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• DUP would back Tories in confidence vote – but only if May’s Brexit deal ditched

  05-12-2018 22:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tory resistance to Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been bolstered after Eurosceptics were warned that if the agreement goes through it could bring down the Government.
  
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• Irish lecturer 'stabbed and killed by former pupil' in France

  05-12-2018 22:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irishman working as a lecturer at a private university in Paris has been stabbed and killed by a former student.
  
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• Businessman Derek Tughan must return £12m, says commission

  05-12-2018 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-solicitor Derek Tughan used a charity's money to pay for a chauffeur, says the Charity Commission.
  
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• Irish man John Dowling stabbed to death in Paris

  05-12-2018 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  John Dowling, 66, taught English in the business district of La Defense.
  
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• CCTV shows school murder gunman

  05-12-2018 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A PSNI detective describes the shooting outside a Belfast school as a "barbaric assassination".
  
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• Jim Donegan: CCTV footage of gunman released

  05-12-2018 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Police investigating Jim Donegan's murder have released CCTV of the gunman before and after the shooting.
  
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• Dozens of children recalled by Belfast Trust due to incomplete paediatric audiology records - Belfast Telegraph

  05-12-2018 19:11
  Dozens of children recalled by Belfast Trust due to incomplete paediatric audiology records  Belfast TelegraphForty-three children have been recalled by Belfast Trust because of incomplete health records, it has emerged.
  
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• Belfast mayor, council, put differences aside - Press Herald

  05-12-2018 19:11
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  Belfast mayor, council, put differences aside
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  BELFAST — Tension eased among municipal officials Tuesday night after city councilors and the embattled mayor offered olive branches to each other. The city's elected officials put their differences aside and reversed contentious votes from a week ...and more »
  
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• Dozens of children recalled by Belfast Trust due to incomplete paediatric audiology records

  05-12-2018 19:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Forty-three children have been recalled by Belfast Trust because of incomplete health records, it has emerged.
  
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• Peadar Tóibín denies new party will be 'one-issue' movement

  05-12-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Peadar Tóibín said he is in talks with 25 elected representatives about joining his new party.
  
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• 'Our job was to protect our boys'

  05-12-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Fiona Crookes, interim principal at St Mary's Grammar school, describes the scene of a shooting in west Belfast on Tuesday
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Four vehicle smash on MI near Moira

  05-12-2018 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Watch: PSNI release CCTV footage of man suspected of shooting Jim Donegan fleeing murder scene

  05-12-2018 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have released CCTV footage of the killer of Jim Donegan escaping the scene after shooting him eight times as he sat in his car outside a west Belfast school.
  
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• EU making 'predatory claim' on NI - Johnson

  05-12-2018 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson calls on the PM to bin the "nightmareish" Northern Ireland backstop and go back to Brussels.
  
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• Champions Cup: Head coach Dan McFarland calls for discipline from Ulster

  05-12-2018 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster head coach Dan McFarland says his side must maintain their discipline in Friday's Champions Cup game against Scarlets.
  
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• Brexit backstop 'could leave NI alone in customs union'

  05-12-2018 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The government's legal advice says NI could end up alone in a customs union, under the backstop terms.
  
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• Belfast council settles differences with mayor it tried to silence - Press Herald

  05-12-2018 18:00
  Belfast council settles differences with mayor it tried to silence  Press HeraldBELFAST — Tension eased among municipal officials Tuesday night after city councilors and the embattled mayor traded olive branches. The city's elected ...
  
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• Brexit legal advice condensed

  05-12-2018 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Attorney General's legal advice on the backstop condensed.
  
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• Convicted murderer Gareth Anderson wins legal battle after being put into isolation in Maghaberry prison

  05-12-2018 17:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted murderer has won a legal battle over his security re-categorisation in prison.
  
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• Ballymurphy inquest: Edward Doherty 'possibly in throwing stance'

  05-12-2018 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  It is also possible that Edward Doherty had bent forward and turned to run away, an inquest hears.
  
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• Lord Mayor celebrates volunteers at Age Friendly Older Volunteer Awards

  05-12-2018 16:50 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Irish premier says reopening talks over UK withdrawal deal ‘not feasible’

  05-12-2018 16:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Premier has ruled out the possibility of reopening Brexit negotiations with UK parliamentarians if the Withdrawal Bill is defeated next week.
  
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• Alleged IRA spy admits porn charges

  05-12-2018 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Fred Scappaticci, alleged to have been the agent Stakeknife, admits possessing images involving animals.
  
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• Plans for Co Tyrone gold mine were not ready when presented to public, court hears

  05-12-2018 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Plans to locate a major gold mine in Co Tyrone were not "oven ready" when presented to the public, the High Court heard on Wednesday.
  
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• Council will seek to recoup Primark security cordon costs

  05-12-2018 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A private security cordon has been in place since fire destroyed the Belfast shop on 28 August.
  
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• Derry Girls: Writer Lisa McGee in running for Best Sit Com award

  05-12-2018 15:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee has been shortlisted for yet another prestigious award.
  
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• George HW Bush: Irish tenor Ronan Tynan sang to dying president

  05-12-2018 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The deathbed visit is just one of the extraordinary life experiences of double amputee Ronan Tynan.
  
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• 'America's favourite tenor'

  05-12-2018 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The deathbed visit is just one of the extraordinary life experiences of double amputee Ronan Tynan.
  
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• 'Rock bottom'

  05-12-2018 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Schools are relying on charities to provide services for children with mental health problems, MPs hear.
  
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• Northern Ireland schools relying on charities, MPs hear

  05-12-2018 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Schools are relying on charities to provide services for children with mental health problems, MPs hear.
  
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• Man had gun held against him after suspicion he took child to makeshift 'Rangers bar', court hears

  05-12-2018 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was allegedly bitten and had a gun held against him amid suspicions he brought a young child into a makeshift "Rangers bar", the High Court heard on Wednesday.
  
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• Backstop is 'totally unacceptable' to unionists and must be defeated says Dodds

  05-12-2018 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has said that the backstop within Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal is "totally unacceptable to unionists" and must be defeated in the House of Commons next week.
  
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• Gold mine plans 'not oven-ready' for consultation

  05-12-2018 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The plans were not fully worked-up when they were put out for public consultation, a court hears.
  
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• Stephen McKinney faces murder trial over wife's boat death

  05-12-2018 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen McKinney is accused of murdering his wife, Lu Na, during a boat trip in County Fermanagh.
  
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• Derry City: Candystripes boss Declan Devine makes trio of signings

  05-12-2018 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Derry City manager Declan Devine makes his first three signings since returning to the club after Kenny Shiels was sacked in October.
  
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• 'Improvement required' at Belfast theological college - Belfast Telegraph

  05-12-2018 13:11
  'Improvement required' at Belfast theological college  Belfast TelegraphFurther improvement is needed at Belfast's Union Theological College (UTC), a watchdog report has found.
  
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• MPs may try to steal Brexit from British people - Liam Fox

  05-12-2018 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The international trade secretary says it would be a "democratic affront" if MPs stop Brexit.
  
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• Belfast mayor, councilors make peace after period of tumult - Bangor Daily News

  05-12-2018 12:40
  Belfast mayor, councilors make peace after period of tumult  Bangor Daily NewsMayor Samantha Paradis extended an olive branch to the Belfast City Councilors at the beginning of Tuesday night's regular meeting, and they accepted it.
  
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• Stammer to sermons

  05-12-2018 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Fr Patrick Lagan says he knew from a young age that he wanted to become a priest despite his stammer.
  
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• Ryanair compensation claims to go to court

  05-12-2018 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The aviation regulator takes legal action over the airline's refusal to compensate thousands of passengers.
  
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• 'Stakeknife' accused Scappaticci pleads guilty to having extreme porn

  05-12-2018 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Freddie Scappaticci, the man widely named as the Army's IRA informer 'Stakeknife', has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to two charges of possessing extreme pornographic images.
  
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• Baby sex assault case adjourned

  05-12-2018 11:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The case against a man accused of sexually assaulting a weeks-old baby in Northern Ireland has been adjourned until January 2.
  
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• Ulster Rugby Round Up podcast S2E16: Ulster's European squad confusion, refereeing debates and splitting Leinster in two

  05-12-2018 11:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Rugby Round Up is well into its second season and ready to attack a key phase for Ulster in the lead-up to the festive inter-pros.
  
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• Young children throw brick through Derry bus window

  05-12-2018 11:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have said that a young group of children threw a brick through a bus window in Londonderry.
  
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• Boy (7) left terrified after seeing Jim Donegan shot dead outside Belfast school

  05-12-2018 10:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A seven-year-old boy who saw a gunman shoot a man dead outside a Belfast school has been left traumatised, his mother said.
  
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• BBC Sport NI Advent day five: Giant win for Belfast - BBC Sport

  05-12-2018 10:06
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  BBC Sport NI Advent day five: Giant win for Belfast
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  The Belfast Giants ended a four year trophy drought back in March when they upset the odds to defeat the Cardiff Devils 6-3 in the Challenge Cup final. Around 600 Giants fans made the trip to the Ice Arena in the Welsh capital to watch Adam Keefe's men ...
  
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