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• Titanic's lost treasure

  05-10-2018 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A consortium decides not to submit a bid for 5,500 artefacts salvaged from the wreck of the ocean liner.
  
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• Grace and Goliath features West Belfast dancers showing off their moves - Belfast Live

  05-10-2018 21:15
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  Grace and Goliath features West Belfast dancers showing off their moves
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  A West Belfast dance team have made their screen debut in a hit movie. Prime Intensity dance team 'Jackin for Beats' showed off their moves as part of new local movie Grace and Goliath. The family feel-good movie follows Hollywood big shot Josh Jenkins ...
  
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• Police warn public not to name man charged with raping two-week-old - baby remains in intensive care

  05-10-2018 20:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have warned the public not to name a Northern Ireland man charged with raping a two week old baby.
  
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• TITANIC 2018: Of all the things to do in Belfast you MUST see the Titanic museum - Express.co.uk

  05-10-2018 20:13
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  TITANIC 2018: Of all the things to do in Belfast you MUST see the Titanic museum
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  YOU close your eyes in Liverpool and you wake up in Belfast. Now, while that's not quite Kansas to Oz, to anyone with even the vaguest interest in the country's industrial heritage, and indeed our glorious trading nation past which Brexit is supposedly ...
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• Premier Division result: Limerick v Derry City

  05-10-2018 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Score updates from Markets Field as the Candystripes take on Limerick in a Premier Division encounter.
  
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• Bullitt Hotel, Belfast – review: a boutique base to explore a vibrant city - iNews

  05-10-2018 19:13
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  Bullitt Hotel, Belfast – review: a boutique base to explore a vibrant city
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  From the owners of Belfast's five-star Merchant Hotel, this boutique hotel is an excellent base for the city's lively International Arts Festival, which runs from 16 October to 4 November. Bang in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter, it's within walking ...
  
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• Barrister taking legal action over Electoral Commission's decision not to investigate DUP Brexit donation

  05-10-2018 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A barrister is seeking a judicial review over the Electoral Commission's decision not to investigate the DUP's biggest ever donation.
  
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• DUP donation: Electoral Commission challenged over decision not to investigate

  05-10-2018 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A barrister says a decision not to investigate a £435,000 Brexit donation was "utterly inexplicable".
  
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• Sinn Fein MLA says British army camp 'disrupting residents' because of late night shooting practice

  05-10-2018 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MLA Caoimhe Archibald has said that a British army training camp in Co Londonderry is disrupting local residents because of late night target practice.
  
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• Sentences challenge rejected for men jailed for destroying car used in UDA boss's murder

  05-10-2018 18:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men jailed for destroying the getaway car used in the murder of former loyalist paramilitary boss John Boreland have failed in a bid to have their sentences reduced.
  
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• Nationalists say Stormont should not have a role in shaping Brexit backstop

  05-10-2018 17:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nationalists in Northern Ireland have said Stormont should not have a say over the Brexit backstop.
  
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• Orin McBride inquest: Coroner says care was 'appropriate'

  05-10-2018 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Coroner Patrick McGurgan says the care given to 14-year-old Orin McBride was 'in the best interest of the child'.
  
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• Northern Ireland abortion laws leave doctors fearing life imprisonment, court told

  05-10-2018 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's abortion laws are having a "chilling effect" on anyone considering assisting in a medical termination, the High Court heard today.
  
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• Belfast restaurant closes its doors after less than year in business - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2018 16:30
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  Belfast restaurant closes its doors after less than year in business
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  Belfast restaurant Dog Track has announced that it is closing its doors after less than a year in business. The tapas-style restaurant on the Ormeau Avenue only opened in December 2017. In an emotional post on their Facebook page it was announced that ...
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Two vehicle crash on Upper Newtownards road- Air Ambulance on scene

  05-10-2018 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Two vehicle crash on Kempe Stones Road- Air Ambulance on scene

  05-10-2018 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Cáragh Walsh: Coroner asked to rule her death was not accidental

  05-10-2018 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The mother of 14-week-old Cárágh Walsh, who died in February 2017, made the plea at Belfast Coroners Court.
  
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• Maghera man jailed for month-long 'crime spree'

  05-10-2018 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Joseph McCloskey admitted 11 offences including the arson of a £15,000 car.
  
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• Haters will hate but I work to deliver for all: North Antrim MP Paisley addresses Commons Sri Lanka report

  05-10-2018 16:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley has again addressed the issues surrounding his ban from the House of Commons and the failure of the petition of concern against him stating that while haters will always hate, he puts his continued public service down to his work delivering for everyone he meets.
  
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• Two-week-old baby in intensive care at Belfast hospital - man charged with rape - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2018 15:57
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  Two-week-old baby in intensive care at Belfast hospital - man charged with rape
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  A two-week-old baby is in intensive care at a Northern Ireland hospital after an alleged rape. The BBC is reporting the baby is in the paediatric unit of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. The baby is from the Annalong area of County Down ...
  Man in court accused of raping two-week-old babyBelfast Live
  Two-week-old baby in hospital in Belfast following serious sexual as
  
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• Six masked men carrying hammers ransack Belfast house - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2018 15:46
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  Six masked men carrying hammers ransack Belfast house
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  Six masked men carrying hammers ransacked a house during an aggravated burglary in Belfast. The incident happened at a house in the Whiterock Crescent area of the city on Thursday at around 9.35pm. Anyone with information can contact police on 101 ...
  
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• Six masked men carrying hammers ransack Belfast house

  05-10-2018 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six masked men carrying hammers ransacked a house during an aggravated burglary in Belfast.
  
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• What was the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement?

  05-10-2018 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News NI considers the background to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Energy regulator asked about green scheme failings - RHI inquiry

  05-10-2018 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  It marks the 100th day of evidence at an inquiry into a flawed energy scheme costing NI taxpayers £490m.
  
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• Brexit: Sinn Féin and SDLP reject Stormont backstop role

  05-10-2018 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK and the EU are still divided over how to solve the issue of the Irish border.
  
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• Two-week-old baby in intensive care at Belfast hospital - man charged with rape

  05-10-2018 14:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A two-week-old baby is in intensive care at a Northern Ireland hospital after an alleged rape.
  
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• 'To equate bomb maker with innocent victim morally wrong and indefensible': DUP rejects definition of victims in legacy proposals

  05-10-2018 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An innocent victim of the Troubles should not be placed in the same legal category as a terrorist bomb maker in plans to address Northern Ireland's past, the DUP has said.
  
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• Two-week-old baby in hospital after alleged rape

  05-10-2018 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  A man has appeared in court charged with rape and causing grievous bodily harm to a child.
  
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• Pro14: Leinster v Munster (Sat)

  05-10-2018 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Joey Carbery will face former club Leinster for the first time when Munster travel to take on their inter-provincial rivals at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
  
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• Cookstown: Man dies in house fire

  05-10-2018 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  It happened in Queens Avenue in Cookstown during the early hours of Friday morning.
  
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• Businesses affected by Belfast Primark fire to get cash - BBC News

  05-10-2018 13:08
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  Businesses affected by Belfast Primark fire to get cash
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  Businesses impacted by the Primark fire in Belfast city centre will be able to claim up to £19,000. The money is coming from a £500,000 donation from Primark, which is being split-up by the council. Independent retailers and charities which have been ...
  Up to £19000 for businesses 'worst affected' by Belfast Primark fireBreakingNews.ie
  Primark £500000 donation plans for Belfast businesses revealed
  
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• Revealed: 90 Belfast businesses eligible for Primark Bank Buildings fire support fund

  05-10-2018 13:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has revealed details of a £500,000 support package for businesses hit by the Primark Bank Buildings fire saying 90 different city centre organisations are eligible to apply.
  
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• Businesses affected by Belfast Primark fire to get cash

  05-10-2018 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The retailer is also poised to reveal what it intends to do with the burnt out Bank Buildings.
  
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• Wrightbus wins orders for more than 200 buses

  05-10-2018 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The orders for the company in Ballymena are from customers in Hong Kong.
  
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• Twitter produces overreaction every day: Alliance split over Foster's Brexit 'blood red lines'

  05-10-2018 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Members of the Alliance Party have split over comments made by DUP leader Arlene Foster that her party's lines on Brexit ran "blood red".
  
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• Ballymena bus manufacturer Wrightbus lands Hong Kong orders

  05-10-2018 11:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ballymena bus manufacturer Wrightbus has announced it has landed two valuable orders from its customers in Hong Kong.
  
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• Special status 'economic catastrophe' and 'nonsense' for Northern Ireland to be governed by Brussels, says DUP's Dodds

  05-10-2018 11:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has said it would be "nonsense" for Northern Ireland to be governed from Brussels with no political representation after Brexit saying special status would be an "economic catastrophe".
  
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• Lord Mayor celebrates Belfast's links to China

  05-10-2018 11:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• NI paper review: Rowing the Atlantic solo - on Tayto crisps

  05-10-2018 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Lionel Messi and Jamie Bryson also feature in Friday's headlines.
  
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• Belfast fraudster would need 100 years to pay back £143000 of benefits - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2018 09:56
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  Belfast fraudster would need 100 years to pay back £143000 of benefits
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  A Belfast woman who committed one of the biggest benefit frauds in Northern Ireland will learn her fate when she is sentenced next week, a court heard yesterday. Pauline Donaghy (42) claimed benefits she was not entitled to over a six-year period and ...
  Belfast woman guilty of one of Northern Ireland's largest benefit frauds overpaid more than £140000Belfast Liveall 3 news art
  
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• Man (20s) killed in Northern Ireland house fire

  05-10-2018 09:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been killed in a house fire in Cookstown.
  
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• Firefighters discover man (28) dead in Cookstown home after 'accidental' kitchen fire

  05-10-2018 09:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Fire Service has detailed how firefighters discovered a man dead on his living room after an "accidental" kitchen fire in Cookstown.
  
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• Troubles legacy plan 'lopsided' says Police Federation

  05-10-2018 09:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The Police Federation says the new plans are "massively unfair" and discriminate against police officers.
  
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• Declan Rice: Brighton boss Chris Hughton says only West Ham player can decide international future

  05-10-2018 09:02 via bbc.co.uk
  West Ham defensive midfielder Declan Rice is the only person who can decide his international future, says Brighton boss Chris Hughton.
  
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• Belfast Film Centre plans for booming screen industry in Northern Ireland revealed - Belfast Live

  05-10-2018 08:28
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  Belfast Film Centre plans for booming screen industry in Northern Ireland revealed
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  Plans to build a Belfast Film Centre to regenerate the city with a visible hub for the booming screen industry in NI have been revealed. Northern Ireland Screen announced the proposals as part of the second phase of their Opening Doors strategy to make ...
  
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• Ireland urges May to publish plan to break border deadlock

  05-10-2018 08:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Government has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to bring forward her proposals to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks over the Northern Ireland border.
  
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• Video: Bake Off star Andrew mixes with 400 fans as he opens new M&S in Northern Ireland

  05-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  He rose to fame as a contestant on the Great British Bake Off.
  
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• Theresa May offered DUP a coalition with Tories in wake of poor election, new book claims

  05-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP turned down an offer from Theresa May to form a coalition government in the aftermath of last year's snap General Election disaster, a new book has claimed.
  
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• Spad 'plotted to film drunk DUP minister'

  05-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Newly revealed text messages between two DUP special advisers talked of plans to film former Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell "drunk and talking s***" and show the footage to the party's top Spad Timothy Johnston.
  
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• RHI: Stormont officials kept scrutiny committee in dark, says MLA

  05-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An MLA has claimed that Stormont officials kept poultry producer Moy Park well informed about RHI, while the watchdog committee scrutinising the botched green energy scheme was left in the dark.
  
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