Belfast news

• Shots fired through front door of Belfast house

  30-01-2020 23:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Shots have been fired through the front door of a house in west Belfast this evening, the PSNI said.
  
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• Match fixing: Irish police seize stun gun and cash during searches

  30-01-2020 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nobody is being detained after the searches on Thursday morning.
  
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• Glenalina Gardens shooting being investigated by police - Belfast Live

  30-01-2020 23:03
  
  Glenalina Gardens shooting being investigated by police  Belfast Live
  
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• Footballers Lives with Seanan Clucas: 'Heavy drinking in Australia had to stop. Football gave me routine I needed and now I've a chance to shine at Glentoran'

  30-01-2020 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  In this week's Footballers' Lives, midfielder Seanan Clucas discusses his move to The Oval, the support of his girlfriend Melissa and the lessons he learned during his time Down Under.
  
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• Pipe bombs found in Londonderry and north Belfast

  30-01-2020 22:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Two pipe bombs have been found following a security alert in Londonderry.
  
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• New name, time for Belfast art group - Waldo VillageSoup - Republican Journal

  30-01-2020 22:31
  
  New name, time for Belfast art group - Waldo VillageSoup  Republican Journal
  
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• Northern Ireland man's week of lockdown in virus-hit Wuhan as outbreak is declared a global emergency

  30-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teacher from Northern Ireland has been in "lockdown" throughout the past week as he awaits evacuation from China by the UK authorities following the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Northern Ireland man's week of lockdown in coronavirus-hit Wuhan as outbreak is declared a global emergency

  30-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A teacher from Northern Ireland has been in "lockdown" throughout the past week as he awaits evacuation from China by the UK authorities following the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• Esmond Birnie: Devil is in the detail regarding how we'll fare when the UK goes it alone

  30-01-2020 22:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. So Jawaharlal Nehru - the first Prime Minister of his country - said about independence in 1947.
  
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• Belfast library art group reconvenes with new name, time, Valentine-making potluck - PenBayPilot.com

  30-01-2020 22:00
  
  Belfast library art group reconvenes with new name, time, Valentine-making potluck  PenBayPilot.com
  
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• Sandy Row Twelfth party is 'not culture', says community rep - Belfast Live

  30-01-2020 21:08
  
  Sandy Row Twelfth party is 'not culture', says community rep  Belfast Live
  
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• MoT chaos: 74,000 on waiting list and backlog's still growing

  30-01-2020 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A total of 73,910 drivers are waiting for MoT appointments, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) revealed yesterday.
  
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• Corbyn: Trade deal more vital right now than question of united Ireland

  30-01-2020 20:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said sorting out the future trading relationship between the UK, Ireland and EU is more important than whether Brexit makes a united Ireland more likely.
  
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• Tyrone school boy raises £10,000 with calendar inspired by late teacher

  30-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The head boy of a Co Tyrone school who created a calendar in memory of a popular English teacher has raised £10,000 since it went on sale.
  
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• Rates rise could have 'crippling effect' on Belfast's Cathedral Quarter - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 20:00
  
  Rates rise could have 'crippling effect' on Belfast's Cathedral Quarter  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Rates rise could have 'crippling effect' on Belfast's Cathedral Quarter

  30-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The heart of Belfast’s pub and hotel scene could see rates bills soar by 50% and have a “crippling effect on the area” – amounting to an additional £1.2m a year – as part of a government revaluation.
  
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• Farming union calls for help as incomes plummet by 25%

  30-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Farm incomes across Northern Ireland plunged by 25% last year.
  
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• Eilis O'Hanlon: Brexit is an historic moment, but will we notice any difference?

  30-01-2020 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  This date in the calendar could forever be known as B-Day, if that word didn't have unfortunate connotations. Whatever it ends up being called by future generations, January 31st will go down as an historic shift.
  
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• Sinn Fein MLA Raymond MCCartney to step down

  30-01-2020 19:07 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney has announced he is stepping down from the Assembly.
  
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• American Football fans invited to massive Super Bowl party in Belfast - Belfast Live

  30-01-2020 19:03
  
  American Football fans invited to massive Super Bowl party in Belfast  Belfast Live
  
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• UUP leader Aiken has eye surgery after suffering tear

  30-01-2020 18:58 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  UUP leader Steve Aiken had surgery on Thursday after suddenly suffering a tear in his right eye.
  
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• Funding alone will not clear waiting lists, official tells health committee

  30-01-2020 18:53 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  All the money in the world today will not clear hospital waiting lists overnight, the most senior official in the department of health has said.
  
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• Health minister open to IVF private sector option

  30-01-2020 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robin Swann says he would consider using the independent sector to deliver Stormont's IVF pledge.
  
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• Fire service at the scene of Belfast city centre blaze - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 18:40
  
  Fire service at the scene of Belfast city centre blaze  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Fire service at the scene of Belfast city centre blaze

  30-01-2020 18:40 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fire service are currently at the scene of a fire at a Belfast City Centre shop.
  
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• Good Morning Ulster presenters Noel Thompson and Karen Patterson host last show after nearly a decade

  30-01-2020 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Good Morning Ulster presenters Noel Thompson and Karen Patterson have presented their last radio show together after almost eight years.
  
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• Bloody Sunday victim's family wrongly given compensation after he died instantly, court hears

  30-01-2020 18:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Extra compensation was wrongly awarded to the last man killed by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday because he died instantly, the Court of Appeal heard on Thursday.
  
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• Belfast man arrested by National Crime Agency investigating multi-million pound cyber heist

  30-01-2020 18:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested in Belfast by detectives investigating money laundering linked to a multi-million pound cyber heist on a bank in Malta.
  
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• Belfast dealer: Sales lost because of MoT test cancellations - BBC News

  30-01-2020 18:08
  
  Belfast dealer: Sales lost because of MoT test cancellations  BBC News
  
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• Belfast city centre fire battled by emergency crews - Belfast Live

  30-01-2020 18:08
  
  Belfast city centre fire battled by emergency crews  Belfast Live
  
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• Supporters warned of counterfeit tickets ahead of Glentoran's Irish Cup clash at Queen's University

  30-01-2020 17:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Glentoran and Queen's University supporters have been warned about potential counterfeit tickets in circulation for Saturday's Sadlier's Peaky Blinder Irish Cup tie.
  
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• Family 'increasingly concerned' for missing 41-year-old Belfast woman Lisa Faulkner - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 17:15
  
  Family 'increasingly concerned' for missing 41-year-old Belfast woman Lisa Faulkner  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Family 'increasingly concerned' for missing 41-year-old Belfast woman Lisa Faulkner

  30-01-2020 17:15 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police and the family of missing 41-year-old Lisa Faulkner are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.
  
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• Judgment reserved in case of murdered prison officer Adrian Ismay

  30-01-2020 17:06 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Over a year after it was first opened, judgment was reserved in the trial of a man accused of murdering prison officer Adrian Ismay on Thursday.
  
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• Viable pipe bomb found in Belfast security alert - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 16:57
  
  Viable pipe bomb found in Belfast security alert  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Viable pipe bomb found in Belfast security alert

  30-01-2020 16:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A viable pipe bomb has been discovered in a garden in north Belfast.
  
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• Pipe bomb made safe following north Belfast alert - ITV News

  30-01-2020 16:32
  
  Pipe bomb made safe following north Belfast alert  ITV News
  
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• Men remanded after £1m Belfast cannabis seizure - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 16:15
  
  Men remanded after £1m Belfast cannabis seizure  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Derry assault: Murder attempt accused granted bail

  30-01-2020 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The 23-year-old is charged following a serious assault in the Cornshell Fields area last month.
  
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• Graeme McDowell uses 'hang tough' Portrush mentality to tie the lead at Saudi International

  30-01-2020 15:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Graeme McDowell has used his north coast golf grounding to tie for the lead in a rather different setting at the Saudi International.
  
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• Man stabbed in face in Belfast attack - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 15:35
  
  Man stabbed in face in Belfast attack  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Police forced to ram car in Belfast chase after it went through stinger device - Belfast Telegraph

  30-01-2020 15:28
  
  Police forced to ram car in Belfast chase after it went through stinger device  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• Police forced to ram car in Belfast chase after it went through stinger device

  30-01-2020 15:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Police rammed a car to bring it to a halt after it went through a stinger device in west Belfast, the High Court was told.
  
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• Driver in hospital after van flips over in Portstewart crash

  30-01-2020 15:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The driver of a van has been taken to hospital after their vehicle flipped over on a road in Portstewart.
  
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• Nathan Gibson's heartbroken family bids farewell at funeral in Craigavon

  30-01-2020 14:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fiancee of murdered Co Armagh dad Nathan Gibson (25) received a round of applause at his funeral after reciting a poem she wrote.
  
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• Fiancee of murdered Nathan Gibson expresses heartbreak in poem at funeral

  30-01-2020 14:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The fiancee of murdered Co Armagh dad Nathan Gibson received a round of applause at his funeral yesterday after reciting a poem she wrote.
  
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• Boris Johnson's EU trade plan could mean 'brick wall border' in Irish Sea, claims Northern Ireland retail chief

  30-01-2020 14:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will accept border checks following Brexit to avoid having to stick to EU standards could mean a “brick wall instead of a paper wall” in the Irish Sea, it’s been claimed.
  
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• McGinley family creche and GAA donation request as children's funeral details confirmed

  30-01-2020 14:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The devastated family of the three McGinley children have asked that any donations be made to the local creche and GAA club.
  
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• McGinley family asks for donations to go to creche and GAA club as children's funeral details confirmed

  30-01-2020 14:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  The devastated family of the three McGinley children have asked that any donations be made to the local creche and GAA club.
  
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• Brexit fears and optimism

  30-01-2020 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Friday's Brexit deadline looms, a farmer expresses concern about life outside the EU.
  
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