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• EU leaders offer UK Brexit delay until May 22 after late-night talks

  21-03-2019 23:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  EU leaders have offered the UK a plan which would delay Brexit from March 29 to May 22, on condition that MPs approve Theresa May’s withdrawal deal in a vote next week.
  
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• EU leaders offer UK Brexit delay to May 22

  21-03-2019 23:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  EU leaders have offered the UK a plan which would delay Brexit from March 29 to May 22, on condition that MPs approve Theresa May’s withdrawal deal in a vote next week.
  
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• Euro 2020 qualifiers: 'We can improve' says Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill

  21-03-2019 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill challenges his side to be "a little bit more polished" in the final third after their 2-0 win over Estonia.
  
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• NI beat Estonia in Euro opener

  21-03-2019 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland make a winning start to their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a deserved 2-0 victory over Estonia at Windsor Park.
  
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• Gang of youths 'ransack' ice cream van in west Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 22:33
  Gang of youths 'ransack' ice cream van in west Belfast  Belfast TelegraphPolice have issued an appeal for information after a gang of youths "ransacked" an ice cream van in west Belfast.
  
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• Cookstown disco deaths: Dungannon school remembers victims

  21-03-2019 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  St Patrick's Academy in Dungannon is paying tribute to Lauren Bullock, Morgan Barnard and Connor Currie.
  
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• Memories of friends amid the grief

  21-03-2019 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  On St Patrick's Day, a crush outside a disco in Cookstown killed Lauren Bullock, Morgan Barnard and Connor Currie.
  
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• Belfast cafe charging extra to eat chewing gum sitting-in - Belfast Live

  21-03-2019 21:49
  Belfast cafe charging extra to eat chewing gum sitting-in  Belfast LiveIt costs 10p more to eat chewing gum bought in the café.
  
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• One in hospital after Belfast crash between lorry and motorcycle - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 21:24
  One in hospital after Belfast crash between lorry and motorcycle  Belfast TelegraphOne patient has been taken to hospital after a crash between a lorry and a motorcycle in Belfast on Thursday evening. The Northern Ireland Ambulance *Service* ...
  
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• One in hospital after Belfast crash between lorry and motorcycle

  21-03-2019 21:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One patient has been taken to hospital after a crash between a lorry and a motorcycle in Belfast on Thursday evening.
  
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• Hen party drowning: Searchers thanked after Carlingford tragedy

  21-03-2019 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Ruth Maguire's sister said the family knew something was wrong when they did not hear from the mother of three.
  
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• Dungannon school pupils battling grief after losing classmates in disco crush

  21-03-2019 20:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Dungannon school has revealed how it is helping pupils and staff deal with their grief after two pupils were killed in a crush at a disco on St Patrick's Day.
  
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• DUP needs legal assurances on backstop to support May’s deal, says MP

  21-03-2019 19:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party still needs legal assurances on the backstop to support Theresa May’s deal.
  
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• Equinox v equilux - what's the difference?

  21-03-2019 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Equinox means "equal night," when day and night are supposedly equal, but that is not entirely true.
  
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• Former IRA boss says Birmingham pub bombings deaths were 'accidental'

  21-03-2019 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings were "accidental deaths" in an "IRA operation that went badly wrong", its former intelligence chief told an inquest.
  
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• EU set to offer to delay Brexit until May 22

  21-03-2019 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The European Union looks set to offer to delay Brexit until May 22, so long as MPs approve Theresa May’s withdrawal deal in a House of Commons vote next week.
  
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• Discover Girl Scouts, Belfast — User Submitted — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine - Bangor Daily News

  21-03-2019 18:32
  Discover Girl Scouts, Belfast — User Submitted — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine  Bangor Daily NewsBELFAST — Girl Scouts of Maine will have an information session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at the East Belfast School, 14 Swan Lake. Learn why Girl Scouts ...
  
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• Man arrested in connection with hotel disco deaths has release bid refused

  21-03-2019 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man arrested over the deaths of three teenagers outside a hotel disco has failed in a High Court bid to secure an immediate release from custody.
  
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• England footballer Declan Rice apologises for pro-IRA Instagram post

  21-03-2019 17:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  England international footballer Declan Rice has apologised for making a pro-IRA statement on Instagram in 2015.
  
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• Wilson: DUP 'won't be bribed' into backing May's Brexit deal

  21-03-2019 17:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Brexit spokesperson Sammy Wilson has rejected claims his party asked for money in exchange for backing Theresa May's Brexit deal.
  
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• HMV Belfast and York prepare for shut down - PSNEurope

  21-03-2019 17:00
  HMV Belfast and York prepare for shut down  PSNEuropeHMV shut downs are trickling through the UK and Ireland, often taking employees by surprise in stores that were thought to be saved. According to the Belfast ...
  
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• Laura Brennan: Irish HPV vaccine campaigner dies aged 26

  21-03-2019 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Laura Brennan, from County Clare, has been described as 'a light in the life of everyone who knew her'.
  
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• Leo Varadkar and Theresa May discuss Brexit at bilateral meeting in Brussels

  21-03-2019 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish premier Leo Varadkar and Prime Minister Theresa May have held a short bilateral meeting in Brussels.
  
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• Brexit: DUP 'has not asked for cash in negotiations'

  21-03-2019 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The DUP's Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson says his party will not be "threatened" into voting for the government's deal.
  
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• Look inside: Luxury living in exclusive Belfast high end new builds - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 16:00
  Look inside: Luxury living in exclusive Belfast high end new builds  Belfast TelegraphIf you are searching for your dream forever home look no further than this exclusive new development which enjoys a top city location.
  
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• New £208m Belfast Transport Hub given green light by Stormont department - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 15:48
  New £208m Belfast Transport Hub given green light by Stormont department  Belfast TelegraphA new £208m Belfast Transport Hub has been given the planning go ahead by Stormont, it has been revealed.
  
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• Look inside: Luxury living in exclusive Belfast high end new builds

  21-03-2019 15:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  If you are searching for your dream forever home look no further than this exclusive new development which enjoys a top city location.
  
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• Co Antrim man used Instagram to contact English schoolboys, court hears

  21-03-2019 15:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim man allegedly used Instagram for sexually explicit contact with two 10-year-old boys in England, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Northern Ireland firm fined £50k after two tonne pallet fell on employee Jonathan Peden

  21-03-2019 15:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland company has been fined £50,000 after an employee died when a two tonne pallet fell on top of him.
  
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• Revealed: A-level league table for Northern Ireland - Catholic schools dominate top positions

  21-03-2019 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Just one non-Catholic school has secured a top 10 place in Northern Ireland's A-level league table this year. Today, the Belfast Telegraph publishes its annual performance guide for every post-secondary school in which pupils undertake A-levels.
  
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• Who is on the BBC Question Time panel tonight? - The New European

  21-03-2019 14:53
  Who is on the BBC Question Time panel tonight?  The New EuropeanWho is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here's your guide...
  
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• New £208m Belfast Transport Hub given green light by Stormont department

  21-03-2019 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new £208m Belfast Transport Hub has been given the planning go ahead by Stormont, it has been revealed.
  
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• Cookstown disco deaths: No apology for drugs arrest of hotelier

  21-03-2019 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Hotel owner Michael McElhatton was de-arrested over what turned out to be an "innocent substance".
  
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• Jim Donegan 'murdered by INLA' - new footage of gunman near Belfast school days before shooting - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 14:32
  Jim Donegan 'murdered by INLA' - new footage of gunman near Belfast school days before shooting  Belfast TelegraphThe PSNI believe the INLA was behind the murder of Jim Donegan who was shot dead in front of hundreds of schoolchildren outside a west Belfast school last ...
  
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• Jim Donegan: Paramilitaries blamed for school gate murder

  21-03-2019 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say republican group the INLA was behind the killing of Jim Donegan.
  
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• Campbell College Belfast celebrates 125th anniversary in style [Photos] - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 13:24
  Campbell College Belfast celebrates 125th anniversary in style [Photos]  Belfast TelegraphPress Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 21st March 2019 - Campbell College kicked off their 125th Anniversary celebrations in style by welcoming over 260 ...
  
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• Belfast theological college professor fired over BBC radio comments - Belfast Telegraph

  21-03-2019 13:22
  Belfast theological college professor fired over BBC radio comments  Belfast TelegraphA professor at Belfast's Union Theological College (UTC) has been fired due to comments he made on a radio show.
  
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• Belfast theological college professor fired over BBC radio comments

  21-03-2019 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A professor at Belfast's Union Theological College (UTC) has been fired due to comments he made on a radio show.
  
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• Jim Donegan: Suspected killer 'stood among children'

  21-03-2019 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The latest CCTV images of the alleged killer of west Belfast man Jim Donegan were broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch programme on Thursday.
  
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• Cookstown deaths: Police refuse to apologise over drugs 'de-arrest' of Greenvale Hotel owner

  21-03-2019 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of the investigation into the deaths of three teenagers at a hotel disco has refused to apologise after the hotel owner was arrested on suspicion of drugs offences, only to be "de-arrested" a short time later.
  
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• Don’t Miss: Northern Ireland’s top performing schools at A-Level and GCSE revealed

  21-03-2019 11:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph publishes its annual must-read guide for the performance of post-primary schools in Northern Ireland this Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22.
  
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• How do you talk to teens traumatised by tragedy?

  21-03-2019 11:25 via bbc.co.uk
  How can we recognise and support children and young people who have witnessed terrible events?
  
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• Belfast Fashion Spy: 'I wish I had Kendall Jenner’s wardrobe'

  21-03-2019 11:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rachel Dean checks out the style in Victoria Square, Belfast.
  
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• Jim Donegan 'murdered by INLA' - new footage of gunman outside Belfast school days before shooting

  21-03-2019 10:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI believe the INLA was behind the murder of Jim Donegan who was shot dead in front of hundreds of schoolchildren outside a west Belfast school last year.
  
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• Jim Donegan 'murdered by INLA' - new footage of gunman near Belfast school days before shooting

  21-03-2019 10:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI believe the INLA was behind the murder of Jim Donegan who was shot dead in front of hundreds of schoolchildren outside a west Belfast school last year.
  
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