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• Race hate incident targets 18-month toddler in west Belfast

  26-06-2018 23:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A toddler has been targeted in a race-hate incident in west Belfast.
  
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• Councillor 'doesn't get the message' after another far-right 'Freedom Rally' announced

  26-06-2018 21:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast anti-fascist group has said the far-right in Northern Ireland “just don’t get the message” after a City Hall councillor announced she is hosting a another “UK Freedom Rally” in July.
  
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• Jim Allister reveals the cost of report to cut MLA's pay

  26-06-2018 20:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TUV leader, Jim Allister has revealed that a report to cut MLA's pay, which was given to the Secretary of State cost £4,696.65.
  
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• Appeal for missing Coleraine woman Yvonne Hegarty (50)

  26-06-2018 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for the public's help in locating missing Yvonne Hegarty, missing since Monday night.
  
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• Charlotte Caldwell tells Loose Women that other mothers need help too

  26-06-2018 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Caldwell, who has been treating her 12-year-old son Billy using cannabis oil appeared on the talk show Loose Women on Tuesday.
  
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• Rifle allegedly used in Ballymurphy shooting was modified

  26-06-2018 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rifle allegedly used by a loyalist paramilitary sniper to carry out some of the Ballymurphy killings was modified to fire the same type of bullets as British Army-issue guns, according to new information.
  
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• Drugs charge teen drops joint in courtroom

  26-06-2018 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The 16-year-old had just been convicted of possessing nine grams of herbal cannabis with intent to supply.
  
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• Lord Mayor congratulates winners of 'Respect our Essential Services' poster competition

  26-06-2018 16:46 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Jim Allister criticises DUP attendance at LGBT event in Stormont

  26-06-2018 16:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A unionist politician has hit out at DUP leader Arlene Foster for her upcoming attendance at an LGBT community event.
  
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• Incinerator ruling appeal told civil servant 'side-stepped requirements'

  26-06-2018 16:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior civil servant's approval of a £240m waste incinerator near Belfast "side-stepped" legal requirements for collective decision-making at Stormont, the Court of Appeal heard today.
  
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• Orange Order refuses to invite Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald to Twelfth celebrations

  26-06-2018 15:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has said it will not be inviting Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald to its Twelfth celebrations, saying any such invite would add "further hurt and distress" to the families of Orangemen murdered by the IRA during the Troubles.
  
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• Former Sinn Fein Stormont Speaker calls for census question on united Ireland

  26-06-2018 15:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont Assembly Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin has proposed using the 2021 census to test the demand for a united Ireland.
  
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• Ex-Stormont Speaker McLaughlin calls for census question on united Ireland

  26-06-2018 15:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont Assembly Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin has proposed using the 2021 census to test the demand for a united Ireland.
  
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• Government subverted law by refusing Finucane inquiry, court told

  26-06-2018 14:02
  Lawyer for widow says there has been no effective scrutiny of Belfast solicitor’s murderThe government has “subverted the rule of law and obstructed justice” by refusing to hold an inquiry into the 1989 murder of the Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, the supreme court has heard.Finucane, who represented a number of high-profile republicans, was shot dead in front of his family by loyalist gunmen who forced their way into his Belfast home in an attack found to have involved st
  
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• Finance firm FinTrU creating 605 jobs in Northern Ireland with £38m expansion

  26-06-2018 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Financial services company FinTrU plans to create 605 jobs over the next five years in Belfast and Londonderry.
  
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• Financial services firm FinTrU creates 600 jobs

  26-06-2018 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Half the jobs will be in Londonderry, making it one of the city's biggest inward investments in years.
  
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• Widow of murdered Belfast solicitor optimistic as Supreme Court battle begins

  26-06-2018 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane have urged the UK’s highest court to rule that there should be a public inquiry into his death.
  
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• PSNI deputy chief Drew Harris appointed as Garda Commissioner

  26-06-2018 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris has been appointed the new Garda Commissioner.
  
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• Teenager (16) arrested under suspicion of murdering Piotr Krowka

  26-06-2018 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Piotr Krowka in Maghera.
  
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• 8 things happening in Northern Ireland, June 26-July 1 - from Celtronic Festival to Eric Prydz

  26-06-2018 12:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As Northern Ireland enjoys the heat wave, Belsonic finishes up with Eric Prydz and Celtronic kicks off in Londonderry. Take a look through our top picks of what's happening this week.
  
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• Schoolboy killer Chris Kerr was chased through Belfast's Victoria Square after faking sick stomach

  26-06-2018 12:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fugitive killer Chris Kerr did a day release runner from prison staff after pretending to have a sick stomach.
  
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• Sensory day for children with autism being held at Belfast Zoo

  26-06-2018 11:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Zoo will hold its first ever sensory day for children with autism this weekend.
  
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• Dromore youth worker with rare cancer had leg amputated yet wouldn’t change a thing

  26-06-2018 11:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ahead of a Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Big Bucket Collection this Friday, Dromore youth worker Peter Branker tells Marie Foy why he’s always happy to help with fundraising.
  
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• Belfast man threatened with handgun by masked man

  26-06-2018 10:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been threatened with a handgun before being punched several times by a masked man in north Belfast.
  
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• Sinn Fein's McDonald would go to Twelfth celebrations 'if invited'

  26-06-2018 10:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The president of Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald has appeared to say sorry for the IRA's murder of around 300 Orangemen during the Troubles and said she would attend the Twelfth of July if she was invited.
  
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• Northern Ireland ambulance man tricked woman into showing breasts

  26-06-2018 10:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A paramedic has been booted out of the profession for conning a female boxer into exposing her breasts during a pre-fight check.
  
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• Clarification: Rick Hill

  26-06-2018 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A front page plug leading to an inside page article about the views of former Presbyterian minister Rick Hill were both incorrectly illustrated with a photograph of the Presbyterian Church's current discipleship officer, also named Rick Hill (Belfast Telegraph, June 25).
  
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• Pearce Branagan's girlfriend pays tribute to hurler 'who could light up room with his smile'

  26-06-2018 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The girlfriend of a GAA player who died suddenly on Saturday has said he was her "soulmate and best friend all in one".
  
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• Queen's launch their new formula car ahead of student racing challenge

  26-06-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A group of engineering students from Queen's University have unveiled their latest formula race car head of next month's big race.
  
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• GAA clubs free to name grounds after IRA and INLA, insists Ulster chief

  26-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of Ulster GAA has said it remains the right of clubs to name their grounds and competitions after IRA and INLA members.
  
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• Charges dismissed over rocket launcher snowman in window

  26-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men charged in connection with a window display of a snowman carrying a RPG 7 rocket launcher and stating 'Wishing You An Explosive Christmas' have had their charges dismissed at Londonderry Magistrates' Court.
  
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• Arlene Foster has ended mystery of GAA for unionists, says Brolly

  26-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prominent GAA pundit Joe Brolly has said Arlene Foster's attendance at the Ulster Final in Clones on Sunday has helped to "demythologise" the GAA for unionists.
  
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• Gold medal hero Rhys trains in back garden after being 'forced' out of gymnast club

  26-06-2018 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Rhys McClenaghan has been training on a pommel horse in his back garden just days before major gymnastics events.
  
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• Northern Ireland toddler Kayden (3) died in 13-blow beating, court told

  26-06-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A three-year-old boy whose body was found in his family’s Londonderry flat last year died from one of 13 blows he received to his head during a single blunt force attack, a court has heard.
  
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• It’s a dog’s life in Belfast as pets get therapies and massages

  26-06-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Waggy tails and wet noses were unleashed yesterday afternoon as Belfast hosted Northern Ireland's first Dog Expo.
  
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• Chief examiner in dark over bid for common transfer test in Northern Ireland

  26-06-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A row has broken out after claims that the bodies that run Northern Ireland's two transfer tests had agreed to create a common exam.
  
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• The DUP-Tory deal: A guide one year on

  26-06-2018 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  A guide to the confidence and supply deal between the DUP and Conservatives, one year on.
  
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• Pat Finucane's widow takes inquiry bid to Supreme Court - solicitor murdered in 1989

  26-06-2018 02:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The widow of a murdered Belfast solicitor takes her bid for a public inquiry into his death to the UK’s highest court.
  
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• Dublin church: Car hits mourners at funeral

  26-06-2018 00:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Two people are seriously ill after pedestrians are struck by a car in Dublin church grounds.
  
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