Belfast news

• Londonderry: Two men shot in separate incidents

  01-02-2019 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service was called to the scene shortly after 20:00 GMT.
  
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• Two men shot in paramilitary style attacks in Londonderry

  01-02-2019 22:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two men were injured in separate paramilitary-style shootings in the Ballymagroarty area of Londonderry on Friday night.
  
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• Anthony Cacace to fight in London on February 23 - Belfast Newsletter

  01-02-2019 21:39
  Anthony Cacace to fight in London on February 23  Belfast NewsletterThe Belfast fighter has not fought since December 2017 but will make his return next month on the undercard of James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jr's super ...
  
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• Quinn Industrial Holding: Directors assaulted in Ballyconnell

  01-02-2019 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The company said the attacker fled the scene after staff and members of the public intervened.
  
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• Belfast Gin Festival returns to city in June - Belfast Live

  01-02-2019 20:38
  Belfast Gin Festival returns to city in June  Belfast LiveThe event, which is organised by the teams behind Taste and Tour NI and Seedhead Arts, will see Belfast's best-loved local gin brands and global favourites, ...
  
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• Women's Six Nations: Ireland 7-51 England

  01-02-2019 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Championship hopefuls England make a statement of intent as they open their Women's Six Nations campaign with an eight-try win over Ireland.
  
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• Mortar tube and ammunition found near Irish border

  01-02-2019 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Irish police say the operation is "targeting the activities of dissident republican groups".
  
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• Search underway into dissident republican activity near Irish border

  01-02-2019 18:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Garda operation is currently underway near the Irish border as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of dissident republican groups.
  
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• Brilliant Corners Returns to Belfast - hotpress.com

  01-02-2019 18:40
  Brilliant Corners Returns to Belfast  hotpress.comBelfast's only jazz festival, Brilliant Corners, is set to return for the seventh consecutive year, running from March 2 through March 9, 2019. Each year Belfast ...
  
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• West Belfast football club hits out at Antrim GAA after relocating to new home pitch - Belfast Live

  01-02-2019 18:26
  West Belfast football club hits out at Antrim GAA after relocating to new home pitch  Belfast LiveThe Amateur League outfit have moved from Woodlands Playing Fields to Fullerton Park.
  
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• Northern Ireland travel alerts: Carrickfergus road reopens after bridge strike

  01-02-2019 18:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Northern Ireland travel alerts: Carrickfergus road closed due to bridge strike

  01-02-2019 18:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Belfast’s first youth busking competition is taking place in February - Belfast Live

  01-02-2019 18:22
  Belfast’s first youth busking competition is taking place in February  Belfast LiveBelfast's first youth busking competition is happening in the city next month. Beyond Busk is searching for musicians, street entertainers, dancers, magicians and ...
  
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• Former Irish league footballer kidnapped and demanded £10k from man he claimed was pimp, court told

  01-02-2019 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former leading loyalist allegedly kidnapped and demanded a "fine" of up to £10,000 from a man he claimed was a pimp, a court heard today.
  
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• Arlene Foster: 'I don't expect EU to roll over, but they must face up to reality'

  01-02-2019 18:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has said that she doesn't expect the EU to roll over to UK demands, but that they must face up to reality if a Brexit solution is to be reached.
  
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• Francis McCafferty jailed for killing brother in hit-and-run

  01-02-2019 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Francis McCafferty laughed at his nieces as he was jailed for killing his brother in a hit-and-run.
  
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• Co Antrim mum-of-seven defends taking children on term time family holidays

  01-02-2019 17:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Parents across Northern Ireland have defended taking their primary school children on unauthorised family holidays during term time.
  
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• Belfast man had threesome with gay porn actor on Tube train

  01-02-2019 17:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A gay adult performer who filmed himself and his former partner having a threesome on a Tube train in front of passengers has been fined £1,000.
  
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• Body of Ian Ogle returns home to east Belfast ahead of funeral

  01-02-2019 16:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The body of Ian Ogle has returned home to east Belfast ahead of his funeral on Monday.
  
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• 350 names of potential soldier witnesses identified in inquest into 1971 death

  01-02-2019 16:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Work is under way to trace 350 potential soldier witnesses to the fatal shooting of a mother of six in Londonderry in 1971, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Teenager accused of murdering father-of-five Karol Kelly 'under threat' from other inmates, court told

  01-02-2019 16:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teenager in custody on a charge of murdering a father-of-five is allegedly under "a live threat" from other inmates, the High Court heard today.
  
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• Kenneth Cowan jailed for 10 years for murdering friend

  01-02-2019 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Kenneth Cowan stabbed his friend Brian Anthony Burke at a house in April 2018.
  
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• Businesses 'not ready for no-deal Brexit' - Invest NI

  01-02-2019 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Board members express "deep concern" at how unprepared many businesses are for a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Primark fire probe 'ongoing' as retailer prepares to open second Belfast store - Belfast Telegraph

  01-02-2019 15:56
  Primark fire probe 'ongoing' as retailer prepares to open second Belfast store  Belfast TelegraphThe investigation into the cause of the Primark fire in Belfast city centre is still "ongoing" five months after the blaze ripped through the Bank Buildings.
  
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• Primark fire probe 'ongoing' as retailer prepares to open second Belfast store

  01-02-2019 15:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The investigation into the cause of the Primark fire in Belfast city centre is still "ongoing" five months after the blaze ripped through the Bank Buildings.
  
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• Six Nations 2019: Ireland captain Rory Best anticipates scrum 'arm wrestle'

  01-02-2019 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland captain Rory Best says whoever wins the "arm wrestle" in the scrum will strike a huge blow in Saturday's Six Nations game with England.
  
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• Bank warns no-deal Brexit 'biggest risk to Northern Ireland economy for generation'

  01-02-2019 15:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head of the Danske Bank says a no-deal Brexit would be the biggest risk to the Northern Ireland economy for a generation.
  
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• Meeting in Belfast Saturday to discuss application process for large scholarship - WABI

  01-02-2019 15:10
  Meeting in Belfast Saturday to discuss application process for large scholarship  WABIBELFAST, Maine (WABI) Families with students at Mount View, Belfast, and Searsport High Schools may want to attend an information session about a special ...
  
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• Belfast man in court over Tube threesome

  01-02-2019 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  George Mason had sex with his ex-partner and an unknown third man on the Northern Line.
  
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• Asda supermarket ATMs stolen in Antrim

  01-02-2019 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  A large digger is used to break into the structure housing the cash machines.
  
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• Limavady woman reunited with stolen locket 10 years on

  01-02-2019 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Sentimental jewellery which was stolen from Limavady 10 years ago is found in Newry.
  
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• Kenneth Cowan jailed for 10 years for murder of friend Brian Burke

  01-02-2019 14:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An east Belfast man will spend a minimum of ten years of a life sentence in prison for the murder of his 29-year-old friend.
  
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• Rees-Mogg questioned over why he attended DUP dinner by local Tories

  01-02-2019 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland Conservatives have questioned why Jacob Rees-Mogg addressed a DUP fundraiser, despite having never attended any of their own events.
  
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• Anfield attack: Sean Cox assault accused extradited

  01-02-2019 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  A man is extradited from Italy accused of attacking Liverpool fan Sean Cox before a European match.
  
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• Northern Ireland woman's 'miracle' stolen locket of dead baby son's hair found after decade missing

  01-02-2019 13:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland woman described as a miracle and urged others to never give up hope after a prized locket containing a lock of hair from her deceased baby son that was stolen a decade ago was found.
  
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• Primark announces opening date of second Belfast store - The Irish News

  01-02-2019 13:29
  Primark announces opening date of second Belfast store  The Irish NewsThe shop will be located in Fountain House on Donegall Place.
  
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• 'The only thing I had of my son's'

  01-02-2019 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Limavady woman reunited with stolen locket 10 years on
  
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• Pictured: Digger used in Antrim Asda ATM 'smash and grab'

  01-02-2019 13:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A digger has been used to steal two cash machines at a supermarket in Antrim.
  
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• Roma fan charged over Champions League attack on Liverpool supporter

  01-02-2019 13:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with assaulting Liverpool FC supporter Sean Cox, police have said.
  
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• Increase in parents taking kids on holidays during school term time - have you done it?

  01-02-2019 12:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There has been a rise in the number of pupil absences from primary schools due to unauthorised family holidays, new figures have revealed.
  
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• C&IT Agency Forum heading to Belfast - CIT Magazine

  01-02-2019 12:44
  C&IT Agency Forum heading to Belfast  CIT MagazineRead C&IT Agency Forum heading to Belfast and the latest events news, destinations & venues on C&IT - Conference & Incentive Travel.
  
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• Primark confirms date for opening of second Belfast store

  01-02-2019 11:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Primark has announced the opening date of a second store in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Gerry Adams: Bill Clinton role 'paved way for IRA ceasefire'

  01-02-2019 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The IRA ceasefire would not have happened without an intervention from Bill Clinton, says Gerry Adams.
  
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• Heaney's widow reads love poem

  01-02-2019 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The widow of Irish poet Seamus Heaney reads a poem he wrote for her and St Brigid.
  
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• PSNI details grip loyalist paramilitaries have on Northern Ireland communities

  01-02-2019 11:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior PSNI detective has said it's "impossible" for people to leave loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland once they join up.
  
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• Ninth arrest in Ian Ogle murder probe - Police detail grip loyalist paramilitaries have on Northern Ireland communities

  01-02-2019 11:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior PSNI detective has said it's "impossible" for people to leave loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland once they join up.
  
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• Primark Belfast second store opening date revealed - Belfast Live

  01-02-2019 11:01
  Primark Belfast second store opening date revealed  Belfast LiveA date has been set for when Primark will open in the former New Look store on Donegall Place.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg defends attendance at DUP fundraiser hosted by Ian Paisley

  01-02-2019 10:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg defended his attendance at a DUP fundraising dinner hosted by MP Ian Paisley.
  
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