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Shankill remembers victims of terrorist atrocities

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Robbie Butler said he was ridiculed by DUP members for attending the recent papal visit to Dublin

Robbie Butler MLA ‘considers’ Jeffrey Donaldson offer to probe claims of DUP ridicule

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Alliance leader Naomi Long MLA

IRA murder victim’s sister locks Twitter account after spat with Naomi Long

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

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

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Interplanetary Brexit warfare between top unionists

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Reports of child sex offences double since 2010

Crime

Labour MP for Canterbury, Rosie Duffield, holds up a medal from one of her constituents in the House of Common

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

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Rex McCandless invented the Featherbed motorcycle frame after the Second World War

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

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Ireland Head coach Joe Schmidt

No one is indispensable in Irish rugby reveals IRFU chief executive Philip Browne

Rugby

Paddy Barnes added to Carl Frampton bill in Manchester on December 22

Boxing

Ronan Hale reacts to a missed chance as Derry City fall to defeat in Bray

Derry City leave Carlisle Grounds empty handed after late Bray winner

Football

Belfast's James Tennyson in action against Tevin Farmer

James Tennyson vows to get back in World title mix

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Northern Ireland Powerchair football squad qualify for Euros

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Michael Laverty confirms departure from British Superbikes in 2019

Motorcycling

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

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

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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

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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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