Belfast news

• Why our rural communities need to rage against the dying of their lights

  07-06-2026 14:24 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  It’s important to keep memory alive and the lights burning
  
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• Ex-TUV member Smyth quits new party just three months after joining

  07-06-2026 18:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  RAF veteran who jumped ship for Habib’s Advance UK in March announces resignation
  
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• Scappaticci ‘a pervert who would rifle through women’s underwear drawers in IRA safehouses’

  07-06-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  New book also claims notorious Provo serial killer was renowned in republican circles for his depravity
  
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• ‘I’m now thinking of entering the dads’ race at sports day’: Belfast man on beating the bulge after sweet moment with his young daughter

  07-06-2026 18:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Gary Preston has lost almost half his body weight after carefully tracking his diet and exercise
  
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• Keanu Reeves ‘absolutely inhaled’ Belfast pies as brothers serve Hollywood star at TT

  07-06-2026 16:51 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A-list actor couldn’t get enough of Belfast pastry makers’ wares during Isle of Man TT
  
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• Stephen McCullagh furious as lawyers move to stop him cashing in on his fake alibi livestream

  07-06-2026 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Natalie McNally killer stood to make thousands from production companies using YouTube footage in true-crime documentaries
  
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• Producer mines archives for documentary on Northern Ireland’s ‘forgotten’ World Cup at Mexico ‘86

  07-06-2026 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Campaign has always been relegated behind famous exploits of previous finals in Spain four years earlier
  
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• ‘I got scammed twice on Vinted’: Here’s what to look out for and how to get your money back

  07-06-2026 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Irish Independent journalist Saoirse Hanley writes about her experiences with online resale platform Vinted
  
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• Families travelling 40 miles to go swimming after series of pool closures, warns Sinn Fein councillor

  07-06-2026 16:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Facilities in Lurgan, Portadown and Craigavon were running at a loss
  
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• U105’s Carolyn Stewart confirms departure from station and says ‘legal proceedings’ underway

  07-06-2026 13:54 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Ms Stewart is the latest broadcaster to leave
  
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• Is GAA’s disciplinary system fair when minimal interference can mean 12 weeks for some and nothing for others?

  07-06-2026 12:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  The frustration that coursed through Ger Brennan’s statement can be understood because of the inconsistency in the application of Croke Park’s rules
  
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• NI guitar hero Ricky Warwick back with a true rock ‘n’ roll zinger

  07-06-2026 11:45 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Newtownards guitar hero on serious form in latest track
  
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• Should smacking children be illegal? Proposal to change law dropped

  07-06-2026 10:34 via bbc.com
  
  Northern Ireland is one of two places in the UK and Ireland to not have outlawed smacking children.
  
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• ‘It looked like I maybe wouldn’t play again’: Ibiza saxophonist back from wrist break and ‘buzzing’ for Belfast gig

  07-06-2026 08:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dance music icon celebrating 10 years of Lush! Classical with performance at Custom House Square
  
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• Ten charged in connection with cross-border crime gang that flooded streets of Belfast with cocaine and cannabis

  07-06-2026 08:16 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  High-end vehicles, designer handbags and Rolex watches seized as part of investigation
  
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• The UUP’s sliding doors moment: Beat in a knife-edge count, how a rising star might have altered course of history

  07-06-2026 08:14 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  A busload of voters getting behind the decorated soldier could have averted the Beattie versus Burrows battle currently tearing party apart
  
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• Ricky Warwick back with a true rock ‘n’ roll zinger

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Newtownards guitar hero on serious form in latest track
  
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• ‘It looked like I maybe wouldn’t play again’: Ibiza saxophonist Lovely Laura back from wrist break and ‘buzzing’ for Belfast gig

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dance music icon celebrating 10 years of Lush! Classical with performance at Custom House Square
  
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• ‘I’m 65, I don’t want to deal with that pressure’: Fergal Keane on retiring as a war reporter, dealing with PTSD and why he sees hope ahead

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Former BBC NI correspondent reflects on a life and career spent witnessing the worst excesses of humanity
  
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• Hitman-for-hire behind execution of two drug bosses enlisted by dissidents to kill ousted ONH chief

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Faction led by militant ex-Provo moves against rival and his close associate
  
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• Cut-throat killer returned to jail after cruising around Belfast in car with a woman

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Knife maniac Andy Robinson also under the influence when stopped by police
  
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• Cosmetic Medicine Awards will celebrate companies transforming the patient experience, launch hears

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Event heading back to the Culloden this December
  
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• Co Armagh builder celebrating unlikely derby win after discovery of ‘spooky’ letter in 1964 time capsule

  07-06-2026 08:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Coincidences all piled up and amounted to a win on the 7/1 Christmas Day
  
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• Love Island's cracking on! So what is it actually like in the villa?

  07-06-2026 07:35 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News NI speaks to former Love Islander Matthew MacNabb as series 13 cracks on.
  
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• Meet the park poet helping strangers unlock their inner thoughts

  07-06-2026 01:01 via bbc.com
  
  Student Patrick Kruse has written dozen of poems with strangers in Belfast as a way to help people unlock their most vulnerable self.
  
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• Police operation in village as counter protests take place

  06-06-2026 22:38 via bbc.com
  
  Dozens of police officers, some in riot gear, and water cannons are in the village of Scarva.
  
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• Owner heartbroken after racially-motivated arson attack

  06-06-2026 21:05 via bbc.com
  
  Police say the building, which was going to be an Indian grocery store, has been "totally gutted by the blaze".
  
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• Strictly star Amy discovers ancestor’s heroic wartime actions rescuing stricken sailors off coast of Larne

  06-06-2026 21:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Dancer’s great-grandfather pulled survivors from sea after ship hit German mine
  
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• DUP demands meeting with PSNI over Scarva counter-protest amid accusations of ‘heavy-handedness’

  06-06-2026 19:27 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Heavy police presence as parade eventually passes off peacefully
  
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• Meerkat’s meltdown: UVF boss throws strop after threatened immigrant turns tables on him

  06-06-2026 19:04 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Foreign national attacked by loyalists records UVF chief Colin Fulton losing the rag
  
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