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• Missing Belfast man Francis Booth found safe and well - Belfast Live

  02-07-2019 22:10
  Missing Belfast man Francis Booth found safe and well  Belfast LiveA missing Belfast man has been found safe and well, his family have confirmed. Francis Booth, 32 was last seen in the north of the city this morning. Police said ...
  
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• Belfast council passes paramilitary flags motion

  02-07-2019 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The motion suggests taking legal action after a number of flags have been put up in Belfast.
  
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• Mount Elbrus: Irish climber Alan Mahon dies during descent

  02-07-2019 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Alan Mahon, 40, from County Kildare, died while descending Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest peak.
  
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• Disco crush deaths: Five PSNI officers to be investigated

  02-07-2019 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Four of the five PSNI officers in question were at the Cookstown hotel the night three teenagers died.
  
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• Brexit: Backstop has to change or go, says Jeremy Hunt

  02-07-2019 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative leadership contender Jeremy Hunt says the UK is "never going to have a deal to leave the EU with the backstop" as it stands.
  
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• Tory leadership: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt face NI Conservatives

  02-07-2019 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  NI Tory party members give their verdicts after the candidates appeared at a hustings near Belfast.
  
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• Tory leadership: Backstop 'has to change or go', says Hunt

  02-07-2019 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt set out their stalls to Conservative members in NI.
  
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• Teenagers jailed over Bangor Pier attack - viral social media video viewed by millions

  02-07-2019 18:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two teenagers who admitted involvement in a “vicious assault” on Bangor pier, the video of which went viral, have been jailed.
  
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• Laurence Shaw murder: Jackie McDowell jailed for 12 years

  02-07-2019 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Jackie McDowell used two knives to slash Laurence Shaw's neck after a drink and drugs binge in Larne.
  
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• Bangor pier attack: Two jailed for 'barbaric' assault on girl

  02-07-2019 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Two people are sentenced for a "truly shocking" assault that was filmed and posted on social media.
  
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• Boris Johnson an ‘enthusiast’ of Northern Ireland to Scotland bridge idea

  02-07-2019 17:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Conservative leadership contender Boris Johnson says he is an “enthusiast” for the idea of a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
  
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• Belfast woman accused of £30k Abbey Centre fashion store fraud

  02-07-2019 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast woman is to stand trial accused of defrauding a fashion store where she worked out of more than £30,000, a judge ordered on Tuesday.
  
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• Lawrence Shaw's sister condemns 'brutal' murder

  02-07-2019 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of a man whose throat was slashed in his Larne home condemn the "brutal" murder, as his killer is jailed.
  
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• Boris Johnson says no-deal Brexit claims are 'wildly overdone … and planes will fly' – video

  02-07-2019 17:44
  Boris Johnson has told a Conservative leadership hustings in Belfast that the UK 'should not be terrified' of a no-deal Brexit. Johnson said farmers and just-in-time supply chains would be protected if the UK left the EU without a deal on 31 October, adding: 'I prophesy very confidently that we will have a successful Brexit, the planes will fly, there will be clean drinking water, and there will be whey for the Mars bars' Continue reading...
  
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• Money laundering charges: Men charged over '£16m operation'

  02-07-2019 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  They were among 11 people arrested in Belfast by police investigating activity linked to crime gangs.
  
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• Charlotte Caldwell hopeful of medicinal cannabis access as son's supply runs out

  02-07-2019 17:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman mounting a legal bid to secure access to medicinal cannabis for her severely epileptic son has expressed new hope that a resolution is in sight.
  
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• Belfast could be Singapore-style tax-free zone, says Johnson - The Guardian

  02-07-2019 17:10
  Belfast could be Singapore-style tax-free zone, says Johnson  The GuardianBelfast could be turned into a Singapore-style tax-free zone under proposals being considered by Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the new prime ...
  
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• Abuse victims advocate says Westminster legislation is his priority

  02-07-2019 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Brendan McAllister will be appointed to represent survivors of historical institutional childhood abuse.
  
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• Belfast PSNI car chase after vehicle 'decides to make off' - Belfast Live

  02-07-2019 16:54
  Belfast PSNI car chase after vehicle 'decides to make off'  Belfast LiveThe incident started in the north of the city and finished on the Shankill Road.
  
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• Northern Ireland figures show 50k fewer people in poverty

  02-07-2019 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Figures suggest 16% of people are living in poverty, a drop of more than 50,000 people in four years.
  
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• Carl Frampton: Belfast featherweight to face Emmanuel Dominguez next month

  02-07-2019 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton will face Mexico's Emmanuel Dominguez in Philadelphia on 10 August.
  
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• Brendan McAllister appointed advocate for institutional abuse victims

  02-07-2019 15:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former victims' commissioner Brendan McAllister has been appointed as the new interim advocate for victims of institutional abuse.
  
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• Mother of teen who died after vaccine faced seven-year wait for inquest

  02-07-2019 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a Co Down schoolboy who died within days of receiving the combined measles and rubella vaccine has faced "interminable uncertainty and delay" over a second inquest, a High Court judge has said.
  
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• Armagh man avoids jail over tobacco tax fraud

  02-07-2019 15:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Armagh man has received a suspended prison sentence for evading more that £40,000 in tax on cigarettes and tobacco.
  
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• Pair remanded in £16m money laundering case

  02-07-2019 15:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men were remanded in custody today on charges linked to a suspected £16 million money laundering racket.
  
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• Derry council to vote on 'offensive' flags and banners after Sinn Fein's Belfast victory

  02-07-2019 15:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein in Londonderry have proposed a motion to force the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to remove "offensive" flags and banners from their property.
  
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• McDowell handed 12 years in prison for 'cut-throat murder' of Laurence Shaw

  02-07-2019 14:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 40-year old Co Antrim man has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the cut-throat murder of Larne man Laurence Shaw.
  
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• Brexit: 'Lunacy' to impose a hard border, says Boris Johnson

  02-07-2019 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative leadership contender Boris Johnson says it would be a "lunacy" to impose a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.
  
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• IRA graffiti threatening 'prison officers' in Co Tyrone condemned

  02-07-2019 14:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Graffiti threatening alleged prison officers in Co Tyrone has been condemned as a "disgusting attempt" to intimidate the community.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt says he would keep Karen Bradley as Secretary of State

  02-07-2019 14:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt has said that he would keep Karen Bradley as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he becomes Prime Minister.
  
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• Boys will be offered HPV vaccine in September

  02-07-2019 13:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boys entering year nine will be offered the HPV vaccine for the first time in September.
  
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• In Belfast, Johnson and Hunt talk about the 'unacceptable' backstop, and the 'indispensable' DUP - TheJournal.ie

  02-07-2019 13:34
  In Belfast, Johnson and Hunt talk about the 'unacceptable' backstop, and the 'indispensable' DUP  TheJournal.ieJeremy Hunt says the Northern Ireland #Brexit backstop "has to change or has to go", arguing that the solution is to use technology during a Tory leadership ...
  
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• BBC pay: Stephen Nolan's pay falls due to fewer shows

  02-07-2019 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's annual report says the presenter earned between £325,000 and £329,999 in 2018-19.
  
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• Why is the Irish border stopping Brexit?

  02-07-2019 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt both believe they can solve the Irish border problem.
  
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• Watch: 18th century Antrim mansion gutted by deliberate blaze

  02-07-2019 13:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An historic 18th century mansion in Antrim town has been gutted by a deliberate fire.
  
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• UVF should take down Belfast Cantrell Close flags: PUP's Billy Hutchinson - Belfast Telegraph

  02-07-2019 12:35
  UVF should take down Belfast Cantrell Close flags: PUP's Billy Hutchinson  Belfast TelegraphPUP leader Billy Hutchinson has said the UVF should take down flags in the mixed Cantrell Close housing estate in Belfast.
  
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• Sinn Fein Lord Mayor isn't troubled by royal portraits

  02-07-2019 12:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Lord Mayor of Belfast has said he isn't troubled by portraits of the royal family in his office in City Hall, but he wants to see parity of representation.
  
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• BBC's Stephen Nolan hit by £75k pay drop

  02-07-2019 12:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC radio and television presenter Stephen Nolan earned between £325,000-£329,999 over the past year.
  
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• BBC's Stephen Nolan hit by £75k pay cut

  02-07-2019 12:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC radio and television presenter Stephen Nolan earned between £325,000-£329,999 over the past year.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Belfast City Marathon - Runner's World (UK)

  02-07-2019 11:53
  Everything you need to know about the Belfast City Marathon  Runner's World (UK)Looking to run the 2020 Belfast City Marathon? Here's how to enter the ballot, the course route and everything you need to know about getting to the start line.
  
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• File being sent to PPS after probe into Twitter troll accounts 'run by PSNI officers'

  02-07-2019 11:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A file is being sent to prosecutors after an investigation into troll Twitter accounts allegedly run by PSNI officers.
  
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• If you stand up to the Irish, they'll take you seriously - Sammy Wilson

  02-07-2019 11:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Sammy Wilson has said he will advise the Conservative leadership candidates that they should stand up to the Dublin government during the Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Ireland's oldest person, Mary Coyne, dies aged 108

  02-07-2019 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Mary Coyne believed in living "one day at a time"
  
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• Police probe into Belfast Somme parade 'stoppages' - Belfast Telegraph

  02-07-2019 10:15
  Police probe into Belfast Somme parade 'stoppages'  Belfast TelegraphPolice are investigating "stoppages" during Monday night's Somme commemoration parade in east Belfast.
  
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• Group B Strep: NI parties call for mothers-to-be screening

  02-07-2019 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's politicians have jointly called for Group B Strep screening for all pregnant women.
  
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• How the PM hopefuls view Brexit and the border

  02-07-2019 08:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Johnson and Hunt say the backstop should either be changed or removed from the withdrawal deal.
  
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• Policing partnership motion on banners divisive, claims DUP

  02-07-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A vote by a Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) to describe the flying of flags, including those of the Parachute Regiment, as "inflammatory" has been criticised by the DUP.
  
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• Perfect for Wimbledon fans! The ace homes with tennis courts for sale in Northern Ireland

  02-07-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tennis season has arrived and as the strawberries and champagne come out at Wimbledon, racquets are being dusted down across the country as more people are inspired to take up the game. But it is not just in their local clubs that tennis enthusiasts are playing, as an increasing number of homes here now boast their own private courts.
  
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• NI Audit Office saved £30.8m by spotting RHI failings: report

  02-07-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A spending watchdog claims it saved the taxpayer £65.6m last year, with almost half of that resulting from the identification of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) failings.
  
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