied being attracted to celebrities.
  
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• Rory Best declines to comment on attendance at rape trial

  02-02-2018 14:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland and Ulster rugby captain Rory Best has declined to comment on his attendance at the trial of two teammates for rape.
  
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• Public inquiry over Lough Neagh sand dredging plan

  02-02-2018 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Sand companies had put in a planning application to cover their work over the next 15 years.
  
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• Convicted killers at large from Maghaberry Prison

  02-02-2018 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Thomas Lawrence McCabe and Samuel McKinley were declared "unlawfully at large" from Maghaberry prison.
  
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• 'I didn't go out to meet rugby players': Woman denies 'watering down' interest in sport at Jackson and Olding trial

  02-02-2018 13:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman allegedly raped by two Irish international rugby stars has denied watering down her knowledge of the sport and its players.
  
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• Freedom of Borough accolade for North West 200 chief Whyte

  02-02-2018 13:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Event Director of the North West 200, Mervyn Whyte MBE, has received Freedom of the Borough accolade from the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.
  
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• Bid to overturn flag ban at Northern Ireland St Patrick's parade

  02-02-2018 13:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has launched a bid to overturn a ban on the flying of flags and emblems - including the Irish tricolour - at a St Patrick's day parade this year.
  
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• There are bigger scumbags than me: Paramilitary attack victim speaks out after shooting

  02-02-2018 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man who was victim of a paramilitary attack has spoken out, asking why he was targeted saying "there's bigger scum bags than me out there".
  
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• Jim Carrey won't face a civil trial over Cathriona White's death

  02-02-2018 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The actor had faced a civil trial over the suicide of former girlfriend Cathriona White.
  
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• Dankse Bank pre-tax profits soar to £147.5m with surge in mortgage lending

  02-02-2018 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dankse Bank has seen its pre-tax profits soar to £147.5m - buoyed by a surge in mortgage lending.
  
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• Criticism of late-night flights at airport

  02-02-2018 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A watchdog has found there was maladministration by a Stormont department over late-night flights at George Best Belfast City Airport.
  
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• Men on the run

  02-02-2018 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Friday's papers report on escaped convicts, rockers coming to Dublin and bikes in Tyrone.
  
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• PSNI cuts result in 1,000 fewer officers on the beat

  02-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of bobbies on the beat here dropped by more than 1,000 in a single year due to "drastic" budget cuts, which the Police Federation of Northern Ireland (PFNI) has claimed now total £386m since 2004.
  
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• O Muilleoir's defence of McElduff Kingsmill video retweet 'pathetic,' says Allister

  02-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TUV leader Jim Allister has branded "pathetic" Mairtin O Muilleoir's insistence that he retweeted Barry McElduff's Kingsmill video innocently and thought it was apolitical.
  
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• 'Grid girl' who wed racer Eugene Laverty urges NW200 not to dump models

  02-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wife of road racer Eugene Laverty, who met him while working as a 'grid girl', has pleaded with North West 200 organisers not to ditch the promotional models.
  
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• Tears at rugby rape trial as police interview with alleged victim shown

  02-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young woman allegedly raped by two Ireland and Ulster rugby stars broke down in tears after being shown footage of her police interview recorded days later.
  
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• Revealed: Arts Council chair and board at war for months over attitude to cuts

  02-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The board of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland passed two votes of no confidence in their beleaguered chair John Edmund late last year and staged walkouts from meetings, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Hyponatremia Inquiry: Family calls for answers on death of Conor (15) in hospital

  02-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a teenage boy whose sudden death was looked into as part of the Hyponatremia Inquiry have said the reason he died has yet to be explained to them.
  
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• Death of Michael Cullen 'reopened raw wounds' for McIlwaine family

  02-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The grieving family of Dean McIlwaine say the death of another young man in tragic circumstances has brought everything back for them.
  
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• Concerns raised about CCTV in Northern Ireland care home

  02-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A care home where concerns were raised about the use of CCTV was being managed by a man who champions the safety of vulnerable people by using the cameras, it has emerged.
  
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• Belfast City Airport's 3,000 late flights were not logged, report finds

  02-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A government department has been slammed for failing to monitor thousands of late flights at Belfast City Airport.
  
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• Brexit concerns after House of Lords committee's NI visit

  02-02-2018 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU select committee has been examining the potential impact of Brexit on UK-Irish relations.
  
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• Belfast City Airport late-night flight 'failures' criticised

  02-02-2018 07:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A watchdog finds against Stormont over late-night flights at George Best Belfast City Airport.
  
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• Fans speculate after video footage of fire at Game of Thrones set in Northern Ireland

  02-02-2018 00:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Forget Winter - it now appears fire is coming to the final season of Game of Thrones.
  
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• Eamonn Holmes greets Duchess of Cornwall with kiss on the cheek

  02-02-2018 00:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eamonn Holmes raised eyebrows after footage emerged showing him appearing to breach royal protocol by kissing the Duchess of Cornwall.
  
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