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• Staff names withheld in Belfast council report on storing bonfire material

  09-04-2018 23:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has approved and published its report into its controversial storage of materials for a loyalist bonfire — with the names of the staff involved removed.
  
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• Three escape injury in Belfast crash

  09-04-2018 23:35
  Three people involved in a crash Monday morning on Route 1 by Belfast Harbor Inn walked away with only minor injuries. A white Scion xB driven by Katelyn Juszkiewicz, 23, of Searsport was traveling north around 10:15 a.m. with passenger Peter Cousins, 20, of Belfast when another vehicle entered her lane, according to police.
  
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• Pony and trap accident victims believed to be US tourists

  09-04-2018 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The victims are believed to be tourists from the United States.
  
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• Ulster supporters call for Jackson and Olding 'early reinstatement' - review outcome will 'strongly influence season ticket renewal'

  09-04-2018 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The independent official Ulster Rugby Supporters’club says the "vast majority" of its members are calling for the "early reinstatement" of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding to the team saying they will not renew season tickets or attend the Kingspan in future if they are stopped from playing for the club.
  
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• Britain and allies considering response to poison gas attack, says Theresa May

  09-04-2018 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has said the UK and allies are considering any action that is necessary in the wake of the poisoned gas attack in Syria.
  
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• The Guardian view on the Good Friday agreement: still a shared achievement | Editorial

  09-04-2018 19:37
  Northern Ireland is a better place for 20 years of peace. But the effort to uphold it requires constant commitment, especially in BritainIn 2016, in a book entitled In Praise of Forgetting, the American writer David Rieff took aim at the idea that human societies have an enduring moral and political duty to memorialise the past. We might be better off, he argued, if we think rather less about history and instead pay rather more attention to getting on with our lives. In one passage, Mr Rief
  
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• Good Friday Agreement at 20: Council votes to confer Freedom of Belfast honour to Bill Clinton and George Mitchell

  09-04-2018 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former US president Bill Clinton and Senator George Mitchell have been formally awarded the Freedom of the City of Belfast at a special meeting of the council on Monday evening.
  
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• Remembering Good Friday deal

  09-04-2018 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Key architects of the agreement remember the intense days in the build up to 10 April, 1998.
  
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• Belfast council to debate abortion pills motion

  09-04-2018 17:46
  Council asked to condemn arrests of women in Northern Ireland who procure pills onlineBelfast City council will be asked on Monday night to condemn the arrest and attempted prosecution of women in Northern Ireland who procure abortion pills online.The council will debate a motion denouncing cases such as that involving a mother who obtained abortion pills for her 15-year-old daughter who was raped. The mother faces prosecution in a court case in Belfast next month. Related: Northern Irish aborti
  
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• Man rescued from River Lagan - air ambulance sent to scene in south Belfast

  09-04-2018 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been rescued after entering the River Lagan near the Ormeau Embankment in Belfast.
  
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• Stolen tractor ploughs into side of house causing significant damage

  09-04-2018 17:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information after a tractor was driven into the side of a house in Co Londonderry.
  
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• Mixed reaction

  09-04-2018 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  There is a mixed reaction to the paramilitary groups' pledge to "fully support the rule of law".
  
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• Leaked Belfast council bonfire report: Councillor Tim Attwood 'regrets' key City Hall staff named

  09-04-2018 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast councillor said he "regrets" that a report into Belfast City Council's controversial decision to store around 2,500 pallets named some of the staff involved in the key decisions.
  
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• More than £23,000 worth of gifts given to PSNI officers over five years

  09-04-2018 16:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new analysis of figures released to the Belfast Telegraph has shown more than £23,000 worth of gifts were given to the PSNI over a five-year period.
  
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• Arlene Foster: Combined loyalist statement 'in stark contrast' to Gerry Adams' justification for violence

  09-04-2018 16:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said the combined loyalist statement condemning criminality “stands in stark contrast" to Gerry Adams’ latest justification for violence.
  
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• One-legged drug kingpin who fled to Northern Ireland hunted following conviction for trying to import £8m of drugs

  09-04-2018 16:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A one-legged drug kingpin is wanted after being convicted in his absence over the attempted importation of £8 million worth of amphetamines into the UK.
  
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• Loyalist paramilitaries should just go away – PSNI chief constable

  09-04-2018 15:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist paramilitaries should just “go away”, Northern Ireland’s most senior police officer has warned.
  
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• Tony Blair brands unionist support for Brexit in Northern Ireland extraordinary

  09-04-2018 14:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair has said he finds it “absolutely extraordinary” that many unionists in Northern Ireland support Brexit, given its potential consequences for the region’s political settlement.
  
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• Judge to hear arguments over lifting legal restrictions on rugby rape case

  09-04-2018 14:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Crown Court judge who presided over the recent 'rugby rape' trial in Belfast will hear legal arguments later this week to determine whether or not reporting restrictions can be lifted.
  
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• Documentary, Q&A

  09-04-2018 14:47
  "Dead in the Water" , dealing with the devastating impacts of federal regulations on the lives of New England ground fishermen, screened at the Colonial Theatre, 156 High St., Belfast. Cost: $15.
  
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• Missing appeal for Jennifer Patton

  09-04-2018 14:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The police and family of a missing 15-year-old girl say they are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.
  
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• UK 'stepping into difficult world,' says Hogan

  09-04-2018 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland's European Commissioner warns the UK it will be "stepping into a difficult world" after Brexit.
  
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• DUP reneged on an agreement to bring me back as Health Minister, says Wells

  09-04-2018 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MLA Jim Wells has launched a scathing attack on the leadership of his own party, claiming they reneged on an understanding to reinstate him as Health Minister.
  
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• Belfast murder accused remanded in custody over Brian Burke killing

  09-04-2018 13:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been remanded in custody charged with carrying out a murder in east Belfast.
  
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• Belfast murder accused remanded in custody

  09-04-2018 13:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was remanded in custody today charged with carrying out a murder in east Belfast.
  
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• Loyalist groups condemn 'all forms of criminal activity' in joint statement on eve of anniversary of Agreement

  09-04-2018 13:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s three biggest loyalist paramilitary groups have released a joint statement condemning “all forms of criminal activity” and said any members who commit crime will be removed from their organisations.
  
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• 10 things to do in Northern Ireland this week - from the Belfast Film Festival to Tokio Myers

  09-04-2018 12:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Whether it's music, theatre, sport, film or art, there's plenty happening across Northern Ireland this week and here's our pick of the top 10 events taking place.
  
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• Major move?

  09-04-2018 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Former BBC security editor Brian Rowan analyses the significance of the loyalists' statement.
  
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• Sinn Fein defends Gerry Adams' comments on use of violence

  09-04-2018 12:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has defended comments made by Gerry Adams that violence can still be justified to reach political aims in certain circumstances.
  
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• Sinn Fein defends Gerry Adams' comments justifying use of violence

  09-04-2018 12:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has defended comments made by Gerry Adams that violence can still be justified to reach political aims in certain circumstances.
  
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• Irish senator apologises over rugby rape trial tweet

  09-04-2018 12:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish senator has apologised for a tweet he sent in the wake of the acquittal of two Ulster rugby players on rape charges.
  
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• Irish senator Aodhan O'Riordain apologises over rugby rape trial tweet

  09-04-2018 12:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish senator has apologised for a tweet he sent in the wake of the acquittal of two Ulster rugby players on rape charges.
  
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• Most difficult meetings were with Troubles victims – Tony Blair

  09-04-2018 12:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair has said meeting victims of the Troubles as he wrestled with his conscience over the early release of paramilitary prisoners was the most difficult aspect of striking the Good Friday peace deal.
  
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• Muted birthday

  09-04-2018 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  On its 20th birthday, is the Good Friday Agreement broken and can it be fixed?
  
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• Belfast's Laura Donnelly wins Best Actress at Olivier Awards for Derry play The Ferryman

  09-04-2018 11:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Laura Donnelly has been awarded the best actress prize at the prestigious 2018 Olivier Awards.
  
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• Bid to identify Northern Ireland man found collapsed next to bike

  09-04-2018 10:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for the public's help in identifying a man found collapsed next to his bicycle in Co Antrim.
  
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• Michael Parkinson and Eamonn Holmes get wires crossed over Helen Mirren

  09-04-2018 10:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Michael Parkinson was involved in an awkward mix-up on breakfast TV when he turned to the subject of Dame Helen Mirren.
  
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• Tai Chi for Wellness

  09-04-2018 10:15
  UMaine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave., Belfast. Join instructor Adrienne Gallant certified in Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, for this six-session beginner-level class to increase your strength, flexibility, balance and overall sense of well-being.
  
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• Crumlin family living in fear after car set alight

  09-04-2018 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An arson attack has left a Co Antrim family living in fear.
  
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• Man charged in connection with alleged attack on pregnant woman in Newcastle

  09-04-2018 09:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences in connection with an incident involving an alleged assault on a pregnant woman.
  
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• Naomi Long: We cannot afford to let the current impasse at Stormont deflect us from the path of reconciliation

  09-04-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement was always going to be a time for reflection. That it comes at a time when the institutions it created are suspended and when relationships, not only between local parties but also between the UK and Irish Governments, are particularly strained makes honest reflection even more important.
  
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• Some unionists would prefer united Ireland to Brexit, says Powell

  09-04-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Good Friday Agreement negotiator Jonathan Powell has said some unionists would prefer to live in a united Ireland over leaving the EU.
  
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• Schoolgirl Kerrie Canning's sudden death leaves Northern Ireland community in shock

  09-04-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland community has been left devastated by the sudden death of a popular schoolgirl.
  
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• No minutes of Belfast council meeting about storing loyalists' bonfire pallets

  09-04-2018 08:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  No minutes or written records exist of a series of key meetings which led to Belfast City Council's controversial decision to store around 2,500 bonfire pallets which were later stolen.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Ormeau Embankment in Belfast reopens

  09-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Ormeau Embankment in Belfast closed in both directions

  09-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Latest travel updates

  09-04-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Follow our feed for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland schoolboy Jack Carr (6) who choked to death to be laid to rest

  09-04-2018 07:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young boy who died from choking will be laid to rest today.
  
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• Northern Ireland still deeply polarised 20 years after Good Friday Agreement peace: poll

  09-04-2018 07:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over half of people in Northern Ireland are still more likely to make close friends with people of the same religion, a survey reveals today.
  
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• Petition urges Ulster Rugby to reinstate rape case pair Jackson and Olding

  09-04-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An online petition calling on Ulster Rugby to reinstate Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding to the squad has gathered almost 2,000 signatures in its first day.
  
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