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• Mary-Lou McDonald: DUP not interested in protecting livelihoods in NI

  16-06-2018 20:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP is more interested in facilitating Tory Brexit than protecting the livelihoods of people in Northern Ireland, Mary-Lou McDonald has claimed.
  
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• Sinn Fein: Tories in fantasy over Irish border solution

  16-06-2018 20:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Tories are producing fantasy “non-solutions” to the Irish border, Sinn Fein said.
  
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• Burglars kick doors and set off fire extinguisher in Newtownabbey church

  16-06-2018 18:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Burglars have kicked doors and set off fire extinguishers after breaking into a church in Newtownabbey.
  
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• Co Tyrone candlemakers has entire stock stolen by thieves

  16-06-2018 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone candlemaker has had its entire stock stolen after being hit by thieves on Thursday night.
  
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• Photos: Thousands of Vespas take to the streets of Northern Ireland

  16-06-2018 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Vespa enthusiasts have taken to the streets of Northern Ireland as part of a major festival celebrating the Italian scooter.
  
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• Police seek driver of Vespa involved in crash with police vehicle in Carrickfergus

  16-06-2018 16:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An appeal has been made for the driver of a Vespa scooter which was involved in a crash with a police vehicle in Carrickfergus.
  
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• Lionel Messi misses penalty as Iceland hold Argentina to a thrilling draw

  16-06-2018 16:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lionel Messi missed a penalty as Iceland grabbed a deserved 1-1 draw with two-time World Cup winners Argentina.
  
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• Co Antrim council staff given time off in exchange for parking further away

  16-06-2018 15:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Staff on Antrim and Newtownabbey Council have been able to claim time off in exchange for parking further away from their workplace.
  
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• Vroom Vroom

  16-06-2018 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Vintage and modern unite as 3,000 scooters travel to Carrickfergus Castle for Vespa World Days event.
  
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• Skip lorry hi-jacked and torched in north Belfast

  16-06-2018 13:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A skip lorry has been hi-jacked and set alight in north Belfast.
  
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• Ireland level series with overdue win in Australia

  16-06-2018 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s summer series in Australia will come down to a winner-takes-all finale in Sydney next week after the tourists secured a first away win in Australia in exactly 39 years.
  
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• Home Office grants licence for epileptic boy’s medicinal cannabis oil

  16-06-2018 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Home Office is returning a severely epileptic boy’s medicinal cannabis oil after confiscating it from his mother at customs.
  
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• Live US Open: Round three scores, leaderboard and tee-off times

  16-06-2018 12:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dustin Johnson took a massive step towards a second US Open victory in three years as Ian Poulter’s challenge imploded on an eventful second day at Shinnecock Hills.
  
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• The summer I will never forget: A long ago holiday that brought love and loss

  16-06-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's the summer we all have - the one that lives in memory and seems to grow more radiant in retrospect, as the years pass. But even though it picks up extra glory as it recedes, it's not that we don't know at the time that this one is something special. We do; we feel it. As the days and nights slip by, golden dawn followed by velvet dusk, we know this one is not like the others. That it stands apart - bathed in the seductive light of infinite possibility; a voice that whispers 'anything can ha
  
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• Rory fails to find sparkle as hopes of US Open glory are crushed

  16-06-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The questions were raised when Rory McIlroy said he was going to try and plot his way around Shinnecock Hills - not about the plan, but the ability of the execution.
  
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• Restaurant Review: Smuggler's Table, Co Down gem that's worth the detour

  16-06-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Killyleagh, on the shores of Strangford Lough, has become a favourite stopping point for cyclists on weekend group runs. Swarms of men and occasionally a woman or two in bright, multi-coloured Lycra tops descend on the small town following a pleasurable pedal through the drumlin countryside around.
  
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• Despite my lack of knowledge, I'll still get a big kick out of the World Cup

  16-06-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I came home this week to find that my husband and son had made a few interior design changes to the decor in our living room. Normally that room resembles a portrait gallery in a museum, not in terms of tidiness, certainly not in terms of quiet reflection with my homegrown hoard of hoodlums, but in the sheer amount of 2D faces staring down at you.
  
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• 'Brave? I'm the biggest coward that you'll ever encounter'

  16-06-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Not many people can say they've witnessed history in the making, but Sir Trevor McDonald most certainly can. The news veteran conducted the first interview with Nelson Mandela after his release from prison back in 1990 and, yes, he felt the pressure of such an important task.
  
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• Hundreds turn out to remember soldiers killed by IRA in Lisburn fun run van blast

  16-06-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Last Post sounded across Lisburn city centre last night as hundreds gathered to remember to six soldiers murdered 30 years ago at a charity fun run.
  
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• Multimillion-pound restoration hit by blaze at Mackintosh Building – fire chief

  16-06-2018 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fire has caused “extensive” damage at Glasgow’s famed Mackintosh Building and hit multimillion-pound restoration work carried out in the aftermath of a previous blaze, a fire officer has confirmed.
  
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• 'We are never going to stop until we get answers about what Granny went through'

  16-06-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  She has become the face of the suffering endured by countless people living out their final months and years at Dunmurry Manor.
  
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• Runwood not fit to run care homes, says patients' body

  16-06-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A care home owned by Runwood Homes was failing to meet basic safety standards six months after a team was put in place to drive up standards, it has emerged.
  
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• DUP leader’s 'hand of friendship' to Muslims

  16-06-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP Leader Arlene Foster reached out the hand of friendships to Northern Ireland's Muslims, and received a henna tattoo when she joined the community as they celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that signifies the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.
  
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• Church feeling heat from political critics after Alderdice quits

  16-06-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has called on the Presbyterian Church to apologise to Lord Alderdice.
  
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• Breaking news: award-winning Little Reporters make headlines on Tele visit

  16-06-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pupils from Augher Central Primary School made the news yesterday after winning a major competition to visit Belfast Telegraph headquarters and see journalists in action.
  
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• Belfast woman who died while on holiday in France is laid to rest

  16-06-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Popular Shankill hairdresser Leah Weir was laid to rest yesterday with several hundred mourners gathering at New Life City Church to attend her funeral.
  
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• Vespa World Days festival descends on NI

  16-06-2018 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  A cavalcade of colourful scooters has motored into Northern Ireland for the 'Vespa World Days' event.
  
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