Belfast news

• Brexit: Deal still possible at European Council summit, says Varadkar

  05-10-2019 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The taoiseach says a deal may be reached, but the PM's current proposals will not break the Brexit deadlock.
  
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• Mum's appeal after losing precious part of necklace containing baby's ashes - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 22:07
  Mum's appeal after losing precious part of necklace containing baby's ashes  Belfast Live
  
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• Boris Johnson urges Brussels to ‘grasp opportunity’ with new Brexit proposal

  05-10-2019 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has urged Brussels to “grasp the opportunity” his new Brexit proposal provides, as he repeated his vow not to delay the UK’s departure from the EU.
  
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• People have a right to support Soldier F – Sammy Wilson

  05-10-2019 21:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People have the right to support Soldier F, DUP MP Sammy Wilson has said following a parade in Northern Ireland.
  
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• easyJet flight from Alicante to Belfast forced to turn back after bird strike - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 21:26
  easyJet flight from Alicante to Belfast forced to turn back after bird strike  Belfast Live
  
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• Fake tan removal bath bomb created by Belfast sisters - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 20:43
  Fake tan removal bath bomb created by Belfast sisters  Belfast Live
  
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• World Athletics Championships: Ciara Mageean runs personal best to finish 10th in 1500m final

  05-10-2019 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Ciara Mageean produces a battling performance to finish 10th in the World Athletics Championships 1500m final with a personal best time of 4:00:15.
  
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• Boris Johnson's Brexit plan shows 'blatant disregard for people and businesses in Northern Ireland' say party leaders in joint letter

  05-10-2019 20:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The leaders of Northern Ireland's Remain supporting parties have signed a joint letter rejecting Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new Brexit proposals.
  
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• Pro14: Nine-try Cheetahs humble Ulster in Bloemfontein rout

  05-10-2019 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Ulster concede nine tries as they suffer a humbling 63-26 defeat at the hands of the Cheetahs in the Pro14 clash in Bloemfontein.
  
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• Drink driver who was almost four times the limit banned - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 19:46
  Drink driver who was almost four times the limit banned  Belfast Live
  
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• Former loyalist prisoner considering united Ireland and voting Green Party over Brexit

  05-10-2019 19:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former loyalist prisoner has said that he is contemplating a united Ireland and voting for the Green Party over Brexit.
  
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• Woman injured after fall on Portstewart coastal path

  05-10-2019 17:46 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been taken to hospital after injuring herself in a fall at a coastal path in Portstewart on Saturday morning.
  
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• Woman hospitalised after fall at coastal path in Portstewart - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 17:36
  Woman hospitalised after fall at coastal path in Portstewart  Belfast Live
  
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• Police to investigate breaches of parade rules at dissident republican march in Newry

  05-10-2019 16:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have launched an investigation after a dissident republican march in Newry breached parade restrictions.
  
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• Man in court in Ballymena charged with 147 fraud offences

  05-10-2019 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The 50-year-old man is charged with 147 offences, including fraud and possessing criminal property.
  
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• 18 Belfast flights in Operation Matterhorn as last holidaymakers transported home - ITV News

  05-10-2019 16:10
  18 Belfast flights in Operation Matterhorn as last holidaymakers transported home  ITV News
  
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• Belfast gym holding special charity challenge in memory of Robbie Mateer - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 15:50
  Belfast gym holding special charity challenge in memory of Robbie Mateer  Belfast Live
  
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• Crumlin Road crash: Emergency services at the scene of two incidents - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 15:24
  Crumlin Road crash: Emergency services at the scene of two incidents  Belfast Live
  
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• How could any unionist support 'ghastly' Brexit deal asks former UUP leader Lord Empey

  05-10-2019 15:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former UUP leader Lord Empey has questioned the DUP's support for Boris Johnson's new Brexit proposals.
  
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• Man accused of attempted murder in Ardoyne stabbing granted bail

  05-10-2019 14:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to stab another man to death.
  
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• North Belfast stabbing: Man faces attempted murder charge - BBC News

  05-10-2019 14:24
  North Belfast stabbing: Man faces attempted murder charge  BBC News
  
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• Ardoyne young people visit Romania - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 14:19
  Ardoyne young people visit Romania  Belfast Live
  
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• North Belfast stabbing: Man faces attempted murder charge

  05-10-2019 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  A court was told a man was injured after being stabbed with a kitchen knife.
  
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• Belfast primary school pays tribute after sudden death of classroom assistant - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2019 13:32
  Belfast primary school pays tribute after sudden death of classroom assistant  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast primary school pays tribute after sudden death of classroom assistant

  05-10-2019 13:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast primary school has paid tribute after the sudden death of a classroom assistant at the age of 24.
  
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• David Gray announces two concerts in Dublin and Belfast - Independent.ie

  05-10-2019 13:30
  David Gray announces two concerts in Dublin and Belfast  Independent.ie
  
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• No-deal Brexit: NI guide dogs face sea trip to enter Republic of Ireland

  05-10-2019 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  If there is a no-deal Brexit pet owners could also face a four-month wait before travelling.
  
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• Belfast cancer charity shop staff celebrating raising £4m to fight disease - Belfast Live

  05-10-2019 13:19
  Belfast cancer charity shop staff celebrating raising £4m to fight disease  Belfast Live
  
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• BBC NI claims 16 awards at IMRO radio ceremony

  05-10-2019 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC NI won 10 gold, four silver and two bronze awards at the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) awards,
  
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• Police seeking 'man in Northern Ireland football shirt' in connection with Ballyclare robbery

  05-10-2019 12:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are seeking a man wearing shorts and a Northern Ireland football shirt in connection with a robbery in Ballyclare.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after Ardoyne stabbing

  05-10-2019 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 29-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast on Friday.
  
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• Danish Rockers walk off Belfast stage during first song - RTE.ie

  05-10-2019 11:52
  Danish Rockers walk off Belfast stage during first song  RTE.ie
  
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• Apprentice star Grainne McCoy tells how overwork in her beauty business led to her collapse

  05-10-2019 11:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  She was thrust into the limelight with a star turn on The Apprentice three years ago, and since then things haven't slowed down for Grainne McCoy. Juggling motherhood with a high-profile career in the beauty business, the 34-year-old spent most of last year dealing with a dramatic leg injury and all the emotional baggage that went with it - all the while forging ahead with her work.
  
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• Meet the Northern Ireland actress on the brink of superstardom with a role in the new Disney blockbuster

  05-10-2019 11:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Her eyes are roundly inquisitive, her skin porcelain. The face is of a pre-Raphaelite angel. The voice is lyrical in that Belfast way of every word threatening to take flight. Jenn Murray's lyricism is interrupted only by the waiter in the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, who insists on offering the actress endless amounts of pastries during our early morning get-together.
  
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• Editor's Viewpoint: Let those who doubt Belfast's latest First Citizen judge him by his actions as he promises to bridge this city's divide - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2019 10:55
  Editor's Viewpoint: Let those who doubt Belfast's latest First Citizen judge him by his actions as he promises to bridge this city's divide  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• 12-month ban for drunk after dangerous driving captured on video

  05-10-2019 10:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone man whose drink-driving was captured on dash cam footage which went viral could be back on the roads in nine months after being detected almost four times over the legal alcohol limit.
  
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• Breaking the silence: Fermanagh's child abuse victims speak out

  05-10-2019 10:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mist hangs over Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh like a blanket. John looks nervously out through the window of his car as the sunlight dances on the ripples of the water. He lets out a sigh. He knew he'd be back one day, 30 years on. This is that moment.
  
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• Jon Tonge: The reasons to be sceptical of the blueprint are clear, but it is still unlikely to hurt the DUP

  05-10-2019 10:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  So the DUP supports an all-Ireland economy within the EU single market and backs checks on goods travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland? Who would have thought it?
  
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• Local MPs could decide Northern Ireland's Brexit terms if there’s no Stormont says Arlene Foster

  05-10-2019 10:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has said that a grand committee of local MPs could decide on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements if the Stormont institutions remain suspended.
  
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• Local MPs could decide Northern Ireland's Brexit fate if there’s no Stormont says Arlene Foster

  05-10-2019 10:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has said that a grand committee of local MPs could decide on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements if the Stormont institutions remain suspended.
  
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• Mother's warning as man is arrested over 'child abduction bid'

  05-10-2019 10:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The mother of a nine-year-old boy at the centre of a suspected attempted abduction in Londonderry has warned other parents to "drum stranger danger" into their children's heads.
  
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• Republican informer fears he'll be target of dissident 'young bloods'

  05-10-2019 09:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A republican informer known as "Margaret Thatcher's spy" still fears being assassinated three decades after he was flown out of Londonderry on the Prime Minister's private jet once his cover was blown.
  
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• John Finucane on being 'Lord Mayor for all', reaching out to unionists, his dad's murder and GAA heroics

  05-10-2019 09:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  As Lord Mayor of Belfast, John Finucane has a hectic schedule. Take the last couple of weeks, which has brought a visit to Boston, a six-hour City Hall meeting, and the usual packed diary of engagements.
  
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• Anger as man shot in 'barbaric' Belfast attack - Belfast Telegraph

  05-10-2019 09:51
  Anger as man shot in 'barbaric' Belfast attack  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Call for answers as Housing Executive's £102m cash chest revealed

  05-10-2019 09:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Housing Executive is sitting on cash reserves of £102m - at a time when budgets are stretched across Stormont.
  
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• Weekly paper review: Railway revival and kids become judges

  05-10-2019 07:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Hopes for the return of a lost rail link and new trials for speeding drivers feature in the weeklies.
  
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• Impartial Reporter's Edwards: How paper revealed Fermanagh abuse secrets

  05-10-2019 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Some 60 people have named more than 60 alleged sex perpetrators to Fermanagh's Impartial Reporter.
  
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• Empty nest syndrome: The unexpected grief

  05-10-2019 07:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Parents whose children have left home question why no-one told them it would hurt so much.
  
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• Muddlers Club, Belfast: One of the best city restaurants in Ireland - The Irish Times

  05-10-2019 07:00
  Muddlers Club, Belfast: One of the best city restaurants in Ireland  The Irish Times
  
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• Tributes to `bubbly' west Belfast classroom assistant following sudden death - The Irish News

  05-10-2019 02:16
  Tributes to `bubbly' west Belfast classroom assistant following sudden death  The Irish News
  
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