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• Irish Labour Party 'will step in' if SDLP merge with Fianna Fáil

  03-11-2018 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Brendan Howlin announces his party will ensure a "pluralist option" if a Fianna Fail/SDLP merger goes ahead.
  
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• Watch: Belfast revved up with sound of Formula One as David Coulthard speeds through city centre

  03-11-2018 21:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast was listening to the unmistakable sound of a Formula One car zooming through the city streets on Saturday evening.
  
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• Ballynahinch burglary - woman beaten and bound

  03-11-2018 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Three masked men subjected two women to a "terrifying and horrific ordeal".
  
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• Brexit: Relations 'fraying' between Ireland and Britain

  03-11-2018 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  "Anything that pulls Britain and Ireland apart undermines that relationship" - Leo Varadkar.
  
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• Pro14: Connacht earn 33-12 win over wasteful Dragons in Galway

  03-11-2018 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Dragons are punished for a series of missed chances as Connacht earn a 33-12 bonus-point victory in the Pro14 in Galway.
  
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• Watch Ryan Burnett v Nonito Donaire LIVE: Stream and updates from the World Boxing Super Series bout in Glasgow

  03-11-2018 19:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ryan Burnett will make his second defence of his WBA Super World Bantamweight title when he takes on Nonito Donaire in the quarter-final of the World Boxing Super Series tonight. You can keep up to date with the bout right here.
  
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• Watch: Ryan Burnett loses world title to Nonito Donaire after retiring with freak injury

  03-11-2018 19:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ryan Burnett has lost to Nonito Donaire in the second defence of his WBA World Super Bantamweight title.
  
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• Four Nations: Ireland in back-to-back Dutch defeats

  03-11-2018 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland to finish the Four Nations tournament with a fourth place play-off against England after a 5-2 defeat by the Netherlands.
  
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• Former Belfast Lord Mayor Nuala McAllister announces arrival of baby boy

  03-11-2018 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Lord Mayor of Belfast Nuala McAllister has announced the birth of a baby boy.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Linfield's late equaliser thwarts Warrenpoint

  03-11-2018 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Warrenpoint are seconds away from a first ever win over Linfield but Andrew Waterworth levels with the last move of the match.
  
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• Pro14: Ulster battle to scrappy 15-10 Benetton win

  03-11-2018 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster survive a late Benetton onslaught to snatch a 15-10 victory in a hard-fought Pro14 encounter at the Stadio di Monigo.
  
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• Police appeal after five quad bikes stolen in Co Antrim

  03-11-2018 17:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of Quad bikes have been stolen from a business in Co Antrim.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Born2Run Series 2018- Run Forest Run Minnowburn 5k and 10k- full results and pictures

  03-11-2018 16:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds have taken part in the 2018 Belfast Telegraph's Born2Run 5k and 10k forest runs at Minnowburn in Belfast.
  
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• Road to Respect wins Champion Chase at Down Royal

  03-11-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Last year's runner-up Road to Respect, ridden by Sean Flanagan, goes one better in this year's big race at Down Royal.
  
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• Free UK delivery charges to NI customers 'misleading'

  03-11-2018 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The advertising regulator said consumers in Northern Ireland were experiencing "sweeping online claims".
  
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• Police believe series of Northern Ireland burglaries are linked

  03-11-2018 14:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police believe a series of burglaries which took place in south Armagh on Friday are linked.
  
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• Brexit process is undermining peace in Northern Ireland, warns Varadkar

  03-11-2018 14:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brexit is undermining 20 years of peace in Northern Ireland and is fraying relationships between Britain and Ireland, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
  
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• BBC presenter's wayward brolly

  03-11-2018 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Guest pundit Matthew Tipton is left raging in the rain as he is repeatedly poked by presenter Mark Sidebottom's umbrella.
  
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• William Dunlop posthumously inducted into Hall of Fame at council award ceremony

  03-11-2018 12:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  William Dunlop has been posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame at the the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council's Gala Sports Awards in Coleraine.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Belfast Road reopens after crash

  03-11-2018 12:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Belfast Road closed after crash

  03-11-2018 12:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Woman tied up and beaten with baseball bat during terrifying burglary in Co Down

  03-11-2018 11:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two women have been tied up by masked men, with one of the victims beaten with a baseball bat, during an aggravated burglary in Ballynahinch.
  
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• Wet and windy Saturday as UK feels effects of ex-hurricane Oscar

  03-11-2018 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The remnants of ex-hurricane Oscar promised a wet and windy start to the weekend, with torrential downpours expected.
  
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• Irish killer of fiance claims he punched strangers and bit her

  03-11-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish woman who killed her fiance in Sydney has told a judge of his repeated violence, including punching strangers and biting her all over her body, and how he accused her of sleeping with other men.
  
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• Belfast 'on its knees' after Primark fire as another shop closes

  03-11-2018 09:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The closure of a 40-year-old family curtain shop just outside the Primark cordon will be "one of many" to fall victim to the Bank Buildings fire, a Castle Street trader believes.
  
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• Emotional day for daughter of road victim as she runs her own special mini-marathon

  03-11-2018 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Londonderry woman who lost her father in a road accident three months ago has taken part in her own mini-marathon after she had to pull out of an official one following the tragedy.
  
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• Snow Patrol star hails poignant last song of a much-missed musician

  03-11-2018 09:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody has paid tribute to Co Antrim musician Robert Holmes, whose body was recovered in Newtownabbey last week.
  
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• Family's dismay over theft of grave wreaths

  03-11-2018 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Fermanagh woman has appealed for her niece to be allowed to rest in peace after wreaths were removed from her grave in recent weeks.
  
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• Wreath row woman accepts republican invite to visit the scene of soldier son's death

  03-11-2018 09:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Catholic soldier who was killed by the IRA has accepted an invitation from former republican prisoners to visit the scene where her son died.
  
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• Ulster Rugby to investigate alleged sexist comments by past president at club night

  03-11-2018 09:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Ulster Rugby President is facing an internal investigation over "inappropriate remarks" he is alleged to have made at a rugby club dinner.
  
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• Tourist injured after rock fall on North Coast

  03-11-2018 09:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A French tourist suffered a broken ankle after falling on rocks on the North Coast.
  
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• Investigation launched after woman's body is found in Belfast

  03-11-2018 09:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a young woman in the Four Winds area of Belfast yesterday.
  
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• PSNI's role in panel with guns probe ex-Provo wrong: Beattie

  03-11-2018 09:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Chief Constable has been asked to explain why a senior PSNI officer is to appear on a panel to discuss combating paramilitary activity alongside a Sinn Fein member who is under investigation for gunrunning.
  
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• Give My Head Peace star reveals how the support of masons got her family through difficult times after her husband died

  03-11-2018 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Freemasons paying for a schoolgirl to travel to Rome to sing for the Pope is not something that many people would expect - but that is one example of the support the local masonic lodge has given over the years to actress Olivia Nash and her family.
  
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• Police closing in on the unmasking of gang in hate stunt at mosque

  03-11-2018 09:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating links between loyalist paramilitaries and a gang of men who gathered outside a Co Down mosque dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style outfits.
  
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• Karen Bradley: Thursday was never going to be about quick solutions... we need to focus on the rebuilding of dialogue and trust

  03-11-2018 09:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This has been an important week for Northern Ireland. The Budget at the start of week delivered for Northern Ireland. New investment includes £350 million for the Belfast Region City Deal, £2m for Belfast city centre after the Bank Buildings fire and £320m of Fresh Start money for integrated education.
  
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• Bradley tells bickering MLAs to end grandstanding and return to talks

  03-11-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Karen Bradley has challenged the political parties to chart a path back to Stormont.
  
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• Weekly paper review: Christmas 'cancelled' and arson attack

  03-11-2018 08:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Festive funding disappointment and an arson attack make the NI weekly newspapers.
  
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• Armistice Day: Special remembrance event held in Rostrevor

  03-11-2018 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The service aimed to connect Rostrevor residents with the stories of men who died in World War One.
  
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• Secret fortune

  03-11-2018 07:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Five charities were given €6m each in Elizabeth O'Kelly's will.
  
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• Elizabeth O'Kelly: The Irish widow with a secret €30m fortune

  03-11-2018 07:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Five charities were given €6m each in Elizabeth O'Kelly's will.
  
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• US troops' dark side

  03-11-2018 07:50 via bbc.co.uk
  There was a dark side to the US presence in Northern Ireland during World War Two.
  
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• Dark side of US troops in NI during WW2

  03-11-2018 07:50 via bbc.co.uk
  There was a dark side to the US presence in Northern Ireland during World War Two.
  
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• Adopted Randalstown man reunites with biological family

  03-11-2018 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Oliver Bonnes, who was put up for adoption 70 years ago, has discovered a new family in the US.
  
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• EU plans post-Brexit Belfast delegation

  03-11-2018 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The new "delegation" to the UK will include 29 diplomats and a new EU ambassador.
  
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