Belfast news

• Man (27) arrested over immigration crime as part of UK-wide police operation

  06-06-2018 22:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Belfast in relation to organised immigration crime.
  
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• Foyle Cup: Republic defender Duffy launches 2018 Foyle Cup

  06-06-2018 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Republic of Ireland defender Shane Duffy returns to his home city to launch this year's Foyle Cup youth tournament.
  
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• Female biker stranded in Carrickfergus forest for two hours after breaking pelvis

  06-06-2018 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A female biker was left stranded for two hours in a Carrickfergus forest on Tuesday evening after breaking her pelvis.
  
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• Belfast appoints new Lord Mayor

  06-06-2018 17:06 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Man and teen admit raiding Belfast grandmothers' homes for cash and jewellery

  06-06-2018 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man and a teenage boy have admitted raiding their respective grandmothers' homes for cash and jewellery, a court heard today.
  
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• Ex-Ulster and Ireland rugby player accused of having blade 'was going fishing', court told

  06-06-2018 15:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Ulster and Ireland rugby player accused of having a blade in public claims he was going fishing, a court heard today.
  
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• Fundraising page after German tourists' bike burnt out in Belfast

  06-06-2018 15:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An online fundraiser has been started by a north Belfast community group to help two German tourists after their 'pride and joy,' a custom built motorbike, was stolen and burnt out.
  
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• Bradley refusing to rule out another Assembly election as Sinn Fein criticise lack of progress

  06-06-2018 14:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The possibility of a new Assembly election is "under review", the Government spokesperson has said.
  
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• Londonderry man tells of devastation amid fresh eruption at Guatemalan volcano

  06-06-2018 14:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A British backpacker helping with the “harrowing” volcano relief effort in Guatemala has described panic as a fresh eruption sparked an evacuation of areas surrounding the Volcan de Fuego.
  
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• Over 4000 pages in fraud case against ex-boss of Northern Ireland events company

  06-06-2018 14:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A fraud case against the former boss of a failed public body set to attract top show business and sporting stars to Northern Ireland runs to more than 4,000 pages, a court heard today.
  
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• UK’s highest court to rule on legality of Northern Ireland’s abortion law

  06-06-2018 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The UK’s highest court is set to rule on a challenge over the legality of Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law.
  
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• Revealed: Northern Ireland's best restaurants and cafes - Food Awards 2018 full list of winners

  06-06-2018 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The winners of the third annual Food Awards Northern Ireland 2018 have been revealed this week.
  
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• Revealed: Northern Ireland's best restaurants and cafés - Food Awards 2018 full list of winners

  06-06-2018 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The winners of the third annual Food Awards Northern Ireland 2018 have been revealed this week.
  
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• Space race: Why Kodiaq is the full-on Skoda SUV experience

  06-06-2018 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Skoda Kodiaq was the first large SUV to be produced by the Czech manufacturer. And the range has been extended. Jack Evans reports
  
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• Varadkar to visit Orange Order headquarters in Belfast

  06-06-2018 13:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland’s premier is to pay an historic visit to the headquarters of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland council has a £3.6m surplus

  06-06-2018 11:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Independent councillor Paul Gallagher has warned that a balance needs to be struck between rates and council spending after Derry City and Strabane District Council announced a surplus of £3.6 million for the last financial year.
  
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• How Anita McGurgan went from size 16 to size 8 in six months

  06-06-2018 11:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Anita McGurgan has gone from buying baggy oversized clothes to her first ever tiny trendy bikinis after a dramatic weight loss journey not only transformed her figure but the quality of her life.
  
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• DUP MLA Wells compares abortion to Holocaust - 'more people killed' through terminations since 1967

  06-06-2018 11:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MLA Jim Wells has said that more people have been killed through abortion in the United Kingdom since 1967 than died during the holocaust.
  
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• Conor McGregor fourth best paid athlete in world - ahead of Neymar, LeBron James, Federer and Lewis Hamilton

  06-06-2018 10:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Conor McGregor was the fourth highest paid athlete in the world in 2017.
  
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• Salad Cream is considering changing its name and people are not happy

  06-06-2018 10:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It’s been called Salad Cream since 1914, but now Heinz are potentially re-branding the tangy condiment and switching its name to Sandwich Cream…
  
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• Stuart Olding set for early Connacht showdown as Paddy Jackson's proposed Perpignan move in doubt

  06-06-2018 10:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stuart Olding will not have long to wait before he faces Irish opposition as his new club Brive will take on Connacht in August.
  
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• Why Rivaldo backs Fred to make success of Manchester United move

  06-06-2018 10:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Brazil star Rivaldo has labelled Fred a wonderful player as the midfielder closes in on a move to Manchester United.
  
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• Commons abortion debate a first step in the right direction, says Sinn Fein's O'Neill

  06-06-2018 08:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein vice-president Michelle O'Neill welcomed yesterday's Westminster debate on abortion, describing it as a "first step" on the road to reform here.
  
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• Why are there no rape crisis centres in Northern Ireland? | Dawn Foster

  06-06-2018 08:30
  For the last decade, victims in Belfast have had nowhere to turn. But a group of charities is hoping to change thatWhen a 19-year-old student was injured in 2016, she walked up and down a road in Belfast desperately trying to find the Rape Crisis centre she had looked up online. But she never found it: the centre, on Donegall Street, had closed a decade previously due to lack of funding. Eventually the student and her friend managed to find a sexual health clinic, where a nurse recorded her inju
  
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• Tears as Debbie Whyte's mum thanks woman for trying to save crash girl

  06-06-2018 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A "heroic" woman who administered first aid to a 14-year-old girl as she lay dying on a Co Fermanagh road broke down in tears as she was told she had the "unending gratitude of the girl's family".
  
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• Northern Ireland holidaymaker left kitten locked in house without food or water

  06-06-2018 08:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years and given a £500 fine for abandoning her kitten while she went on holiday.
  
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• DUP chief Foster's statement on RHI may not have showed candour, inquiry told

  06-06-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A statement made by Arlene Foster at the height of the Renewable Heat Incentive may not have "displayed the candour which could be expected in the circumstances", a public inquiry has heard.
  
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• Derry SF mayor’s attendance at service for IRA bombing victims welcomed

  06-06-2018 08:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Gregory Campbell has given a cautious welcome to the decision by a newly-elected Sinn Fein mayor to attend a service in Coleraine commemorating the victims of an IRA bomb attack.
  
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• U105 axes Carolyn Stewart and Ivan Martin from weekend schedule

  06-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Well-loved radio voices - including Carolyn Stewart and Ivan Martin - are being removed from the weekend schedule at radio station U105, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
  
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• Scrap air tax to add 40,000 Northern Ireland jobs: report

  06-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Getting rid of air passenger duty (APD) in Northern Ireland could create almost 40,000 jobs over the next 30 years, Belfast International Airport has claimed.
  
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• Rape, torture, murder: Grim litany of threats and assaults on Northern Ireland social workers

  06-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Pregnant social workers in here have been assaulted or told their babies would be killed, while others have been threatened with death, rape and torture.
  
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• Howzat! Son and ex-Ireland star mum on rival teams for cricket clash

  06-06-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was a game to remember for this mother and son - which filled them both with pride.
  
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• National Dwarf Games: County Derry family scoops 20 medals

  06-06-2018 07:39 via bbc.co.uk
  A father and daughter from Feeny win 20 medals between them at the National Dwarf Games.
  
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