Belfast news

• Could the NI Assembly be recalled?

  15-10-2019 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Sinn Féin dubs the move to recall the Northern Ireland Assembly a "political stunt".
  
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• Police probe attack which left cyclist with a broken arm - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 22:59
  Police probe attack which left cyclist with a broken arm  Belfast Live
  
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• 'Gaps remain' and 'further work required' on Brexit deal say DUP after eleventh hour PM meeting

  15-10-2019 22:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has said that "gaps remain" and "further work is required" to reach a Brexit deal after a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Prominent Orangeman Rev Brian Kennaway dies

  15-10-2019 21:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Rev Brian Kennaway, a prominent member of the Orange Order and former member of the Parades Commission, has died.
  
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• Halloween house in Newtownabbey sets the standard for spooky decor - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 21:16
  Halloween house in Newtownabbey sets the standard for spooky decor  Belfast Live
  
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• Kids Christmas show at SSE Arena Belfast set to be 'joyful celebration' - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 21:03
  Kids Christmas show at SSE Arena Belfast set to be 'joyful celebration'  Belfast Live
  
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• Witnesses to Lyra McKee murder could be 'too scared to come forward' if men accused of rioting released

  15-10-2019 20:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Potential witnesses to the killing of journalist Lyra McKee may be too scared to come forward if two men accused of rioting on the night she died are released, the High Court heard on Tuesday.
  
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• Thomas Cook collapse: 'We had to pay for our wedding twice'

  15-10-2019 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A couple from Moneymore had to pay for their wedding in Cyprus again when Thomas Cook collapsed.
  
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• DUP reject reports of customs border in Irish Sea

  15-10-2019 20:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster has rubbished claims that the UK is set to agree to a Northern Ireland only backstop as "far off the mark".
  
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• Thomas Cook: NI people speak out over 'devastating' firm collapse

  15-10-2019 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  "Out of pocket and devastated" - people from NI speak out on the fall-out from the firm's collapse.
  
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• Belfast man's home targeted in 'sectarian attack' - BBC News

  15-10-2019 19:36
  Belfast man's home targeted in 'sectarian attack'  BBC News
  
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• Belfast city centre crash causing delays - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 19:21
  Belfast city centre crash causing delays  Belfast Live
  
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• Govan Protestant Boys: Belfast council investigates band parading in City Hall - BBC News

  15-10-2019 19:16
  Govan Protestant Boys: Belfast council investigates band parading in City Hall  BBC News
  
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• Sinn Fein's approval rating at lowest since 2016, while Varadkar benefits from Brexit bounce

  15-10-2019 18:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s approval rating has had a Brexit bounce while support for Sinn Fein has fallen to its lowest level since 2016, an opinion poll has found.
  
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• Brexit deal 'close' - reports PM preparing Irish Sea border concession to EU

  15-10-2019 18:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Downing Street has said Brexit negotiations remain ongoing as reports suggested Boris Johnson is closing in on a new deal after giving significant ground to the EU over the Irish border.
  
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• Victoria Square apartment owners set to take legal action

  15-10-2019 18:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Homeowners at a Belfast apartment block evacuated amid safety concerns are set to take legal action, it emerged on Tuesday.
  
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• Passenger head-butted security guard on Derry bus, court hears

  15-10-2019 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A passenger repeatedly head-butted a security officer trying to get him off a bus in Belfast, a court heard on Tuesday.
  
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• Belfast star of the show in BBC's Dublin Murders

  15-10-2019 18:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast is the star of the show in the BBC’s newest hard-hitting crime drama, Dublin Murders.
  
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• Royal Mail workers vote in favour of strikes - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 17:38
  Royal Mail workers vote in favour of strikes  Belfast Live
  
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• 18 restaurants named as Northern Ireland's dining destinations of the year

  15-10-2019 17:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Eighteen restaurants have been named as Northern Ireland's dining destinations of the year.
  
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• Gazza on way home from Frampton Windsor fight when alleged sexual assault occurred, court hears

  15-10-2019 17:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former England international Paul Gascoigne was travelling home from a Carl Frampton fight in Belfast when an alleged sexual assault took place, a court had heard.
  
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• Emma De Souza: 'British citizenship laws are out of step with GFA' - Taoiseach

  15-10-2019 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar gives his view on the Emma De Souza case.
  
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• Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee shares intimate photo of caesarean birth of baby boy

  15-10-2019 15:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It was Derry Boy joy for the comedy writer behind the hit Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls.
  
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• Mark Ruffalo reaches out to Belfast toddler whose reaction to Incredible Hulk went viral - Irish Post

  15-10-2019 15:45
  Mark Ruffalo reaches out to Belfast toddler whose reaction to Incredible Hulk went viral  Irish Post
  
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• Tomato sauce thrown at Syrian family's house in Belfast's Holyland area

  15-10-2019 15:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police are treating an incident where tomato sauce was thrown at the house of a Syrian family in Belfast as a hate crime.
  
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• Use common sense, jury told in Kayden McGuinness manslaughter trial

  15-10-2019 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The jury in the trial of a Derry man accused of the manslaughter of a three-year-old boy has been told to consider the case coldly and calmly and to use their common sense.
  
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• O'Loan calls on Smith to recall Northern Ireland Assembly ahead of abortion law change

  15-10-2019 15:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Baroness Nuala O'Loan has written to the Secretary of State urging him to recall the Assembly before Monday's change to abortion laws in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Northern Ireland workers will not benefit from 'fair tips' legislation

  15-10-2019 14:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People in Northern Ireland will not benefit from a planned new law to ensure workers get all their tips, a union has warned.
  
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• Halloween house in Belfast - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 13:22
  Halloween house in Belfast  Belfast Live
  
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• Belfast arrest after man 'threatens to pour boiling water over woman's face' - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 13:10
  Belfast arrest after man 'threatens to pour boiling water over woman's face'  Belfast Live
  
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• Rees-Mogg 'surprised' if DUP don't back new Brexit proposals

  15-10-2019 12:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he would be "very surprised" if the DUP did not sign up to the new government proposals on Brexit.
  
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• Ireland's past victories over All Blacks will count for nothing in do-or-die clash, says Healy

  15-10-2019 11:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  For all the talk of Chicago in 2016 and Dublin last year, Cian Healy is putting little stock in the notion that there is confidence to be found from the problems Ireland have posed the back-to-back World Cup winners during this past cycle.
  
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• Loughlinstown: Man dies and two arrested after Dublin stabbing

  15-10-2019 09:54 via bbc.co.uk
  It is understood the stabbing happened following a row between a group of men
  
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• RHI: Family of ex-DUP adviser Crawford stood to earn £6m windfall, book claims

  15-10-2019 09:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a former DUP special adviser Andrew Crawford stood to earn £6m from the installation of RHI boilers, it has been claimed
  
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• Historic Georgian home in Co Tyrone goes on the market

  15-10-2019 08:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A magnificent Georgian country house which has remained in the ownership of the same family for the past 150 years has gone on the market for an undisclosed price tag in Co Tyrone.
  
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• DUP 'held series of meetings with loyalists' to discuss EU exit specifics

  15-10-2019 08:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP leader Arlene Foster met with a number of prominent loyalists during a series of meetings last week over Brexit, it has been alleged.
  
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• Watch: Belfast Telegraph business round-up - Novosco deal and new Bombardier order - Belfast Telegraph

  15-10-2019 08:35
  Watch: Belfast Telegraph business round-up - Novosco deal and new Bombardier order  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• DUP defends its position as rivals claim it’s been ‘suckered’ in Brexit talks

  15-10-2019 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A senior DUP figure has defended the party amid accusations that it has been "shafted" by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  
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• Northern Ireland health trusts face deficit of £20m while strike action threat looms

  15-10-2019 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's health trusts are facing a deficit of £20m this financial year, it has been revealed.
  
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• Three south Belfast office buildings on property market for total of £4m - Belfast Telegraph

  15-10-2019 08:30
  Three south Belfast office buildings on property market for total of £4m  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• DUP's Bell recorded Peter Robinson chat on where to take RHI allegations, claims new book

  15-10-2019 08:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP whistleblower Jonathan Bell recorded former party leader Peter Robinson discussing with him whether he should go to the BBC or The Times with his cash-for-ash allegations.
  
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• Orange Order to assist Belfast council probe band parade in City Hall

  15-10-2019 08:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Orange Order has pledged to "fully cooperate" with an investigation by Belfast City Council after footage emerged of a loyalist flute band parade inside City Hall.
  
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• Belfast man who went on milk lorry rampage sentenced - Belfast Live

  15-10-2019 08:25
  Belfast man who went on milk lorry rampage sentenced  Belfast Live
  
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• Killer Billy Wright 'given dossiers by police and used them to target families of republicans'

  15-10-2019 08:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Notorious UVF leader Billy Wright was working as an agent for the police and military, senior security sources have told the BBC.
  
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• Calls for fresh probe into 1993 UVF murders of Gerry and Rory Cairns after claims of RUC collusion

  15-10-2019 08:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Loyalist gunmen were actively targeting relatives of republicans during the 1990s and were being protected from prosecution, a BBC NI documentary will claim tonight.
  
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• Cliff Richard's Northern Ireland fans miss out on 80th birthday tour

  15-10-2019 08:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sir Cliff Richard's Northern Ireland fans are set to miss out as he embarks on a nationwide tour to coincide with his 80th birthday.
  
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• Luxury fashion store in Belfast could move to House of Fraser - Belfast Telegraph

  15-10-2019 08:00
  Luxury fashion store in Belfast could move to House of Fraser  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast health tech firm gets £750k fund to promote new sleep headset - Belfast Telegraph

  15-10-2019 08:00
  Belfast health tech firm gets £750k fund to promote new sleep headset  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Man arrested over Muckamore hospital abuse claims

  15-10-2019 07:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with abuse allegations at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.
  
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• Braille books for schoolgirl made by Maghaberry prisoners

  15-10-2019 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Men at the Braille unit in Maghaberry Prison are making much-needed books for schoolgirl.
  
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