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Proposal to change law droppedNorthern Ireland is one of two places in the UK and Ireland to not have outlawed smacking children.1 day ago1 day ago'Writing with strangers has shown me poetry really is all around'Belfast student Patrick Kruse is on a mission to write a poem with strangers every day for one year.1 day ago1 day agoLove Island's cracking on! So what is it actually like in the villa?BBC News NI speaks to former Love Islander Matthew MacNabb as series 13 cracks on.1 day ago...
