Belfast news

• World Grand Prix: Mark Allen has no regrets after controversially conceding match

  07-02-2019 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Allen has no regrets despite facing a fine after conceding his game against Ali Carter in bizarre fashion at the World Grand Prix.
  
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• Man charged with murder following stabbing in Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 23:45
  Man charged with murder following stabbing in Belfast  Belfast TelegraphA man has been charged with murder after a loyalist community worker was stabbed 11 times in East Belfast.
  
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• World Cup 2030: British and Irish federations to discuss potential bid

  07-02-2019 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A potential British and Irish World Cup bid for staging the 2030 tournament is to be discussed at a meeting on Friday.
  
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• Man charged with the murder of Ian Ogle in east Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 23:26
  Man charged with the murder of Ian Ogle in east Belfast  Belfast TelegraphA 33-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Ian Ogle.
  
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• Man charged with the murder of Ian Ogle in east Belfast

  07-02-2019 23:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 33-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Ian Ogle.
  
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• Bakery in ‘gay cake’ row will not seek legal costs

  07-02-2019 22:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A bakery which beat a discrimination case after it refused to make a cake with the slogan Support Gay Marriage will not seek legal costs.
  
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• Ebikes hit skids in NI due to Stormont deadlock

  07-02-2019 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Ebikes are growing in popularity but a lack of legislation is putting people off buying them in NI.
  
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• West Belfast shop robbed by men with hammer and metal pole - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 20:56
  West Belfast shop robbed by men with hammer and metal pole  Belfast TelegraphA shop in west Belfast has been robbed by two men armed with a hammer and a metal pole.
  
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• West Belfast shop robbed by men with hammer and metal pole

  07-02-2019 20:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A shop in west Belfast has been robbed by two men armed with a hammer and a metal pole.
  
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• Prime site in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter offers regeneration opportunities - The Irish Times

  07-02-2019 20:36
  Prime site in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter offers regeneration opportunities  The Irish TimesPlater's Yard comes with planning for hotels, homes, retail and parking on 1.77 acres.
  
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• Nathan Carter surprises fans at Belfast bar - Belfast Live

  07-02-2019 20:23
  Nathan Carter surprises fans at Belfast bar  Belfast LiveCountry singer Nathan Carter surprised drinkers at a South Belfast pub when he popped in for a tune. The 28-year-old played songs with band All Folk'd Up and ...
  
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• Cervical cancer: Two-minute test that could save your life

  07-02-2019 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  A nurse who trains other health staff to carry out the screening process explains what happens during the test.
  
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• Londonderry: Police Ombudsman upholds baton complaint

  07-02-2019 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The Police Ombudsman upholds a complaint by a man who was struck several times with a police baton in Londonderry.
  
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• Jail sentences over £1m counterfeit money scam

  07-02-2019 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A total of seven men are sentenced over the production of fake sterling and euro notes.
  
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• Jean-Claude Juncker's Irish thank you card sender revealed

  07-02-2019 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A Dublin woman says she sent a card to Jean-Claude Juncker because he "stood up for Ireland".
  
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• Soldier was facing ‘perfect storm’ of stresses, inquest hears

  07-02-2019 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A soldier who is believed to have taken his own life was facing a “perfect storm” of stresses, his mother has told an inquest.
  
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• Police investigating link between two 'despicable' Belfast burglaries - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 18:08
  Police investigating link between two 'despicable' Belfast burglaries  Belfast TelegraphPolice are investigating a possible link between two burglaries at the homes of older people in Belfast.
  
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• Two men jailed after £1m counterfeit currency operation discovered

  07-02-2019 18:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Seven men have been sentenced for their part in a counterfeit currency operation.
  
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• Police investigating link between two 'despicable' Belfast burglaries

  07-02-2019 18:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a possible link between two burglaries at the homes of older people in Belfast.
  
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• Man given community service for brandishing knife in west Belfast petrol station - The Irish News

  07-02-2019 17:59
  Man given community service for brandishing knife in west Belfast petrol station  The Irish NewsA MAN arrested for brandishing a knife in a west Belfast petrol station repeatedly spat inside a police car and branded an officer a "rat", a court has heard.
  
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• Six Nations 2019: Joe Schmidt insists Ireland game plan is 'very varied'

  07-02-2019 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Joe Schmidt insists his Ireland team's method is not one-dimensional despite the chastening Six Nations defeat by England.
  
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• Northern Ireland Opera's Sweeney Todd review at Lyric Theatre, Belfast - The Stage

  07-02-2019 17:38
  Northern Ireland Opera's Sweeney Todd review at Lyric Theatre, Belfast  The StageThere are five bodies on stage, encased in plastic. The opening of the Northern Ireland Opera/Lyric Theatre co-production of Sweeney Todd is like a scene from ...
  
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• Evofit of suspected gunman who fatally shot man outside Belfast school released - TheJournal.ie

  07-02-2019 17:37
  Evofit of suspected gunman who fatally shot man outside Belfast school released  TheJournal.iePOLICE INVESTIGATING THE fatal shooting of a man outside a school in west Belfast in December have released an Evofit image of what the suspected ...
  
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• Advice centre for the elderly opens near Belfast peace line - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 17:22
  Advice centre for the elderly opens near Belfast peace line  Belfast TelegraphA new “youth club” for the elderly near the west Belfast peace line represents the future for older people's services, organisers said.
  
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• Princess Anne opens £23m school in Londonderry

  07-02-2019 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Pupils welcome the Princess Royal as she opens a Londonderry school's new campus
  
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• I'll be negotiating hard to get deal and backstop changes, says Theresa May

  07-02-2019 16:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May has welcomed the EU's commitment to further talks, saying she will be "negotiating hard" to get changes to the backstop.
  
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• Parents of Belfast Irish language school pupil in Supreme Court bid to overturn DUP minister's decision - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 16:19
  Parents of Belfast Irish language school pupil in Supreme Court bid to overturn DUP minister's decision  Belfast TelegraphThe parents of a child at an Irish language primary school are attempting to go to the UK's highest court in a bid to secure a move from its current 117-year-old ...
  
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• Brexit: Norbrook planning to stockpile for no-deal

  07-02-2019 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Pharmaceutical firm Norbrook says a no-deal Brexit should be taken off the table.
  
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• Theresa May gave EU assurance there will be Irish backstop after Brexit: Verhofstadt

  07-02-2019 15:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May gave an assurance there will be a backstop in the UK's withdrawal deal with the EU, Guy Verhofstadt has said.
  
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• Christine Lampard in emotional return to Loose Women after 40th birthday

  07-02-2019 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Christine Lampard was emotional as she returned to Loose Women on Thursday, five months after giving birth.
  
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• DUP meeting on party's Brexit stance did not discuss impact on Northern Ireland, says Jim Wells

  07-02-2019 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jim Wells has lifted the lid on the crunch DUP meeting which decided which side the party would back in the EU referendum campaign which subsequently saw it catapulted in to the centre of UK and EU politics.
  
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• Paedophile hunters guilty of trying to intimidate BBC reporter Magee

  07-02-2019 14:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men have been found guilty of attempting to intimidate a journalist investigating paedophile hunters.
  
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• Dad's ad in Tele to find husband for 'gorgeous 6ft daughter' - she can talk to anyone

  07-02-2019 14:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An anxious Northern Ireland man has posted a classified advert to look for a husband for his daughter in a bid to stop her leaving the country.
  
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• Ballycastle paedophile postman jailed for three years

  07-02-2019 13:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former postman turned paedophile, convicted of sexually abusing three young schoolgirls, was jailed for three years on Thursday.
  
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• Police officer 'too quick' to use baton on Derry man

  07-02-2019 13:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An investigation has found that a PSNI officer resorted to using his baton "too quickly" after striking a man several times without warning.
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg defends Liam Neeson over race row controversy

  07-02-2019 12:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Whoopi Goldberg has come to the defence of Liam Neeson over his controversial rape revenge comments, saying the Northern Irish actor 'isn't a bigot'.
  
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• Ian Ogle case officers arrest man (33) at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of murder

  07-02-2019 12:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of Ian Ogle in east Belfast have arrested a man at Heathrow Airport in London.
  
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• Tusk backed: Queen's prof Brewer says 'hell too good for no-deal Brexiteers' - figuratively

  07-02-2019 12:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Queen's University professor has defended stating hell was "too good for no-deal Brexiteers," saying he did not mean it literally.
  
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• Watch: Video tour of breathtaking Co Down home perched on golden sands

  07-02-2019 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  With miles of golden sandy beaches and sitting in the shadow of the Mourne Mountains, Tyrella has to be one of our most spectacular stretches of shoreline.
  
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• PM arrives in Brussels for Brexit talks after backstop warning

  07-02-2019 11:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has arrived in Brussels for crunch Brexit talks after insisting that the UK must not be “trapped” in a backstop deal.
  
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• Car lands on roof in west Belfast crash - Belfast Telegraph

  07-02-2019 11:25
  Car lands on roof in west Belfast crash  Belfast TelegraphA car ended up on its roof following a three-vehicle crash in west Belfast on Thursday evening.
  
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