Belfast news

• Changes to GCSE Maths 'pulling the rug out from under pupils'

  20-10-2026 07:22 via BBC News
  
  From 2027, students will only be able to take a GCSE Maths exam in November if they are re-sitting the subject.
  
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• Roads across NI closed as Storm Boelo causes chaos, with more strong winds forecast today

  25-10-2026 08:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  Journeys to Belfast International Airport affected as weather batters region
  
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• Sinn Féin MLA urges Arts Council to cut funds to loyalist bands which have vowed to snub PSNI and parades body

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  It comes as UUP leader Jon Burrows warns bandsmen not to ‘stoop to Sinn Féin’s level’
  
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• ‘Safety blanket until those struggling get help’: New mental health app for men

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  East Belfast men behind innovation say the idea is to buy that person time, with 24-hour support and helpful tools and tips
  
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• ‘People told me to hide my horror credits if I wanted to be taken seriously’: Derry actress with insists genre deserves respect

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Stereotype of horror as all blood, guts and gratuitous violence wide of mark, says actor turned producer
  
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• New BBC doc lays bare IRA cover-up after brutal Robert McCartney murder: ‘This wasn’t the killers’ first rodeo’

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Unseen footage shows bloody aftermath of 2005 killing that shook the peace process
  
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• Millionaire developer ‘floored by businessman’ in toilets of plush venue as fracas is dubbed ‘battle of BT9’

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Alleged loo fistfight in plush Belfast restaurant ‘linked to a 20-year-old feud over a £1m property deal’
  
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• Fixing our crippled NHS is a life-and-death issue, yet politicians pay it lip service and then make a beeline for Drumcree

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  For at least a decade politicians have known gravity of the situation but keep choosing populism over courage and leadership
  
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• Ex-UVF gunman who was awarded MBE quits Orange Order and cash-strapped community group

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Lurgan district master David Martin resigns from organisation, while not-for-profit Brownlow House closes cafe and lays off staff amid losses
  
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• DUP in disarray over Lockhart quit threat and loyalist support for MP at huge Portadown rally

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  The inside story on the blazing row at DUP officers’ meeting after the Upper Bann MP resigned from group
  
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• Cops feared dissidents would use old Provo guns in Drumcree violent outbreak

  25-10-2026 08:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Associates of bomber seen on the Garvaghy Road ‘control massive haul of weapons’
  
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• Dental care in Budapest - the questions every Irish patient should ask before travelling 

  25-10-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  From knowing who’ll look after your teeth to what happens when you get home. 
  
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• ‘We had to get three points’: Larne manager relieved to get back to winning ways after fighting back against stubborn Bangor

  24-10-2026 21:46 via Belfast Telegraph
  Bangor 1 Larne 2
  
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• ‘This lady is not for turning - Michelle O’Neill must go’: Lockhart defiant as she addresses huge Portadown rally

  24-10-2026 21:40 via Belfast Telegraph
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• Rangers respond to Derek McInnes’ appeal to be ‘brilliant’ against Saints

  24-10-2026 21:15 via Belfast Telegraph
  Rangers 4 St Johnstone 0
  
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• Larne get crucial bench impact to get back to winning ways with victory at Bangor

  24-10-2026 21:12 via Belfast Telegraph
  Bangor 1 Larne 2
  
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• ‘It stops the bleeding’: Jim Magilton delighted as Cliftonville end six-game losing run with comfortable win at Dungannon

  24-10-2026 20:50 via Belfast Telegraph
  Dungannon Swifts 1 Cliftonville 3
  
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• UDA attacks woman and trashes home after young man’s death wrongly linked to pink cocaine party

  24-10-2026 20:42 via Belfast Telegraph
  Masked baseball bat gang beat victim and smashed windows
  
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• Large rally taking place in support of Drumcree Orangemen

  24-10-2026 20:30 via BBC News
  
  Hundreds of Orangemen are parading through Portadown, joined by bands and a crowd of supporters who have not been deterred by the weather.
  
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• ‘He actually does the right thing’: Stephen Baxter sympathises with skipper after ‘comical’ own goal costs Carrick Rangers

  24-10-2026 20:16 via Belfast Telegraph
  Carrick Rangers 1 Limavady United 1
  
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• Coleraine boss believes striker's first goal for club will be ‘first of many’ after finishing rout against old side Crusaders

  24-10-2026 20:13 via Belfast Telegraph
  Crusaders 0 Coleraine 5
  
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• Storm Boelo fails to put a dampener on determined Portadown parade

  24-10-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
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• Portadown parade underway as 26 bands take part in town centre march

  24-10-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
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• Crowd shouts ‘First Minister must go’: Portadown parade underway as 26 bands take part in town centre march and speeches underway

  24-10-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
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• Storm Boelo brings disruption with the full force still to come

  24-10-2026 19:54 via BBC News
  
  A more severe amber alert for counties Antrim and Londonderry lasts from 21:00 BST on Saturday until Sunday morning.
  
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• Glentoran’s double-winning manager: Duncan Ferguson will ensure the players fight for the badge again... the only down side, he can’t play

  24-10-2026 19:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Tommy Jackson on the Everton connection and bringing the glory days back to The Oval
  
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• Concerns as MLA claims children need to be self-harming in order to access specialist young person’s mental health service CAMHS

  24-10-2026 18:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  Department of Health rejects allegation but admits the service is under strain
  
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• ‘We don't do that here’: Goal hero on why Linfield won't be distracted by hitting top spot after comeback win

  24-10-2026 17:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Portadown 1 Linfield 2
  
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• ‘Unhinged’ charity worker convicted of harassment after accusing his wife of having an affair with her gynaecologist

  24-10-2026 17:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  Court hears estranged hubby also threatened to spread slurs about STIs on social media
  
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• Ulster stay winless in URC but battling second half performance rescues point from extraordinary Bulls clash

  24-10-2026 16:37 via Belfast Telegraph
  Vodacom Bulls 34 Ulster 26
  
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