Belfast news

• 4 in double figures in Marist's victory in Belfast - USA TODAY

  30-11-2018 23:52
  4 in double figures in Marist's victory in Belfast  USA TODAYBELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Brian Parker scored 15 points to lead four Red Foxes in double figures and Marist defeated LIU Brooklyn 70-53 on Friday in ...
  
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• Newry shock Coleraine to claim first away win of season

  30-11-2018 22:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Newry City shocked Coleraine on Friday evening, clinching a 1-0 victory at the Showgrounds.
  
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• Number of shops in Belfast city centre to reopen on Monday after Primark fire

  30-11-2018 21:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of shops are to reopen in Belfast city centre on Monday following the Primark fire.
  
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• Police catch prisoner who went on run during home leave

  30-11-2018 20:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have captured an unlawfully at large prisoner who breached his conditions during home leave.
  
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• Teenager charged with Derry murder of Eddie Meenan

  30-11-2018 20:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Eddie Meenan, police have confirmed.
  
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• No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland - KPLC

  30-11-2018 20:07
  No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland  KPLCBELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Jeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 on ...
  
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• Investigation into high levels of cancer among staff at Ulster University

  30-11-2018 19:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An investigation has found that a Ulster University campus was not responsible for high levels of cancer among staff.
  
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• Police urged to focus on massacre as probe into journalists is branded a ‘farce’

  30-11-2018 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A journalist arrested over the alleged theft of a document that appeared in his film on a notorious Troubles massacre had branded the ongoing investigation a “complete farce”.
  
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• 'Chinese triad link' over £2m drugs find in Belfast - BBC News

  30-11-2018 17:46
  'Chinese triad link' over £2m drugs find in Belfast  BBC NewsPolice are investigating a link to a Chinese organised crime gang after drugs worth £2m were seized in Belfast. The discovery of about 220lb (100kg) of ...
  
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• 'False death' club escapes league expulsion

  30-11-2018 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballybrack FC escape expulsion from the Leinster Senior League after falsely reporting the death of one of their players.
  
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• CCTV of Geordie Gilmore's last recorded movements played in court

  30-11-2018 17:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior judge sitting on a murder trial watched the last recorded movements of Geordie Gilmore less half an hour before he was shot last year.
  
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• Cliftonville breaks silence on Jay Donnelly - striker will not play this weekend

  30-11-2018 16:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cliftonville FC has announced striker Jay Donnelly will not play against Dungannon Swifts on Saturday.
  
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• Springhill: Look inside the 17th century house at the heart of Jamie Dornan's Death And Nightingales

  30-11-2018 16:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Springhill, a 17th-century plantation home in Moneymore, stars alongside Jamie Dornan in new BBC Two drama, Death And Nightingales.
  
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• Man punched grandmother and threatened to set her on fire, court told

  30-11-2018 16:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man allegedly punched his grandmother and threatened to set her on fire, the High Court heard.
  
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• Brexit deal would put Northern Ireland in ‘unrivalled’ global position – Bradley

  30-11-2018 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The draft Brexit deal would place Northern Ireland in an “unrivalled” global position to attract future foreign investment, the Secretary of State has claimed.
  
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• Five arrested as police bust £2m Chinese Triad-linked cannabis smuggling operation

  30-11-2018 15:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have seized £2million worth of cannabis in Belfast as part of an investigation into a Chinese organised crime group selling drugs in Northern Ireland.
  
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• I couldn't watch him suffer, Belfast man accused of trying to smother dad in care home told nurse, court hears

  30-11-2018 15:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with attempting to murder his dying father in a care home allegedly told staff he could no longer watch him suffer, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Drop in Army bomb squad call-outs disproves Brexit threat to peace process: DUP's Campbell

  30-11-2018 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Gregory Campbell has claimed a drop in the number of call outs for the Army's bomb squad in Northern Ireland demonstrates how claims Brexit would damage the peace process were "totally inaccurate and inflammatory".
  
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• Stop fishing and catch Loughinisland killers: NUJ calls for police investigation into award-winning journalists to be dropped

  30-11-2018 14:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police who arrested two film-makers who produced a documentary on the Loughinisland massacre must stop fishing and catch the killers, the National Union of Journalists has warned.
  
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• Cliona Hagan announced as special guest for Nathan Carter Belfast gig

  30-11-2018 13:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Special guest Cliona Hagan will join Nathan Carter as the support act at his Belfast and Dublin gigs next year.
  
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• Uproar as pair appear in court accused of Eddie Meenan murder

  30-11-2018 13:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There were emotional scenes in a Londonderry court when two men appeared jointly charged with murdering 52-year-old Eddie Meenan.
  
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• NI jobs 'protected by Brexit deal'

  30-11-2018 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Secretary of State Karen Bradley made the comments in Bangor as she continued her tour of towns.
  
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• Belfast bar Tutti-Frutti blames 'typo' for 'racial slur' cocktail

  30-11-2018 12:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new Belfast bar to open at the weekend blamed a typo after it was highlighted how one of its cocktail's names was regarded as a "racial slur".
  
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• Wreaths at Northern Ireland war memorial thrown in river - woman arrested

  30-11-2018 11:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 44-year-old woman has been arrested for criminal damage after a war memorial in Newry was vandalised.
  
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• 'Our children will be the losers,' - Civil service chief warns of impact to schools, hospitals and homes of ongoing Northern Ireland political deadlock

  30-11-2018 11:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service has warned that urgent reforms in health, education and social housing are behind held up in the absence of the Stormont Executive.
  
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• I was not attacking Arlene Foster and Sammy Wilson 'best commodity' DUP can have: Peter Robinson responds to media reports on criticism

  30-11-2018 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former DUP leader Peter Robinson has denied his recent remarks about the party were an attack on Arlene Foster.
  
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• I was not attacking Arlene Foster and Sammy Wilson 'best commodity' DUP can have: Peter Robinson responds to media reports on comments

  30-11-2018 09:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former DUP leader Peter Robinson has denied his recent remarks about the party were an attack on Arlene Foster.
  
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• Stephen Allison: on-the-run prisoner last seen in Belfast city centre - The Irish News

  30-11-2018 09:00
  Stephen Allison: on-the-run prisoner last seen in Belfast city centre  The Irish NewsPOLICE are looking for an unlawfully at large prisoners.
  
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• San Francisco tops Stephen F. Austin 76-58 in Belfast - USA TODAY

  30-11-2018 09:00
  San Francisco tops Stephen F. Austin 76-58 in Belfast  USA TODAYSan Francisco pulled away in the second half for a 76-58 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic.
  
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• No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland - WMC

  30-11-2018 09:00
  No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland  WMCBELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Jeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 on ...
  
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• No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland - WLOX

  30-11-2018 09:00
  No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland  WLOXJeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast ...
  
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• No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland - USA TODAY

  30-11-2018 09:00
  No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland  USA TODAYJeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast ...
  
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• No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland - FOX 8 Live WVUE

  30-11-2018 09:00
  No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland  FOX 8 Live WVUEJeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast ...
  
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• Cannabis with street value of £2 million seized during searches in Belfast - The Irish Times

  30-11-2018 09:00
  Cannabis with street value of £2 million seized during searches in Belfast  The Irish TimesFour men and one woman being held for questioning.
  
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• ‘Belfast is not New York’... plan to call city centre project ‘Tribeca’ met with derision - Belfast Telegraph

  30-11-2018 09:00
  ‘Belfast is not New York’... plan to call city centre project ‘Tribeca’ met with derision  Belfast TelegraphA new £500m development planned for Belfast city centre has been widely mocked after its new name was copied from an existing well-known neighbourhood ...
  
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• 5:33 Belfast students on Brexit: 'The majority of us are against it' - Irish Times

  30-11-2018 09:00
  5:33 Belfast students on Brexit: 'The majority of us are against it'  Irish TimesSimon Carswell speaks to a group of second level students from Belfast's Methodist College on Brexit and what it means for them. Video: Bryan O'Brien.
  
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• We're not the enemy: Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce chief says agreement critics should offer new plan

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The president of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry has told those opposed to the draft Withdrawal Agreement that the business world is not "their enemy" and urged politicians to end their "Brexit bickering".
  
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• Video: The little girl that never gave up: Brave Erin spreads the message that cancer can't cancel Christmas

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Meet Erin - the brave little seven-year-old spreading the message that "cancer doesn't cancel Christmas".
  
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• Public consultation could see stalking become a crime

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stalking could become an offence in Northern Ireland following the launch of a public consultation.
  
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• Northern Ireland soprano Margaret is invited to give royals a Christmas serenade

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  From the Pope to Rod Stewart and Andrea Bocelli, Londonderry-born classical soprano Margaret Keys has wowed some of the world's top names.
  
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• Northern Ireland boss called ‘Tory cow’ for Prime Minister support

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast business woman who offered Theresa May some words of comfort as the Prime Minister navigates the UK's departure from the EU has been trolled mercilessly online.
  
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• Harry and Meghan turn down invite to Northern Ireland town

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially turned down an invite to visit a seaside port in Co Down.
  
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• Corrie’s bad guy Paddy Wallace: My Belfast dad, life at QUB and family ties to crusading priest

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Coronation Street star who plays one of the soap's biggest conmen has talked of his love for his second home of Belfast where his father was born, where he studied at university, where he started his acting career and where was also an Irish League footballer.
  
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• City council probe into ‘unauthorised works’ at Belfast hotel - call for 'immediate stop notice'

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has revealed that it has opened an enforcement investigation in relation to the £15m George Best Hotel building.
  
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• ‘Belfast is not New York’... plan to call city centre project ‘Tribeca’ met with derision

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A new £500m development planned for Belfast city centre has been widely mocked after its new name was copied from an existing well-known neighbourhood in New York.
  
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• Alarming 50% rise in number of Northern Ireland people waiting over a year for hospital treatment

  30-11-2018 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Almost 20,000 patients in Northern Ireland have been waiting more than a year for hospital treatment, figures show.
  
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• Cash stolen from Belfast Christmas Market stall - BBC News

  30-11-2018 07:40
  Cash stolen from Belfast Christmas Market stall  BBC NewsTwo men targeted the OutsideIn stall at Belfast's Christmas Market on Thursday.
  
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• Marist tops Dartmouth at Belfast Classic in Northern Ireland - USA TODAY

  30-11-2018 01:52
  Marist tops Dartmouth at Belfast Classic in Northern Ireland  USA TODAYBELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Brian Parker scored 18 points with six assists, Ryan Funk added four 3-pointers and 14 points and Marist defeated ...
  
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