Belfast news

• Colombia plane crash: Brazilian clubs to give players to Chapecoense for free and request club is granted immunity from relegation

  29-11-2016 23:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brazil's top-flight clubs have united to request that Chapecoense be granted immunity from relegation for the next three seasons following a plane crash which killed the majority of their squad.
  
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• High Court hears HMRC accused of 'improper motives'

  29-11-2016 18:40
  
  An investigation into suspected tax evasion by four Belfast accountants centres on losses made by an investment partnership.
  
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• Women in Antrim and Newtownabbey have lowest healthy life expectancy in the UK

  29-11-2016 18:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Women in Antrim and Newtownabbey areas of Northern Ireland can expect just 51.4 years in good health - the lowest in the UK.
  
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• Minister urges teachers to call off 'futile' strike

  29-11-2016 18:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont's education minister has issued a last-ditch plea to teachers to call off what he branded a "futile" strike.
  
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• Barry Bennell charged with eight child sex offences

  29-11-2016 18:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former football coach Barry Bennell has been charged with child sex offences, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
  
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• Dutch politicians approve limited burqa ban

  29-11-2016 17:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Politicians in the lower house of the Dutch parliament have approved a limited ban on "face-covering clothing" including Islamic veils and robes such as the burqa and niqab.
  
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• UK parliament passes Digital Economy Bill, forcing people to register if they want to watch porn and banning many sex acts

  29-11-2016 16:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The House of Commons has passed a Bill that forces people to ask to be allowed to see porn and bans many sex acts from appearing in adult videos.
  
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• Carl Frampton BBC Sports Personality of the Year omission a scandal: First Minister Arlene Foster

  29-11-2016 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  First Minister Arlene Foster has branded the BBC's omission of Carl Frampton and other Northern Ireland sporting stars as a scandal.
  
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• Man (70s) tied up in 'terrifying' Rathfriland armed burglary

  29-11-2016 14:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man aged in his 70s was left badly shaken after he was tied up in an armed burglary at his Rathfriland home.
  
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• Top German spy warns of political cyber attacks

  29-11-2016 14:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Germany's foreign intelligence chief is warning of cyber attacks aimed at political destabilisation as the country prepares for an election next year.
  
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• Watch: Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz live in Belfast ahead of world title rematch

  29-11-2016 14:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz come face-to-face in Belfast as the build-up begins for their world title rematch.
  
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• Final whistle

  29-11-2016 14:03
  
  When the final whistle sounded at Brandywell Stadium in Londonderry it paused almost 90 years of soccer history in the city.
  
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• Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams in united Ireland pledge to Orange Order

  29-11-2016 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order would be formally recognised in a new united Ireland and any dominance by the Catholic Church ended, Sinn Fein has insisted.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Brexit 'will define Scotland and Ireland'

  29-11-2016 13:46
  
  Nicola Sturgeon tells the Irish Parliament that the response to the Brexit vote will define both Scotland and Ireland for generations to come.
  
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• Northern Ireland top of the class in maths for Western countries

  29-11-2016 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland children are the world's best at maths - if you exclude Asian countries.
  
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• Iraq prime minister says his country will cut oil production

  29-11-2016 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Iraq's prime minister says his country will agree to cut its own oil production as part of a plan by Opec to push crude prices higher.
  
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• £200m plan to transform former Army site in Ballymena into retail and office powerhouse

  29-11-2016 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Army barracks in Ballymena could be transformed into a £200m "economic powerhouse" amid redevelopment plans.
  
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• Tyrone bus stop arrest drama: Vigilante parents help track down paedophile suspect in Northern Ireland

  29-11-2016 10:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This is the dramatic moment PSNI officers arrested a suspected paedophile over allegations he arranged to meet a schoolgirl at a Co Tyrone bus stop.
  
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• 76 dead as LaMia plane carrying Brazilian team Chapecoense crashes in Colombia

  29-11-2016 10:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Seventy-six people have been killed out of 81 on board a chartered aircraft in a crash on its way to Medellin's international airport.
  
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• Carl Frampton slams 'anti-Northern Ireland' BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards

  29-11-2016 10:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton has blasted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year "anti-Northern Ireland" after he missed out on the extended shortlist for this year's award.
  
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• Green Day to play Belfast open air concert as part of Revolution Radio tour

  29-11-2016 10:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  American rock band Green Day are coming to Belfast for an open air concert at Ormeau Park next summer.
  
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• Second Northern Ireland lorry hits Banbridge underpass

  29-11-2016 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Another lorry has hit the underpass in Banbridge, the second in as many days.
  
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• Gerry Adams says Sinn Fein could provide information on prison officer murder

  29-11-2016 09:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gerry Adams has named a number of senior Sinn Fein figures who may have information surrounding the 1983 murder of prison officer Brian Stack in a sensational email sent to Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan.
  
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• Six released over paramilitary shootings probe in Belfast

  29-11-2016 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six men arrested by police investigating paramilitary shootings in October in Belfast have been released unconditionally.
  
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• Sinn Fein chief Adam's in united Ireland pledge to Orange Order

  29-11-2016 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order would be formally recognised in a new united Ireland and any dominance by the Catholic Church ended, Sinn Fein has insisted.
  
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• Tributes to Newry dad Connor Galligan who died after van plunged into canal

  29-11-2016 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to the tragic father-of-two who died after his van plunged into the Newry canal at the weekend.
  
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• Ireland Six Nations tickets offered for staggering £2,800

  29-11-2016 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ireland rugby team's success in November have many looking forward to next year's Six Nations, but it could be ticket touts that are set to cash in.
  
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• Londonderry school: Man injured in 40ft fall at site

  29-11-2016 08:59
  
  A man is ijured after falling 40ft from a school construction site in Londonderry.
  
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• £200,000 worth of Tyco BMW race bikes stolen from Derry TAS team in Birmingham

  29-11-2016 08:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A motorbike ridden by racing superstar Guy Martin was one of four - worth a total of around £200,000 - stolen from Co Londonderry-based team.
  
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• Belfast's forgotten hero Robert 'Bob' Smillie who battled for children and miners

  29-11-2016 08:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast orphan who campaigned for the rights of the working class and changed the social fabric of Great Britain has been dubbed the forgotten hero of the early 20th century.
  
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• Northern Ireland teacher Gary Ferguson beaten to death in Burma - police hunt Scottish colleague Harris Binotti

  29-11-2016 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The brother of a Bangor man murdered in South East Asia earlier this month has said his peace loving brother had dreamed of moving back to Northern Ireland with his wife and young son.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon to address Irish Parliament

  29-11-2016 08:09
  
  Nicola Sturgeon will later become the first serving head of government to address the upper house of the Irish Parliament.
  
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• Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team crashes in Colombia

  29-11-2016 07:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A chartered aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division soccer team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport.
  
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• Teachers' strike: Three unions to ballot members for strike action

  29-11-2016 07:50
  
  Three main teaching unions in Northern Ireland are to ballot their members for strike action.
  
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• Pregnancy discrimination survey suggests 'half of women' affected

  29-11-2016 07:29
  
  Half of women in Northern Ireland believe their career opportunities were negatively affected by having a baby, a survey suggests.
  
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• Pregnancy discrimination report suggests 'half of women' affected

  29-11-2016 07:29
  
  Half of women questioned by the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland say their career opportunities were negatively affected by having a baby.
  
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• Banbridge bridge causes problems for second lorry

  29-11-2016 01:05
  
  A lorry has hit a low bridge in Banbridge, a day after another driver sliced the roof of his vehicle on the same bridge.
  
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