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• Male pedestrian killed in M1 lorry incident

  01-08-2018 23:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed a male pedestrian died in the incident on the M1 on Wednesday.
  
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• Justin McAleese: Faith-based objections have no place in secular marriage

  01-08-2018 21:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Faith-based objections have no place in the secular same-sex marriage debate in Northern Ireland, the son of former Irish president Mary McAleese said.
  
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• Jamie Dornan on mother's cancer

  01-08-2018 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The actor is made patron of a new support group for survivors and people who lost loved ones to the disease.
  
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• Top baby names in Northern Ireland

  01-08-2018 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Will Jack, Isla, Emily or Zeplin take the top spot?
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Portadown rail line closed by security alert

  01-08-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Portadown rail line closed

  01-08-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Part of M1 reopened after serious incident

  01-08-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Part of M1 reopened after pedestrian killed in incident

  01-08-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: M1 'incident': Five mile traffic queues and closure likely for hours

  01-08-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• PSNI: 24 reports of scamming over last two days

  01-08-2018 19:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have received 24 reports of scamming in Northern Ireland over the last two days.
  
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• Over 1,000 Northern Ireland youngster criminals - 'entirely unacceptable,' says child welfare group

  01-08-2018 19:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A leading expert group on child welfare has said it is "entirely unacceptable" children just out of primary school are being burdened with criminal records.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: M1 crash: Motorway closed for Air Ambulance - long delays after 'serious incident'

  01-08-2018 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Jamie Dornan reveals pain of losing mother to pancreatic cancer

  01-08-2018 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jamie Dornan has spoken of the pain of losing his mother as he threw his weight behind a new group set up to support those suffering from pancreatic cancer.
  
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• Knuckledusters and stun gun seized at Belfast airport - BBC News

  01-08-2018 18:35
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  Weapons including knives, knuckledusters and a stun gun disguised as a mobile phone have been seized by officials at Belfast International Airport in recent months. The UK Border Force said the items had been brought to Northern Ireland by passengers ...and more »
  
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• Police probe 'unusual level' of crime in Limavady

  01-08-2018 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Vehicles and cash were stolen in a series of early morning incidents that police say may be linked.
  
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• Donegal Airport has been voted the most beautiful

  01-08-2018 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The beautiful surroundings of Donegal Airport have seen it named the most scenic in the world.
  
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• Sinn Fein criticises Arlene Foster’s ‘bizarre’ defence of DUP Pride flag stance

  01-08-2018 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has described a claim from Arlene Foster that a bid to fly a Pride flag at a council building was a republican rouse to remove the Union flag as bizarre.
  
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• Gay Catholic MP married to Northern Ireland man to address Belfast event

  01-08-2018 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Opponents of same-sex marriage reform risk alienating a generation in Northern Ireland, a leading campaigner will say later.
  
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• Portuguese man remanded in custody for alleged cocaine smuggling to Northern Ireland

  01-08-2018 15:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mario Dacruz was arrested at George Best Belfast City Airport after arriving on a flight on Monday.
  
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• Man poured Buckfast over sister before attacking her, Belfast court told

  01-08-2018 14:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man allegedly doused his sister in Buckfast tonic wine before inflicting multiple facial fractures on her, the High Court in Belfast heard today.
  
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• Belfast houses damaged and cars set alight in suspected intimidation

  01-08-2018 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cars have been set alight and property damaged in a suspected intimidation incidents in north Belfast.
  
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• UDA ditches Belfast Ormeau parade honouring terrorists Batty and Elder

  01-08-2018 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A contentious loyalist parade through the Ormeau Road area of Belfast commemorating members of the UDA has been scrapped.
  
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• Tommy Robinson facing fresh hearing after winning contempt of court challenge

  01-08-2018 13:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson is facing a fresh hearing over an allegation that he committed contempt of court by filming people in a criminal trial and broadcasting footage on social media.
  
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• Uniformed PSNI to take part in Belfast Pride parade for second year

  01-08-2018 12:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Uniformed PSNI officers will take part in the Belfast Pride parade for the second time ever.
  
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• Northern Ireland man faces court over 'naming rugby rape trial woman on internet'

  01-08-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is facing court after he allegedly identified the woman who was at the centre of the rugby rape trial in a social media post.
  
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• DUP will not budge on Irish language act, says Arlene Foster

  01-08-2018 11:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party would never accept an Irish language act, dampening hopes ahead of a proposed resumption of power-sharing negotiations in the autumn.
  
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• Revealed: Top 10 baby names in Northern Ireland

  01-08-2018 10:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It’s official - Emily and James were the most popular first names given to baby girls and baby boys in Northern Ireland, for births registered in 2017.
  
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• Coleraine water park announces 12 new jobs

  01-08-2018 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A water park in Coleraine announces 12 new jobs.
  
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• Rangers shouldn't sign 'nutter' Kyle Lafferty, says ex-Celtic star Chris Sutton

  01-08-2018 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton has warned Rangers boss Steven Gerrard not to throw a 'timebomb' into his dressing room by signing Kyle Lafferty.
  
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• Screwfix to open two new Northern Ireland shops

  01-08-2018 08:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Screwfix is set to open two new stores in Northern Ireland as part of its latest expansion across the province.
  
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• Tourist injured at Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Visitors at a popular Co Antrim beauty spot watched on in shock as a female tourist was rescued by emergency services.
  
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• Suzanne Breen: Mary Lou's off-script comment is first slip-up since becoming boss

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For decades a British withdrawal and establishment of a 32-county socialist republic was the foundation stone of Sinn Fein policy.
  
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• McDonald U-turn over border poll prompts derision from unionists

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Unionists have accused Mary Lou McDonald of a major political U-turn on her initial suggestion that a border poll shouldn't be held during Brexit uncertainty.
  
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• Everybody's left enchanted by fairy trail in Northern Ireland garden

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Once upon a time, Sean McKeown had an idea - but before he could do anything with it he had to assure his family he wasn't away with the fairies.
  
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• DUP tries to block Northern Ireland council flying Pride flag

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has used a special 'call-in' procedure to block the flying of rainbow flags on Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council's civic buildings for this weekend's Pride events.
  
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• Dominic Murray (67) named as Belfast man killed as he repaired car

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of a man killed after a car collapsed on him in south Belfast will take place on Friday.
  
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• Car set alight in night attack in Belfast

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A car has been destroyed in an overnight attack - yards from where a woman was forced to leave her home.
  
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• Belfast Trust spent £600k on consultants in two years

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cash-strapped health bosses paid out more than £600,000 for advice from management consultants in just two years, it has emerged.
  
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• Beattie 'sorry' that UUP was late to support gay rights and is only now catching up

  01-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Ulster Unionist MLA does not believe any of his nine Assembly colleagues would sign a petition of concern to block same-sex marriage.
  
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• Belfast teen Padraig Morgan fights for life after falling off Spanish balcony

  01-08-2018 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast teenager was in a critical condition in a Spanish hospital last night after falling from a balcony.
  
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• Derry Girls crowned Radio Times Comedy Champion

  01-08-2018 00:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cream horns all around.
  
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