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• Asian restaurants in Belfast you need to try - Belfast Live

  05-04-2019 21:40
  Asian restaurants in Belfast you need to try  Belfast LiveThere are a host of brilliant Asian restaurants in the city - here are a few of our favourites.
  
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• American Madness expands in East Belfast with cafe and concept store - Belfast Live

  05-04-2019 20:42
  American Madness expands in East Belfast with cafe and concept store  Belfast LiveAmerican Madness is expanding in East Belfast, the company has announced. The popular store returned to the city in September last year following 20 years' ...
  
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• Belfast lawyer gets jail time for drunken, racist tirade on Air India flight - IrishCentral

  05-04-2019 20:41
  Belfast lawyer gets jail time for drunken, racist tirade on Air India flight  IrishCentralSimone Burns was filmed harassing and assaulting Air India flight crew during a flight to London last November.
  
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• Barnier to visit Dublin for Brexit talks on Monday

  05-04-2019 19:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will visit Dublin on Monday for talks with Irish premier Leo Varadkar.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Bangor road closed following crash

  05-04-2019 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• St Patrick's, Belfast: Investigation into teacher surveillance claim - BBC News

  05-04-2019 18:44
  St Patrick's, Belfast: Investigation into teacher surveillance claim  BBC NewsAn investigation is to be carried out into allegations that some teachers at a north Belfast school were put under surveillance. The allegations concern members ...
  
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• Guns, €126k worth of drugs and a monkey seized in major garda raid

  05-04-2019 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the seizure of firearms, ammunition and drugs in Dublin.
  
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• Belfast coffee roaster to represent Ireland on world stage - Irish Examiner

  05-04-2019 17:55
  Belfast coffee roaster to represent Ireland on world stage  Irish ExaminerA Belfast bean roaster represents Ireland in the World Coffee Championships next week. Stephen Houston will take on more than 100 competitors from across ...
  
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• Families call on police to bring bombers to justice

  05-04-2019 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Families of the victims have called on police to "bring to justice" those behind the Birmingham pub bombings.
  
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• Irish woman vying for Irish jockey title

  05-04-2019 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  In-form Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore says she has been shocked by her successes this season which have included a first Cheltenham Festival Grade One triumph.
  
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• An Post launches free postal address service for homeless

  05-04-2019 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The service provides an instant address, generated online, for use on all correspondence.
  
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• 'It should not have been like this' - Foster blasts PM as she seeks longer Brexit extension

  05-04-2019 16:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has hit out at Prime Minister Theresa May's "disorganised and slapdash" approach to Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Long extension might make more sense than rolling cliff-edges, says Varadkar

  05-04-2019 16:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A longer Brexit extension might make more sense than a series of short delays, Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said.
  
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• Seniors’ issues, opposition to proposed Northern Pulp pipe key topics in Belfast-Murray River - The Journal Pioneer

  05-04-2019 16:02
  Seniors’ issues, opposition to proposed Northern Pulp pipe key topics in Belfast-Murray River  The Journal PioneerThis map of District 4 outlines the nine polling divisions. Decision '19. BELFAST, P.E.I. - A Belfast senior citizen says seniors have a serious choice to make ...
  
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• MoD disputes Bloody Sunday compensation claim and considers appeal

  05-04-2019 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of the last person to be killed by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday appear set to receive at least £258,000 in damages.
  
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• Belfast Live Launches Major Airport Campaign - AdWorld

  05-04-2019 15:58
  Belfast Live Launches Major Airport Campaign  AdWorldBelfast Live, the website owned by Mirror Media, has launched a new brand campaign at Belfast City Airport as it celebrates four years since the site first ...
  
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• Address safety fears force Mairia Cahill out of council election vote

  05-04-2019 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  SDLP councillor Mairia Cahill has been railroaded into withdrawing from the upcoming local council elections due to concerns around her personal safety.
  
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• What's on in Belfast this weekend, April 6-7 - Belfast Live

  05-04-2019 15:23
  What's on in Belfast this weekend, April 6-7  Belfast LivePlenty of stuff in here to get your weekend off to the best start.
  
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• The 'Reel Housewives' of Northern Ireland

  05-04-2019 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Meet the women who are hooked on fly fishing and hoping others will take the bait.
  
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• Co Down man to stand trial for murder of Romanian fisherman Stefan Zait

  05-04-2019 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down man is to go on trial later this year charged with the murder of a Romanian fisherman almost 12 months ago.
  
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• Ex-Cliftonville boss 'no hesitation' in re-signing 'honest' Jay Donnelly after sex pic shame

  05-04-2019 14:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Irish League football star who distributed a photo of himself having sex with a 16-year-old girl has shown "profound remorse", a court has heard.
  
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• Grand National 2019: Pinstickers' guide to Aintree runners & riders

  05-04-2019 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Runners, riders, trainers and form - all the key details you need to know for Saturday's big race at Aintree.
  
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• 'Botched IRA warning' led to Birmingham pub bombings deaths, inquest finds

  05-04-2019 14:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A botched warning call by the IRA caused or contributed to the deaths of 21 people killed in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, an inquest jury at the city's civil court has concluded.
  
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• 'Crazy' Sinn Fein MP would sign Revoke Article 50 petition but won't take seat - Alliance MLA Farry

  05-04-2019 14:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Alliance Party MLA described as "a little crazy" a Sinn Fein MP signing a petition to Parliament while not taking his seat in the House of Commons.
  
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• Three men to face trial for the murder of Karol Kelly

  05-04-2019 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Karol Kelly, who had five young children, was stabbed to death in Londonderry.
  
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• Walking the “Belfast to Derry” and “Selma to Montgomery” trail in the name of civil rights - IrishCentral

  05-04-2019 13:49
  Walking the “Belfast to Derry” and “Selma to Montgomery” trail in the name of civil rights  IrishCentralNext week, Ken Johnston will trek 71 miles from Belfast to Derry in Northern Ireland to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 “People's Democracy ...
  
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• PSNI under ‘unprecedented pressure’ because of Greenvale probe

  05-04-2019 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives face “unprecedented” pressure due to the Greenvale hotel crush and other recent deaths in Northern Ireland, a senior officer has said.
  
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• Grand National tips and pinstickers' guide: Can Tiger Roll retain the title at Aintree?

  05-04-2019 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Randox Health Grand National from Aintree takes place at 5.15pm on Saturday. So that means many punters will be spending today working out who to back.
  
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• 'New IRA' targeting car recovery firms for working with PSNI

  05-04-2019 12:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has revealed a dissident republican group is targeting car recovery firms working for it.
  
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• Two arrested on suspicion of murder of Lisa Dorrian

  05-04-2019 11:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Bangor woman Lisa Dorrian.
  
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• Flybe 'working to minimise disruption' as more Belfast flights cancelled - Belfast Telegraph

  05-04-2019 11:28
  Flybe 'working to minimise disruption' as more Belfast flights cancelled  Belfast TelegraphFlybe has said it is working to minimise disruption and has contingency measures in place after more Belfast flights were cancelled.
  
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• Flybe 'working to minimise disruption' as more Belfast flights cancelled

  05-04-2019 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Flybe has said it is working to minimise disruption and has contingency measures in place after more Belfast flights were cancelled.
  
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• Blackwell's to open new Belfast bookshop - The Bookseller

  05-04-2019 10:31
  Blackwell's to open new Belfast bookshop  The BooksellerBlackwell's will open a new bookshop in Belfast on Monday (8th April) after moving out of Queen's University's student union.
  
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• Assange supporters gather at Educador Embassy amid expulsion rumours

  05-04-2019 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Supporters of Julian Assange have gathered outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after fears were raised that the WikiLeaks founder was about to be expelled.
  
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• Premier League Darts: How the action unfolded in Belfast - SkySports

  05-04-2019 09:00
  Premier League Darts: How the action unfolded in Belfast  SkySportsRob Cross overtook Michael van Gerwen at the top of Premier League Darts... but how did the action go down?
  
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• New courthouse opens for business - By Fran Gonzalez - Republican Journal

  05-04-2019 09:00
  New courthouse opens for business - By Fran Gonzalez  Republican JournalBelfast — Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Leigh Saufley wielded a large pair of red shears Friday at a ribbon-cutting, officially opening the new ...
  
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• Zara is back in fashion for Northern Ireland customers as Belfast store reopens - Belfast Telegraph

  05-04-2019 08:00
  Zara is back in fashion for Northern Ireland customers as Belfast store reopens  Belfast TelegraphFor a lot of fashion-conscious people in Northern Ireland there is only one Zara - but for seven months there was none.
  
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• Zara is back in fashion for Northern Ireland customers as Belfast store reopens

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For a lot of fashion-conscious people in Northern Ireland there is only one Zara - but for seven months there was none.
  
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• PSNI interviews suspects over Northern Ireland fans' sectarian song video

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have quizzed a number of people as part of their investigation into footage of Northern Ireland supporters singing a sectarian song in a Belfast pub.
  
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• Police fired plastic bullet at vulnerable knife woman at Belfast home

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police fired a plastic bullet and stun gun at a vulnerable female armed with a knife in her north Belfast house earlier this week, it can be revealed.
  
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• 'I'm a f****** international lawyer,' Belfast woman's vile racist plane rant lands her in jail - Belfast Telegraph

  05-04-2019 08:00
  'I'm a f****** international lawyer,' Belfast woman's vile racist plane rant lands her in jail  Belfast TelegraphA Belfast-born lawyer who spat at a flight attendant during a racist foul-mouthed tirade - in which she claimed cabin crew would be shot by the IRA - has been ...
  
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• 'I'm a f****** international lawyer,' Belfast woman's vile racist plane rant lands her in jail

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast-born lawyer who spat at a flight attendant during a racist foul-mouthed tirade - in which she claimed cabin crew would be shot by the IRA - has been jailed for six months.
  
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• I was used as a punchbag, says Tyrone medic attacked by male patient in ambulance

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone paramedic who was attacked inside an ambulance has recalled the terrifying moment she was used as a "punchbag" by a male patient.
  
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• Fear change to data rules will stall PIP appeal process

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A change to data handling rules governing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals will cause "significant delay" to the process, according to the Ulster Unionist Party.
  
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• Father won't face charges after boy (10) mauled to death by dog

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A "significant" PSNI investigation took place into the tragic death of a 10-year-old boy who was mauled by the family dog, a coroner's court has heard.
  
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• 'Drugs' arrest of Greenvale hotel owner was distraction to teens' crush death probe, admits PSNI's Hamilton

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The "drugs" arrest and swift de-arrest of a man "did not look good" for police investigating the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside his Cookstown hotel, the Chief Constable has admitted.
  
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• Dissident ‘bully-boys’ blasted after youth club cancels event with police over protest fears

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A dissident republican party has been slammed for refusing to condemn violence after it forced a youth club to axe an event involving the PSNI.
  
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• Boy (7) in threat to knife pregnant teacher in belly

  05-04-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A seven-year-old child told his teacher he would "stab her pregnant belly" in a shocking example of violence in Northern Ireland's classrooms.
  
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• Belfast man convicted for £45k benefit fraud - Belfast Telegraph

  05-04-2019 03:52
  Belfast man convicted for £45k benefit fraud  Belfast TelegraphA man was convicted at Belfast Crown Court on Friday for claiming over £45000 in benefits he was not entitled to.
  
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• Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green label to shut Belfast shop

  05-04-2019 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast outlet of Pretty Green, a brand founded by Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, is to cease trading after the business was bought by JD Sports.
  
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