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Diets can cause 'brain strain'

Women who embark on a diet in a bid to shift a few pounds may not only lose weight but their mind, according to findings revealed in the Irish Daily Star.

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John O?Dowd

Fury as minister attends funeral with murderer of two policemen

Saturday, 26 May 2012

Education Minister John O’Dowd is facing unionist fury after he accompanied a convicted double police killer to a funeral.

Bishops 'not obliged' to report sexual abuse to police

Saturday, 26 May 2012

The Italian Bishop’s Conference (CIE) has issued guidelines on child protection that inform its bishops that they are ‘not obliged to report illicit facts’ of child abuse to the police.

(L-R) Laura Beattie, Caitlin Buick and Rebecca Baker studying for exams in Botanic Gardens, Belfast yesterday

Soaking up the sunshine as temperatures soar to 26C

Saturday, 26 May 2012

With temperatures soaring across Northern Ireland, coats and umbrellas have finally been ditched in favour of sunglasses and sunscreen.
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.Barred wire at Ballycastle Harbour and Marina

Ballycastle's razor-wired pier is like a Soviet gulag

Saturday, 26 May 2012

It is one of Northern Ireland’s busiest harbours. But complaints that Ballycastle seafront looks more like a Soviet gulag than a welcoming tourist resort have been increasing.
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Britney Spears

Britney Spears 'walks off' X Factor set

Friday, 25 May 2012

Britney Spears left the set of her new show The X Factor after reportedly being irked by a contestant's performance.
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Private Naser Abdo is to be sentenced in July (AP/McLennan County Sheriff's Office)

U.S. soldier convicted of bomb plot

Friday, 25 May 2012

A Muslim soldier has been convicted over a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of US troops, in a religious mission to get "justice" for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Adam Smith, former special adviser to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, arrives at the Leveson Inquiry (AP)

Leveson latest: Hunt aide Smith can't remember saying it was 'game over' for Murdoch bid opponents

Friday, 25 May 2012

Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser told a News Corporation lobbyist that the media giant's BSkyB takeover bid would go ahead once plans to spin off Sky News were accepted, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

21 schools will suffer if Belfast City Airport proposal gets go-ahead, say campaigners

Friday, 25 May 2012

More than 20 schools will suffer from increased noise levels because of proposed changes at George Best Belfast City Airport, a residents' campaign group has claimed.
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 Sarah Kee and Caroline Than from Belfast relax and enjoy the sun on Helen's Bay beach in Co. Down.   May 24 2012. Northern Ireland- 24th May 2012 Photo-Jonathan Porter/Presseye.

Weather: Northern Ireland sizzles as temperatures soar

Friday, 25 May 2012

Northern Ireland is basking in a heatwave - but which town has recorded the highest temperature?
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Cardinal Sean Brady

Dublin Archbishop refuses to publicly back embattled Cardinal Sean Brady

Friday, 25 May 2012

Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin yesterday declined to publicly back embattled All-Ireland primate Cardinal Sean Brady.

Google chief Eric Schmidt

Google's Eric Schmidt: We face a fight for the future of the web

Friday, 25 May 2012

One of Google’s most senior executives has issued a stark warning that the power of the internet to free some of the world’s most oppressed people risks being overturned by autocratic governments who seek to “Balkanise” the web by controlling what can be accessed.
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Jeremy Hunt will face the leveson Inquiry next week

Leveson Inquiry: David Cameron knew Jeremy Hunt would back BSkyB bid

Friday, 25 May 2012

The political scandal over Rupert Murdoch's battle to buy BSkyB moved closer to David Cameron last night after new evidence undermined the Prime Minister's claim that his Government was scrupulously even-handed in deciding on the £8bn deal.

Fury over teaching cuts at Queen's and University of Ulster

Friday, 25 May 2012

A decision to “prop up” Stranmillis and St Mary’s teaching colleges at the expense of Northern Ireland’s two universities could end up in the High Court, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
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Beetroot juice helps you hold breath longer

Friday, 25 May 2012

Beetroot juice can improve your puff, potentially benefiting swimmers, singers, and mountaineers, research has shown.
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Baby saved by artificial heart transplant surgery

Friday, 25 May 2012

Last-minute co-operation between doctors and medical authorities in Italy and the US enabled surgeons in Rome to transplant the world's smallest artificial heart and save the life of a 16-month-old baby.
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Calcium supplements taken by elderly people may double the risk of having a heart attack, a study has found

Calcium-heart attack link found

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Calcium supplements, taken by millions of elderly people and post-menopausal women to prevent bone thinning, may double the risk of having a heart attack, a study has found.

Italian teenager Emanuela Orlandi is believed to have been kidnapped after a music lesson in Rome on June 22, 1983 when she was 15 (AP)

Priest claims schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties

Thursday, 24 May 2012

A Catholic priest has claimed a missing schoolgirl was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties and has implicated diplomatic staff and members of the Holy See.

Mother of five died after vinegar abortion bid

Thursday, 24 May 2012

The dangers of do-it-yourself abortions has been highlighted with the death of a mother of five who tried to abort her pregnancy with industrial strength vinegar.

Murderers now allowed to work as bouncers in Northern Ireland pubs and clubs

Thursday, 24 May 2012

A convicted double murderer has won a legal challenge against rules which stopped him getting a licence to work as a bouncer.

Jeremy Paxman is to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry

Paxman to give Leveson evidence

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

BBC presenters Andrew Marr and Jeremy Paxman are to take to the witness box at the inquiry into press standards.

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