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29 Jul, 2018 Top stories of the week A round up of the most popular news stories this week. Latest News IN PICTURES: Flooding chaos across Northern Ireland Widespread flooding caused travel chaos thats affected several parts of Northern Ireland on Saturday. LIVE updates: Heavy rain causing flooding across NI – latest on the roads Heavy rain is sweeping across Northern Ireland today and police have urged drivers to exercise caution on the roads with some areas hit by flooding. No confidence vote in Labour's Kate Hoey A unanimous vote of no confidence has been passed against Ulster-born Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey by her constituency party members. Row on Stormont drag queen event The DUP is maintaining its sponsorship of an event dubbed 'Alternative Queer Ulster' to be held tonight at Stormont, despite some intense criticism. Government: There will be no equipment, ever, at Irish border The government has declined to state plainly that it reserves the right to put checkpoints on the border in the event of renewed violence, when asked about the issue by the News Letter. Long spell of hot weather set to break today, but could yet be back at the end of next week The heatwave in Northern Ireland technically broke on Wednesday July 11, when three weeks of exceptionally sunny and hot weather ended. Police weren't following man killed in M2 crash Police officers weren't following a motorist who caused a five-vehicle pile-up after driving the wrong way up the M2 motorway in Belfast, the PSNI has confirmed. NI's 'disgrace' over forces covenant failure It is a "disgrace" that Northern Ireland has never had a voice on the panel that overseas the implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant since it was set up in 2011, a veteran and MLA has claimed. See all the day's news here

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