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• ‘It’s human nature to be scared’: How to master networking

  09-06-2026 00:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Alastair Cameron is the founder of TechTides – a growing programme of regional tech conferences across the island of Ireland. His mission is simple: to bring everyone in the tech ecosystem on the island of Ireland together. In 2023, his life was turned upside down, when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which eventually advanced to stage 4 and metastasised to his liver. While recovering, he spent his time contemplating changes in technology, and TechTides was born.He spoke to C
  
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• Belfast councillor calls for political leaders to stop ‘mobs’ after homes torched on night ‘like darkest chapters of our past’

  10-06-2026 08:59 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police and politicians call for calm
  
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• ‘It’s no longer the World Cup we knew’: Belfast commentator says he won’t miss US ‘corporate jamboree’

  10-06-2026 08:10 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  After covering 12 tournaments, George Hamilton on football’s changing showpiece — and why he’s content to watch this one from home
  
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• How Japanese kids are raised to think of themselves as part of a larger collective, rather than me-me-me Western kids

  10-06-2026 07:37 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Lisa Katayama reveals the principles Japanese parents follow to help them raise resilient, respectful and kind children
  
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• My teenager has been stealing money from me and her granny. Do we make her pay us back?

  10-06-2026 07:36 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It’s shocking to find your child has stolen money, but Dr David Coleman says it’s important to establish if this is part of a pattern of behaviour or an isolated incident
  
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• Karl sitting proudly as bench in his honour unveiled at Queen’s University by cardiac charity

  10-06-2026 07:34 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  British Heart Foundation’s tribute acknowledges work of Newry man (30) to raise awareness of congenital condition after undergoing surgery as an infant
  
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• ‘I want to travel the world and make people happy with my music’: Comber teen wins prestigious bursary for Irish trad summer school

  10-06-2026 07:31 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Michael McErlane (13) ‘thrilled’ to be named one of 10 recipients of scholarship
  
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• ‘We fight every day so that one day Robert may be able to eat on his own’

  10-06-2026 07:28 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Co Tyrone parents whose son was born with rare chromosome deletion describe their day-to-day struggles — and their hope to find a clinical geneticist
  
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• Rising drug deaths in Belfast drive plans to extend disposal bin scheme

  10-06-2026 07:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Suitable location in vicinity of Ormeau Park being explored
  
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• Former SDLP MLA defends suspended DUP councillor who linked LGBT community to Hamas

  10-06-2026 07:23 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Declan O’Loan described case as a ‘miscarriage of justice’
  
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• Derry City and Strabane Council votes down proposal to send more than one member to Somme commemoration in July

  10-06-2026 07:13 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Nationalists say ratepayers shouldn’t have to foot bill for additional representatives wishing to attend 110th anniversary of Great War battle
  
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• Wife of John George murder suspect slaps down trolls claiming she slashed her own face

  10-06-2026 07:12 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Shocking 18-stitch wounds leave OnlyFans star Madison Allen ‘sick’
  
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• Homes set on fire in Belfast and police car and hijacked bus among vehicles ablaze as disorder erupts

  09-06-2026 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police call for calm
  
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• Barbaric knife crime didn’t arrive in Belfast with a refugee... it’s been here for decades

  09-06-2026 22:49 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  “Any Roman Catholic would have done”
  
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• Police car, hijacked bus and car set on fire as disorder breaks out after man charged over ‘attempted beheading’

  09-06-2026 22:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police call for calm
  
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• Barbaric knife crime didn’t arrive in Belfast this week... it’s been here for decades

  09-06-2026 22:19 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  “Any Roman Catholic would have done”
  
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• Hijacked bus and car set on fire as disorder breaks out after man charged over ‘attempted beheading’

  09-06-2026 22:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as police call for calm
  
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• Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Hijacked bus set on fire while masked youths among protestors gathering after man charged

  09-06-2026 21:30 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• Switzerland defeat Northern Ireland at Mourneview Park as teenager Emily Cassap scores stunner on debut

  09-06-2026 21:11 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Northern Ireland 1 Switzerland 2
  
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• Man from London fined for stealing headphones from shops at Belfast airport told police: ‘I do silly things when drunk’

  09-06-2026 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Defendant told police who arrested him: ‘I do silly things when I’m drunk’
  
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• Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Traffic disruption as protests gathering after man charged with attempted murder

  09-06-2026 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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• West Belfast dad who fought off knifeman with hurl is named as Go Fund Me set up for him

  09-06-2026 20:18 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  ‘He said I’m going to kill him’
  
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• Donaldson Trial: Eleanor says husband Jeffrey unfaithful throughout marriage

  09-06-2026 20:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Eleanor Donaldson “met with a blank wall” when asking her husband Jeffrey about an incident with an alleged abuse – a jury has heard.  Eleanor Donaldson also accused her husband of infidelity during police interviews.  And Jeffrey Donaldson told police a letter sent to one of his alleged victims had nothing “to do with any allegation or any action involving sexual abuse”. His trial over alleged sexual offences is continuing in Newry Crown Court. The 63-yea
  
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• Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Man charged with attempted murder as crowds gather to protest in Newtownabbey

  09-06-2026 20:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as warning issued over social media footage while ‘bravery’ of intervention hailed and politicians appeal for calm
  
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• Noah Donohoe unlikely to have died by suicide, experts tell inquest

  09-06-2026 18:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Teenager’s ‘bizarre’ behaviour on evening he disappeared ‘are not indicative of suicide but are unexplained and prompt further questions that do not currently have answers’, consultant psychiatrist tells jury
  
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• NI ‘attempted beheading’: Police say attack ‘not terror related’ as Home Office say suspect was given temporary leave to remain in UK

  09-06-2026 18:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as warning issued over social media footage while ‘bravery’ of intervention hailed and politicians appeal for calm
  
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• North Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Police not advising businesses to close over protest reports as Chief Constable gives information on suspect’s movements

  09-06-2026 17:50 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as warning issued over social media footage while ‘bravery’ of intervention hailed and politicians appeal for calm
  
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• North Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Police ‘absolutely not’ advising businesses to close over protest reports - suspect was ‘given leave to remain’ in NI 

  09-06-2026 16:01 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as warning issued over social media footage while ‘bravery’ of intervention hailed and politicians appeal for calm
  
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• North Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Police tell media briefing suspect ‘given leave to remain’ in NI and attack ‘not terror related’

  09-06-2026 15:33 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Live updates below as warning issued over social media footage while ‘bravery’ of intervention hailed and politicians appeal for calm
  
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• ‘Take off the balaclavas’: Ex-Presbyterian moderator tells those behind ‘sinister’ email to speak up publicly

  09-06-2026 15:25 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Anonymous group queries proposed appointment of new clerk as General Assembly meets amid safeguarding scandal
  
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