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• Duke of Sussex says he and Meghan had ‘no other option’ but stand down

  19-01-2020 23:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Duke of Sussex has said that he and his wife were standing down from the royal family with “great sadness”, but there was “no other option”.
  
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• Lessons have been learned, says health trust after 86 women are recalled over smear test results

  19-01-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A health trust has apologised over the incorrect reporting of cervical smear tests.
  
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• Funds plea to have Newtownards shore crash victim Katarzyna Kowzan flown home

  19-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The partner of a woman who died after her car veered off the road and landed on a Co Down beach is seeking help to lay her to rest in her native homeland.
  
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• A 'striking' gender imbalance still exists across key sectors in NI workplaces, says report

  19-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Women remain under-represented across a range of key sectors in Northern Ireland, a new report has concluded.
  
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• Heroes of the High Street: Meet the man at the helm of a famous Co Down business now in its 143rd year

  19-01-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  From the era when it was known as the ‘Wee Boy’s Shop’ to the varied and lively department store it is today, Keith Irvine, manager of Wardens in Newtownards, talks about the fascinating family history behind the shop.
  
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• Heroes of the High Street: Meet man at helm of a famous Co Down business Wardens now in its 143rd year

  19-01-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  From the era when it was known as the ‘Wee Boy’s Shop’ to the varied and lively department store it is today, Keith Irvine, manager of Wardens in Newtownards, talks about the fascinating family history behind the shop.
  
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• Ruth Dudley Edwards: The truth about haters is they are projecting on to others the guilt which they repress

  19-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I want to talk about hate, which suddenly yet again went centre stage in Ireland when the Irish Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan organised a small event to commemorate the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
  
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• Eilis O'Hanlon: Why would anyone in Northern Ireland seriously trust the parties in government with control over their wallets?

  19-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's taken a while, but the First and Deputy First Ministers have finally found something on which they can wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, what seems to unite them is an eager desire to get their hands on everyone else's money.
  
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• Man charged with murder of Nathan Gibson (25) in Craigavon

  19-01-2020 17:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 25-year-old Nathan Gibson in Craigavon.
  
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• Ballymena driver 'drank so much they weren't aware of crash'

  19-01-2020 15:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Ballymena stopped a driver who allegedly drank so much they did not realise he had crashed into another car.
  
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• 'Not the way to go' - Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill rules out hike in tuition fees

  19-01-2020 15:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said raising tuition fees in Northern Ireland is "not the way to go" to plug any shortfall in funding from the UK Government.
  
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• Irish Language Commissioner post doesn't interest Linda Ervine

  19-01-2020 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Linda Ervine has no interest in becoming the new Irish Language Commissioner.
  
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• Tragic Glenn Quinn is UDA gang's seventh murder victim

  19-01-2020 12:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Terminally-ill Glenn Quinn is the SEVENTH person to have been murdered by an out-of-control serial killing UDA gang based in Carrickfergus.
  
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• Three people hospitalised following Belfast city centre stabbings

  19-01-2020 10:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men have been hospitalised after being stabbed in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Three men arrested after being stabbed in Belfast city centre brawl

  19-01-2020 10:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men have been arrested after being involved in a brawl in Belfast city centre in which they were all stabbed.
  
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• Top Northern Ireland restaurant Salty Dog falls foul of inspectors

  19-01-2020 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Northern Ireland's best known restaurants has been slated by food hygiene inspectors.
  
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• 'I'll kill loyalist dealer', vows ex-wannabe MP in dock

  19-01-2020 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former would-be MP turned anti-drugs vigilante has told a court he plans to shoot and kill a loyalist he labelled "Mr Coke".
  
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• Family of tragic Lisa Gow's relief as death driver's appeal rejected

  19-01-2020 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a young mum knocked down and killed by a man driving a stolen car say they can finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing that he will stay behind bars.
  
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