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• Sentence is not justice for brutal murder of our brother, says family of Robert Flowerday

  20-12-2019 23:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a retired Co Antrim schoolteacher murdered in his home have said there was no sentence that could have been handed out that would be seen as justice.
  
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• Emma has huge plans for Down Royal with records to tumble on Boxing Day

  20-12-2019 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Down Royal Chief Executive Emma Meehan is relishing a record breaking Boxing Day meeting at the racecourse.
  
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• Pair charged with murder of five-year-old girl in Newtownabbey

  20-12-2019 22:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two people have been charged with the murder of a five-year-old girl in Newtownabbey on December 15.
  
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• Buyer beware: why snapping up a bargain could fund criminal gangs

  20-12-2019 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sale and purchase of counterfeit goods is costing Northern Ireland hundreds of millions of pounds every year.
  
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• Christmas is a time to heal relationships in Northern Ireland, say Church leaders

  20-12-2019 20:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Church leaders have urged people in Northern Ireland to rekindle relationships, and to seek the joy, renewal and inspiration of the festive season.
  
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• Man arrested after Class A drugs found in Coleraine

  20-12-2019 20:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 39-year-old man was arrested on Friday after police recovered a quantity of suspected Class A drugs in Coleraine.
  
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• Varadkar determined to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland

  20-12-2019 19:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Taoiseach has expressed determination to secure a deal to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Life-saving kidney transplant 'best Christmas present', says emotional Stephen Watson

  20-12-2019 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC Northern Ireland sports presenter Stephen Watson has revealed that he is battling back to full fitness after receiving a kidney transplant earlier this month.
  
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• Vice-Chancellor Paddy Nixon to leave Ulster University

  20-12-2019 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster University's Vice-Chancellor Paddy Nixon is set to depart Northern Ireland as he takes up a new role at the University of Canberra.
  
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• Ulster escape RDS with bonus point after notching six tries in losing effort against Leinster

  20-12-2019 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In a year when Ulster’s form away from the friendly confines of Kingspan Stadium has improved dramatically, they ended their 2019 travels very much in the same way they began – a defeat in the RDS Arena.
  
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• Duke of Edinburgh set to spend run-up to Christmas in hospital

  20-12-2019 16:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to spend the run-up to Christmas being cared for by medical staff, after he was admitted to hospital for treatment relating to a “pre-existing condition”.
  
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• John Downey granted bail on condition of £225k surety

  20-12-2019 16:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 67-year-old man charged with murdering two British soldiers in 1972 has been granted High Court bail.
  
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• Northern Ireland 'ignored' as MPs back Johnson's Brexit bill, paving way for UK to leave EU in January

  20-12-2019 15:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs have voted by 358 to 234 to pass the Brexit bill, paving the way for the UK to leave the European Union at the end of January.
  
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• MPs back Boris Johnson's Brexit bill paving way for UK to leave EU in January

  20-12-2019 15:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs have voted by 358 to 234 to pass the Brexit bill, paving the way for the UK to leave the European Union at the end of January.
  
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• Son of murdered Lorraine McCausland prepares to sue police

  20-12-2019 15:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The son of a woman murdered in north Belfast more than 30 years ago is preparing to sue the police over an alleged failure to properly investigate the killing.
  
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• Body of woman and car recovered from Carlingford Lough

  20-12-2019 14:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The body of a woman in her 50s and a car have been recovered from Carlingford Lough in the early hours of Friday morning.
  
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• Robert Flowerday murder: Michael Owens given 16-year jail term for brutal killing of retired schoolteacher

  20-12-2019 14:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 35-year old man who murdered a retired schoolteacher in his Crumlin home in a "vicious assault" will spend the next 16-and-a-half years in jail before he is considered eligible for release.
  
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• NI student implicated in biggest UK internet child abuse investigation faces 386 new charges

  20-12-2019 13:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Newry computer science student charged in the UK’s “biggest ever investigation” involving a "catfish" paedophile global network has been charged with almost 400 new sex offences.
  
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• Stormont talks: Julian Smith 'confident' after 'positive meeting' with DUP

  20-12-2019 12:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Julian Smith has said he is confident further progress can be made in talks to restore Stormont.
  
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• Two men arrested over Malcolm McKeown murder released

  20-12-2019 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Malcolm McKeown in Waringstown have been released on bail pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
  
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• General Election: Whistleblower claims many votes lost over Electoral Office registration processes in Northern Ireland

  20-12-2019 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An electoral office whistleblower has claimed many voters in Northern Ireland were denied the right to vote in the general election last week.
  
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• General Election: Chief electoral officer rejects claims votes were lost in Northern Ireland over registration processes

  20-12-2019 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chief electoral officer has dismissed claims made by a whistleblower that many voters in Northern Ireland were denied the right to vote in the general election last week.
  
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• General Election: Aiken says UUP taking legal advice as chief electoral officer rejects claims votes were lost over NI registration processes

  20-12-2019 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken has said the party is seeking legal advice after claims were made by a whistleblower that many voters in Northern Ireland were denied the right to vote in the general election last week.
  
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• Man (21) charged with 386 sex offences to appear in Newry court

  20-12-2019 10:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 21-year-old man will appear in court today charged with 386 sex offences.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards shortlists: Who are the nominees ahead of the big night?

  20-12-2019 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The nominations are in for the 2019 Belfast Telegraph Sport Awards and, now that the shortlists have been compiled, the countdown is on to find out who will walk away prize-laden from next month's glittering ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast.
  
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• Victims' campaigners fear Johnson soldier amnesty pledge will give terrorists immunity

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Families of those killed by the IRA and the Army - as well as soldiers who served during the Troubles - have hit out at plans by Boris Johnson to grant an amnesty to military veterans that could also give the same immunity to terrorists.
  
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• Retail groups call for rates relief scheme to apply in Northern Ireland

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Business organisations in Northern Ireland have welcomed commitments in the Queen's Speech to slash the rates burden on small enterprises but expressed concerns that the aid measures may not apply here.
  
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• 'Resettlement plans are vital' as tougher jail terms urged

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Calls for tougher prison sentences by Boris Johnson must be balanced with appropriate plans to resettle offenders, a criminal justice charity in Northern Ireland has said.
  
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• Noel Sweeney who died in car accident was 'my rock, my guide', says grieving son

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken son of a man who died after a car crash in Co Tyrone has described his paid a moving tribute to his father.
  
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• NI women awarded compensation over abortion trip costs

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who were forced to raise funds to travel to a private clinic in England for an abortion are to be compensated by the Government.
  
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• Heroes of Irish music expected at funeral of guitar maestro and 'real gent' Arty McGlynn

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Dozens of Irish musicians are expected to attend the funeral tomorrow of Omagh-born guitarist Arty McGlynn, who counted Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel among his greatest admirers and who played with showbands, traditional music groups and Sir Van Morrison.
  
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• Dad in fatal car accident was 'my rock, my guide', says grieving son

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken son of a man who died after a car crash in Co Tyrone has described his paid a moving tribute to his father.
  
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• Bone marrow transplant is helping brave Faye (5) battle rare condition

  20-12-2019 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A five-year-old girl from Co Antrim is fighting back against a rare blood condition that has dominated her short life.
  
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• How Northern Ireland vote was punishment for Stormont impasse

  20-12-2019 07:00
  
  Increasing number of people felt able not to vote tribally in message to DUP and Sinn FéinNorthern Ireland’s election started as a contest about Brexit and British and Irish identities, and finished by focusing on a big empty building that evoked comparisons to the Overlook hotel in The Shining.The parliament building at Stormont, an estate outside Belfast, is an imposing structure in the Greek classical style filled with ornate ceilings, chandeliers and marbled halls. Related: DUP
  
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• Tackling Northern Ireland's waiting lists could cost 50m annually for the next seven years

  20-12-2019 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Department of Health needs £50m a year for the next seven years to bring hospital waiting lists under control, it can be revealed.
  
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• Over a fifth of Dr Watt's patients given different diagnosis since scandal

  20-12-2019 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fifth of patients recalled in a neurology review have been given a different diagnosis from the one they received from consultant Dr Michael Watt.
  
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• Lisa Smyth: Next health minister will have Stormont's most challenging brief

  20-12-2019 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The most senior civil servant in the health service has made the case for a financial package from Westminster to save the NHS in Northern Ireland.
  
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• How Jerry Thompson's death inspired three Glentoran supporters to band together and spread the message that it's okay to not be okay

  20-12-2019 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A group of Irish League football fans have come together in a bid to help people struggling with their mental health - by encouraging them to share their experiences following the tragic death of Carrick Rangers player Jerry Thompson.
  
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