Belfast news

• Michael Smith arrested by PSNI after Maghaberry Prison release blunder

  05-04-2017 23:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael Smith, a suspect in a high-profile murder case who went missing earlier this year after being mistakenly released from prison, has been arrested in the Carryduff area.
  
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• Donegal and Derry reach Ulster Under-21 football final

  05-04-2017 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donegal and Derry will meet in Monday's Ulster Under-21 Football Championship decider after semi-final victories.
  
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• Belfast Council scraps plastic bag fee idea, eyes stronger ban

  05-04-2017 22:04
  Deeming their first plan too weak, the Belfast City Council has mothballed a proposed fee on single-use plastic bags and instead wants to consider an outright ban. Belfast has been floating the idea since September, when a group of residents proposed a ban with the goal of reducing the number of plastic bags making their way into Penobscot Bay.
  
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• Thousands of Tesco jobs at risk under plan to cut shifts and opening hours

  05-04-2017 21:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Tesco jobs are at risk after the supermarket announced plans to cut back on night shifts and trading hours at its UK stores.
  
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• Child sex abuser Henry Clarke tracked down to Canada

  05-04-2017 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The serial paedophile admitted his crimes to police in 1985, but has never been brought to justice.
  
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• Belfast police used 'appropriate' force during raid of Radisson Blu Hotel penthouse suite

  05-04-2017 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police used proportionate force in a raid on a hotel penthouse suite in Belfast where a guest's nose was allegedly broken, a High Court judge ruled on Wednesday.
  
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• Belfast Council scraps plastic bag fee idea, eyes stronger ban - Bangor Daily News

  05-04-2017 20:01
  
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  Belfast Council scraps plastic bag fee idea, eyes stronger ban
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  The City of Belfast has decided to scrap the idea of charging a fee for plastic bags used at large stores and instead is looking at enacting a city-wide prohibition on plastic bags for all retail businesses. The ban would be similar to similar ...and more »
  
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• Force used during Belfast penthouse raid 'appropriate'

  05-04-2017 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Judge rules PSNI used proportionate force during a raid on
  
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• Victim of paedophile Henry Clarke says he was 'monster'

  05-04-2017 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Abuse victim tells BBC News NI that self-confessed paedophile Henry Clarke was 'a monster'
  
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• Paedophile Henry Clarke admits abusing a child

  05-04-2017 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Self-confessed paedophile Henry Clarke opens up about abusing a child in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Judge to consider Halawa release on medical grounds

  05-04-2017 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ibrahim Halawa has been refusing food in protest against being held on remand in Egypt for three years.
  
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• Wales Women 3-1 Northern Ireland Women: Jess Fishlock scores

  05-04-2017 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jess Fishlock scores on her 100th international appearance as Wales seal a 3-1 victory against Northern Ireland.
  
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• Police told Baker 'sex slave' victim wasn't missing

  05-04-2017 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The woman was reported missing by her husband in 2004 - but police were then told she was 'with a friend'.
  
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• Translink Little Reporters 2017: Here's how to enter

  05-04-2017 18:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Attention teachers! To celebrate Bus and Train Week 2017, Translink and Belfast Telegraph are challenging Key Stage 2 (KS2) classes across Northern Ireland to become “Little Reporters”, trying out their journalism skills by producing news reports for our real-life audience.
  
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• Belfast Telegraph’s former parliamentary correspondent Desmond McCartan dies after tragic accident

  05-04-2017 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Telegraph’s former parliamentary correspondent Des McCartan has died after a tragic accident in London.
  
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• NI car sales reach 10-year high

  05-04-2017 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  8,556 new cars were sold in March, 1,000 fewer than the pre-recession peak of 9,564 in March 2006.
  
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• 'No progress' at power-sharing talks, says O'Neill

  05-04-2017 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland blames the government and the DUP for negotiation failures.
  
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• Couple who kept sex slave may have sentences referred to Court of Appeal

  05-04-2017 16:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors are considering appealing against the sentences of a couple convicted of sexually abusing a mentally disabled woman while holding her captive for eight years.
  
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• Nothing found in fresh search for missing Gerard Conway

  05-04-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fresh search for a County Tyrone man missing for 10 years ends without success.
  
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• Brexit deal 'must recognise unique Irish position'

  05-04-2017 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MEPs call for the "special circumstances" of the island of Ireland to be recognised in any Brexit deal.
  
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• PSNI plan to increase Catholic recruits

  05-04-2017 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The force says it plans to tackle a shortage of Catholics, but will not bring back 50/50 recruitment.
  
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• Detectives renew appeal over 2007 disappearance of Gerard Conway after 'nothing untoward' found in fresh search

  05-04-2017 14:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have renewed their appeal over the the disappearance of Gerard Conway ten years ago after detectives received new information.
  
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• EU's Barnier 'twiddles on phone' in Brexit debate

  05-04-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is told by an Ulster Unionist MEP to "actually listen to the speech".
  
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• £11m funding for BBC Northern Ireland announced

  05-04-2017 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC announces its biggest investment in Northern Ireland for 20 years.
  
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• Five arrested over death of former Real IRA boss Aidan O'Driscoll

  05-04-2017 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four men and one woman have been arrested over the murder of a former Real IRA boss in Cork before Christmas.
  
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• I owe her my life: Mum hails off-duty police woman who saved choking son while on Ards shopping trip

  05-04-2017 13:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Down mum has hailed the quick-thinking actions of an off-duty police officer who saved her choking son, saying she owes the woman her life.
  
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• New investment for BBC News NI digital output

  05-04-2017 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News NI digital content to increase with new investment
  
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• Ulster trio Stockdale, Kane and Lyttle sign new contracts

  05-04-2017 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ulster youngsters Jacob Stockdale, Ross Kane and Rob Lyttle pen new deals with the Kingspan Stadium side.
  
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• Sinn Fein MLA McElduff ventures through 'DUP territory' to get to Stormont vending machine

  05-04-2017 12:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Sinn Fein MLA has ventured through "no man's land" into "DUP territory" all in a quest to get to the vending machine at Stormont.
  
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• Colin Farrell to join Liam Neeson in heist thriller Widows

  05-04-2017 12:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Liam Neeson and Colin Farrell are set to star in the same heist thriller movie Widows.
  
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• Police in Northern Ireland produce plan to get more Catholics into force

  05-04-2017 12:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland have produced an action plan to tackle the chronic shortage of Catholics joining the force - but have ruled out the reintroduction of 50/50 recruitment.
  
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• Live Augusta Masters 2017: Tee-off times, leaderboard, course guide - Has Spieth learned from last year's meltdown?

  05-04-2017 10:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former champion Jordan Spieth made light of last year's dramatic collapse as he stepped up his preparations ahead of the Masters.
  
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• Masters 2017: McIlroy out to fulfil 'lifelong dream' at Augusta

  05-04-2017 10:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World number two Rory McIlroy is determined to complete the Grand Slam by the winning the Masters this week - an ambition he has held since childhood.
  
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• Off-duty police woman saves choking boy at Ards Shopping Centre - mum thanks 'amazing' officer

  05-04-2017 10:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mum has thanked the "amazing" PSNI officer who helped save her son's life.
  
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• Teen girls rescued after becoming trapped on rocks in Co Down

  05-04-2017 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two teenage girls have been rescued after being trapped on rocks in Northern Ireland- at one point waist high in water.
  
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• Masters 2017: Rory McIlroy confident after 99 practice holes at Augusta National

  05-04-2017 09:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy says he has tried to make Augusta National feel like his "home golf course" as he seeks a maiden Masters title.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: An annus horribilis and a road racer

  05-04-2017 09:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An "annus horribilis" - says The Irish News's dramatic front page. But whose horrible year has it been?
  
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• Tommy Bowe's dash to Belfast hospital after wife Lucy went into labour

  05-04-2017 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  He has made many a sprint for the try line - but few dashes would have been as important to Tommy Bowe as that on Sunday morning.
  
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• Churches' anger in 'Easter-less' egg hunt run by National Trust and Cadbury

  05-04-2017 09:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Senior church figures in Northern Ireland have joined in criticism of the National Trust and Cadbury's for promoting their Great British Egg Hunt without mentioning Easter.
  
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• Trust's apology after porter with body bag intruded on grief of baby's parents

  05-04-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Western Health Trust has apologised for the distress inflicted on the parents of a dead baby after a porter arrived with a black body bag as they were saying their final farewells.
  
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• Martin McGuinness cameo role in The Peacemaker movie

  05-04-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Martin McGuinness is to make a posthumous appearance in a new documentary being screened at the Belfast Film Festival tomorrow.
  
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• Judges would rule on legacy secrecy under new plans to break Stormont impasse

  05-04-2017 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Proposals to help break the Stormont talks logjam on legacy issues have been made public by university researchers.
  
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• Northern Ireland arts in turmoil as half annual funding doled out and rest may never arrive

  05-04-2017 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Funding for more than 100 leading Northern Ireland arts organisations has been plunged into uncertainty by the Stormont power-sharing crisis, the Belfast Telegraph has learned.
  
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