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• Cate Conway: Stephen Clements really was one of a kind and I'm heartbroken that we have lost him

  08-01-2020 23:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I loved every single minute of working with Stephen. I went through a lot of issues in my personal life around the start of our partnership. He basically dragged me through those days and I often told him I would never forget that.
  
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• Cate Conway: Stephen Clements really was a one of a kind and I'm heartbroken that we have lost him

  08-01-2020 23:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I loved every single minute of working with Stephen. I went through a lot of issues in my personal life around the start of our partnership. He basically dragged me through those days and I often told him I would never forget that.
  
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• United Ireland should hold Twelfth celebrations, says Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald

  08-01-2020 23:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald is willing to put celebrating the Twelfth of July across the island of Ireland on the table in talks on a future Irish border poll.
  
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• Linfield legend Lee Doherty tells 'sack David Healy' critics to get real

  08-01-2020 23:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Healy's position as Linfield manager should not be questioned despite the embarrassing Irish Cup loss to Queen's University, according to Blues legend Lee Doherty.
  
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• Governments hopeful Stormont deal possible but Sinn Fein and DUP face 'challenges'

  08-01-2020 23:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The two governments were on Wednesday night reworking the draft text of their proposals to restore power-sharing at Stormont after input from the DUP and Sinn Fein.
  
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• Northern Ireland health crisis: Strikes could push NHS 'beyond tipping point'

  08-01-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two of the biggest health unions will continue their crippling strike action on Friday as their fight for better pay and conditions gathers pace.
  
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• Billy Weir: Heave-ho for David Healy? Be careful what you wish for

  08-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Back in November when Michael O'Neill's move to Stoke City was confirmed, there was the usual race to line up the next man for the Northern Ireland job.
  
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• Alex Kane: Why Opposition versus Executive is the least of Steve Aiken's problems

  08-01-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Just when you think it can't get any worse for the UUP, it does.
  
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• JP Smyth 'a kind-hearted boy who always smiled', mourners told

  08-01-2020 20:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager who died in a tragic drowning accident "was always smiling", a priest said.
  
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• Tragic Sophie Hamilton had planned her whole life with partner, mourners told

  08-01-2020 20:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of mourners gathered in north Belfast on Wednesday for the funeral of "bright and beautiful" Sophie Hamilton.
  
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• Stormont powersharing proposals outlined by UK and Irish governments

  08-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK and Irish governments are outlining proposals to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland to the main Stormont parties.
  
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• Harry and Meghan to step down as 'senior' royals

  08-01-2020 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they are to step down as 'senior' members of the Royal Family
  
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• James Nesbitt spotted filming new show Bloodlands in Belfast

  08-01-2020 19:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Coleraine actor James Nesbitt has been spotted filming his new show in Belfast.
  
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• Powersharing proposals outlined by UK and Irish governments

  08-01-2020 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK and Irish governments have outlined their proposals to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland to Stormont’s two main parties.
  
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• United Ireland is further away over RIC commemoration fall out, Taoiseach says

  08-01-2020 19:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the chance of a united Ireland is a “little bit further away” following the fall out over the controversial commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC).
  
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• Northern Ireland parties Brexit amendment defeated in Commons

  08-01-2020 18:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An amendment tabled by Northern Ireland parties seeking guarantees businesses would have "unfettered access" to the UK market post-Brexit has been defeated.
  
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• Alliance leader Naomi Long to return to Stormont

  08-01-2020 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Alliance leader Naomi Long is set to return to the Assembly, it has been confirmed.
  
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• Renewed apology over Lyra McKee killing dismissed as ‘hollow’

  08-01-2020 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A renewed apology issued by dissident terrorists over the killing of Lyra McKee has been dismissed as “hollow”.
  
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• Derek Bailey obituary

  08-01-2020 17:51
  
  My former colleague Derek Bailey, a television producer and director who worked on the first ITV arts show, Aquarius, has died aged 85. Derek encouraged, challenged and instructed programme makers over a career spanning nearly 60 years.For Aquarius in the 1970s, Derek made films about subjects ranging from the avant-garde art performances at the fateful 1972 Munich Olympics and the Amadeus Quartet, to two different approaches to playing Toad of Toad Hall. There were also profiles of Edna O&rsquo
  
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• 'Stolen cow picture' links Belfast man to burglaries, court hears

  08-01-2020 16:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A stolen picture of a Highland cow allegedly links a man charged with a spate of burglaries, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Ulster Rugby Round-Up: John Cooney lands a decisive blow on Conor Murray as Ulster prepare for Clermont battle

  08-01-2020 16:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Rugby Round-Up is here for the first time in 2020 as the lads assess some more interprovincial joy and look ahead to a massive European weekend.
  
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• Less than half of Northern Ireland cancer patients start treatment within target time, figures reveal

  08-01-2020 16:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Less than half of those patients who received urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer in September started their treatment within the target waiting time, it has been revealed.
  
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• BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? to be broadcast from Belfast next week

  08-01-2020 16:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC Radio 4's popular programme Any Questions? will be broadcast live from Belfast later this month.
  
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• Probation order for Belfast man caught with over 500 indecent images of children

  08-01-2020 16:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who was caught with over 500 indecent images of children on various devices has been made the subject of a three-year Probation Order.
  
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• Santander bank worker's sentence for stealing £80k 'unduly lenient', court rules

  08-01-2020 16:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bank worker given community service for stealing nearly £80,000 from customer accounts received an unduly lenient sentence, the Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday.
  
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• Jason Carr jailed for life after admitting murder of Romanian fisherman

  08-01-2020 16:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down man was jailed for life on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a Romanian fisherman.
  
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• Talks to restore Stormont continue amid nurses strike

  08-01-2020 16:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Political talks to restore powersharing at Stormont are continuing amid a strike by nurses in Northern Ireland’s crisis-hit health service.
  
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• Northern Ireland nurses 'feel bullied' into ending strike action as thousands of appointments cancelled

  08-01-2020 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nurses have said they "feel bullied" by health service senior managers over calls to end industrial action as a second day of strikes began on Wednesday.
  
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• Fans flood airwaves paying tribute to 'one-off' Stephen Clements on Radio Ulster show

  08-01-2020 15:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes to Stephen Clements poured in on his BBC Radio Ulster show mid-morning slot on Wednesday.
  
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• Iran strikes back at US with missile attack on bases in Iraq

  08-01-2020 14:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Iran has struck back at the United States for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops.
  
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• Tunnel from Northern Ireland to England plan lacks inspiration, says architect behind bridge to Scotland proposal

  08-01-2020 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The architect who first proposed the idea of a bridge linking Northern Ireland and Scotland has said an alternative plan for a tunnel would not be as inspirational.
  
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• Carrick-a-Rede rope Bridge closed after landslide

  08-01-2020 12:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge has closed after a "small landslide" at the popular Co Antrim tourist spot.
  
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• Pair arrested after minibus stolen at Dublin Airport with passengers on board

  08-01-2020 12:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested following the taking of a minibus from Dublin Airport which resulted in a cross-border pursuit.
  
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• Randalstown: Man injured during samurai sword armed gang raid

  08-01-2020 11:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was injured after a scuffle broke out between him and a gang during a raid on a home in Randalstown.
  
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• Man injured during samurai sword armed gang raid in Randalstown

  08-01-2020 11:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was injured after a scuffle broke out between him and a gang during a raid on a home in Randalstown.
  
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• Schoolboy (13) charged after Larne school stabbing

  08-01-2020 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 13-year-old schoolboy has been charged after a pupil was stabbed at at a Northern Ireland grammar school.
  
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• Your children are safe, stab attack Larne Grammar tells parents

  08-01-2020 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A school has assured parents their children are in no danger after a pupil was injured in a stabbing yesterday.
  
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• Stephen Nolan: 'The warm, authentic friend I admired as a listener was just the same in real life... Stephen Clements was one of us'

  08-01-2020 08:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mark of a great radio host is that people don't think they know you - they do know you.
  
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• Cyprus rape case teen's Northern Ireland lawyer to appeal conviction

  08-01-2020 07:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast-born lawyer representing a British woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus is to appeal his client's conviction.
  
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• Police probe assault on Glen Quinn days before his murder

  08-01-2020 07:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Floral tributes have been left at the scene where a Co Antrim man was killed by the UDA.
  
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• Belfast's Ivory restaurant closes with loss of 27 jobs

  08-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Twenty-seven jobs have been lost after the firm behind a restaurant and champagne bar in Belfast's House of Fraser announced the businesses were closing with immediate effect.
  
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• West Indies chalk up five wicket win over Ireland

  08-01-2020 07:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  IRELAND’S batting failed to fire in Barbados and allowed West Indies to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match one-day international series with a comfortable five wickets victory.
  
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• Scores killed as Ukrainian aircraft crashes near airport in Iran’s capital

  08-01-2020 04:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people has crashed just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport, killing all on board.
  
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• At least 170 killed as Ukrainian aircraft crashes near airport in Iran’s capital

  08-01-2020 04:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Ukrainian aircraft carrying at least 170 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport, killing all on board, state television reported.
  
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• Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq

  08-01-2020 00:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump insisted “All is well!” after Iran fired surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops.
  
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