Belfast news

• Owen Mor: Concerns raised before new admissions closure

  20-01-2020 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Concerns were raised about Owen Mor months before it closed to new admissions, councillors are told.
  
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• John Finucane tells inquest of discovering dissident client hanging in PSNI station in 2009

  20-01-2020 23:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  North Belfast MP and solicitor John Finucane has told an inquest how he found a dissident republican he was representing hanging in a police custody suite in Londonderry.
  
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• John Laverty: Why Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid are proof that money doesn't buy class

  20-01-2020 23:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  THE END IS NIGH. That was my back page headline from April 22, 2014. Very Nostradamus, biblical even. Certainly prescient but, alas, not particularly clever.
  
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• John Laverty: Barca, United and Real are proof that money doesn't buy you class

  20-01-2020 23:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  THE END IS NIGH. That was my back page headline from April 22, 2014. Very Nostradamus, biblical even. Certainly prescient but, alas, not particularly clever.
  
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• Resignation of Stephen Martin a shock to some... but he was hurt at losing out on top job in PSNI

  20-01-2020 22:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stephen Martin was giving nothing away just a few weeks ago as he left his Christmas lunch guests to greet journalists at a nearby table in a Belfast restaurant.
  
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• Belfast's Sewers can't cope with Tribeca, says heritage group

  20-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An architectural conservation group has expressed concern over whether Belfast's sewerage and mains water supply will cope if the City Council gives the green light to the latest phase of the controversial £500m Tribeca development.
  
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• Stormont Spads to come under greater scrutiny and have their salaries capped after RHI affair

  20-01-2020 21:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The work carried out by special advisers at Stormont will be scrutinised to a much greater extent, while their maximum salary will also be reduced.
  
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• Malachi O'Doherty: Do universities really prepare students for jobs... or just life in general?

  20-01-2020 21:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  I have often in life felt a sting of regret that I did not get a university degree. When I was of an age to apply myself and go to university I was more inclined to get out into the world. I had this daft idea that I would be a writer. And to be a writer I would have to have a CV like Steinbeck's, work on farms and fairgrounds, travel the world and do a bit of journalism.
  
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• 'I'm no secret millionaire'... mayor defends a near-doubling of his salary

  20-01-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Northern Ireland mayor has spoken out over controversial plans to almost double the post-holder's salary, saying he is "not a secret millionaire".
  
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• Man on drugs charge was arrested at the home of tragic Strathfoyle couple

  20-01-2020 20:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested in a house in Strathfoyle where the bodies of a man and a woman were found, a police officer told Londonderry's Magistrates Court on Monday.
  
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• Hovis strike could cause disruption to supply of bread in Northern Ireland

  20-01-2020 20:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  German discount retailer Lidl said it is closely monitoring the situation as Hovis workers prepare to strike on Friday over their "scandalous" pay.
  
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• Proposed law will not compel Northern Ireland ministers to provide same-sex marriage

  20-01-2020 18:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It will not be possible to compel churches or individual ministers in Northern Ireland to provide same-sex marriage, under proposals published by the British Government for consultation.
  
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• RHI inquiry nearing completion, says Conor Murphy

  20-01-2020 17:43 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The RHI inquiry report is nearing completion, finance minister Conor Murphy has said.
  
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• Grandmother's anger at lack of action after teenager missed Derry bomb by 'seconds'

  20-01-2020 17:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The grandmother of a teenage girl who walked past Londonderry's courthouse seconds before a bomb exploded has said she's angry nobody has been brought to justice for the attack.
  
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• Watch: Peter Dinklage thanks people of Northern Ireland as he picks up SAG Award

  20-01-2020 17:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has used his Screen Actors Guild Awards acceptance speech to thank the people of Northern Ireland for "putting up" during his time filming the hit fantasy series.
  
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• Belfast mother with learning difficulties calls for police to act over persistent antisocial behaviour

  20-01-2020 17:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A mother with learning difficulties living in an interface area of north Belfast has been subjected to months of antisocial behaviour from groups of youths.
  
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• Stormont rejects PM’s Brexit

  20-01-2020 16:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The devolved parliament in Belfast has rejected the Government’s EU withdrawal plan.
  
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• Man (40) appears in court accused of Nathan Gibson murder in Craigavon

  20-01-2020 14:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Armagh man has been remanded into custody on Monday accused of the murder of 25-year-old Nathan Gibson.
  
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• Stormont Assembly members ‘to reject Brexit deal’

  20-01-2020 13:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont Assembly members are set to reject the Government’s Brexit withdrawal deal as they debate the EU exit for the first time since restoration.
  
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• Parents accused of Nadia Zofia Kalinowska murder to attend five-year-old's funeral

  20-01-2020 13:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A couple accused of murdering their five-year-old daughter are to be released from prison for her funeral service, a judge ruled on Monday.
  
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• Four police officers 'viciously attacked' during incident in Co Antrim

  20-01-2020 13:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three people have been arrested after four police officers were "viciously attacked" at a house in Co Antrim.
  
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• Shed and farm machinery damaged in Bushmills fire

  20-01-2020 12:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A number of sheds and farm machinery have been damaged following a fire on the Ballyclogh Road near Bushmills. 
  
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• Northern Ireland stars of sport and music call for Stormont to declare suicide public emergency

  20-01-2020 12:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  High profile figures from the worlds of entertainment, sport, education and the voluntary sector have called for Stormont's health minister to declare a public emergency on suicide.
  
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• Tributes paid for retiring PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin

  20-01-2020 12:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to outgoing PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin after he announced his retirement.
  
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• PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin announces retirement

  20-01-2020 12:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin has announced he is to retire at the end of the month.
  
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• Northern Ireland women share how they go for months without buying any new clothes

  20-01-2020 11:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Fashion can be the perfect pick-me-up, but it's becoming ever more trendy to abstain. Two women tell Helen Carson why they embraced the challenge.
  
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• Presbyterian Church distances itself from Mid Ulster Pride event

  20-01-2020 11:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Presbyterian Church has moved to distance itself from a gay Pride conference in Mid Ulster which one of its ministers is attending.
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in Co Antrim

  20-01-2020 09:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A male pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in Co Antrim.
  
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• Wayne Boylan murder: £10,000 reward offered for information on shotgun killers

  20-01-2020 09:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A £10,000 reward has been offered for information on the first anniversary of the brutal shotgun murder of Wayne Boylan in Co Down.
  
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• Three arrested after Belfast city centre stabbing - BBC News

  20-01-2020 09:00
  
  Three arrested after Belfast city centre stabbing  BBC News
  
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• Three men found stabbed in Belfast arrested after brawl

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Three men found stabbed in Belfast have been arrested following a brawl which spilled on to the city centre streets packed with commuters and revellers.
  
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• Snow Patrol's Lightbody to tell festival-goers about his upbringing

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol is among the big names set to grace a cross-community arts festival in Belfast later this month.
  
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• Police 'may destroy' seized Guildford pub bombs files

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have seized archives as part of their investigation into the 1974 Guildford pub bombings and may destroy some of them, it has been claimed.
  
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• MLAs must consider water charges: expert

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The former chairman of a panel that reviewed NI Water more than a decade ago has said water charges will need to be implemented to repair Northern Ireland's ageing infrastructure.
  
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• Keane Mulready-Woods murder: Manhunt for suspect in gruesome teen killing probe

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A manhunt is under way for a major Co Louth feud criminal, who is also a main suspect in the gruesome murder of Keane Mulready-Woods (17), after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
  
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• Getting Girls Aloud back together again would be like moving a mountain, admits Nadine Coyle

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nadine Coyle says launching a Girls Aloud reunion would be like "moving a mountain".
  
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• For sale: Former school that became technicolour home with own beauty parlour

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former Limavady school turned colourful country residence is on the market for just under £500,000.
  
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• Dog and their owners walk in support of ailing Marley

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of dogs and their owners have taken part in 'Marley's Big Walk' - a pooch parade held at Crawfordsburn Country Park on Saturday to support a seven-year-old Cocker Spaniel who's been diagnosed with incurable cancer.
  
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• David Davis demands new legislation to end prosecutions of Army veterans

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Brexit Secretary David Davis has backed Boris Johnson's pledge to end "vexatious" prosecutions of Army veterans - but said the promise should be introduced as law urgently.
  
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• Couple who died at Strathfoyle home named

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A young mother and father who died suddenly at their home in Londonderry on Friday evening have been named.
  
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• City Hall reviews award entries after 'Loo of the Year' uproar

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast City Council has commissioned a report looking into the benefits and costs of involvement in award ceremonies.
  
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• Car insurance now costing an average of £976 in Northern Ireland

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Car insurance costs in Northern Ireland have hit a two-year high, with motorists paying almost £1,000 on average for cover.
  
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• Belfast City Airport 'would survive without Flybe'

  20-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  George Best Belfast City Airport has denied it would have to close if Flybe were to fail.
  
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• Scale of online hate revealed as social media cited in 13,000 crime reports

  20-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  More than 13,000 suspected crimes linked to social media sites were reported to police in a three-year period, it can be revealed.
  
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• Nathan Gibson: Murder victim's heartbroken fiancee in emotional tribute to 'sweetest, selfless person'

  20-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken fiancee of murdered dad Nathan Gibson has told how the couple had planned for 2020 to be their "best year yet".
  
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