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• Pret confirms second customer died after allergic reaction

  06-10-2018 23:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A second customer died from from an allergic reaction to an ingredient in a sandwich bought from Pret A Manger, the firm has confirmed.
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as Supreme Court justice after narrow Senate vote

  06-10-2018 23:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as a US Supreme Court justice, hours after the Senate narrowly confirmed his appointment following a battle that rubbed raw the country’s cultural, gender and political divides.
  
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• Londonderry: '1968 march galvanised civil rights'

  06-10-2018 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish president Michael D Higgins also pays tribute to the vision of Nobel peace laureate John Hume.
  
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• Civil rights march was 'vision of a shared Ireland'

  06-10-2018 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael D Higgins made the comments during a commemoration of the 1968 civil rights march.
  
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• I just want to know why? asks dog owner after beloved pet has part of ear cut off outside supermarket

  06-10-2018 20:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The owner of a dog which had part of his ear cut off during a shopping trip has said he can't understand who would carry out such a cruel act, or why.
  
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• Thousands descend on Derry to mark Civil Rights movement march 50 years on

  06-10-2018 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands descended on Londonderry to mark 50 years since the Duke Street Civil Rights movement march.
  
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• Michael D Higgins lauds courage of civil rights protesters

  06-10-2018 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish president has said the reconciling vision and courage of Northern Ireland’s civil rights leaders should be embraced on the 50th anniversary of protest bloodshed.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Co Down road closed after three car crash

  06-10-2018 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Man (50s) shot in legs in Derry paramilitary attack - injuries 'may be life changing'

  06-10-2018 16:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been left with possibly life changing injuries after he was shot in both legs in a paramilitary style attack in Londonderry.
  
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• Halloween mask wearing men rob Belfast KFC

  06-10-2018 15:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men wearing Halloween masks and armed with hammers have robbed a Belfast KFC restaurant.
  
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• Londonderry: Man shot in both legs in 'brutal attack'

  06-10-2018 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Police said this was a paramiltary-style assault and the man's injuries may be life changing.
  
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• Dog tied up outside Northern Ireland supermarket has ear cut off

  06-10-2018 13:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A charity group has made an appeal for information after a dog, tied up outside a Northern Ireland supermarket, had its ear cut off.
  
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• Narrow Water soldiers' memorial attacked again for second time in days

  06-10-2018 12:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Narrow Water memorial to 18 soldiers killed in an IRA ambush has been attacked again for the second time in days.
  
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• A life cut short

  06-10-2018 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A Belfast writer talks about hand stitching the imagined thoughts of her late aunt on to a dress.
  
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• A dress for Kathleen: Heather Richardson's tribute to her late aunt

  06-10-2018 08:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The moving story of a dress made for a teenager who died in 1939.
  
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• Stove with a story

  06-10-2018 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  How did a BBC reporter's old kitchen stove end up as a museum exhibit?
  
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• Restaurant review: Edo - Jamon down to a little bit of Spain in the heart of Belfast

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The popularity of Spanish food can be measured by the vast numbers of food pictures posted by holidaymakers on social media. How many more paellas, tortillas, bowls of patatas bravas and gazpacho, tiny tapas of glistening anchovies, shards of burgundy-coloured Iberico ham, creme Catalan and churros beside pots of thick hot chocolate can we take? Loads more! It seems our appetite for these is never going to be sated.
  
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• Remember the good times, mourners told at teen crash victim Piaras McElroy's funeral

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager killed in a car crash should be remembered as "the wild and free one, the perfect one", a priest said yesterday.
  
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• PSNI offers early promotion in desperate bid to fill posts in troubled Northern Ireland district

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI chiefs have been forced to launch special internal recruitment drives in a desperate bid to encourage officers to work in Londonderry and Strabane, it can be revealed.
  
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• Prayers for Northern Ireland baby 'raped' at two weeks old

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prayers are being said for a two-week-old baby who remains in intensive care at a Belfast hospital after allegedly being raped.
  
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• Pictured: Northern Ireland home with 330 years of history goes on the market

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  They say every house has a history... but some have more history than others.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Latest delays and updates

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Nathan Carter: 'I laughed when I was first asked to write my autobiography. I'm 28 ... what was I going to fill it with, pictures?'

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  You know you're in the company of music royalty when Nathan Carter walks into the room. The megawatt smile and cheeky-chappie personality are there in spades. Before he can sit down to talk, two female fans have already approached and asked for a picture with him. He graciously accepts. He's made their day.
  
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• Mum of tragic teen hailed for her devotion - medics 'beyond reproach' coroner finds as she disputes permission to withdraw life support

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a teenage boy who died in hospital was praised for her devotion at his inquest yesterday.
  
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• Meet Molly, the Northern Ireland pooch sniffing out drug cheats in Swedish sport

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Portadown pooch has become the world's first anti-doping dog, sniffing out drugs misuse in sports across Sweden.
  
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• I wasn't talking big in oil deal email, it was just an effort to help out: Paisley

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley has said he was "being helpful" and denied he was acting as a broker in an email exchange in which he told a Sri Lankan official that he had "two significant arrangements with national oil suppliers in either Oman or Nigeria".
  
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• Dog Track's emotional owners admit hard times forced restaurant closure

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast restaurant Dog Track has announced that it is closing its doors after less than a year in business.
  
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• Belfast New Look staff claim store to close for Primark relocation

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New Look's flagship Belfast store will close its doors in four weeks' time with "minimal redundancy packages" and redeployment offered to its 60 employees, some workers have claimed.
  
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• Autumn sun glints upon golden brown hues as Northern Ireland landscape dons new season's colours

  06-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  These are the stunning photographs which capture the changing of the season in all its glory.
  
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• Man accused over pup Sparky's brutal death prepares to stand trial

  06-10-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man accused of beating a puppy to death with a hammer will stand before a jury, accused of animal cruelty, a judge ordered.
  
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