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• Police warning to Belfast residents after report of device planted in area

  15-09-2018 22:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are warning residents in west Belfast not to touch any suspicious objects in the Pantridge road/Poleglass area after a report a device had been planted in the area.
  
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• Not in our name: Cliftonville FC brand Narrow Water soldiers' memorial attack 'pathetic'

  15-09-2018 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cliftonville Football Club has condemned an attack on a memorial to soldiers killed by the IRA as "pathetic".
  
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• Mountain biker suffers 'serious injuries' in Mourne event

  15-09-2018 20:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mountain biker suffered serious injuries in a fall while taking part in an event on the Mournes.
  
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• Man found with 'serious head injuries' outside Northern Ireland church

  15-09-2018 17:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after it was reported a man was found with serious head injuries outside a church in Fermanagh.
  
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• United Ireland would 'permanently reduce' living standards of those in Republic

  15-09-2018 16:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A united Ireland would permanently reduce the living standards of those living in the south, a new academic report suggests.
  
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• Klopp hails Wembley win as Liverpool’s best display yet

  15-09-2018 16:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp described Liverpool’s performance in the 2-1 win at Tottenham as their best so far in a perfect start to the season.
  
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• Brexit: Irish government willing to soften backstop language to avoid hard border

  15-09-2018 14:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Government is willing to soften the language of its "bulletproof" guarantee of avoiding a hard border in order to prevent Britain crashing out of the EU next March with no deal.
  
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• Police discover man shot with abdominal injuries in Belfast

  15-09-2018 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot in Belfast.
  
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• Man shot after Belfast New Lodge street disturbances: Councillor

  15-09-2018 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after he was discovered by police lying on a Belfast after being shot.
  
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• Man critically injured after being shot in stomach in Belfast attack

  15-09-2018 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot in Belfast.
  
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• Restored WW1 memorial unveiled as arson damaged Orange Hall reopens

  15-09-2018 11:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A restored First World War memorial damaged when an Orange Hall in Co Donegal was destroyed by arsonists has been unveiled in the newly rebuilt property.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Fermanagh road reopens after three-car crash

  15-09-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Fermanagh road closed after three-car crash

  15-09-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• What's in a name... how Northern Ireland was very nearly called 'Carsonia' after the unionist hero

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As Northern Ireland agonises over what sacrifices might come with a hard exit from the EU, Macedonians are haggling with themselves over the admission price they'll have to pay for entry to the club.
  
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• Warning to batten down the hatches as Hurricane Helene heads our way

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A weather warning for wind has been issued for Northern Ireland ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Helene into western Europe next week, with injuries and danger to life a possibility.
  
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• Top Northern Ireland chef quits role at acclaimed Co Antrim restaurant

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Northern Ireland's top chefs has stepped down from her role as a business partner at an acclaimed Co Antrim restaurant.
  
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• Restaurant review: The Pocket Café - can you believe it, they've reinvented the Ulster fry

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Evidence that dirty, street-style hand food, chilli dogs, pulled pork sliders, sloppy Joe pizzas and all the rest of the chin-greasing, finger-sticking, sriracha-saturated, manners-destroying "meals" are gradually being replaced by the return of real, quality food is hard to deny.
  
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• £250m Northern Ireland children's hospital scheme now in hands of planning officials

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new £250m children's hospital for Belfast has taken a step forward after plans were submitted for the 10-storey building, it can be revealed.
  
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• Northern Ireland inquest delays: 80 hearings on just three cases

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 80 preliminary hearings have taken place into three of the Troubles' most notorious cases - without full inquests being completed.
  
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• MLA Kelly seeking answers over who tipped off photographer about Howell's visit to grave of father

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly MLA has voiced concern about the circumstances of double killer Colin Howell's temporary release to visit the grave of his father.
  
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• Lindy McDowell on Serena Williams and Kirstie Allsopp and Ian Bone: Nothing more childish than a so-called adult losing the bap

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's been a week of tantrums and tears, meltdowns and madness. And mounting evidence that adults are the new infants. Over we go first to the US Open where tennis diva Serena Williams kicked off (literally) an action-packed few days by smashing up a racquet and then creating a racket by calling an umpire, whose penalty decision she disputed, a thief and a liar.
  
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• Internal probe finds no evidence of PSNI breach after 'leak of data' to loyalists

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An internal police investigation has found no evidence of a PSNI data or security breach despite reports that details of hundreds of individuals were mistakenly given to suspected loyalist paramilitaries.
  
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• Five face trial over loyalist feud killing of Colin Horner

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four men and a woman were yesterday ordered to stand trial over the UDA feud murder of Colin Horner.
  
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• Ex-bomber tells film how Pope's visit in 1979 was a watershed for many prisoners

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted IRA bomber who rediscovered his Catholic faith in prison has said the impact of Pope John Paul II's plea for peace in Northern Ireland should not be underestimated.
  
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• A DUP minister fast asleep in New York bar, claims of bullying and threats of violence... just another week at the RHI Inquiry

  15-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It reads like a political satire written by someone with a very vivid imagination, but in fact it is a documentary of the real-life workings of the devolved administration at Stormont - or at least that part of it involving the DUP and its handling of the ill-fated RHI green energy scheme.
  
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• Brawls and border time

  15-09-2018 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  True blood brothers and unwanted black cats are among the stories making the headlines this week.
  
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• Pin-ups and presidents

  15-09-2018 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  A look back at Queen's University students' union through the decades ahead of its demolition.
  
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• RHI inquiry catch up

  15-09-2018 07:37 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News NI has picked out five key moments from the RHI inquiry you might have missed over the past fortnight.
  
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• Sex offender addicted to porn jailed over indecent child images

  15-09-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A registered sex offender with an addiction to pornography who was caught with indecent images of children on his phone was handed a 20-month sentence yesterday.
  
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• Blue plaque honour for Belfast VC hero who sank Japanese warship

  15-09-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's sole Victoria Cross recipient is to be commemorated with a special blue plaque.
  
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• Traffic alerts: Parades across Northern Ireland

  15-09-2018 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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