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• 'Bitter disappointment' following suspected arson attack on historic Co Tyrone building

  16-05-2018 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan has spoken of his 'bitter disappointment following another suspected arson attack on Herdman's Mill in Sion Mills.
  
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• What makes a prize cow?

  16-05-2018 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News NI gets judging tips from the chief steward of the Balmoral Show's cattle section.
  
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• Ex-Maine lawmaker accused of fraud back in jail facing tax charges

  16-05-2018 20:12
  A former Maine legislator accused of bilking an elderly Belfast woman out of more than $2 million is back in jail facing new charges over failure to pay income taxes and for allegedly violating his bail conditions. Robert Kenneth Lindell Jr., 53, of Cloverdale, California, in March 2017 pleaded not guilty to theft by unauthorized taking and to a securities violation in connection with the alleged fraud against the Belfast widow.
  
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• David Sterling: 'Departments lack clarity over decisions'

  16-05-2018 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The head of the civil service says there is a lack of clarity on what decisions departments can make in the absence of ministers.
  
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• Council unlikely to open book of condolence for Gaza victims due to unionist opposition

  16-05-2018 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Requests for Belfast City Council to open a book of condolence for those killed on the Gaza Strip on Monday are unlikely to be granted as the move does not garner all-party support, it has emerged.
  
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• Northern Ireland council becomes first to waive burial fees for children

  16-05-2018 19:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (ABC) has become the first Council in Northern Ireland to waive burial fees for children.
  
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• 48 firefighters battle Co Antrim gorse blaze

  16-05-2018 18:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A one kilometre-wide gorse fire has broken out in Co Antrim.
  
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• Police appeal for help locating missing 17-year-old from west Belfast

  16-05-2018 18:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in west Belfast have appealed for help in finding missing 17-year-old Cora Bradley.
  
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• Sinn Fein claim UVF behind Larne attack which left man in hospital

  16-05-2018 18:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Sinn Fein MLA has claimed the UVF were behind an attack in Larne which left a man hospitalised with puncture wounds and a head injury.
  
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• Appeal urged over European court’s ruling ‘Hooded Men’ did not suffer torture

  16-05-2018 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Government is being called on to appeal against a European court decision that found the so-called Hooded Men did not suffer torture.
  
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• £2m family and women’s centre given go-ahead for north Belfast

  16-05-2018 17:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  North Belfast is set to get a new family and women’s centre, after a £2m community project was given the green light at Belfast City Council last night.
  
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• A time to remember and honor

  16-05-2018 17:49
  Volunteers are needed to join the Belfast Veterans of Foreign Wars post to place American flags on all veteran graves. Volunteers will gather at the cemetery garage.
  
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• Crowds enjoy the first day of the Balmoral Show

  16-05-2018 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The Balmoral Show has begun with the first of four days of events to showcase food and farming in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Belfast man stabbed in stomach after confronting intruder in garden - Belfast Telegraph

  16-05-2018 17:21
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  Belfast man stabbed in stomach after confronting intruder in garden
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  A man has been stabbed in the stomach after being confronted by an intruder in his garden. Police received a report of a burglary and assault in east Belfast in which a man was stabbed on Wednesday morning. Detective Inspector Wallace said: “A man in ...
  Dundonald stabbing: Man injured after confronting male in his gardenBelfast Live
  Man in hospital after assault and stabbingBelfast New
  
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• Loyalist terror group flags put up near shared housing in south Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  16-05-2018 16:44
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  Loyalist terror group flags put up near shared housing in south Belfast
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  The erection of UVF flags near a shared housing development in south Belfast has been condemned. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/loyalist-terror-group-flags-put-up-near-shared-housing-in-south-belfast-36912560.html.
  UVF flags near mixed Belfast estates removedBBC News
  MLA speaks of frustration after paramilitary flags erected in South BelfastBelfast Liveall 4 news
  
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• Civil Service to appeal High Court Hightown incinerator decision

  16-05-2018 16:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Civil Service has announced it will appeal a High Court ruling that civil servants acted above their station in granting approval for a major incinerator on the outskirts of Belfast.
  
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• 'IRA sympathiser' in court charged with possessing terrorist documents

  16-05-2018 15:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An alleged IRA sympathiser has appeared in court accused of possessing terrorist documents including one called the Poor Man's James Bond.
  
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• Belfast man stabbed in stomach after confronting intruder in garden

  16-05-2018 15:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been stabbed in the stomach after being confronted by an intruder in his garden.
  
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• Pearse Jordan's mum wants inquest finding into IRA man's death quashed

  16-05-2018 14:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A coroner abdicated his responsibility to reach a verdict on the central issues in the police killing of an IRA man, the Court of Appeal heard today.
  
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• Tribute to Offaly pilot crash victim

  16-05-2018 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Neil Bowditch was the pilot of the light aircraft which crashed in Ireland on Sunday.
  
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• Murder probe Belfast police had power to video child during search

  16-05-2018 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating a murder in Northern Ireland had legal power to video record a child during searches at her home, a High Court judge ruled today.
  
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• Car seat warning from PSNI after Belfast school patrols - Belfast Live

  16-05-2018 14:02
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  Car seat warning from PSNI after Belfast school patrols
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  Police have issued a warning after detecting "young children not in suitable child seats or in any child seat" outside a Belfast primary school. Officers on road safety patrol in the west of the city had to hand out what they described as education and ...
  
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• Ant and Dec pictured together for first time after drink-driving arrest

  16-05-2018 13:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Popular TV presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been pictured together for the first time after McPartlin was arrested for drink-driving in March.
  
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• Brexit customs partnership would ease Irish border issue, says Bradley

  16-05-2018 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A customs partnership after Brexit would make it easier to deal with the Irish border question, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said.
  
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• Loyalist terror group flags put up near shared housing in south Belfast

  16-05-2018 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The erection of UVF flags near a shared housing development in south Belfast has been condemned.
  
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• Balmoral heaven: 10 of the best 4x4s for ability and comfort

  16-05-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's that time of the year again when country comes to town (well near town, anyway these days) - the Balmoral Show.
  
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• North West 200: Practice and full race schedule 2018

  16-05-2018 10:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The first day's racing at the North West 200 in Northern Ireland gets under way tomorrow.
  
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• Who will replace Sam Allardyce at Everton?

  16-05-2018 10:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sam Allardyce’s tenure as Everton boss is over after the club announced the 63-year-old’s departure on Wednesday.
  
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• Hundreds of volunteers pitch in for citywide trash pickup

  16-05-2018 10:24
  On May 12, some 500 volunteers sporting orange "Keeping Belfast Maine Beautiful" T-shirts walked nearly every public road in Belfast picking up trash. The event, conceived by Belfast Police Sgt.
  
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• Balmoral Show 2018: Videos and pictures from Day One

  16-05-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pedigree pigs and poultry, toy tractors and traybakes - the Balmoral Show is celebrating a very special birthday as it kicks off this morning.
  
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• Sinn Fein want Gaza book of condolence at Belfast City ... - Belfast Telegraph

  16-05-2018 09:03
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  Sinn Fein want Gaza book of condolence at Belfast City ...
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  Sinn Féin's leader on Belfast City Council, Deirdre Hargey, has formally requested that a book of condolence be opened in Belfast City Hall for victims of recent ...
  Sinn Fein call for Gaza book of condolenceBelfast Media Groupall 8 news articles »
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Balmoral Show and North West 200 delays

  16-05-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Belfast 'major contributor' to easyJet's strong start to year ... - Belfast Telegraph

  16-05-2018 08:53
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  Belfast 'major contributor' to easyJet's strong start to year ...
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  Budget airline easyJet, which launches three new routes from Belfast International Airport next month, has said the airport was a.and more »
  
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• Northern Ireland country pub for sale at £179k

  16-05-2018 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A vacant rural pub in Northern Ireland complete with bed and breakfast business has come onto the market.
  
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• President Higgins' tribute to playwright Tom Murphy

  16-05-2018 08:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Award winning Irish playwright Tom Murphy has died, aged 83.
  
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• Tragic Niall O'Hanlon's sister tells mourners 'amazing brother will be forever young'

  16-05-2018 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of a Co Down footballer who died after being hit by a car has paid tribute to her "amazing" brother.
  
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• Pilot almost sucked out of passenger plane cockpit after windscreen detaches

  16-05-2018 07:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Chinese authorities and Airbus are investigating why a plane’s cockpit windscreen detached during a flight, forcing an emergency landing.
  
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• Sinn Fein votes against Freedom of Drogheda to SDLP's Seamus Mallon

  16-05-2018 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein councillors voted against former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon being granted the Freedom of Drogheda because they thought it was "wrong to elevate only one person involved in the peace process".
  
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• Memorial event for IRA man McCreesh angers Kingsmill relative

  16-05-2018 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The brother of a man murdered in the Kingsmill massacre has described plans to hold a memorial event for one of the suspects as a "further insult" to his family.
  
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• 'Bewildered' reaction as Irish hotel cancels Harry and Meghan wedding event after republican complaints

  16-05-2018 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In Londonderry's Fountain Estate, preparations are underway for a lively and colourful street party to mark the occasion of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday.
  
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