Belfast news

• Workers rights reforms will not happen before next election

  09-11-2026 22:13 via BBC News
  
  The DUP opposed elements of the draft bill and refused to allow it to be debated by the Assembly.
  
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• Half of workers ‘would consider cross-border jobs’

  10-11-2026 12:54 via Belfast Telegraph
  A new report shows strong demand from workers to find cross-border jobs, but many are put off by regulatory challenges and tax barriers
  
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• Police share ‘serious concerns’ for missing Bushmills man as search enters eighteenth day

  10-11-2026 12:41 via Belfast Telegraph
  Mark Dinsmore was last seen on October 24 following a collision in Ballymoney
  
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• It’s all coming up Rory in the garden just now as golf season reaches finale

  10-11-2026 12:30 via Belfast Telegraph
  McIlroy retains what we might call a healthy amount of resentment towards the disruptors
  
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• Holiday hunger bill to face final Stormont hurdle

  10-11-2026 10:35 via BBC News
  
  The new law would would help poorer families with food costs during school holidays.
  
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• Headteachers say families will struggle after another rise in school dinner prices

  10-11-2026 10:13 via BBC News
  
  The price of a school dinner in a primary school will have risen from £2.60 to £3.40 since the start of 2026.
  
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• Far-right preacher urges Protestants to have more babies to ‘save Ulster’

  10-11-2026 08:28 via Belfast Telegraph
  Dowson says only ‘more Protestant babies’ can save unionism from a united Ireland
  
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• Disruption warning amid huge security operation in Dublin for EU meetings

  10-11-2026 07:26 via BBC News
  
  Irish police say it is going to be the largest security operation in the history of the state.
  
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• Construction workers charged after €1m worth of jewellery and watches stolen in Brown Thomas heist

  10-11-2026 07:26 via Belfast Telegraph
  Gardaí object to bail for three men as court told none of the stolen property had yet been recovered
  
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• To the day I die, I will regret putting a cigarette in my mouth

  10-11-2026 07:16 via BBC News
  
  Joan McConville is calling for a national screening programme in Northern Ireland, like there is in England and Wales.
  
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• ‘You’ve got a very strong community’: Brookside creator’s praise as Strabane aims to become UK’s first Town of Culture

  10-11-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Winner of competition will receive £3m to deliver a six-month cultural programme in 2028
  
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• ‘Why would we stop there?’: Boss of Belfast pizza chain on growth, social media and challenges to small businesses

  10-11-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Ashley French and his business partner Paul Catterson have opened their fifth Orto restaurant
  
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• Lifelong loyalist and founder of Ulster Resistance says united Ireland now ‘inevitable’

  10-11-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Rev Ivan Foster tells loyalists that opposition to unified state is ‘pointless’
  
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• Belfast teacher gets weaving to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK

  10-11-2026 07:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Mum’s dementia battle inspires Brian Banks to use his knitting hobby for benefit of the charity
  
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• Brother and sister beaten in 'sickening' racist gang attack

  09-11-2026 22:24 via BBC News
  
  A woman says her siblings were subjected to racial abuse before being assaulted by a group of men.
  
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• Guildhall Square turns red and white for Derry City's FAI cup victory

  09-11-2026 20:07 via BBC News
  
  A special event to welcome back Derry City FC is being held in Guildhall Square.
  
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• Loyalist sacked for filming Muslim colleagues praying at work set for £7,000 Christmas windfall after GoFundMe whip round

  09-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Hovis worker pictured at UVF parade in 2013 as supporters donate to appeal
  
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• Loyalist sacked for filming Muslim colleagues praying at work set for £7,000 Christmas windfall

  09-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Hovis worker pictured at UVF parade in 2013 as supporters donate to GoFundMe appeal
  
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• How couple turned Christmas heartache into a chance to help others: ‘There are families who need to cry with Santa’

  09-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Couple helping other bereaved families enjoy magic of the festive season
  
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• ‘Christmas can be hard if you’ve lost a child... this is our way of remembering Zach’

  09-11-2026 20:00 via Belfast Telegraph
  Couple helping other bereaved families enjoy magic of the festive season
  
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• Residents appeal over street light removal

  09-11-2026 19:12 via BBC News
  
  Almost a hundred families will be affected by the loss of the streetlights.
  
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• Police seize €1m worth of cocaine and arrest one man

  09-11-2026 18:39 via BBC News
  
  A man was arrested by Gardaí (Irish police) after a search of a property in Ardcavan on Sunday.
  
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• Cost of school meals to rise again as Education Authority announces further cost-cutting measures

  09-11-2026 18:35 via Belfast Telegraph
  EA dealing with ‘exceptionally challenging financial position’
  
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• Former Dundalk boss emerges as leading candidate to become new Derry City manager

  09-11-2026 18:06 via Belfast Telegraph
  FAI Cup winners approach Bohemians to ask to speak with Alan Reynolds’ assistant
  
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• Omagh inquiry told gardaí warned RUC of car bomb crossing border

  09-11-2026 17:50 via BBC News
  
  The explosion killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins.
  
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• Body found during search for missing woman

  09-11-2026 17:45 via BBC News
  
  The PSNI have been given extra time to question two people arrested on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Judge gives serial offender who stole six bottles of whiskey ‘last chance to change his ways’

  09-11-2026 16:10 via Belfast Telegraph
  Belfast drug addict with more than 170 convictions warned he faces serious jail time if he appears in court again
  
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• Officer recalls discovering suspected human remains during search for Chloe Mitchell

  09-11-2026 15:25 via Belfast Telegraph
  Warning: Court report contains graphic details
  
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• Murder trial hears of how blood was found in accused’s Ballymena flat

  09-11-2026 15:25 via Belfast Telegraph
  Warning: Court report contains graphic details
  
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• Chloe Mitchell trial hears of how blood was found in accused’s flat

  09-11-2026 15:25 via Belfast Telegraph
  Warning: Court report contains graphic details
  
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