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• West Belfast addict desperate to get clean but has nowhere to turn for help - Belfast Live

  31-07-2019 22:35
  West Belfast addict desperate to get clean but has nowhere to turn for help  Belfast Live'I can only blame myself for my past decisions but now I've woken up to the harm I've been doing and need help but I can't get any and I'm afraid'
  
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• More than 10,000 in emergency housing in Republic

  31-07-2019 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  New figures show the number has fallen for the second month in a row.
  
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• Belfast council to hold emergency meeting in bid to save Harland and Wolff shipyard - Workers hand letter to PM - Belfast Telegraph

  31-07-2019 21:07
  Belfast council to hold emergency meeting in bid to save Harland and Wolff shipyard - Workers hand letter to PM  Belfast TelegraphBelfast City Council will host an emergency meeting on Friday in a bid to help save the historic Harland and Wolff shipyard from closure.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s Belfast Brexit Message Leaves Dublin and EU Cold - Bloomberg

  31-07-2019 19:02
  Boris Johnson’s Belfast Brexit Message Leaves Dublin and EU Cold  BloombergBoris Johnson went a long way toward cementing his working majority in the U.K. Parliament with a visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday, but did little to break ...
  
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• Down's syndrome actor's message to special needs students

  31-07-2019 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast actor James Martin has told special needs pupils nothing should hold them back.
  
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• James Martin, actor with Down's syndrome, inspires young people

  31-07-2019 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  A Belfast actor with Down's syndrome has inspired young people with special needs after he appeared in a television drama earlier this year.
  
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• Dog rescued from car in Belfast city centre - Belfast Live

  31-07-2019 18:38
  Dog rescued from car in Belfast city centre  Belfast LivePhotos show the moment a dog was rescued from a 'hot' car in Belfast city centre. A police officer smashed the window of the vehicle near Musgrave police ...
  
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• Council to take action against West Belfast drug den

  31-07-2019 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has confirmed they are taking steps to address anti-social behaviour at a site close to Lanark Way.
  
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• 'It was the most frightening thing I've ever seen' - gang of drunken youths attack public and police after wake

  31-07-2019 17:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A gang of drunken youths who wreaked havoc on the streets of Sion Mills into the early hours of Wednesday morning have been described as “thugs”.
  
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• Ryanair boss warns as many as 900 jobs could be at risk

  31-07-2019 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael O’Leary tells staff the Irish airline has too many pilots and flight attendants.
  
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• Sinn Fein tell Johnson border poll must be held in event of no-deal Brexit

  31-07-2019 16:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson a failure to hold a vote on Irish reunification in the event of a no-deal Brexit was “unthinkable”.
  
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• High risk sex-offender caught wandering Northern Ireland school corridors dressed as woman jailed

  31-07-2019 16:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A convicted sex-offender caught wandering the corridors of a County Tyrone school dressed as a woman has been jailed.
  
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• Applause as hundreds pay respects at funeral for First Derivatives chief Brian Conlon

  31-07-2019 16:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of Brian Conlon, one of Northern Ireland’s most successful businessmen, has been held in Newry.
  
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• Pro-life male politicians will never know difficulty of woman's crisis, says pregnant Belfast councillor

  31-07-2019 15:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pregnant Belfast councillor has said that male pro-life politicians will never know the difficulty of having a crisis pregnancy.
  
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• Pregnant Alliance councillor hits out at SDLP MLAs over abortion comments

  31-07-2019 15:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pregnant Belfast councillor has criticised two pro-life SDLP MLAs for their social media comments around abortion.
  
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• UUP councillor quits ahead of expected sanction for driving offence

  31-07-2019 15:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An Ulster Unionist Party councillor has quit his role ahead of a sanction he expects to receive this week for a driving incident earlier in July.
  
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• Calls for border poll 'breach' Good Friday Agreement and we're not 'molly coddled,' says DUP after Johnson meeting

  31-07-2019 15:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP accused those calling for a border poll of being in breach of the Good Friday Agreement and slammed Sinn Fein's assertion they are being "molly coddled" by Boris Johnson.
  
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• 'Historic day' as Belfast Telegraph owner takeover completes

  31-07-2019 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The outgoing chief executive of Belfast Telegraph owner Independent News and Media hailed a "historic day" as the takeover by European media giant Mediahuis completed.
  
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• Gay DUP councillor votes against bid to fly rainbow Pride flag

  31-07-2019 13:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A gay DUP councillor has voted against the flying of the rainbow flag at Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council offices.
  
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• Harland and Wolff workers in bi-lingual Stormont protest

  31-07-2019 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Harland and Wolff workers joined forces with Irish language group An Dream Dearg at Stormont.
  
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• Met Office invites suggestions for new storm names

  31-07-2019 12:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A competition has opened that means one of the next major storms could be named after you.
  
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• Boris Johnson visits NI: Prime Minister met with protests at Stormont

  31-07-2019 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has been met with several protests at the start of his first official visit to Northern Ireland as Prime Minister.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman served with 'McMafia' wealth order in £3.2m property probe

  31-07-2019 12:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland woman has been served with a so-called "McMafia" wealth order demanding she explain how she was able to buy six properties worth around £3.2m.
  
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• HM Government department bans portraits of Queen in Belfast office

  31-07-2019 12:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An department of Her Majesty's Government has removed all portraits of the Queen from its Belfast office.
  
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• Failure to hold Irish reunification vote after no-deal Brexit ‘unthinkable’

  31-07-2019 11:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A failure to hold a vote on Irish reunification in the event of a no-deal Brexit is “unthinkable”, Sinn Fein has told Boris Johnson.
  
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• Man in hospital after Belfast stabbing

  31-07-2019 10:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was left in hospital after he was stabbed in an attack earlier this month.
  
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• Conway Street Belfast stabbing leaves man in hospital - Belfast Live

  31-07-2019 10:31
  Conway Street Belfast stabbing leaves man in hospital  Belfast LiveA man was hospitalised earlier this month after a stabbing on the Twelfth of July in West Belfast . Police released details on Wednesday, almost three weeks ...
  
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• Boris Johnson visits Northern Ireland: DUP's Foster refuses to rule out extra confidence and supply cash

  31-07-2019 10:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster refused to say whether her party will ask for more money when reviewing their confidence and supply agreement with the Conservative Government.
  
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• Johnson: DUP dinner has not undermined Stormont talks impartiality

  31-07-2019 09:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has insisted a dinner with the DUP has not undermined his impartiality in efforts to restore Stormont powersharing.
  
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• Festival of the River Belfast events to bring week of fun for families - Belfast Live

  31-07-2019 08:48
  Festival of the River Belfast events to bring week of fun for families  Belfast LiveThe first Festival of the River is happening in Belfast this August. The community festival will run from August 4-11 and has been organised by community groups ...
  
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• Warning after man charged with using tiny camera on sunglasses to film semi-naked boy at Northern Ireland seaside town

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parents have been warned to be on the alert after a man was allegedly caught using "spyglasses" to record a young boy getting changed in a Northern Ireland seaside town.
  
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• Varadkar and Johnson clash over backstop during pair's first call

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has clashed with his Irish counterpart over the backstop in their first phone call since the Tory MP became Prime Minister.
  
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• Tele legend Eddie McIlwaine, a friend to the stars and to the readers, dies at age of 83

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eddie McIlwaine, one of the last surviving giants of a golden era of Belfast journalism from the 1950s, and who made readers laugh and cry in equal measure in over 60 years in newspapers, died yesterday after losing a lengthy battle against cancer.
  
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• Show dissidents their sinister signs aren't welcome, parties urge Derry community

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Calls have been made for community action against dissident republicans who put up sinister signs in Londonderry threatening people who talk to the police.
  
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• Northern Ireland wing-makers boosted by order for 60 new Airbus jets

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  AIR France has ordered 60 Airbus A220 aircraft with the option of taking 30 more, representing the biggest endorsement to date by a European carrier for the plane.
  
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• I'm ready to do deal for Harland & Wolff says US investor Flacks

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The boss of a global company has said he wants to take over Harland & Wolff and secure the jobs of its 130-strong workforce, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Family terror after four cars torched outside Derry home

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young woman whose car was one of four destroyed in an arson attack in Londonderry has said she has been left terrified.
  
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• Court upholds ruling BT discriminated against man with autism

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Telecoms giant BT has lost an appeal over a finding that it discriminated against a young job applicant from Northern Ireland with disabilities.
  
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• Carrick woman reduced to tears by girls' random act of kindness

  31-07-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Carrickfergus woman is appealing for help in tracking down two girls whose kindness reduced her mother to tears.
  
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• Want a storm named after you?

  31-07-2019 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The British, Irish and Dutch weather providers want your name suggestions for next year's storms.
  
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• No-deal Brexit: What is direct rule in Northern Ireland?

  31-07-2019 06:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Direct rule for Northern Ireland is being talked about - but what would it mean?
  
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• Council to take action against West Belfast drug den - Belfast Telegraph

  31-07-2019 06:02
  Council to take action against West Belfast drug den  Belfast TelegraphBelfast City Council has confirmed they are taking steps to address anti-social behaviour at a site close to Lanark Way.
  
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• I've never given up hope: Co Down mum still searching for missing son last seen 21 years ago

  31-07-2019 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down mother-of-five whose youngest son vanished more than 20 years ago has told how she will never give up hope of him coming home.
  
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