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• Police patrols stepped up after Ardmore vandalism

  20-09-2018 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are increasing patrols in the Ardmore area of Derry after a rise in antisocial behaviour
  
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• Leigh Griffiths the difference as Celtic leave it late to beat Rosenborg

  20-09-2018 22:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leigh Griffiths climbed off the bench to score a dramatic late winner for Celtic in their Europa League Group B opener against old foes Rosenborg at Parkhead.
  
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• Three arrested as part of major PSNI drug supply investigation following seizure of £750,000 of cocaine and cannabis- gun, machete, knife and cash also seized

  20-09-2018 21:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives have arrested three people as part of a major investigation into drugs supply following the seizure of £750,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis.
  
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• Ian Paisley: Petition result a 'miracle'

  20-09-2018 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The DUP MP keeps his seat after fewer than 10% of his constituents sign a petition to force a by-election.
  
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• Rangers fight back twice to earn a point against Villarreal

  20-09-2018 19:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kyle Lafferty’s first ever European goal handed Rangers a hugely impressive 2-2 draw in their Europa League opener with Villarreal.
  
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• County Louth: Man appears in court charged with Dundalk murder

  20-09-2018 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Ingrida Maciokaite, 31, who was Lithuanian, was stabbed to death in the County Louth town.
  
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• Businessman Mark Lyons jailed for £194,000 VAT fraud

  20-09-2018 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Lyons jailed for nine months for role in VAT fraud at his company over three-year period.
  
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• Tributes paid to contractor killed by tree fall in south Armagh during Storm Ali

  20-09-2018 18:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a man who died when a tree fell on top of him in south Armagh during Storm Ali.
  
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• Storm Ali: School award named after Matthew Campbell

  20-09-2018 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Matthew Campbell was killed after being struck by a tree while at work in Slieve Gullion Forest Park.
  
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• RHI: Consultancy firm identified scheme flaws, inquiry hears

  20-09-2018 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Heating expert Alastair Nicol says he identified flaws in the RHI scheme early on and reported them.
  
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• Donald Tusk: Theresa May's Brexit trade plan won't work

  20-09-2018 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU Council president dismisses the Chequers plan - the PM says there is "hard work" to be done.
  
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• Brexit: No border in Irish Sea - Jeremy Corbyn

  20-09-2018 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour leader rejects the latest Brexit backstop proposals put forward for Northern Ireland.
  
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• Irish Premiership: IFA back idea to tweak league calendar

  20-09-2018 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The Irish Football Association support the idea of tweaking the Irish Premiership calendar to include summer football.
  
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• 4,000 remain without power after Storm Ali batters Northern Ireland

  20-09-2018 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 4,000 customers in Northern Ireland are without power after Storm Ali battered the province on Wednesday.
  
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• 'Time is running short on Brexit - Varadkar

  20-09-2018 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met with Prime Minister May on Thursday morning in Salzburg
  
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• Northern Ireland Music Prize 2018 line-up announced

  20-09-2018 17:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The acts who will be performing at the Northern Ireland Music Prize 2018 have been announced.
  
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• World Superbikes: Northern Ireland will not host round in 2019

  20-09-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland will not host a round of the World Superbike Championship in 2019 as the Lake Torrent Circuit in Coalisland will not be ready.
  
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• Defiant May stands by Chequers plan for Brexit after EU leaders insist it ‘will not work’

  20-09-2018 17:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May remains wedded to her Brexit plan despite being told it “will not work” at a summit of European Union leaders, setting up a tense month of negotiations as time runs out to reach a deal.
  
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• Sinn Fein calls on FAI to boycott Ireland's U21 qualifier against Israel

  20-09-2018 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has called on the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to pull out of the upcoming U21 Euro Qualifier against Israel.
  
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• Legal challenge to Northern Ireland woman charged with giving her daughter abortion pills delayed

  20-09-2018 16:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A landmark legal challenge to a Northern Ireland woman being charged with procuring her teenage daughter's abortion has been put on hold.
  
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• Abortion pills prosecution challenge by NI mother adjourned

  20-09-2018 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A legal challenge over the prosecution of a woman accused of buying pills for her daughter is adjourned.
  
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• Watch: Belfast UDA thug Dee Coleman is jailed

  20-09-2018 16:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast loyalist David 'Dee' Coleman has been handed a three year sentence after admitting to UDA membership and possessing a document bearing an oath of allegiance to the organisation,
  
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• Ian Paisley: DUP MP 'stunned' and 'humbled' at keeping seat

  20-09-2018 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The DUP MP keeps his seat after fewer than 10% of his constituents sign a petition to force a by-election.
  
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• Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary may leave within five years

  20-09-2018 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael O'Leary admits he is reluctant to sign a new long-term contract at the airline.
  
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• BBC Sport NI to show Irish Premiership and Irish Cup matches live on TV

  20-09-2018 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport NI will broadcast 10 Irish Premiership and three Irish Cup matches live on TV each season as part of a new three-year deal.
  
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• DUP lifts Ian Paisley suspension following recall - Sinn Fein's O'Neil says 'he should have been sacked'

  20-09-2018 15:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP have confirmed that North Antrim MP Ian Paisley's suspension from the party has been lifted.
  
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• DUP lifts Ian Paisley suspension following recall - he complains to police over allegations electoral law was broken

  20-09-2018 15:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP have confirmed that North Antrim MP Ian Paisley's suspension from the party has been lifted.
  
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• Masked intruders beat elderly man in head with hammer, court told

  20-09-2018 15:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Burglars allegedly beat an elderly man about the head with a hammer before threatening to shoot him in the face so he could see it happening, the High Court heard today.
  
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• Book of Durrows loaned to British Library for exhibition

  20-09-2018 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The manuscripts date back more than 1,300 years and precede the Book of Kells.
  
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• Belfast man accused of sexually abusing schoolboy he met on Grindr refused bail

  20-09-2018 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man accused of sexually abusing a schoolboy he met through the gay dating app Grindr must remain in custody, a High Court judge ruled today.
  
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• Clean-up continues after Storm Ali batters Northern Ireland

  20-09-2018 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  A total of 9,500 homes remain without power after Storm Ali battered Northern Ireland.
  
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• Pro14: O'Sullivan and Kernohan handed first Ulster starts against Cheetahs

  20-09-2018 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Academy players Eric O'Sullivan and Angus Kernohan are handed their first Ulster starts in Friday's Pro14 game against the Cheetahs.
  
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• 'Voters like me' says Ian Paisley after recall petition over luxury holiday freebies and breaking MPs' rules

  20-09-2018 14:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has said that the failure of the recall petition against him was a vote of confidence from his constituents.
  
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• Ex-priest Daniel Curran sentenced for indecent assault

  20-09-2018 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The 68-year-old, from Newcastle, County Down, gave his 12-year-old victim whiskey before abusing him in 1991.
  
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• Recall petition: North Antrim's unshakeable Paisley legacy

  20-09-2018 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Ian Paisley retains his Westminster seat after a petition to have him removed failed.
  
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• Paul McCauley: Derry man pleads guilty to manslaughter

  20-09-2018 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  A 31-year-old man pleads guilty to the manslaughter of Paul McCauley in Londonderry in 2006.
  
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• Man and woman arrested after £60k cocaine haul seized in Tyrone

  20-09-2018 13:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and woman were arrested in Dungannon on Thursday after police seized an estimated £60,000 of suspected cocaine.
  
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• Belfast author Anna Burns on Booker list

  20-09-2018 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Female authors dominate the Man Booker Prize 2018 shortlist.
  
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• DUP's Ian Paisley adds recall petition result to Twitter biography

  20-09-2018 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley has updated his Twitter biography to include the result of the North Antrim recall petition.
  
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• Gillon pleads guilty to manslaughter of Catholic man Paul McCauley during loyalist attack at Derry barbecue

  20-09-2018 13:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A second Londonderry man has admitted his involvement in the death of Catholic civil servant Paul McCauley.
  
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• Belfast City Half Marathon 2018: Everything you need to know ahead of the race

  20-09-2018 12:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over 4,000 participants are expected to set off on their 13.1 mile journey from Ormeau Park in a bid to complete the largest Half Marathon event in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Watch: Video tour of Malone's luxury apartments in Belfast

  20-09-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Today sees the eagerly awaited launch of the Pavilion apartments in the exclusive new Bladon Park development off Belfast's Malone Road.
  
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• Storm Bronagh set to batter parts of the UK and Ireland

  20-09-2018 11:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The second named storm of the season is set to batter parts of the UK and Ireland, a day after two people were killed during Storm Ali.
  
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• Ian Paisley adds recall petition to Twitter biography - Sinn Fein blames Electoral Office for result

  20-09-2018 11:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein have blamed the Electoral Office for the failure of a recall petition to unseat the DUP's Ian Paisley as North Antrim MP.
  
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• Sean Cavanagh says inter-county demands could lead to lower career ambitions

  20-09-2018 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Sean Cavanagh fears increasing inter-county demands could lead players to lower their career ambitions in order to play for their county.
  
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• NI chief electoral officer defends Paisley petition process

  20-09-2018 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Virginia McVea says access to the petition was "quite simply unprecedented".
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Widespread road closures in wake of Storm Ali

  20-09-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Plans for St Comgall’s - fly through

  20-09-2018 09:52 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Storm Ali aftermath

  20-09-2018 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  "Death and destruction" and "killer storm" among the headlines jumping from Thursday's front pages.
  
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