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News Letter
11 Aug, 2019
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Police name north coast crash victim
Police have named the man in his sixties who died in a two-vehicle collision on the north coast on Friday.
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Lord Rogan: We still do not have clarity on NIO royal portrait saga

I have received further answers to questions I tabled in the House of Lords about the removal of royal portraits from the NIO (the questions and answers are below) and must admit that I am little further forward when it comes to understanding exactly what has gone on.

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Teenager stabbed at Belfast bonfire was protecting uncle

A teenager who suffered a punctured lung in a stabbing at a controversial Belfast bonfire was knifed while trying to stop his uncle being attacked, a court has heard.

Sport Update
Magnificent seven for Ulster Grand Prix record-breaker Peter Hickman at Dundrod

Peter Hickman crowned a famous day at the Ulster Grand Prix with victory in the final Superbike race, which saw him equal Phillip McCallen’s record of five wins in a day from 1996.

And finally...
Reported On This Day 280 Years Ago (August 11 1739): Robbers and other named persons told to surrender or face treason conviction

From the Belfast News Letter of July 31 1739 (which is August 11 in the modern calendar):

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