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• Grenfell Tower inquiry panel member quits amid criticism of cladding firm link

  25-01-2020 19:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A newly-appointed member of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry panel has resigned after she was linked to a charitable arm of the firm which supplied the tower block’s deadly cladding.
  
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• Belfast: Man stabbed and has finger partially bitten off - BBC News

  25-01-2020 17:50
  
  Belfast: Man stabbed and has finger partially bitten off  BBC News
  
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• Man has part of finger bitten off in Belfast attack

  25-01-2020 17:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after a man was stabbed and had part of his finger bitten off in an attack in Belfast.
  
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• Police appeal for information after man (29) dies in Co Antrim crash

  25-01-2020 17:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for information about a crash in which a 29-year-old man died.
  
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• Hollywood star Sharon Stone appears at Belfast's City Hall to sign Mallon book of condolence

  25-01-2020 16:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star Sharon Stone has visited Belfast's City Hall to sign Seamus Mallon's book of condolence.
  
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• Thousands attend Drogheda rally against drug-related violence

  25-01-2020 15:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people have taken part in a rally in Drogheda to voice opposition to drug-related violence in the town.
  
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• Drogheda rally to oppose drug-related violence

  25-01-2020 15:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A rally is taking place in Drogheda to voice opposition against drug-related violence in the town.
  
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• Fine Gael expels member who founded party's first Northern Ireland branch after he promotes father's Dail bid

  25-01-2020 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fine Gael has expelled the founding member of its first Northern Ireland branch after discovering that he paid for Facebook ads to promote his father, former Fine Gael minister John Perry, in his Dail bid.
  
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• Seamus Mallon funeral details announced as Clinton pays tribute to 'teacher in heart and practice'

  25-01-2020 12:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former US president Bill Clinton has paid tribute to former deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon after his death aged 83. 
  
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• Clinton pays tribute to 'hero and good man' Seamus Mallon as funeral details announced

  25-01-2020 12:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former US president Bill Clinton has paid tribute to former deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon after his death aged 83. 
  
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• Two arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Newry as man left with 'life-changing' injuries

  25-01-2020 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Newry late on Friday night.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after 'savage attack' in Newry

  25-01-2020 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 35-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Newry late on Friday night.
  
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• Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental on living through hell on earth

  25-01-2020 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental is still haunted by childhood memories from one of Nazi Germany's most notorious concentration camps.
  
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• Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden: 'Even if it's freezing or raining, first thing in the morning I go outside barefoot in my dressing gown and walk around the farm'

  25-01-2020 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Seriously scary and famous for that killer stare when a prospective investment doesn't appeal to her, BBC's Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden turns out to be completely different off screen. Chatting at her country home, a 10-bedroom farm in Somerset that she shares with her husband Paul, she's warm, friendly and funny as she describes their menagerie of animals.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman Shannon Whitehouse on raising thousands for charity after devastating diagnosis

  25-01-2020 11:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Within just a week of being told the shattering news that she has just months to live, a brave Co Tyrone woman has raised tens of thousands of pounds for a local charity.
  
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• Driver sought over lorry deaths can be extradited

  25-01-2020 11:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lorry driver wanted in connection with the discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated container in Essex can be extradited from the Republic, a judge has ruled.
  
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• Brexit night date on RTE for Arlene Foster in 'goodwill' move

  25-01-2020 10:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster is to appear as a guest on RTE's Late, Late Show on Brexit night as a bridge-building gesture to the Republic.
  
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• Love Island host Laura Whitmore opens up on fitness regime

  25-01-2020 10:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish presenter Laura Whitmore is having a big year. She was named the new presenter of the winter series of ITV2's Love Island when Caroline Flack stepped down following an assault charge, and she's received wide praise online so far since the Cape Town show started.
  
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• Victims to get Omagh bomber's share of Co Louth family home

  25-01-2020 10:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Real IRA leader's share of the family home is to be transferred to the victims of the Omagh bombing, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Big UK airports must screen anyone potentially exposed to illness: Wells

  25-01-2020 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Everyone who flies into the UK from areas affected by coronavirus should undergo medical checks, a former health minister has said.
  
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• Temporary MoT exemptions issued as centre disruption continues

  25-01-2020 09:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has said drivers affected by disruption at MoT centres will be issued with temporary exemptions from Monday.
  
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• Two men killed in separate collisions in Co Antrim

  25-01-2020 09:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men died in separate road traffic collisions on Friday.
  
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• Veterans feeling 'dumped on scrapheap' as British Legion to shut Portrush respite home

  25-01-2020 09:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of a former UDR man left brain-damaged by an IRA bomb has said she will find it difficult to continue selling Remembrance poppies following the Royal British Legion's decision to close a respite home in Portrush.
  
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• Coronavirus: Suspected Belfast patient tests negative for the condition - BBC News

  25-01-2020 07:43
  
  Coronavirus: Suspected Belfast patient tests negative for the condition  BBC News
  
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• Alcoholic who killed uncle during drunken brawl sentenced to eight years

  25-01-2020 03:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Polish national who beat his uncle to death with his bare knuckles in a brutal drunken brawl over missing cash and a bottle of vodka has been sentenced to four years in jail.
  
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