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Ex-IRA man sceptical on Shankill advance warning claim

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Hundreds of people 'Walk to Remember' those killed in five terrorist bombings on the Shankill Road during The Troubles. Niall Carson/PA Wire

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

Business

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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Politics More Politics >>

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

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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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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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Crime More Crime >>

Ex-IRA man sceptical on Shankill advance warning claim

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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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PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton said crime was becoming increasingly complex

Reports of child sex offences double since 2010

Crime

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

Farming More Farming >>

MPs: Post-Brexit agriculture plans will have serious impact on NI farms

Farming

Launch of Farming Life Awards

Highlights from this year’s Farming Life Awards 2018

Farming

Chief Vet Robert Huey

BSE case in Scotland – no impact on Northern Ireland’s Negligible Risk status

Farming

British beef was banned from being exported to the E.U. for 10 years when mad cow disease gripped the nation back in 1996.

Case of mad cow disease confirmed on UK farm

Farming

Education More Education >>

Part of school closed after 'significant structural issues' discovered

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Drumcree College had NI's biggest deficit by the end of March last year ' �1.6m

Northern Ireland schools ‘close to financial tipping point’

Education

Israeli ambassador to the UK Mark Regev speaking in Belfast earlier this year

Queen’s students oppose talk by Israeli ambassador

Education

Orange Order grand secretary Rev Mervyn Gibson pictured at the Museum of Orange Heritage in Belfast

Orange Order defends role in ‘raising educational attainment’

Education

Business More Business >>

Asda deal makes a Happy Halloween for Scott’s Bakery

Business

Grainne McVeigh, director of Life Sciences at Invest NI with Diaceutics CEO Peter Keeling

Diaceutics investment set to bring 20 jobs at global diagnostics firm

Business

Sammy Wilson

Interplanetary Brexit warfare between top unionists

Business

The burnt out remains of the Primark store in Belfast city centre

Primark fire: Council set to approve plans for start of work at Bank Buildings

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Transport More Transport >>

Two vehicle collision causing major traffic delays

Transport

The incident happened on Sunday.

Four year-old child and man (80s) struck by car on Upper Lisburn Road

Transport

The PSNI are currently at the scene.

PSNI at scene of road traffic collision

Transport

The incident is believed to be a road traffic collision.

NI road closed as PSNI deal with 'ongoing incident'

Transport

The power supply is due to be restored by 5:30pm.

Power outage at NI vehicle test centre sees dozens of MOT appointments cancelled

Transport

Environment More Environment >>

RHI boiler owners to have appeal heard in full

Business

Ann Irwin of Arboretum Regeneration Castlewellan; Alwyn Sinnamon, head gardener at Castlewellan; and Dr Sally Montgomery of Castlewellan Futures' Heritage Group at the title-winning tree. Pic by Michael Cooper

Giant redwood is Northern Ireland’s Tree of the Year

Environment

Rev. Ruth Turner of Millbrook Church of the Nazarene, Dr. Jonny Hanson of Jubilee Farm, Rev. Colin McClure of First Larne Presbyterian, Rev. Chris Skillin of Larne Methodist Church get to work.

£300k community farm ‘first’ for Larne

Environment

Best of the Best: The Co Down village of Hillsborough won the overall top honour at this year's Best Kept Awards. Pic by Simon Graham

Village is crowned ‘Best of the Best’

Environment

Folk singer Colum Sands, right, with his son Dara outside the High Court in Belfast.''Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Folk singer Colum Sands loses legal challenge to nursing home plans

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Health More Health >>

Health service 'taking sticking plaster approach to cancer treatment'

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Diana Johnson brings forward an abortion bill to the Commons on Tuesday

MP launches new bid to change abortion laws in Northern Ireland

Crime

Professor Siobhan O'Neill

Fear that Troubles trauma could be passed on to next generation

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Ambulances were called to the scene

Principal thanks 'heroic response' from bus driver after special needs pupils involved in crash

Health

Pro-life protestors at a demonstration in Belfast

Abortion: Poll says two-thirds want NI politicians to decide law

Health