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• DUP hits back after north Belfast housing claims

  16-08-2018 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has hit back at a story which claims it made representations on behalf of a constituent for a north Belfast property a week before the legal tenant was forced out by a criminal gang.
  
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• Exhumed body confirmed as missing Irish man

  16-08-2018 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  DNA testing confirms the body of a man who went missing 33 years ago is that of Joseph Dowley.
  
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• Pope 'should meet Irish clerical sex abuse victims'

  16-08-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Pope Francis will express "grave sorrow" about clerical sex abuse when he visits Ireland, says Archbishop Eamon Martin.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt: No-deal Brexit would be a ‘mistake we would regret for generations’

  16-08-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A no-deal Brexit would be a “mistake we would regret for generations”, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
  
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• Man arrested over supplying unlicensed door staff by police investigating East Belfast UVF

  16-08-2018 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying unlicensed door staff by police investigating criminality linked to the East Belfast UVF.
  
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• Ulster Unionist councillor set to face motion of no confidence from Alliance

  16-08-2018 18:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Veteran Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers is set to face a vote of no confidence over his chairing of a key Belfast City Council committee.
  
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• Man allegedly linked to £860,000 cannabis distribution network denied internet access for chip shop business

  16-08-2018 17:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man allegedly linked to the distribution of £860,000 worth of cannabis through Northern Ireland's postal system has been denied internet access for a fledgling chip shop business.
  
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• I am over the moon: Watch Northern Ireland students open A Level results

  16-08-2018 17:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Across Northern Ireland students have been opening their A Level results and making their plans for the future.
  
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• Stormont department working to address Belfast gridlock after bus lane changes

  16-08-2018 16:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has said they are working to tackle traffic issues after massive gridlock in Belfast on Wednesday evening.
  
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• European law firm creates 125 new Belfast jobs

  16-08-2018 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Fieldfisher say they are expanding their office network to NI because of its "graduate talent pool".
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Moira Road in Lisburn closed following accident

  16-08-2018 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin dies aged 76 after cancer battle

  16-08-2018 15:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died aged 76.
  
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• Former loyalist leader’s sister-in-law celebrates A-level Irish result

  16-08-2018 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister-in-law of a former Loyalist leader has achieved an A grade in A-level Irish.
  
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• No deal Brexit will damage Northern Ireland health care, warns medical body

  16-08-2018 15:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A no deal Brexit would have "serious implications" for the delivery of health care in Northern Ireland, the UK's leading medical authority has warned.
  
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• Murdered officers' names burned on Londonderry bonfire

  16-08-2018 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Families of murdered police and prison officers express their disgust after their names are placed on top of a bonfire in Londonderry.
  
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• Wife of murdered PSNI officer Stephen Carroll 'disappointed in Derry' after husband's name appears on bonfire

  16-08-2018 14:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The wife of the first PSNI officer to be murdered by dissident republicans has said that she is "disappointed" in Londonderry after her husband's name appeared on a bonfire in the city.
  
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• Kid's computer sparks 'suspicious device' call to Belfast police

  16-08-2018 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A device used to encourage young people to get into computer programming sparked concerns it may have been something more sinister.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Disruption warning ahead of Ulster game

  16-08-2018 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Major international law firm moves into Northern Ireland creating 125 jobs

  16-08-2018 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  European law firm Fieldfisher has expanded into Northern Ireland with the creation of 125 new jobs.
  
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• Murdered officer bonfire signs 'absolutely sickening'

  16-08-2018 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Names of murdered police and prison officers were burned on the bonfire in Londonderry.
  
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• Northern Ireland Twelfth clean-up costs revealed

  16-08-2018 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The cost to clean up after this year's Twelfth celebrations in Belfast has been revealed.
  
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• Belfast Twelfth clean-up costs revealed

  16-08-2018 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The cost to clean up after this year's Twelfth celebrations in Belfast has been revealed.
  
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• Senior PSNI officer 'depressed at state of Northern Ireland' after controversial bonfire

  16-08-2018 12:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior PSNI officer said he is "utterly depressed" at the state of Northern Ireland following a controversial bonfire in Londonderry on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Northern Ireland A-level results: Belfast triplets get matching results

  16-08-2018 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There was a triple celebration at Lagan College in south Belfast where triplets Nancy, Hannah and Jack Eaton received exactly the same results – two Bs and a C.
  
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• Video: Tour of elegant town house in Helen's Bay

  16-08-2018 12:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This elegant town house will wow viewers with its wonderful finishes and large, bright, open rooms.
  
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• Top cop explains PSNI approach to bonfires across Northern Ireland after Derry 'hate crime'

  16-08-2018 11:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior PSNI officer has defended the decision not to remove a bonfire in Londonderry which had placards with the names of murdered police and prison officers on it.
  
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• Belfast Fashion spy: Dani Dyer always looks well put together

  16-08-2018 11:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rachel Dean checks out the style in Victoria Square, Belfast.
  
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• MPs would vote on Paisley's Commons suspension if he resigns to force by-election

  16-08-2018 11:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs would decide if Ian Paisley's suspension would be carried over it he resigned to force a by-election.
  
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• Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland both up in new formula FIFA World Rankings

  16-08-2018 11:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have both gone up two places in the latest update of the FIFA World Rankings.
  
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• Police now say Derry bonfire 'a hate crime' after 'poor choice of words'

  16-08-2018 10:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have now confirmed they are treating a bonfire in Londonderry on which the names of murdered police and prison officers were placed is a hate crime.
  
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• Genoa bridge collapse survivors recall terror

  16-08-2018 10:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Survivors of the Italian bridge collapse have described the moment the road fell away beneath them.
  
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• Police working to determine if Derry bonfire a hate crime - murdered police and prison officer names on pyre

  16-08-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating if a Londonderry bonfire which had the names of murdered police and prison officers placed on it constitutes a hate crime.
  
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• Strabane woman Dannii Wray (20) in court over stab incident

  16-08-2018 09:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has appeared in court charged with offences after a stabbing in Strabane on Monday.
  
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• Northern Ireland electric bills to soar - three out of five homes face price hike

  16-08-2018 09:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Electricity bills for three in five households in Northern Ireland will rise by 14% this winter, it can be revealed today.
  
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• Northern Ireland MP caught up in Jeremy Corbyn terror wreath-laying row

  16-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MP Francie Molloy has defended his attendance at a conference in Tunisia in 2014 after which Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a controversial ceremony in a cemetery.
  
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• Former UUP men throw weight behind Paisley battle to remain an MP

  16-08-2018 08:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two former Ulster Unionists have thrown their support behind Ian Paisley in his battle to remain North Antrim MP.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Police attending crash on Westlink

  16-08-2018 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• TUV's Allister furious at Northern Ireland's 'perilous dependency' on Irish government's power supplier

  16-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TUV leader Jim Allister has claimed that Northern Ireland's electricity system operator has become a "mere vassal organisation" of the Irish government-owned Eirgrid.
  
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• Shocking lapses in hygiene uncovered by inspection at Northern Ireland care home

  16-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Faeces was discovered on the floor of a shower room in a care home during a health inspection, it can be revealed.
  
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• Omagh bombing 20th anniversary: Doleful bell, silence and prayer as a town reflects

  16-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Twenty years to the minute after a Real IRA bomb exploded in Omagh, hundreds of people gathered at the spot in sombre reflection to remember the 29 people and two unborn babies who perished.
  
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• O'Loan stands by claim Omagh blast could have been prevented only for failings by intelligence

  16-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has stood by her comments that the Omagh bomb could have been prevented.
  
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• Blogger Jude Collins rapped for Omagh 'victims weren't murdered' claim

  16-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Media commentator Jude Collins has been slammed as "beneath contempt" after claiming the victims of the Omagh bomb were not murdered.
  
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• Alan Simpson: Comments from Baroness were untimely and cruel

  16-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As a former RUC detective superintendent who served at the coalface of anti-terror policing for 25 years, I'm shocked to the core by the untimely and cruel outburst by former Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan concerning the Omagh bombing, when she belatedly claims that the massacre could have been prevented.
  
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• Power NI price hike to hit half a million NI households

  16-08-2018 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The 14% price rise by Power NI will add £68 to the average annual electricity bill for NI customers.
  
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• Pope in Ireland: Dublin hospitals free up beds to deal with influx

  16-08-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hospitals are actively discharging patients to free up beds ahead of the Pope's visit next week, it has been learned.
  
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