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• Celtic's Moussa Dembele joins Lyon for Scottish record fee

  31-08-2018 22:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Celtic striker Moussa Dembele has joined French giants Lyon on a five-year-deal.
  
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• US President Donald Trump to visit Ireland in November - 'You're not welcome here' says SDLP leader Eastwood

  31-08-2018 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is set to make his first visit to Ireland as US President in November.
  
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• Donald Trump to visit Ireland in November, White House confirms

  31-08-2018 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is set to make his first visit to Ireland as US President in November.
  
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• Loughinisland families stage vigil in support of arrested journalists

  31-08-2018 20:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Families of those killed in the Loughinisland massacre have staged a vigil in solidarity with two journalists arrested over a documentary film they made about the atrocity.
  
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• Police will not open seized Loughinisland material following legal challenge

  31-08-2018 18:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Material seized during a probe into the suspected theft of confidential documents from the Police Ombudsman's Office will not be examined pending the outcome of a legal challenge to the validity of the search warrant.
  
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• Anger at 'republican terrorist graffiti' in Belfast

  31-08-2018 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast City Councillor has expressed his disgust at what he called "republican, terrorist graffiti" in north Belfast.
  
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• Council steps up efforts to help city centre recover after blaze

  31-08-2018 17:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has said it is intensifying its efforts to help the city centre recover from a major fire that devastated a landmark building.
  
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• Controversial Belfast Glider service officially launched

  31-08-2018 17:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The controversial new Belfast Rapid Transit Glider service has been officially launched.
  
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• Man pointed shotgun at neighbours in row over dog fighting, court told

  31-08-2018 17:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man allegedly pointed a suspected pump-action shotgun out his window at neighbours three days in a row amid a row about dog fighting, the High Court heard today.
  
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• More than 11,000 Ofcom complaints over Roxanne Pallett in CBB

  31-08-2018 16:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ofcom has received 11,215 complaints about Thursday’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother, the media regulator said.
  
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• Man accused of stealing five cars in raid says mistress may provide DNA link

  31-08-2018 16:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man accused of stealing five cars during a raid on a dealership claimed a sex act with his mistress may explain a DNA link to the scene, the High Court heard today.
  
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• Watch: Jim McDonald is back on the cobbles of Corrie, so he is

  31-08-2018 16:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  He's back, so he is!
  
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• Northern Ireland customers facing third energy price hike with 18% increase

  31-08-2018 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A third Northern Ireland energy supplier has announced a hike in its current rate.
  
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• Loughinisland families to hold vigil outside Heights Bar to protest arrest of journalists

  31-08-2018 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The families of the six men killed in the Loughinisland massacre are to hold a vigil outside the Heights Bar in protest after two journalists were arrested over suspected theft of documents from Police Ombudsman's office.
  
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• Sectarian atrocity was carried out as Republic claimed famous World Cup win

  31-08-2018 15:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A night of World Cup celebration turned to murderous horror in an instant.
  
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• Watch: Drone footage reveals true extent of damage to fire ravaged Primark building

  31-08-2018 15:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Drone footage of the the Banks Building in Belfast has revealed the true extent of the damage caused by Tuesday's blaze.
  
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• Brexit deal must be signed by ‘November at the latest’, Barnier says

  31-08-2018 14:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Brexit deal must be signed by “November at the latest”, the EU’s chief negotiator has warned.
  
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• More Catholic children than Protestant children in care in Northern Ireland, new figures show

  31-08-2018 14:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There was a higher proportion of Catholic than Protestant children in care in Northern Ireland last year, new figures have shown.
  
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• Londonderry: Man shot in paramilitary-style attack

  31-08-2018 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A man has been shot in one of two shooting incidents in Londonderry overnight.
  
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• Lurgan man who murdered fiancée Anita Downey by cutting her throat to serve at least 18 years in prison

  31-08-2018 14:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Lurgan man who cut his partner's throat in a "clear, clinical, cynical act of murder" was told he will serve a minimum of 18 years in prison before being considered for release.
  
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• Shots fired at house in Derry while three children slept inside

  31-08-2018 13:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shots were fired at a house in Londonderry while three children slept inside.
  
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• Pictured: NIFRS release images of firefighters bravely tackling Primark blaze

  31-08-2018 13:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has released pictures showing their firefighters bravely tackling the Primark blaze.
  
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• Man (60s) left shaken after gang of masked men ransack house

  31-08-2018 11:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been left shaken after a gang of men forced their way into his home.
  
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• Watch: The moment foul smelling whey sprayed across Co Tyrone town's main street

  31-08-2018 10:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the moment foul smelling pig feed was sprayed across the main street of a Co Tyrone village.
  
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• Men arrested after confidential documents used in Loughinisland massacre documentary allegedly stolen from Police Ombudsman's office

  31-08-2018 10:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested in connection with the suspected theft of confidential documents held by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland relating to the Loughinisland massacre.
  
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• Stormont stalemate: Growing up without a government

  31-08-2018 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Two mums explain what it is like to bring up children who've never had a government.
  
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• Autumn Fair returns to Botanic Gardens

  31-08-2018 10:35 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Rates for Primark fire affected businesses to be urgently reviewed

  31-08-2018 09:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The business rates of companies affected by the Primark Fire in Belfast are to be reviewed "as a matter of urgency", a Stormont Department has confirmed.
  
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• NI papers: The littlest GAA fan and re-building Primark

  31-08-2018 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The papers report on the baby who never met her GAA father.
  
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• Two overnight shootings in Derry - man (60s) shot in the leg

  31-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is in hospital with serious injuries after being shot in the leg in a paramilitary-style attack in Londonderry.
  
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• PSNI urged to widen Dunmurry Manor probe

  31-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police probe into the Dunmurry Manor abuse scandal should be extended to look at the actions of health bosses, it has been claimed.
  
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• Orange Order's dead to be commemorated on first victims' day

  31-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four Orangemen murdered when the IRA opened fire on a Tullyvallen lodge meeting in south Armagh in 1975 will be commemorated on the institution's first victims' day.
  
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• Coleraine FC re-sign player sacked three years ago after exposing himself to older woman

  31-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coleraine FC have signed defender Aaron Canning - three years on from terminating his contract after he exposed himself to a 57-year-old woman.
  
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• Call to relax restrictions on bus lanes for Glider system after school run 'mayhem'

  31-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Schools and businesses in west Belfast are demanding urgent action over "nightmare" bus lanes which they say are destroying trade.
  
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• Ban on energy drinks for kids gets thumbs down in Belfast

  31-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Children in England are to be banned from buying energy drinks under Government plans.
  
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• The half marathon balloon runners setting the pace

  31-08-2018 08:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A team of balloon toting pace runners are ready to help Waterside Half Marathon runners hit their target times.
  
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• Widow’s pride as tragic GAA player leaves beautiful legacy in shape of little Ellen

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The widow of a young Co Derry GAA footballer killed in a road accident late last year has given birth to the daughter "who would have been the apple of his eye".
  
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• ‘Well-known’ retailers in talks with Victoria Square owner about House of Fraser’s site

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The German fund which owns Belfast's Victoria Square Shopping Centre has spoken to other "well-known" retailers about taking over the unit occupied by stricken chain House of Fraser, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Sinn Fein are off song over Eurovision, says Wilson

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sammy Wilson has used Bucks Fizz's 1981 winning Eurovision song to call on Sinn Fein to "make its mind up" in a tongue-in-cheek Twitter bid to end the political stalemate.
  
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• Republicans: time for ‘irretrievably flawed’ RHI to be axed

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has called for the closure of the controversial Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, which it says is "comprehensively and irretrievably flawed".
  
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• Primark engineers hopeful interim fix will save landmark building's facade

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Primark's engineers are designing a system that they hope will save the facade of the historic Bank Buildings after it was ravaged by fire this week, the president of Belfast Chamber of Commerce has said.
  
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• Over half of Northern Ireland drivers admit to speeding as drink-driving remains a significant problem

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than half of Northern Ireland drivers admit to breaking the speed limit, a survey has revealed.
  
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• Northern Ireland mum facing Stormont delay after Supreme Court victory on pensions for unmarried widows

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bereaved Co Antrim mother-of-four who won a landmark Supreme Court battle to access widowed parent's allowance for her bereaved children may not see the money until Stormont is restored.
  
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• Neighbouring retailers suffering a slump

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Smoke was still drifting through a third floor window of what remains of the Primark building yesterday afternoon.
  
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• Minister rejects ‘outsider’ claims about Harris

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish justice minister Charlie Flanagan has rejected concern about the vetting of the incoming Garda commissioner - former PSNI deputy chief constable Drew Harris - saying he is not an outsider but an Irishman.
  
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• Concerns after man dies in Maghaberry

  31-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Concerns have been raised over the death of a 22 year-old man in Maghaberry Prison.
  
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• Northern Ireland graduates: Only a third return home

  31-08-2018 07:33 via bbc.co.uk
  By contrast, almost nine in 10 of those graduating in NI stayed.
  
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