Belfast news

• Concert to mark 100 years since first performance of The Lark Ascending

  14-12-2020 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ beloved classical music piece The Lark Ascending will take place in the same hall where it was first played to the public 100 years ago.
  
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• Restaurant review: Modern Asian landmark delivers big flavours and comfort plates

  16-10-2026 13:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Yugo, Wellington Street, Belfast. www.yugobelfast.com
  
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• From lonely student to proud dog mum: Comedian Emer Maguire on the rescue ‘soulmates’ who helped saved her life

  16-10-2026 13:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In our new monthly series we chat to well-known pet owners about what makes their furry friends so special. Comedian Emer Maguire tells us about Alby, Dougal and Jasmine
  
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• Out of the blue: How a single remark led to Co Down woman unexpectedly embarking on colour consultant career

  16-10-2026 12:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Social media feeds are fascinated with colour analysis and Briege Smyth is here to guide others to find their ‘season’
  
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• Aaron McCusker: ‘If I was named James Bond, it wouldn’t match the thrill Mum got when she heard I was in Corrie’

  16-10-2026 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Forty years after his mother dragged a reluctant seven-year-old to his first audition in Portadown, the Armagh actor is pulling pints as the Rovers Return’s new landlord. From Shameless to Bohemian Rhapsody, he tells how a childhood part he didn’t want led to the biggest role of his career
  
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• ‘I loved it so much that I want to keep making nautical movies from now on’: Josh Brolin on Whalefall

  16-10-2026 09:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Josh Brolin, Austin Abrams and writer-director Brian Duffield chat to Lynn Rusk about their survival thriller Whalefall based on Daniel Kraus’s novel
  
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• Another 38 jobs at BBC NI face axe as part of plan to make £4.1m savings

  16-10-2026 08:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Corporation announced earlier this year that 50 jobs would go in Northern Ireland
  
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• Veteran UDA boss to quit loyalist terror empire, sources claim

  16-10-2026 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  ‘Mad Dog’ Adair sneers at paramilitary chief’s ‘retirement’ from UDA leadership after decades in charge
  
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• Belfast’s commercial property market enters important new phase, as major developments show what can be achieved

  16-10-2026 08:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Carson McDowell sponsors Commercial Development of the Year at the Property Awards
  
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• Tyrone writer on her myeloma recovery and finally touring her new musical: ‘I don’t know who I thought it was’

  16-10-2026 08:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Co Tyrone writer shares her excitement at the upcoming first night of Country Girl: The Musical
  
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• Co Down businessman and philanthropist hopes to raise £250k at biannual gala ball for Cancer Fund for Children

  16-10-2026 07:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sold-out event will auction high-profile prizes and is to be attended by former Ireland rugby captain Rory Best
  
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• Emma Heatherington: ‘Even on the bad days I can say, well, I’m still excited about something’

  16-10-2026 07:48 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The Co Tyrone writer shares her excitement at the upcoming first night of Country Girl: The Musical
  
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• Travel review: A restaurant critic’s West Cork road trip - ‘It’s some of the most exciting food I’ve eaten this year’

  16-10-2026 07:42 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Fab food, friendly folk and some stunning land and seascapes greet Katy McGuinness on a long-awaited adventure
  
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• Alarm over growing influence of Presbyterian Church sect ‘preaching firebrand sexism from the pulpit’

  16-10-2026 07:39 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Female members of congregations say group’s teachings could encourage women in abusive relationships to stay quiet
  
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• How new crime movie with ‘dark love story’ was inspired by Robbie Lawlor murder

  16-10-2026 07:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Sean Murray’s Lost City, featuring Stephen Rea and Blue Lights star Martin McCann, collides Irish underworld with post-Troubles Belfast
  
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• ‘He deserves every day’: NI political parties react to Jeffrey Donaldson sentencing

  16-10-2026 07:09 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The former DUP leader has been sentenced to 15 years - half to be spent behind bars and half on licence
  
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• ‘Some difficult decisions are unavoidable’: Further 38 jobs at risk at BBC NI despite plans to increase Irish language provision and Ulster Scots programming

  16-10-2026 07:03 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Corporation announced earlier this year that 50 jobs would go in Northern Ireland
  
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• Jeffrey Donaldson was a key and ‘very keen’ British asset in sensitive west African conflict, paid thousands while Irish Sea border was emerging

  16-10-2026 06:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Documents obtained by this newspaper show prized role working with Cameroonian dictator’s forces, luxury hotel stays, and large sums of money
  
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• TV Review: We’d all have the Time of our lives if locked up with Bez

  16-10-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  After three episodes of the crime drama, I found it a waste of its title and moved on as the former member of Happy Mondays graced our screens
  
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• Brian Houston: ‘Religion did not come to me. I went looking for it’

  16-10-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Veteran singer-songwriter Brian Houston is planning another album, a return to gospel music and says has no plans to retire
  
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• SDLP selects Mid Ulster candidate for Assembly Election as Patsy McGlone prepares to bow out

  15-10-2026 23:21 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Malachy Quinn as been a local councillor for more than 12 years
  
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• SDLP select Mid Ulster candidate for Assembly Election as Patsy McGlone prepares to bow out

  15-10-2026 23:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Malachy Quinn as been a local councillor for more than 12 years
  
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• Jhon Duran scores twice as Benfica prove too hot to handle for Celtic

  15-10-2026 23:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Benfica 4 Celtic 1
  
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• ‘I’ve told my truth… my voice was heard’: Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims speak out for first time

  15-10-2026 21:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In emotional first interviews, the two women reveal how they overheard strangers discussing their abuse in hairdressers and coffee shops, while one described how becoming a mother prompted her to finally come forward and question why nobody had protected her as a child
  
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• ‘I’ve told my truth… my voice was heard’ Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims speak out for first time

  15-10-2026 19:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In emotional first interviews, the two women reveal how they overheard strangers discussing their abuse in hairdressers and coffee shops, while one described how becoming a mother prompted her to finally come forward and question why nobody had protected her as a child
  
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• ‘I’ve told my truth… my voice was heard’ Jeffrey Donaldson victims speak out for first time

  15-10-2026 19:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In emotional first interviews, the two women revealed how they overheard strangers discussing their abuse in hairdressers and coffee shops, while one described how becoming a mother prompted her to finally come forward and question why nobody had protected her as a child
  
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• 'Fair chance' Omagh bomb may have been prevented, senior officer tells inquiry

  15-10-2026 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bombing killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins on a busy Saturday in Omagh in 1998.
  
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• Investigation launched after male body found in County Cork

  15-10-2026 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body, which has not been identified, was discovered in Ballyellis, Mallow, at about 13:30 local time on Thursday.
  
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• Inside the courtroom as Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced and his ‘catastrophic fall into disgrace’ completed

  15-10-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A paedophile who once had the ear of prime ministers and presidents - the fall of Jeffrey Donaldson
  
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• Former DUP leader Donaldson sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse

  15-10-2026 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of 18 counts of sex abuse, including one of rape, which he committed against two women when they were children.
  
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