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Journalist, currently Political Reporter for @BBCNewsNI. [email protected] https://t.co/0Lm1Kgu7aM

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Orange parade passes without incident at Belfast interface. @BBCNewsNI.
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RT @BBCNewsNI: "Challenging night" for Northern Ireland fire and rescue service as bonfires and wildfires contribute to more than twice as….
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RT @BBCNewsNI: Thousands of Orange Order members are to take part later today in Twelfth of July parades in Northern Ireland. https://t.co/….
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Breaking: Fragments of suspected asbestos were found at five locations around the site of the Meridi Street bonfire near the Westlink in south Belfast, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency has said. Full statement 👇
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PSNI will not assist in removal of south Belfast bonfire. @BBCNewsNI
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A DUP councillor has been suspended for three months by a standards watchdog over her involvement in planning decisions lobbied on by her MLA husband. @BBCNewsNI.
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Stormont should not be held to an "impossibly higher standard" than other governments, former US senator George Mitchell has said. @BBCNewsNI.
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Belfast bonfire sparks hospital power outage fears. @BBCNewsNI.
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Delays at Belfast's Grand Central Station. but this time not with the buses and trains. A mural remains hidden behind a big question mark with its unveiling postponed indefinitely. The artist says he feels "humiliated". ✍️ @LauraTrueman8. @BBCNewsNI.
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Stormont's end of term report card - could do better?. ✍️ @BBCGarethG takes a look 👇. @BBCNewsNI.
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The first and deputy first ministers want to bring back the Civic Forum established under the Good Friday Agreement, but in a much smaller form. @BBCNewsNI.
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An Ulster Unionist MLA decided to quit Stormont after a dispute over a party statement on rioting in Ballymena, @BBCNewsNI understands.
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Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson and former Sinn Féin MLA Daithi McKay have been cleared of misconduct charges over a Stormont committee probe into the Nama controversy. @BBCNewsNI.
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The first year of a united Ireland could cost €3bn (£2.6bn) according to a new report, which describes it as "well within what could be afforded". ✍️@ClodaghLRice . @BBCNewsNI.
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A damning @NIAuditOffice report into the regulation of the waste industry says the Northern Ireland Environment Agency needs "significant improvement" to effectively identify and deter crime. ✍️ @LouiseMCullen . @BBCNewsNI.
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Almost 50 charities and anti-poverty organisations are calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to withdraw its draft strategy to tackle poverty, saying that families "deserve better". @BBCNewsNI.
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The former chief exec of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is to be prosecuted. Anne Donaghy is one of the two people being pursued by the PPS over the alleged deletion of emails, her solicitor said. She denies any wrongdoing and will "vehemently contest" the allegations.
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Two people are to be prosecuted following a police investigation into Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. @BBCNewsNI.
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Northern Ireland's Equality Commission is to seek a declaration from the courts to address "uncertainties" over how to apply the UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. @BBCNewsNI.
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A £100 increase in the average household rates bill could largely solve Northern Ireland's water infrastructure crisis, new report suggests. @BBCNewsNI.
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