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• Better late than never as politicians get back to business at Stormont

  10-01-2020 23:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ministers will be appointed in a new power-sharing executive on Saturday as devolution is restored at Stormont after three years.
  
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• Arlene Foster: It's a fair and balanced accord that will help us all to move forward

  10-01-2020 22:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At the last election the major message on the doorsteps was frustration at the lack of an Assembly. The people wanted a fair and balanced deal. They wanted progress.
  
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• Stephen Craigan: Gerrard and Lennon have the Rodgers factor and could shine in England's top flight

  10-01-2020 21:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With the winter shutdown in the Scottish Premiership in full swing, the fall-out from the recent Old Firm game continues on and off the pitch.
  
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• Lindy McDowell: The House of Windsor isn’t a halfway house... Harry and Meghan should be stripped of all their titles

  10-01-2020 21:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ladies and gentlemen, the duchess has left the building... after a week in which Harry and Meghan put the cat among the corgis with the bombshell announcement that they are "stepping back" from royal duties (in order to make millions off the back of their royal titles), the Duchess of Sussex, it is reported, has already stepped back to Canada.
  
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• Tom Kelly: Most nationalists will accept Stormont deal as yet another staging post on the long road

  10-01-2020 21:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Politics does not have to be played as a zero sum game, but increasingly Northern Ireland has spiralled downwards into just that. Political rivals would burn the house down rather than let the other side reside there.
  
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• Thanks for all the light and laughter Stephen Clements... Radio Ulster's Kerry McLean in moving tribute to her DJ friend

  10-01-2020 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A BBC colleague of Stephen Clements has told how the late presenter not only "brought so much light and laughter to our mornings" but also made her son's birthday extra special.
  
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• Devastating blaze at Derry nightclub was arson, say police

  10-01-2020 19:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are treating a fire which caused significant damage to a Londonderry nightclub as arson.
  
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• School's tribute to 'hard-working happy-go-lucky' past pupil Joel McTernaghan

  10-01-2020 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager from Newtownabbey who died tragically on Thursday has been described as extremely hardworking with a great sense of humour by his former school principal.
  
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• Live updates: Sinn Fein back Stormont deal and power sharing in Northern Ireland set to be restored

  10-01-2020 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has announced that the party has agreed to back a deal to restore power sharing at Stormont - a move that confirms the return of devolved government in Northern Ireland after a three-year absence.
  
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• Belfast woman jailed for stabbing partner in neck

  10-01-2020 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast woman has been jailed for 18 months after she admitted stabbing her partner in the neck with a knife.
  
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• Ex-Cliftonville star Jay Donnelly signs for Belfast Celtic

  10-01-2020 17:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ex-Cliftonville star Jay Donnelly has signed for a new club, some five months after being released from prison.
  
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• Tributes for Belfast record label boss Lyndon Stephens who died after 'long illness'

  10-01-2020 17:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lyndon Stephens, founder of Belfast-based independent record label Quiet Arch, has died.
  
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• Two people die in separate crashes in Stewartstown and Dunmurry

  10-01-2020 17:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two people have died following separate road crashes in Stewartstown and Dunmurry, police have confirmed.
  
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• Suzanne Breen: New Decade, New Approach, old story

  10-01-2020 17:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's called New Decade, New Approach, but this is really the 2018 Stormont deal for slow-learners.
  
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• Watch: Police release CCTV of two men after vulnerable woman defrauded out of 'significant amount of money'

  10-01-2020 16:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the defrauding of a vulnerable older person in Newtownabbey have released CCTV footage of two men officers believe can assist with their investigation.
  
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• Woman who stole £600k from employers to feed gambling addiction jailed for three years

  10-01-2020 15:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An office administrator who stole almost £600,000 from her employers in order to fund her on-line gambling addiction, wept after she was jailed for three years at the Crown Court in Londonderry.
  
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• SDLP selects Ex-Downing Street adviser Matthew O'Toole as South Belfast MLA

  10-01-2020 15:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Downing Street adviser Matthew O'Toole has been selected to replace the SDLP's Claire Hanna as MLA for South Belfast.
  
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• Ambitious climate change initiative launched in Belfast

  10-01-2020 14:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast has joined three UK cities in an ambitious new green initiative to drive action on climate change.
  
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• Northern Ireland healthcare workers take to picket lines as Stormont deal on table

  10-01-2020 14:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland healthcare workers have again taken to picket lines across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Arrest and stolen cars recovered after Belfast police pursuit

  10-01-2020 14:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old male has been arrested and two stolen cars recovered after a police pursuit across Belfast.
  
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• Alex Kane: No popping corks, but certainly new opportunities in Stormont deal

  10-01-2020 13:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At the start of the week I tweeted: ' I still get no sense whatsoever of the sort of deal which would make it possible for the main parties to work in honest cooperation to implement a commonly agreed Programme for Government. Doesn't mean a deal won't be done, it just won't be one worthy of popping champagne corks.'
  
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• Nora Quoirin parents anger after Malaysia closes probe into teen's death

  10-01-2020 13:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of Nora Quoirin, who died after going missing in the Malaysian jungle last August, have said they are shocked by the decision not to hold an inquest into her death.
  
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• Clermont v Ulster team news: International duo return as Ulster name strong squad for crunch Champions Cup clash

  10-01-2020 13:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Marcell Coetzee and Jordi Murphy have both returned to Ulster's line-up for Saturday's European Champions Cup clash in Clermont.
  
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• Stormont deal: Northern Ireland business leaders urge parties to do 'heavy lifting' to restore Assembly

  10-01-2020 12:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Business bodies have urged Northern Ireland's political parties to undertake the “heavy lifting” needed to agree the draft deal to restore devolution.
  
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• Watch: Crazy final over leaves Ireland crushed by penultimate ball defeat to West Indies

  10-01-2020 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It could not have been closer but while West Indies sealed the series with victory in the second one-day international in Barbados, Ireland know they could – and should – have been heading to Grenada for the final game on Sunday, all-square.
  
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• Dissident republican Easter parade 'a kick in the teeth,' says Lyra McKee friend

  10-01-2020 11:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Lyra McKee's closest friends has called on people in Londonderry to stay away from a dissident republican Easter commemoration planned just days before the first anniversary of the murdered journalist's death.
  
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• Police investigate cause of devastating Derry nightclub fire

  10-01-2020 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a major fire which tore through Envy nightclub in Londonderry.
  
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• New Stormont deal respects Irish and British identities, says DUP's Arlene Foster

  10-01-2020 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said a new deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont recognises there are people in Northern Ireland with an Irish identity and others with a British identity.
  
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• Sensata Technologies to close Carrick site with 270 jobs lost

  10-01-2020 10:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sensata Technologies has announced the closure of its Carrickfergus site with the loss of almost 300 jobs.
  
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• Stormont deal: No funding for Northern Ireland unless parties reach deal, warns Smith

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Assembly could return on Friday if political parties back a deal tabled by the UK and Irish Governments.
  
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• Stormont deal live updates: Sinn Fein expected to announce position in coming hours

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein is expected to announce whether the party will back the deal to restore Stormont in the coming hours.
  
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• Stormont deal live updates: Pressure builds on Northern Ireland parties to reach agreement ahead of Monday deadline

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's political parties have been urged to back the deal put forward by the UK and Irish Governments.
  
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• Stormont deal live updates: Orange Order 'cannot support' Irish language proposals

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has said they have serious concerns about the deal put forward by the UK and Irish Governments due to legislation for the Irish language.
  
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• Stormont deal live updates: Orange Order 'cannot support' deal due to Irish language legislation

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has said they have serious concerns about the deal put forward by the UK and Irish Governments due to legislation for the Irish language.
  
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• Stormont deal live updates: Deal falls 'far short' of St Andrews promises, says Irish language group

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge says the deal put forward by the UK and Irish Governments does not live up to the St Andrews Agreement.
  
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• Stormont deal: DUP will have 'major say' on Irish language regulations, says Donaldson

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Assembly could return on Friday if political parties back a deal tabled by the UK and Irish Governments.
  
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• Stormont deal 'constitutional surrender to Dublin', says TUV leader Jim Allister

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Assembly could return on Friday if political parties back a deal tabled by the UK and Irish Governments.
  
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• Orange Order 'cannot support' Irish language proposals in Stormont deal

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has said they have serious concerns about the deal put forward by the UK and Irish Governments due to legislation for the Irish language.
  
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• Moment of truth: No Assembly until parties back deal, says Speaker as Sinn Fein meet to discuss response

  10-01-2020 09:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Assembly could return on Friday if political parties back a deal tabled by the UK and Irish Governments.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Waringstown road closed after crash

  10-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• 'Petition of concern' is shaken up, but no Irish Language Act

  10-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new deal to restore the Stormont Executive will mean no single party will be able to wield a veto, and there will be no standalone Irish Language Act.
  
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• Number of Northern Ireland patients waiting 12 hours in A&E over Christmas triples in 2019

  10-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of people waiting longer than 12 hours in Northern Ireland's emergency departments over Christmas more than tripled compared to the previous year.
  
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• Meet the woman who put to music legislation that was created to bring peace to Northern Ireland

  10-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Scottish civil servant who was involved in Northern Ireland's historic peace talks has done what many thought would be completely impossible and set the Good Friday Agreement to music.
  
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• Funerals without the fuss: Northern Ireland families offered cremations that are up to 60% cheaper

  10-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Budget 'fuss-free' cremations are now available in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Buildings evacuated as fire tears through nightclub in Derry

  10-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police had to evacuate two main roads into Londonderry city centre last night after a major fire tore through a nightclub.
  
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• 10,000 street lights not working across Northern Ireland as cuts mean blackout to get worse

  10-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 10,000 street lights across Northern Ireland are out of order, according to an MLA.
  
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• Impassioned plea for help by Belfast mum in bid to prevent suicidal teen daughter from killing herself

  10-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A desperate Belfast mother is pleading for help to stop her 15-year-old daughter from taking her own life.
  
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• Fresh hope as DUP says yes to Stormont power-sharing deal

  10-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP leadership has signed up to the two governments' deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont.
  
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