Belfast news

• Police granted extra time to question man arrested under Terrorism Act

  23-02-2018 23:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have been granted additional time to question a 29-year-old man arrested in Lurgan.
  
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• PSNI committed to making Northern Ireland a 'hostile environment' for drug crime

  23-02-2018 22:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has said it is committed to making Northern Ireland a "hostile environment" for serious drug crimes after two men were sentenced in Londonderry.
  
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• County Antrim: Staff 'shaken' after man sets shop on fire

  23-02-2018 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  People in a shop in Belfast were left "badly shaken" after a man poured a flammable liquid around the store and set it alight.
  
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• Man walks into Belfast shop and sets it on fire in lunchtime incident

  23-02-2018 21:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a man walked into a shop in central Belfast and set it on fire.
  
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• Labour MP to introduce Northern Ireland same-sex marriage bill in March

  23-02-2018 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A proposed Westminster law for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland will be introduced at the end of March.
  
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• Free Community Performances

  23-02-2018 19:52
  Belfast Winter Whoopla presents TBA Saturday; and hour-long modern dance performance at noon, followed by Midcoast Ukes 2 to 2:30 p.m., Sunday at the Crosby Center, 96 Church St., Belfast.
  
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• Arlene Foster: DUP did not know of Sinn Fein 'legacy deal'

  23-02-2018 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Arlene Foster says no one in DUP knew of inquest funding deal in "absence of overall agreement"
  
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• Tyre firm 'jumping gun' with redundancies

  23-02-2018 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The manufacturing company Schrader Electronics is planning to cut 125 jobs at its operation in Carrickfergus.
  
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• Three men arrested in connection with burglary-related offences

  23-02-2018 18:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men have been arrested in a Co Down town on suspicion of a number of offences, including burglary.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Jackson 'horrified' by claim

  23-02-2018 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster and Ireland player Paddy Jackson says the alleged victim followed him up to his bedroom twice.
  
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• Girls Aloud to Derry Girls?

  23-02-2018 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The Girls Aloud singer says she's in talks to appear in the show's second series, which is set in her home city.
  
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• Jackson and Olding trial: Rugby star Jackson 'shocked and horrified' by rape allegations

  23-02-2018 16:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish rugby international Paddy Jackson told police he was "shocked and horrified" by allegations he had raped a woman in the bedroom of his south Belfast home, a court heard on Friday.
  
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• BBC's Nolan hits back at critics that say his show 'part of problem in Northern Ireland'

  23-02-2018 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  BBC broadcaster Stephen Nolan has hit back at critics who say he and his show are "part of the problem with Northern Ireland politics".
  
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• Coffee chain brothers investigated in £1m HMRC fraud probe

  23-02-2018 15:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two brothers have confirmed they are co-operating with an HMRC investigation into a suspected £1 million pound tax fraud.
  
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• Abortion: UK 'breaches NI's women's rights'

  23-02-2018 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK violates women's rights in Northern Ireland by restricting access to abortion, UN committee finds.
  
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• Northern Ireland abortion laws violate women's rights- says United Nations

  23-02-2018 15:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A United Nations (UN) report has found abortion laws in Northern Ireland violate the human rights of women here.
  
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• RHI official 'never saw lurid leaflets'

  23-02-2018 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Fiona Hepper says if she had seen leaflets promoting RHI as "burn to earn" they would have "triggered questions".
  
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• Car slams into tree, driver injured

  23-02-2018 15:04
  Two cars were involved in a Thursday afternoon collision on Northport Avenue in Belfast that sent one driver to the hospital with minor injuries. The crash occurred at 1:38 p.m. at the corner of Salmond and Condon streets, where they intersect with Northport Avenue.
  
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• Two men arrested over murder of Raymond Johnston

  23-02-2018 14:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of Raymond Johnston in west Belfast.
  
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• Date set for Britain First leaders Belfast rally trial

  23-02-2018 14:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The leaders of far-right group Britain First will stand trial in April for allegedly inciting hatred at a rally in Belfast, it has been confirmed.
  
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• Michael and Marjorie Cawdery family come face-to-face with murder accused in court

  23-02-2018 14:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of an elderly couple killed in their own home came face-to-face with the man accused of their murder on Friday.
  
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• Man left with broken nose in Strabane gang attack

  23-02-2018 13:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been left with a broken nose and bruising to his body after an attack in Strabane.
  
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• 125 jobs to go at Carrickfergus tyre pressure firm

  23-02-2018 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Schrader Electronics informs employees it intends to reduce its workforce in Carrickfergus.
  
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• Celtic kit man Jim McCafferty pleads 'not guilty' to catalogue of sex offences

  23-02-2018 13:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A trial date was set on Friday for former Celtic kit man Jim McCafferty after he pleaded "not guilty" to a catalogue of sex offences involving one young boy over a two year period up to December 2013.
  
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• Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland made £59m profit in 2017

  23-02-2018 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Profits were much less reliant on the 'write-back' of impairment charges compared to previous years.
  
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• Lord Mayor meets the "Gay, Straight, Whatever" group at Hazelwood Integrated College

  23-02-2018 13:05 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 2012 opening of Belfast critical care building delayed again

  23-02-2018 12:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new critical care building at a Belfast hospital - due to open in 2012 - will not now fully open for at least another seven months, it has been claimed.
  
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• DUP 'unaware' of Sinn Fein deal progressing legacy funding if no agreement in talks reached: Arlene Foster

  23-02-2018 12:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party was not aware of a deal on inquest funding going ahead if there wasn't agreement between them and Sinn Fein on getting the Stormont institutions back up and running.
  
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• 'Tables get more justice than victims of domestic violence in Northern Ireland', says ex-Justice Minister Sugden

  23-02-2018 11:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A table receives more justice than victims of domestic violence in Northern Ireland, former justice minister Claire Sugden has said.
  
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• Work on Northern Ireland shared education project suspended after bidder pulls out

  23-02-2018 11:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's largest school building project has been suspended after a bidder pulled out.
  
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• Petrol bombs and bricks thrown at house in Ballymena

  23-02-2018 11:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Bricks and petrol bombs have been thrown at a house in Ballymena.
  
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• Father and son assaulted after aggravated burglary in Co Down

  23-02-2018 10:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A father and son have been assaulted by three masked men carrying a hammer who entered a house demanding money in Co Down.
  
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• Walgreens acquires Belfast Rite Aid; no plans disclosed for store

  23-02-2018 10:21
  Phil Caruso, a spokesman for Walgreens, confirmed that that the Belfast Rite Aid was one of 1,932 Rite Aid locations the global pharmacy chain has acquired or is planning to acquire this spring. Caruso said most Rite Aid locations will be converted to the Walgreens brand gradually over time.
  
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• Health crisis

  23-02-2018 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Friday's papers include reports of parties blaming each other for rapidly growing waiting lists.
  
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• 125 jobs to go at Northern Ireland manufacturing company

  23-02-2018 10:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One-hundred-and-twenty-five jobs are set to be lost at the Carrickfergus site of Sensata Technologies.
  
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• Three-hour storm

  23-02-2018 08:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Thirteen landslides hit near Plumbridge last August as 50mm of rain fell during a three-hour storm.
  
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• Three charged after 30-strong masked gang storm Belfast bar

  23-02-2018 08:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men have been charged after a gang of 30 masked men stormed a Belfast bar on Wednesday night.
  
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• Parents don't want bishop confirming kids after he said funeral Mass for pervert priest

  23-02-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parents at four Catholic primary schools in Co Down have said they do not want the Bishop of Dromore to officiate at their children's confirmations following recent revelations about paedophile priest Malachy Finnegan.
  
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