Belfast news

• 'Treasure hunt' wedding rings reunited with owner

  09-08-2018 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Eight-year-old Oliver O'Neill discovered two rings on Culdaff beach in County Donegal.
  
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• Rangers in strong Europa League position after Maribor victory

  09-08-2018 23:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Skipper James Tavernier underlined his importance to Rangers as his penalty edged Steven Gerrard's men towards a 3-1 victory over Maribor at Ibrox.
  
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• Man arrested after 'hate crime' of football team flag placed on internment bonfire

  09-08-2018 22:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 28-year-old man has been arrested after a banner from a Portadown-based football club was placed on an anti-internment bonfire.
  
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• Causeway controversy

  09-08-2018 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  There are claims National Trust signs are misleading people into thinking they have to pay to visit
  
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• Unionism needs to wake up to prospect of united Ireland warns Mike Nesbitt

  09-08-2018 22:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster Unionist MLA Mike Nesbitt said unionism needs to wake up over the prospect of a united Ireland.
  
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• Sinn Fein anger at Immigration Minister's Brexit visit snub

  09-08-2018 19:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein have expressed their anger after Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes allegedly refused to meet with them.
  
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• McClenaghan tops pommel qualifying

  09-08-2018 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish gymnast Rhys McClenaghan says his pommel horse routine in the qualifying round at the European Championships "couldn't have gone any better."
  
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• Northern Ireland set to miss out on world record for longest time without government

  09-08-2018 19:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is set to miss out on the world record for being the country without a government for the longest period in peacetime.
  
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• Mairia Cahill demands withdrawal of 'sick' Gerry Adams cookbook

  09-08-2018 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who claims that senior IRA figures covered up her rape and forced her to face her attacker has branded a planned cookbook from former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams "sick".
  
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• Call for 'sick' Adams cookbook to be withdrawn due to hurt caused to IRA victims

  09-08-2018 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman who claims that senior IRA figures covered up her rape and forced her to face her attacker has branded a planned cookbook from former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams "sick".
  
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• Political parties accused of using Belfast City Council’s Brexit committee to promote their own agenda

  09-08-2018 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Political parties have been accused of using Belfast City Council resources for campaigning.
  
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• Cannabis discovered during terrorism investigation at west Belfast property

  09-08-2018 18:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have discovered a quantity of suspected cannabis during a search of a property in west Belfast.
  
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• Stormont stalemate: NI 'not eligible' for Guinness World Record

  09-08-2018 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Guinness World Records says NI's 'achievement' will not be officially recognised despite passing Belgium.
  
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• Hungarian swimmer recovering after North Channel attempt

  09-08-2018 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Hungarian Attila Mányoki was trying to complete the Ocean's Seven challenge.
  
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• New plan to tackle domestic violence in Northern Ireland undermined by lack of funding: SDLP MLA claims

  09-08-2018 17:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new plan to tackle domestic and sexual violence in Northern Ireland will be undermined due to a lack of funding, an MLA has said.
  
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• Holders Swifts to host Limavady in League Cup

  09-08-2018 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Holders Dungannon Swifts will begin their League Cup defence at home to Limavady United in the second round on Tuesday 28 August
  
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• Hungarian ultra swimmer recovering in Ulster Hospital after North Channel attempt

  09-08-2018 17:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Hungarian ultra swimmer is recovering in a Northern Ireland hospital after failing in his bid to finish a race through some of the most dangerous waters in the world.
  
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• Northern Irish RAF radio operator recalls operation which shortened Second World War

  09-08-2018 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former RAF radio operator whose team helped shorten the Second World War by two years has marked the air force’s centenary.
  
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• Ex-RAF radio operator recalls operation which shortened Second World War

  09-08-2018 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former RAF radio operator whose team helped shorten the Second World War by two years has marked the air force’s centenary.
  
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• Kirsty Barr: Commonwealth medallist adds European trap silver

  09-08-2018 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland shooter Kirsty Barr wins a silver medal at the Shotgun European Championships in Austria to add to her silver at the Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Pictured: Liam Neeson warming to his new role in Co Antrim

  09-08-2018 16:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hollywood movie star Liam Neeson wrapped up well as he took part in the filming of his new movie outside Belfast on Tuesday.
  
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• European Championships: McClenaghan posts impressive PB qualifying score

  09-08-2018 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Rhys McClenaghan scores an impressive 15.266 on the pommel horse in the artistic gymnastics qualifying round at the European Championships in Glasgow.
  
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• 'No evidence' police passed republican band members' details to loyalist: Ombudsman

  09-08-2018 15:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Police Ombudsman has found no evidence that police gave information about people connected to a republican band to a man understood to be a loyalist in Ballymoney in 2016.
  
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• Police treat mocking bonfire sign as 'hate incident'

  09-08-2018 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  A sign about Willie Frazer's father, killed by the IRA, appears on an anti-internment bonfire.
  
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• Video: Paddy Jackson makes Perpignan debut in first game in year

  09-08-2018 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster rugby player Paddy Jackson has played in his first professional rugby match in over a year.
  
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• Paddy Jackson makes Perpignan debut in first game in year

  09-08-2018 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster rugby player Paddy Jackson has played in his first professional rugby match in over a year.
  
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• Loyalist killer Michael Stone opens art show during jail release

  09-08-2018 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Stone is coming to the end of a 30-year sentence for killing six people in the Troubles.
  
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• Newry, Mourne and Down Council workers to vote on industrial action

  09-08-2018 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Employees pass a vote of no confidence in Newry, Mourne and Down Council's chief executive.
  
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• Charity declines money raised at Michael Stone art exhibition

  09-08-2018 15:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A charity has declined the money raised during an art exhibition for the loyalist killer Michael Stone.
  
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• DUP's Foster meets William Frazer over 'hate-filled' Newry bonfire

  09-08-2018 14:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has met with William Frazer and condemned the "hate-filled actions" of those who put a sign glorifying the murder of his father on a republican internment bonfire in Newry.
  
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• Football team flag placed on internment bonfire 'anti-republican' says Sinn Fein MLA

  09-08-2018 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The placing of a banner from a Portadown-based football club on an anti-internment bonfire is unjustified Sinn Fein's John O'Dowd.
  
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• Homeless family of seven sleep in police station

  09-08-2018 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Pictures of a family-of-seven sleeping on benches appeared on social media overnight.
  
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• Video: Amazing drone footage at Planet Love as thousands celebrate Feile 2018

  09-08-2018 14:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Planet Love celebrated 20 years at this year's Feile festival at Falls Park in west Belfast.
  
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• The art of a killer - Michael Stone opens art show during release

  09-08-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Loyalist killer Michael Stone opens a sale of his artwork in east Belfast in July while on overnight leave from prison.
  
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• Orange Order's Mervyn Gibson defends attending Michael Stone art exhibition

  09-08-2018 13:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Orange Order grand secretary Mervyn Gibson has defended his decision to attend an art exhibition featuring and attended by the loyalist killer Michael Stone.
  
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• Man accused of preventing burial of neighbour and making £6k pizza orders in court

  09-08-2018 13:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man facing a charge of preventing the burial of his neighbour, and of stealing her bankcards and cash, had his case returned to Belfast Crown Court.
  
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• Ulster Grand Prix: Derek McGee hopeful injuries will heal

  09-08-2018 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Rider Derek McGee is optimistic his injuries will heal after treatment for suspected broken bones at the Ulster Grand Prix practice on Wednesday.
  
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• Youths hurl paint at houses in Belfast 'sectarian hate crime'

  09-08-2018 12:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are treating incidents of paint and objects thrown at three houses in Belfast as sectarian hate crimes.
  
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• Teenager abducted and assaulted by gang of men in Belfast

  09-08-2018 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The 14-year-old was bundled into the back of a car and assaulted in Newtownabbey on Saturday night.
  
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• Ex-army chief urges government to stop 'macabre charade'

  09-08-2018 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The former chief of the Army says the government should stop a "macabre charade".
  
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• Belfast fashion spy: 'Michelle Keegan wears the cutest outfits'

  09-08-2018 11:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rachel Dean checks out the style in Victoria Square, Belfast.
  
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• Lidl legal challenge halts supermarket plans

  09-08-2018 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Original proposal for former Arntz factory site included plans for a multimillion pound retail superstore.
  
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• End 'macabre charade' of investigating Troubles soldiers: Ex-British Army chief

  09-08-2018 11:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former head of the British Army has urged the Government to put a stop to the "macabre charade" that could see Northern Ireland veterans facing legal action.
  
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• Northern Ireland boy abducted and assaulted by three men

  09-08-2018 11:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old boy was abducted and assaulted in an incident in Newtownabbey.
  
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• Omagh bomb father criticises legacy plans

  09-08-2018 10:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Gallagher believes a public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bomb would be the best way to the truth.
  
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• Omagh forgiveness

  09-08-2018 09:42 via bbc.co.uk
  On the 20th anniversary of the Omagh bomb, one young man says he forgives his brother's killers.
  
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• Unionist fury as festival names sporting event after IRA woman

  09-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland council is facing questions after a community festival held a sporting event named after one of the Gibraltar Three.
  
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• Poor review for Belfast Grand Opera House 'Act 2' extension

  09-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new planning application for the Grand Opera House in Belfast has revealed that a previous £10.5m extension had limited success.
  
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• Omagh bombing 20th anniversary: Firefighter says horrific scene will live with him forever

  09-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A firefighter who was one of the first on the scene after the Omagh bombing has described how he remains haunted by the scene of devastation.
  
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