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• Arlene Foster could 'not recommend what was on the table'

  15-02-2018 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP leader Arlene Foster said she could 'not recommend what was on the table' to her party
  
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• Jamie Bryson to appear be before Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

  15-02-2018 22:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson is to appear before the Northern Ireland Affairs committee.
  
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• Prime Minister Theresa May expresses 'disappointment' at Northern Ireland talks breakdown

  15-02-2018 21:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May expressed her disappointment at the breakdown of the Northern Ireland talks.
  
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• PM ‘still believes the basis for a Stormont agreement exists’

  15-02-2018 21:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has insisted the basis for an agreement to save Stormont still exists.
  
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• DUP's Arlene Foster: There was no deal to put to party and 'nonsense' to suggest I've lostF control

  15-02-2018 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster rejected Sinn Fein claims she had approved a draft agreement between the parties to break the political deadlock which - it was claimed - included an Irish language act.
  
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• DUP's Arlene foster: There was no deal to put to party and 'nonsense' to suggest I've lost control

  15-02-2018 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster rejected Sinn Fein claims she had approved a draft agreement between the parties to break the political deadlock which - it was claimed - included an Irish language act.
  
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• Sinn Féin leader: 'An Irish Language Act was in draft agreement'

  15-02-2018 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said 'a draft agreement was in place' which 'included an Irish Language Act'
  
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• 'Irish Language Act in draft agreement'

  15-02-2018 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said 'a draft agreement was in place' which 'included an Irish Language Act'
  
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• PSNI officer suspected Ulster Rugby players of involvement in rape allegation

  15-02-2018 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police officer suspected Ulster Rugby players may have been involved in an alleged rape before the complainant disclosed any names, a court has heard.
  
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• Sinn Fein reveal details of DUP deal: Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill full statement

  15-02-2018 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein revealed some of the details of the deal they had made with the DUP before the collapse of the talks this week. Below is Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill's full statement to the media.
  
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• Sinn Fein reveal details of DUP deal: Irish language act, same-sex marriage vow and justice ministry change

  15-02-2018 18:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has laid out some of the details of the agreement, she claims, her party had reached with the DUP last week before the talks collapse.
  
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• Peter Robinson confirms he turned down House of Lords nomination

  15-02-2018 17:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former DUP leader Peter Robinson has confirmed he has turned down a nomination to the House of Lords.
  
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• Woman (20s) in critical condition after early-morning Armagh crash

  15-02-2018 15:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman is in critical condition after an early-morning crash in Armagh.
  
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• Man jailed for leaving ex-partner with broken back after allegedly kicking her from first floor window loses appeal bid

  15-02-2018 15:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man jailed for leaving his ex-partner with a broken back after allegedly kicking her from a first floor window has failed a bid to overturn his conviction.
  
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• Jackson and Olding trial: Friend of alleged rape victim tells court 'she would not lie to me'

  15-02-2018 15:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A court heard on Thursday that a woman who claims she was raped by two Ireland and Ulster rugby players had previously discussed the issue of rape with a friend.
  
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• Ed Sheeran will keep Irish date despite Royal Wedding rumours

  15-02-2018 14:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ed Sheeran will keep his scheduled date in Dublin later this year, despite reports he has been asked to perform at the Royal Wedding on the same day.
  
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• Pen Bay Medical Center sees financial turnaround

  15-02-2018 14:36
  The improvement was brought about by both cutting expenses -- largely administrative costs brought about through the creation of Coastal Healthcare Alliance from PBMC and Waldo County Healthcare -- and generating more revenues by winning back patients who had gone elsewhere when this region was experiencing an acute shortage of primary care doctors. From 2014 through 2016, Pen Bay lost a combined nearly $13 million, according to the Maine Health Data Organization.
  
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• Smyths Toys Ireland recall road racing car set

  15-02-2018 13:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Smyths Toys in Northern Ireland and the Republic have recalled an electric powered road racing car toy set.
  
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• Fed up... cut their pay now.. it's sickening: Northern Ireland public's verdict on failed talks

  15-02-2018 13:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph took to the streets to see what the public thought after talks to return Northern Ireland's devolved institutions failed once again.
  
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• Drug Dealers Don't Care (PCSP) 2018

  15-02-2018 13:20 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Woman 'threatened with gun' during robbery in Omagh

  15-02-2018 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An armed robber threatened a woman at a commercial premises in Omagh with a suspected firearm before making off with quantities of cash, scratch cards and cigarettes.
  
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• Man arrested for 'inappropriately touching himself' in Portadown

  15-02-2018 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested for inappropriately touching himself in High Street Mall in Portadown.
  
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• Jack McMillan , Junior Male Sports Personality of the Year 2017.

  15-02-2018 11:43 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Rates to rise in all but one Northern Ireland council area

  15-02-2018 11:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rates are set to go up for all but one of Northern Ireland's councils.
  
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• Florida shooting: Suspect Nikolas Cruz was expelled from school after threatening students

  15-02-2018 11:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The suspect in a deadly rampage at a Florida high school is a troubled teenager who posted disturbing material on social media before the shooting spree that killed at least 17 people, according to police.
  
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• Weather warning of ice in place for Northern Ireland

  15-02-2018 10:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An ice warning is in place for Northern Ireland for Thursday.
  
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• NI newspaper review: Break-up to end all break-ups

  15-02-2018 09:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Thursday's papers look at the DUP and Sinn Féin's bitter and twisted St Valentine's Day split.
  
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• Northern Ireland trainee lawyer charged with assaults on woman

  15-02-2018 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A trainee solicitor has appeared in court accused of a series of assaults on the same woman.
  
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• Belfast man jailed for iron bar attack on girlfriend's sleeping son

  15-02-2018 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An east Belfast man who battered the sleeping son of his former partner with an iron bar - leaving him with life-changing injuries from which he will never fully recover - has been given an extended custodial sentence of 15 years.
  
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• Robert Campbell, the man from Tyrone who helped to win the American West

  15-02-2018 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I've been making television programmes and documentary films for 40 years, but I don't think I've ever come across a tale with so many twists and turns as the story of Robert Campbell from the Glenelly Valley in Tyrone.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Travel updates

  15-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Serious crash closes Moy Road

  15-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Smaller Northern Ireland parties can't mask frustration as hopes turn to dust

  15-02-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann last night called on Sinn Fein and the DUP to publish details of the accommodation they had reached.
  
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• Ray Johnston's neighbours 'sickened' by Belfast shotgun murder

  15-02-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Neighbours of a "quiet and friendly" father who was shot dead while making pancakes with his partner and her daughter have told of their shock following the brutal murder in west Belfast.
  
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• Northern Ireland paedophile hunter faces sting charges

  15-02-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A member of a so-called paedophile hunter group is facing criminal charges over one of its sting operations.
  
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• Calls grow for direct rule as Stormont talks end in tatters

  15-02-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pressure is mounting on the Government to introduce direct rule after talks to save Stormont dramatically collapsed.
  
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• Big-hearted Grace is a cut above with her £2k charity fundraiser

  15-02-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new hairdo for a nine-year-old Jordanstown girl has raised £2,000 for charity - with the added bonus that people can now tell her apart from her twin.
  
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• Sinn Fein to set out ‘fulsome’ response to powersharing talks collapse

  15-02-2018 01:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is expected to outline the party’s next move after powersharing talks in Northern Ireland broke down.
  
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