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• Carl Frampton reunited with missing ring jacket from Windsor Park after social media appeal

  20-08-2018 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton has been reunited with his ring jacket which went missing on the night of his fight with Luke Jackson at Windsor Park.
  
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• Methodist minister and peacemaker Rev Harold Good calls for DUP and Sinn Fein leaders to 'come together' to restore power-sharing

  20-08-2018 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Methodist minister and peacemaker Rev Harold Good has called on the leadership of the DUP and Sinn Fein to “come together” and restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland following the 20th anniversary of the Omagh bombing.
  
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• Londonderry families trapped in Kerala flood

  20-08-2018 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Around 12 families from Londonderry had travelled to the flood hit state to visit relatives.
  
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• Jamie Bryson makes complaint to Ombudsman following arrest

  20-08-2018 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson has confirmed that he filed a complaint with the Police Ombudsman on Monday morning following his arrest last week.
  
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• Man charged with throwing petrol bomb during controversial bonfire disturbances

  20-08-2018 18:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 25-year-old man has been charged with throwing a petrol bomb during disturbances at a controversial bonfire in Londonderry.
  
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• Sinn Fein Belfast HQ ‘could have been destroyed’ in arson attack

  20-08-2018 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An arson attack on Sinn Fein’s Belfast headquarters would have destroyed the building if a nearby oil tank had ignited, a party MP said.
  
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• Stranded couple get engaged on Mourne Mountains while waiting to be rescued

  20-08-2018 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A couple who became stranded on the Mourne Mountains got engaged while waiting to be rescued.
  
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• Police officer disturbed man putting bomb under husband's car, court told

  20-08-2018 17:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A court was told how "gut instinct" woke an off-duty Londonderry policewoman and may have saved her or her policeman husband from possible death from a lethal booby trap bomb.
  
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• Bomb left under police officer's car 'attempted murder'

  20-08-2018 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The retired police officer spotted a man underneath a car outside her home in Londonderry.
  
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• Belfast man who launched attack at McDonald's thought he was giving 'relationship advice', court told

  20-08-2018 16:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who launched an unprovoked assault at a McDonald's restaurant thought he was "dispensing relationship advice", a court heard today.
  
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• Armagh man 'acting the lad' when he phoned police to describe thinking about strangling partner to death, court hears

  20-08-2018 15:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with attempting to murder his partner allegedly phoned police to describe thinking about "strangling her until there was no breath left in her", the High Court heard.
  
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• Belfast man jailed for attack which left former partner unconscious

  20-08-2018 15:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man who attacked and left his ex-partner unconscious before taking her phone and cash has been jailed for seven months.
  
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• Pope’s child abuse intervention too little too late – campaigner

  20-08-2018 15:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Pope’s latest intervention on child abuse days before his visit to Ireland is too little too late, a campaigner said.
  
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• 'Lost in post'

  20-08-2018 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Exam scripts for students of Media Studies at Coleraine Grammar were lost in the post.
  
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• Northern Ireland youth 'hit by jumping sheep' sparking mountain rescue

  20-08-2018 14:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Mourne Mountain Rescue team was called to help after a youth was "hit by a jumping sheep".
  
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• Exam papers for entire Northern Ireland school's class lost in post

  20-08-2018 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland mother has expressed her frustration after her daughter's A-Level Media Studies examination was lost in the post.
  
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• Lombok earthquake: Further fatalities as tremors hit Indonesian island

  20-08-2018 12:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Multiple strong earthquakes toppled buildings across the Indonesian island of Lombok and killed at least three people as the tourist hotspot was trying to recover from a deadly tremor earlier this month.
  
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• Strathfoyle: Petrol bomb thrown at house

  20-08-2018 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A petrol bomb is thrown at a house in the Strathfoyle area of Londonderry
  
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• 10 things happening in Northern Ireland August 20 - 26 - from tattoo convention to Foyle Pride

  20-08-2018 12:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Our pick of the top events happening this week in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Pope visit travellers encouraged to book transport

  20-08-2018 11:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland World Cup hero and Burnley's greatest ever player Jimmy McIlroy passes away aged 86

  20-08-2018 11:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Northern Ireland's 1958 World Cup heroes has passed away.
  
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• Petrol bomb attack on Northern Ireland home

  20-08-2018 11:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Residents have been left shaken following a petrol bomb attack on a house in Co Londonderry.
  
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• Tyrone refuse to participate in any media coverage with RTE ahead of All-Ireland final against Dublin

  20-08-2018 10:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tyrone won't participate in any media coverage with RTE before or after the All-Ireland final against Dublin, the national broadcaster has confirmed.
  
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• Man remanded over suspected terror attack outside Houses of Parliament

  20-08-2018 10:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A terror suspect accused of attempting to murder members of the public and police officers in an attack outside the Houses of Parliament has appeared in court.
  
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• Controlled explosion carried out on Portrush hoax bomb

  20-08-2018 10:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A security alert in Portrush has been declared an elaborate hoax after a controlled explosion was carried out.
  
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• Bus to the Pope

  20-08-2018 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News NI's Joe Kearney takes a look back at his family's papal pilgrimage to Drogheda in 1979.
  
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• High-end Indian food comes to Co Down village with local twist

  20-08-2018 09:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A London restaurateur has taken over Moira-based eatery Masala Hut to create seven new jobs.
  
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• Register for childcare scheme now or miss out on money, Northern Ireland parents urged

  20-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parents are being urged to register for the Childcare Voucher Scheme by the end of this month - or risk losing out on financial assistance worth almost £1,900.
  
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• Sinn Fein Belfast office arson an 'attack on democratic process'

  20-08-2018 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are at the scene of Sinn Fein's west Belfast offices.
  
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• Tributes paid to Northern Ireland friends killed in horrific Bundoran crash

  20-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to two friends from Co Fermanagh killed in a road crash across the border in Co Donegal early yesterday morning.
  
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• SDLP's McCrossan accuses Sinn Fein of rewriting Civil Rights campaign's history

  20-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An SDLP MLA has hit out at Sinn Fein over a commemoration event to mark 50 years since the first civil rights march was held in Northern Ireland.
  
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• IFA now eyes other big events after boxing proves a knockout

  20-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Carl Frampton vs Luke Jackson fight night has been hailed as "a fantastic success" for the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park - and for Belfast as a whole.
  
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• Father’s fury as he says autistic son was poorly treated at Northern Ireland airport

  20-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The father of a schoolboy with severe autism has hit out at the way his son was allegedly treated by staff at Belfast International Airport.
  
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• Clergy in Ireland convicted of child abuse to be named

  20-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A list of all Catholic clergy members in Ireland convicted of child sexual abuse will be published for the first time.
  
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• SF to open Irish presidency nominations

  20-08-2018 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  It is only the second time ever that a sitting Irish president will have to face a challenger.
  
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• Northern Ireland has worst level of access to fast broadband in the UK

  20-08-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland has the lowest coverage level of faster broadband in the United Kingdom.
  
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