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• Ann McKernan, sister of Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon, dies

  02-04-2018 21:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ann McKernan, the sister of the Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon, has died.
  
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• DUP's Ian Paisley apologises for retweeting Katie Hopkins Ramadan and murder rate post

  02-04-2018 21:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Ian Paisley has apologised after retweeting an anti-Islam tweet from controversial columnist and television pundit Katie Hopkins.
  
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• Maine couple pleads not guilty in Marissa Kennedy's death

  02-04-2018 20:57
  Julio Carrillo, 51, is escorted into the courtroom for his initial court appearance at the Waldo County Superiour Court in February. Carrillo and his wife Sharon Carrillo, 33, were charged with the murder of Sharon's 10-year-old daughter Marissa Kennedy in Stockton Springs.
  
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• Irish Grand National: General Principle wins at Fairyhouse

  02-04-2018 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  General Principle wins the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse as trainer Gordon Elliott claims a first victory in the race.
  
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• British Superbikes: Andy Reid wins Superstock race as Glenn Irwin takes seventh

  02-04-2018 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Andy Reid wins Monday's Superstock 1000cc race at Donington as Glenn Irwin takes seventh in the second Superbike event of the weekend.
  
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• WWI footbridge memorial to be rededicated April 14

  02-04-2018 18:40
  The year 2018 is one of anniversaries. It is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and the 20th anniversary of the Game Loft.
  
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• Police attacked during republican parade in Londonderry

  02-04-2018 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Petrol bombs and stones have been thrown at police vehicles during an illegal dissident republican parade in Londonderry.
  
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• Petrol bombs thrown at PSNI during dissident republican parade

  02-04-2018 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Police in Derry are attacked by petrol bombs and stones during an illegal republican parade.
  
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• Drogheda United player apologises over Belfast trial tweet - Irish Times

  02-04-2018 18:12
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• Rugby rape trial has been difficult, Ulster coach Jono Gibbes says

  02-04-2018 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rugby coach whose players were cleared of rape following a high-profile trial said it had been a difficult time.
  
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• Police investigating arson attack on Co Down flat

  02-04-2018 16:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating an arson attack on a flat in the Mark Street area of Newtownards.
  
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• UDA threat against Belfast journalist

  02-04-2018 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A union says the threat was issued because of the journalist's reporting on criminal activity.
  
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• Six men in court after Lurgan dissident republican parade

  02-04-2018 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six men have appeared in court following a dissident republican parade in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Crusaders and Coleraine in key title clash

  02-04-2018 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Leaders Crusaders and second-placed Coleraine meet in a crucial top-of-the-table clash at Seaview on Tuesday.
  
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• Six in court over illegal republican parade in Lurgan

  02-04-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The men are released on bail after being charged over an illegal parade in Lurgan on Saturday.
  
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• Tensions high in Londonderry ahead of illegal dissident republican Easter commemoration

  02-04-2018 13:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tensions are high ahead of an illegal dissident republican Easter commemoration in Londonderry this afternoon.
  
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• Police attacked with petrol bombs at illegal dissident republican parade in Londonderry

  02-04-2018 13:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have been pelted with petrol bombs and projectiles at an illegal dissident republican march in Londonderry.
  
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• Anger at Cumann na mBan flag in Co Down seaside resort

  02-04-2018 13:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A local UUP representative has said that visitors to a Northern Ireland seaside resort have expressed their displeasure at a paramilitary flag flying in the area.
  
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• Men in court over £1.3m Dromore drugs haul

  02-04-2018 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  A court hears that one of NI's biggest herbal cannabis hauls has links to a Europe-wide crime gang.
  
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• Police release image of man wanted in connection with Belfast burglary

  02-04-2018 12:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating a burglary in south Belfast last year have released the image of a man they believe could assist them with their enquiries.
  
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• The contenders to replace Alan Pardew at West Brom

  02-04-2018 12:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alan Pardew has left West Brom by mutual consent with six games of the season left.
  
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• Migration changes 'won't mean hard border'

  02-04-2018 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Limiting EU citizens' right to work in the UK will not require a hard border, an independent report says.
  
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• Poll: Do you want Irish unity referendum? How would you vote?

  02-04-2018 10:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill has called for an Irish unity referendum within five years.
  
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• UDA threatens Belfast-based journalist

  02-04-2018 10:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have said that the UDA have issued a threat against a Belfast-based journalist over their coverage of the organisation.
  
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• Northern Ireland teachers vow to continue industrial action

  02-04-2018 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Industrial action being carried out by teachers in Northern Ireland will continue, a trade union has said.
  
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• Sinn Fein wants Irish unity referendum within five years, O’Neill tells Easter Rising rally

  02-04-2018 08:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill has called for an Irish unity referendum within five years.
  
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• Saoradh parade in Belfast - dissident march angers DUP

  02-04-2018 08:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP representatives are set to meet the PSNI after a paramilitary-style parade involving up to 40 men and women wearing military clothing took place in west Belfast.
  
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• Republic of Ireland to remove 'baptism barrier' for admission to schools

  02-04-2018 08:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two key moves to reduce the Catholic Church's control of education in the Irish Republic will be made within weeks - just as bishops prepare for their biggest celebration in almost 40 years.
  
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• Northern Ireland man critically ill after being dragged for 500m by runaway horse

  02-04-2018 08:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Coleraine man is fighting for his life in hospital after being dragged along a road in the town on Saturday by a horse that had bolted.
  
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• Anger PSNI did not halt west Belfast ‘terror’ rally

  02-04-2018 08:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP representatives are set to meet the PSNI after a paramilitary-style parade involving up to 40 men and women wearing military clothing took place in west Belfast.
  
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• Two face court over £1.3m cannabis haul tracked across the Irish border

  02-04-2018 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men are due in court today over a £1.3m cannabis haul by police in Co Down on Friday night.
  
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• 100,000 Northern Ireland workers to enjoy pay rise after national wage increase

  02-04-2018 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 people in Northern Ireland have got a pay rise after the minimum wage rates increased.
  
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• Battle for access to Belfast's 'forgotten' war memorial at old train station

  02-04-2018 08:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's only been visible from the top of a double-decker for almost 60 years, but now a campaign is under way to access a war memorial that once stood at the old York Street train station.
  
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• Pressure to axe Ireland rape trial players Jackson and Olding mounts

  02-04-2018 08:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pressure is mounting on the rugby authorities to axe players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding for bringing the game into disrepute.
  
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• Orange Order 'has 335 reasons not to meet Sinn Fein'

  02-04-2018 08:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has refused to meet Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald.
  
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• Agreed victims' candidate unlikely for West Tyrone poll

  02-04-2018 08:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Omagh bomb campaigner Michael Gallagher has voiced his disappointment that proposals for an agreed victims' candidate in the West Tyrone by-election look set to fail.
  
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• Weather: Torrential rain in Northern Ireland to put dampener on Easter break

  02-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It may be the Easter break but you'd be best packing your winter woollies if you're heading out in Northern Ireland.
  
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• TUV's Allister calls for PSNI probe into Provo bomber on Victims' Forum

  02-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Assembly Member is calling on the PSNI to probe bombings carried out by a member of the Victims' Forum for Troubles survivors.
  
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• NHS has forked out £7m on gluten-free foods in Northern Ireland

  02-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The health service in Northern Ireland has dished out almost £7million worth of gluten-free products free on prescription, it can be revealed.
  
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• Carter Carson's heartbroken dad in loving tribute to son killed in Tenerife hit-and-run

  02-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes were paid yesterday to Newtownabbey schoolboy Carter Carson, who died in a hit and run incident in Tenerife.
  
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• Brawl in Brazil as man invades stage to 'save' Jesus in Passion Play

  02-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A performance of Biblical drama the Passion of Christ erupted in a brawl in Brazil after a member of the audience jumped on stage to attack an actor in a bizarre bid to "save Jesus" from being crucified.
  
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• John F Kennedy Fermanagh connection traced

  02-04-2018 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The charismatic US president's maternal great-grandmother emigrated to Boston from County Fermanagh.
  
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• JFK's Fermanagh links

  02-04-2018 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The charismatic US president's maternal great-grandmother emigrated to Boston from County Fermanagh.
  
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• Popular Pablo

  02-04-2018 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Pablo, a BBC and RTÉ animation series made in Belfast, is bought by US and Canadian broadcasters.
  
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• Autism child programme Pablo sold to US and Canada

  02-04-2018 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Pablo, a BBC and RTÉ animation series made in Belfast, is bought by US and Canadian broadcasters.
  
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• NI-made autism show Pablo debuts on US network

  02-04-2018 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Pablo, a BBC and RTÉ animation series made in Belfast, is bought by US and Canadian broadcasters.
  
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• Documentary & Discussion

  02-04-2018 06:58
  Belfast Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle screens "Smog of the Sea" at Troy Howard Middle School, 173 Lincolnville Ave./Route 52, Belfast. Panel discussion follows.
  
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