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• Joy Neville: Rugby union referee makes history

  09-02-2018 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Joy Neville becomes first woman to take charge of top-level men's rugby union match in the UK.
  
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• Dippy the Diplodocus to visit Belfast - Belfast Newsletter

  09-02-2018 22:59
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  Dippy the Diplodocus to visit Belfast
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  Natural History Museum undated handout photo of Dippy the Diplodocus, which is beginning its tour of the UK. Photo: PA. Published: 21:56 Updated: 22:44 Friday 09 February 2018. The British public will get the chance to see Dippy the Diplodocus outside ...
  'Dippy' the Dinosaur begins epic journey to BelfastBelfast Telegraph
  DIPPY ON TOUR - A Natural History Adventure | Saturday 10th February 2018 until Monday 7th May 201
  
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• Sex workers' rights campaigner Laura Lee dies

  09-02-2018 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Laura Lee, who campaigned to change the law on paying for sex in Northern Ireland, has died, aged 39.
  
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• Computers damaged in burglary at Braid Valley Hospital

  09-02-2018 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The burglary at Braid Valley Hospital resulted in "significant damage" to computer and doors.
  
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• Stormont deal could be unveiled 'next week'

  09-02-2018 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Talks involving DUP and Sinn Féin are at a critical stage, as they stay away from scheduled discussions.
  
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• Significant damage caused to building following burglary in Ballymena

  09-02-2018 21:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A building has been significantly damaged following a burglary in Ballymena.
  
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• City, Nordic Aquafarms to hold public Q&A session Feb. 21

  09-02-2018 21:23
  Following up on the recent announcement that it plans to build a major land-based salmon farm in Belfast, Nordic Aquafarms will join city officials for an information session about the project Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at University of Maine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave. . "We have been very pleased by the warm reception we have received from people in Belfast and around the state," Nordic Aquafarms CEO Erik Heim said in a news release.
  
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• Carl Frampton takes court case against Barry McGuigan

  09-02-2018 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The former world champion boxer split with the McGuigan family-run promotion firm last summer.
  
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• Narrow Water bridge 'still on track'

  09-02-2018 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Planning permission for the project appears to have been retained, according to a councillor.
  
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• Michel Barnier: Irish border checks 'unavoidable'

  09-02-2018 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  EU's chief Brexit negotiator repeats warning over UK decision to leave single market and customs union.
  
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• Michel Barnier says Irish border checks 'unavoidable'

  09-02-2018 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Michel Barnier says a UK decision to leave the single market and customs union would make Irish border checks 'unavoidable'
  
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• RHI Inquiry: 'Whistleblower' would take same actions again

  09-02-2018 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Janette O'Hagan said she saw the problem 'immediately' with the lack of a tiered tariff in the NI scheme.
  
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• Sinn Fein and DUP acknowledge progress in powersharing talks

  09-02-2018 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionists are hammering out details of a potential deal that could end Stormont’s 13 month powersharing crisis.
  
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• Stormont deal as early as next week - reports

  09-02-2018 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hopes are growing that a deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont could be announced as early as next week.
  
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• Newtownbutler wedding murder: Four admit charges linked to killing

  09-02-2018 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A father and son admit charges linked to killing of Bernard McGinley, 63, in Newtownbutler in 2015.
  
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• Legal challenge to government's refusal to hold public inquiry into Omagh bomb will be heard in June, judge orders

  09-02-2018 16:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A legal challenge to the government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb atrocity will be heard in June, a High Court judge has ordered.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Jury visits Paddy Jackson's home

  09-02-2018 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Jury in the trial of two Ulster rugby players accused of rape go to the scene of the alleged attack.
  
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• Bereaved woman's handbag stolen as she visits parents' grave

  09-02-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A woman whose handbag was stolen whilst visiting her recently deceased parents' grave appeals to the thieves to return it.
  
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• Owen McFerran continues fight for life after crash that killed girlfriend Shannon

  09-02-2018 15:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 21-year-old man is continuing to fight for his life after he was injured in a crash which killed his girlfriend.
  
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• Jury visits the scene of alleged rape at Belfast house - Irish Times

  09-02-2018 15:14
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  Jury visits the scene of alleged rape at Belfast house
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  A jury in the rape trial of two Irish rugby players has visited the scene of the alleged crime. The nine men and three women of the jury travelled to Oakleigh Park in Belfast, the home of Paddy Jackson, where a 21-year-old student alleges she was raped ...
  Jury visits scene of alleged rape at Belfast house - RTERTE.ie
  Irish rugby stars' rape trial jury are taken to Paddy Jackson's Belfast home where alleged sex attac
  
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• Derry Girls: The funniest lines from series one

  09-02-2018 15:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derry Girls has been a huge hit for Channel 4, providing many quotable lines in its debut series.
  
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• James McDonagh's mother calls for 'no further punishment'

  09-02-2018 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Finbar McCoy is due to be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of James McDonagh.
  
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• Jackson and Olding trial: Judge explains reason jury visited scene of alleged rape at rugby player's home

  09-02-2018 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The jury presiding in a trial involving two rugby internationals accused of raping a woman were taken to the scene of the alleged sex attack on Friday.
  
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• Lack of Northern Ireland government blamed for Irish and Ulster-Scots report omission

  09-02-2018 13:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK Government has not provided any information on how Irish and Ulster-Scots will be protected to the Council of Europe because of the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive, a Stormont department has said.
  
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• Andrew Allen murder: Appeal for information on anniversary

  09-02-2018 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say they are following several lines of inquiry, six years after the death of the Londonderry man.
  
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• Moving upmarket: First images of plush new Hyundai Santa Fe

  09-02-2018 13:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hyundai has released the first new images of the plush new Santa Fe SUV, which is due to be officially unveiled next month.
  
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• Weather warning for Northern Ireland of more snow and ice extended

  09-02-2018 13:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's weather warning for snow and ice has been extended into the weekend.
  
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• Checks at Irish border ‘unavoidable’ after Brexit, warns Barnier

  09-02-2018 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Checks at the Irish border will be “unavoidable” under Theresa May’s Brexit plans for the UK to leave the single market and customs union, Michel Barnier has warned.
  
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• Man stabbed in stomach during Belfast attack

  09-02-2018 12:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 23-year-old man is in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach in an attack in Belfast.
  
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• Gerry Adams 'regrets' first IRA ceasefire took until 1994 to happen

  09-02-2018 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams has said he regrets that it took until 1994 for the first IRA ceasefire.
  
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• Northern Ireland to 'remain under EU law' after Brexit - let them build border, Paisley hits back

  09-02-2018 11:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley says EU officials should build a hard border themselves if they are insistent Northern Ireland remaining in the customs union is the only way to maintain the "frictionless" operations.
  
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• Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee explains poignant ending of series one

  09-02-2018 11:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The creator and writer of Channel 4 series Derry Girls has explained the poignant ending of series one, saying she wanted to show all aspects of growing up in the Troubles.
  
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• Theresa May urged to update Irish Government on post-Brexit border plans

  09-02-2018 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to tell Ireland what her Government’s proposals are to solve the Irish border issue after Brexit.
  
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• Michael O'Neill signs contract to remain Northern Ireland manager

  09-02-2018 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael O'Neill's four-year contract extension as Northern Ireland manager is formally announced in Belfast on Friday.
  
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• Michael O'Neill finalises deal to remain Northern Ireland manager

  09-02-2018 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael O'Neill's four-year contract extension as Northern Ireland manager is to be formally announced in Belfast on Friday.
  
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• NI paper review: Irish, history and Gerry Adams

  09-02-2018 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  And might we have to adjust our watches on crossing the border? It's all in the Friday morning papers.
  
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• Troubles victims meet at Shankill bomb memorial

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men connected to some of the most infamous atrocities of the Troubles came together yesterday for a poignant visit to the site of the Shankill bomb.
  
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• Therapy worked for me, claims head of Northern Ireland-based group behind cancelled ‘gay cure’ film

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The leader of a Northern Ireland-based Christian organisation that counsels gay people to "move away from homosexual influences" says they "don't have to choose to be victims" of their feelings.
  
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• Teens to deliver equal marriage petition on Valentine's Day

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Teenagers demanding marriage equality in Northern Ireland are to deliver a petition to Stormont on Valentine's Day.
  
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• Probe after family given wrong body by Northern Ireland hospital

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A grieving family is consulting lawyers after a hospital mortuary gave the wrong body out to an undertaker.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: PSNI advise drivers to avoid Woodburn Road in Carrickfergus due to icy conditions

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• My son Andrew Allen was penniless but killers claimed he was big drug dealer, says grieving mum

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Londonderry man murdered by dissident republicans six years ago today says she is not afraid of the men who took her son's life, insisting they can't hurt her any more than they already have.
  
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• Funeral takes place for murdered man Mark Ponisi

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral has taken place of a 53-year-old man who was murdered in east Belfast.
  
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• Alleged rape victim 'has no complaint' against rugby pair's pal who saw her home

  09-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A student who has accused two Ulster Rugby players of raping her has "absolutely no complaint" against their friend Rory Harrison, a court heard.
  
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• Prime Minister May could visit Northern Ireland as power-sharing deal 'edges closer'

  09-02-2018 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chances of a deal to restore power-sharing "remain high" as the parties meet today for round-table talks, well-placed Stormont sources said last night.
  
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• Suzanne Breen: Gerry Adams sold defeat as victory in a career based on illusion... he’s no nearer to achieving a united Ireland than he was at the start of his journey

  09-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In the hard, brutal world of Irish republicanism, careers are often short-lived. Of the six senior IRA figures who met Secretary of State Willie Whitelaw for secret talks in London in 1972, four are dead.
  
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• Snow romantic... passing snapper captures young couple's magic engagement at Dark Hedges

  09-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The beauty of the Dark Hedges formed the perfect romantic backdrop for a Co Down man to get down on bended knee and ask his girlfriend for her hand in marriage.
  
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