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• Sham Fight draws thousands to Scarva parade

  13-07-2019 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The County Down village hosts bands and members of the Royal Black Institution for the annual event.
  
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• Belfast beauty revealed again as scaffolding comes down on The MAC

  13-07-2019 20:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's MAC venue celebrated the scaffolding coming down around its building after four years of repair work.
  
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• Gavin and Stacey stars in Wales filming for new Christmas episode - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 19:51
  Gavin and Stacey stars in Wales filming for new Christmas episode  Belfast LiveRob Brydon was seen wearing a classic cardigan for his role as Uncle Bryn.
  
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• Judge rules in favor of Belfast in lawsuit over salmon farm land use changes - Bangor Daily News

  13-07-2019 19:33
  Judge rules in favor of Belfast in lawsuit over salmon farm land use changes  Bangor Daily NewsA Superior Court judge has ruled that the city of Belfast did not violate the law when officials amended the city's land use plan in April 2018 to allow the Nordic ...
  
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• Joshua Hill (10) a 'ray of light' says dad at funeral of drowning victim

  13-07-2019 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tragic 10-year-old drowning victim Joshua Hill has been laid to rest following an accident which claimed his life this week.
  
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• Elderly woman 'waking in night' after attack on home

  13-07-2019 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A County Londonderry couple suffering from ill health were targeted in a suspected sectarian attack.
  
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• Possible mooring changes coming to Belfast Harbor - By Kendra Caruso - Republican Journal

  13-07-2019 18:42
  Possible mooring changes coming to Belfast Harbor - By Kendra Caruso  Republican JournalBelfast — Belfast Harbor Master Katherine Pickering introduced new mooring regulations for the City Council to consider July 2. Pickering singled out a specific ...
  
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• Thousands descend on Scarva for annual Sham fight - call for Stormont restoration

  13-07-2019 18:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands descended on scarva for the annual Sham fight on Saturday.
  
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• He truly left his mark: Funeral celebrates life of schoolboy 'Seanboy' Hamilton

  13-07-2019 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tragic schoolboy Sean “Seanboy” Hamilton “truly left his mark” on those who knew him, his funeral was told.
  
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• 'Cynical ploy' by UVF to use women and children in bonfire row: PSNI chief Byrne says he won't tolerate paramilitaries

  13-07-2019 17:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s police chief has accused loyalist paramilitaries of using women and children as human shields to frustrate efforts to demolish a contentious bonfire.
  
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• Motorcyclist Ross Willetts (22) named as Northern Ireland road crash victim

  13-07-2019 17:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have named the young man killed in a motorcycle crash on Friday.
  
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• Belfast mum who gave birth to 'sleeping son' fundraising for 'amazing nurses' - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 16:27
  Belfast mum who gave birth to 'sleeping son' fundraising for 'amazing nurses'  Belfast LiveThe 24-year-old was looking forward to being a mum again.
  
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• Kids are going hungry over the school holidays - can you help? - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 16:16
  Kids are going hungry over the school holidays - can you help?  Belfast LiveChildren in Northern Ireland is appealing for businesses to support their Holiday Hunger project.
  
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• Police attacked as group block Enniskillen road with fire

  13-07-2019 14:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police came under attack after a group of people blocked a road in Enniskillen with a fire.
  
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• Orange lodge Union flag replaced with Irish tricolour - 'sectarian hate crime,' say police

  13-07-2019 14:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are treating as a "sectarian hate crime" the theft of a Union flag and it being replaced with an Irish tricolour at a Co Antrim Orange hall.
  
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• Hard Brexit will have detrimental impact on Northern Ireland peace process, police chief warns

  13-07-2019 13:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland’s police chief has warned that a hard Brexit will have a “detrimental” impact on the peace process.
  
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• Dissident republicans and power-sharing absence challenges for Northern Ireland policing: Simon Byrne

  13-07-2019 13:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne has said the ongoing threat from dissident republicans and the absence of power sharing put pressures on his organisation.
  
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• Northern Ireland weather forecast boost as temperatures could hit 22C - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 12:25
  Northern Ireland weather forecast boost as temperatures could hit 22C  Belfast LiveWe could be in for a nice few days and it's about time too! Temperatures are set to hit 22C tomorrow with as we enjoy a "largely sunny day". And it looks as if that ...
  
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• Castledawson pensioners targeted in sectarian attack - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 11:11
  Castledawson pensioners targeted in sectarian attack  Belfast LiveThe rock was thrown through the bedroom window on Friday afternoon.
  
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• End of an era as Belfast peace line garden centre close after 24 years - Belfast Telegraph

  13-07-2019 10:45
  End of an era as Belfast peace line garden centre close after 24 years  Belfast TelegraphA garden centre that opened on a Belfast peace line is closing after almost 25 years.
  
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• 21st century scoop shop: Belfast gets first zero-waste store - Belfast Telegraph

  13-07-2019 10:44
  21st century scoop shop: Belfast gets first zero-waste store  Belfast TelegraphBelfast is set to get its first dedicated zero-waste store which will see products sold without any disposable plastic packaging.
  
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• Belfast City Hall video of suspected drug users sparks anger - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 10:43
  Belfast City Hall video of suspected drug users sparks anger  Belfast LiveWe will continue to apply pressure on agencies responsible for dealing with the increase in drug-related incidents."
  
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• Restaurant review: Ora Belfast - Reimagining of tapas bar quite simply a sensation - Belfast Telegraph

  13-07-2019 10:16
  Restaurant review: Ora Belfast - Reimagining of tapas bar quite simply a sensation  Belfast TelegraphMarty Murphy, chef patron of Howard Street Restaurant, is a man of unusually combined talents. Cautious on the one hand but daring on the other, Chef ...
  
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• What's on in Belfast and beyond this weekend, July 13-14 - Belfast Live

  13-07-2019 10:13
  What's on in Belfast and beyond this weekend, July 13-14  Belfast LiveIt's a nice long weekend and there's plenty happening to keep everyone happy.
  
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• Belfast beauty revealed again as scaffolding comes down on The MAC - Belfast Telegraph

  13-07-2019 08:43
  Belfast beauty revealed again as scaffolding comes down on The MAC  Belfast TelegraphBelfast's MAC venue celebrated the scaffolding coming down around its building after four years of repair work.
  
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• Londonderry peace-building after Stormont's collapse

  13-07-2019 08:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Community workers helping young people stay out of trouble say it's "a battle a day".
  
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• Londonderry monument to open 46 years after it was bombed

  13-07-2019 08:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal Bastion and plinth has not greeted visitors full-time since an IRA bomb in 1973.
  
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• Twelfth: 'Even better than Christmas'... smiles and colour on Belfast route

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  'This is better than Christmas. Even if it rains, it won't take away from the day.'
  
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• Twelfth: DUP's Dodds calls for unionist unity ahead of centenary celebrations

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds has issued a fresh call for "unionist unity" as Northern Ireland prepares to mark its centenary in 2021.
  
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• Our holiday misadventures: Northern Ireland stars on their summer breaks

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Well known local stars talk to Leona O'Neill about their best - and worst - vacation memories, from early childhood days spent caravanning in Castlerock, hitting Las Vegas and cruising down the river Nile
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Scarva sham fight travel

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Delays, diversions and parades

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Murder victim Pat McCormick feared he was being set up before going to meeting in flat, court told

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Murder victim and ex-UDR man William 'Pat' McCormick was lured to his death in a Co Down flat by a series of text messages and phone calls, a court has heard.
  
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• Lisburn man (52) set for court on charges of putting election posters on bonfire

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Lisburn man is facing court over placing election materials on a bonfire.
  
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• Lindy McDowell on Northern Ireland's 'look-at-me loudmouth Tommy Robinsons'

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prat of the week - despite being up against considerable competition this week, the title has to go to Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, self-styled victim of injustice and oppression who has been jailed for contempt of court (ie endangering a major court case against paedophiles). Yaxley-Lennon, who has adopted the alias Tommy Robinson, entered the court for sentencing amid a throng of excited fans and wearing a T-shirt claiming that he had been "Convicted of Journalism".
  
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• Kerry McLean: Stella McCartney's plea to cut down on our laundry just doesn't wash with me

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are few tasks I hate more in the world than doing laundry. With an active family of five it's a never ending chore but a necessary one…or at least I've always thought so, until this week, when Stella McCartney announced to the world that we shouldn't be washing our clothes half as often as we do.
  
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• Calls for Northern Ireland to mirror Republic with minimum alcohol pricing

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Minimum alcohol pricing set to be introduced in the Republic of Ireland will see a near 40% average price difference for the same products across the border, it has been warned.
  
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• 21st century scoop shop: Belfast gets first zero-waste store

  13-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast is set to get its first dedicated zero-waste store which will see products sold without any disposable plastic packaging.
  
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• Cautious welcome in Belfast for abortion, gay rights vote - CNA

  13-07-2019 04:38
  Cautious welcome in Belfast for abortion, gay rights vote  CNABELFAST: In a Belfast alleyway, a poignant graffiti mural makes a promise to Northern Ireland's LGBT youth: "It won't always be like this. It's ...
  
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• Judge rules in favor of Belfast over process complaint concerning proposed salmon farm - PenBayPilot.com

  13-07-2019 04:00
  Judge rules in favor of Belfast over process complaint concerning proposed salmon farm  PenBayPilot.comBELFAST — Judge Robert Murray decided in favor of the City of Belfast July 10 in a case that was filed almost one year ago by two Belfast residents who had ...
  
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• Northern Ireland bar transformed into kids' nursery with £400k investment

  13-07-2019 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down bar and restaurant that closed down last year is set to reopen on Monday, July 29 as a children's nursery after a £400,000 investment.
  
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• End of an era as Belfast peace line garden centre close after 24 years

  13-07-2019 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A garden centre that opened on a Belfast peace line is closing after almost 25 years.
  
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• Union flags merch and a squeeze past Primark at Belfast's Twelfth parade - The Irish News

  13-07-2019 02:24
  Union flags merch and a squeeze past Primark at Belfast's Twelfth parade  The Irish NewsTHE Primark fire last year is still hampering traffic movements in Belfast city centre, but that didn't stop Orangemen marching their traditional route.
  
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• New breed of Belfast house buyers let down by outdated mortgage market - The Irish News

  13-07-2019 02:21
  New breed of Belfast house buyers let down by outdated mortgage market  The Irish NewsONE in ten people in Belfast have been unable to secure a mortgage due to the fact they are not in full-time contractual employment. A new survey from Online ...
  
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• Hoax device causes Londonderry alert

  13-07-2019 00:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A suspicious object was found at a bus shelter near a primary school in Galliagh.
  
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