Belfast news

• World Superbikes: Jonathan Rea increases series lead with Laguna Seca victory

  09-07-2017 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Rea extends his lead at the top of the World Superbike standings to 59 points after dominating race two at Laguna Seca.
  
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• Hockey World League semi-finals: Ireland men beat hosts in Johannesburg opener

  09-07-2017 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Goals from Matthew Nelson and Shane O'Donoghue earn Ireland a 2-0 win over hosts South Africa in their World League semi-finals opener.
  
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• Health worker passes £20,000 fundraising target to challenge Tory-DUP deal

  09-07-2017 19:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mental health worker has reached a crowdfunding target to pay for a legal challenge against the Government's parliamentary deal with the Democratic Unionists.
  
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• Two bodies recovered from water near Donegal

  09-07-2017 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A post mortem examination is due to take place on the bodies.
  
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• Two men and a youth injured in west Belfast fracas

  09-07-2017 18:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after two men and a youth were injured in an altercation in West Belfast.
  
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• Father and son drown in Donegal fishing tragedy

  09-07-2017 18:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have died in a fishing tragedy off the coast of Donegal.
  
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• Irish Open: Jon Rahm wins at Portstewart by six shots after rules scare

  09-07-2017 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jon Rahm overcomes a rules scare to earn his first European Tour victory as a closing 65 wins him the Irish Open by six shots.
  
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• Arson attack in Londonderry, police seek information

  09-07-2017 17:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives are appealing for witnesses following an arson attack in Derry.
  
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• League of Ireland: Derry City 4-0 Sligo Rovers

  09-07-2017 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Derry City respond to their Europa League exit by beating Sligo Rovers 4-0 for their first win for over a month.
  
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• Irish Language Act a Sinn Fein 'Trojan horse', Swann claims

  09-07-2017 16:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann MLA, has described Sinn Fein’s push for an Irish Language Act as yet another Trojan Horse to be used in a campaign against unionism.
  
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• Heavy fighting goes on as Iraqi premier arrives in Mosul to declare victory

  09-07-2017 16:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Iraqi troops have celebrated after driving Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in Mosul, but heavy fighting continued a few blocks away.
  
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• Drumcree: 'We've tried to talk, it's time to walk', Orange Order district master says

  09-07-2017 16:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Portadown Orange Order district master says local residents in Drumcree have spurned their invitation to talks about the controversial parade there.
  
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• Direct rule will return to Northern Ireland, former secretary of state says

  09-07-2017 15:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lord Peter Hain says he believes that there will be a return to direct rule in Northern Ireland
  
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• 'Shocking dereliction of duty' over NI - Peter Hain

  09-07-2017 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former secretary of state Peter Hain believes direct rule will return after power-sharing talks failed.
  
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• Tory-DUP deal to face legal challenge

  09-07-2017 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mental health worker from NI has started a crowdfunding campaign to fund a judicial review.
  
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• Rooney rejoins Everton from Manchester United

  09-07-2017 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Wayne Rooney has confirmed he has rejoined Everton from Manchester United.
  
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• DUP Tory Deal: Everyone is 'vilifying us' but 'we've cashed the cheque', says Ian Paisley Jr

  09-07-2017 13:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley Jr has hit back at the DUP's critics, deploring the vilification of his party but boasting that, despite the hate, they "got the money".
  
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• Watch: All the details as Ballyliffin announced as Irish Open 2018 host

  09-07-2017 13:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish Open will be returning to Ulster again next year as Ballyliffin Golf Club in Donegal is set to host the tournament.
  
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• Ballyliffin to host Irish Open for first time in 2018

  09-07-2017 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ballyliffin in County Donegal is to host the Irish Open for the first time in 2018, the European Tour announces.
  
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• Love match for Paddy Barnes as boxer weds Mari Burns

  09-07-2017 12:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes' bride proved she was a knockout as she tied the knot with her long term love on Saturday
  
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• British and Irish Lions 2017: Willie John McBride hopes NZ series has saved Lions

  09-07-2017 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British and Irish Lions legend Willie John McBride hopes the brand has been saved by the drawn series in New Zealand.
  
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• Drink driving: police in Belfast publish photo to highlight the dangers

  09-07-2017 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A driver and passenger had a lucky escape on Saturday night after their car mounted the kerb and crashed into a lamppost in Belfast.
  
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• Drink-driving warning issued by police

  09-07-2017 10:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers in west Belfast published a picture of an incident, where a woman had to be cut from the wreckage.
  
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• Brexit may not happen, predicts Lib Dems leadership candidate Sir Vince Cable

  09-07-2017 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Brexit may never happen because of the difficulties it will cause, Sir Vince Cable said as he promised the Liberal Democrats would welcome “refugees” from Labour forced out by Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Charlie Gard’s parents urge courts to give boy ‘chance he needs’ with treatment

  09-07-2017 06:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Charlie Gard’s parents said they believe an experimental treatment can help their terminally ill son as they urged the courts to give him “the chance he needs”.
  
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• How love for Berlin and a tale from Belfast led to the creation of my take on Rebus - Independent.ie

  09-07-2017 03:32
  
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  How love for Berlin and a tale from Belfast led to the creation of my take on Rebus
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  I first went to Berlin in 1981 as a callow young communist who went behind the Iron Curtain to work at an international youth camp during the summer of the Hunger Strike back home. Four years later I returned, guiltily, to stay for a while in West ...
  
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• World Superbikes: Jonathan Rea extends lead as Chaz Davies wins in Laguna Seca

  09-07-2017 00:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Rea extends his lead at the top of the World Superbike standings by finishing second behind Chaz Davies in Laguna Seca.
  
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