Belfast news

• Belfast man who smashed up partner's home with a hammer avoid jails - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 23:14
  Belfast man who smashed up partner's home with a hammer avoid jails  Belfast Live
  
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• Anti-Brexit protests held along the Irish border

  16-10-2019 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Demonstrations, organised by Border Communities Against Brexit. take place at almost 40 locations.
  
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• Louise Ellman quits as Labour MP saying Jeremy Corbyn ‘is not fit to serve’

  16-10-2019 22:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has been dealt a blow as veteran MP Dame Louise Ellman quit Labour accusing him of being a danger to Britain.
  
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• Mum hails incredible eye programme that helped daughter's dyslexia - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 22:11
  Mum hails incredible eye programme that helped daughter's dyslexia  Belfast Live
  
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• Ballygowan poet who used Super Mario to help deal with mother's death nets award nomination

  16-10-2019 21:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When Stephen Sexton was young, video games were a way to slip through the looking glass; to be in two places at once; to be two people at once.
  
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• Belfast officially opens new public works facility, breaks ground on new solar array - PenBayPilot.com

  16-10-2019 21:30
  Belfast officially opens new public works facility, breaks ground on new solar array  PenBayPilot.com
  
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• Lyra McKee: Sister's video removed after criticism

  16-10-2019 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Nichola Corner says she is devastated at criticism of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) video.
  
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• 'No Brexit deal tonight' as DUP reject PM's consent plan - report

  16-10-2019 20:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Government source has said that a Brexit deal is unlikely to be agreed on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Belfast teen who beat cancer taking on Children in Need Rickshaw challenge - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 20:33
  Belfast teen who beat cancer taking on Children in Need Rickshaw challenge  Belfast Live
  
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• Antrim teen who beat leukaemia teams up with One Show's Matt Baker to raise money for Children In Need

  16-10-2019 20:32 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim teenager who has recovered from an aggressive form of leukaemia — which took the life of her best friend — is preparing to travel 400 miles in a rickshaw for Children In Need.
  
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• Watch: Flight footage of new air taxi from Northern Ireland man's firm

  16-10-2019 20:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland man behind energy company OVO has unveiled flight footage of his new air taxi model as well as announcing the takeover of a Formula 1 engineering firm.
  
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• Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody to receive freedom of Ards and North Down

  16-10-2019 19:47 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody is set to receive the Freedom of his home borough in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Sister of Lyra McKee 'devastated' after video calling for Stormont return removed after online backlash

  16-10-2019 19:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sister of Lyra McKee has said that she is devastated by the reaction to a Northern Ireland Office (NIO) video in which she called for the return of Stormont.
  
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• Belfast alleyway attack sees youths assault 9-year-old boy - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 18:54
  Belfast alleyway attack sees youths assault 9-year-old boy  Belfast Live
  
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• Win an overnight stay in Belfast plus tickets to a spectacular Belfast International Arts Festival show - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 18:49
  Win an overnight stay in Belfast plus tickets to a spectacular Belfast International Arts Festival show  Belfast Live
  
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• Ballymurphy: 'UVF interlocutor' fails to show at inquest

  16-10-2019 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Witness X had reportedly obtained evidence about the shootings of some of the Ballymurphy victims.
  
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• DUP reject claim party seeking cash to support Brexit deal - 'No amount of money will get us to accept weakening union'

  16-10-2019 18:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has rejected claims that the party would accept a cash influx for Northern Ireland in exchange for supporting Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
  
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• Road closed after crash on outskirts of Belfast - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 18:19
  Road closed after crash on outskirts of Belfast  Belfast Live
  
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• Eilis O’Hanlon: BBC NI’s The Troubles: A Secret History has produced some jaw-dropping revelations about the ‘dirty war’ ... but are younger viewers tuning in, or tuning out?

  16-10-2019 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People in Northern Ireland apparently watch fewer hours of TV each day than in any other part of the UK, so it’s probably reassuring that, in this age of on-demand streaming and a myriad of other distractions, so many people can still be enticed to sit down at a certain time each week and all watch the same programme.
  
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• Arrests made in INLA crime probe as police blame group for increase in attacks

  16-10-2019 18:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police blamed the INLA for an increase in paramilitary attacks in the north west area of Northern Ireland.
  
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• Woman taken to Belfast hospital after Co Armagh house fire - Belfast Newsletter

  16-10-2019 17:53
  Woman taken to Belfast hospital after Co Armagh house fire  Belfast Newsletter
  
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• INLA investigation leads to two arrests - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 17:46
  INLA investigation leads to two arrests  Belfast Live
  
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• Dublin fire: Primary school 'severely damaged'

  16-10-2019 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The blaze broke out at Scoil Chaitríona Cailíní in Coolock at about 06:00 local time on Wednesday.
  
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• Liam Whoriskey found guilty of manslaughter of toddler Kayden McGuinness - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 17:03
  Liam Whoriskey found guilty of manslaughter of toddler Kayden McGuinness  Belfast Live
  
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• Queen’s University scientist gets TV campaign cash for bowel cancer trial - Belfast Newsletter

  16-10-2019 16:24
  Queen’s University scientist gets TV campaign cash for bowel cancer trial  Belfast Newsletter
  
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• Whoriskey guilty over death of toddler Kayden McGuinness

  16-10-2019 16:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Child killer Liam Whoriskey is to be sentenced next month after he was unanimously found guilty of the manslaughter of three-year-old Kayden McGuinness in the child's family home in the Bogside area of Derry in September 2017.
  
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• 'I hope he rots in jail,' says Kayden McGuinness mum after Whoriskey found guilty over death of toddler

  16-10-2019 16:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derry man Liam Whoriskey has been found guilty of the manslaughter of three-year-old Kayden McGuinness in the child's family home in September 2017.
  
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• Poleglass suspicious approach involving young boy reported to police - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 15:42
  Poleglass suspicious approach involving young boy reported to police  Belfast Live
  
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• Former Belfast Presbyterian church bought by Catholic order

  16-10-2019 15:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Belfast landmark Presbyterian church has been bought by a Catholic order after it closed in October last year.
  
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• Brexit: Sammy Wilson says consent 'must respect Good Friday Agreement'

  16-10-2019 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Sammy Wilson made the comments as he questioned the Brexit secretary
  
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• Brexit: Foster dismisses as 'nonsense' claims DUP accepts proposal on Stormont consent

  16-10-2019 15:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Arlene Foster has dismissed as "nonsense" reports her party has accepted a Brexit proposal to give Northern Ireland a say on future EU alignment.
  
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• Rugby World Cup: Rob Herring flies out to Japan to replace injured Sean Cronin in injury blow for Ireland

  16-10-2019 15:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sean Cronin's World Cup campaign has come to an end after the Ireland hooker suffered a neck injury in training.
  
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• NI: Shoosmiths moves to larger premises in Belfast ahead of expansion - Irish Legal News

  16-10-2019 15:01
  NI: Shoosmiths moves to larger premises in Belfast ahead of expansion  Irish Legal News
  
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• DeSouza case: Sinn Fein 'we are Irish' tweet criticised as 'fake news'

  16-10-2019 14:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein has been accused of "fake news" and misleading the public over a tweet which claimed the UK Government was removing the rights of Northern Ireland people to be Irish citizens.
  
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• Peace Bridge vandalism repair delay 'disappointing'

  16-10-2019 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  It is hoped shattered glass panels on Londonderry's Peace Bridge will be replaced before the end of November
  
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• Varadkar: Stormont cannot be 'business as usual'

  16-10-2019 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he would like changes to the petition of concern mechanism.
  
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• Strict bail for man accused of assaulting primary school principal in Northern Ireland

  16-10-2019 14:26 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A County Tyrone man has appeared in court on charges relating to an incident in a primary school, in which it is alleged the principal was assaulted.
  
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• Belfast fish and chip restaurant shortlisted in UK Top 5 - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 14:25
  Belfast fish and chip restaurant shortlisted in UK Top 5  Belfast Live
  
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• Brexit: DUP's opinion 'quite important,' says David Davis

  16-10-2019 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Former Brexit Secretary David Davis says the DUP's line on a Brexit deal is "important" to some MPs.
  
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• Airtastic to open new centres in Newtownabbey and Craigavon - Belfast Newsletter

  16-10-2019 14:10
  Airtastic to open new centres in Newtownabbey and Craigavon  Belfast Newsletter
  
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• Leo Varadkar calls for petition of concern reform in event of Stormont return

  16-10-2019 14:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes the Good Friday Agreement should be reformed to change Stormont's petition of concern.
  
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• Book Week browsers: Young Reporters talk about their favourite books

  16-10-2019 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Book Week NI: Young Reporters talk about their favourite books and the importance of reading.
  
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• Bees: Twenty one species in NI 'at risk of extinction'

  16-10-2019 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  A report blames the loss of habitats, pesticides and climate change for the decline in bees.
  
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• NIO slammed for 'appalling manipulation' of Lyra McKee family in Twitter Stormont campaign video

  16-10-2019 13:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has provoked a social media storm and been accused of "appalling manipulation" of the family of murdered journalist Lyra McKee over a tweet campaigning for the return of Stormont.
  
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• We must prevent Hong Kong from becoming another Belfast - EJ Insight

  16-10-2019 12:51
  We must prevent Hong Kong from becoming another Belfast  EJ Insight
  
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• Lisbon man's new trial to be held in Belfast - Times Record

  16-10-2019 12:04
  Lisbon man's new trial to be held in Belfast  Times Record
  
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• Historic Belfast Presbyterian church bought by Limerick-based Roman Catholic institute - Belfast Newsletter

  16-10-2019 11:56
  Historic Belfast Presbyterian church bought by Limerick-based Roman Catholic institute  Belfast Newsletter
  
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• Brexit: Taoiseach confident agreement can be reached today

  16-10-2019 11:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Taoiseach has said he is confident an agreement between the UK and EU over Brexit can be reached by Wednesday night.
  
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• Parking on kerb in Belfast could see you fined £35 - Belfast Live

  16-10-2019 10:49
  Parking on kerb in Belfast could see you fined £35  Belfast Live
  
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• Man who 'accidentally shot himself' arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

  16-10-2019 10:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after "accidentally shooting himself" in Forkhill on Tuesday night.
  
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