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• RHI Inquiry: Timothy Johnston denies role at top of DUP special adviser hierarchy

  27-09-2018 20:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's chairman has denied he held a position of seniority over other special advisers (Spads) in the party during the period an overspend in the RHI scheme came to light.
  
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• 1,000 new jobs for Newry based firm First Derivatives

  27-09-2018 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  A Newry-based technology firm is planning to recruit 1,000 additional staff over the next three years.
  
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• 'Utterly appalling': Councillor slams hate attack on school bus in north Belfast

  27-09-2018 18:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor has hit out at the "utterly appalling" actions of those who smashed the windows of a school bus in a hate attack in north Belfast.
  
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• Vandalised Christ Church restoration completed

  27-09-2018 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  A special service of thanksgiving will be held one year on from a 'sacrilegious' attack on a church in Londonderry.
  
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• Mental health: Teen speaks of desperation over poor service

  27-09-2018 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  An 18-year-old from Bangor describes her problems accessing services for mental health issues.
  
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• Music teacher trial: Girls' allegations 'a fabrication'

  27-09-2018 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The defendant was suspended after the allegations were reported to police.
  
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• Mum's £3k Belfast shoplifting spree exposed

  27-09-2018 16:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Dublin woman who stole more than £3,000 worth of clothes during a one-day shoplifting spree in Belfast has avoided jail.
  
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• Family of Belfast stabbing victim Gerard Devlin suing five men

  27-09-2018 16:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a man stabbed to death in west Belfast are suing five men convicted of offences linked to his killing, it emerged today.
  
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• Listen: DUP councillor's passionate plea for town hall to light upfor gay Pride - before his party shot down motion

  27-09-2018 16:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor made a passionate plea for Ards town hall to be illuminated in rainbow colours to mark Pride - despite his party later voting against the motion.
  
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• Listen: DUP councillor's passionate plea for town hall to light up for gay Pride - before his party shot down motion

  27-09-2018 16:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP councillor made a passionate plea for Ards town hall to be illuminated in rainbow colours to mark Pride - despite his party later voting against the motion.
  
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• Man arrested in Bushmills anti-terror swoop

  27-09-2018 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested in an anti-terror police and army operation in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Dublin Airport plane-chasing passenger charged

  27-09-2018 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Patrick Kehoe was pinned to the ground by police at Dublin Airport after chasing a Ryanair jet.
  
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• Passenger pinned to ground at airport

  27-09-2018 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  A passenger was pinned to the ground by police at Dublin Airport after running out of the terminal towards a plane and shouting at the pilot to wait.
  
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• Schoolboy shot in face on Bloody Sunday awarded £193,000 in damages

  27-09-2018 14:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man shot in the face on Bloody Sunday is to be awarded £193,000 in damages, a High Court judge ruled today.
  
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• Anonymous claim DUP Spad used RHI 'fraudulently to heat mansion at taxpayers' expense'

  27-09-2018 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An investigation was carried out after an anonymous claim a DUP adviser was using his RHI boiler installation "fraudulently to heat his mansion home at the taxpayers' expense".
  
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• Beard off

  27-09-2018 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  A police officer is taking an industrial tribunal case against the PSNI over its policy on facial hair.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to get Honorary Degree from Queen’s

  27-09-2018 12:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to be awarded an Honorary Degree from Queen’s University of Belfast.
  
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• Gaelic football club sinkholes 'caused by mine work'

  27-09-2018 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Large fissures ripped apart the club's pitch on Sunday, forcing it to leave its home.
  
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• Arrest after man body-slammed to ground in Northern Ireland bus station - incident caught on video

  27-09-2018 12:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested at a Northern Ireland bus station after a member of security intervened to help police get him in handcuffs.
  
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• 50 deaths in Northern Ireland prisons since 2007 - 'concern' there will be more unless inquiry held

  27-09-2018 11:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It has been revealed there has been 50 deaths in Northern Ireland prisons since 2007.
  
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• Coleraine apartment block evacuated after suspected arson blaze

  27-09-2018 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An apartment block in Northern Ireland was evacuated last night following a suspected arson attack.
  
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• Belfast man extradited from Spain faces drugs and knife charges

  27-09-2018 11:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man extradited from Spain has been remanded in custody accused of drugs offences and having a knife in public.
  
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• Warning of Brexit Northern Ireland electricity bill hike of 34% and power cuts 'scaremongering'

  27-09-2018 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  TUV MLA Jim Allister has branded a warning that Northern Ireland could experience multiple electricity blackouts with the public facing 34% increases in their bills in the event of a no-deal Brexit as "scaremongering".
  
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• 'Wait! wait! he screamed - Ryanair passenger tackled to ground making late dash across tarmac at Dublin Airport

  27-09-2018 10:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been tackled to the ground after trying to make a late dash to catch a departing place at Dublin airport.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: M2 accident - now cleared

  27-09-2018 08:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Accident on M2 towards Belfast

  27-09-2018 08:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• War of words as Northern Ireland civil servants’ average sick leave hits 13 days

  27-09-2018 08:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sick leave in the local Civil Service has cost the taxpayer almost £34m in 12 months.
  
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• Tragic farmer Harry Gibson had planned engagement, mourners hear

  27-09-2018 08:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A farmer who died in tragic circumstances last Saturday was preparing to announce his engagement to his girlfriend later this year.
  
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• End 'heartless' PIPs call after cancer patient denied benefits

  27-09-2018 07:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Secretary of State Karen Bradley has been urged to act now and end the "unjust and heartless" PIP benefits assessment system.
  
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• Northern Ireland dad Adam Johnston (32) dies in Australia after blood clot

  27-09-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A devoted dad from Co Antrim who died in Australia after suffering a blood clot "lived for his family", his brothers have said.
  
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• Antrim dad Adam Johnston (32) dies in Australia after blood clot

  27-09-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A devoted dad from Co Antrim who died in Australia after suffering a blood clot "lived for his family", his brothers have said.
  
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• Consulate supports widow of US tourist Michael Munro killed in Northern Ireland crash

  27-09-2018 07:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken widow of an American tourist who died in a road accident near a popular Northern Ireland tourist attraction is being supported by officials from the US Consulate.
  
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• RHI: DUP advisor Brimstone says civil servants were in the dark over his Stormont role

  27-09-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former DUP special adviser Stephen Brimstone has admitted that he didn't tell the civil servant managing the RHI scheme about his position at Stormont when he phoned him to enquire about getting a boiler registered.
  
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• DUP votes down bid for gay Pride colours to light up town hall

  27-09-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Council plans to light up Ards town hall in rainbow colours to mark all future Pride days have been shot down by the DUP.
  
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• PSNI face tribunal over officer's beard

  27-09-2018 07:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI is facing an industrial tribunal on whether officers should sport facial hair.
  
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• Watch: Video tour of luxury Lisburn cottage

  27-09-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This charming 1800s cottage has been renovated and extended into a stunning family home with a bright, modern and open interior.
  
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• Mum seriously hurt in fatal crash avoids jail for assault in pub

  27-09-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Fermanagh mother who suffered life-changing injuries in a car crash that left two people dead has been given a suspended prison sentence for assault.
  
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