Belfast news

• Daisy Hill A&E in Newry to remain 24-hour service

  02-05-2017 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health officials had warned that overnight closures may be unavoidable due to staff shortages.
  
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• Lost Kitchen: 10,000 phone calls for a 40-seat restaurant

  02-05-2017 22:54
  Erin French runs a 40-seat restaurant called The Lost Kitchen in an old mill in a tiny town in central Maine. She takes reservations for the season one day a year, starting midnight April 1. Calls came in so fast that it overwhelmed her three phone lines, which hold just 40 messages.
  
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• Man, 41, remanded over 'priest knife threat' after Mass

  02-05-2017 21:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been remanded in custody after allegedly threatening a priest with a knife after Mass.
  
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• General election 2017: Pat Finucane's son set to stand

  02-05-2017 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Finucane is nominated to run for Sinn Féin in North Belfast in June's general election.
  
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• Daisy Hill A&E in Newry to remain 24-hour service after crisis summit held

  02-05-2017 20:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Daisy Hill Hospital's emergency department will remain a 24-hr service, the Southern Health Trust has announced following a regional summit with the Department of Health.
  
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• Waterford man on terror charges refused bail

  02-05-2017 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investigation into alleged funding of international terrorism also involved Met police and Interpol, a court hears.
  
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• Pat Finucane's son John to stand in North Belfast as Sinn Fein candidate

  02-05-2017 19:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly has said that Belfast solicitor John Finucane will stand as the party’s North Belfast candidate in the Westminster election on June 8.
  
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• Belfast traders split on relaxing Sunday trading hours

  02-05-2017 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The council is considering designating the city a holiday resort to allow all-day opening.
  
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• Restorative Justice Training Opportunity in Belfast

  02-05-2017 18:22
  "One good mentor can be more informative than a college education and more valuable than a decade's income," said Sean Stephenson, motivational speaker and author. Restorative Justice mentors spend an hour or two each week with a participant in one of the programs of the Restorative Justice Project .
  
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• James Thomas Catney avoids jail for child sex assault

  02-05-2017 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge says "highly exceptional circumstances" meant James Thomas Catney's sentence would be suspended.
  
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• Work to start on Belfast-Londonderry A6 road

  02-05-2017 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Only minor work will take place along a section of the route near the home of poet Seamus Heaney.
  
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• Belfast traders split on relaxing Sunday trading hours - BBC News - BBC News

  02-05-2017 18:16
  
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• Belfast traders split on relaxing Sunday trading hours - BBC News

  02-05-2017 18:16
  
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  Retail organisations are split on Belfast relaxing Sunday trading hours. A city council consultation ends this week on whether to designate Belfast a holiday resort, which would allow all-day opening on 18 days a year. Belfast Chamber of Commerce ...and more »
  
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• Lord Mayor enjoys busy bank holiday weekend

  02-05-2017 18:09 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Belfast man who allowed German Shepherd dog to starve to death given community service and life ban

  02-05-2017 17:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who left his German Shepherd dog to starve to death has been given 220 hours of community service and disqualified from owning dogs for life.
  
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• Belfast man on trial accused of having sex with girl (14) after Eleventh Night bonfire party encounter

  02-05-2017 17:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has gone on trial accused of having sex with an underage girl he met at an Eleventh Night bonfire party.
  
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• Families of McGurk's bar bombing victims launch bid for fresh inquest

  02-05-2017 16:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The daughter of a woman murdered in a notorious Belfast bar bombing has demanded a fresh inquest to challenge what she branded "cover-up, collusion and conspiracy".
  
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• Joyce excited by England ODI series

  02-05-2017 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland players Ed Joyce and Kevin O'Brien are set to be two key players as Ireland prepare to face England in a two-game one-day international series at Bristol and Lord's this week.
  
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• 93% of Northern Ireland babies not breastfed up to six months

  02-05-2017 15:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New figures from the Public Health Agency (PHA) reveal 93% of babies in Northern Ireland were not exclusively breastfed up until six months, despite the recommendation from the World Health Organisation.
  
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• Ed Sheeran sits for portrait by Belfast artist Colin Davidson

  02-05-2017 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Singer Ed Sheeran has sat for a portrait by Belfast-based artist Colin Davidson, which will be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
  
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• Medical emergency at Belfast's Cave Hill after elderly man takes ill

  02-05-2017 14:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An elderly man is being treated in hospital after becoming unwell at Cave Hill Country Park in Belfast.
  
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• Exhausted but relieved: Surfer pulled from water after 30 hours thanks heroic rescuers

  02-05-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has thanked those heroes who played a role in his rescue.
  
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• Views from the market

  02-05-2017 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the debate about the re-unification of Ireland heats up, how do people feel south of the border?
  
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• No Russian interference in foreign elections, claims Vladimir Putin

  02-05-2017 14:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Moscow ever interferes in elections in other countries.
  
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• Merkel in Russia for talks with Putin over Ukraine conflict

  02-05-2017 14:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the unresolved conflict in Ukraine and the civil war in Syria.
  
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• Scottish surfer rescued after surviving 32 hours at sea

  02-05-2017 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The dramatic moment a surfer is rescued after spending more than a day drifting at sea off the coast of Scotland.
  
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• Bid to extradite dying Tyrone man Kevin Murray over Dublin murder of David Byrne is halted

  02-05-2017 13:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Attempts to extradite a Co Tyrone man over his alleged role in a Dublin gangland murder are to be halted because he is dying, a judge ordered today.
  
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• Carl Frampton promises return to ring announcement 'very soon' as he starts training camp

  02-05-2017 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Carl Frampton is back training and has said he will be announcing his return to the ring "very soon".
  
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• New Londonderry to Stansted air route takes off

  02-05-2017 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BMI will operate two return flights each day as part of a new government-backed service.
  
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• Northern Ireland man Archie Sheppard murdered on top deck of London bus

  02-05-2017 12:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man from Northern Ireland has been murdered on the top deck of a London bus.
  
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• Real Madrid 3-0 Atlético Madrid live updates: Euro derby is simply too close to call, insists Zinedine Zidane

  02-05-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Zinedine Zidane does not think Real Madrid are favourites in their Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu, despite his side holding the upper hand in recent meetings with their city rivals.
  
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• Real Madrid 3-0 Atlético Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo scores hat-trick in Champions League semi-final at the Bernabéu

  02-05-2017 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo ran rampant over Atlético Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium scoring three goals in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
  
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• Refugee Sudanese family forced from Belfast home after racist attack

  02-05-2017 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pregnant refugee mother and her family have been forced from their home after a catalogue of racist attacks.
  
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• Northern Ireland travel alerts: Traffic alerts, road closures and delays

  02-05-2017 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland travel alerts: Lorry on fire on Glenshane Pass

  02-05-2017 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest road closures, delays and travel updates from across Northern Ireland.
  
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