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Belfast Council agrees new equal opportunity and bullying policies

The policy covers behaviour in any work-related setting both inside and outside the workplace

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Lisburn Road property acting as illegal HMO for over two years

Landlord said he did not believe council considered there to be an overprovision in the area

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Pictured: First look inside new £13.5million MOT test centre in Co Antrim

The project will have capacity for 100,000 tests a year, and boasts a new internal road network, car parking, and an off-road motorcycle driving test track

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Northern Ireland's first 'Great Garden' winner crowned as second series confirmed - in pictures

A second series of Greatest Gardens With Diarmuid Gavin And Carol Klein has been confirmed

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Recap: M1 reopened after PSNI deal with a concern for safety incident

Traffic was halted on the citybound lanes at Junction Six and Blacks Road

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Coroner's co-sleeping warning after tragic death of five-week old baby in Co Antrim

The five-week-old was found unresponsive at his home in January 2024

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Suspect charged with Trump assassination attempt after Correspondents' dinner shooting

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was taken into custody after the alleged Trump assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday night and appeared in federal court in Washington on Monday

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Watch heart-stopping video of moment car bomb explodes right in front of PSNI officer

Bodycam footage released by the PSNI shows just how close the officer was to the explosion

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Sinn Féin's support for policing will never be enough for Unionism

"Sinn Féin can, and will, continue to condemn these attacks. It can restate its support for policing. It can point to decisions taken nearly twenty years ago as evidence of a strategic shift that is now deeply embedded. But for a section of unionism, none of that will ever quite suffice."

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'If screening had been available to me, my cancer might've been found sooner'

"No one should have to go through what I did simply because they were too young to be invited for screening"

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Emergency services respond to "concern for safety" near Carrickfergus

First responders from several different emergency services attended the incident earlier this afternoon

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Drugs seized during house search in West Belfast

The drugs were located after police conducted a house search in the Lower Falls area

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Boy charged over attack on K9 rescue volunteer and his dog back in court for breaching bail

A court heard police dealing with disturbances on Saturday evening found the 13-year-old sitting 'somewhere he should not have been'

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Drugs worth an estimated £4million seized at NI port after operation by PSNI and Gardai

It was a joint operation by the two forces

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'Too many lives are being lost' as 24 hours of horror on NI's roads leaves five dead

"These deaths are a stark reminder of the very real dangers that exist on our roads"

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Claire's closes all Northern Ireland stores as 154 UK and Ireland locations shut

Fashion accessories retailer Claire's has closed all 154 of its UK and Ireland stores, including those in Northern Ireland, with the loss of around 1,300 jobs

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Man accused of sexually abusing six-year-old who is friends with his own child

“This child is only six-years-old and doesn’t have an understanding or ability to protect herself and recognise the seriousness of what has happened.”

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New pedestrian crossing added to 'dangerous' stretch of road in Bangor after 10 years

"You were taking your life into your hands trying to cross"

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Future of former Maze prison site ‘very much a live issue’ says Michelle O’Neill

It officially closed in 2000, and while most of the buildings have been demolished, H block and the former hospital wing have been preserved.

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Concerns as NI British soldiers made to pay rates while overseas

"At present, Northern Ireland’s rates system does not specifically recognise those unique circumstances in the same way as other parts of the UK, and that is a legitimate issue that needs addressed"