Belfast news

• Body found in Belfast's River Lagan a week ago now identified

  21-07-2017 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The dead man's identity remained a mystery for a week.
  
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• Success for PSNI drones as peregrine chicks fledge the nest

  21-07-2017 23:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The chicks of peregrine falcons protected since birth by drones have fledged the nest, the PSNI have revealed on social media.
  
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• MaineCF's Waldo County Committee awards grant to Habitat for Humanity

  21-07-2017 21:27
  The Waldo County Committee of Maine Community Foundation has awarded more than $37,000 in grants to 10 nonprofits, including Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County, Belfast, to provide nine workshops designed to increase access to safe and affordable home ownership options for low-income county residents. a Waldo County Woodshed, Belfast, to purchase a firewood conveyor system to increase production and delivery services to people in need a Midcoast Conservancy, Wiscasset, to build community capac
  
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• Man uses machete to stop people clamping a vehicle in north Belfast

  21-07-2017 21:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two people in north Belfast have been left shaken after being threatened by a man wielding a machete.
  
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• Atlantic Ocean rowers rescued off Irish coast

  21-07-2017 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The men had set off from Canada in June in a record attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• Former Derry MLA Pat Ramsey caught up in Turkey earthquake

  21-07-2017 19:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey has confirmed he is safe after being caught up in a 6.7-magnitude earthquake that has impacted areas of Greece and Turkey after hitting the holiday island of Kos.
  
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• Three women die in Louth car crash

  21-07-2017 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The victims were a mother and daughter and a family friend from County Donegal.
  
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• Hockey World League 3: Ireland defeat France in shootout

  21-07-2017 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland are on course for a World Cup finals spot after beating France in a World League 3 penalty shootout.
  
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• Police appeal for info after 30 calls about Shaw's Bridge body

  21-07-2017 18:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI have made a renewed appeal for information about a body discovered in the Lagan River.
  
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• Sean Spicer resigns as White House press secretary

  21-07-2017 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  White House press secretary Sean Spicer is resigning his position, sources have said.
  
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• Britain's Got Talent winner Pudsey the dog has died

  21-07-2017 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Britain's Got Talent winner Pudsey the dog has died, his owner Ashleigh Butler has confirmed.
  
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• PSNI's Chief Con given October 1 deadline to disclose alleged collusion files

  21-07-2017 17:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Chief Constable has been set a final autumn deadline to disclose all relevant police files in a major High Court action over alleged collusion with a loyalist paramilitary agent suspected of up to 15 murders.
  
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• Falcon chicks protected by PSNI drones fledge nest

  21-07-2017 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The drones were brought in by police to monitor areas where peregrine falcons are being persecuted.
  
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• Machete-wielding man challenges car clampers in Belfast

  21-07-2017 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A man armed with a machete challenges two people as they attempt to clamp a car in north Belfast.
  
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• All Ireland Qualifier Round 4A: Galway v Donegal (Sat)

  21-07-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Donegal are targeting an All-Ireland quarter-final as they take on Galway in the qualifiers.
  
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• 45 Pandion LN

  21-07-2017 16:43
  With over 200 ft. of deep water frontage on Rockport Harbor not far from Camden Village; this end of a private road building lot has pier/dock potential, incredible views of Indian Island Light House, a septic in place and a cleared building envelope.
  
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• Health waiting time stats 'bluffing the reader,' claims health campaigner

  21-07-2017 16:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Latest government statistics on hospital waiting times are deigned to bluff the reader into thinking performance is not getting any worse, a health campaigner has claimed.
  
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• County Louth crash a 'tough scene'

  21-07-2017 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Three women from Donegal have died in a car accident in County Louth.
  
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• The MAC, Belfast holds auditions for Youth Theatre programme - here's how to apply

  21-07-2017 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The MAC in Belfast is launching a new Youth Theatre programme and is holding open auditions for the 2017-18 term.
  
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• Body of man found in forest park at Hillsborough Lake

  21-07-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have cordoned off part of a forest park following the discovery of the body of a man.
  
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• Body found in Northern Ireland forest park

  21-07-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have cordoned off part of a Northern Ireland forest park following the discovery of a body.
  
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• Body found in forest park at Hillsborough Lake

  21-07-2017 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have cordoned off part of a forest park following the discovery of a body.
  
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• Weekly paper review: Huge wasp nest, transgender camp

  21-07-2017 14:36 via bbc.co.uk
  In this week's local papers there's a big wasp nest, a transgender camp and some local councils flash the cash.
  
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• Police remove bonfire material from Belfast New Lodge road

  21-07-2017 14:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have removed bonfire material from a road in Belfast.
  
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• Guy Martin to miss Ulster GP for third straight year

  21-07-2017 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  English rider Guy Martin will not compete in the Ulster Grand Prix at Dundrod for the third year in a row.
  
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• Guy Martin ruled out of Ulster Grand Prix return

  21-07-2017 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Guy Martin will not race in next month's Ulster Grand Prix, it has been confirmed.
  
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• New Lodge: Material removed from bonfire site

  21-07-2017 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Housing Executive staff and volunteers arrived early on Friday to remove the material from the area.
  
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• Meet Belfast Zoo's latest arrival - a crowned sifaka named Latif

  21-07-2017 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Zoo has welcomed a new addition - a crowned sifaka baby named Latif.
  
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• Free Range Music Series

  21-07-2017 12:00
  Free Range, in partnership with Waterfall Arts and the new Crosby Center, presents a revival of The Mammals with Sassafras Stomp at The Crosby Center, 96 Church St., Belfast.
  
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• Farm subsidies 'must be earned' - Michael Gove

  21-07-2017 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Environment Secretary Michael Gove plans to pay farmers for protecting the environment and creating rural jobs.
  
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• Dean McIlwaine: Call for volunteers to help search Belfast's Cave Hill

  21-07-2017 11:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A call has been made for volunteers to help out with a new search for missing Newtownabbey man Dean Mcilwaine.
  
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• Irish rockers The Script coming to Derry's Millennium Forum

  21-07-2017 10:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Script have announced a number of UK and Ireland tour dates - including a show at the Millennium Forum in Londonderry.
  
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• Earthquake rocks Kos and Turkish holiday resorts killing tourists

  21-07-2017 10:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two tourists have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck the holiday island of Kos, Greek authorities said.
  
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• Belfast house prices forecast to rise 4.3% to average of £130,600

  21-07-2017 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  House prices in Belfast are predicted to grow by more than 4% this year, according to a new report.
  
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• Greece-Turkey earthquake: Irish tourist woke to Kos 'pandemonium'

  21-07-2017 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  An earthquake that killed at least two people on a Greek island was "pandemonium", an Irishman says.
  
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• British Airways pays out to Bangor teen left with no luggage in US

  21-07-2017 10:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland teenager has won a protracted battle with British Airways - with a little help from the Belfast Telegraph.
  
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• Stephen Nolan asks mum 'Big Audrey' if she heard about BBC mega wage

  21-07-2017 10:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC presenter Stephen Nolan discussed his mega BBC wage with mum, "big Audrey".
  
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• Sad farewell as Glenlola teacher Julie Jones laid to rest

  21-07-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Grieving family and friends of Co Down teacher Julie Jones (nee McBrien) who died earlier this week, came together yesterday to bid her farewell.
  
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• Kilimanjaro climber was claiming £6,500 in disability benefits

  21-07-2017 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who claimed thousands of pounds in disability benefits despite climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, winning a triathlon and competing at the Phoenix Winter Games has been convicted of fraud.
  
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• Three women die, two men injured in crash in Ireland

  21-07-2017 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three women have been killed and two men are in a serious condition following a crash in Co Louth in the early hours of this morning.
  
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• Mum, daughter and friend killed on holiday return in horror crash

  21-07-2017 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The three women were killed in a crash in the early hours of this morning as they were travelling home from Dublin Airport after a holiday.
  
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• Newspaper review: £1bn cash deal concerns and a vintage cat

  21-07-2017 09:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Concerns over a the DUP-Tory cash deal and an elderly moggy make Friday's NI newspaper headlines.
  
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• Belfast luxury flats site to become offices

  21-07-2017 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A luxury apartment development for Belfast city centre now looks dead in the water after plans emerged to build office space on the site.
  
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• SF says bonfire next to Belfast flats 'not wanted and dangerous'

  21-07-2017 09:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Anger has flared over the construction of a nationalist bonfire close to high-rise flats and a children's nursery in the New Lodge in north Belfast.
  
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• Groping husband of Give My Head Peace star banned from running talent agency

  21-07-2017 08:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The scandal-hit husband of Give My Head Peace star Alexandra Ford has been banned from working as a talent agency boss for a decade.
  
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