Belfast news

• Elite League: Nottingham Panthers 4-2 Belfast Giants

  27-01-2018 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast Giants' Elite League hopes suffer a blow as they are beaten in Saturday's away contest by Nottingham Panthers.
  
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• Dancing On Ice star Max Evans’s partner taken to hospital after fall

  27-01-2018 20:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scottish rugby star Max Evans’s partner on Dancing On Ice has been taken to hospital after a fall in rehearsals.
  
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• Police seek second man after three teenage pedestrians killed in crash

  27-01-2018 19:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are seeking a second man in relation to a car crash that killed three teenage pedestrians in west London on Friday night.
  
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• PSNI investigate explosion in east Belfast

  27-01-2018 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The incident at Fraser Pass was reported on Friday evening.
  
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• Irish League round up: Linfield 20 points off top after Ballymena draw - Crusaders hit six against Carrick

  27-01-2018 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Linfield are now 20 points off the top of the table after a draw at Ballymena.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Leaders Crusaders and Coleraine both win

  27-01-2018 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Crusaders stay one point clear of Coleraine at the top of the table after hammering Carrick Rangers 6-0 at Seaview.
  
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• One of the world’s oldest gorillas dies at age 60

  27-01-2018 17:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One of the world’s oldest gorillas has died at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
  
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• Belfast explosion: Man held under Terrorism Act after blast

  27-01-2018 17:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man, arrested by police investigating an explosion in Belfast is being held under the Terrorism Act, police have said.
  
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• GAA Football League, Division Two: Clare 1-12 2-9 Cavan

  27-01-2018 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Cavan fight back from seven points down to draw their Division Two Football League opener against Clare in Ennis.
  
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• Clinton ‘dismayed’ by harassment complaint involving former adviser

  27-01-2018 16:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hillary Clinton has said she was “dismayed” by sexual harassment accusations made against a senior adviser to her 2008 presidential campaign.
  
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• Gunman holds up Belfast Lisburn Road off-licence

  27-01-2018 16:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A gunman has held up a Belfast off-licence.
  
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• Dubai Desert Classic: Li Haotong leads Rory McIlroy by one shot

  27-01-2018 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  World number 60 Li Haotong of China leads Rory McIlroy by one shot going into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
  
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• 95 killed and more than 150 injured in Afghan suicide bombing

  27-01-2018 15:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 95 people have been killed and another 158 were injured after a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul.
  
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• DUP split over 'amnesty' for security forces, says Beattie

  27-01-2018 15:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Unionists are claiming that the position of three DUP MPs is "completely at odds" with Arlene Foster's on a statute of limitations for soldiers who served in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Man remains in hospital after New Year Day attack: Woman carrying balloons may hold key to incident

  27-01-2018 14:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who suffered serious head injuries in a New Year's Day attack remains in hospital.
  
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• Bombardier 'sincere apologies' to Sinn Fein after thank you video omission

  27-01-2018 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bombardier has said its omission of Sinn Fein from a video thanking those that helped in its legal battle against Boeing was a "simple error" and it will add the party's name to the list
  
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• Lough Neagh patrol boat destroyed in arson attack

  27-01-2018 13:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Lough Neagh patrol boat has been destroyed in an arson attack.
  
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• P7 pupils receive transfer test results

  27-01-2018 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Both AQE and the Post-Primary Transfer Consortium reported a significant rise in entrants this year.
  
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• Pictured: Police involved in Belfast smash - traffic at standstill after car bursts into flames

  27-01-2018 13:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police car has been involved in a crash in Belfast.
  
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• Man in custody after explosion in loyalist area of Belfast

  27-01-2018 12:07
  Police are investigating the incident, which occurred on Friday nightDetectives in Northern Ireland are questioning a man after an explosion in a loyalist area of Belfast on Friday night. The man was arrested on Saturday morning in the Lower Newtownards Road area. He was detained on suspicion of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. Continue reading...
  
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• Belfast 'explosion': Shed destroyed, wall demolished and windows blown out in blast

  27-01-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shed and wall are thought to have been destroyed in a Belfast explosion.
  
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• Two injured in Dublin shooting

  27-01-2018 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A 44-year-old man was shot in the foot while another person was shot in the wrist.
  
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• Taoiseach Varadkar to campaign to liberalise abortion laws

  27-01-2018 11:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said he will campaign for abortion laws to be “liberalised” in an upcoming referendum on the issue.
  
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• Holocaust survivor returns to Millisle

  27-01-2018 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Rachel Levy was brought to live on a farm near Millisle in the immediate aftermath of World War Two.
  
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• Bovine TB: Charity 'against blanket badger cull'

  27-01-2018 10:48 via bbc.co.uk
  It is proposed that all badgers within a central core of the intervention zone would be trapped and shot.
  
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• NI weekly paper review: Heroin fears and pothole perils

  27-01-2018 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  A police chief's bid to allay heroin fears and the perils of potholes make the weekly newspaper review.
  
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• 15,000 Northern Ireland school kids receive transfer test results

  27-01-2018 10:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of children received the results of the transfer tests on Saturday morning.
  
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• Police attend report of Belfast explosion - one arrest

  27-01-2018 10:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are at the scene of a reported explosion in east Belfast
  
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• Kilroot closure: Market forces prove undoing of plant

  27-01-2018 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The boss of Kilroot power station has blamed Northern Ireland’s energy regulator and system operator for the firm’s “hugely disappointing” decision to shut the plant, which will see 270 jobs go.
  
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• Irish abortion referendum: PM Varadkar to campaign for change

  27-01-2018 09:43 via bbc.co.uk
  A referendum will take place this summer to repeal a constitutional ban on abortion.
  
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• Relief as Bombardier wins US trade dispute, securing Belfast jobs

  27-01-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There was jubilation last night after a US industrial court unanimously backed plane manufacturer Bombardier against US rivals Boeing in a long running trade dispute.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Westlink cleared after crash

  27-01-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Road reopened after Police car Forestside crash

  27-01-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Road closed after Police car Forestside crash - car bursts into flames

  27-01-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Car on fire after Saintfield Road crash - police on scene

  27-01-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• I wish I'd died and grandson lived: Heartbroken grandmother (73) remorse at causing seven-year-old's death

  27-01-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors have insisted they were right to charge a Co Antrim grandmother who killed her young grandson in a Boxing Day car crash two years ago.
  
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