Belfast news

• 'Hurt is hurt and pain is pain'

  30-10-2018 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A man who lost his wife and father-in-law in the Shankill bombing has told of his shared pain with the families killed by at Greysteel.
  
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• Greysteel families urge politicians to prevent attacks happening again on 25th anniversary

  30-10-2018 23:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The families of those killed in one of the most shocking attacks of Northern Ireland’s Troubles have urged politicians to make sure it never happens again.
  
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• Greysteel killings: 'Hurt is hurt and pain is pain'

  30-10-2018 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A man who lost his wife and father-in-law in the Shankill bombing has told of his shared pain with the families killed at Greysteel.
  
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• Great British Bake Off crowns winner after close final

  30-10-2018 22:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rahul Mandal has been named winner of the Great British Bake Off after a bumpy path to the final.
  
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• U2 guitarist The Edge visits Northern Ireland hotel

  30-10-2018 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  U2 star The Edge made a surprise visit to a Co Antrim hotel on Monday.
  
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• Notorious gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger found dead in prison

  30-10-2018 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has died in US federal custody nearly five years after being sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.
  
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• UK ministers accused of ‘buying DUP votes’ with cash for Belfast

  30-10-2018 18:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  SNP MPs have accused the UK Government of “buying DUP votes” by allocating cash to help Belfast following a major city blaze while failing to provide funding for Glasgow, also hit by fires this year.
  
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• Peers divided over bid to extend human rights protections to Northern Ireland

  30-10-2018 18:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Peers have been left divided over moves by MPs to extend certain human rights protections to Northern Ireland in the absence of a devolved administration.
  
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• UVF tell Irish government to tone down 'Brit-bashing' - reports

  30-10-2018 17:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Members of the UVF have told the Irish government to "tone down" the rhetoric over Brexit for fears the "Brit-bashing" could harm the peace process, it has been reported.
  
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• Over 1,000 more patients to be contacted in Dr Watt neurology recall

  30-10-2018 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 1,000 more patients who were seen by Consultant Neurologist Dr Watt are to be contacted, adding to the biggest recall ever in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Money and jewellery stolen in Ballymena burglaries

  30-10-2018 16:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for information after jewellery and money was stolen in two burglaries in Ballymena at the weekend.
  
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• George Best memorabilia to go on display at £15m hotel in his name

  30-10-2018 16:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland football jersey signed by Sir Alex Ferguson will be among a range of George Best memorabilia on display at a new hotel.
  
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• Friendship Four back in Belfast - BBC Sport

  30-10-2018 16:23
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  Friendship Four back in Belfast
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  The Friendship Four series is back in Belfast for a fourth consecutive year, with four US college teams vying for the only college ice hockey tournament to be held outside of North America. Five-time NCAA Tournament champions the Boston University ...
  
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• Lord Mayor welcomes Welsh Choir to City Hall

  30-10-2018 15:36 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Readers' Halloween pumpkin carvings 2018 - send us your best

  30-10-2018 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Halloween is coming and the goose is getting fat, which means it's time again for Belfast Telegraph readers to show off their pumpkin carving skills.
  
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• Ulster Rugby appoint former Scotland captain Jonny Petrie as new CEO

  30-10-2018 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ulster have announced the appointment of Jonny Petrie as their new CEO.
  
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• Protestant farmers more likely to have large farms, Northern Ireland statistics show

  30-10-2018 14:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Protestant farmers are more likely to farm on large farms than their Catholic counterparts, official figures have shown.
  
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• Norway-style EU deal not right for UK, Theresa May says

  30-10-2018 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has again rejected a Norway-style deal with the EU after Brexit.
  
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• Pensioner, 75, and teenager hospitalised after stabbing in Belfast city - Irish Mirror

  30-10-2018 13:49
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  Pensioner, 75, and teenager hospitalised after stabbing in Belfast city
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  A pensioner and teenager were taken to hospital with stab wounds after an incident in Belfast. Emergency services were called to a home in Benview Park in the north of the city, on Monday morning, October 29, following reports two men were stabbed.and more »
  
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• James McClean asks for respect over poppy decision ahead of Stoke City games against Middlesbrough and Forest

  30-10-2018 13:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  James McClean has asked for respect over his decision not to wear a poppy on his Stoke City shirt over the remembrance period.
  
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• The Greysteel murders: 25 years later

  30-10-2018 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  UDA gunmen shot dead seven people in the Rising Sun bar. Another later died from his injuries.
  
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• McNarry calls for convention to deal with 'anger within unionism'

  30-10-2018 12:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former leader of Ukip in Northern Ireland David McNarry has called for a "unionist convention" which would address the "anger within unionism".
  
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• Five most-popular drinks at Stormont members' bar since collapse of Northern Ireland Executive

  30-10-2018 12:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The top five drinks consumed at the Stormont Members' Bar since the collapse of the power-sharing Executive last year have all been non-alcoholic, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Watch: Rick Astley's trademark trench coat was swiped by Northern Ireland teenagers

  30-10-2018 11:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rick Astley has revealed that the iconic trench worn in the music video for 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up was stolen by a group of teenagers in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Wild stag shot dead by police in Belfast

  30-10-2018 10:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A wild stag on the loose in east Belfast has been shot dead by police.
  
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• Revealed: How many GP practices have closed in Northern Ireland?

  30-10-2018 10:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest report on family practitioner services in Northern Ireland has shown a decline in the number of GP surgeries but an increase in the number of doctors.
  
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• Nurse goes on trial in Germany over 100 patient deaths

  30-10-2018 10:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A nurse serving a life sentence for two murders has gone on trial on charges that he killed a further 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany.
  
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• Belfast: Stag on loose shot dead by police - BBC News

  30-10-2018 09:55
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  Belfast: Stag on loose shot dead by police
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  A wild stag which was running loose in east Belfast has been shot dead by police. The incident happened on Tuesday morning on the Comber Greenway. Police said the animal had "narrowly missed" a number of motorists. They tried to contain the stag but it ...
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• How Ex-Downtown Radio DJ who was Freddie Mercury's lover became the villain of new movie Bohemian Rhapsody

  30-10-2018 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new hit movie about rock group Queen has revealed the 'Judas' role that it claims a former Downtown Radio DJ from Belfast played in the life and eventual demise of tragic singer Freddie Mercury.
  
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• How Ex-Downtown Radio DJ who was Freddie Mercury's lover became the villain of new movie about the Queen star's life

  30-10-2018 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new hit movie about rock group Queen has revealed the 'Judas' role that it claims a former Downtown Radio DJ from Belfast played in the life and eventual demise of tragic singer Freddie Mercury.
  
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• Northern Ireland KKK men posed for photo with National Front leader's girlfriend

  30-10-2018 08:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A group of men who dressed as Ku Klux Klan members posed for pictures with the girlfriend of the UK National Front leader, who once joked about torching a mosque in Co Down.
  
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• Readers' Halloween fancy dress pics - send us yours

  30-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 people are expected to visit Londonderry for this year's Halloween festivities, which have already begun.
  
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• 'My baby won't survive after birth but I can't bear to have abortion,' says distraught mum Erin

  30-10-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pregnant mother is carrying her seriously ill unborn baby to term - even though she knows the child will not survive outside the womb.
  
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• Rare glimpse into family life in a Belfast's 'Big Houses'

  30-10-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The writer whose best-selling books revisit all our yesterdays in east Belfast has now captured the very essence of how the other half lived in a very different city over a hundred years ago.
  
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• Northern Ireland man charged over 'Madeleine McCann' porn image is remanded

  30-10-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Londonderry man remanded in custody charged with having a pornographic image made to look like missing child Madeleine McCann on his mobile phone was freed on bail yesterday.
  
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• Greysteel massacre: 'The sight of so many dead rocked us back on our heels ... for a long time afterwards I couldn't look at that bar when I passed it'

  30-10-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A paramedic who was first on the scene of the Greysteel massacre has said the memories of that night affected him for years.
  
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• Darren Gallagher was the love of my life, says heartbroken girlfriend of crash victim

  30-10-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken partner of a young Co Tyrone man killed in a weekend crash has paid tribute to the "love of her life".
  
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• Budget tax cuts for millions and huge investment for Northern Ireland

  30-10-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Philip Hammond used his Budget to offer early tax cuts for millions of workers and extra cash for Whitehall departments as he began the process of easing austerity.
  
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• Budget £300m for shared education in Northern Ireland 'recycled cash'

  30-10-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A £300 Million package for shared and integrated education announced in yesterday's Budget is based on funding from three years ago.
  
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• Budget 'game-changer' as £350m allocated for Belfast deal

  30-10-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor pledged £350million to Belfast via a City Region Deal, and a separate £2m recovery package for businesses impacted by the Primark fire in the city centre in August in yesterday's Budget.
  
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• From Stormont on ice to icing on Stormont at Big Building Bake Off in Belfast

  30-10-2018 07:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It may be a cake - but it's still the most work Stormont has seen for some time.
  
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• Hyde Park bombing civil case set for first hearing

  30-10-2018 03:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A damages claim by families of the Hyde Park bombing victims against a suspect has reached the High Court.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic updates: Halloween travel information

  30-10-2018 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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