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My fiancé died as we watched a DVD
The heartbroken fiancée of a young boxing star has told of the tragic moments when her husband-to-be died as he lay beside her.
30-stone church abuser ‘too fat for jail’ new
A court has freed a church elder who sexually abused a child — because he was too fat to go to jail.
Top Gear team kick off the mayhem in Dublin
The 'Top Gear' presenters kicked off their latest run at the RDS in Dublin
last night in the understated way that we have come to expect.
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Thieves use digger to steal Ballymena cash machine new
Police are investigating the latest in a series of cash machine thefts.
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Torres is back
Fernando Torres will give Rafa Benitez a lifeline tomorrow as he returns to
the Liverpool line-up for their clash with Blackburn Rovers.
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Thug gets more compensation than victim
For Brian Wallace, October 21, 2007 is a night he will remember for the rest of his life.
TUV distances itself from loyalist killer petition
Jim Allister's Traditional Unionist Voice party last night distanced itself
from a petition organised by one of its members calling for the release of
loyalist killer Torrens Knight.
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Louis Walsh: Girls Aloud were a nightmare
Louis Walsh has described his time managing Girls Aloud as a “nightmare”.
Video: World Cup 2010 draw team guide new
The draw for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa takes place this evening.
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Dana bids mum farewell
Former Eurovison winner Dana helped carry the coffin of her mother Sheila
Brown at a funeral in Derry.
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Clarke dates former beauty queen
Northern Ireland golf star Darren Clarke is dating former beauty queen and model agency boss Alison Campbell, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
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- Northern Ireland policing and justice deal is 'no closer'
- Rates concern over councils shake-up
- New pilot scheme to clean up hospitals
- Straw: Prison not the right place for women
- £316m scheme that has transformed busy A1Newry bypass
- Jailed: thug who smashed glass in man’s face after row in hotel
- Government support for banks hits £850bn
- INLA, PLONKER and SPANK number plates axed by DVLA
- Man jailed over affair with girl (13)
- Hoon 'banned armed forces from preparing for Iraq'
- Gay GAA star's autobiography wins award
Amanda Knox awaits her fate after final plea
An emotional Amanda Knox made a last-ditch plea to jurors not to convict her on murder charges yesterday, saying she feared she was having, "the mask of a killer forced on to my skin".
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- Hostess who went suddenly quiet over Tiger Woods fling
- Afghanistan is now Obama's war and the heat is on
Under pressure Wenger feeling the heat
THERE was a time when Arsene Wenger was regarded as the new, refreshingly intelligent face of British football management — now, having gone beyond his 60th birthday he has turned into a grumpy old man.
- Hughes and Evans set for new deals
- Arsenal hit by Walcott loss
- Allardyce now 'fit and well'
- Portsmouth fail to pay players again
- Chelsea stronger now than under Mourinho, says Carvalho
- Tevez targets United demise
- Fergie has interesting choice to make
- Wenger doesn’t have to shake on it
- Don’t hand Henry a World Cup ban
- No play threat in Spain
- Duffy steps up to dazzle on Everton debut
Robert Fisk: Anti-Semites in Hizbollah censor textbooks
"This young woman who upsets people..." was the headline in Lebanon's L'Orient Littáraire yesterday. The teenager was Anne Frank, who died of typhoid at Bergen-Belsen in 1945 after being betrayed to the Nazi authorities, along with her family, in her Amsterdam "safe house".
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- Arianna Huffington: Traditional media has to stop whining
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- How middle-class shoplifters keep up with the Joneses
- Swedes’ bed of nails is just a pain in the rear
- Dom Joly: My specialist subject is... sheer blind terror
- Hamish McRae: Tax if you must, but do so effectively
- James Lawton: Tiger Woods is a sportsman with little time to play the media game
Airport chief demands investment in tourism new
The chief executive of Belfast International Airport has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to invest in the province’s tourism infrastructure to boost the economy.
- Legal profession ‘to benefit from recession’ new
- Awards invite to innovative companies new
- £48m BT deal secures faster broadband for all businesses new
- Government pays bank £15.4m for crisis advice new
- Lord Myners insists RBS bonuses must reflect City reality new
- Province to suffer ‘six years of hurt’ new
- Titanic project still on course new
- Google boss Eric Schmidt: Newspaper executives looking for someone to blame new
- College opens £9m technology centre
- EU bank rules will not affect taxpayers
- Southern shoppers boosting the North, says survey
Fired-up PM Gordon Brown launches class war on Tory rich
Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative parliamentary candidate who has an estimated £200m fortune, has given up his “non-dom” tax status after the Tories were hit by stinging accusations that they had once again become the party of the rich.
- Northern Ireland policing and justice deal is 'no closer'
- Culture minister accused of Irish language plans 'insult'
- More risk-taking needed in justice logjam, says Sir Hugh Orde
- MLAs told of format for electing future Justice Minister
- Woodward: Policing and justice devolution 'on track'
- Hung parliament ‘would not affect policing stance’
- Woodward looks to the future on anniversary
New pilot scheme to clean up hospitals
A £60,000 pilot scheme to clean up Northern Ireland’s hospitals has been launched after the results of a series of inspections revealed startling lapses in basic hygiene.
- No swine flu related deaths in two weeks
- Brtions drink 84 times their own weight
- Toxic fears for baby bottles
- Men ‘largely ignorant’ of processed meat risk
- Number of swine flu cases falls
- MLAs take health trust to task over bad hygiene
- ‘Bacterial defence systems’ could fight illnesses
- Aids is officially in decline, say experts
- Cutting salt intake ‘could save 4m lives’
Schools at centre of election bust-up
Northern Ireland schools have clashed with the elections office in a spat over pupils joining the register to vote.
- We got it wrong on 11-Plus, says Sinn Fein MLA
- P6 parents should get behind the Belfast Telegraph's transfer campaign
- Education body delay to cost £21m, says Ruane
- Why one Ulster mum will be marching at Stormont
- 10,000 join Tele's school transfer chaos campaign
- Can new group solve schools crisis?
- Brain drain fears as Irish students opt for the UK
- 8,500 people call for Transfer resolution
- Ruane admits delay in setting up education body
Tele campaign right to highlight litter problem
As chairman of Belfast City Council's health and environmental services committee, I would like to congratulate the Belfast Telegraph for helping to raise awareness about litter through its Big Clean-Up campaign.
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- Calling on all daredevils to help charity
- Mixed wards in psychiatric unit a complete joke
- Oh, show some Christmas cheer
‘Seeing James read the news should help others go public’
James Partridge challenged public attitudes to disfigurement by reading the news on Five last week. Kerry McKittrick talks to three local women on how they coped after being left scarred
- Confessions of a working mother: ‘I’m so glad to be home from hospital’
- Confessions of a working mother: Looking after my wild kids is just snow joke
- Female perspective on Belfast’s sexual history
- My Lost Life
- Anti-depressant hailed as 'Viagra for women'
- Meet Catherine, the transport chief who takes photos of train seats
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- Pushchair firm Maclaren backs recall plan
- Home birth warning after baby death
- Outstanding winners out in force at awards dinner
- Women of the Year Awards
Wikipedia UK 'not dying' despite editors exodus
The UK off-shoot of Wikipedia has insisted the site was "definitely not dying" after research suggested thousands of volunteer editors across the world had left.
- What gets Belfast Googling? As ever, we’re obsessed by the past
- Tesco to fight rivals on price with iPhone launch before Christmas
- How the internet use is re-wiring our brains
- Fox boss: Ban illegal downloaders from internet
- Illegal downloaders face broadband limits
- Telly host Eamonn Holmes is top celeb on Twitter
- Wireless electricity: Leap forward for the way we live
- Local media ‘excluded from Digital Britain shot in the arm’
- McCausland cancels meeting over Government’s digital stance
- Two arrested over net bank details virus
- How ergonomics can shape our daily lives
Louis Walsh to manage Jedward
X Factor rejects John and Edward yesterday signed a deal for show mentor Louis Walsh to manage their careers.
- Thierry Henry gets Top Gear treatment
- Brendan Gleeson shows RNLI crew he knows the ropes
- 600 hours of TV repeats dominate festive schedules
- Irish stars on guard for new film shoot
- Singer Sabrina Washington denies Jungle romance with Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning
- X Factor contestants more likely to eliminated if they sing early
- Polanski 'needs time to pay bail'
Westlife to kick off new tour in Belfast
Record-breaking Westlife are to kick off their 2010 tour in Belfast — marking their 51st show at the Odyssey Arena.
48 hours in: Istanbul
Mosques, mansions and markets: Turkey’s biggest city has lots to intrigue the weekend visitor. Twenty years since he first prescribed the perfect 48 hours here, Simon Calder returns
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• Be careful what you step on for that cockroach might just be me
I am fond of animals, though I wouldn't like to be one. Most religions offer varieties of punishment to sinners.
• Fisk: Dubai may soon become a satellite of India
Allah was kind to Dubai yesterday. Just when the emirate's unspeakable wealth appeared on the point of collapse – stock markets, of course, naturally 'trembled' – along came the feast of Eid al-Adha and sent all the kings and emirs and sheikhs off to their diwans to celebrate the decision by the father of monotheism – the Prophet Ibrahim himself – not to kill his son Ismail.
• Banks still call the shots as the rest of us are left to foot the bill
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• Ten reasons why England can win the World Cup
The draw for the World Cup finals takes place tomorrow with England amongst the top seeds. They’ve had a lot of hurt to deal with since 1966 and all that, but next summer in South Africa it might just change. Here’s why.
• Doctors’ orders work wonders for players
When Meath won their All Ireland football titles in 1987 and ’88, Gerry McEntee was a driving force from midfield, his physical power and commitment helping to underpin Sean Boylan’s all-conquering side.
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