Belfast news

• We'd do it all again, say couple who've fostered 28 children as Barnardo's seeks more carers

  21-01-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast couple who have devoted 30 years to fostering children have explained why they decided to provide a family for youngsters in need.
  
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• New position for Belfast Telegraph Editor Gail Walker after five years in the role

  21-01-2020 23:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Editor of the Belfast Telegraph is to move to a new role after five years at the helm.
  
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• One in hospital after three vehicle A8 crash

  21-01-2020 22:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are currently at the scene of a three vehicle road traffic collision on the A8 road.
  
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• Fears for 89 jobs at Crane Stockham Valve as US firm announces closure of Belfast factory

  21-01-2020 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nearly 90 jobs are to go at a factory in east Belfast after a decision by its US owner to shut the plant.
  
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• Fears for 89 jobs as US parent company announces closure of east Belfast factory

  21-01-2020 22:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Nearly 90 jobs are to go at a factory in east Belfast after a decision by its US owner to shut the plant.
  
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• Republican Brady's death 'shocked' his loyalist friend

  21-01-2020 22:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A former loyalist prisoner who was on the same weekend parole programme as dissident republican John Brady told an inquest the news that Mr Brady had died in the custody suite of a Londonderry police station came as a "complete shock".
  
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• Suzanne Breen: MLAs pay rise own goal sees politicians turn media-shy

  21-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  It's a PR disaster for the newly functioning Stormont institutions.
  
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• Drug addict thiefs who smeared church with excrement sent to jail

  21-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two drug and alcohol addicts who smashed their way into a Londonderry church through a 19th century stained glass window have been jailed.
  
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• Residents tell of embers falling like rain and stench of smoke after Belfast restaurant fire

  21-01-2020 21:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  People living near the scene of the blaze have said that the sky appeared to be alight with flames.
  
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• Man arrested after police find firearms in Carrick

  21-01-2020 21:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A 32-year-old man has been arrested after police recovered a number of suspected firearms from a flat in Carrickfergus on Tuesday.
  
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• Latest phase of controversial Tribeca development given green light by councillors

  21-01-2020 21:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest phase of the controversial £500m Belfast Tribeca redevelopment was given the go-ahead at a meeting of Belfast City Council’s planning committee on Tuesday night.
  
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• Belfast's £500m Tribeca development given green light by councillors

  21-01-2020 21:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The latest phase of the controversial £500m Belfast Tribeca redevelopment was given the go-ahead at a meeting of Belfast City Council’s planning committee on Tuesday night.
  
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• Alban Maginness: Why unionists need to start talks about life after Brexit with politicians in the Republic

  21-01-2020 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In 1969 Terence O'Neill, then Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and a much underrated - but in retrospect a far-seeing unionist politician - called a snap election for February 24. Ian Paisley, then a much underrated street agitator, derisively quipped: "Only a snowman would have called such an election."
  
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• Seven arrested as PSNI seize £215m of assets in money laundering probe

  21-01-2020 21:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Around £215m in criminal assets has been seized in Northern Ireland by the PSNI ­- in one of the largest money laundering investigations in the UK.
  
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• Attacks on Translink staff on rise with over 600 reported since 2015

  21-01-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Staff at Northern Ireland's public transport operator suffered more than 600 physical or verbal attacks in the last five years.
  
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• Armagh MOT centre closed due to faulty car lifts

  21-01-2020 20:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Armagh's MOT centre has been closed after faults were discovered in some car lifts at the facility.
  
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• Sion Mills taxi attack: Driver 'may lose sight in one eye'

  21-01-2020 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A High Court judge adjourns a bail application in the case of a man accused of attacking a taxi driver
  
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• Belfast terror trial hears alleged secret recording of accused Colin Duffy

  21-01-2020 18:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A covert recording of a conversation between two men alleged to be republican Colin Duffy and an undercover operative posing as a holidaymaker has been played in court.
  
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• Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to 'step back from farming' to avoid conflict of interest

  21-01-2020 18:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Agricultural Minister Edwin Poots has said he is to step back from farming in order to prevent any perception of a conflict of interest in his new post.
  
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• Christ Church, Derry: Men jailed for 'disgraceful' attack

  21-01-2020 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Human excrement was smeared inside the church and on pages torn from a bible.
  
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• Investigation after cattle rustling at Armagh farm

  21-01-2020 18:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police have launched an investigation after 19 Limousin cattle were rustled from a farm in Armagh.
  
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• Opinion poll suggests Sinn Fein surge in Republic's General Election

  21-01-2020 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Support for Sinn Fein in the Republic of Ireland has surged ahead of next month's General Election, according to a new poll.
  
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• Taxi driver may lose sight in eye after attack over £5 fare, court told

  21-01-2020 17:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver may be left partially blinded after a teenage passenger allegedly subjected him to a "barbaric" assault over a £5 fare, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Man (70s) dies in Co Down crash

  21-01-2020 17:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man in his 70s has died in a crash in Co Down.
  
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• Hunter McGleenon baby murder accused left child alone for Casino visit, court told

  21-01-2020 16:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man charged with murdering a baby in Co Armagh left the child alone for hours while he visited a casino, the High Court has heard.
  
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• Video: Public outrage over Northern Ireland MLAs £1,000 pay rise

  21-01-2020 15:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  There was outrage on the streets of Belfast after it was confirmed Stormont MLAs are to get a £1,000 pay increase.
  
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• Northern Ireland MLAs to get £1,000 pay rise

  21-01-2020 15:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Stormont MLAs are to have their salaries increased by £1,000, it has been confirmed.
  
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• Woman threatened with knife during 'horrific' burglary in Downpatrick

  21-01-2020 14:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A woman has been left badly shaken after being threatened with a knife during a "horrific" aggravated burglary in Downpatrick.
  
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• NI Water warns half of treatment plants will reach full capacity by 2027

  21-01-2020 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  NI Water has reiterated the need for substantial investment in water infrastructure, warning that almost half of Northern Ireland's larger treatment plants will reach full capacity by 2027.
  
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• NI Water warns half Northern Ireland treatment plants will reach full capacity by 2027

  21-01-2020 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  NI Water has reiterated the need for substantial investment in water infrastructure, warning that almost half of Northern Ireland's larger treatment plants will reach full capacity by 2027.
  
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• Finance Minister Murphy rules out corporation tax cut in Northern Ireland

  21-01-2020 13:44 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Finance Minister Conor Murphy has ruled out a cut in corporation tax.
  
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• Naturelle's £4m expansion in Tyrone to create 50 jobs

  21-01-2020 12:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Tyrone firm is creating 50 new jobs and expanding its manufacturing facility in a £4m investment aimed at growing exports.
  
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• Reports Ulster Unionists to nominate Jim Nicholson for peerage

  21-01-2020 12:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Former Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson could be set to join the House of Lords, according to reports.
  
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• Breast implants: Former patient calls for NI registry

  21-01-2020 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Strabane woman says she had to 'fight for answers' after being caught up in an implant recall.
  
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• Police investigate ‘deliberate ignition’ at Belfast restaurant - Belfast Telegraph

  21-01-2020 09:00
  
  Police investigate ‘deliberate ignition’ at Belfast restaurant  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Belfast’s Favourite Play Parks receive their Belfast Loves awards - Belfast Live

  21-01-2020 09:00
  
  Belfast’s Favourite Play Parks receive their Belfast Loves awards  Belfast Live
  
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• Video: Northern Ireland roads minister Mallon's official car caught in Belfast bus lane

  21-01-2020 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The Stormont roads minister was unaware her official car had driven into a Belfast bus lane to jump rush hour traffic, a spokesman insisted last night.
  
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• Swann pledges to prioritise a new working group aimed at preventing more tragedy

  21-01-2020 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health Minister Robin Swann has said he intends to hold a ministerial working group on suicide prevention "as soon as possible".
  
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• Pedestrian killed after being hit by car in Co Antrim

  21-01-2020 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in Co Antrim.
  
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• Health Minister Swann pledges to prioritise new working group on suicide prevention

  21-01-2020 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Health Minister Robin Swann has said he intends to hold a ministerial working group on suicide prevention "as soon as possible".
  
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• Greater protection for wreck of Titanic after US and UK sign treaty

  21-01-2020 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An international treaty has been struck between the UK and the United States to offer the wreck of the Titanic greater protection.
  
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• Belfast thief raided ATMs of £23k amid IT glitch

  21-01-2020 08:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Belfast man who withdrew just over £23,000 from cash machines during a technical glitch has walked free from court.
  
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• Northern Ireland pastor demands right for same-sex couples to hold religious weddings

  21-01-2020 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A Co Antrim church has criticised the new same-sex marriage arrangements, as couples who wish to marry in a religious ceremony are currently "being denied the right to do so".
  
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• Firefighters back at Belfast University Road as blaze 'reignites'

  21-01-2020 07:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A blaze on Belfast's University Road has reignited.
  
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• Jonathan Rea to donate World Superbike winnings from first 2020 outing to Australia bushfire appeal

  21-01-2020 00:20 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph Sports Star of the Year Jonathan Rea has said he will donate any prize money he picks up when the new Superbike season opens in Australia next month to the country's bushfire appeal.
  
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• Time to put an end to 'circus funerals' that just glamorise act of suicide, insists priest Gary Donegan

  21-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An influential Belfast priest has said he will not permit football tops, rap music or "over-the-top" floral tributes at funeral services he conducts for young suicide victims.
  
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• Time to put an end to 'circus funerals' that just glamorise act of suicide, insists priest

  21-01-2020 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  An influential Belfast priest has said he will not permit football tops, rap music or "over-the-top" floral tributes at funeral services he conducts for young suicide victims.
  
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