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• Newry police discover over 24 dead canaries during drugs arrest

  25-02-2019 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Newry have revealed that they discovered "in excess of two dozen dead canaries" while making a drugs arrest.
  
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• Labour will back second referendum to prevent a ‘damaging Tory Brexit’

  25-02-2019 22:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Labour Party is prepared to back a second referendum to prevent a “damaging Tory Brexit” if its withdrawal plan is rejected by MPs this week.
  
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• Ballymurphy inquest: Residents asked Army for 'protection'

  25-02-2019 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Eilish Meehan told a public inquest that people were "shot at and nobody had a clue why".
  
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• Flybmi collapse a 'missed opportunity' for airport exit

  25-02-2019 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  An independent councillor says the collapse of Flybmi was an opportunity to plan for council's City of Derry Airport exit
  
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• Silicon Valley tech company creating 150 new jobs in Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  25-02-2019 20:59
  Silicon Valley tech company creating 150 new jobs in Belfast  Belfast TelegraphA Silicon Valley-based tech company is creating 150 new jobs in Belfast.
  
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• Silicon Valley tech company creating 150 new jobs in Belfast

  25-02-2019 20:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Silicon Valley-based tech company is creating 150 new jobs in Belfast.
  
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• Man shot in 1971 Belfast incident says giving evidence feels like being on trial - The Irish Times

  25-02-2019 20:16
  Man shot in 1971 Belfast incident says giving evidence feels like being on trial  The Irish TimesWitness was giving evidence at inquest into Ballymurphy shootings in which 10 people died.
  
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• GLAD Study: Could depression be in our genes?

  25-02-2019 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  A UK-wide study into links between DNA and depression is looking for 2,000 participants from NI.
  
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• Head of 800-year-old mummy stolen from Dublin church crypt

  25-02-2019 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An 800-year-old mummy has been decapitated and its head stolen from a church in Dublin.
  
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• Two killed in separate road crashes in Armagh and Coleraine

  25-02-2019 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A schoolgirl in Co Armagh and a pedestrian in his 30s died in Coleraine in separate crashes.
  
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• Labour to support second referendum to prevent "damaging Tory Brexit"

  25-02-2019 18:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Labour will back an attempt to block a no-deal Brexit and put forward or support an amendment in favour of a public vote to prevent a "damaging Tory Brexit", Jeremy Corbyn will announce.
  
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• Nearly 30k illegal cigarettes found following searches of Londonderry shops in INLA probe

  25-02-2019 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police recovered 28,260 cigarettes and 19.9 kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco during searches of shops in Londonderry on Monday.
  
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• Study on depression seeking 2,000 volunteers in NI

  25-02-2019 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The research will investigate how much of depression of anxiety is linked to DNA.
  
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• PSNI working with other police services to combat threat of Momo challenge game

  25-02-2019 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI have revealed that they are liaising with other UK Police Services to deal with the threat of the "momo challenge" to children in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Bangor woman who lashed out at paramedic avoids jail

  25-02-2019 17:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who lashed out a paramedic treating her and tried to interfere with ambulance equipment has avoided jail.
  
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• NI temperatures to break record?

  25-02-2019 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's current record for February is 17.8C in County Down 21 years ago.
  
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• We must 'dust ourselves down' for visit of Reds - Sky Blues boss David Jeffrey

  25-02-2019 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballymena United manager David Jeffrey calls on his players to recover from the frustration of losing to Linfield ahead of Tuesday's visit of Cliftonville.
  
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• Shock and sadness after nine-year-old girl killed in Armagh crash - driver in hospital

  25-02-2019 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MLA William Irwin has spoken of his shock and sadness after the death of a nine-year-old girl in a car crash in Armagh.
  
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• Birmingham pub bombing inquests start with minute’s silence

  25-02-2019 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The long-awaited inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings have begun with a minute’s silence for the victims.
  
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• Brexit: Leo Varadkar feels no-deal outcome unlikely

  25-02-2019 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Leo Varadkar has said a no-deal Brexit would be a "lose-lose-lose scenario for everyone".
  
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• Derry Girls writer promises bigger and more ambitious second series

  25-02-2019 15:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The new series of Derry Girls will be bigger and more ambitious, its writer has said.
  
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• Director at ex-Sean Quinn firm seeks restraining order

  25-02-2019 15:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A director at one of businessman Sean Quinn's former companies is seeking a restraining order after he was allegedly subjected to a "vicious attack", the High Court has heard.
  
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• California tech company to create 150 jobs in Belfast - The Irish Times

  25-02-2019 14:57
  California tech company to create 150 jobs in Belfast  The Irish TimesSignifyd developing research and development centre in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Ballymurphy residents should have been protected by soldiers, inquest told

  25-02-2019 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The people of an area of west Belfast should have been protected by soldiers during a shooting incident in 1971 – but instead hid fearing a massacre, an inquest has heard.
  
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• EU withdrawal with a deal is ‘within our grasp’, Theresa May insists

  25-02-2019 14:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has insisted that it is “within our grasp” for Britain to leave the EU with a deal on March 29, as she resisted pressure for an extension to the two-year negotiation process.
  
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• Brexit: Formal talks between May and Tusk on delaying UK exit

  25-02-2019 14:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Formal talks on the implications of a delaying Brexit have taken place between British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU Council President Donald Tusk.
  
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• Air pollution warning issued for Northern Ireland

  25-02-2019 14:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont's Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has issued an air pollution warning for Northern Ireland.
  
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• Liam Adams, brother of ex-Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, dies

  25-02-2019 14:07
  Former activist, who was jailed for raping daughter, has died from cancer in Belfast hospiceLiam Adams, the brother of the former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, has died in custody while serving a 16-year sentence for raping his own daughter.The 63-year-old had cancer and was moved from Maghaberry prison to a hospice in Belfast this month. Continue reading...
  
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• Silicon Valley tech company creates 150 new jobs in Belfast - BBC News

  25-02-2019 13:46
  Silicon Valley tech company creates 150 new jobs in Belfast  BBC NewsSan Francisco based Signifyd makes software that helps online retailers detect fraud.
  
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• Silicon Valley tech company creates 150 new jobs in Belfast

  25-02-2019 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  San Francisco based Signifyd makes software that helps online retailers detect fraud.
  
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• VIDEO: Blues manager David Healy likes 'lucky Linfield' tag - Belfast Newsletter

  25-02-2019 13:09
  VIDEO: Blues manager David Healy likes 'lucky Linfield' tag  Belfast NewsletterDavid Healy does not mind his side being called 'Lucky Linfield.'
  
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• Northern Ireland weather sees temperatures soar to 17C this week - Belfast Live

  25-02-2019 12:19
  Northern Ireland weather sees temperatures soar to 17C this week  Belfast LiveNorthern Ireland is in for a weather boost as the temperature rises. The mercury is set to hit a maximum 17C today and 16C tomorrow , warmer than an expected ...
  
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• The Proclaimers announce Belfast Waterfront date - Belfast Telegraph

  25-02-2019 11:46
  The Proclaimers announce Belfast Waterfront date  Belfast TelegraphFollowing their sold out show at the Ulster Hall last year, The Proclaimers make their highly anticipated return to Ireland including a night in Belfast.
  
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• The Proclaimers announce Belfast Waterfront date

  25-02-2019 11:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Following their sold out show at the Ulster Hall last year, The Proclaimers make their highly anticipated return to Ireland including a night in Belfast.
  
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• Man suffers serious face injuries in Ballymena fight

  25-02-2019 11:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was left with serious face injuries after a fight in Ballymena.
  
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• Northern Ireland club at centre of IFA betting probe

  25-02-2019 11:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched into claims of a breach of betting rules at an Irish League football club.
  
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• Knife pulled from river may be linked to Ian Ogle murder

  25-02-2019 11:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cops probing the murder of Ian Ogle have recovered a knife from a river that may have been used in the attack.
  
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• Father and son chief suspects in murder of Lisa Dorrian

  25-02-2019 11:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The body of missing murder victim Lisa Dorrian was secretly buried by a father and son.
  
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• IRSP claim PSNI are intimidating families - Belfast Media Group

  25-02-2019 11:18
  IRSP claim PSNI are intimidating families  Belfast Media GroupAN IRSP member who says he is followed by the PSNI daily has accused police of attempting to “intimidate” party activists. Lower Falls man Michael Kelly was ...
  
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• Simon Community 'working with authorities' after death in hostel

  25-02-2019 11:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Simon Community has said it is saddened and working with the authorities after the death of a man in one of its hostels.
  
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• Man arrested in homeless man's death probe released by Ballymena police

  25-02-2019 11:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man arrested in connection with the death of a homeless man in Co Antrim has been released.
  
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• Liam Adams dies in hospice after cancer diagnosis - Belfast Live

  25-02-2019 10:30
  Liam Adams dies in hospice after cancer diagnosis  Belfast LiveThe 63-year-old brother of former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was found guilty in 2013 of the rape and sexual assault of his young daughter.
  
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• Convicted paedophile Liam Adams dead

  25-02-2019 10:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liam Adams, the paedophile brother of former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, has died.
  
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• Richard E Grant: Olivia Colman’s Oscars speech was a classic

  25-02-2019 10:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Richard E Grant was full of enthusiasm at the Academy Awards, despite missing out on the best supporting actor Oscar.
  
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