Belfast news

• Forklift driver jailed after using footballer’s bank card for spending spree

  19-03-2021 19:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  A forklift truck driver who used a bank card belonging to Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez to go on a £175,000 spending spree has been jailed for fraud.
  
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• 100 great small shops around island of Ireland

  22-08-2026 10:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  From homeware havens and global grocers to booksellers and boutiques, our writers share some of their favourite independent retailers for 2026
  
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• Adrian Dunbar: ‘Cops love my Line of Duty character  — it’s very handy for getting through customs’

  22-08-2026 10:05 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Fermanagh actor Adrian Dunbar on his iconic TV role, Kneecap and how young Northern Irish creatives are caught in a ‘trap’
  
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• How joyriding evolved into a deadly social media spectacle

  22-08-2026 09:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Reckless youths racing around taunting gardaí is not a new phenomenon, with such behaviour prevalent in the 80s, while an ‘epidemic of joyriding’ was reported as far back as the 1930s
  
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• TV review: One day life is a beach and the next you wash up in the MasterChef kitchen

  22-08-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  There’s a lot to be said for Race Against The Tide, while Celebrity MasterChef serves up both the good and the bad
  
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• The Sussex Show is back for another season

  22-08-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  In a new twist to the Windsor family drama, California-based Harry and Meghan plan to return to the UK later this month. Stay tuned...
  
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• Take five: ‘I think most writers have a visual imagination and therefore love cinema’

  22-08-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Elizabeth Wassell Montague shares her favourite things
  
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• My weekend: ‘We get a lot of company, so no two Sundays are ever the same’

  22-08-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Shona McCarthy from International Fund for Ireland shares her ideal weekend
  
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• Cerulean skies and castle luxury: Formal beauty and relaxed hospitality make Lough Eske the perfect Donegal getaway

  22-08-2026 08:35 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Hotel offers a luxurious five-star experience amid woodland and lake scenery
  
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• ‘I am so grateful and glad to be part of Clandeboye Festival’s 25th anniversary’

  22-08-2026 08:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Founder and pianist Barry Douglas ‘aiming to go on for a long time yet’ as new book celebrates music event
  
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• A headless body found in a bog, a community rife with rumours and secrets: Uncovering the mystery of David Sullivan’s murder

  22-08-2026 08:22 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  When remains of the former bus driver were discovered in 200- 17 months after he went missing- a disturbing twist ande calls for justice were to follow
  
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• How my granny and a motorcycle crash almost changed English football history

  22-08-2026 08:17 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A former Alliance councillor reveals that an accident involving his gran a century ago nearly deprived the English game of Dixie Dean, one of its greatest ever goalscorers
  
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• It’s Greece, the musical, as teens tackle ancient myths with modern twist at MAC

  22-08-2026 08:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  80 students under tutelage of West End star Peter Corry take to stage for production of award-winning Hadestown
  
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• ‘At £365 per head, I’d expect Michelin three-star standard’: Hotel that serves most expensive NI Christmas dinner hikes price by £10

  22-08-2026 08:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Restaurant critic calls menu a ‘classic’ but price over £100 dearer than top hotel across the border
  
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• Jon Burrows’ greatest asset is also his greatest weakness: UUP leader's path to victory still exists, but is perilously narrow

  22-08-2026 08:08 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Inexperienced UUP leader is the most popular man in unionism, but his feet of clay are starting to emerge
  
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• Going down: the rise and rise of breast reductions

  22-08-2026 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  After years of pain, many women are going for what is now an increasingly popular surgery. We talk to those at both ends of the scalpel
  
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• Brilliant Bohemians blow away Derry City with five goals in stunning second-half turnaround

  21-08-2026 23:41 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Bohemians 5 Derry City 3
  
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• Ethan McGee goal gives David Healy’s Linfield victory over rivals Cliftonville

  21-08-2026 22:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Linfield 1 Cliftonville 0
  
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• Tree ‘massacre’ at Belfast community garden devastates Phantom Planter but sparks fundraising surge

  21-08-2026 21:38 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Green hero’s 140,000 social media followers rally round to raise funds so he can continue his work
  
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• Modern Morals: I’m in my late 70s and seriously considering leaving everything I own to charity when I die – not to my only son

  21-08-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Leaving my money to charities would do so much good, and my son will be fine — he does well in his career
  
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• Ecowarrior the Phantom Planter unbowed after 200 of his trees destroyed by mysterious foe

  21-08-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Green hero’s 140,000 social media followers rally round to raise funds so he can continue his work
  
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• Harry and Meghan are coming home – what could possibly go wrong?

  21-08-2026 17:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  After publishing private conversations and public accusations of racism, the couple will get a frosty reception and face scrutiny from a media they can’t control
  
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• Public order unit maintains heavy presence as two of five boys killed in M9 crash laid to rest

  21-08-2026 17:29 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The body of 15-year-old Joey Carthy was brought to church in a gold-coloured casket in a white carriage pulled by two white horses
  
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• Sam Smith: ‘I’ve had so many amazing trips to Ireland and I am desperate to do Other Voices in Dingle’

  21-08-2026 12:55 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The acclaimed singer-songwriter on finding love, weathering controversies, and celebrating their ‘more mature’ voice
  
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• Restaurant review: Is this cocktail-led menu a match for Belfast’s best hotel restaurants?

  21-08-2026 11:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Chez Mal, Malmaison Belfast, 34-38 Victoria Street, Belfast. www.malmasion.com
  
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• ‘Every second week in the WhatsApp, somebody new is coming down — ‘Has anyone a spare hurl, or a spare helmet?’’

  21-08-2026 11:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former rugby star Nora Stapleton hails the impact of social camogie
  
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• Demand for crackdown on ‘selfish’ social housing fraud

  21-08-2026 09:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former Aontú councillor says existing process was ‘well below what was required’
  
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• ‘Mum cried every night over my sister’s unsolved murder’: £20k reward offered as ‘time running out’ to find killer

  21-08-2026 08:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Information sought about dance at Hadden’s Garage, Aughnacloy, the night of March 30, 1973
  
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• Alliance announces former deputy mayor as Assembly candidate with veteran MLA set to step down

  21-08-2026 08:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Newtownards councillor named second contender for Strangford, with Kellie Armstrong stepping down next year
  
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• The Great ADHD Myth? review: ‘This brazenly one-sided documentary is grossly irresponsible TV’

  21-08-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It plays into the hands of those who’d have you believe that ADHD is not a real thing
  
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