Belfast news

• Complaints process around Ian Paisley Maldives holiday 'confidential'

  31-01-2019 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Any investigation into complaints made to a parliament watchdog about a holiday taken by the DUP's Ian Paisley to the Maldives must remain confidential, it has been revealed.
  
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• Clampers hit 77 Belfast vehicles in 4 days - Belfast Live

  31-01-2019 22:14
  Clampers hit 77 Belfast vehicles in 4 days  Belfast LiveThe DVLA has launched a major drive against motorists who haven't taxed their cars.
  
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• Belfast pub fire staff 'safe and well' - Lewis Tavern thanks public for support - Belfast Telegraph

  31-01-2019 22:06
  Belfast pub fire staff 'safe and well' - Lewis Tavern thanks public for support  Belfast TelegraphThe Lewis Tavern in Dundonald has confirmed that all its staff are.
  
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• Sinn Fein demand immediate closure of RHI Scheme

  31-01-2019 20:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy has called for the immediate closure of the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) scheme.
  
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• Man (50) charged with making and distributing child porn images

  31-01-2019 20:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 50-year-old man has been charged with a range of child porn offences.
  
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• Man who laundered bank raid cash challenges state over £3m seized from home

  31-01-2019 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former financier who laundered some of the proceeds of the Northern Bank robbery has sought to compel the Irish state to explain what happened to around £3 million seized from his home.
  
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• Donegal crash victims' funerals take place

  31-01-2019 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Funerals take place for four men, in their 20s, who died in a single vehicle crash on Sunday night.
  
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• 'Life is precious and life is brittle, life is very fragile,' mourners told as four funerals take place in Donegal

  31-01-2019 20:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Back-to-back funerals were held in scenic and snow-swept Donegal as thousands turned out in the bitter cold to pay their respects to four young men.
  
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• Met Eireann to consider including Northern Ireland weather warnings after Sinn Fein complaints

  31-01-2019 19:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Met Eireann has said that they will "look at ways" of incorporating Northern Ireland's weather warnings into their service, after complaints from Sinn Fein.
  
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• Let's Rock Belfast to bring the nostalgia to the city in the summer - Belfast Live

  31-01-2019 19:29
  Let's Rock Belfast to bring the nostalgia to the city in the summer  Belfast LiveThe new festival will take place at Boucher Playing Fields in August.
  
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• Belfast resident drops her challenge to Bucksport's proposed salmon farm - Bangor Daily News

  31-01-2019 19:17
  Belfast resident drops her challenge to Bucksport's proposed salmon farm  Bangor Daily NewsA Belfast resident has dropped her challenge to a state-issued permit that would allow a proposed $250 million indoor salmon farm in Bucksport to discharge its ...
  
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• 'It is what it is': finding a path through the fog of men's mental health

  31-01-2019 18:55
  Two frank solo shows, East Belfast Boy and Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful, depict male crises with heart, humour and hip-hopSaggy and shuffling, his dressing gown flapping over a middle-aged spread, Malachy is in garrulous confessional mode. His sofa has become an analyst’s couch. This is to be his final reckoning, we realise. Depression has taken a firm hold.Simon O’Gorman brings rueful charm to the role of this solitary man in Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful (★★★★&
  
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• Leonardo Da Vinci drawings on display at Ulster Museum

  31-01-2019 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  It is only the second time drawings from Da Vinci's work have been exhibited in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Masked gang armed with firearm attack woman during Belfast burglary - Belfast Telegraph

  31-01-2019 18:48
  Masked gang armed with firearm attack woman during Belfast burglary  Belfast TelegraphA woman was attacked by a group of masked men during an aggravated burglary in north Belfast on Wednesday night.
  
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• Masked gang armed with firearm attack woman during Belfast burglary

  31-01-2019 18:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman was attacked by a group of masked men during an aggravated burglary in north Belfast on Wednesday night.
  
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• Investigation under way after major fire in Belfast - Irish Examiner

  31-01-2019 18:30
  Investigation under way after major fire in Belfast  Irish ExaminerAn investigation is under way to find the cause of a major fire at a bar that saw a section of one of the busiest roads in Belfast closed for most of the day.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Belfast woman Sara Murphy - Shipwrecked's latest contestant

  31-01-2019 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast woman Sara Murphy (22) is set to appear on Thursday's episode of E4's Shipwrecked.
  
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• Northern Ireland's pro-Remain parties urge EU to say firm on backstop

  31-01-2019 18:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's four pro-Remain parties have issued a joint statement urging the EU to stay firm on its position on the Irish backstop.
  
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• Second man arrested on suspicion of murder of Ian Ogle

  31-01-2019 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested a 22-year-old man on the suspicion of the murder of east Belfast community worker Ian Ogle.
  
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• Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing review – the superhuman hits you like a thunderbolt

  31-01-2019 17:32
  Museums across the UKThese drawings from the Royal Collection – dispersed around Britain – are like pure, clear windows on to the extraordinary mind of this enigmatic and visionary geniusIt was in Cardiff that I finally cracked the Da Vinci Code. For years I’ve been searching for the clues that would explain this weird and wonderful genius. I’ve visited the Tuscan hill town Vinci, where an illegitimate boy called Leonardo was born in 1452, and Amboise in the Loire Valley,
  
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• Lord Mayor launches £4 million investment plan for Connecting Open Spaces project

  31-01-2019 16:59 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Man killed in Belfast was stabbed 11 times - PSNI - RTE.ie

  31-01-2019 15:57
  Man killed in Belfast was stabbed 11 times - PSNI  RTE.iePolice say the 45-year-old man who was killed in Belfast on Sunday night was stabbed 11 times and suffered a fractured skull.
  
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• Ian Ogle stabbed 11 times in back and left to die in Belfast street with fractured skull, says PSNI

  31-01-2019 15:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ian Ogle had his skull fractured and was savagely stabbed eleven times in the back before being left to die in the street, police have said.
  
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• Northern Ireland farm incomes to fall dramatically amid no-deal Brexit warnings

  31-01-2019 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Farm incomes across Northern Ireland are expected to fall by almost a quarter this financial year, according to the latest government estimates.
  
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• Belfast community worker Ian Ogle was ‘stabbed 11 times’ - Irish Times

  31-01-2019 15:49
  Belfast community worker Ian Ogle was ‘stabbed 11 times’  Irish TimesThe 45-year-old died after the attack as he prayed with a pastor on a street in the east of the city on Sunday evening. More than 1,000 people attended a vigil in ...
  
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• Northern Ireland travel alerts: Upper Newtownards Road may be closed into rush hour

  31-01-2019 15:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Burglar steals £1,000 from 102-year-old woman in Northern Ireland town

  31-01-2019 15:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The theft of an 102-year-old woman's pension during a burglary in Larne has been described as "despicable" by police.
  
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• Northern Ireland snow - travel delays and school closures: As it happened - Belfast Live

  31-01-2019 14:47
  Northern Ireland snow - travel delays and school closures: As it happened  Belfast LiveTemperatures dipped to -8C in some parts of the country overnight.
  
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• Belfast man charged with possession of child pornography - WGME

  31-01-2019 14:22
  Belfast man charged with possession of child pornography  WGMEBELFAST (BDN) -- A Belfast man who worked with developmentally disabled children has been arrested and charged with possession of sexually explicit ...
  
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• Risk killer doctors operating in Northern Ireland, Shipman review judge warns

  31-01-2019 14:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An influential judge has voiced concern the absence of an independent medical examiners' service in Northern Ireland could allow for cover-ups in the medial profession in Northern Ireland and even the possibility of killer doctors working on undetected.
  
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• Huge blaze rips through bar in Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  31-01-2019 14:07
  Huge blaze rips through bar in Belfast  Belfast TelegraphA huge blaze has devastated a bar on the outskirts of Belfast and caused major disruption.
  
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• Revealed: New figures on religious breakdown in Northern Ireland - Working age Protestants drop by 14%

  31-01-2019 13:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There has been a sharp drop in the number of working age people in Northern Ireland designating themselves as Protestants, according to the latest figures.
  
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• £3.5m network launched to tackle climate change in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds - Environment Journal

  31-01-2019 12:54
  £3.5m network launched to tackle climate change in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds  Environment JournalA network of city climate commissions will be set up in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds, the Minister for Energy Claire Perry announced today (January 31).
  
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• St Patrick's Day 2019 in Belfast details confirmed - Belfast Live

  31-01-2019 12:30
  St Patrick's Day 2019 in Belfast details confirmed  Belfast LiveDetails of Belfast's St Patrick's Day celebrations have been revealed – and the Vengabus is coming. The March 17 event once again promises to be a colourful ...
  
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• Only 5% of Northern Ireland's travel using public transport

  31-01-2019 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Only 5% of journeys made by people in Northern Ireland use public transport, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Giants can turn tie on its head in Belfast: Leonard - Belfast Telegraph

  31-01-2019 12:01
  Giants can turn tie on its head in Belfast: Leonard  Belfast TelegraphDespite being a goal down at the halfway point of their Challenge Cup semi-final against the Glasgow Clan, defenceman Curtis Leonard isn't worried about the ...
  
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• Belfast Fashion Spy: 'Gwen Stefani's style isn't dictated by age' - Belfast Telegraph

  31-01-2019 12:01
  Belfast Fashion Spy: 'Gwen Stefani's style isn't dictated by age'  Belfast TelegraphRachel Dean checks out the style in Victoria Square, Belfast.
  
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• Prime Belfast sites go on market for £5m - Belfast Telegraph

  31-01-2019 12:00
  Prime Belfast sites go on market for £5m  Belfast TelegraphTwo prime development sites in south and east Belfast have gone on the market for around £5m.
  
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• Heartache at Donegal funerals for Daniel Scott, John Harley, Shaun Harkin and Micheal Roarty

  31-01-2019 11:52 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people have attended the first of four back-to-back funerals for a group of men killed in a road crash in Donegal.
  
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• Bushmills Road filling station 'targeted in robbery' - Belfast Live

  31-01-2019 11:37
  Bushmills Road filling station 'targeted in robbery'  Belfast LiveDUP MLA Maurice Bradley was going into the shop shortly afterwards.
  
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• Guildford pub bombings inquests should resume – coroner

  31-01-2019 11:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A coroner has ruled that the inquests into the 1974 Guildford pub bombings which killed four soldiers and a civilian should resume – more than 40 years after they were suspended.
  
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• Twenty five years after the original ceasefires, why are parts of Belfast still immersed in Paramilitary culture? - Slugger O'Toole

  31-01-2019 11:17
  Twenty five years after the original ceasefires, why are parts of Belfast still immersed in Paramilitary culture?  Slugger O'TooleA telling snippet from the follow up of the killing of community worker Ian Ogle in East Belfast. His daughter Toni Johnston is unhappy with the response of one ...
  
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• Twenty five years after the original ceasefires, why are parts of Belfast still immerse in Paramilitary culture? - Slugger O'Toole

  31-01-2019 11:17
  Twenty five years after the original ceasefires, why are parts of Belfast still immerse in Paramilitary culture?  Slugger O'TooleA telling snippet from the follow up of the killing of community worker Ian Ogle in East Belfast. His daughter Toni Johnston is unhappy with the response of one ...
  
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• River Lagan to be lowered - Belfast Live

  31-01-2019 11:06
  River Lagan to be lowered  Belfast LiveThe River Lagan is to be lowered on Thursday, the Department for Communities has said. It will be lowered between Lagan Weir and Stranmillis Weir.
  
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• Watch live: 'Devastation' as Belfast Lewis Tavern pub blaze enters fourth hour

  31-01-2019 11:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have closed the Upper Newtownards Road in both directions as thirty firefighters deal with a raging fire at a pub near the Ulster Hospital.
  
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