Belfast news

• May faces Cabinet showdown as Brexiteers condemn deal with Brussels

  13-11-2018 23:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cabinet ministers have been urged to reject Theresa May’s Brexit plan when they gather for a crunch showdown on Wednesday.
  
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• Brexit breakthrough: UK handcuffed to EU with Brussels holding the keys and Northern Ireland dependent on Dublin, says DUP's Arlene Foster

  13-11-2018 22:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster says the UK would be shackled to the EU without a clean exit and Northern Ireland dependent on Dublin should trade barriers be placed in the Irish Sea.
  
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• Brexit: Mixed political reaction to Brexit text

  13-11-2018 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The DUP says the text will be a "hard sell", while Michel Barnier says "we're not there yet".
  
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• Brexit breakthrough: Hard sell for Prime Minister to satisfy all sides ... Cabinet must tell May UK can't be split: DUP reactions to draft agreement

  13-11-2018 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said the Prime Minister had a "hard sell" on her hands to convince all sides to back her agreement with the EU.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with west Belfast paramilitary-style attack released

  13-11-2018 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 48-year-old man arrested in connection with a paramilitary style attack in west Belfast has been released.
  
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• White flags have gone up: Brexit deal a betrayal of the union and handing Dublin power over Northern Ireland - Johnson and Rees-Mogg slam draft text

  13-11-2018 19:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hardline Brexiteers Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson have described the draft agreement between the EU and the UK as a "betrayal of the union" and of handing more power to Dublin than London for governing Northern Ireland in some aspects.
  
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• Brexit: 'No-deal scenario worse for NI than backstop'

  13-11-2018 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Government analysis assumes no deal would mean increased customs and tariffs on trade between NI and EU.
  
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• Princess Anne visits Londonderry wood created to mark 100th anniversary of First World War

  13-11-2018 19:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Centenary Wood in Co Londonderry's Faughan Valley was in the spotlight on Tuesday afternoon thanks to a visit from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
  
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• Brexit deal text agreed, Irish border solution found, Cabinet to meet to consider next steps

  13-11-2018 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Negotiators from the EU and UK have agreed a Brexit withdrawal agreement text which avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland, it has been reported.
  
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• Belfast named as a 5G pioneer

  13-11-2018 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's big cities will be the first to get the futuristic mobile technology, says mobile operator.
  
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• Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland stars come together for hospital visit

  13-11-2018 16:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ahead of Thursday night's friendly in Dublin, some of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland's stars took time out to visit some patients at Ireland's largest paediatric hospital.
  
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• School book criticised after omitting key events of the Troubles

  13-11-2018 15:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Campaigners have hit out after one of the bloodiest atrocities of the Troubles was omitted from a newly published school book in the Republic.
  
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• Northern Ireland man who defrauded his dementia-suffering mum to buy booze avoids jail

  13-11-2018 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim man who defrauded his dementia-suffering mother to buy alcohol has avoided jail.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with west Belfast paramilitary-style attack

  13-11-2018 14:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a paramilitary style attack in west Belfast.
  
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• Northern Ireland cannot recruit a pathologist - infant post-mortems moving to England

  13-11-2018 14:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Post-mortem examinations of infants in Northern Ireland are to be moved to Liverpool, the Health and Social Care Board has announced.
  
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• UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

  13-11-2018 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The objects were said to be very bright and flying at twice the speed of sound.
  
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• Death drivers 'ruining community' as car burnt out in Derry

  13-11-2018 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An SDLP councillor has said that death drivers are destroying their own community in Londonderry after a car was burnt out in the Galliagh area on Monday evening.
  
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• NI redundancies up by a third from 2017

  13-11-2018 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Northern Ireland's employment rate remains the lowest of the 12 regions of the UK.
  
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• Victims deserve better: Report on sexual crimes 'alarming but unsurprising', says Alliance MLA

  13-11-2018 12:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Failures in the justice system in dealing with victims of sexual violence and abuse crimes have been described as "alarming" but unsurprising for people in Northern Ireland by an Alliance MLA.
  
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• Watch: Popcorn and Peanut - Belfast Zoo celebrates a first with flamingo chicks

  13-11-2018 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Zoo keeper Geraldine Murphy has had her hands full in recent weeks as she has been hand-rearing Popcorn and Peanut - the first ever Chilean flamingos to hatch at Belfast Zoo.
  
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• Stan Lee will live on in ‘people’s hearts’, says fan Jonathan Ross

  13-11-2018 11:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stan Lee will be with fans “for some time longer” after filming many cameos in future movies, fan Jonathan Ross has said.
  
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• Did you see PSNI man drop bullets in street? Appeal for witnesses after video shows 'officer drop gun magazine' in Lurgan

  13-11-2018 11:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Police Ombudsman's office has appealed for witnesses to come forward after video footage emerged of a PSNI officer appearing to drop a gun magazine clip in Lurgan.
  
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• Northern Ireland justice system failing sex crime victims time and time again – inspectors

  13-11-2018 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The criminal justice system in Northern Ireland is failing victims of sexual violence and abuse crimes time and time again, inspectors have warned.
  
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• Assaults against Translink staff and passengers 'rampant' with more than 100 reported in 2018

  13-11-2018 10:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Translink staff and passengers were assaulted on 115 occasions in the first eight months of this year, it has been revealed.
  
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• Brexit deal is almost within touching distance, says May’s deputy

  13-11-2018 10:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Britain and the EU are “almost within touching distance” of striking a Brexit deal, Theresa May’s de facto deputy has said.
  
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• Courteney Cox and me: Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid on their 4 year engagement

  13-11-2018 10:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Johnny McDaid hasn't forgotten his roots. He's currently touring America with Snow Patrol and has worked with some of the world's most famous names in music, but the Londonderry man admits that no matter where in the world he goes, his "heart has never left home".
  
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• Titanic's new captain

  13-11-2018 09:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A Brexit poll and police information backlog also make Tuesday's headlines.
  
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• New Look shuts up shop at Belfast's Forestside

  13-11-2018 08:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Clothing chain New Look has closed its store in Belfast's Forestside Shopping Centre with the loss of around 10 jobs as part of its turnaround plan, it has emerged.
  
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• Luxury apartments to buy or rent in £40m scheme in Belfast

  13-11-2018 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new £40m luxury apartment project with the potential to create 250 construction jobs could be on the way for close to Sandy Row in Belfast.
  
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• Northern Ireland rejects hard border - and 62% say united Ireland more likely after Brexit

  13-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Six in 10 people here and eight out of 10 in the Irish Republic believe that the UK should not proceed with Brexit if it means a hard border in Ireland, according to a cross-border survey.
  
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• Northern Ireland facing pest epidemic after hot summer

  13-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is in the grip of a rat, mice and wasp epidemic as pest control companies report a record-breaking number of infestations.
  
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• Chef Niall McKenna closes Belfast Titanic outlet after four years

  13-11-2018 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Restaurateur Niall McKenna has closed his Cast and Crew restaurant in Belfast's Titanic Quarter after four years.
  
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• Creating waves: Haunting image by Belfast Telegraph's Kevin Scott makes headlines

  13-11-2018 07:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  "Spectacular, poignant and dramatic" - those were the words used to describe Belfast Telegraph photographer Kevin Scott's drone photos of the image of a fallen soldier etched into the sand at Murlough beach, Co Down, on Sunday.
  
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• Sinn Fein's Bobby Storey second party member told about threat

  13-11-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A second senior republican has been told by police he is under threat from "criminal elements".
  
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• Northern Ireland police officer in tribunal challenge to facial hair ban

  13-11-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A police officer who wants to be able to have a moustache has blasted the PSNI's "catch-all" ban on facial hair at the first day of an industrial tribunal in Belfast.
  
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• New £1.1m cash 'lifeline' for Belfast traders ahead of Christmas

  13-11-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An extra £1.1m being pumped into Belfast city centre in a bid to bring shoppers back in time for Christmas following the Primark fire has been described as a welcome "lifeline" by a retail group yesterday.
  
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• Heartbroken families plan fundraiser in memory of storm victim Matthew Campbell

  13-11-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a 24-year-old man killed by a falling tree in Slieve Gullion Forest Park are to undertake a fundraising seven-mountain hike for the Air Ambulance Northern Ireland (AANI) in his memory.
  
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• Derry churchgoers leaving Remembrance service attacked with fireworks

  13-11-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has revealed her terror after fireworks exploded around her car as she left a service on Remembrance Sunday in Co Londonderry.
  
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• Call for council rethink over £100m Belfast private healthcare park after rates revelation

  13-11-2018 07:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has been urged to review a decision to sign off on the first phase of a £100m healthcare facility.
  
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• China's moderniser?

  13-11-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Robert Hart was born in Portadown but supporters say he helped drive the modernisation of China.
  
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• Patients waiting in corridors, no beds, exhausted nurses, doctors on verge of tears: Woman's 13-hour wait in 'crisis' Northern Ireland A&E

  13-11-2018 00:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young woman has vented her frustration after her mother was forced to spend 13-hours in pain in a "crisis" Northern Ireland A&E.
  
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