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• Ballyclare RFC shock at teen's sudden death

  08-08-2019 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ballyclare Rugby Club expressed its shock and sadness at the sudden death of one of its young players.
  
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• Game of Thrones Belfast Exhibition extended - Buzz.ie

  08-08-2019 22:56
  Game of Thrones Belfast Exhibition extended  Buzz.ieIf you're a big Game of Thrones fan and you haven't had the chance to visit The Touring Exhibition in Belfast, it's been extended until September 8!
  
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• New Lodge bonfire: PSNI explains withdrawal decision

  08-08-2019 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Senior officer says bid to police bonfire was outweighed by risk the operation posed to community.
  
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• Three police officers injured in bonfire trouble

  08-08-2019 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Police have since left the site because of "risks to innocent bystanders" posed by their presence.
  
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• Police withdraw from Belfast bonfire site amid fears over public safety - BT.com

  08-08-2019 20:10
  Police withdraw from Belfast bonfire site amid fears over public safety  BT.comPSNI officers had been trying to help contractors to remove the pyre on the New Lodge estate, marking the anniversary of internment.
  
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• Mob attacks Belfast riot police in standoff over republican bonfire

  08-08-2019 19:58
  Three officers injured as police are forced to retreat from pyre intended to mark 1971 mass internmentYouths in north Belfast have attacked riot police in an escalating standoff over an unauthorised republican bonfire.The officers withdrew in their Land Rovers from the New Lodge area on Thursday afternoon after coming under a hail of bottles, bricks, fireworks and other projectiles that injured three officers. Continue reading...
  
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• Mob attacks Belfast riot police in stand-off over republican bonfire

  08-08-2019 19:58
  Three officers injured as police are forced to retreat from pyre intended to mark 1971 mass internmentYouths in north Belfast have attacked riot police in an escalating stand-off over an unauthorised republican bonfire.The officers withdrew in their Land Rovers from the New Lodge area on Thursday afternoon after coming under a hail of bottles, bricks, fireworks and other projectiles that injured three officers. Continue reading...
  
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• Belfast riot police and youths clash in standoff over republican bonfire – video - The Guardian

  08-08-2019 19:53
  Belfast riot police and youths clash in standoff over republican bonfire – video  The GuardianBelfast police clash with bonfire supporters  Belfast TelegraphThree PSNI officers injured during clashes near bonfire site in north Belfast  Newstalk 106-108 fmBelfast violence which left police hurt 'probably orchestrated by dissidents'  BT.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Belfast riot police and youths clash in standoff over republican bonfire – video

  08-08-2019 19:53
  Footage from social media shows one officer falling, apparently injured as riot police and youths clash in north Belfast over a bonfire due to be lit on Thursday night to commemorate the anniversary of the mass internment of republican suspects in 1971, an event that galvanised IRA recruitment at the height of the Troubles.The officers withdrew their vehicles from the  area on Thursday afternoon after coming under a hail of bottles, bricks, fireworks and other projectiles. Ea
  
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• After months of feuding, Belfast and Harbor Walk landowner near agreement on waterfront trail - Bangor Daily News

  08-08-2019 19:48
  After months of feuding, Belfast and Harbor Walk landowner near agreement on waterfront trail  Bangor Daily NewsAfter more than six months of feuding over the development of a portion of the Belfast Harbor Walk, it looks as if landowner Paul Naron and city officials have ...
  
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• Police apology for New Lodge bonfire removal failure - women and children used as shields in violence, residents told to evacuate homes

  08-08-2019 19:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have apologised for failing to facilitate the removal of the New Lodge bonfire.
  
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• Letters, Aug. 8, 2019 - Belfast - Waldo - Republican Journal

  08-08-2019 19:03
  Letters, Aug. 8, 2019 - Belfast - Waldo  Republican JournalBelfast Planning Board, hook line and sinker. Southridge Corp. v. Board of Environmental Protection 655 A2d. Maine Supreme Judicial Court: "We fully ...
  
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• Elderly couple left 'shaken' after burglary in west Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  08-08-2019 18:39
  Elderly couple left 'shaken' after burglary in west Belfast  Belfast TelegraphAn elderly couple have been left shaken after a burglary at their home in the Falls Road in west Belfast. Entry was forced to the house between 11.45am and ...
  
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• Elderly couple left 'shaken' after burglary in west Belfast

  08-08-2019 18:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An elderly couple have been left shaken after a burglary at their home in the Falls Road in west Belfast.
  
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• Belfast bonfire goes ahead after clashes between youths and police - The Guardian

  08-08-2019 18:32
  Belfast bonfire goes ahead after clashes between youths and police  The GuardianThree officers injured as officers are forced to retreat from pyre to mark 1971 mass internment.
  
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• Legal bid to remove New Lodge bonfire ends after police pull out

  08-08-2019 18:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Landowners have ended a High Court bid to restrain anyone from preventing the removal of an anti-internment bonfire in north Belfast.
  
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• Special memorial kitchen party in Belfast, P.E.I. - The Guardian

  08-08-2019 18:00
  Special memorial kitchen party in Belfast, P.E.I.  The GuardianA special night of music is taking place Aug. 9 in honour of the late Ivan Nicholson.
  
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• Sinn Fein remain richest party in Northern Ireland- earning twice as much as DUP last year

  08-08-2019 17:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein remains the richest party in Northern Ireland and earned twice as much last year as the DUP, according to figures released by the Electoral Commission.
  
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• Harland & Wolff: why the Belfast shipyard must stay afloat - economia

  08-08-2019 17:38
  Harland & Wolff: why the Belfast shipyard must stay afloat  economiaShipyard workers in Belfast are fighting to keep crisis-hit Harland & Wolff in business. They have called on new prime minister Boris Johnson to re-nationalise ...
  
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• Belfast Area High School Class of 2009 reunion scheduled - PenBayPilot.com

  08-08-2019 17:34
  Belfast Area High School Class of 2009 reunion scheduled  PenBayPilot.comSWANVILLE — Belfast Area High School Class of 2009 will be holding their 10 year reunion, Saturday, August 24, at 1 p.m., in the group picnic shelter of Swan ...
  
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• Milk bank needs dozens of donors to meet demand

  08-08-2019 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland's only milk bank in Enniskillen needs more donors to help premature and seriously-ill newborns.
  
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• Belfast and Belfast Harbor Walk landowner are near agreement on waterfront trail - Bangor Daily News

  08-08-2019 17:32
  Belfast and Belfast Harbor Walk landowner are near agreement on waterfront trail  Bangor Daily NewsAfter more than six months of feuding over the development of a portion of the Belfast Harbor Walk, it looks as if landowner Paul Naron and city officials have ...
  
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• Indoor yard sale at Belfast church — User Submitted — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine - Bangor Daily News

  08-08-2019 17:06
  Indoor yard sale at Belfast church — User Submitted — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine  Bangor Daily NewsBELFAST — The Belfast United Methodist Church will hold an indoor yard sale 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at 23 Mill Lane. For more information, call ...
  
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• Police withdraw following stand off with youths at Belfast bonfire site - Isle of Wight County Press

  08-08-2019 17:01
  Police withdraw following stand off with youths at Belfast bonfire site  Isle of Wight County PressThere were plans to light the bonfire to mark the anniversary of the introduction of the controversial policy of internment in 1971.
  
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• Funeral of cemetery crash victim Seamus Conlon takes place in west Belfast - The Irish News

  08-08-2019 16:26
  Funeral of cemetery crash victim Seamus Conlon takes place in west Belfast  The Irish NewsThe funeral has taken place in west Beflast of a 70-year-old man who was struck and killed by a stolen car.
  
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• 'Bottles and Fireworks Thrown' as Police Attend Bonfire Disturbance in North Belfast - The Weekly Times

  08-08-2019 16:19
  'Bottles and Fireworks Thrown' as Police Attend Bonfire Disturbance in North Belfast  The Weekly TimesBelfast police were confronted by republican protesters at the site of an “anti-internment” bonfire in the New Lodge are... Most Viewed. 1. Failed trader's new tilt.
  
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• Hoax behind Co Antrim security alert

  08-08-2019 16:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police declared a hoax to be behind a Co Antrim security alert.
  
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• Co Antrim road closed following discovery of suspicious object

  08-08-2019 16:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A road in Co Antrim has been closed after the discovery of a suspicious object.
  
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• Collins updates Belfast Rotary on prescription drug, biomedical research efforts - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  08-08-2019 15:56
  Collins updates Belfast Rotary on prescription drug, biomedical research efforts - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican JournalU.S. Sen. Susan Collins attended Belfast Rotary Club's Aug. 7 meeting to discuss her efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs and the importance of ...
  
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• Man jailed after raiding deodorant from east Belfast pharmacy - Belfast Telegraph

  08-08-2019 15:51
  Man jailed after raiding deodorant from east Belfast pharmacy  Belfast TelegraphJames Bowers, 29, carried out the theft at Boots on the Newtownards Road last month. Belfast Magistrates' Court heard Bowers, of Ross House, Mount Vernon ...
  
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• Man jailed after raiding deodorant from east Belfast pharmacy

  08-08-2019 15:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who raided an east Belfast pharmacy for deodorant has been jailed for four months.
  
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• Appeal for help to find missing Albert Arnott last seen at Shaw's Bridge

  08-08-2019 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police and the family of 60-year-old Albert Arnott are becoming increasingly concerned for his welfare after he went missing on Wednesday.
  
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• Belfast Trojans claim their fifth Shamrock Bowl - Belfast Media Group

  08-08-2019 15:13
  Belfast Trojans claim their fifth Shamrock Bowl  Belfast Media GroupBELFAST Trojans claimed their fifth Shamrock Bowl at Energia Park in Dublin on Sunday as they overcame the South Dublin Panthers 24-10. Trojans got off to ...
  
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• Man told he would get 'a couple of digs in the mouth' beaten with iron bar, court hears

  08-08-2019 15:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was allegedly beaten with an iron bar and wrench after being told he was to receive "a couple of digs in the mouth", a court has heard.
  
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• Police knocked to ground during disturbances at Belfast bonfire site - Powys County Times

  08-08-2019 14:42
  Police knocked to ground during disturbances at Belfast bonfire site  Powys County TimesThere were plans to light the bonfire to mark the anniversary of the introduction of the controversial policy of internment in 1971.
  
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• Two men arrested after £40k cannabis seized when car stopped in Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  08-08-2019 14:41
  Two men arrested after £40k cannabis seized when car stopped in Belfast  Belfast TelegraphPolice have arrested two men after £40,000 of suspected cannabis was seized when a car was stopped and searched in Belfast. A quantity of cannabis was ...
  
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• Two men arrested after £40k cannabis seized when car stopped in Belfast

  08-08-2019 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested two men after £40,000 of suspected cannabis was seized when a car was stopped and searched in Belfast.
  
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• Two men arrested after £40k cannabis seized after car stopped in Belfast

  08-08-2019 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested two men after £40,000 of suspected cannabis was seized when a car was stopped and searched in Belfast.
  
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• West Belfast dad jailed for Deanes at Queens break-in - Belfast Telegraph

  08-08-2019 14:38
  West Belfast dad jailed for Deanes at Queens break-in  Belfast TelegraphA west Belfast father-of-two has been handed a two year and nine month sentence for breaking into a city centre restaurant and stealing an employee's car.
  
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• West Belfast dad jailed for Deanes at Queens break-in

  08-08-2019 14:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A west Belfast father-of-two has been handed a two year and nine month sentence for breaking into a city centre restaurant and stealing an employee's car.
  
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• Donegal 'Tunnel Tigers' memorial unveiled

  08-08-2019 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A memorial has been unveiled in Dungloe in honour of the Donegal emigrant workers who died digging tunnels overseas.
  
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• Rider hospitalised after Ulster Grand Prix crash

  08-08-2019 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rider taking part in the Ulster Grand Prix has been hospitalised following a crash.
  
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• Belfast riot: Police attacked as protest over bonfire removal erupts into violence - Express

  08-08-2019 13:17
  Belfast riot: Police attacked as protest over bonfire removal erupts into violence  ExpressPOLICE have come under attack in Belfast after a protest over the removal of an an internment bonfire erupted into violence.
  
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• Gaza – understanding lives that are trapped in a place where change is far from certain (from 8 August) - Alan in Belfast

  08-08-2019 12:43
  Gaza – understanding lives that are trapped in a place where change is far from certain (from 8 August)  Alan in BelfastA new documentary film sets out to show what ordinary life is like in Gaza. What do people do in the 141 square mile strip of land? What are their dreams?
  
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• Lord Mayor joins in GLL Sports Day celebrations

  08-08-2019 12:33 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Belfast Mela returns to Belfast

  08-08-2019 12:28 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in Northern Ireland on Saturday

  08-08-2019 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A yellow weather warning for rain and thunderstorms has been issued for Northern Ireland on Saturday.
  
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• Lord Mayor launches Glenalina care home 'Young at Heart' festival 2019

  08-08-2019 12:27 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Scammers rake in £769k in just one month in Northern Ireland

  08-08-2019 12:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland businesses and residents were scammed out of more than £769,000 last month through fraudulent emails.
  
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• Lord Mayor attends Extern Fun Cup

  08-08-2019 12:22 via youtube.com
  
  
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