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Shankill remembers victims of terrorist atrocities

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Rev Alan Irwin pictured at the legacy debate during the Ulster Unionist Party Conference 2018 in the Armagh City Hotel on Saturday October 20.''Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Double victim of IRA slams churchmen and politicians over the inversion of right and wrong on legacy

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DUP Brexit spokesperson Sammy Wilson

Sammy Wilson: PM must clarify if transition extension is substitute for Brexit backstop

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Interplanetary Brexit warfare between top unionists

Business

Reports of child sex offences double since 2010

Crime

Legacy investigations: Veteran ‘wants to hand back service medal’ in protest

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Rex McCandless, Northern Ireland man who changed face of motorbikes, to get blue plaque

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Reports of suspected sexual offences involving children double since 2010

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The image on the left shows the aftermath of the explosion whilst the photo on the right was taken after a similar but unrelated incident. (Photos: PSNI)

'Mindless idiots' use firework strapped to aerosol can to blow-up NI child's honesty box

Crime

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Belfast's James Tennyson in action against Tevin Farmer

James Tennyson vows to get back in World title mix

Boxing

Northern Ireland Powerchair football squad members training for the European Championships in their new Strikeforce chairs.

Northern Ireland Powerchair football squad qualify for Euros

Sport

Michael Laverty will not compete in the British Superbike Championship in 2019.

Michael Laverty confirms departure from British Superbikes in 2019

Motorcycling

The Northern Ireland team

NORTHERN IRELAND: Harry McConkey’s side seal win in Regions’ Cup

Football

Michael Conlan to fight on Carl Frampton versus Josh Warrington undercard in Manchester

Boxing

Carl Frampton: Why would I not fight Kid Galahad?

Boxing

Rex McCandless, Northern Ireland man who changed face of motorbikes, to get blue plaque

News

Marc Marquez crowned 2018 MotoGP World Champion

Motorcycling

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Free tickets available for world’s largest youth film festival

TV and Film

Paddy McGuinness who is to be one of the new hosts of the BBC's Top Gear from next year.

Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff to host Top Gear

TV and Film

The Junction in Antrim caters for all ages with a vast range of shops, eateries and activities

The Junction centre manager Leona Barr on why shopping in store still matters

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The front page of the second surviving News Letter, dated October 6 1738 (which is October 17 in the modern calendar). The papers was founded a year earlier, in September 1737 but all of the editions from the first 13 months are lost

Reported in the News Letter this week 280 years ago

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Staying in Branson’s bolthole

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