Belfast news

• Husband of murdered MP Jo Cox quits charity roles over ‘inappropriate’ behaviour

  17-02-2018 23:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The widower of murdered MP Jo Cox has quit two charities set up in her memory after sexual assault allegations from his past resurfaced.
  
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• Memorial window rededicated at service as victims of La Mon massacre commemorated 40 years on

  17-02-2018 20:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A service has taken place to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the La Mon Hotel bombing.
  
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• Ukip set for fresh leadership election after Henry Bolton ousted

  17-02-2018 19:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Crisis-hit Ukip faces yet another leadership election after party members voted to oust Henry Bolton.
  
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• Child welfare agency investigated Florida school shooting suspect

  17-02-2018 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Florida’s child welfare agency investigated the suspect in a school shooting that killed 17 people after he cut himself in a video, but found him to be stable, according to state records.
  
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• Two family members dead after train hits car on level crossing

  17-02-2018 18:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two members of the same family have died after a car was struck by a train at a level crossing in West Sussex.
  
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• South-west and Wales shaken by ‘biggest earthquake in a decade’

  17-02-2018 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An earthquake which shook parts of the UK on Saturday was the biggest for a decade, experts said.
  
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• Ukip members vote to oust party leader Henry Bolton

  17-02-2018 17:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Henry Bolton has been ousted as Ukip leader after party members backed a motion of no confidence in him.
  
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• Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald defends ending speech with IRA slogan

  17-02-2018 16:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Newly elected Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has defended ending her leadership acceptance speech with "Up the rebels" and "Tiocfaidh ar la".
  
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• 'It broke our hearts' - Woman who lost her parents in La Mon bombing

  17-02-2018 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  A service to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the La Mon House Hotel bombing has taken place in County Down.
  
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• La Mon remembered

  17-02-2018 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Relatives of those who died placed a lily for each of them in memorial wreath at the service in Lagan Valley Island.
  
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• 'Extensive' damage to Belfast house as police treat blaze as deliberate

  17-02-2018 12:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Extensive damage has been caused to a house following a fire in Belfast which police are treating as deliberate.
  
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• Men assaulted by pair armed with baseball bat and wheel brace in Belfast burglary

  17-02-2018 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been assaulted during a burglary at a flat in Belfast.
  
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• May: UK will not wait to take back control of defence and foreign policy

  17-02-2018 11:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britain will pull out of a major foreign policy arrangement as soon as possible after Brexit, Theresa May has announced.
  
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• Car escape

  17-02-2018 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Former goalkeeper visits Old Trafford and a family escapes from a burning car feature in the weekly papers.
  
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• Remembering Bunting

  17-02-2018 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Young Irish and Ulster-Scots musicians are coming together to remember Edward Bunting.
  
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• Restaurant review: Revolucion de Cuba

  17-02-2018 10:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nothing prompts sneering cynicism among certain classes than super-pubs, restaurant chains and small-town night clubs. Those of us who enjoy nothing more than our living room pre-ing, followed by taxis to PizzaExpress, or Zen, and ending the night in Lavery's, or the Errigle, avoiding the police and the drunks on the way home, know what to expect.
  
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• Heartache of Northern Ireland gran as Cara (14) is killed in Florida school shooting

  17-02-2018 09:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The community in Toomebridge was said to be 'stunned' last night after it emerged that one of the victims of the Florida school massacre came from a local family.
  
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• Arlene Foster: I was left with little choice but to pull my party out of talks

  17-02-2018 09:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has denied her party is intransigent and has claimed she ended the Stormont talks because Sinn Fein wouldn't publicly demonstrate respect for her "British identity and culture".
  
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• Axing of Iceland flight put my fishing trip to Alaska on line, says angry Northern Ireland man

  17-02-2018 09:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A disgruntled Northern Ireland traveller has told of his anger after he received an email out of the blue to say his flight from Belfast to Reykjavik this summer has been axed.
  
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• The day Northern Ireland football legend David Healy went behind bars at HMP Maghaberry to tell prisoners he could easily have taken the wrong path in life too

  17-02-2018 09:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland football legend David Healy has scored big-time in his most unusual 'away' match... behind firmly closed doors in an Ulster jail.
  
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• Missing Lurgan boy found in town - after online tip-off from China

  17-02-2018 09:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A missing Lurgan boy was found safe and well after a social media appeal received information from China.
  
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• 'Mum, I'm running'... terrified Irish teen's call during Florida attack

  17-02-2018 09:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of an Irish teenager caught up in the Florida school massacre has told how she begged her daughter to "just keep running".
  
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• DUP delegation meets police over interface gang fight fears

  17-02-2018 09:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP delegation met the PSNI yesterday over tensions in north Belfast interface areas.
  
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• WATCH: Richard Cockerill enjoys a first win in Belfast - with Edinburgh - Belfast Newsletter

  17-02-2018 02:55
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  WATCH: Richard Cockerill enjoys a first win in Belfast - with Edinburgh
  Belfast Newsletter
  Duncan Weir's last-gasp drop goal secured four vital points for Edinburgh in the Guinness PRO14 as they won 17-16 at Ulster. The win means they overtake their hosts in third place in the table and it was a victory head coach Richard Cockerill enjoyed ...and more »
  
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• Jean-Christophe Novelli brings French flair to new Belfast restaurant - the Irish News

  17-02-2018 02:10
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  Jean-Christophe Novelli brings French flair to new Belfast restaurant
  the Irish News
  ADDING seductive French frills to the plain old English language, celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli served up some Gallic charm during a recent visit to Belfast Harbour Commissioners HQ where he spread a little love ahead of Valentine's Day. More ...
  
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• PM: Do whatever it takes to protect the security of Europe post-Brexit

  17-02-2018 01:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May will urge Brussels to ignore the rule book and do whatever it takes to ensure the security of Europe is protected after Brexit.
  
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