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• Man charged with Ian Ogle murder to appear in court

  09-05-2019 23:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man is to appear in court on Friday charged with the murder of Ian Ogle.
  
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• Irish parliament declares climate emergency

  09-05-2019 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland has become the second country in the world to declare a climate emergency.
  
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• Climate change: Ireland declares climate emergency

  09-05-2019 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The chair of the Climate Action Committee welcomed the outcome but added "now we need action."
  
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• Belfast city centre pedestrianisation petition started after council announces junction reopening - Belfast Live

  09-05-2019 23:02
  Belfast city centre pedestrianisation petition started after council announces junction reopening  Belfast LiveThe council and other agencies are facing calls to re-evaluate letting traffic back through this area of the city.
  
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• All Roads lead to Belfast for Maine's largest home-grown music fest - Press Herald

  09-05-2019 23:02
  All Roads lead to Belfast for Maine's largest home-grown music fest  Press HeraldEven if he wasn't booked to play the All Roads Music Festival in Belfast, the Maine rapper Spose would still be going. As a fan. “It's really the only festival of its ...
  
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• Comedian Freddie Starr dies aged 76, according to reports

  09-05-2019 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The comedian Freddie Starr has died at the age of 76, according to reports.
  
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• Comedian Freddie Star dies aged 76, according to reports

  09-05-2019 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The comedian Freddie Starr has died at the age of 76, according to reports.
  
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• Terrible irony in Lyra McKee death, she would have told killer's story and tried to help, says sister

  09-05-2019 21:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee has said there is a "terrible irony" in her killing saying those responsible had robbed themselves of someone that would have reached out to them, told their story and tried to help them move forward.
  
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• Bonfire collective set up to defend unionist cultural celebration - Belfast Newsletter

  09-05-2019 21:29
  Bonfire collective set up to defend unionist cultural celebration  Belfast NewsletterIn response to issues over bonfires in east Belfast over the past few years a new group has been set up in the area to defend “the positive celebration of unionist ...
  
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• Ballymena United: Matthew Shevlin and Willie Faulkner in Showgrounds exit

  09-05-2019 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballymena United forward Matthew Shevlin and midfielder Willie Faulkner are set to leave the Premiership runners-up.
  
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• Mordaunt: Veterans will not be pursued unfairly over historical events

  09-05-2019 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt says service personnel will not be "victims of unfounded allegations".
  
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• Ballymurphy: Former soldier says discipline of Army prevented more deaths

  09-05-2019 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  An ex-soldier tells the Ballymurphy inquest soldiers ran sweepstakes on who would shoot a gunman first.
  
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• Government pledges to release historical abuse compensation 'as soon as possible'

  09-05-2019 19:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley is to act to release compensation for survivors of historical institutional abuse as "soon as possible".
  
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• Stakeknife: Fred Scappaticci 'facing more than 30 lawsuits'

  09-05-2019 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Writs are issued against Fred Scappaticci, who denies being Britain's former top spy inside the IRA.
  
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• The Great State of Maine Charity Bed Race This Weekend In Belfast - q1065.fm

  09-05-2019 19:03
  The Great State of Maine Charity Bed Race This Weekend In Belfast  q1065.fmHigh St. in Belfast will will transform into a racetrack, for tricked out beds this weekend. The Great State of Maine Charity Bed Race is this Saturday, May 11, ...
  
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• Pair arrested over Northern Ireland ATM thefts

  09-05-2019 18:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested two men in connection with ATM thefts in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Personal priority to stop veterans being unfairly prosecuted – Defence Secretary

  09-05-2019 18:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has said it is a “personal priority” for her to ensure that service personnel are not unfairly pursued in relation to allegations of historical misbehaviour.
  
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• Micky Harte: Attacking mark led to a more direct approach by Tyrone

  09-05-2019 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Tyrone boss Mickey Harte says the use of the offensive mark during the league encouraged him to adopt a more direct style.
  
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• Arlene Foster and senior DUP members meet Theresa May

  09-05-2019 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Arlene Foster, Nigel Dodds, and Jeffrey Donaldson met the prime minister on Thursday.
  
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• Police issue appeal as girl, nine, left with broken arm in Belfast play park 'assault' - Belfast Live

  09-05-2019 17:30
  Police issue appeal as girl, nine, left with broken arm in Belfast play park 'assault'  Belfast LiveA nine-year-old sustained a broken arm during an "unprovoked attack" in West Belfast on Monday evening. The young girl was playing in Springfield Avenue ...
  
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• Bereaved families set for second Time for Truth march in Belfast - Irish Examiner

  09-05-2019 17:08
  Bereaved families set for second Time for Truth march in Belfast  Irish ExaminerA group of families bereaved by incidents from Northern Ireland's troubled past have urged solidarity as they prepare for a march for truth. The second Time for ...
  
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• Historical abuse compensation: Call for Westminster to act

  09-05-2019 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Karen Bradley is formally asked to progress legislation to compensate victims of historical abuse.
  
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• Watchdog attacks ‘serious flaws’ in NIO appointments process

  09-05-2019 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Serious flaws in the Northern Ireland Office’s process for appointing Probation Board members have been criticised by an independent watchdog.
  
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• Woman 'kept as slave', court told

  09-05-2019 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A pregnant mother-of-two is charged with making a woman carry out forced labour at her Belfast home.
  
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• Belfast couple kept Nigerian woman with learning age of four as domestic slave, court told

  09-05-2019 16:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A husband and wife allegedly kept a Nigerian woman with the learning age of a four-year-old as their domestic slave after she was brought to Belfast to be a maid and babysitter, the High Court was told.
  
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• Bereaved families set for second Time for Truth march in Belfast - AOL UK

  09-05-2019 16:00
  Bereaved families set for second Time for Truth march in Belfast  AOL UKA group of families bereaved by incidents from Northern Ireland's troubled past have urged solidarity as they prepare for a march for truth. The second Time for ...
  
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• Anguish as young Belfast sisters die weeks apart

  09-05-2019 15:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast family have pleaded for better help for those suffering from addiction problems after two sisters died just weeks apart.
  
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• Man on Belfast to Dublin bus asked for passport after crossing border - Extra.ie

  09-05-2019 15:17
  Man on Belfast to Dublin bus asked for passport after crossing border  Extra.ieA man was asked for his passport after crossing the border on a bus from Belfast to Dublin. Tristan Drysden was shocked when two Garda boarded the bus and ...
  
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• Major review of Northern Ireland business rates announced

  09-05-2019 15:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Business rates in Northern Ireland are to be reviewed by government in a bid to bring the system up to date, it was announced today.
  
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• Belfast to Launch City-Based Crypto - The Daily Hodl

  09-05-2019 15:02
  Belfast to Launch City-Based Crypto  The Daily HodlCivic-minded residents in Northern Ireland may soon be paying for their coffees and ordering their lunches with a municipal cryptocurrency. Belfast City Council ...
  
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• Bereaved families set for second Time for Truth march in Belfast

  09-05-2019 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A group of families bereaved by incidents from Northern Ireland’s troubled past have urged solidarity as they prepare for a march for truth.
  
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• Police stop woman 'four times drink-driving limit near school' - Extra.ie

  09-05-2019 14:51
  Police stop woman 'four times drink-driving limit near school'  Extra.iePolice in Belfast pulled over a woman who was said to be four time the drink-driving limit and driving close by a school.
  
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• Man On Belfast To Dublin Bus Asked For Passport Crossing Border - Extra.ie

  09-05-2019 14:50
  Man On Belfast To Dublin Bus Asked For Passport Crossing Border  Extra.ieA man was asked for his passport after crossing the border on a bus from Belfast to Dublin. Tristan Drysden was shocked when two Garda boarded the bus and ...
  
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• All-Ireland 'Champions Cup' confirmed by IFA and FAI

  09-05-2019 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Premiership winners Linfield will take on the 2019 League of Ireland victors in the two-legged Unite the Union Champions Cup in November.
  
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• David Beckham disqualified from driving for six months for using mobile phone

  09-05-2019 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Beckham has been banned for driving for six months for using his mobile phone while driving his Bentley in London’s West End.
  
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• David Beckham banned from driving for six months for using mobile phone

  09-05-2019 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months after a member of the public photographed him using his mobile phone while driving a Bentley in London’s West End.
  
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• Redeveloped Londonderry riverside ‘to attract emigrant geniuses’

  09-05-2019 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Redevelopment of Londonderry’s riverside would draw the city’s emigrant geniuses back home, the co-founder of the Eden Project has said.
  
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• Craigavon shooting: Bullet strikes window pane of house

  09-05-2019 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  One bullet struck a window pane of a house and two struck a car during the incident in the Parkmore area.
  
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• Belfast Coin authorized to help boost local economy, businesses - CoinGeek

  09-05-2019 14:21
  Belfast Coin authorized to help boost local economy, businesses  CoinGeekThe Belfast City Council announced that they would be the using a digital currency specifically catered to their local community to help businesses and residents ...
  
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• Northern Ireland business rates review announced

  09-05-2019 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Some companies in Northern Ireland have complained the rates system is unsustainable.
  
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• Karen Bradley wrongly advised on NI probation board roles

  09-05-2019 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Probation board selection process "exposed a number of serious flaws", according to an investigation.
  
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• Sinn Fein to oppose amnesty for British forces - 'no one is above the law'

  09-05-2019 13:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein will oppose any attempt to introduce an amnesty for British soldiers involved in killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
  
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• 'I had surgery to lose weight'

  09-05-2019 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Colette Donaghy had gastric band surgery in England in 2008.
  
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• Funeral of former Alliance deputy leader Seamus Close takes place in Lisburn

  09-05-2019 13:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of former Alliance Party deputy leader Seamus Close has taken place in Lisburn.
  
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• Woman 'more than four times over drink driving limit' near Northern Ireland school, police allege

  09-05-2019 12:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who was allegedly four times over the legal drink-drive limit was arrested near a school, police have said.
  
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• Lyra McKee: Three men and a teenage boy arrested

  09-05-2019 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The group, including a 15-year-old boy, are detained over the violence on the night of Lyra McKee's murder.
  
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• Man and woman escape injury after 'shots fired' at house in Craigavon

  09-05-2019 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman have escaped injured after 'shots were fired' at a house in Craigavon.
  
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• Jim Allister says Colum Eastwood 'in dreamland' over EU funding for Northern Ireland

  09-05-2019 12:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jim Allister has hit out at claims by SDLP leader Colum Eastwood that the EU sent €500m a year to Northern Ireland in peace process funding.
  
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• Lyra McKee murder probe detectives arrest four people under terror legislation - including 15-year-old boy

  09-05-2019 12:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of Lyra McKee in Londonderry have arrested four people, including a 15-year-old boy, under terrorism legislation.
  
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• Lyra McKee murder probe detectives arrest four people - Belfast Live

  09-05-2019 12:02
  Lyra McKee murder probe detectives arrest four people  Belfast LiveThe four males were arrested “in connection with the violence” that occurred on April 18.
  
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