Belfast news

• Government ignores pleas to scrap tax credit 'rape clause'

  21-01-2017 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Women who have a third child as a result of rape will have to demonstrate their circumstances to health and social care workers or specialist charities to avoid losing money through tax credit restrictions, the Government has confirmed.
  
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• Seizure of 37.5m euro cannabis haul a 'great result'

  21-01-2017 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The seizure of a 37.5 million euro cannabis haul at Dublin Port has been hailed as a "great result".
  
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• Man arrested over social media posts making serious allegations about people in west Belfast released on bail

  21-01-2017 15:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 29-year-old man arrested in connection with social media posts making serious allegations about a number of people in west Belfast has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
  
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• David Beckham helps elderly woman after collapse

  21-01-2017 15:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  David Beckham showed off his best Good Samaritan skills when he stopped to help an elderly woman who had collapsed on a London street.
  
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• Ariana Grande to join Women's March with mother and grandma

  21-01-2017 15:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The singer hasn't revealed where she will be joining the protest.
  
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• 'Ginger Spice' gives birth to a boy

  21-01-2017 15:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Spice Girl Geri Horner has given birth to a baby boy.
  
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• 'Devil worshipper' jailed for sex attack

  21-01-2017 14:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A "devil worshipper" has been jailed for nine years after locking up and raping a woman in his flat, Scotland Yard said.
  
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• Brexit will destroy Good Friday Agreement, says Gerry Adams

  21-01-2017 14:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taking Northern Ireland out of the EU will "destroy" the Good Friday Agreement peace deal, Gerry Adams said.
  
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• Hacker responsible for Trump 'gunfire' tweet, BBC Northampton says

  21-01-2017 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A BBC regional news outlet briefly provoked alarm by appearing to break a world exclusive about a gun attack on Donald Trump.
  
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• Liverpool v Swansea: Jordan Henderson and Nathaniel Clyne return for Reds

  21-01-2017 12:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liverpool's captain Jordan Henderson and Nathaniel Clyne return for the Reds against Swansea at Anfield.
  
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• Liverpool 2-3 Swansea: Swans blow hole in Reds' title ambitions with Fernando Llorente brace

  21-01-2017 12:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Swansea's first league win at Anfield blew a huge hole in Liverpool's title ambitions as Fernando Llorente struck twice in a shock 3-2 victory.
  
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• Comedian Ed Byrne helps injured walker in Cairngorms

  21-01-2017 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish comedian Ed Byrne helps out an injured hillwalker in the Cairngorms.
  
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• RHI scandal: DUP MLA Jim Wells reveals four family members installed wood pellet boilers under scheme

  21-01-2017 10:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MLA Jim Wells has revealed that four family members, including a brother, installed wood pellet boilers under the Renewable Heating Incentive scheme.
  
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• 16 killed in Hungarian school trip fireball crash

  21-01-2017 08:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 16 people have died after a bus taking Hungarian students home from a school ski trip to France slammed into a highway barrier in northern Italy and burst into flames.
  
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• Tom & Mac History Roadshow

  21-01-2017 07:55
  Tom DeMarco and Mac Deford present "Go West Young Man - Settling the American West from Louisiana Purchase into the New Century: A Hundred Years in A Hundred Minutes" at University of Maine's Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave./Route 3, Belfast. Free/donations.
  
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• Martin McGuinness risked his life for peace, says PSNI widow Kate Carroll

  21-01-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Martin McGuinness "put his neck on the line" when he condemned dissidents as traitors, the widow of the first murdered PSNI officer has said.
  
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• Ian Paisley: My dad prayed regularly with Martin McGuinness... and the first time we met he laughed when I made a quip about balaclavas

  21-01-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When Ireland was partitioned and Northern Ireland created, some people didn't give the state much hope of a long and happy existence.
  
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• Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry: We have finally been vindicated, says public face of the survivors

  21-01-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Campaigners and victims of historic child abuse in Northern Ireland have welcomed the 'long-overdue' findings of systemic failure outlined in the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry report.
  
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• Bomb squad called to 55 Northern Ireland schools to dispose of explosive chemical

  21-01-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bomb disposal experts were sent out to more than 50 schools across Northern Ireland amid fears over a potentially dangerous chemical.
  
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• Anita Downey murder: Police granted more time to question 51-year-old man after woman found dead in Lurgan

  21-01-2017 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Neighbours have told of their shock after a woman was found dead in a house on a quiet residential street in Lurgan.
  
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• Wonderful remarks

  21-01-2017 02:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former Beirut hostage John McCarthy explains how Van Morrison's music helped heal his life and inspire other writers
  
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