Belfast news

• Allen loses to Selby in English Open semi-final

  19-10-2019 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Three-time world champion Mark Selby edges out Northern Ireland's Mark Allen 6-5 in the semi-finals of the English Open in Crawley.
  
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• Brexit: DUP votes for amendment to delay UK exit

  19-10-2019 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The party helped pass the amendment that could delay Brexit until all necessary laws are passed in Parliament.
  
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• North Belfast youths helping the homeless and elderly to 'change how the public think of them' - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 22:52
  North Belfast youths helping the homeless and elderly to 'change how the public think of them'  Belfast Live
  
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• Johnson under fire over unsigned Brexit extension request to EU

  19-10-2019 22:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has has come under fire after he distanced himself from a legally required request to the EU for a Brexit extension which he refused to sign.
  
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• T20 World Cup Qualifier: Ireland lose by five wickets to hosts UAE

  19-10-2019 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland lose by five wickets to hosts United Arab Emirates in their second match at the T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• Boris Johnson will write to Tusk ‘to seek Brexit delay’

  19-10-2019 20:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has confirmed to European Council president Donald Tusk that he will be writing to him on Saturday night to seek a Brexit delay, the PA news agency understands.
  
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• Tullycarnet death: Man released after post-mortem finds death not suspicious

  19-10-2019 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  A man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released unconditionally
  
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• Brexit: Sinn Fein hits out at 'House of Chaos' after MPs back Brexit delay amendment

  19-10-2019 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said today's vote at Westminster will do nothing to allay the Brexit fears of workers, businesses or farmers.
  
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• Brexit: Sinn Fein hits out a 'House of Chaos' after amendment forces Boris Johnson to seek extension with EU

  19-10-2019 18:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said today's vote at Westminster will do nothing to allay the Brexit fears of workers, businesses or farmers.
  
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• Sudden death of man in east Belfast 'not suspicious', police confirm

  19-10-2019 18:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The sudden death of a man in east Belfast has been determined as not suspicious, police have confirmed.
  
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• Dublin Murders on BBC filmed at spots all around Belfast - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 17:51
  Dublin Murders on BBC filmed at spots all around Belfast  Belfast Live
  
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• Firefighters at scene of blaze at Ballyhackamore chip shop

  19-10-2019 17:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Firefighters are dealing with a blaze at a chip shop in Ballyhackamore in east Belfast.
  
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• Video: East Belfast chip shop on fire - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 17:21
  Video: East Belfast chip shop on fire  Belfast Live
  
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• Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Upper Newtownards Road closed due to fire

  19-10-2019 17:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Alex Kane: Boris Johnson's Brexit setback means the DUP were lucky today, they must now tread very carefully

  19-10-2019 16:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The loudest sound you could hear in the House of Commons just before 3pm was the sigh of relief from the DUP.
  
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• All-Ireland: Two-Tier Championship proposal passed at Special Congress

  19-10-2019 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A motion to support a two-tier All-Ireland Championship at a Special Congress in Cork is passed by three quarters to one quarter.
  
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• Brexit: DUP's Nigel Dodds says party's focus is the integrity of the union

  19-10-2019 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds says the party's focus is the integrity of the union.
  
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• Brexit: DUP MPs help Letwin amendment over the line to force Boris Johnson to seek extension with EU

  19-10-2019 15:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  MPs have voted for an amendment to force the Prime Minister to seek an extension to Brexit, inflicting an embarrassing defeat on Boris Johnson.
  
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• New Zealand 46-14 Ireland: 'We gave All Blacks a leg up' says Irish coach Schmidt

  19-10-2019 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Ireland coach Joe Schmidt says Ireland were partially architects of their own downfall in their 46-14 World Cup quarter-final defeat by New Zealand.
  
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• Violent attacks against disabled people on the rise in Northern Ireland - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 15:09
  Violent attacks against disabled people on the rise in Northern Ireland  Belfast Live
  
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• Lady Hermon wants 'clear guarantee' on Brexit deal

  19-10-2019 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  "Do not quote Lord Trimble to me," she tells Boris Johnson.
  
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• PM says deal does not breach principle of consent

  19-10-2019 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson says it is a pity "for one side or the other of the debate in Northern Ireland to have a veto".
  
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• NI teachers moving to New Zealand could claim £2,500 moving costs - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 13:44
  NI teachers moving to New Zealand could claim £2,500 moving costs  Belfast Live
  
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• Nigel Dodds asks PM to 'reconsider' Brexit deal

  19-10-2019 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  'We must leave as one nation together' - DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds
  
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• Forkhill: Man charged with attempted murder

  19-10-2019 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The 30-year-old man was arrested trying to board a plane while allegedly using another man's passport.
  
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• Greenisland: Man in 30s shot in legs near train station

  19-10-2019 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say the shooting in County Antrim on Friday night was "by appointment".
  
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• £25,000 separates the asking price of these homes - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 12:12
  £25,000 separates the asking price of these homes  Belfast Live
  
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• Police call for cash-cam footage over Greenisland shooting - Belfast Live

  19-10-2019 11:55
  Police call for cash-cam footage over Greenisland shooting  Belfast Live
  
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• Brexit showdown: DUP's Dodds calls on Boris Johnson to ensure UK leaves EU as 'one nation together'

  19-10-2019 11:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Nigel Dodds has called on Boris Johnson to "reconsider" his Brexit deal and ensure that the UK leaves the European Union as "one nation together".
  
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• Brexit: Sammy Wilson hints DUP will back Letwin amendment as Johnson's deal hangs in the balance

  19-10-2019 11:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson has said his party would be "failing in its duty" if it did not use all means at its disposal to change Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
  
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• Brexit: Dodds and Barclay clash over Stormont veto, Letwin amendment could spell defeat for Johnson

  19-10-2019 11:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  DUP MP Nigel Dodds has called on Boris Johnson to "reconsider" his Brexit deal and ensure that the UK leaves the European Union as "one nation together".
  
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• Police believe Greenisland man was 'shot by appointment'

  19-10-2019 11:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for witnesses after a man was shot in the legs in Greenisland, Co Antrim.
  
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• Restaurant Review: Ox in Belfast - masterclass from a superchef - Belfast Telegraph

  19-10-2019 10:50
  Restaurant Review: Ox in Belfast - masterclass from a superchef  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Restaurant Review: Ox in Belfast - masterclass from a superchef

  19-10-2019 10:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  When superchef Alan Passard, owner of the three-Michelin star l'Arpege in Paris, makes his third appearance in Belfast in three years, you know something is up. Passard is up there in the world listings of best chefs. He rubs shoulders with Alain Ducasse, Jose Andres and Rene Redzepi. L'Arpege is one of the best restaurants in the world with an endless waiting list for reservations. He does not need to come to Belfast yet he is drawn back here in what has become an annual pilgrimage to Ox, our o
  
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• Jenny Bristow: 'Bobby and I were surfing at Portstewart Strand a few weeks ago and we were the only people in the sea without wetsuits'

  19-10-2019 10:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's been an emotional week for Jenny Bristow. The celebrity chef launched her latest cookery book on Wednesday with a star-studded event at her idyllic home in the Co Antrim countryside. It was her 14th book launch - and her first without her mother.
  
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• Did MI6 stop Martin McGuinness IRA film from being shown?

  19-10-2019 10:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The executive producer of a long-hidden 1970s American documentary, which showed Martin McGuinness at the preparation of an IRA bomb and handling guns in front of children, has claimed that British Intelligence stopped the programme being screened across the world.
  
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• Stormont Assembly recall sparks new war of words

  19-10-2019 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Political leaders have been urged to "face up to their responsibility" as MLAs return to Stormont in a last-ditch bid to stop reform of Northern Ireland's abortion law.
  
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• NIO misled me over files, says mum of child killed by RUC plastic bullet

  19-10-2019 09:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The family of a teenager who died after being hit by a plastic bullet has urged the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) to explain why information allegedly given to them about a secret file on his death was incorrect.
  
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• Northern Ireland civil servant arrested over alleged theft of £120k from Department of Finance

  19-10-2019 09:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A civil servant has been suspended from work after being arrested as part of a police investigation into the alleged theft of around £120,000 from the Department of Finance.
  
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• Ballymurphy massacre: Paras officer expressed sorrow over shot priest

  19-10-2019 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Parachute Regiment battalion commander wrote a letter of condolence in praise of a priest shot dead during what has become known as the Ballymurphy Massacre.
  
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• Unison strike ballot could see Northern Ireland health service grind to halt

  19-10-2019 09:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The health service in Northern Ireland is edging closer to crippling strike action by tens of thousands of NHS employees.
  
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• Live coverage: MPs debate Brexit deal as thousands of protesters march in London

  19-10-2019 09:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is facing a knife-edge Commons vote on his Brexit deal as Parliament meets on a weekend for the first time in 37 years.
  
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• Live coverage: Knife-edge vote expected as MPs decide on Brexit deal

  19-10-2019 09:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson is facing a knife-edge Commons vote on his Brexit deal as Parliament meets on a weekend for the first time in 37 years.
  
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• Canadian woman, 91, finds home away from home in Northern Ireland - Belfast Newsletter

  19-10-2019 09:06
  Canadian woman, 91, finds home away from home in Northern Ireland  Belfast Newsletter
  
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• Knife-edge vote looms as DUP bids to head off Brexit plan

  19-10-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The DUP has said today's crunch House of Commons vote is "too close to call" as it intensively lobbies MPs to oppose the Prime Minister's deal.
  
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• Boris Johnson insists he did not betray Arlene Foster on eve of Brexit showdown

  19-10-2019 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson denied that he had broken a promise to the DUP as he launched a staunch last-ditch defence of his Brexit plan.
  
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• Northern Ireland teachers back call for girls to receive education on periods

  19-10-2019 08:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland teachers are supporting a drive to implement "age appropriate menstrual well-being education" in schools.
  
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• Belfast man's shock after finding body outside home - Belfast Telegraph

  19-10-2019 08:50
  Belfast man's shock after finding body outside home  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast man's shock after finding body of stab victim outside home - Belfast Telegraph

  19-10-2019 08:50
  Belfast man's shock after finding body of stab victim outside home  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast Fashion Week resale event puts sustainable fashion in spotlight - Belfast Telegraph

  19-10-2019 08:50
  Belfast Fashion Week resale event puts sustainable fashion in spotlight  Belfast Telegraph
  
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