Belfast news

• Donald Trump’s communications chief Hope Hicks ‘resigning’

  28-02-2018 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of US President Donald Trump’s most loyal aides, is reported to be resigning.
  
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• Maine parents accused of beating 10-year-old to death make first court appearance

  28-02-2018 22:21
  Sharon Carrillo, 33, during her initial court appearance at the Waldo County Superiour Court Wednesday. Carrillo and her husband Julio Carrillo, 51, were charged with the murder of Sharon's 10-year-old daughter Marrissa Kennedy in Stockton Springs.
  
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• Northern Ireland school closures March 1 and March 2, 2018

  28-02-2018 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of Northern Ireland schools have confirmed they are to close because of the adverse weather.
  
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• Probation order for man who threatened to 'ruin' woman's face with acid

  28-02-2018 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who threatened to "ruin" his ex-partner's face with acid has been handed a three-year probation order.
  
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• People are using border issue 'quite despicably', says Dodds

  28-02-2018 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  People are using border issue 'quite despicably', says Dodds
  
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• UK braced for more icy blasts from ‘Beast from the East’

  28-02-2018 20:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has died after being pulled from a lake as sub-zero temperatures swept across the UK – with further icy blasts and “blizzard-like” conditions yet to come.
  
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• Woman jailed for calling officials "my target" in gun video

  28-02-2018 20:10
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• Traffic struggles through the snow in Omagh

  28-02-2018 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  It was an uphill battle for traffic in Omagh, County Tyrone, as snow made road conditions difficult.
  
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• Theresa May rejects Brussels’ plan for EU withdrawal treaty as threatening UK’s constitutional integrity

  28-02-2018 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A final agreement on the terms of Britain’s EU withdrawal has been thrown into doubt, after Theresa May fiercely rejected a text drawn up by the European Commission, declaring: “No UK prime minister could ever agree to it”.
  
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• SNP MP says Westminster legislation is ‘practically designed in a sea of booze’

  28-02-2018 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parliament is a “real bastion of privilege” where “legislation is practically designed in a sea of booze”, an SNP MP has claimed.
  
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• Landlord tried to save Derrylin house fire victims

  28-02-2018 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Tommy Fee smashed in a door and windows in a bid to rescue the victims but was beaten back by smoke and flames.
  
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• What does the EU Brexit draft reveal?

  28-02-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Commission publishes its draft withdrawal agreement.
  
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• Behind the draft paper

  28-02-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Commission publishes its draft withdrawal agreement.
  
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• Karen Bradley to make statement about Stormont budget

  28-02-2018 16:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Karen Bradley will make a statement next week about the Stormont budget.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with west Belfast armed robbery

  28-02-2018 16:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a shop in west Belfast.
  
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• Derrylin Fire: PSNI deal with 'very complex crime scene'

  28-02-2018 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say a house fire in County Fermanagh has left a 'very complex crime scene'.
  
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• Deadline to appeal UVF supergrass Haggarty sentence may have been missed

  28-02-2018 15:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has denied missing a legal deadline for lodging its challenge to the sentence given to loyalist supergrass Gary Haggarty.
  
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• Hungarian man charged over crash which left girlfriend paralysed remanded in custody

  28-02-2018 14:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Hungarian man who allegedly fled Northern Ireland after being charged over a road crash which left his teenage ex-girlfriend in a wheelchair has been remanded in custody.
  
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• Review: Legally Blonde The Musical hits Belfast packed full of pink and heart

  28-02-2018 14:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  'Oh my God you guys' - Legally Blonde the musical has hit Belfast and it will have you rushing home to practice your 'bend and snap' - and considering giving your wardrobe a pink update.
  
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• Arsenal v Man City – talking points

  28-02-2018 14:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Manchester City travel to face Arsenal in the Premier League on Thursday just four days after thrashing the Gunners in the Carabao Cup final.
  
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• ‘Bumbling’ Foreign Secretary making UK a ‘laughing stock’, SNP says

  28-02-2018 14:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  “Bumbling” Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is making the UK a “laughing stock”, the SNP Westminster leader has claimed.
  
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• Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Why better understanding is needed to help recovery

  28-02-2018 14:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This year, the week of the 26th of February - 4th of March is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
  
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• First World War 'Tommies' rise in remembrance at Giants Causeway

  28-02-2018 13:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ghostly figures of First World War soldiers or 'Tommies' have popped up at the Giants Causeway as part of a nationwide fundraising campaign.
  
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• 'Catastrophic': DUP verdict on EU vision for island of Ireland - SNP slams 'bumbling' Boris

  28-02-2018 13:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The European Union's draft withdrawal proposal of a “common regulatory area” between the EU and Northern Ireland after Brexit has enraged unionists.
  
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• Toys R Us and Maplin enter administration - Northern Ireland jobs among 1000s at risk across UK

  28-02-2018 11:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 100 retail jobs in Northern Ireland - thousands across the UK - are at risk as electrics firm Maplin and Toys R Us, which operate eight stores in total, go into administration.
  
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• Belfast Ormeau robbery detectives appeal for witnesses

  28-02-2018 11:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shop assistant was threatened with a knife during an armed robbery in south Belfast.
  
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• Northern Ireland snow warning: School closures confirmed and public transport hit by adverse weather

  28-02-2018 11:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is preparing for the heavy snow which has already brought severe disruption to other parts of the UK and the Republic.
  
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• Johnson accuses Remainers of using Irish border issue to try to frustrate Brexit

  28-02-2018 10:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has accused Remainers of using the Irish border issue to try to frustrate Brexit.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Translink cancels cross-border bus services due to weather

  28-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Translink has cancelled cross-border bus services and is anticipating cancelling rail services due to the red alert weather warning in the Republic.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Foyle Bridge in Derry has re-opened following earlier crash

  28-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic: Five car collision on the Foyle Bridge, Londonderry - Major tail backs

  28-02-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Tyrone dad Barry McQuaid killed in building site accident was a devoted family man, mourners told

  28-02-2018 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A worker killed in a building site accident was a "devoted" family man whose death has left people bewildered, mourners heard yesterday.
  
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• 'Doomed' rescue

  28-02-2018 08:54 via bbc.co.uk
  'Doomed' rescue attempts dominate Wednesday's papers after at least three die in Derrylin blaze.
  
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• Third former boss at Belfast restaurant receives ban

  28-02-2018 08:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former boss of Belfast restaurant the Potted Hen has been banned from the boardroom for five years - after its original founders received the same sanction.
  
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• Ryanair to begin flights from Londonderry to Edinburgh

  28-02-2018 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ryanair is axing its flights from City of Derry Airport to Glasgow from November.
  
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• 1,200 sign petition opposing PSNI and Navy careers visit to Belfast Catholic school St Malachy's

  28-02-2018 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 1,000 people have signed an online petition asking one of Northern Ireland's leading Catholic grammar schools not to host the PSNI and the Royal Navy at a careers event tonight.
  
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• Jackson, Olding rape trial: I saw alleged victim 'fully naked' in bed with Paddy, says pal Blane McIlroy

  28-02-2018 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A friend of two Ulster rugby players accused of rape told police he found the alleged victim "fully naked" in bed with Paddy Jackson, a court has heard.
  
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• Car crash case fugitive Szabolcs due in court- Lisburn woman Anastassiya Phillips was left paralysed

  28-02-2018 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who fled Northern Ireland after being accused of causing injuries to his ex-girlfriend in a car crash is due in court this morning.
  
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