Belfast news

• Watch: Daryl Gurney defeats Rob Cross in front of packed Belfast crowd

  29-03-2018 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  'Superchin' Daryl Gurney defeated World Champion Rob Cross in front of a packed house at Belfast's SSE Arena on Thursday night.
  
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• Daryl Gurney defeats Rob Cross in front of packed Belfast crowd

  29-03-2018 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  'Superchin' Daryl Gurney defeated World Champion Rob Cross in front of a packed house at Belfast's SSE Arena on Thursday night.
  
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• Man accused of attacking girlfriend while she held their baby

  29-03-2018 21:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man who allegedly attacked and bit his girlfriend while she held their baby was found hiding on a roof, the High Court heard today.
  
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• Documentary On Plight Of Ground Fishermen To Be Screened In Maine Towns During April

  29-03-2018 21:15
  Maine residents will have an opportunity soon to witness the devastating impacts of federal regulations on the lives of New England ground fishermen, as seen through the eyes of a documentary filmmaker with a long record of acclaimed work. David Wittkower's "Dead in the Water" will be shown at four Maine community theaters in April.
  
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• Suspected arson at block of flats in north Belfast

  29-03-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service have said that a fire at a block of flats in north Belfast on Wednesday night may have been deliberate.
  
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• Foster tells Conservative Association meeting 'I care for neighbours in the Republic'

  29-03-2018 19:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has told a Conservative Association meeting in England that she 'cares for neighbours in the Republic of Ireland' and wants to see a Brexit solution that works for everyone.
  
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• Tributes to 'legendary' BBC sports presenter Adam Coates

  29-03-2018 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Tributes are paid to the former BBC Northern Ireland sports presenter Adam Coates, who has died, aged 76.
  
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• Holy Week, Easter Observances

  29-03-2018 19:04
  Holy Eucharist and Healing Service at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Belfast, at 9 a.m. with the Rev. Canon Mary Ann Taylor.
  
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• Man charged with dangerous driving over 2014 road death

  29-03-2018 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 44-year-old man has been charged with offences in relation to a 2014 road death.
  
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• Police tell Belfast parents to 'step up' as patrols increase to combat anti-social behaviour

  29-03-2018 18:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parents in Belfast have been been told to "step up" their efforts in combating their children's anti-social behaviour, following a spate of incidents across the city.
  
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• Newry firm lands 'ground-breaking' US soccer deal

  29-03-2018 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  STATSports signs a "ground-breaking deal", potentially worth more than £1bn, with the US Soccer Federation.
  
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• Sportsound producer leads tributes as legendary BBC broadcaster Adam Coates passes away

  29-03-2018 16:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes are pouring in following the passing of the BBC's former voice of Northern Irish sport Adam Coates, aged 76.
  
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• Premier Division: Derry City 2-1 St Pat's Athletic

  29-03-2018 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Two superb Aaron McEneff goals help Derry City keep their winning run at the redeveloped Brandywell as they beat unlucky St Pat's.
  
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• Protest held at Belfast courts after rugby rape trial verdict

  29-03-2018 16:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Scores of people gathered in Belfast to join with protests in Derry, Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick over the handling of the high-profile rape trial of rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.
  
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• GAA rivals unite for Games netball campaign

  29-03-2018 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Rivals on the GAA pitch, Neamh Woods and Caroline O'Hanlon will link up as team mates for Northern Ireland's netball team at the Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Cat survives road trip under car bonnet

  29-03-2018 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Five-month-old Nova was only discovered by mechanics servicing the car.
  
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• Man killed in farm incident involving cow in south Armagh

  29-03-2018 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his 70s has died in an agricultural incident involving a cow in south Armagh.
  
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• Video: Cool and contemporary living in top Belfast location

  29-03-2018 14:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This ultra trendy high specification home enjoys a top location in Belfast’s popular Stranmillis area.
  
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• The water may be low, but the St. George River Race is a go

  29-03-2018 14:30
  When springtime arrives in Maine, it often does so with a trickle, then a torrent. Or, perhaps, with a deluge.
  
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• Mr. Rogers meets Mexican drug cartels at the Doc10 documentary festival

  29-03-2018 14:30
  A recent addition to Chicago's festival calendar, the Doc10 documentary festival debuted in 2016 and moved to the Davis Theater last year with a mix of accessible, cable-ready titles . That binary strategy continues this year with, on the one hand, portraits of Elvis Presley , Ruth Bader Ginsberg , and Fred Rogers and, on the other, studies of drug cartel violence and the breakup of Yugoslavia .
  
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• One in five pregnancies ‘could be terminated if abortion laws changed’

  29-03-2018 13:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  One in five pregnancies could be terminated in Ireland next year if the country’s strict abortion laws are changed after May’s referendum, anti-abortion campaigners have claimed.
  
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• Four children in Newcastle home as two men stabbed

  29-03-2018 13:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men have been seriously injured in a stabbing in Newcastle while four children were in the house.
  
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• Only 13% of people in Northern Ireland walk to work, DfI report reveals

  29-03-2018 12:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Only 13% of people in Northern Ireland walk to or from work, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Number of people taking driving tests in Northern Ireland falls

  29-03-2018 12:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The number of people applying to take driving tests in Northern Ireland has fallen for three consecutive quarters year-on-year, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Taxpayers 'could face £1m bill' for marathon trial

  29-03-2018 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The cost of the rape trial that ended yesterday could exceed £1m and the taxpayer could be left to foot the bill.
  
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• Police renew appeal for teen John Crumlish - missing nearly two weeks

  29-03-2018 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have again appealed for information from the public on missing teenager John Crumlish.
  
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• Buncrana pier hero Davitt Walsh defends ex-partner's damages claim

  29-03-2018 11:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The man who saved a baby during the Buncrana pier tragedy has strongly denied criticising his former partner after she begun legal proceedings arising out of the incident.
  
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• Blade held to shopkeeper's throat during attempted robbery in Bangor - teen arrested

  29-03-2018 09:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shopkeeper had a knife held to his throat during an attempted robbery in Bangor.
  
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• 'Rehab saved me from a life on the streets... it can help Ant too, but only if he does it for the right reasons'

  29-03-2018 09:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Following his recent arrest for drink-driving, Geordie TV presenter Ant McPartlin announced he was entering rehab to get his life back on track.
  
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• There are no winners here: Jackson, Olding and two friends cleared of all charges

  29-03-2018 08:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 42-day trial that ended with two Ulster and Ireland rugby stars being cleared of rape was a case with “no winners”, it was claimed yesterday.
  
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• Theresa May patently does not have a clue about what type of Brexit she wants to create, says SDLP

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The SDLP has said it is deeply troubling that a year before Brexit the UK Government has provided no clarity on what deal it wants from the European Union.
  
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• The Good Friday Agreement brought much-needed normality... but the unresolved question of identity still haunts this island

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  On Good Friday evening, 20 years ago, the scene before me on the Stormont plateau was surreal. Dozens of television presenters sheltered from the biting cold in their makeshift canvas booths, all chattering at the same time in different languages, their satellite dishes pointing to the night sky, beaming news of the Belfast Agreement to the world.
  
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• Small birds are high flyers as numbers in Northern Ireland gardens soar

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Small birds have emerged king in Ulster gardens with a reported increase in their numbers this year.
  
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• Rugby rape trial verdicts: Four young men and their families now face challenge of putting lives back together after harrowing case: Lindy McDowell

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are no winners. That old cliche. But how starkly, cruelly true in this case. Yes, Patrick Jackson (26), Stuart Olding (25), Blane McIlroy (26) and Rory Harrison (25) have all been exonerated of all charges laid against them.
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Heart-stopping moment when verdicts arrived

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The call rang out loud and clear across the crowded canteen - all parties back to Courtroom 12. After a trial lasting nine weeks, it had all come down to this.
  
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• People of Derrylin unite in grief at cross-community memorial for family killed in arson horror

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The village of Derrylin fell silent yesterday to remember three generations of the same family killed in an arson attack at their home.
  
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• Lindy McDowell: Rugby rape trial verdicts: Jackson, Olding, McIlroy and Harrison and their families face challenge of putting lives back together after harrowing case

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There are no winners. That old cliche. But how starkly, cruelly true in this case. Yes, Patrick Jackson (26), Stuart Olding (25), Blane McIlroy (26) and Rory Harrison (25) have all been exonerated of all charges laid against them.
  
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• Derrylin fire: PSNI murder detectives in fresh appeal as they release images of blaze victims

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  These are the faces of the four people killed in a horror house blaze in Co Fermanagh.
  
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• Apology to Lunn's Jewellers

  29-03-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In a report published on 13th February 2018 in relation to a hearing at Londonderry District Judge's Court, it was incorrectly stated that 13 staff from Belfast jewellers Lunn's were questioned by police investigating money laundering.
  
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• Q&A: Brexit border

  29-03-2018 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Exactly one year to go until Brexit, there are many questions over the future of the Irish border.
  
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• Lisburn man facing arson charge is denied bail application

  29-03-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man allegedly stuffed burning paper through his next door neighbours' letterbox as part of an ongoing dispute, the High Court has heard.
  
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