Belfast news

• Call for better security on vehicles after ATM robbery

  09-04-2019 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Plant hire manager wants better security in construction machines after a a stolen digger was used to rip a cash machine from the side of a shop.
  
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• East Belfast's Avoniel Leisure Centre closure leaves locals feeling "angry and forgotten" - Belfast Live

  09-04-2019 22:15
  East Belfast's Avoniel Leisure Centre closure leaves locals feeling "angry and forgotten"  Belfast LiveIt is closing for redevelopment into a football complex as part of Belfast City Council's £105million leisure transformation programme.
  
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• PSNI accused of 'indifference' over election poster thefts

  09-04-2019 22:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The PSNI has been accused of "indifference" over the theft and damage of candidate posters for the forthcoming local government elections.
  
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• Child hospitalised after eating Empire biscuit - firm fined for not providing ingredient

  09-04-2019 20:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A child was left in hospital after having an allergic reaction to a biscuit containing an ingredient not listed as being in the product.
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Car left on side after Belfast crash

  09-04-2019 19:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Line of Duty: Can you help us identify the Belfast filming locations? - Belfast Newsletter

  09-04-2019 18:53
  Line of Duty: Can you help us identify the Belfast filming locations?  Belfast NewsletterIt's the gritty BBC crime drama that has everyone talking, but the familiar filming locations have created as much buzz in Northern Ireland as the twists and turns ...
  
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• Sport Ireland suspends funding to FAI amid continuing fallout over Delaney loan

  09-04-2019 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Sport Ireland is to withhold FAI funding amid fallout over a loan given to the football governing body by its former chief executive John Delaney.
  
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• Leo Varadkar ‘confident’ agreement will be reached on Brexit delay

  09-04-2019 17:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said he is confident an agreement on extending the Brexit deadline will be reached at a crunch EU summit.
  
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• Unions at Bombardier consult on potential industrial action

  09-04-2019 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Unions at Bombardier in Northern Ireland are to consult their members on the possibility of taking industrial action.
  
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• Charles and Camilla reopen refurbished Hillsborough Castle

  09-04-2019 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall tour Hillsborough after its five-year £20m refurbishment.
  
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• Cliftonville to 'follow disciplinary procedures' after striker Jay Donnelly jailed

  09-04-2019 17:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Cliftonville Football Club has said it will follow disciplinary procedures after striker Jay Donnelly was jailed for sharing an indecent image of a child.
  
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• Charles jokes about ‘slight worry’ when unveiling a portrait

  09-04-2019 17:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales teased an artist that he always has a “slight worry” before unveiling portraits of himself.
  
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• Appeal for witnesses after Derry rape

  09-04-2019 16:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for witnesses after the reported rape and attempted murder of a woman in Londonderry in the early hours of Sunday morning.
  
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• 'It should be renamed Sectarian Street' - Order questions building of houses near Belfast Orange Hall

  09-04-2019 15:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has said that there are "questions to be answered" over the building of houses at a Belfast parade interface, yards from an Orange Hall.
  
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• Irish FA consider charge against Jay Donnelly after Cliftonville striker jailed

  09-04-2019 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Irish FA has confirmed that it will consider a charge against Cliftonville player Jay Donnelly, who has been jailed for sharing an indecent image of a child.
  
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• Ex-army medic says officer suggested planting bullets on Ballymurphy wounded

  09-04-2019 15:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Army medic has claimed an officer suggested planting ammunition in the clothes of those wounded in the Ballymurphy shootings.
  
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• Police raid on home of Jamie Bryson was 'draconian', court told

  09-04-2019 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A raid on the home of loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson as part of an investigation into the supply of door staff was "draconian", the High Court heard today.
  
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• Funeral details released for charitable Philip Corr - after shock death - Belfast Newsletter

  09-04-2019 14:55
  Funeral details released for charitable Philip Corr - after shock death  Belfast NewsletterFuneral details have been released for the loving husband and father who died on the return journey of a bike run on Saturday.
  
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• PSNI foils dissident republican terror attack with mortar launcher find

  09-04-2019 14:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police believe that the discovery of a mortar tube and command wire prevented an attack by dissident republicans on security services.
  
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• 10 things happening this week in Northern Ireland - from Game of Thrones exhibition to surf camp

  09-04-2019 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Here's our pick of exciting things taking place across Northern Ireland this week.
  
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• Singer Khalid announces Dublin and Belfast gigs in September as part of European tour - Irish Mirror

  09-04-2019 14:05
  Singer Khalid announces Dublin and Belfast gigs in September as part of European tour  Irish MirrorHe will be performing in Dublin and Belfast as part of his Khalid_ Free Spirit Tour.
  
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• Northern Ireland filling station using concrete blocks to thwart ATM thieves

  09-04-2019 13:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A filling station in Co Londonderry is using concrete blocks to protect its ATM machine after a spate of recent burglaries.
  
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• West Belfast car chase leads to suspected drugs find - Belfast Live

  09-04-2019 13:55
  West Belfast car chase leads to suspected drugs find  Belfast LiveA person was left injured and suspected drugs were seized following a car chase in West Belfast . Shortly before midnight on Sunday March 31, officers from the ...
  
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• Bombardier staff to ballot for strike action over redundancies

  09-04-2019 13:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Unions are to ballot Bombardier staff for strike action after the latest round of redundancies were announced at the aerospace firm.
  
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• Man arrested over Jim Donegan murder in Belfast - Irish Examiner

  09-04-2019 13:12
  Man arrested over Jim Donegan murder in Belfast  Irish ExaminerA man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Belfast man Jim Donegan. PSNI detectives investigating the shooting in Glen Road on December 4 last ...
  
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• Retail giant Debenhams goes into administration

  09-04-2019 13:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  High Street retailer Debenhams has gone into administration.
  
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• The Darkness to play Belfast gig on UK and Ireland tour - Belfast Telegraph

  09-04-2019 12:19
  The Darkness to play Belfast gig on UK and Ireland tour  Belfast TelegraphUK rock band The Darkness have announced they will play a headline show in Belfast later this year.
  
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• British rockers The Darkness to play Belfast gig on UK and Ireland tour

  09-04-2019 12:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UK rock band The Darkness have announced they will play a headline show in Belfast later this year.
  
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• Social enterprise GLL to create 75 jobs in Belfast - The Irish Times

  09-04-2019 12:15
  Social enterprise GLL to create 75 jobs in Belfast  The Irish TimesThe charitable social enterprise, GLL, which operates leisure facilities in Belfast, is to create 75 jobs across three new centres which are scheduled to open in ...
  
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• Cliftonville footballer Jay Donnelly jailed for three months after sharing indecent image of child

  09-04-2019 11:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish League football star Jay Donnelly must serve three months imprisonment for distributing a photo of him having sex with a 16-year-old girl treated like a "trophy", a judge ruled today.
  
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• Belfast footballer jailed for sharing image of minor - RTE.ie

  09-04-2019 11:28
  Belfast footballer jailed for sharing image of minor  RTE.ieIrish League footballer Jay Donnelly has been jailed for sharing an indecent image of a minor, after a judge hearing his sentence appeal in Belfast County Court ...
  
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• Co-sleeping risk to babies plea

  09-04-2019 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  A mother whose baby died due to overheating while sleeping in her bed has spoken out to warn other parents of the dangers of co-sleeping.
  
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• Brexit: What happens in a no-deal Brexit?

  09-04-2019 11:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At 11pm on Friday, the UK will leave the EU without a deal unless leaders meeting this week in Brussels grant a further extension to the Article 50 withdrawal process.
  
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• Merkel should reopen backstop talks to support ‘proper Brexit’, says Leadsom

  09-04-2019 10:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Andrea Leadsom has called for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to reopen talks on the Irish backstop in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
  
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• Former private health clinic in south Belfast goes on market for £550,000 - Belfast Telegraph

  09-04-2019 09:33
  Former private health clinic in south Belfast goes on market for £550,000  Belfast TelegraphThe former Belfast home of a private healthcare group, an established stone quarry and a 12-acre site next to Ulster University's Coleraine campus have gone ...
  
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• Economy Watch: Belfast in constant challenge to retain its competitiveness - Belfast Telegraph

  09-04-2019 09:26
  Economy Watch: Belfast in constant challenge to retain its competitiveness  Belfast TelegraphAs a society we seem to have an insatiable appetite to know where things rank, be it with school league tables, hospital performance tables, best place to live ...
  
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• Restaurant plan for old Belfast pump house - Belfast Telegraph

  09-04-2019 09:21
  Restaurant plan for old Belfast pump house  Belfast TelegraphAn old water pumping station in front of Belfast's Waterfront Hall could be turned into a restaurant under plans by its new owners.
  
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• 100 new jobs on way to west Belfast in £3m retail investment - Belfast Telegraph

  09-04-2019 09:17
  100 new jobs on way to west Belfast in £3m retail investment  Belfast TelegraphAround 100 retail jobs are to be created in west Belfast in a £3 million project as two discount chains expand into the Park Centre on Donegall Road.
  
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• Belfast festivals 'to get more than £500k in funding' - Belfast Live

  09-04-2019 09:04
  Belfast festivals 'to get more than £500k in funding'  Belfast LiveCash aimed at 'diversionary' activities to reduce trouble associated with bonfires.
  
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• Phoebe Lyle forgives hit-and-run driver who left her paralysed as toddler

  09-04-2019 08:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  April 2001 - like a lot of other families, me, my mum, my dad, my brother and my grandmother were going over to Spain to spend the Easter Holidays with friends. We had no idea that within days, the world would have its eyes on us.
  
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