Belfast news

• Wrightbus: Boris Johnson pledges government support

  26-09-2019 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime minister says government will do 'what we can to help' after Wrightbus enters administration.
  
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• Johnson pledges government support

  26-09-2019 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime minister says government will do "what we can to help" after Wrightbus enters administration.
  
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• Caterpillar: Fears for about 100 jobs at financial services centre

  26-09-2019 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Caterpillar, which has a centre in Belfast, says it is outsourcing its global finance operations.
  
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• Kelly Bailie: From playing with the boys to Northern Ireland captain

  26-09-2019 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Legend is a term that is often overused in sport, however on this occasion it is perfectly justifiable as Kelly Bailie celebrates her 30th trophy of a 23-year career at Glentoran.
  
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• Wrightbus: Family deny blocking factory deal

  26-09-2019 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The Wrightbus factory is owned by Jeff Wright, separately from the manufacturing company.
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson hopes for NI consent on backstop alternative.

  26-09-2019 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson also says he did not see any reason to hold a border poll in relation to Northern Ireland.
  
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• The largest cruise ship to dock in Belfast

  26-09-2019 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Belfast Harbour: The largest cruise ship to dock in NI
  
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• Remainer MPs are 'fifth columnists' says Sammy Wilson as he backs Boris Johnson over Brexit language

  26-09-2019 21:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Sammy Wilson has said that Boris Johnson was "absolutely right" in the language he used in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
  
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• Belfast: 'Further issues' at Victoria Square Apartments - BBC News

  26-09-2019 20:55
  Belfast: 'Further issues' at Victoria Square Apartments  BBC News
  
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• Belfast: 'Further issues' at Victoria Square Apartments

  26-09-2019 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  A meeting was held for stakeholders at Victoria Square Apartments in Belfast on Wednesday.
  
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• Pat Finucane's widow takes legal action against Secretary of State over public inquiry

  26-09-2019 20:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has taken legal action against the Secretary of State in a move which ramps up pressure for a full-scale public inquiry into her husband’s murder.
  
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• Boris Johnson 'very sad' over Wrightbus administration

  26-09-2019 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM says the government will do what it can to help after 1,200 job losses at the Ballymena firm.
  
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• Fiance denies involvement in Charlotte Murray murder

  26-09-2019 19:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A chef accused of murdering his former fiance has denied having anything to do with her killing or her involuntarily disappearance nearly seven years ago.
  
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• Raymond Lindsay: Ex-policeman jailed for inciting child sex act

  26-09-2019 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The offence happened when the eight-year-old girl was staying at a forest park in County Down.
  
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• Boris Johnson vows his government will 'do it all it can to help' after Wrightbus collapse

  26-09-2019 19:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to do all he can to help Ballymena bus manufacturers Wrightbus after the firm entered administration earlier this week.
  
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• Wrightbus: Ballymena United offer free entry to redundant workers

  26-09-2019 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Ballymena United have said they will offer "free admission to all Wrightbus employees" for Saturday's Irish Premiership game against Cliftonville.
  
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• Charlotte Murray: Murder accused denies causing death

  26-09-2019 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Charlotte Murray, originally from Omagh, was last seen in October 2012.
  
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• 'It would be fantastic if Stormont got running'

  26-09-2019 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson says he did not see any reason to hold a border poll in relation to NI.
  
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• Pat Finucane: Family to launch legal action for public inquiry

  26-09-2019 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  In February, a court ruled that investigations into the Belfast solicitor's murder were not effective.
  
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• Small minority of children getting recommended amount of exercise, study finds

  26-09-2019 17:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A small minority of children in Northern Ireland and the Republic are getting the recommended amount of exercise every day, a study has found.
  
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• Wrightbus: Ex-worker Mervyn Wilkinson begins job search

  26-09-2019 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Mervyn Wilkinson is among the 1,200 Wrightbus employees made redundant at the County Antrim firm.
  
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• Maze escape: Diane Dodds refers Martina Anderson tweet to European Parliament

  26-09-2019 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP MEP Diane Dodds says a tweet from Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson about the Maze escape is "wrong".
  
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• Ex-RUC man Raymond Keith Lindsay jailed for inciting child sex act

  26-09-2019 17:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A disgraced former senior police officer turned paedophile has been handed a 28 month sentence after he propositioned a young girl in a caravan park.
  
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• Czech national in court over Belfast rape

  26-09-2019 17:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman in Belfast.
  
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• NI Secretary ‘under pressure to intervene to save Wrightbus jobs’

  26-09-2019 16:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Secretary is under pressure to intervene to save jobs after one of the UK’s main bus builders entered administration, a union official said.
  
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• Londonderry: Man shot in legs went in search of help

  26-09-2019 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Police have condemned the paramilitary-style attack in the Galliagh area of Londonderry.
  
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• Ballymena United offer devastated Wrightbus workers free entry to match

  26-09-2019 16:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Ballymena United has offered devastated employees of collapsed Wrightbus free entry to their match this weekend against Cliftonville.
  
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• Belfast man drank mayonnaise and made sandwich in Spar with stolen ingredients, court told

  26-09-2019 16:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A thief used stolen ingredients to make his own sandwich inside a grocery shop in Northern Ireland, a court has heard.
  
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• Fermanagh man attacked partner with axe after berating her cooking, court told

  26-09-2019 15:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland man allegedly attacked his partner with an axe after berating her cooking skills, the High Court heard.
  
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• Kayden McGuinness: Mother questioned over day leading up to son's death

  26-09-2019 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The mother of three-year-old Kayden McGuinness is giving evidence at her ex-partner's murder trial.
  
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• Stardust fire: Susan Morgan's family welcome fresh inquest

  26-09-2019 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of a woman who died in a 1981 nightclub blaze say they hope the truth will come out.
  
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• Bangor man Hing Tong Cheung admits causing death of cyclist Gavin Moore

  26-09-2019 14:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A judge has warned a Bangor man who admitted killing one cyclist and seriously injuring another by dangerous driving that he “almost invariably” faces a jail sentence.
  
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• Kayden's mum tells Whoriskey murder trial she never harmed her son

  26-09-2019 14:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a three-year-old boy, whose former partner is accused of murdering her son, told the second day of a murder trial at the Crown Court in Derry that she had never harmed her son.
  
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• Diane Dodds writes to EU Parliament president over Martina Anderson Maze escape tweet

  26-09-2019 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A DUP MEP has written to the President of the European Parliament about a social media post by Martina Anderson celebrating the Maze Prison escape.
  
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• Dennis Hutchings pleads not guilty over Troubles killing

  26-09-2019 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  He is charged with two offences arising from the death of John Patrick Cunningham in 1974.
  
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• Former soldier Dennis Hutchings pleads not guilty over John Pat Cunningham killing

  26-09-2019 13:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former soldier accused of a Troubles-related shooting over four decades ago formally has entered a 'not guilty' plea, after appearing in court via video link.
  
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• 'Hard border will incentivise dissident republicans'

  26-09-2019 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Lady Hermon says leaving the EU with no agreement will embolden the campaign for a border poll.
  
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• Wrightbus: House sale fears for ex-worker

  26-09-2019 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  A man who lost his job fears his house sale may fall through as a potential buyer also worked for the company.
  
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• House sale fears after redundancy

  26-09-2019 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  A man who lost his job fears his house sale may fall through as a potential buyer also worked for the company.
  
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• Police condemn 'vicious and brutal' paramilitary-style shooting in Derry

  26-09-2019 12:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have condemned a "vicious and brutal" paramilitary-style shooting in Londonderry on Wednesday night.
  
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• No-deal Brexit will encourage 'greater dissident republican violence' and create a loyalist 'backlash', warns Sylvia Hermon

  26-09-2019 12:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A hardening of the Irish border post-Brexit will incentivise dissident republican violence and could lead to a backlash from loyalist paramilitaries, a Northern Ireland MP has warned.
  
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• Just half of Northern Ireland cancer patients seen within target time

  26-09-2019 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Just over half of patients in Northern Ireland started cancer treatment within the target waiting time in June, according to new figures.
  
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• Rugby World Cup podcast: Rory Best seeking unparalleled place in Ireland history and what Will Addison's injury means for Ulster

  26-09-2019 11:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Ulster Rugby Round-Up's World Cup special series, in association with Remus Uomo, is here to look ahead to a bumper weekend of action with Ireland taking on Japan and Ulster getting their season under way against Ospreys.
  
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• Belfast student Anastasia on why she decided to try a new cellulite-busting treatment at a Co Down clinic - Belfast Telegraph

  26-09-2019 11:22
  Belfast student Anastasia on why she decided to try a new cellulite-busting treatment at a Co Down clinic  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Caterpillar: Fears 100 jobs could go at west Belfast base - Belfast Telegraph

  26-09-2019 11:12
  Caterpillar: Fears 100 jobs could go at west Belfast base  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Man's body found in Northern Ireland play park

  26-09-2019 09:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man's body has been found in a children's play park in Dungannon this morning.
  
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• Irish-America to strengthen Belfast links - Belfast Telegraph

  26-09-2019 09:20
  Irish-America to strengthen Belfast links  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Foyle Port: Revenues rise despite 'Brexit uncertainty'

  26-09-2019 09:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The chairman said the financial results were achieved despite "increasing anxiety about Brexit".
  
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• Belfast man with PTSD says brutal attack has left him homeless and without a job - Belfast Telegraph

  26-09-2019 08:30
  Belfast man with PTSD says brutal attack has left him homeless and without a job  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Shortage of Northern Ireland High Street pharmacists at 'crisis point'

  26-09-2019 08:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland is short of 320 community pharmacists to provide a safe service, it has been warned.
  
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