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• Watch: Olly Murs joins Belfast hen party ahead of Feile gig

  11-08-2018 20:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Olly Murs surprised a hen party in Belfast ahead of his concert at the Falls Park to close the Feile an Phobail festival.
  
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• Organisers celebrate biggest ever Feile after Belfast street parade

  11-08-2018 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Feile an Phobail organisers celebrated their biggest ever festival on its 30th anniversary.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Belfast road reopens after gas explosion

  11-08-2018 19:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Twelve vintage tractors stolen from outbuildings in Carryduff

  11-08-2018 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The tractors, ten of which are Massey Fergusons, are described as being of great sentimental value.
  
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• Pair in court linked to £7m Northern Ireland drugs import operation

  11-08-2018 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and woman appeared in court on Saturday on charges linked to what police describe as a drug importing operation worth up to  £7 million.
  
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• Derry an example of parading success, says PSNI as thousands take part in Apprentice Boys march

  11-08-2018 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police said the example of Derry could be a solution to parading issues across Northern Ireland after Saturday's Apprentice Boys march through the city.
  
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• Police 'enquiries into possible wrongdoing' in Belfast after online posts

  11-08-2018 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have said they are making enquiries into "possible wrongdoing" after comments were posted online about the south Belfast community.
  
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• Ulster Grand Prix rider fighting for life after 'serious race incident'

  11-08-2018 17:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rider at the Ulster Grand Prix is fighting for his life in hospital after a serious incident during the opening race on Saturday.
  
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• Dissidents parade through Belfast for anti-internment march

  11-08-2018 16:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dissident republicans have paraded through Belfast to City Hall for the first time for their annual anti-internment parade.
  
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• Organisers explain Newcastle Festival of Flight display cancellation

  11-08-2018 16:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Organisers of the Newcastle Festival of Flight said safety was paramount in explaining their decision to cancelled all air displays due to the poor weather conditions on Saturday
  
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• Bad weather grounds Newcastle Festival of Flight

  11-08-2018 16:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Air displays at the Newcastle Festival of Flight have been cancelled due to the poor weather conditions.
  
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• Storms leave NI passengers stranded

  11-08-2018 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Several airlines cancelled flights and some passengers had to sleep in airports as hotels were full.
  
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• Two Ulster Grand Prix riders in 'serious incident' during race

  11-08-2018 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two riders at the Ulster Grand Prix have been involved in a serious incident during a race.
  
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• Carrickfergus councillor James Brown who served for four decades laid to rest

  11-08-2018 13:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A long-serving Northern Ireland councillor has been laid to rest.
  
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• Omagh bombing: Families enduring anguish and how quest for justice still goes on

  11-08-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This Wednesday, August 15, 20 years after the terrible Omagh bomb, I'll be at St George's School in Weybridge in Surrey for a service at the grave of James Barker.
  
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• Hitting the right notes: Hymn writer Keith Getty on why it took him some time to woo wife Kristyn

  11-08-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland-born hymn writer and performer Keith Getty tells Stephanie Bell his wife was not impressed with him at first meeting and also reveals how his most famous composition was written on the back of a bill
  
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• Pride not an event the PSNI should support, DUP man says in letter to police boss

  11-08-2018 11:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor has written an open letter to the Chief Constable outlining concerns regarding the PSNI's involvement in this year's Pride parade.
  
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• Festival organisers 'damaging' relations by naming event after Mairead Farrell

  11-08-2018 11:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Festival organisers who held a sporting event named after one of the Gibraltar Three have been accused of "damaging" community relations.
  
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• Three stabbed in brawl outside Northern Ireland pub

  11-08-2018 11:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men were stabbed in a brawl outside a Co Antrim pub.
  
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• Shock as three stabbed and two arrested for attempted murder in village brawl

  11-08-2018 11:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men were stabbed in a brawl outside a Co Antrim pub.
  
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• Restaurant review: The Jailhouse - joy to find real pub hidden in plain sight

  11-08-2018 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was bound to happen sooner or later. The two people behind Belfast's greatest competing entertainment empires, both on top of their game, each with a brilliant eye for branding, were bound to come together at some point to create the city's latest phenomenon: a bar and restaurant like no other, hidden away in one of Belfast's most ancient arteries, Joy's Entry.
  
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• Northern Ireland nurse 'lost everything' after taking swine flu vaccine

  11-08-2018 10:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim nurse has claimed she "lost everything" after being given a flu vaccine which is being linked to a global rise in narcolepsy.
  
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• Northern Ireland sleep disorder victims sue over claims vaccine was cause

  11-08-2018 10:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least three people in Northern Ireland who developed an incurable sleep disorder after receiving a flu vaccine are suing a pharmaceutical giant and the British government.
  
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• Motorsports academy could become lasting legacy of tragic racer William Dunlop

  11-08-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland motorsports academy to train and develop young two and four-wheel sports talent could become the legacy of the late William Dunlop.
  
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• Irish unity would bring thousands of job cuts: DUP's Hamilton

  11-08-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Finance Minister Simon Hamilton has said those currently attempting to make an economic case for a united Ireland are gambling their future on "supposition and wishful thinking".
  
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• Catalogue of mistakes led to Antrim boy's road death, rules coroner

  11-08-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An inquest into the death of a young Co Antrim boy has ruled that the driver of a vehicle which collided with him was not travelling at a suitable speed.
  
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• Premier League LIVE scores: Newcastle v Spurs, Huddersfield v Chelsea, Liverpool v West Ham, Arsenal v Manchester City plus league table and fixtures

  11-08-2018 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new Premier League season got underway with a Manchester United win on Friday night. You can follow the twists and turns of the game right here with us.
  
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• Northern Ireland family in horror Dublin crash - man dead, mum fighting for life

  11-08-2018 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man was killed after the pick-up truck he was driving was involved in a pursuit by gardai in Dublin.
  
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• Heavy police presence as dissidents prepare for anti-internment march

  11-08-2018 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A major police operation will be in place today as dissident republicans march through Belfast city centre for the first time in four years.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Derry Apprentice Boys parade and Newcastle Festival of Flight

  11-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Hockey heroes

  11-08-2018 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Weekly papers feature the Irish women's hockey squad, but also report on boy racers and "horrific" lamb attack.
  
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• Northern Ireland man elected architecture body president amid race row

  11-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man has been elected president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) amid a row over alleged "institutional racism" at the prestigious body.
  
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• Bizarre scenes in Northern Ireland court as assault case man claims he’s deaf-mute

  11-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who claims to be deaf-mute, despite evidence disproving this, has been convicted of a brutal attack on police and custody staff - one of whom was bitten requiring hospital treatment and HIV tests.
  
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• Belfast family shock after cat has boiling water thrown over him

  11-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An animal lover has spoken of her shock after someone threw boiling water over her granddaughter's cat.
  
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• Audiologist at centre of Republic of Ireland health scare worked in Northern Ireland

  11-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An audiologist at the centre of a major health scare in the Republic of Ireland has worked for the Belfast Trust, it can be revealed.
  
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• Audiologist at centre of Republic of Ireland health scare worked for Belfast Trust

  11-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An audiologist at the centre of a major health scare in the Republic of Ireland has worked for the Belfast Trust, it can be revealed.
  
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• Stormont stalemate

  11-08-2018 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  After 18 months with no government, the NI parties are taking each other on - in eight-bit quality.
  
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• Stormont deadlock: The crisis that spawned a video game

  11-08-2018 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  After 18 months with no government, the NI parties are taking each other on - in 8-bit quality.
  
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• Clarification: Mike Nesbitt

  11-08-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mike Nesbitt has asked us to clarify that while speaking at the West Belfast Festival earlier this week he described Martin McGuinness as "a man of political integrity".
  
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