Belfast news

• 15 killed as lorry collides with junior hockey team’s bus in Canada

  07-04-2018 23:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fifteen people were killed and 14 others injured when a lorry collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game in western Canada, authorities have said.
  
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• League of Ireland Premier Division: Sligo Rovers 0-2 Derry City

  07-04-2018 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Rory Patterson and Ronan Hale are on target as Derry City secure a fourth league win in a row by beating Sligo Rovers 2-0.
  
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• World Rally Championship: Kris Meeke crashes out of second place

  07-04-2018 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's Kris Meeke crashes out of second place in the Rally of Corsica on the final stage of Saturday's action.
  
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• SDLP leader wants New Ireland Forum re-established

  07-04-2018 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Colum Eastwood calls on unionists to participate and help "shape the future of this island".
  
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• Colum Eastwood: United Ireland 'must provide a place of opportunity and belonging for our unionist neighbours or it simply isn’t worth having'

  07-04-2018 20:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said that any united Ireland must be welcoming to unionists or it is not worth having.
  
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• All-Ireland Schools: St Ronan's Lurgan clinch Hogan Cup triumph

  07-04-2018 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  St Ronan's Lurgan clinch the Hogan Cup All-Ireland Senior Schools Football title with a 1-10 to 1-9 win over Rice College Westport.
  
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• Irish Premiership: Crusaders and Coleraine level at top

  07-04-2018 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Crusaders are held to a draw and Coleraine snatch a thrilling win to leave the title rivals level on points at the top of the Irish Premiership.
  
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• Police appeal for help locating distressed woman seen walking near Belfast woods

  07-04-2018 18:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in west Belfast are appealing for anyone who was on the Bell Steele Road, near the woods, in the early hours of Saturday and noticed anything unusual to contact officers.
  
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• Driver 'takes his own life' after ploughing into pedestrians in Germany - police confirm

  07-04-2018 17:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three people have been killed and 20 were injured when a van crashed into a crowd in front of a popular bar in Munster, a German police spokesman said.
  
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• Police seek help identifying woman who spat in Belfast taxi driver's face

  07-04-2018 16:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing to the public to help them identify a woman who spat in a taxi driver's face in Belfast.
  
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• No 'cross-community candidate' for West Tyrone by-election

  07-04-2018 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  UUP leader says he is disappointed no non-party, cross-community candidate will contest MP's seat.
  
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• Derry school pay tribute to 'popular and well-respected' student after sudden death

  07-04-2018 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  St Mary's College in Derry have paid tribute after Year 14 pupil Kerrie Canning suddenly passed away.
  
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• UUP leader Robin Swann warns Brexit cannot be 'exploited' to achieve a united Ireland

  07-04-2018 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UUP leader Robin Swann has warned that Brexit cannot be exploited to help achieve a united Ireland.
  
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• Londonderry: Man escapes injury in arson attack

  07-04-2018 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  A wheelie bin was set alight at the back of a house in Fern Park, Derry.
  
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• Hillary Clinton urges political leaders to stop Brexit dragging Northern Ireland back in time

  07-04-2018 13:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former United States First Lady and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that she is 'deeply concerned' at the political situation in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Hilary Clinton urges political leaders to stop Brexit dragging Northern Ireland back in time

  07-04-2018 13:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former United States First Lady and Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton has said that she is 'deeply concerned' at the political situation in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Russia requests Boris Johnson meeting over Salisbury nerve agent attack

  07-04-2018 12:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Russian officials have requested a meeting with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to discuss the nerve agent attack on former double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses following Londonderry arson

  07-04-2018 12:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a fire at a house in the Fern Park area of Derry during the early hours of Saturday
  
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• Gerry Adams: Violence still legitimate way to achieve aims

  07-04-2018 12:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has told a German newspaper that he believes the use of violence can still be justified to reach political aims in certain circumstances.
  
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• Hogan Cup final: St Ronan's are the All Ireland champions as Smyth strike wins thriller at Croke Park

  07-04-2018 11:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  St Ronan's, Lurgan are the All Ireland champions for the first time.
  
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• Restaurant Review: Queen's Quarter gastro pub a welcome addition to the club

  07-04-2018 11:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There is a lack of pubs which serve good food in Belfast. When Meghan and Harry "nipped" into the Crown Bar for lunch last month, many of us swallowed hard in disbelief.
  
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• Racing through Flanders Fields

  07-04-2018 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  How one of Belgium's biggest cycle races remembers World War One
  
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• NI paper review: McCreesh Park controversy and cat rescue

  07-04-2018 10:06 via bbc.co.uk
  CCTV camera removal, play park controversy and a cat rescued from a tree all feature in the weekly papers.
  
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• NI cities' Capital of Culture 2023 bid 'no longer viable'

  07-04-2018 10:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Briefing paper says any attempt to reinstate NI cities' joint title bid is "no longer an option".
  
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• Ex-GAA star jailed after killing dad is released to attend brother's wedding

  07-04-2018 10:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former star youth player for Tyrone GAA who was jailed in 2014 for killing his father was released on compassionate grounds to attend his brother's wedding, it has been revealed.
  
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• My daughter's WiFi question helped save us from dryer fire

  07-04-2018 10:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The father of a teenage girl who demanded WiFi access at bedtime says his family would have perished in a house fire if she had have taken no for an answer.
  
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• North-South communication has broken down, warns Ahern

  07-04-2018 09:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish Government ministers are struggling to communicate with their counterparts in Northern Ireland since the collapse of the Stormont Assembly despite the looming threat of Brexit, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has warned.
  
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• Commonwealth Games: NI boxers Walker and Walsh reach quarter-finals

  07-04-2018 09:44 via bbc.co.uk
  NI boxers Kurt Walker and Aidan Walsh reach quarter-finals as swimmer Danielle Hill is eighth in the 50m freestyle and Conor Ferguson makes another final.
  
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• An emergency call every three minutes as ambulances called to deal with drunken Easter crowds

  07-04-2018 09:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service responded to one emergency call every three minutes during a very busy Easter Monday for paramedics.
  
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• Man goes on trial in India accused of Irish backpacker's Goa murder

  07-04-2018 09:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The trial of a man accused of raping and murdering an Irish woman in Goa began yesterday.
  
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• Shloer chiefs hope Northern Ireland fans are still sweet on drink after revamp to beat sugar levy

  07-04-2018 09:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The recipe for Shloer, one of Northern Ireland's favourite non-alcoholic tipples, has been changed to get around the so-called 'sugar tax', the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Family raise thousands to install defibrillators as a tribute to gentleman Geoff

  07-04-2018 09:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was the tragedy that led a seaside town to become a community of lifesavers.
  
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• Devastated parents of river tragedy son tell of his love for travel and GAA

  07-04-2018 09:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken parents of a popular Co Fermanagh man who died after being pulled from the River Erne on Thursday night have paid tribute to their only son.
  
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• Teenager is arrested after homeless Polish man found murdered in derelict house

  07-04-2018 09:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager was last night being quizzed over the murder of a homeless man in Maghera.
  
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• Paddy Jackson: I'm sorry accuser was so upset and ashamed of lewd texts

  07-04-2018 09:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rugby star Paddy Jackson has said he is ashamed that the woman who accused him of rape left his home distressed and has apologised for betraying the values of his family.
  
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• Emotional scenes as Inga Maria Hauser memorial unveiled at forest burial spot

  07-04-2018 09:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Inga Maria Hauser. An unforgettable name, synonymous with an unspeakable crime. An unsolved one too, although the local people who gathered yesterday in the pouring rain at Ballypatrick Forest Park fervently hope all that is going to change - and soon; it has been long enough.
  
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• Walk for Mother Earth slated for April 21

  07-04-2018 08:22
  Participants are welcome to walk or bicycle for all or part of this 10-mile journey, and planned stops along the route will allow for both shuttling and parking so everyone can participate. People can walk the final mile by joining the group on the east end of the Armistice Footbridge in Belfast around 2 p.m. Interested participants are invited to gather at the causeway leading to Sears Island at 8 a.m. for an opening circle that will include acknowledging the ancestral territory of the Wabanaki
  
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• Hike-the-Guide: Paddle at the Littlefield Preserve

  07-04-2018 08:22
  Are you itching to get out on the water? Coastal Mountains Land Trust board member Roger Rittmaster and staff member Hale Morrell will lead an early spring paddle from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Littlefield Preserve in Belfast. Bring a boat, personal flotation device , water, binoculars, and appropriate weather gear.
  
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• Cornerspring Montessori School Open House

  07-04-2018 08:22
  Cornerspring Montessori School is hosting an Open House for the Belfast community and for families interested in toddler, preschool, kindergarten and elementary programs on Saturday, April 7, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Tour our lovely new Passive House building, situated on 35 acres of woodland. Come see our warm and inviting Montessori classrooms.
  
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• Teenager arrested after homeless man's murder in Maghera

  07-04-2018 00:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Polish national Piotr Krowka was found dead in a derelict parochial house in County Londonderry.
  
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