Belfast news

• Former Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland employee arrested in connection with alleged theft of documents

  12-04-2017 23:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the suspected theft of sensitive documents from the office of the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland have arrested a man.
  
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• Bayern Munich 1-2 Real Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo brace gives Zidane's men victory in Champions League quarter-final first leg

  12-04-2017 23:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to beat 10-man Bayern Munich 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Allianz Arena.
  
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• Atletico Madrid 1-0 Leicester: Antoine Griezmann scores after controversial penalty call in Champions League quarter-final first leg tie

  12-04-2017 22:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Atletico Madrid have beaten Leicester 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie in Spain.
  
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• Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Monaco: Kylian Mbappe brace gives Ligue 1 side the edge in thrilling Champions League quarter-final first leg

  12-04-2017 20:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Monaco showed little room for sentiment as they beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a thrilling Champions League quarter-final first leg.
  
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• Carl Frampton unveils mural featuring Belfast's best-known symbols

  12-04-2017 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Star boxer Carl Frampton has unveiled a new street mural celebrating his exploits in the ring and other famous products of Belfast.
  
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• Wood brings her - Boy' to Belfast

  12-04-2017 19:49
  Internationally acclaimed author Monica Wood will visit Left Bank Books, 109 Church St., Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m. She will give a talk on The Writing Life: Roller Coaster and Merry Go Round and then sign copies of all her books, including the just-released paperback version of "The One-in-a-Million Boy." The public is warmly invited to this free event.
  
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• Parties at Stormont Castle warned not to drink tap water over contamination fears

  12-04-2017 19:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parties at Stormont Castle have been warned not to drink the tap water as it may be contaminated.
  
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• Arlene Foster: We want to respect and better understand the Irish language

  12-04-2017 19:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has promised to better understand the Irish language as she announced a series of meetings with supporters of the tongue.
  
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• Gerry Adams: 'Talks impasse is about modest but important matters, far bigger problems overcome in the past'

  12-04-2017 18:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams reiterated his view that progress could only be made if the DUP signed up to "rights-based" institutions.
  
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• Roslea surgery closure to leave village without doctor

  12-04-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The GP surgery in Roslea closes at the end of this week, leaving the village without a doctor.
  
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• Weekly paper group Observer Newspapers NI ends publication

  12-04-2017 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The final editions of papers owned by Observer Newspapers NI Ltd are being published this week.
  
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• Patrick Kielty wasting no time introducing his one-year-old son to GAA

  12-04-2017 17:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Despite living in LA, Patrick Kielty is wasting no time introducing his one-year-old son to GAA.
  
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• Belfast Zoo opens new reptile and amphibian house

  12-04-2017 17:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Zoo has opened its newly renovated and extended reptile and amphibian house, which will home more than 15 new species.
  
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• What's on in Northern Ireland for Easter 2017

  12-04-2017 15:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Take a look through the main events happening in Belfast and across Northern Ireland this Easter break.
  
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• Suspect in 1973 Daniel Carson shooting was at work on day of killing - inquest

  12-04-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A suspect in the sectarian loyalist shooting of a young father in Northern Ireland was a Housing Executive plumber who was working on the day of the killing, a witness said.
  
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• NI unemployment falls for a twelfth consecutive month

  12-04-2017 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Official figures show 300 fewer people claiming jobless benefits
  
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• Niamh's €300,000 lottery win means no more sticky tape holding number plate on car

  12-04-2017 13:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A thrilled Irish woman said she had to sticky tape her reg plate to her car before she scooped near €300,000 on the EuroMillions.
  
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• Annie Maunder: Plaque to be erected for Strabane astronomer

  12-04-2017 13:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Strabane astronomer who has a crater on the moon named after her will also be remembered by a blue plague.
  
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• Unbowed by grief

  12-04-2017 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's five years since Kenny Shiels experienced a mix of League Cup joy and heartache with Kilmarnock and tragedy has never been far away.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Woman hospitalised in M2 serious crash

  12-04-2017 12:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman was taken to hospital after a serious crash on the M2 near Antrim Area Hospital.
  
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• Northern Ireland police baffled as 17 people go missing in 48 hours

  12-04-2017 12:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have been left baffled after reports of 17 missing people in the space of 48 hours in one district.
  
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• Political impasse forced me to break promises, says ex-justice minister

  12-04-2017 12:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Stormont justice minister Claire Sugden has hit out at the warring political parties for forcing her to break a number of promises to crime victims.
  
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• Letters examined in Borussia Dortmund explosions probe amid terror link claim

  12-04-2017 11:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are examining two letters recovered following the Borussia Dortmund bus attack amid claims the incident is linked to Islamist terror.
  
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• Geordie Gilmore murder probe officers arrest man (39) in Carrick

  12-04-2017 11:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the murder of ex-UDA boss Geordie Gilmore have arrested a 39-year-old man.
  
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• Northern Ireland housebuilder Hagan Homes sees sales soar by 90% to £16.7m

  12-04-2017 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland housebuilder Hagan Homes has almost doubled sales to £16.7m as it caters for a surge in demand for new-build homes.
  
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• Anger at republican flag inside former police station in Northern Ireland

  12-04-2017 09:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The erection of a republican flag inside a disused police station has been slammed.
  
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• 'My great-grandad not to blame for Titanic disaster, he was obeying orders'

  12-04-2017 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The great-grandson of the "man who sank the Titanic" has defended the quartermaster as a hero who saved lives - rather than the man often blamed for sinking the famous White Star liner.
  
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• Stephen Nolan vomit poll results would make you nauseous: Lindy McDowell

  12-04-2017 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In an online poll in this newspaper regarding the proper etiquette following Stephen Nolan's confession that he'd boked in the street, over 3,000 people responded.
  
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• Woman left unconscious by mugger who took bag

  12-04-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A community centre worker in Lurgan has been knocked unconscious by a thief who stole her handbag.
  
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• Linfield fans may snub food kiosks in row over Irish Cup final ticket prices

  12-04-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Football fans have cried foul at a 33% hike in ticket prices for next month's Irish Cup final.
  
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• Doctors missed chances to detect dying inmate's cancer, inquest is told

  12-04-2017 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prison doctors missed repeated chances to detect and treat an inmate's deadly cancer, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Weather change

  12-04-2017 08:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The end is in sight for one of the world's longest-running series of manual weather observations.
  
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• Pensioner beaten after couple tied up by masked gang during robbery

  12-04-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An elderly man was beat round the head after a masked gang tied him and his wife to chairs during a terrifying robbery in Co Antrim.
  
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• MOT test 'pass for cash' claims to be probed by Northern Ireland Civil Service chief

  12-04-2017 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of Northern Ireland's Civil Service has pledged a full investigation into allegations of fraud at MoT centres, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Direct rule and crumbs from London coming soon

  12-04-2017 08:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Are we living through the final days of "Zombie Talks" at Stormont? Have the negotiations ceased to exist in any real sense, become effectively lifeless?
  
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• Meat giant Dunbia in Brexit plan to slash Northern Ireland jobs and move to Britain

  12-04-2017 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of Northern Ireland's biggest companies is considering moving some of its operations to Great Britain due to fears over the fallout from Brexit, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Meet the man taking Armagh's temperature

  12-04-2017 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The end may be in sight for one of the world's longest-running series of manual weather records.
  
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• Belfast leisure centres in multi-million pound revamp - BBC News

  12-04-2017 07:17
  
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  Belfast leisure centres in multi-million pound revamp
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  Planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment of two leisure centres in Belfast. The city council says transforming the Robinson Centre in Castlereagh and Brook Activity Centre in Twinbrook will cost about £35m. Councillors also approved ...
  
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• Belfast leisure centres in multi-million pound revamp

  12-04-2017 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belfast councillors also approved revised plans to create the city's biggest and tallest hotel.
  
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• International catering firm to move into landmark Belfast building - the Irish News

  12-04-2017 03:02
  
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  International catering firm to move into landmark Belfast building
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  International catering firm to move into landmark Belfast building. The four-storey red brick building at 75-87 Royal Avenue which will soon house international catering equipment company Nisbets. Picture by Hugh Russell. Gareth McKeown. 12 April, 2017 ...
  
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• Empty Bowl Supper at United Farmers Market

  12-04-2017 01:39
  The MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee's annual Empty Bowl Supper fundraiser will be held Saturday, April 22, at 6 p.m. at the United Farmers Market of Belfast, 18 Spring St. The supper is not at the Unitarian Universalist Church this year because of construction there; the committee appreciates the donation of that space for the past decade-plus. Each year, MOFGA's El Salvador Sistering Committee holds this fundraiser, thanks to the many Maine potters who donate their beautiful bowls .
  
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