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Tenor Russell Watson awarded honorary degree by University of Greater Manchester
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Oscar-winning The Way We Were lyricist Alan Bergman dies aged 99
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Ballymena riots: PSNI release fresh images of suspects in relation to race disorder
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Crime gang headed by ‘gangster granny’ jailed for dealing drugs worth £80m
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Woman fractured skull before ex allegedly strangled her to death in luxury hotel
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Met warns against supporting proscribed groups ahead of London protests
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NHS Fife says staff have faced violent threats as it defends tribunal actions
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Bank of Ireland apologises after oil spill at Dublin park
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GAA Palestine travels to Jordan after Irish tour is cancelled
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More than 900 speeding fines revoked following ‘human error’
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Kneecap to face no further action from police after Glastonbury performance
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Raw material review ‘years behind schedule’ because of geologist shortage
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Kneecap and Brian Eno call on artists to join syndicate to support Palestine
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Hillary Clinton should relinquish her role at Queen’s, challenge Kneecap on stage over Gaza... and see how far that gets her
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Sports camp row: East Belfast GAA children do us proud – no part of NI should be off-limits for them
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Unionist unity is back on the agenda, but such a pact will not be easy to cement
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Veolia takes legal action against Unite
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Danske Bank reports £118m pre-tax profit in first half of 2025
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Reckitt strikes deal worth up to £3.6bn to sell Cillit Bang business
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Rory McIlroy confident of a weekend charge in The Open at Royal Portrush
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Tenor Russell Watson awarded honorary degree by University of Greater Manchester
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Ballymena riots: PSNI release fresh images of suspects in relation to race disorder
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Alleged Ballymena rioter accused of throwing bottles at police during disorder refused bail
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Romanian accused of looting house left vacant after Ballymena rioting ‘having considerable difficulties’ finding bail address, court hears
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Co Derry manufacturing company remembered for sponsoring GAA team is sold
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12:20
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Hunt for the White Widow: NI-born terror suspect linked to 400 deaths still at large 20 years after 7/7 attacks
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Summer camp cancellation ‘was not influenced’ by Orange lodge, says North Down Cricket Club
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Cricket Ireland and Northern Cricket Union ‘dismayed and disappointed’ at kids’ camp controversy
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Irish League outfit reveal they are facing financial crisis that could ‘threaten very existence of the club’
22:44
Man (18) released on bail following ‘serious’ assault in Lisburn
20:57
Sex offender cries in court as judge refuses to grant him bail after breaching order
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Jaidyn Rice: Community raises over £4,000 for bench in memory of Bangor teenager killed in tragic crash
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East Belfast
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Spirit AeroSystems in Northern Ireland reports $500m loss in 2024
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Loyalist bomber and Loughlinisland massacre suspect led part of Orange Order parade
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Work begins to convert Sir Van Morrison’s east Belfast childhood home into a museum
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Famous east Belfast home covered in art sold to new owner
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‘UVF enforcer’ loses High Court bid to remove electronic tag and curfew
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Belfast cafe owner ‘overwhelmed’ by support in naming dispute with new food market
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Nesbitt orders Trust to halt consultation on emergency surgery at SWAH after concerns raised by Patient Client Council
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‘He was a towering figure’: Senior SDLP figure Tommy Gallagher dies at 82
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Country star Lisa McHugh opens up about ‘very difficult’ weeks after receiving medical diagnosis
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Twelfth of July 2025: Send us your best photos from the parades
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Fireworks thrown through front window of Co Fermanagh home
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Drug dealers sentenced after police pull over Range Rover and find £12k of cash in vacuum-sealed bag
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Beauty brand Rituals opens latest Northern Ireland store
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How Fermanagh woman’s poem about her first-born led to a book, clothing range and now a short film
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Police investigating sudden death at Belfast property
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Asylum seeker jailed for threatening to kill fellow hostel guest with a knife in Belfast
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Cliftonville will only think of Shamrock Rovers if we get through, maintains Shea Gordon
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Belfast man accused of ‘revenge porn’ threat and robbery refused bail
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Cliftonville facing four-country travel odyssey ahead of Champions League battle in Kosovo
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Bail denied to Belfast woman accused of stealing groceries from service station shop
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PSNI reviewing footage of loyalist band singing The Sash outside Sinn Fein MLA office
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‘Have a great night everyone’: DUP MLA shared photograph of bonfire adorned with Irish tricolours
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Belfast council refuses to reveal how much it paid contractor hired to remove controversial loyalist bonfire
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Jail for Belfast men who assaulted victim in stolen TV dispute and threatened to tie him up
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Belfast couple to stand trial over murder of love rival 'who was strangled with clothes line’
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Ex-Presbyterian minister reveals how members of his own congregation spied on him over living arrangements dispute
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Police urge Belfast assault victim to come forward as teenager released on bail after incident
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Tyrone man accused of strangling heavily pregnant partner and trying to destroy their unborn baby
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Family raising money to return belongings of Tyrone man who drowned in Canada
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