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• Two rushed to hospital after two vehicle crash on A26

  21-09-2018 22:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two people were rushed to hospital after a two-vehicle collision on the A26 Crankill Road outside Ballymena.
  
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• Belfast city centre reclaimed following devastating Primark fire as Culture Night 2018 kicks off in style

  21-09-2018 22:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast city centre, badly hit by the recent Primark fire, has been reborn with thousands descending upon the city to celebrate Culture Night 2018.
  
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• NI firm asked eligible staff to apply for Irish passports

  21-09-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Cookstown company C&D has told BBC News NI that it is part of their 'Brexit contingency planning'.
  
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• Victims of Bloody Sunday commence legal battle for damages

  21-09-2018 18:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Victims of the Bloody Sunday shootings are set to commence a legal battle for damages.
  
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• Foster backs May and slams EU as 'disrespectful, intransigent and disgraceful' over Brexit

  21-09-2018 17:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leader of the DUP Arlene Foster has slammed the behaviour of those negotiating on behalf of the European Union on Brexit as "disrespectful, intransigent and disgraceful".
  
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• Tyrone man accused of having guns and explosives granted bail

  21-09-2018 17:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone man accused of having guns, explosives and items for use in terrorism has been granted High Court bail.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Crankhill Road near Ballymena closed after collision

  21-09-2018 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Man charged with murder of young Belfast father Christopher Meli has panic buttons installed after threat

  21-09-2018 16:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with the murder of a young father beaten to death in west Belfast is under threat, the High Court heard today.
  
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• Ballymena mother spared jail because 'no-one available to look after son'

  21-09-2018 16:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother who targeted retailers in her latest thieving spree is not safe to be in any shops, a judge has said.
  
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• Police investigating suspicious approach to child in Co Antrim

  21-09-2018 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a suspicious approach to a child in Co Antrim on Thursday.
  
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• EU doesn't respect Northern Ireland will remain part of UK after Brexit: Theresa May

  21-09-2018 15:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has said she will work to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland, even in the event of a no deal Brexit.
  
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• Father posts heartbreaking tribute to son killed on Glenshane Road

  21-09-2018 15:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The father of eight-year-old boy Daniel Bradley who was killed after being struck by a vehicle in Co Londonderry has posted a heartbreaking tribute to his son.
  
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• 'Dan the man, forever in our hearts'- Parents pay heartbreaking tribute to son killed on Glenshane Road

  21-09-2018 15:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of eight-year-old boy Daniel Bradley who was killed after being struck by a vehicle in Co Londonderry have paid tribute to their son.
  
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• Londonderry: Gunpoint mum thankful daughter not home

  21-09-2018 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Two women have been held at gunpoint by four masked men in the Ballymagraorty area of the city
  
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• Brexit: Get an Irish passport Northern Ireland company tells staff

  21-09-2018 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone export company has asked its staff to apply for Irish passports if they are eligible.
  
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• Loyalists suing state claiming their internment to 'balance the numbers'

  21-09-2018 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A west Belfast woman and around 20 Protestant men are all suing the UK state over their internment during the Troubles, it emerged on Friday.
  
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• Belfast council's £1.2m for Primark Bank Buildings fire hit businesses

  21-09-2018 14:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has committed £1.25million for businesses hit by the Primark Bank Buildings fire as it was revealed the condition of the building further deteriorated in this week's storm.
  
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• Northern Ireland police officers 'furious' at pay cut due to Stormont stalemate

  21-09-2018 13:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of Northern Ireland's policing union has said that police officers are "furious" at an upcoming 1% cut in pay.
  
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• Four men arrested after driver hijacked at gunpoint in Co Down

  21-09-2018 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four men have been arrested after a car was hijacked at gunpoint in Bangor on Thursday.
  
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• Double tragedy for Northern Ireland school after ex-pupil (22) dies in America

  21-09-2018 13:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland school is mourning the second sudden passing of a former pupil this week.
  
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• Belfast woman's 12-minute 999 wait as boy lay convulsing - 'we're embarrassed,' says ambulance chief

  21-09-2018 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast woman has told how she was put on hold for 12 minutes on 999 after she spotted a teenager convulsing on a road.
  
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• 1,400 remain without power as Storm Ali clear up continues

  21-09-2018 12:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 1,400 properties are still without power in Northern Ireland after Storm Ali caused chaos on Wednesday.
  
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• Ulster Bank say banking glitch 'resolved'

  21-09-2018 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Customers of NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank were unable to access their accounts online for hours.
  
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• Ulster Bank online issue 'resolved and no customers out of pocket,' says bank

  21-09-2018 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Bank apologised but said no one was left out of pocket after its online services were hit by problems on Friday morning.
  
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• STARBURST 2018

  21-09-2018 11:09 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Taxpayers face bill of £188k over failed petition of recall for MP Paisley

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The petition of recall which gave North Antrim voters the chance to unseat Ian Paisley as MP is expected to cost up to £188,000 of public money.
  
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• Suzanne Breen: It's depressing for Sinn Fein, but Paisley's unionist rivals missed out by failing to engage electorate in petition of recall

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The eating of humble pie ended with the petition of recall defeat. Ian Paisley was soon back to his bold, brash self after the result which meant he wouldn't have to face a by-election.
  
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• Reporting the Troubles: Massacre at Darkley - and the nature of certainty

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Death visited so often and so randomly in the early 1980s that those of us covering its aftermath found ourselves working to a macabre template aimed at securing facts and interviews from witnesses and those who had known the dead. As a reporter at the phenomenally successful Downtown Radio, I was constantly on the road, getting to murder scenes, or trying to reflect the pain of bereaved relatives whose doors I would have to knock.
  
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• Police alerted to drink-driver by crash car

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman was caught drink-driving when a safety device in her Ford Focus car automatically called the police when she hit a tree late at night on a rural road in Co Antrim.
  
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• Paisley petition of recall: Sinn Fein's O'Neill says DUP endorsing 'gross lack of integrity'

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill has accused the DUP of endorsing "a gross lack of integrity in public office" after it lifted Ian Paisley's suspension from the party.
  
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• Paisley petition of recall: Jon Tonge: Prospect of by-election hardly enhanced by the petition’s interesting rules and preposterous levels of secrecy

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Short of tweeting pictures from a Sri Lankan beach, Ian Paisley Jnr could hardly have been more bullish yesterday.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Roads reopen after Storm Ali disruption

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Latest updates

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Nobel winner Mairead Maguire in alternative Northern Ireland talks proposal

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Nobel Peace Prize winner from Northern Ireland has said that if the DUP and Sinn Fein cannot make a deal to restore Stormont, the British and Irish governments should hold talks with the other parties instead.
  
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• It shouldn’t be real my perfect man dies at 24: Fiancee's anguish over Storm Ali tree fall death

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fiancee of a man killed by a falling tree during Storm Ali has told how the couple had been due to collect their wedding rings last night - but she will now instead place his in his coffin when he is laid to rest next week.
  
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• Fiancee's anguish over death of man crushed by falling tree day before they were to collect wedding rings

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fiancee of a man killed by a falling tree during Storm Ali has told how the couple had been due to collect their wedding rings last night - but she will now instead place his in his coffin when he is laid to rest next week.
  
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• Don’t be bullied by Brussels into a compromise on the border, DUP's Dodds urges Prime Minister

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Nigel Dodds has said Theresa May "must not be bullied by the unreasonable and inflexible approach of the EU to Brexit negotiations" after it was revealed the Prime Minister is set to make a major new compromise in a bid to break the deadlock over the Irish border.
  
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• Car alerts police to its drink-driver after Northern Ireland crash

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman was caught drink-driving when a safety device in her Ford Focus car automatically called the police when she hit a tree late at night on a rural road in Co Antrim.
  
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• Boost for Northern Ireland football as BBC to show live Friday night league games

  21-09-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Football bosses have welcomed a new TV deal that will see Irish League games shown live on the BBC for the first time.
  
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• Maghaberry's just desserts

  21-09-2018 07:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Inmates at Northern Ireland's top security jail face judgement from a Michelin Star chef.
  
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• 'Tiger Tax'

  21-09-2018 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  News of The Open coming to Portrush in 2019 has boosted property prices in the coastal town.
  
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• Being a goth is thankfully easier in 2018, says YouTuber Toxic Tears

  21-09-2018 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  YouTuber Kaya Lili, AKA Toxic Tears, talks about what it's like being a goth in 2018.
  
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• Young boy killed in Northern Ireland road crash

  21-09-2018 00:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young boy has died after being involved in a road traffic collision on the Glenshane Road near Maghera.
  
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