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Sinn Fein MLA removes Ian Paisley video after claiming result on knife-edge

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Car hijacked after driver stops to help man ‘in distress’

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A falling tree hit an oil delivery lorry at Osborne Park in south Belfast during the heavy winds on Wednesday morning. Pic by Colm Lenaghan /Pacemaker

IN PICTURES: Storm Ali wreaks havoc across Northern Ireland

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Jaxson Gilliland, from Gleno, had the borough's tallest sunflower.

Jaxson grew the tallest sunflower

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Orange Order react to petrol bomb attack on hall

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£3m caravan park project to boost tourism in Co Antrim

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Congratulations flood social media at news of William Dunlop and Janine Brolly's second child

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William Dunlop's partner Janine Brolly announces birth of baby

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Storm Helene

NI Weather: latest on Storm Helene from Met Office

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Ian Paisley, MP for North Antrim

Second council under investigation over Ian Paisley constituency dinner payment

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Traffic and travel: resurfacing scheme for A26 to start in days

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DRIVING GROWTH: Aodh Hannon (left) of Hannon Coach has revealed plans to expand the companys direct luxury coach service between Belfast and Glasgow to other towns across Northern Ireland. The County Armagh-based coach operator launched its Glasgow Express to and from Belfast in February this year and, following a highly successful first six months, has now submitted applications to introduce further direct services between the popular Scottish city and many of Northern Irelands main towns, including Enniskillen, Coleraine, Ballymena, Derry~Londonderry, Cookstown, Strabane and Newcastle. Stena Lines Ian Baillie (centre) reported that the ferry company has experienced a 7.5% increase in coach traffic to Glasgow since Hannon Coach launched the Glasgow Express service which operates twice daily in both directions and is the only direct city to city through-coach service (i.e. using the same coach for the entire journey) from Northern Ireland. Also in the picture is driver Jim McAlorum.

Glasgow Express coach service coming to Ballymena

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Road works notice

Traffic and travel: A26 road closure and diversions starting for road improvement

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Long delays after collision

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Commuters on the Derry to Belfast service on May 17.

Commuters slam overcrowded train service

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Sinn Fein MLA removes Ian Paisley video after claiming result on knife-edge

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Car hijacked after driver stops to help man ‘in distress’

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Scam warning issued after fraudsters steal almost £30k from three older people

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The PSNI is warning people to think twice before they click on a link contained within an unexpected email.

PSNI issue scam warning

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Council vows to tackle ‘summer hunger’

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Questions have been raised about the future of school crossing patrols

Education Authority offers assurance about future of school crossing patrols

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Schools deny any link to explicit video

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Whatsapping your way through revision 'just isn't possible'

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2018 Mount Charles Big School Cook Off winners Katherine Stronge and Catherine Chesney Ballymena Academy are joined by (L-R) John Brolly, Marketing Manager at the Irish News, Caitriona Lennox, Big School Cook Off Ambassador, Trevor Annon, Chairman of Mount Charles and Gillian Douglas, Head of Home Economics at Ballymena Academy.

Win for Academy in ‘Big School Cook Off’

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£3m caravan park project to boost tourism in Co Antrim

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DRIVING GROWTH: Aodh Hannon (left) of Hannon Coach has revealed plans to expand the companys direct luxury coach service between Belfast and Glasgow to other towns across Northern Ireland. The County Armagh-based coach operator launched its Glasgow Express to and from Belfast in February this year and, following a highly successful first six months, has now submitted applications to introduce further direct services between the popular Scottish city and many of Northern Irelands main towns, including Enniskillen, Coleraine, Ballymena, Derry~Londonderry, Cookstown, Strabane and Newcastle. Stena Lines Ian Baillie (centre) reported that the ferry company has experienced a 7.5% increase in coach traffic to Glasgow since Hannon Coach launched the Glasgow Express service which operates twice daily in both directions and is the only direct city to city through-coach service (i.e. using the same coach for the entire journey) from Northern Ireland. Also in the picture is driver Jim McAlorum.

Glasgow Express coach service coming to Ballymena

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Road works notice

Traffic and travel: A26 road closure and diversions starting for road improvement

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The Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Council, Cllr Lindsay Millar, at the reception with the Chinese delegation, Zhao Xingsheng, director China Jiangsu Provincial Economic & Trade Office UK, Zhang Peng, director of Bilateral Affairs/Consul and He Shuangqi, Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Belfast. Also included are chief executive Anne Donaghy and council officials.

‘Greater collaboration with Chinese partners could prove a game changer’

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Sinn Fein MLA removes Ian Paisley video after claiming result on knife-edge

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Ian Paisley, MP for North Antrim

Second council under investigation over Ian Paisley constituency dinner payment

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Final blueprints for re-drawing NI’s political map revealed

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Robin Swann

Ex-UUP MLA Robert Coulter dies

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Ian Paisley

Paisley’s 30-day suspension over holiday furore begins

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Jaxson grew the tallest sunflower

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Half Moon Lake, Belfast. Pic by Elaine Hill

Record number of NI parks and open spaces awarded Green Flag status

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The hosepipe ban

NI hosepipe ban set to be lifted

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Glenariff Forest Park.

Forestry Service seeks your views on North Antrim parks

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VIDEO: Hay fever flaring up? How to ease your symptoms as pollen levels rise

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Pictured L-R: Lynn Bulled, Alzheimers Society volunteer; Alderman John Smyth, Deputy Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey; Leona Barr, Centre Manager, The Junction Retail and Leisure Park; Danny Brown, Alzheimers Society service user; and Pamela Frazer, Dementia Friendly Communities Support Manager, Alzheimers Society.

This is Northern Ireland's first dementia friendly shopping centre

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Personal trainer, Seamus Fox

VIDEO: Not shifting the pounds? This could be why

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Image taken from a US government DEA website of U-47700

First known death in NI from new narcotic

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Lauren Neilly. Image taken from GoFundMe

NI woman diagnosed with cancer after toothache

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