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In Pictures: Wacky whiskers at British Beard and Moustache Championships

Categories included handlebar, freestyle and musketeer moustaches.

Aarne Bielefeld attends the fourth British Beard and Moustache Championships (Danny Lawson/PA)

August 18 2018

Beards and moustaches took centre stage at the fourth British Beard and Moustache Championships, held in Blackpool.

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Alex Harrison (left), Isla Tart and Safa Patel outside 10 Downing Street (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Pre-schoolers knock on Number 10’s door in protest against ‘tests’

Three pre-school children knocked on the door of 10 Downing Street to ask the Government not to make them sit controversial new school “tests”.

Survivors of in care abuse who are aged over 70 or have a terminal illness can now apply for a £10,000 payment from the Scottish Government, John Swinney announced (Russell Cheyne/PA)

Child abuse survivors given right to apply for £10,000 redress payments

Survivors of childhood abuse in care who are either elderly or terminally ill can now apply for a £10,000 redress payment from the Scottish Government.

Ciaran Martin during the CyberUK conference in Glasgow (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Cyber security chief praises Scotland as resilience testing ground

A security chief has praised Scotland’s work in cyber resilience and revealed the country is often used as a training ground for potential issues.

Prime Minister Theresa May (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

May urged to bring in police to probe national security leak

Theresa May is facing demands for a full police inquiry into the leak of secret discussions by the UK’s top national security body.

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DUP leader Arlene Foster (right) speaks with Sara Canning (left), the partner of 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, at a vigil in Derry, following her death last week.

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The Order of Service at the funeral of murdered journalist Lyra McKee (Liam McBurney/PA)

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Nicola Coughlan on stage at Boombox BelfastÕs 90Õs School Disco with the contestant from Donegal who did the best Nadine Coyle impersonation. (Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX)

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Game of Thrones: Map of every NI location

Northern Ireland

Stephen Nolan

Nolan in sexism row after radio interview

Northern Ireland

A maths teacher has been charged with harassment and intimidation following incidents at a local secondary school

Northern Ireland maths teacher in court

Northern Ireland

DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein leader Mary-Lou McDonald at the funeral and of journalist Lyra McKee at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast. Credit: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye.

Irish language act needed before Stormont can return says Sinn Fein

Northern Ireland

Lyra McKee’s partner Sara Canning (far left) at the funeral

Mourners hear powerful plea for Lyra McKee’s death not to be in vain

Northern Ireland

New figures have shown householders in Antrim & Newtownabbey bin more waste than any other council area in Northern Ireland.

Revealed: NI council area binning most waste

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Liam Neeson (Ian West/PA)

Watch: Liam in Men In Black trailer - first role since race row

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Belfast stripper caused rush hour car smash

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McKee right with racist thug Stephen Croft, also circled

DUP candidate at UDA terror fest

Northern Ireland

Danny Kinahan with is wife Anna at Castle Upton in Co Antrim

Ex-MP Kinahan's country pile sells after three years

Northern Ireland

There are a total of 50 Tescos around Northern Ireland, including up to 20 larger-format superstores and Tesco Extras, which include additional counter services (stock photo)

Hundreds of Tesco jobs in Northern Ireland at risk as cuts loom on counters

Northern Ireland

Mark Baxter has criticised the Boojum advertisement

Boojum eaterie rapped over Easter advert

Northern Ireland

Troops arrive in Belfast in 1969

Commemoration marks 50th anniversary of troops in NI

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The road has been closed.

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Today, we publish our annual guide on the GCSE performance of every post-primary school here that undertakes the examinations (stock photo)

Exclusive Revealed: GCSE league table results

Spirit of N. Ireland Awards

Specsavers Tony McGinn and Sean McCauley with Martin Breen, Pamela Ballantine and Marc Mallett launch the 2019 Spirit Of Northern Ireland awards.

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Riots in Belfast.

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