Belfast news

• Ballinamallard sign midfielder Richard Clarke from Crusaders

  10-05-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ballinamallard United bolster their midfield for next season by bringing in midfielder Richard Clarke from Crusaders.
  
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• Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: Los Blancos reach record 15th Champions League final after Isco goal and Karim Benzema brilliance at the Vicente Calderon

  10-05-2017 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Karim Benzema's brilliance booked Real Madrid a place back in the UEFA Champions League final after the holders survived an early scare to see off city rivals Atletico 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.
  
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• SDLP announces 18 candidates for general election

  10-05-2017 22:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP has announced 18 candidates standing in the forthcoming Westminster election.
  
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• Meet the Donnellys: Armagh family named the oldest in the world by Guinness World Records

  10-05-2017 22:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A group of Armagh siblings - with a combined age of 1073 years - are celebrating after receiving the Guinness World Record for being the oldest family on earth.
  
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• North West 200 2017: Violet gives thumbs up to safety moves

  10-05-2017 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A spectator injured in a crash at the North West 200 two years ago gives her support to new safety measures at the event.
  
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• Labour will scrap university tuition fees if they win general election: 'Education not a commodity to be bought and sold'

  10-05-2017 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Labour Party will scrap tuition fees “once and for all” if the party wins power, the shadow Chancellor has said.
  
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• Thousands enjoy Balmoral Show first day

  10-05-2017 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's biggest agricultural and food show features livestock competitions and 600 trade stands.
  
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• Belfast City Council votes in favour of taxis in bus lanes

  10-05-2017 19:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Councillors have passed a motion in favour of permitting all taxis to use bus lanes for an additional six months.
  
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• Cliftonville appoint Barry Gray as new manager

  10-05-2017 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Warrenpoint Town boss Barry Gray is named as the new manager of Irish Premiership club Cliftonville.
  
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• France remains confirmed as Disappeared victim Ruddy

  10-05-2017 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seamus Ruddy was murdered by Irish republican paramilitaries and secretly buried in the 1980s.
  
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• Prince opens police garden of remembrance in Belfast

  10-05-2017 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The garden pays tribute to the 13 officers who have died on duty since the PSNI was founded in 2001.
  
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• Seamus Ruddy: Remains found in France confirmed as those of INLA murder victim

  10-05-2017 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Human remains found in France at weekend have been confirmed as those of 'Disappeared' republican murder victim Seamus Ruddy.
  
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• Meet Balmoral Show's youngest bee expert

  10-05-2017 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven-year-old Olivia Orr talks to BBC News NI's Ciaran McCauley about the world of bees.
  
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• Fire that destroyed vacant east Belfast building "deliberate" - the Irish News

  10-05-2017 17:49
  
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• Man shot in Dublin 'gangland feud' attack

  10-05-2017 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The shooting is part of the long-running feud between the Hutch and Kinahan gangs, police say.
  
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• Man loses appeal to keep violence secret

  10-05-2017 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Belfast man must disclose his record of violence against women if he enters a relationship.
  
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• Sergio Garcia's Masters win made me cry - Rory McIlroy

  10-05-2017 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory McIlroy says he was in tears after watching his friend Sergio Garcia win the Masters after 73 previous failed attempts to win a major.
  
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• Northern Ireland man fighting for life after Dublin shooting

  10-05-2017 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who had been living in Northern Ireland is fighting for life after he was shot at a petrol station in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Shifting sands

  10-05-2017 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Irish beach that disappeared in the 1980s makes a comeback - thanks to a freak tide.
  
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• Freak tide brings back Dooagh beach, which disappeared more than 30 years ago.

  10-05-2017 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dooagh beach in Ireland disappeared more than 30 years ago. But a freak tide brought it back.
  
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• Man holds up Dunmurry shop with knife

  10-05-2017 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after a man armed with a knife held up a Dunmurry shop.
  
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• Fire could trap onlookers after destroying third of Ireland's largest forest

  10-05-2017 14:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Onlookers are at risk of being trapped by a fire that has wiped out about a third of Ireland's biggest forest.
  
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• East Belfast fire 'deliberate', say police - BBC News - BBC News

  10-05-2017 14:45
  
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  Nineteen firefighters helped put out the blaze which gutted a derelict building in east Belfast.
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• Poverty: It's not a choice

  10-05-2017 14:40 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Plastic surgeon suggests warning labels after rise in ‘avocado hand’

  10-05-2017 14:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An eminent plastic surgeon has suggested that avocados should carry warning labels following a rise in the number of knife injuries from cutting into the fruit.
  
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• East Belfast fire 'deliberate', say police

  10-05-2017 14:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nineteen firefighters helped put out the blaze which gutted a derelict building in east Belfast.
  
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• No easy solution for Irish border - Bertie Ahern

  10-05-2017 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Irish PM says imaginative thinking is needed to ensure trade is not affected.
  
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• Splash Canyon: Family say their world has been 'torn apart' after death of schoolgirl Evha Jannath at Drayton Manor Park

  10-05-2017 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of an 11-year-old schoolgirl who died at a theme park have said they are "devastated that we will not see our beautiful little girl again".
  
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• UUP's Nesbitt refuses to comment on hotel incident

  10-05-2017 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-UUP leader Mike Nesbitt refuses to comment after being photographed lying face down on a hotel floor.
  
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• Invest NI's £152m 'promoted' 6,000 jobs and pledges 40,000 more

  10-05-2017 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Invest NI says it helped to create 5,900 jobs in the past year and is aiming to add as many as 40,000 new posts over the next four years.
  
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• Invest NI offers £152m to 'promote' 6,000 jobs and pledges 40,000 more

  10-05-2017 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Invest NI says it helped to create 5,900 jobs in the past year and is aiming to add as many as 40,000 new posts over the next four years.
  
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• Jeremy McConnell denies assaulting Stephanie Davis but admits damage charge

  10-05-2017 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reality TV star Jeremy McConnell has denied assaulting girlfriend Stephanie Davis.
  
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• Charles joins bereaved relatives of police officers at new Belfast memorial

  10-05-2017 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales paid tribute to fallen police officers as he joined bereaved relatives at the opening of a memorial in Belfast.
  
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• Brexit's hard Irish border questions

  10-05-2017 12:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The future of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has emerged as a major economic issue.
  
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• Daniel Hegarty family fight 'no prosecution' ruling

  10-05-2017 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of a teenage boy shot dead in Londonderry in 1972 say they want their day in court.
  
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• Cavan tragedy: Body of Alan Hawe who killed wife and sons exhumed from grave

  10-05-2017 11:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who killed his wife and three children before taking his own life in a shocking murder suicide last August has been exhumed from the family grave they were all buried in together.
  
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• 43 Belfast school heads slam 'impossible' budget cuts

  10-05-2017 10:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Primary school principals in Belfast have slammed the Department of Education for proposing "impossible" budget cuts.
  
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• Ireland draw Rugby World Cup hosts

  10-05-2017 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland are drawn with Scotland and hosts Japan in a favourable draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
  
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• 2019 Rugby World Cup: Ireland to face hosts Japan and Scotland

  10-05-2017 10:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland have been drawn in Pool A at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and will face the hosts.
  
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• Lincolnville man, roly-poly boat feel pull of magnetic north

  10-05-2017 09:51
  Little Bear spent the winter at Thompson's Wharf. The ketch-rigged replica of a North Sea trawler was named after the constellation Ursa Minor, in which the North Star resides, according to owner Jens Ostergaard, who was on the docks May 4. "Also, it's like a polar bear child," he said.
  
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• Arson attack leaves Belfast building destroyed

  10-05-2017 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters battled a huge blaze in Belfast on Tuesday night which left a building destroyed.
  
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