Belfast news

• Stage set for Pope’s visit to Ireland

  17-08-2018 20:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Organisers of the Pope’s visit to Ireland have moved to allay people’s fears over the logistical challenges in getting to see the pontiff.
  
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• Public Health Agency: Belfast's heroin deaths 'worrying'

  17-08-2018 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  There have been two deaths and four overdoses in Belfast caused by heroin during the last 10 days.
  
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• Relief road to open in Belfast's Titanic Quarter

  17-08-2018 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast Harbour say they are "acutely aware" of disruption caused by the new road layout.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Drivers asked to avoid roads south of Kircubbin after oil spill

  17-08-2018 20:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Belfast taxi driver fined for tampering with meter after PSNI operation

  17-08-2018 19:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver has been fined for tampering with a meter after a joint operation by the PSNI, HMRC and DVA was conducted in north Belfast.
  
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• Northern Ireland-produced booze-flavoured biscuits to hit shelves

  17-08-2018 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boozy Biccies are the latest trend to hit the shelves, for those who fancy dunking a vodka-flavoured biscuit in their cup of tea.
  
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• Booze-flavoured biscuits with your afternoon tea

  17-08-2018 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boozy Biccies are the latest trend to hit the shelves, for those who fancy dunking a vodka-flavoured biscuit in their cup of tea.
  
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• Victims' campaigner brings case against Drew Harris appointment as Garda commissioner

  17-08-2018 18:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A relative of a person killed in one of the worst atrocities committed during the Troubles has brought a High Court challenge in Dublin aimed at preventing the appointment of PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris as the next Garda Commissioner.
  
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• New interim relief road to open to deal with traffic chaos in Belfast Harbour

  17-08-2018 18:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new road is set to open to help deal with traffic disruption in the Belfast Harbour area which has been created ahead of the introduction of the Glider bus service.
  
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• House of Fraser collapse leaves major brands millions out of pocket

  17-08-2018 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Top fashion labels face large losses and online customers are in limbo from chain store collapse.
  
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• Thieves take money and jewellery during burglary in Co Down

  17-08-2018 17:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thieves stole a BMW car, money, golf clubs, jewellery and electrical items during a burglary at a house in Ballynahinch.
  
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• Lord Mayor launches Ciclovia 2018

  17-08-2018 17:36 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Two arrested and drugs seized in north Belfast by Paramilitary Task Force

  17-08-2018 16:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two people have been arrested and a quantity of drugs seized after searches in north Belfast.
  
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• Watch Belfast gridlock: Drivers vent frustration at lengthy delays

  17-08-2018 15:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast's drivers have expressed their fury as a new glider route in Belfast's Titanic area causes massive delays.
  
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• Sixteenth group of Syrian refugees arrives in Northern Ireland

  17-08-2018 15:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland has welcomed its 16th group of Syrian refugees.
  
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• Watch: Heavyweight champion Wilder shouts 'bomb squad' at Belfast weigh-in

  17-08-2018 15:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Where Tyson Fury goes, controversy follows, and that was the case at the Europa Hotel in Belfast where the weigh-in was taking place ahead of fight night at Windsor Park on Saturday.
  
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• Local Government Commissioner to hold hearing into complaint against UUP veteran Rodgers

  17-08-2018 15:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Local Government Commissioner for Standards in Northern Ireland has announced it will hold a hearing into a complaint against veteran Belfast UUP councillor Jim Rodgers.
  
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• Taxi man McAuley who denies Tesco 'click and collect' raids involvement refused bail

  17-08-2018 15:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver accused of repeatedly stealing televisions and electrical equipment from a supermarket believed he was innocently carrying out "click and collects", the High Court has heard.
  
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• Not including Northern Ireland in cannabis laws 'perverse': DUP MP Robinson

  17-08-2018 14:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP's Gavin Robinson has called on Northern Ireland to be included in UK-wide legislation on medicinal cannabis, saying it would be "perverse" for it to miss out due to the absence of a devolved assembly.
  
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• If I'd done anything that deserved resigning, I would have done so already, says Ian Paisley

  17-08-2018 14:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Paisley has said if he had done anything that deserved resigning as North Antrim MP, he would have done so already.
  
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• Donegal firm sorry for not commenting on crumbling houses

  17-08-2018 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  A Donegal masonry supplier apologises for not speaking out sooner about houses built with defective blocks.
  
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• Belfast gridlock 'economically damaging for city' - Have you been affected?

  17-08-2018 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gridlock in the Titanic area of Belfast could be "economically damaging" to the city, Alliance leader Noami Long has said.
  
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• Chief Constable praises 'good work' of police after Jamie Bryson arrest

  17-08-2018 12:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton praised the work of police following the arrest of loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson on Thursday.
  
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• Keeping the spark alive

  17-08-2018 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Dr Liz Conlon tests a physics experiment on BBC Northern Ireland's Mark Devenport.
  
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• Hugo Duncan: How modest Gerry Guthrie became one of country's top showmen

  17-08-2018 11:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When Gerry Guthrie decided that he would like to go on the road and front his own band, he knew he was taking a gamble.
  
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• Loaves ✔ loos ✔

  17-08-2018 11:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The Papal visit to Ireland in numbers, from sliced loaves to nurses and doctors.
  
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• 'I won't be gagged' insists Jamie Bryson - blogger to report police to Ombudsman after arrest

  17-08-2018 10:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson has insisted he won't be silenced after his arrest by police on Thursday.
  
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• Belfast dancer dazzled by invite to perform at papal concert in Dublin

  17-08-2018 10:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A professional dancer from south Belfast has said he is deeply honoured to have been asked to perform for Pope Francis in front of 75,000 people in Dublin's Croke Park next weekend.
  
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• Bonfire outrage

  17-08-2018 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Anger at a Derry bonfire and A-level joy for a group of triplets make the NI newspapers on Friday.
  
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• A-level results: Talented Northern Ireland triplets earn almost identical grades

  17-08-2018 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The saying that good things come in threes rang true at Lagan College yesterday with a set of triplets achieving an identical trio of A-level grades.
  
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• TJ Doheny: Irish boxer wins IBF world super bantamweight title

  17-08-2018 08:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Portlaoise native TJ Doheny beats Japan’s Ryosuke Iwasa on a unanimous points decision in Tokyo to claim the IBF world super-bantamweight title.
  
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• Widower of Omagh victim calls for BBC boycott if it doesn't drop blogger Jude Collins

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man whose wife was killed in the Omagh bombing has called on the BBC to "take a stand" and ban a media commentator who claimed victims of the atrocity were not murdered.
  
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• Tributes to Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, 'the voice that inspired America'

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, has died aged 76.
  
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• Presbyterian Moderator set for historic meeting with Pope Francis

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Presbyterian Moderator is in line to be the church's first leader to meet a Pope on Irish soil.
  
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• New look Windsor Park ready for Frampton showdown

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It has borne witness to famous footballing moments down the years.
  
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• My 'absurd' arrest: Loyalist Bryson hits out after he's held in PSNI UVF probe

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prominent loyalist Jamie Bryson was arrested yesterday as part of a PSNI investigation into criminality linked to the East Belfast UVF.
  
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• Murdered men's families tell of revulsion over Derry bonfire display

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The families of two dissident republican murder victims have told of how the placing of their loved ones' names on a bonfire in Londonderry has reopened old wounds.
  
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• Belfast council reveals hundreds of thousands spent on Feile festival that ended with IRA chanting at concert

  17-08-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has confirmed it pumped £357,000 of public money into this year's Feile an Phobail.
  
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• Witches launch Europe's biggest Halloween party

  17-08-2018 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  A mass get together of witches in Londonderry marks 400 years of the city walls and helps launch the annual Halloween festival.
  
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• Omagh justice campaigner Gallagher backs O'Loan '110%' over comments

  17-08-2018 03:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man whose son was killed in the Omagh bomb has voiced strong support for Nuala O'Loan and said he also believes the atrocity could have been prevented.
  
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• Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson responds after 'absurd' arrest on suspicion of supplying unlicensed door staff

  17-08-2018 00:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of supplying unlicensed door staff.
  
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