Belfast news

• Theresa May requests 'revised' customs proposals

  02-05-2018 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  A succession of senior ministers challenge Mrs May over one of the UK's preferred customs options.
  
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• Michael Conlan: NI boxer eager to show improved skills

  02-05-2018 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Conlan says he has "grown as a boxer and as a person" as he prepares to headline his first professional fight in his native city.
  
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• Eleventh night bonfire in Belfast prematurely goes up in smoke

  02-05-2018 23:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An eleventh night bonfire has been set on fire in Belfast, months before it was supposed to be lit.
  
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• Eleventh night bonfire in Belfast set ablaze

  02-05-2018 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The fire service confirms it is at the scene of the fire in south Belfast.
  
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• Lord Patten says Brexit policy 'clueless and delinquent'

  02-05-2018 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Lord Patten warns peers of blundering into NI politics "with a can of petrol and a box of matches".
  
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• Revealed: Areas of Northern Ireland with the worst broadband connectivity

  02-05-2018 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  New data has shown Northern Ireland is the most badly-hit part of the UK when it comes to getting a decent broadband connection.
  
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• Paddy Jackson & Stuart Olding: Sale Sharks not signing former Ireland and Ulster players

  02-05-2018 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Sale Sharks will not offer terms to former Ireland and Ulster players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.
  
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• Patients speak out

  02-05-2018 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Some patients are surprised by potential misdiagnoses by Dr Michael Watt, after NI's biggest recall.
  
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• Sale Sharks say they will NOT be signing ex-Ulster duo Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding

  02-05-2018 19:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sale Sharks has said it will not be signing former Ulster rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.
  
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• DUP slams Sinn Fein candidate Órfhlaith Begley for 'failing to condemn' McElduff Kingsmill video ahead of west Tyrone by-election

  02-05-2018 18:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has slammed Sinn Fein candidate Órfhlaith Begley for 'failing to condemn' Barry McElduff's Kingsmill video ahead of tomorrow's west Tyrone by-election.
  
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• Jackson and Olding agree privacy case with BBC

  02-05-2018 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The ex-Ulster Rugby players agree to the dismissal of their High Court privacy action against the BBC.
  
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• Lawyer says clients 'disappointed' retired PSNI officers did not co-operate in Police Ombudsman investigation

  02-05-2018 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A lawyer representing police officers questioned as part of a bribery investigation about the awarding of PSNI vehicle contracts has said his clients are “disappointed” a number of former police officers did not co-operate with an Ombudsman investigation into the matter.
  
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• Judgement reserved in 'gay cake' Supreme Court case

  02-05-2018 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  After a two-day hearing in Belfast, judgement is reserved in the so-called 'gay cake' case.
  
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• Rockland public bus service begins

  02-05-2018 17:33
  There is one northbound and one southbound bus that is running. The fare is $2 per boarding but there are also $5 day passes, $20 for a 12-punch card, and $50 for a monthly pass.
  
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• John Duncan's best photograph: a front-row seat on Belfast's sectarian divide

  02-05-2018 17:21
  ‘The chairs look out on to the only park with a peace line through it. Eyes on the wall are looking back. There’s tension there. I’m not sure if it’s hopeful or not’I’ve lived in Belfast almost all my life. When I took this, I had recently moved to the north of the city, to Limestone Road, in search of cheaper rent. I didn’t know until after I moved in, but it was at the border between a Catholic and a Protestant area. For the first time in my life, I wi
  
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• Border deal could slip away if June target not met: Taoiseach

  02-05-2018 17:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there is a "real risk" an October deadline for a solution on the Irish border could be missed if "real and meaningful progress" is not made by next month.
  
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• World Snooker Championship: Allen in quarter-final loss to Wilson

  02-05-2018 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's Mark Allen is beaten 13-6 by Kyren Wilson in their World Snooker Championship quarter-final.
  
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• Redress scheme over Ireland's cervical smear failures

  02-05-2018 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  At least 208 women diagnosed with cervical cancer should have received earlier intervention.
  
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• Lord Mayor launches the Women's Work Festival 2018

  02-05-2018 16:21 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Ballymena road closed after crash

  02-05-2018 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Belfast parks singled out for 'persistent anti-social behaviour'

  02-05-2018 15:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Four Belfast parks have been singled out as having “issues with persistent anti-social behaviour” by the council.
  
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• Cross-border European funding to continue post-Brexit

  02-05-2018 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Commission will continue to fund cross-border projects, according to a draft EU budget.
  
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• Major review ordered into Belfast Trust over 2,500 patient recall

  02-05-2018 14:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A health watchdog is to review the running of services at the Belfast Health Trust following its recall of 2,500 patients.
  
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• Northern Ireland Attorney General says treatment of Ashers over 'gay cake' order 'wrong'

  02-05-2018 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's attorney general has said the Court of Appeal was wrong in its treatment of the couple at the centre of the "gay cake" case.
  
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• Belfast patient recall: RQIA review outpatient services

  02-05-2018 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  RQIA will review outpatient services in the Belfast Trust with a "particular focus" on neurology.
  
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• UVF to admit killing some of the Ballymurphy victims

  02-05-2018 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The Ulster Volunteer Force is set to claim it shot some of the 10 people killed in west Belfast nearly 50 years ago.
  
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• Northern Ireland health trust told to explain sending 61 staff to Amsterdam conference

  02-05-2018 14:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Belfast Health Trust has been told to justify sending 61 staff to a major international health trust in the Netherlands.
  
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• SDLP's Durkan slams 'populist headline grabbing stunt' from Sinn Fein MP over City Deal

  02-05-2018 14:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An SDLP MLA has slammed Sinn Fein's Elisha McCallion over her claim a City Deal for Londonderry has collapsed.
  
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• Londonderry suspicious object was 'elaborate hoax'

  02-05-2018 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A security alert in the Shantallow area of Londonderry is described as an elaborate hoax
  
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• Jackson and Olding lose privacy action against BBC over rape claim reporting

  02-05-2018 13:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Judgment is to be entered against former Ireland and Ulster rugby stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding in a privacy lawsuit, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Police Ombudsman defends PSNI chief Hamilton corruption probe

  02-05-2018 13:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Police Ombudsman has defended his large scale investigation into allegations of corruption against Northern Ireland's top police officer.
  
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• Software company to expand Belfast team

  02-05-2018 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Applied Systems makes software for the insurance market and is setting up a new research centre.
  
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• Iain Henderson could miss European play-off with knee injury

  02-05-2018 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster's Iain Henderson is likely to miss a potential Champions Cup play-off tie against Ospreys with a knee injury.
  
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• UVF set to claim role in Ballymurphy massacre which killed 10 civilians

  02-05-2018 11:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Volunteer Force is set to claim it shot some of the 10 people killed in a west Belfast neighbourhood nearly 50 years ago.
  
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• Dead cat thrown at police car in Londonderry

  02-05-2018 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Police believe the cat had been knocked down and killed by a car before being thrown.
  
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• Go anywhere: Velar is another triumph for Range Rover

  02-05-2018 10:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Those looking to purchase a Range Rover used to have three main options. There was the Evoque, representing the more affordable end of the spectrum, the Sport, which sat in the middle, and the standard Range Rover at the very top.
  
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• Security alert: Derry homes evacuated

  02-05-2018 09:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Homes have been evacuated in a security alert in Londonderry.
  
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• De La Salle governors quit troubled Belfast school

  02-05-2018 09:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three governors at troubled Belfast school De La Salle College have quit their positions.
  
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• Kanye West defends himself after ‘slavery was a choice’ comment

  02-05-2018 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Kanye West has defended himself after suggesting that 400 years of slavery “sounds like a choice”, saying: “We can’t be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years.”
  
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• Almost 1,500 days later, the McArthurs’ faith remains unshakeable

  02-05-2018 08:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Daniel and Amy McArthur strode down to the assembled media like seasoned veterans. The five judges of the Supreme Court may not be familiar with these surroundings, but the general manager of Ashers Baking Company Ltd and his wife most certainly are.
  
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• Hammer attack thug is sought over Belfast bus lane car attack

  02-05-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have confirmed they are hunting for violent criminal Gerard Donegan after a bus lane camera car was wrecked in west Belfast and a woman inside the vehicle was grabbed by the throat.
  
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• Aaron Henderson's heartbroken partner pays tribute after Magaluf holiday tragedy

  02-05-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to a well-known Coleraine man who died whilst on holiday with his family in Majorca.
  
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• 'Historic day' as first unionist in Irish Senate gives maiden speech

  02-05-2018 07:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The first unionist elected to the Irish Senate has said "the time is right" for his new role, which will present both challenges and opportunities.
  
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• Assault victim mum Joleen Corr had heart of gold, funeral told

  02-05-2018 07:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of mourners who attended the funeral of a west Belfast mother who died 16 months after being viciously assaulted were told that she had a "heart of gold".
  
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• Paddy Jackson 'signing for English club Sale' - Olding waiting in the wings

  02-05-2018 07:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster fly half Paddy Jackson is believed to have agreed a deal with Aviva Premiership club Sale Sharks, as first reported by the Belfast Telegraph last week.
  
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• Former patients tell differing stories of contact with medic

  02-05-2018 07:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former patients were yesterday divided on the treatment they had received from Dr Michael Watt.
  
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• Senior PSNI officers cleared by police ombudsman

  02-05-2018 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The chief constable and his deputy are cleared of allegations of criminal activity and misconduct.
  
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