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Mum. Investigative Reporter @BBCSpotlightNI Secret History of the Troubles. Undercover Dog Fighter, NAMA, RedSky, Paramilitary/Org Crime mandy.mcauley @bbc .co.uk

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Mandy McAuley

18 days

As Troubles inquests are shut down ⁦ @BBCSpotlightNI ⁩ investigates why the government stepped in to stop the release of information about the involvement of state agents in murders by Mid-Ulster UVF. Testimony from inside the gang raises new questions. Tue BBC1 & I-player

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Shauna. A beautiful little girl who died alongside her dad Robert. Strength to her mother & loved ones to bear their unimaginable loss. #Creeslough

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Afghanistan: Taliban leaders refused to speak directly to award winning journalist Anisa Shaheed but she remains on the front line. Remember her name in the coming weeks & months - BBC News

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The female Afghan journalist who won't give up

Anisa Shaheed fears women's freedoms will be curbed again if the Taliban come to power.

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Pure joy

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This little guy takes his first steps in his new walker. What an incredible cerebral palsy warrior 👍

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The video in circulation of men singing gleefully about the horrific murder of a young woman on honeymoon. Obscene. Vile. The words take your breath away. Wholly unacceptable to anyone with a shred of decency.

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J Clarkson writes that he “hates” Meghan Markle, not like he hates Rose West, the serial killer who conspired to murder at least 10 young women, but “on a cellular level”. He lies awake dreaming of her paraded “naked through the streets” pelted with excrement. The Sun printed it.

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flicking through The S*n while I was waiting in a caff and read this by clarkson. In what world is something so vicious and unhinged allowed to be printed? completely vindicates everything in #HarryandMeghanNetflix

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Man charged with the murder of 21 year old Chloe Mitchell from Ballymena. Chloe is the 39th female to die violently at the hands of men in Northern Ireland since 2017. Another family & community devastated in one of the most dangerous places for women & girls in Europe. #VAWG

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A man is charged with the murder of 21-year-old Chloe Mitchell, who went missing earlier this month in Ballymena.

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Breaking @BBCNewsNI One of the most disturbing stories I have worked on. The horrified family of a young man who took his own life in 2017 speak out. Two #PSNI officers investigated for allegedly sharing images of his body on WhatsApp with genitals exposed @BBCSpotlightNI

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Two police officers have been investigated for more than three years over allegations they manipulated a suicide victim's body and shared photos and a video online - @Mandy_McAuley @BBCSpotlightNI

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Natalie McNally’s dad says he struggled to identify her body because of horrific injuries - Sunday World “It was a frenzied attack..He battered her, he hit her over the head, strangled her, she had bones broke in her neck, then he stabbed her to death.”

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Natalie McNally’s father says he struggled to identify body because of horrific injuries

Natalie McNally’s father yesterday said he struggled to identify his daughter’s body because of the horrific injuries she suffered.

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I can identify with this woman😂😂 #KeepingItReal #KeepingUpAppearances #Winterlockdown

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Mr Hume we prayed for you round my daddy’s coffin last night, that you would be successful so that what has happened to us wouldn’t happen to any other family” “Blessed are the Peacemakers” RIP John Hume

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“Mr Hume we prayed for you round my daddy’s coffin last night, that you would be successful so that what has happened to us wouldn’t happen to any other family” #SpotlightNI #TheTroubles @mandy_mcauley

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Impt questions ⁦ @AllisonMorris1 ⁩ “A violent man who stabbed a petite & pregnant young woman, loved by all, is still at large. ..In a modern age where everyone leaves a digital footprint, it seems bizarre that the killer hasn’t yet been identified.”

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Let 2023 be the year that violence against women finally ends

Like so many others I have been deeply disturbed by the murder of Co Armagh woman Natalie McNally.

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Thirty years ago - at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in The Troubles - UDA gunmen entered the Rising Sun bar in Greysteel & murdered seven people. Another man died later. A gunman shouted "trick or treat" before opening fire. Families of the victims would help pull NI

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“Mr Hume we prayed for you round my daddy’s coffin last night, that you would be successful so that what has happened to us wouldn’t happen to any other family” #SpotlightNI #TheTroubles @mandy_mcauley

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A significant Belfast court ruling that could impact linked cases @BelfastTele “Imported loyalist paramilitary weapons stored by Co Armagh farmer moved to safety after police warned him about imminent raid, the High Court has heard. In the first disclosure of its kind, the

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From today’s homily #Noah Weeks ago Noah gave a poem to his mum by Leo Buscaglia. In one part it says: To love is to risk not being loved in return To live is to risk dying To hope is to risk despair To try is to risk failure.. The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing

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Chloe Mitchell - Terrible news tonight from Ballymena. Another beautiful young woman murdered in Northern Ireland. Human remains found in search for missing woman - BBC News

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Chloe Mitchell: Murder inquiry after suspected remains found

Police say they have reason to believe 21-year-old Chloe Mitchell from Ballymena was murdered.

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Markethill preacher Barrie Halliday summoned by PSNI over ‘Catholic rats’ video - Belfast Telegraph Pastor Halliday said the video was “accidentally” made public, “not intended for a wider audience”, & his comments had been taken “out of context”.

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Controversial preacher Barrie Halliday summoned by PSNI over ‘rats’ video

A controversial loyalist preacher will be interviewed by police after he moved to clarify comments made in an online video in which he speaks about “rats” ...

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27 year old Zarifa Ghafari became Afghanistan's first female mayor in 2018. The Taliban killed her father & has vowed to kill her. “I’m sitting waiting for them to come. There is no one to help me or my family. And they will come for people like me.”

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#NoahDonohoe

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In Derry the women who suffered domestic violence and abuse and who died by suicide are known as “The Lost Women”. This programme is for them and all who have suffered mental anguish at the hands of their abusers. Thank you to the survivors who have shared their stories to give

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On iPlayer tomorrow: @mandy_mcauley investigates the hidden toll of women who take their own lives after enduring violence in the home. She hears calls for the law to change to hold abusers to account for those deaths, and pleas for greater recognition.

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In Belfast two football clubs on either side of the interface reach out to young people “We are encouraged by our friends at Sandy Row FC ...As neighbouring teams on an interface we are both willing to work together to give our youth a better opportunity.” St James Swift’s

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Club statement:

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#UnquietGraves #collusion In 1973 Margaret Campbell identified UDR man Robin Jackson as her husband’s killer. Security sources say he was already a state agent. Decades later, in 1992, Jackson targeted the Cairns family in Bleary for attack. Rory & Gerard Cairns were murdered.

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Robin Jackson and Billy Wright had conspired to murder Gerard and Rory Cairns a year before the killings – would this evidence be enough to reopen the investigation? #SpotlightNI #TheTroubles @mandy_mcauley

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The PSNI “still gathering evidence”. One pyre had effigies of ⁦ @naomi_long ⁦ @MaryLouMcDonald ⁩ &⁩ ⁦ @moneillsf ⁩ swinging. Another with posters of politicians, one a local foodbank founder, & ‘Kill All Taigs’, threatened to topple onto a healthcare centre.

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Larne bandsman who strangled on-off girlfriend after she refused to perform sex act is spared jail despite “crossing the threshold for a custodial sentence by a mile”. Under new legislation Marc Young pleaded guilty to non-fatal strangulation.

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Man who strangled on-off girlfriend after she refused to perform sex act is spared jail

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4 years

To the absolute gent who stepped forward & bailed me out with £1.50 at the car park in Bow Street mall & then vanished thankyou so much ! I was losing the will. You’re going to get an abundance of karma for that act of kindness ! Merry Xmas sir 😇😇😇 🎅 #frazzled

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BBC journalists assaulted and held at gunpoint by Israeli police in Tel Aviv. They were dragged from the vehicle marked "TV" in red tape.

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BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police

A BBC Arabic team was driving to back to a hotel when they were stopped and dragged from their car.

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3 years

Thought for the day ⁦ @allontheboard ⁩ Thanks to all who shared with me.

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“Lost Boys makes a compelling case for the existence of a network of organised, well-connected paedophiles who exploited the chaos of a rapidly escalating Troubles as cover for their crimes – crimes covered up by British intelligence agencies” Irish News

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Lost Boys film-makers on exposing Brit-protected Troubles paedophiles

The film pieces together possible links between five Belfast children who went missing from 1969 to 1974 and a network of paedophiles operating in the city – apparently with the full knowledge of the...

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Northern Ireland is one of the most dangerous places to be a young girl or woman in Europe. It’s now the only part of the UK where the Women’s Aid Federation does not receive core funding from local government.

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🛑TIME HAS STOPPED🛑 Women’s Aid Federation NI now no longer receives core funding from the Department of Health. We are now the only Women's Aid Federation in the UK not to receive funding from local government. #SAVEOURFUNDING

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#WorldMentalHealthDay

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#legacy On 15th August 1998 31 men, women, children, & unborn twins were killed in the #Omagh bomb by dissident republicans opposed to the IRA ceasefire & the Good Friday Agreement. Over 300 people were maimed & injured. Remembering all of them, & their loved ones, today

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Request to hold a civic reception for junior All Ireland winning Antrim camogie team denied by Causeway Coast & Glens DUP Mayor. It’s the third time a civic reception relating to a GAA team has been denied by Ivor Wallace since he took office this July.

Criticism after Antrim camogie reception denied by DUP mayor

Sinn Féin's Leanne Peacock's proposal for the civic reception was denied by DUP mayor Ivor Wallace.

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Another week another horrific attack on a woman. Teenage boy in garda custody after allegedly killing woman in attack shared on social media. Sources say the nature of the incident has caused “profound shock” to even experienced investigators.

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Teenage boy in garda custody after allegedly killing woman in attack shared on social media

A teenage boy is in garda custody this afternoon after he allegedly killed a woman in an attack which he recorded and shared on social media.

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Tributes are pouring in for Natalie McNally, a much loved young woman, killed in her own home. Natalie is the 16th woman murdered in Northern Ireland since March 2020. As another family mourns what will it take to end this horrific cycle of violence.

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Natalie McNally: Man arrested over murder of woman in Lurgan

Natalie McNally had stab wounds, some of which were defensive, and may have known her killer, police say.

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A ⁦⁦ @thetimes ⁩ headline that should stop everyone in their tracks. “The reporter accompanied debt agents in below-freezing conditions as they worked with a locksmith to break into the home of a single father of 3 young children & switch them to a prepayment meter."

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Delighted ⁦ @BBCSpotlightNI ⁩ Secret History of the Troubles mid-Ulster investigation is shortlisted in the Domestic Affairs Cat of the Association of International Broadcasters #AIB2020Awards ⁦ @tamannarahman ⁩ ⁦⁦ @clairewhelan ⁩.The series is ⁦ @BBCiPlayer ⁩

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Joe Biden breaks down in tears after chance meeting with priest who gave his late son Beau last rites. “He laughed, he cried, it just kind of hit the man, you could just see how deeply it all felt and meant to him..it was extraordinary.” #Mayo

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Moment of quiet reflection for Biden at Knock shrine

Knock shrine was the first stop for Joe Biden's visit to Co Mayo today, where the US President touched the apparition wall and received a tour of the basilica.

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Episode 2 of the Secret History of the Troubles series @BBCSpotlightNI has won best Domestic Affairs Documentary at the Association of International Broadcasters awards @theaibstv A formidable category! Many Congratulations to Darragh McIntyre & all the team

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“It was a waste of time and a waste of life.” As the 1970’s came to an end, the conflict was expanding in ways few could ever have foreseen. #SpotlightNI #TheTroubles

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“There are more loyalist paramilitaries today than there were 30 years ago, & I think that's a really disturbing reality. Quite what they're doing is open for serious questions.” Dr Aaron Edwards’ evidence to MPs at NI Affairs Committee ⁦ @BelTel ⁩

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More loyalist paramilitaries in NI today than 30 years ago, academic tells MPs

There are more loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland today than there were 30 years ago, an academic has told MPs.

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Sandy Row football club issues appeal amid civil unrest “We use sport to break down religious barriers & have forged great relationships & ongoing friendships with clubs all over Belfast....Cliftonville FC, St James Swift's & St Pat's to name a few..”

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South Belfast football club issues appeal amid civil unrest

Sandy Row FC has urged its players, coaches and fans not to get drawn into disorder

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High-speed rail from Cork to Dublin and Belfast could be in place next year, the head of Irish Rail has said.

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High-speed rail from Cork to Dublin and Belfast could be in place next year

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

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In 1973 Margaret Campbell identified UDR man Robin Jackson as her husband’s killer. Security sources believe Jackson turned state agent at this time. In 1992, Jackson targeted the Cairns family in Bleary for attack. A year later Rory and Gerard Cairns were murdered. #thetroubles

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Patrick’s wife Margaret, picked Jackson out in 2 ID parades. The judge in the trial of billy Mc caughey and John Weir, for the murder of William Strathern, was told by RUC that Jackson was not also facing this murder charge, “for operational reasons”

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I’ll be on @BBCgmu to talk about our @spotlightni investigation. As terrified families struggle to pay off drug debts run up by their children we hear that young people in Northern Ireland are being forced into sex and criminality by paramilitary - linked gangs who are central

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Spotlight returns to the airwaves and your devices tomorrow - watch @mandy_mcauley reporting on the drugs debts dragging young people into criminality. On iPlayer tomorrow morning and on BBC One Northern Ireland at 10.40pm.

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Lyra McKee’s sister says Sinn Féin letter leak “exploits her murder” for politics. Nichola was aware of SF’s “efforts to encourage dissident republican groups, including Saoradh, to move away from violence & engage with the political process” since 2019.

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Lyra McKee’s sister says Sinn Féin letter leak exploits her murder for politics

Nichola McKee Corner brands leaking of exchange, allegedly between Sinn Féin and Saoradh, an exploitation of Lyra’s murder

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It looks like another ‘critical incident’ is unfolding for PSNI this weekend. Seven PSNI officers questioned over Galgorm Hotel incident - BBC News

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Officer charged over Galgorm wedding incident

The 30-year-old is accused of assault and drink-driving after an incident at a hotel near Ballymena.

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So pleased that our mid-Ulster investigation for The Secret History of the Troubles series @BBCSpotlightNI @tamannarahman @clairewhelan is nominated in the national Current Affairs category @RTS_media Thanks to the families & the many sources, & contributors who stuck with us

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“I knew there was something desperately wrong.” October 1993 was the bloodiest month since the Seventies. Twenty four people died in one week alone. #SpotlightNI #TheTroubles @mandy_mcauley

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#NeverForgetAnn Ann Lovett, the 15-year-old schoolgirl who died #otd in 1984 after giving birth to a stillborn baby boy beside a grotto in Granard in Co Longford. After her death other girls came forward who had given birth in secret.

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On full reading The SundayTimes #Covid19UK expose is devastating. The lack of preparedness for a pandemic, the failure to act as the infection spread. Multiple sourcing from scientists & medics. A senior gov advisor broke ranks. And this crisis is far from over re testing & P P E

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No sign of up to £600 energy support payment for Northern Ireland “..people need cash. A food parcel, debt advice isn’t going to cut it.. it’s so ludicrous that people don’t have access to the gov support available in other parts of the UK” ,Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick on Radio Ulster

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Our @BBCSpotlightNI Mid Ulster investigation has won the national Home Current Affairs category @RTS_media in London tonight. Thankyou so much to the families, sources, & intvees who trusted us & all who helped & supported us @tamannarahman @clairewhelan #legacy #truth

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So pleased that our mid-Ulster investigation for The Secret History of the Troubles series @BBCSpotlightNI @tamannarahman @clairewhelan is nominated in the national Current Affairs category @RTS_media Thanks to the families & the many sources, & contributors who stuck with us

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Thirty years ago 24 people were killed in one week in Northern Ireland. It seemed the cycle of violence would never end. On 28 Oct young brothers Rory & Gerard Cairns were watching TV when loyalist paramilitaries burst in & murdered them. #Shankill #KennedyWay #Bleary #Greysteel

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“I knew there was something desperately wrong.” October 1993 was the bloodiest month since the Seventies. Twenty four people died in one week alone. #SpotlightNI #TheTroubles @mandy_mcauley

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As the NI police ombudsman launches an investigation into the arrest of Sean Graham massacre survivor Mark Sykes it emerges that victims had gathered yesterday to lay flowers & call for the publication of a long delayed report into the murders by the NI Police ombudsman.

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A security surveillance operation on a key suspect in the murder of Sean Brown - LVF gunman Mark ‘Swinger’ Fulton - was lifted the night before the killing, a coroner hears - The Irish News The PSNI & MI5 have sought multiple redactions to case documents

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Surveillance operation on LVF suspect Mark ‘Swinger’ Fulton lifted the day before Sean Brown murder

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Heart breaking - Mother, 39, with severe headache collapsed and died after 7-hour A&E wait. She was triaged & observed by nurses but when she didn’t respond to doctors’ calls it was assumed she had left due to the long wait. She was lying under her coat.

Mother, 39, collapsed under her coat and died after seven-hour wait at crowded A&E

A mother-of-two collapsed and died after having suffered a fatal haemorrhage at a crowded A&E department, LBC has learned.

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The head of the Royal College of Nursing in NI has warned that unless there is widespread Covid-19 testing of all key health workers, there will not be a functioning health service @BBCNewsNI @patcullen9 also said proper safety equipment & masks for staff were needed urgently.

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“You couldn’t make this up …This is utter chaos, a complete farce.” Reports of another night of “high drama”. Comedy gold if there were not thousands of families now desperate to make ends meet and access basic services across Northern Ireland.

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DUP : 'Meeting mayhem' claims as @JamieBrysonCPNI tweets live updates @BBCNewsNI live updates here 👇

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A huge thank you to everyone who got in touch today. To all of you who have emailed and messaged, and taken the time to share your own personal testimonies, we will get back to you. Please try to leave a mobile. I will also respond to your questions & criticisms ..thanks again

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Coming up ⁦ @BBCSpotlightNI ⁩ ⁦ @BBCiPlayer ⁩ on Tuesday & BBC 1 10.40⁩ In a cost of living crisis more vulnerable people are turning to paramilitary loan sharks for cash for basics - energy tops ups & groceries. We talk to those trapped in a cycle of debt & terror.

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I interviewed Bea Worton for the Radio Ulster legacy series in 1999. I will never forget her searing account of leaving Daisyhill hospital in Jan 1976 with strands of her son Kenneth’s beautiful curly hair. A woman who devoted her life to family & justice

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Mother of Kingsmill massacre victim dies aged 91 after long fight for truth

Tributes have been paid to a victims' campaigner who lost her son in the Kingsmill massacre.

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The latest Israeli airstrikes have destroyed the al-Zahraa neighbourhood in central Gaza, with more than two dozen blocks of flats razed to the ground. "Ambulances cannot get here. People are screaming but we cannot pull them out," residents told the BBC

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Gaza neighbourhood flattened and hospital told to evacuate

Intensive Israeli air strikes continue as Hamas-run health ministry says death toll passes 4,300.

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“We are going nowhere.” Martin Quinn says he and his family will not be hounded out of Carrickfergus by paramilitary threats.

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"We're Carrick people and we're never leaving." Glenn Quinn's family are being threated by individuals they believe are linked to the South East Antrim UDA but his brother Martin says they will not leave their hometown

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Over 20 former pupils of Holy Cross Boys’ Primary in Ardoyne have died by suicide or drugs. Today mental well-being is at the very heart of the curriculum. We filmed with campaigner, Philip McTaggart, as he delivered suicide awareness training to teachers & parents.

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.⁦ @Mindskills03 ⁩ will be on ⁦ @BBCSpotlightNI ⁩ tomorrow night giving out some fantastic advice on #MentalHealthAwareness alongside ⁦ @Mandy_mcauley ⁩

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As the debate continues over sectariansm in the PSNI are there any updates on this recent case involving officers who allegedly defiled the body a young man who died by suicide? “…the word "taig", a derogatory term for Catholics, was among the language in the speech bubble.“

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Breaking @BBCNewsNI One of the most disturbing stories I have worked on. The horrified family of a young man who took his own life in 2017 speak out. Two #PSNI officers investigated for allegedly sharing images of his body on WhatsApp with genitals exposed @BBCSpotlightNI

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“My Noah is now everybody’s Noah.. ...it’s about getting answers” Fiona Donohoe

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Israel ordered everyone in the north of the Gaza strip to move south to escape the bombing. Last night Israel bombed Khan Younis & Rafah in the south, killing more than 100 people - many of the dead had obeyed the order to evacuate

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Dozens killed as Israeli strikes hit southern Gaza refuge areas

Some 600,000 Palestinians are sheltering in the south after an Israeli order to evacuate the north.

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Moville crash funeral: Boy found with arms wrapped around his sister, mourners told “Go home & hug & kiss your loved ones & tell them how much they mean to you....I was left behind for a reason but I don’t know what that reason was..” Geraldine Mullan

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4 years

Hard to top this for a headline #TomorrowsPapersToday

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The UVF & the INLA are working "hand in hand" with 60 organised crime groups to import & distribute drugs across Northern Ireland, PSNI tells ⁦ @KellyBonner ⁩ ⁦ @BBCNewsNI ⁩

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Police drug raids: PSNI sends texts to phone numbers found

A top detective says the UVF and INLA are working "hand in hand" with criminal gangs dealing drugs.

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RTS award winning film ⁦ @glenannefilm ⁩ which investigates the murder of more than 120 people in mid Ulster & the Irish Republic in the 1970s by a gang that included members of the RUC & UDR airs on RTE 1 this Wednesday at 9.35pm ⁦ @rte ⁩ ⁦ @sean_murray1 ⁩ ⁦

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“Remember Noah & his mummy. Don’t let him be forgotten” Three weeks after their beloved Noah went missing his devastated family have given thanks for the continuous love & support & asked anyone who knows anything, no matter how small, about his disappearance, to come forward

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Ulster University: Magee campus to get €45 million from Irish government for new teaching & student services building - BBC News It is one of a number of cross-border projects set to have funding approved by the Irish cabinet later on Tuesday.

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Ulster University: Magee campus to get millions from Irish government

The Irish government approves millions of funding for several all-island projects on Tuesday.

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Spotlight : A Secret History of the Troubles has now passed 1 million iPlayer on-demand viewings across the series Episodes 1 - 6 available @BBCiPlayer @BBCSpotlightNI

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As Illegal #puppy smugglers & dealers gear up for another Xmas windfall what will it take to end this barbaric trade? Watch Spotlight Undercover : Pups For Sale @BBCiPlayer - Animals Under Threat. Exposing those flooding Britain with sick & dying pups.

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BBC One - Spotlight, Undercover: Pups for Sale

Investigating the illicit trade in pups.

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3 years

Solidarity & support @trishdevlin . Too many journalists are being threatened for doing their job. This type of intimidation can never be accepted in a free society.

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Patricia Devlin

3 years

Thank you to the many people in east Belfast who made me aware of this sinister graffiti today. I think it’s clear to everyone who and what is behind it, and why. I will continue to report on the thugs and bullies terrorising their own communities.

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Damning Ombudsman report into 19 loyalist murders - including Greysteele - reveals police passing on information, failing to warn murder victims, intelligence & surveillance failings leading to the arming of loyalists, & destruction of informant records.

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Troubles: Police 'failed to warn murder victims about threats'

The police ombudsman examined 19 loyalist paramilitary attacks and found "collusive behaviours".

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3 years

“Hardships of Life” Photo of the year by Mehmet Asla, Siena Intl Awards Munzir lost his right leg when a bomb was dropped on a Syrian bazaar. His son Mustafa was born without upper or lower limbs caused by medication his mother had to take after being sickened by nerve gas.

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#week8 #RememberMyNoah

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A fine Dublin pint.

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Young defenceless animals. A merciless whipping. Why is this illegal racing allowed to continue in plain sight?

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2 years

Delighted to win ⁦ @RTS_NI ⁩ at Belfast City Hall for our pups for sale programme. Thanks to a great team ⁦ @BBCSpotlightNI ⁩ ⁦ @guygrandjean ⁩ , Stuart Lambe, Gwyneth Jones, Chris Thornton. Whistleblowers & sources have never been more important. Thank you 🙏

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A really beautiful, uplifting report from the Mournes @sophieraworth amid the bleakness of the past few days. Respect to the inspirational stonemasons.

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I hiked up to meet the stonemasons rebuilding the 100 year old Mourne Wall in N. Ireland that their grandfather helped build.

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NI 100: In Northern Ireland only 40% of people polled ⁦ @BBCSpotlightNI ⁩ think NI's formation should be celebrated. 48% agreed with the statement that "the partition of Ireland & the creation of a land border 100 years ago was a negative development”

NI 100: Majority believes NI will leave UK within 25 years

People on both sides of the Irish border were polled for centenary programme.

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“This is the defining global health crisis of our time” Many now asking: Are we going to close NI schools now? Are the entire top tier of the @WHO , all veteran clinical scientists & doctors, wrong ? Realistically how likely is it that they are all SF/ SDLP supporters?

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"This is the defining global health crisis of our time. The days, weeks and months ahead will be a test of our resolve, a test of our trust in science, and a test of solidarity. Crises like #COVID19 tend to bring out the best and worst in humanity"- @DrTedros #coronavirus

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Top UK general was warned in writing in 2011 that SAS soldiers were claiming to have executed handcuffed detainees in Afghanistan. Instead of referring evidence to military police, he put it in a classified dossier and locked it in a safe - BBC Panorama

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Top general locked away evidence of SAS executions

Gen Gwyn Jenkins was warned in 2011 that soldiers were claiming to have killed unarmed Afghans, BBC reveals.

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During the pandemic many received free food parcels delivered by volunteers. Several orgs & individuals told Spotlight some volunteers in a number of loyalist areas were loan sharks in disguise. They went back to vulnerable households offering cash loans people are still repaying

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In a cost of living crisis. Paramilitary loan sharks targeting food bank users across Northern Ireland. Up now across the UK @BBCiPlayer

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The police Ombudsman confirms it is assessing concerns raised surrounding the investigation into the death of Noah Donohoe. The 14 year old St Malachy’s pupil was found, without his clothing or belongings, in a storm drain complex in north Belfast ⁦ @trishdevlin ⁩

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“Further information must remain confidential to protect national security. Patrick Frizzell and Margaret Lundy are both suing the police and MoD amid allegations the arsenal of weapons was allowed to be brought into Northern Ireland and distributed among paramilitary groups for

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No words

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This is the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. Don’t do this.

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My brother was a war photographer who died by suicide. His pictures comfort me – Powerful & important testimony ⁦ @taramillstv ⁩ that will touch so many

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My brother was a war photographer who died by suicide. His pictures comfort me

Richard Mill’s motto was ‘you’re only as good as your next photograph’. He was always working and striving to take the ultimate picture

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This why we’ll get through this crisis! 👇

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Gin production has stopped at @listokedistill distillery in Co Louth, repurposed to make 62% proof hand sanitiser. They’re selling at cost and also supplying charities and hospitals #coronavirus #covid19

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Somebody must know who did this. Two German Shepherd dogs tied together and weighted down in the water with a dumbbell at Carrick Lough near Aughnacloy. #AnimalAbuse

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Two dogs have been found weighted down in the water at a lake in County Tyrone, police have said.

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Devastating news that Noah Donohoe’s body has been found in a storm drain complex in north Belfast. Over the past six days of this bizarre case we’ve learned about a thoughtful, bright, & extremely gifted child. Prayers for Noah’s mum Fiona & family in unimaginable agony & grief

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A body believed to be that of the missing Belfast teenager Noah Donohoe was found in a storm drain, police have said.

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Genuinely puzzled by this decision to promote an inspirational male brand/marketing/image consultant front and centre on International Women’s Day when you have three exceptional women on the guest panel - all champions of marginalised women in the community

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“He would threaten me with physical violence if I told anybody..” Searing & courageous testimony from Davy Tweed’s step daughter, Amanda Brown @BBCTalkback @williamcrawley . Speaking with such integrity & honesty on behalf of victims of domestic & sexual abuse everywhere.

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A Donegal man who brutally attacked a young woman smashing in her teeth & face, & leaving her unable to recognise herself has been ordered to pay her €10,000 to stay out of jail.

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Man who brutally assaulted young woman ordered to pay her €10,000 - Donegal Daily

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint A man who brutally attacked a young woman leaving her unable to recognise herself has been ordered to pay…

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In these perilous times we need to remember the terrible legacy of violence ⁦ @AllisonMorris1 ⁩ “..People, both Protestant & Catholic, were treated like lab rats by intelligence agencies who studied them, used them and decided who lived & died..”

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Allison Morris: In these perilous times for our peace, we need to remember the terrible legacy of...

Can you imagine what it must be like to know that the murder of a person you loved so much - a child, a mother, a brother - was entirely preventable? That not only did the state know who took their...

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Police chief Jon Boutcher is to head up an inquiry into the Glenanne Gang. In July the Court of Appeal ordered a full, independent investigation. The loyalist paramilitary gang is linked to up to 120 murders & included serving members of the police & army

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Glennane gang: Jon Boutcher to head collusion investigation

Jon Boutcher will investigate the activities of the loyalist paramilitary Glennane Gang.

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4 years

#COVID19 Favourite #POEMS The Wild Geese by Mary Oliver ⁦ @EamonnMallie ⁩

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4 years

I’ve connected to so many good people on here. But the merciless & savage trolling of a number of really decent women I follow, some vulnerable, & from diverse backgrounds & communities between yesterday & today is truly shocking #ReportAbuse

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#Connemara pint

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