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• NI health crisis: NHS staff defy 'gagging order' by bosses to speak out on work struggles

  06-12-2019 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health service staff who speak publicly about the ongoing industrial action have been threatened with disciplinary action, it has been claimed.
  
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• NI health crisis: Defiant NHS staff break bosses 'gagging order' to speak out on devastating working conditions

  06-12-2019 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health service staff who speak publicly about the ongoing industrial action have been threatened with disciplinary action, it has been claimed.
  
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• 'Ulster's in distress', 1,000 loyalists are told at Belfast rally to protest Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

  06-12-2019 23:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 1,000 loyalists attended a rally at the Ulster Hall tonight to protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnston’s EU withdrawal plans.
  
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• Inside 'Rally for the Union' at Ulster Hall as loyalists protest Boris Johnson 'Betrayal Act' Brexit deal

  06-12-2019 23:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around 1,000 loyalists attended a rally at the Ulster Hall tonight to protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnston’s EU withdrawal plans.
  
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• Watch: Nadine Coyle's best jungle moments

  06-12-2019 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derry girl Nadine Coyle's time on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! has come to an end after making it to the competition's last five.
  
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• Restaurant review: Chubby Cherub

  06-12-2019 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The restaurant circle of life is an ever-spinning wonder. So when tiny Italian-style restaurant Chubby Cherub recently moved a few yards from its original site in Upper Arthur Street around the corner to the grander location which formerly housed Oscar's Champagne Bar on Chichester Street, there was much to be curious about.
  
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• Lindy McDowell: Politicians being huffy isn’t a new thing in NI as the health crisis proves, our lot refuse to work together for common good

  06-12-2019 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Did Trump really take the hump at the NATO conference? More to the point, even if he did head off in a huff, how much should that really matter?
  
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• RCN director Pat Cullen: This was a first we didn't want but issues need to be addressed

  06-12-2019 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This week, for the first time in the 103-year history of the Royal College of Nursing, nurses took industrial action.
  
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• David Sterling: From RHI mess to Stormont chaos, the most trying of times for the man at the helm

  06-12-2019 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Sterling's three years at the helm of the civil service saw him contend with a vast range of serious issues.
  
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• Tributes paid to ‘quiet but powerful’ widow of Disappeared victim

  06-12-2019 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to the “quiet but powerful” widow of one of Northern Ireland’s Disappeared, who has died aged 90.
  
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• NI health crisis: Unions holding out for £16m more in funding to halt strike action

  06-12-2019 18:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health unions are holding out for £16m more in funding in addition to the £28m already offered by the Department of Health in order to end industrial action.
  
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• Dogs and puppies seized by PSNI investigating Mid Ulster fraud

  06-12-2019 18:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thirty-one dogs, including some puppies, have been seized by the PSNI after searches at five properties in Coalisland.
  
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• Man arrested after stolen taxi crashes in Derry claims driver fled scene

  06-12-2019 18:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man arrested after a stolen taxi crashed in Londonderry claimed the driver had just fled from the scene, the High Court heard on Friday.
  
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• Pictured: Christmas shoppers get first glimpse of restoration work inside Belfast Primark building

  06-12-2019 18:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Christmas shoppers in Belfast got their first glimpse of the work that has been carried out on the interior of the fire ravaged Primark building.
  
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• Brexit document lays bare 'inevitably grim outcome' of Johnson's deal for Northern Ireland says UUP

  06-12-2019 16:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UUP leader Steve Aiken has described a document detailing the effects of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal on Northern Ireland as "appalling".
  
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• Tutor accused of breaching sex offences prevention order by contacting children, court hears

  06-12-2019 16:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A tutor allegedly flouted a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO) by contacting children at 16 different schools, a court heard on Friday.
  
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• Belfast man who extorted over £60k from vulnerable victim jailed

  06-12-2019 16:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 57-year old who extorted over £60,000 from a vulnerable man over a five-year period has been jailed.
  
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• DUP's Arlene Foster confirms Parliament watchdog investigation into Ian Paisley holiday claims

  06-12-2019 14:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said Ian Paisley was under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards for a second time.
  
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• Man admits knife attack killing of 'Good Samaritan' Fermanagh woman

  06-12-2019 14:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cavan man Joseph Dolan has admitted stabbing Fermanagh woman Pauline Kilkenny to death.
  
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• Date set for trial of ex-soldier over Troubles death

  06-12-2019 13:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The trial of a former soldier over the killing of a man in 1974 will go ahead in March, Belfast Crown Court has heard.
  
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• Ulster team news: Robert Baloucoune out as Ireland internationals return for Harlequins Champions Cup clash

  06-12-2019 13:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster winger Robert Baloucoune has not been included in the squad for Saturday's Champions Cup tie at home to Harlequins.
  
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• Northern Ireland Civil Service head David Sterling to retire after 'difficult' three years without Stormont Executive

  06-12-2019 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's most senior civil servant has announced his retirement saying the past three years without devolved government were among the most challenging and difficult of his career.
  
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• Healthcare crisis: Arlene Foster defends DUP decision to end pay parity

  06-12-2019 12:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has defended the decision of one of her party's ministers to end pay parity between Northern Ireland healthcare workers and the rest of the UK.
  
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• Cash machines ripped from Antrim supermarket by digger

  06-12-2019 10:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cash machines have been stolen from a supermarket in Antrim.
  
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• Harland & Wolff open for business as deal is sealed

  06-12-2019 09:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  InfraStrata, the new owners of Harland and Wolff, has said it's now "open for business" after taking possession of the historic shipyard in a £5.25m deal.
  
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• Rally in Ulster Hall is a chance to resist Brexit deal: Jamie Bryson

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Loyalist rally will be held in the Ulster Hall tonight in opposition to Boris Johnson's Brexit withdrawal deal.
  
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• PSNI murder bid accused 'wasn't told proper rights'

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man accused of attempting to murder a PSNI officer was not told that exercising his right to silence in the Irish Republic left him liable to prosecution in Northern Ireland, a court has heard.
  
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• £250k payout for man who 'played dead' after Bloody Sunday shooting

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who pretended to be dead after being shot by a soldier on Bloody Sunday is to receive £250,000 in damages, the High Court heard yesterday.
  
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• Over 20,000 Northern Ireland kids facing a cold and hungry Christmas: children's charity

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two children in every primary class in Northern Ireland are facing Christmas without warmth or fresh food, a leading charity has warned.
  
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• Northern Trust apology as 90 cancer patients are left in waiting room

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Health Trust has apologised to patients after reports that over 90 people were crammed into the waiting room of a Co Antrim chemotherapy unit yesterday.
  
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• Lisa Smyth: Lack of money dashes Julian Smith's optimistic tweet

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The outcome of yesterday's crunch negotiations is the worst result anyone could have predicted. Ironically, after a series of meetings with unions yesterday, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland had posted an optimistic tweet that he was hopeful that agreement could be reached.
  
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• Doug Beattie: This is not about spreading fear, it’s about seeing patients like my darling little grandson die on a waiting list

  06-12-2019 08:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Things have never looked so grim for the Northern Ireland Health Service. Waiting lists are at record levels, exceeding 300,000, and there are over 7,000 job vacancies, which include over 2,500 front line staff: nurses, carers, doctors and pharmacists. These figures are creating real hardship for many in Northern Ireland.
  
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