Belfast news

• Texas shooting: At least 15 dead in El Paso and suspect in custody

  03-08-2019 23:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least 15 people have been killed after a shooting at a shopping centre in Texas.
  
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• Deadly shooting at Texas shopping centre

  03-08-2019 22:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At least one person has been killed and 22 others seriously injured after a shooting at a Texas shopping centre.
  
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• Dover: Dublin man charged with 'largest UK port gun seizure'

  03-08-2019 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Man is due in court on Monday after guns were found in a Volkswagen Passat coming from Calais.
  
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• Ireland footballer's sister 'racially abused'

  03-08-2019 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Fulham will take the "strongest action possible" after Cyrus Christie says his sister was hit and racially abused by fans.
  
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• Paddy Barnes: Olympic medallist takes much-needed win in Belfast - BBC Sport

  03-08-2019 20:55
  Paddy Barnes: Olympic medallist takes much-needed win in Belfast  BBC SportPaddy Barnes returned to winning ways in front of his home crowd with a comfortable points victory over Joel Sanchez. The former world title contender was ...
  
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• Belfast City Cemetery: Seamus Conlon, 70, dies after car hits people - BBC News

  03-08-2019 20:42
  Belfast City Cemetery: Seamus Conlon, 70, dies after car hits people  BBC NewsTwo other men are in a serious condition after being struck on the Whiterock Road on Saturday.
  
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• Michael Conlan stops Diego Alberto Ruiz in big Féile fight night after Paddy Gallagher suffers controversial defeat

  03-08-2019 20:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Michael Conlan is one step closer to a world title shot after a stoppage win at Féile an Phobail.
  
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• Belfast Pride: Colour floods the streets for parade

  03-08-2019 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands of people turned out in Belfast for the annual Pride parade.
  
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• Man who went on four-hour rampage in Belfast jailed - Belfast Live

  03-08-2019 19:53
  Man who went on four-hour rampage in Belfast jailed  Belfast LiveA man who went on a four-hour rampage in a residential street causing extensive damage to homes and cars has been jailed. Stephen McCauley, 27 and ...
  
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• BBC Northern Ireland steps back from Belfast Pride after complaints - The Guardian

  03-08-2019 19:16
  BBC Northern Ireland steps back from Belfast Pride after complaints  The GuardianBBC Northern Ireland has distanced itself from Belfast's Pride event after some politicians in the region suggested that the broadcaster's involvement could ...
  
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• BBC Northern Ireland steps back from Belfast Pride after complaints

  03-08-2019 19:16
  Traditional Unionist Voice party says broadcaster’s involvement in LGBT event showed biasBBC Northern Ireland has distanced itself from Belfast’s Pride event after some politicians in the region suggested that the broadcaster’s involvement could breach its impartiality rules by implicitly endorsing same-sex marriage.Employees of the national broadcaster still took part in the event in Belfast on Saturday afternoon, but only after the broadcaster’s director in the region h
  
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• Funeral of Tele legend Eddie McIlwaine takes place in Co Antrim

  03-08-2019 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The funeral of Belfast Telegraph legend Eddie McIlwaine has taken place in Co Antrim.
  
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• 'Northern Ireland's biggest parade isn't orange or green, it's rainbow-coloured'- Varadkar addresses Belfast Pride

  03-08-2019 15:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said that Northern Ireland's biggest parade is not orange or green, but "rainbow-coloured".
  
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• 'Northern Ireland isn't orange or green, it's rainbow-coloured'- Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addresses Belfast Pride Parade

  03-08-2019 15:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Irish premier Leo Varadkar is taking part in Belfast's Pride parade for the first time.
  
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• Pride: Belfast flooded with colour for parade - BBC News

  03-08-2019 14:45
  Pride: Belfast flooded with colour for parade  BBC NewsBelfast is flooded with colour as thousands take to the streets for the city's annual Pride Parade.
  
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• Police appeal for missing Carol Gray from Bangor

  03-08-2019 14:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of missing 61-year-old Carol Gray from Bangor.
  
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• Tragedy as man (70) dies after being hit by stolen car following funeral in west Belfast

  03-08-2019 13:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has died after being hit by stolen car after attending a funeral in west Belfast.
  
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• Three mourners injured after being hit by car following funeral in west Belfast- crash 'sounded like a bomb exploding'

  03-08-2019 13:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested after three people were struck by a car after attending a funeral in west Belfast.
  
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• Number of people 'struck by car' outside Belfast cemetery- man arrested - Belfast Telegraph

  03-08-2019 13:35
  Number of people 'struck by car' outside Belfast cemetery- man arrested  Belfast TelegraphA number of people have been struck by a car outside a cemetery in west Belfast.
  
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• Number of people hit by car after attending funeral in west Belfast- one man arrested

  03-08-2019 13:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It is understood a number of people have been struck by a car after attending a funeral in west Belfast.
  
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• Two teenagers charged after week of rioting in New Lodge

  03-08-2019 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two teenage boys have been charged with riotous behaviour in the New Lodge area of north Belfast earlier this week.
  
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• Man arrested over attempted murder of top PSNI officer

  03-08-2019 12:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a police officer when a bomb was found under his car at an east Belfast golf club have arrested a 40-year-old man.
  
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• East Belfast police probe 'suspicious approach' after attempt to grab girl - Belfast Live

  03-08-2019 12:40
  East Belfast police probe 'suspicious approach' after attempt to grab girl  Belfast LiveThe man is also reported to have made lewd comments to the young girls involved.
  
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• Police hunt man who made 'lewd remark' and attempted to grab young girl in Belfast park

  03-08-2019 12:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man after he approached two young girls and made a lewd remark before attempting to grab one of the girls in a Belfast park.
  
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• Restaurant review: Margot - 18 Donegall Square East Lower Ground Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  03-08-2019 11:00
  Restaurant review: Margot - 18 Donegall Square East Lower Ground Belfast  Belfast TelegraphYou've got to hand it to Mark Beirne. He gets it right every time. If Mr Beirne was in London or New York he'd have a much bigger palette to work with and I bet ...
  
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• Restaurant review: Margot - 18 Donegall Square East Lower Ground Belfast

  03-08-2019 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  You've got to hand it to Mark Beirne. He gets it right every time. If Mr Beirne was in London or New York he'd have a much bigger palette to work with and I bet he'd be up there with the likes of Corbin and King (The Wolseley, Brasserie Zedel, Colbert, etc) and Keith McNally (Brasserie Balthazar, Pastis, Café Luxembourg), such is his talent for good design, service and matching food.
  
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• Call for action as NI referee hit on head by missile

  03-08-2019 09:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A referees chief has called for European football's governing body to do more to protect officials after a Northern Ireland referee was hit by a missile during a game.
  
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• Tributes to long-serving Dungannon Golf Club member following death at age of 97

  03-08-2019 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone man thought to have been the longest-serving member of any golf club in Ireland has died.
  
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• Smith launches internal review into decision to remove royal portraits on display at NIO

  03-08-2019 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Secretary of State Julian Smith has ordered an internal review into the decision to take down portraits of the Queen from government buildings in Belfast.
  
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• Mum’s joy at ‘chance of life again’ as hunt for stem cell donor yields match

  03-08-2019 09:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast mother-of-three battling a rare form of leukaemia said she cried "tears of joy" after hearing that a life-saving stem cell match has been found for her.
  
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• Transgender: Reacting to my dad's transition

  03-08-2019 09:26 via bbc.co.uk
  "She's my role model" - Kerry McDowell on life after her father transitioned from a man to a woman.
  
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• Thousands expected to take part in Belfast Pride parade

  03-08-2019 09:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Belfast later for the Pride parade.
  
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• Van thrills fans with intimate shows at Heaney HomePlace

  03-08-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Van Morrison delighted fans at three sold-out shows this week at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace - the building dedicated to celebrating the life and literature of the Nobel Prize-winning poet.
  
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• Tributes to one of 'Hooded Men' after death at age of 86

  03-08-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to one of the so-called hooded men, civil rights activist Paddy Joe McClean (86) who has passed away.
  
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• PSNI plea to parents after fourth night of rioting in the New Lodge

  03-08-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in riot gear were forced to move in to the New Lodge in north Belfast on Thursday night as residents had to endure more serious disturbances there.
  
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• Man threatened to kill wife and bury her in garden

  03-08-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was handed a three-month jail sentence for threatening to kill his wife and dog and "bury them in the garden".
  
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• ‘Belfast is becoming the Hollywood of Europe’ - The Irish Times

  03-08-2019 09:00
  ‘Belfast is becoming the Hollywood of Europe’  The Irish TimesGame of Thrones put Northern Ireland on the global TV map. Now a Belfast studio is making a Superman prequel series, and, for local producers, the sky's the ...
  
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• BBC NI director says sorry for 'confusion' over U-turn on Pride parade

  03-08-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The director of BBC Northern Ireland has apologised over the “confusion” surrounding the broadcaster’s apparent U-turn over participation in today’s Belfast Pride parade.
  
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• Anger of grieving parents as driver who killed son avoids jail on new motoring offences

  03-08-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The parents of a young athlete killed in a hit-and-run have told of their anger after the man responsible was convicted of new driving offences.
  
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• NI weekly papers: A grave mystery and the PSNI 'tooth fairy'

  03-08-2019 08:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Skeletal remains and a misplaced tooth are among the stories making the weekly papers.
  
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• Belfast City Cemetery: 150 years of buried stories - BBC News

  03-08-2019 07:41
  Belfast City Cemetery: 150 years of buried stories  BBC NewsAs Belfast City Cemetery turns 150, BBC News NI takes a closer look at some of its buried stories.
  
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• Belfast City Cemetery: 150 years of buried stories

  03-08-2019 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  As Belfast City Cemetery turns 150, BBC News NI takes a closer look at some of its buried stories.
  
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• Man (56) charged with terrorism offences following searches in west Belfast - Belfast Telegraph

  03-08-2019 03:38
  Man (56) charged with terrorism offences following searches in west Belfast  Belfast TelegraphA man arrested by the PSNI's Paramilitary Crime Task Force in west Belfast has been charged with a number of terrorism-related offences.
  
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