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N.I. man dies after he is electrocuted while fitting new light

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Police officers investigating the sudden death of a man at High Street in Belfast city centre. The male, thought to be a rough sleeper aged in his mid to late 20s, was found in a shop doorway on Friday morning. Pic: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

Sudden death of rough sleeper: Post mortem examination to be carried out

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DUP leader Arlene Foster

DUP’s Foster tries to quash soft Brexit claims from party colleagues

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Jim Nicholson MEP speaking in the European Parliament. The parliament will look very different in the autumn after its elections, he says, with the far right perhaps one of the biggest groups

Jim Nicholson: The European Union will be in flux until later this year so don’t expect early trade deal

Opinion

‘£300k in monthly builder wages not being paid thanks to hotel hold-up’

Crime

Air ambulance back in action after being grounded due to technical fault

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Probe into UDA activity: Paramilitary Crime Task Force seizes drugs and cash

Crime

Man arrested after shop staff are robbed at knifepoint

Crime

The fatal crash occurred on the Glenshane Road, near the Lurganagoose Road junction. Pic by Google

Driver killed his elderly mother in crash tragedy

Crime

One of the images released by the P.S.N.I.

These photos show the aftermath of the four vehicle road traffic collision on N.I. road

Transport

Politics More Politics >>

DUP’s Foster tries to quash soft Brexit claims from party colleagues

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Jim Nicholson MEP speaking in the European Parliament. The parliament will look very different in the autumn after its elections, he says, with the far right perhaps one of the biggest groups

Jim Nicholson: The European Union will be in flux until later this year so don’t expect early trade deal

Opinion

RIC men who were first casualties of independence war remembered amid Dail events

News

Tory former chancellor Ken Clarke

Ken Clarke blasts ‘sectarian’ DUP

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Crime More Crime >>

‘£300k in monthly builder wages not being paid thanks to hotel hold-up’

Crime

Probe into UDA activity: Paramilitary Crime Task Force seizes drugs and cash

Crime

Man arrested after shop staff are robbed at knifepoint

Crime

The fatal crash occurred on the Glenshane Road, near the Lurganagoose Road junction. Pic by Google

Driver killed his elderly mother in crash tragedy

Crime

Farming More Farming >>

UTV Rare Breed’s success continues

Farming

Focus on ‘Farming for future years’

Farming

Pacemaker Press Belfast 10-01-2019: George Haslett pictured at Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland.'Picture By: Arthur Allison Pacemaker.

‘I was on a high but life can change in a blink’

Farming

Owner Jamie Beattie with office manager Jill McGeown display some of the toys available at the rural business

Little tractors are key to firm’s big expansion

Farming

Education More Education >>

Education Authority defends dropping Irish language translation from its logo

Education

James Maxwell.

New Carrick principal ‘looking forward to new challenge’

Education

A view of the proposed new SRC campus.

New £45m Southern Regional College campus in Craigavon gets go-head despite opposition

Business

Concerned parents attending the public meeting

Anger by parents at plan to close campus at split school

Education

Business More Business >>

‘£300k in monthly builder wages not being paid thanks to hotel hold-up’

Crime

The ONS figures suggest Black Friday simply brought sales forward without creating more in real terms

December retail sales fall as Black Friday gathers speed

Business

John and Eileen Hall

UTV Rare Breed’s success continues

Farming

The most popular colour of car in Northern Ireland has been revealed

Here's the most popular car colour in Northern Ireland

Transport

Transport More Transport >>

These photos show the aftermath of the four vehicle road traffic collision on N.I. road

Transport

The most popular colour of car in Northern Ireland has been revealed

Here's the most popular car colour in Northern Ireland

Transport

The Duke of Edinburgh who has been involved in a road traffic accident close to the Sandringham Estate but was not injured. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Prince Philip crash road may have speed limit cut

Transport

The Met Office issued the warning of ice on Wednesday morning.

Roads being gritted, but drivers warned to be wary

Transport

Man arrested after woman in her 80s is hit by car

Transport

Environment More Environment >>

‘£300k in monthly builder wages not being paid thanks to hotel hold-up’

Crime

Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the government needed to take 'strong, urgent action'

Log burners and house coal to be banned in fight against air pollution

Environment

Flood defences beside the Connswater River in east Belfast

Flood threat to 45,000 Northern Ireland properties

Environment

Sinn Fein Cllr Fergal Lennon at the River Closet where there appears to be thousands of dead fish

Call for probe after major ‘fish kill’ in Co Armagh river

Environment

The Nature Friendly Farming Network said food security could be at risk without action

Farm campaigners call for minimum environmental standards after Brexit

Farming

Health More Health >>

Larne volunteer recognised by stroke charity for ‘empathy with new members’

Health

A new nursing campaign has been launched to tackle the plight of homeless people.

Homeless people in NI ‘20 times more likely to die from drug misuse’

Health

Photo of an examination taken of a packet of painkillers lodged in a woman's throat, which remained undetected by doctors for almost three weeks. Pic: BMJ Journals/PA Wire

NI woman had plastic pill packet lodged in her throat for 17 days

Health

Police surround GP Out of Hours Service at Craigavon Hospital

PSNI say man at GP Out of Hours stand-off was ‘taken to safety’

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The dangers of alcohol

Alcohol-related deaths in NI soar - to all-time high

Health