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• Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast footage from 1938 shows same heartbreaking waiting list pain - Belfast Live

  26-01-2019 22:32
  Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast footage from 1938 shows same heartbreaking waiting list pain  Belfast LiveIt is believed these are earliest moving images of the hospital and the film allows us to see just how radically scientific medicine has evolved in subsequent ...
  
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• East Belfast fly tipping reported across five areas - Belfast Live

  26-01-2019 22:12
  East Belfast fly tipping reported across five areas  Belfast LiveFour sites in East Belfast have been reported to Belfast City Council due to fly-tipping within the last week. UUP rep George Doherty said residents are angry at ...
  
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• Londonderry bomb: Police issue fresh appeal

  26-01-2019 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The PSNI carry out a reconstruction of the bomb attack as part of an appeal for information.
  
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• Police recreate Derry courthouse car bombing attack in terrorist probe appeal

  26-01-2019 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police returned to the scene of the Londonderry car bombing one week on from the New IRA attack.
  
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• Brexit: Irresponsible not to plan border vote, says Sinn Féin leader

  26-01-2019 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  "Now is the time" for a referendum on a united Ireland, the Sinn Féin leader tells a Brexit conference.
  
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• Unity referendum 'not right' at this time

  26-01-2019 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland's Education Minister Joe McHugh was responding to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald
  
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• Holywood: Man charged over double assault outside bar

  26-01-2019 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men remain in a serious condition after the incident outside a bar on Friday night.
  
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• Beyond Brexit conference: Hard border will lead to demands for unity poll, says McDonald

  26-01-2019 18:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A hardening of the border in Ireland will be met with a demand for a unity referendum, the Sinn Fein president has told a Brexit conference.
  
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• BBC's Humphrys asks Dublin minister why Ireland doesn't dump EU and 'throw lot in' with UK

  26-01-2019 18:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Europe minister dismissed a suggestion the Republic should leave the EU after she was asked - given the her economy's reliance on Britain for exports, revenue and jobs - why it didn't just "throw its lot in" with the UK.
  
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• Stormont: Protesters urge politicians to 'get back to work'

  26-01-2019 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 100 people attend a protest rally at Stormont on Saturday.
  
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• Police rescue resident from flat blaze in Belfast - Belfast Live

  26-01-2019 17:57
  Police rescue resident from flat blaze in Belfast  Belfast LiveOfficers spotted "thick smoke coming from a block of flats a short distance away"
  
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• Irish Premiership: Ballymena three points behind leaders Linfield

  26-01-2019 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Second-placed Ballymena United and champions Crusaders win to make ground on Linfield who are now three points clear at the top of the table.
  
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• Irish League Round Up: Lecky and Friel both bag braces as Ballymena close gap on leaders Linfield

  26-01-2019 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ballymena United are back to within three points of league leaders Linfield after a routine win over Ards at the Showgrounds.
  
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• Mock soldiers man Irish border checkpoint in Brexit protest

  26-01-2019 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Mock soldiers returned to the Irish border as protesters warned Theresa May not to allow a “nightmare” Brexit to derail Northern Ireland’s hard-won peace.
  
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• Mock Irish border checkpoint built as protesters warn Brexit threatens peace

  26-01-2019 17:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of protesters have warned Theresa May that a hard Irish border risks destroying Northern Ireland’s hard-won peace.
  
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• Transfer test: Pupils' joy at exam results

  26-01-2019 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Two school pupils tell of their joy after they receive their transfer test results.
  
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• Get back to work, protesters tell Northern Ireland Assembly members

  26-01-2019 16:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people have gathered at Stormont to protest over the ongoing lack of devolved government in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Dissident internal security debrief found hidden in perfume bottle - handwriting matched with PIP application, court hears

  26-01-2019 16:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted former IRA hijacker hid secret dissident terror notes in a perfume box, a court has been told.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Serious crash closes Bangor road

  26-01-2019 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: M1 Sprucefield onslip closed after oil spill

  26-01-2019 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Mary Lou McDonald: Government should start planning 'unity' referendum - BreakingNews.ie

  26-01-2019 15:20
  Mary Lou McDonald: Government should start planning 'unity' referendum  BreakingNews.ieThe future of Ireland is the topic at a major civic nationalist conference taking place in Belfast this afternoon.
  
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• Belfast Winter Whoopla kicks off next weekend - WABI

  26-01-2019 15:14
  Belfast Winter Whoopla kicks off next weekend  WABIBELFAST, Maine (WABI) - Following last year's mid-winter festival which was supported by literally dozens of local businesses and organizations, the Belfast ...
  
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• Remains of missing Northern Ireland woman found on Donegal beach

  26-01-2019 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed the remains of a missing Northern Ireland woman have been found on a beach in Donegal.
  
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• Man charged after two suffer serious injuries in attack in front of crowd outside bar

  26-01-2019 13:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged after two men aged in their 50s were left in hospital after a serious attack in Holywood outside a bar and in front of a large crowd.
  
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• Green light for 16-storey Belfast waterfront office block that will cost £46m - Belfast Telegraph

  26-01-2019 12:07
  Green light for 16-storey Belfast waterfront office block that will cost £46m  Belfast TelegraphOne of the biggest office developments ever undertaken in Northern Ireland has been given the go-ahead by the Department for Infrastructure.
  
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• One week after Derry car bomb: Spirit of resilience and a determination to take back the city

  26-01-2019 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The CCTV footage shows a group of young people idling up Bishop Street in Londonderry's city centre last Saturday, taking their time and chatting as they walk past the courthouse. They looked like they hadn't a care in the world.
  
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• Cleric sorry for allowing TV crews at Northern Ireland church which contains 'miracle soil'

  26-01-2019 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior cleric has apologised for allowing television crews to film in church grounds after they were banned by one of his priests.
  
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• Man arrested after two injured in Belfast assault Ulster - RTE.ie

  26-01-2019 11:39
  Man arrested after two injured in Belfast assault Ulster  RTE.ieA man has been arrested in connection with the serious assault of two men in Belfast last night.
  
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• Man arrested after two injured in Belfast assault - RTE.ie

  26-01-2019 11:39
  Man arrested after two injured in Belfast assault  RTE.ieA man has been arrested in connection with the serious assault of two men in Belfast last night.
  
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• Cuban eatery to expand with plans to open second Belfast outlet - Belfast Telegraph

  26-01-2019 11:06
  Cuban eatery to expand with plans to open second Belfast outlet  Belfast TelegraphA popular Belfast Cuban restaurant is set to open its second outlet in the city by moving into the premises recently vacated by the failed barbecue chain ...
  
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• Eastside Awards celebrates all that's best about east Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  26-01-2019 10:50
  Eastside Awards celebrates all that's best about east Belfast  Belfast TelegraphThe best of east Belfast was toasted last night at the third annual Eastside Awards.
  
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• Transfer test: 16,000 children receive results - what grades schools accepted last year

  26-01-2019 10:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of primary school children are to receive their transfer test results on Saturday.
  
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• MI5 has more than 700 spies in Belfast as part of a huge anti-terror operation - Daily Mail

  26-01-2019 10:07
  MI5 has more than 700 spies in Belfast as part of a huge anti-terror operation  Daily MailMI5 has more than 700 spies stationed in Belfast as part of a huge anti-terror operation amid fears dissident republicans will exploit any return of a hard border in ...
  
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• Varadkar accused of stirring tensions over 'doomsday' remarks on troops at border

  26-01-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leo Varadkar has been accused of talking “nonsense” after warning that troops may return to the border if Brexit goes “very wrong”.
  
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• Monaghan crash leaves man and woman dead

  26-01-2019 08:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The car left the road and ended up in a bog at Killyneill Cross near the Monaghan-Armagh border.
  
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• Weekly papers: 'Superdrum' fear and 'experienced killers'

  26-01-2019 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  More complaints about a town's rat problem and the online harassment of a teacher also feature in papers.
  
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• We’re all worried sick, say family of Northern Ireland chef missing in Amsterdam for two weeks

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a Northern Ireland man who has been missing in the Netherlands for almost two weeks say they are "worried sick" and have appealed for him to get in touch.
  
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• Thousands in Northern Ireland may lose out as free TV licence for over-75s is under threat

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  If we're being honest, January isn't many people's favourite time of year. It's a lean month for most people. It can also be a lonely month. Christmas and New Year are over and lots of us are left with decorations to take down, waistlines to reduce and of course the bills to pay.
  
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• The Northern Ireland chippy that's batter than the rest for four years in a row

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There was a new 'cod' on the block at the National Fish and Chip Awards this week as Dungannon's Dolphin takeaway reached the prestigious grand final.
  
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• Restaurant review: Hara - three cheers for new restaurant's Sunday offering

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hillsborough, Northern Ireland's most desirable village, is a perfect picture postcard kind of place. You might think you were in a small English market town in the Cotswolds such is the tidiness and cleanliness of its hilly little streets, but its heritage is as Irish as Dingle.
  
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• Pensioner jailed for ‘monstrous’ attack: He kicked and punched wife of 37 years, trailed her by hair and banged head off radiator

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pensioner who launched a prolonged and unprovoked attack on his wife of 37 years in their west Belfast home was jailed yesterday.
  
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• Party politicking and nonsense: Michelle O’Neill hits back in row over Sinn Fein snub of anti-violence motion

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michelle O'Neill has said that a row over Sinn Fein councillors voting against a motion condemning violence in Northern Ireland after a car bomb attack at the weekend is "nonsense" and "a distraction".
  
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• Eastside Awards celebrates all that's best about east Belfast

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The best of east Belfast was toasted last night at the third annual Eastside Awards.
  
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• DUP 'to back proposal' that swaps backstop for new arrangement

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP may give its support to an amendment to Theresa May's Brexit deal that bins the border backstop.
  
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• Dunlop family supportive of Michael's racing return

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken mother of tragic Northern Ireland biking legend William Dunlop says the family will "get behind" and support her son Michael as he returns to international road racing this season.
  
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• Derry Girls make it big on new wall of fame

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A stunning new mural featuring the cast of hit comedy series Derry Girls is taking shape on a wall in the city.
  
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• Cuban eatery to expand with plans to open second Belfast outlet

  26-01-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A popular Belfast Cuban restaurant is set to open its second outlet in the city by moving into the premises recently vacated by the failed barbecue chain Bubbacue.
  
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• Transfer test: How would you do?

  26-01-2019 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  As primary seven pupils pick up their transfer test results, why not put yourself in their shoes and give the questions a go?
  
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• Red squirrels: On safari in Londonderry

  26-01-2019 07:46 via bbc.co.uk
  It is thought that about 10 red squirrels are living in woodland near Londonderry.
  
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• Life after sport: AP McCoy, Martin Rogan and Aileen Reid on retirement

  26-01-2019 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Racing legend AP McCoy, heavyweight boxer Martin Rogan and former triathlete Aileen Reid on life after sport.
  
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