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- 12:12 One in three rape cases makes court
- 12:12 Fines urged for firms wasting power
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Killers get say in how NI jail is run
Terrorists, murderers and rapists are to have their say on how a Northern Ireland prison is run.
Ex-PSNI trainee groped colleague
A judge has urged police chiefs to carry out an internal inquiry to weed out sexually explicit conversations among new recruits.
Poll: Glentoran legends
Here's your chance vote for the legends of Northern Ireland football
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Radio Ulster star admits broadcasting while naked
A radio presenter has revealed the naked truth about his.
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Ulster-Scots Agency and the £2,500 for Santa hats
The Ulster-Scots Agency has come under fire after spending more than £2,500
distributing Santa hats at a rugby game.
Comments: 19
Owen rampant as United slay Wolfsburg
Michael Owen scored a memorable hat-trick that saw Manchester United take
three Champions League points against German champions Wolfsburg.
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Sponsors to back Woods
The drama surrounding Tiger Woods will not lead to the world's best golfer
losing any endorsement deals, a leading American sports business expert says.
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Natasha's sister moves to be closer to Liam Neeson
Natasha Richardson's sister Joely is moving to New York to be closer to
Ballymena-born actor Liam Neeson and his two sons.
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Ex-RUC chief Flanagan's 'credibility in ruins’
Former RUC chief Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s credibility is in tatters, the Robert Hamill inquiry has been told.
Vancouver is the world's 'most live-able' city
Canada’s Vancouver has scooped first-place spot in the top 50 "most
live-able" cities, according to worldwide analysis by the Economist
Intelligence Unit.
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SDLP may nominate Ritchie for justice post
Speculation is mounting that the SDLP will nominate Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie for the position of Justice Minister.
- 200 jobs to be created at £35m Glengormley shopping centre
- Vatican bluntly told to aid child abuse probes
- Balcony fall murder suspect ‘was in fight with victim’
- Bishop may lose his job, but not his salary or his standing in the Church
- ‘No intention to mislead’ over Saddam dossier, says spymaster
- Peter Cook and Jackie O ‘had affair’
- Woman tells of terror as boyfriend was ‘executed’
- Barman Paddy’s emotional tribute after double tragedy
- Man stabbed at Altnagelvin Hospital
- Flybe asks Peter Robinson to step in
- Health claims questioned as airport runway row deepens
- President Barack Obama may visit Ireland
- Multi-job Sammy Wilson rapped over plan to stand again as an MP
- Collusion claim over Robert Hamill murder
Terrorists slaughter 127 in bombing blitz on Baghdad
Car bombers yesterday killed as many as 127 people in Baghdad in a series of attacks that left the city's streets strewn with the wreckage of burning vehicles and the charred bodies of the dead.
- Beer and coffee "may slash prostate cancer risk"
- Captor tried to cut out unborn baby
- Uganda debates death penalty for gays
- White House gatecrashers won't talk to congress
- Police killings 'top 11,000 over six years'
- High hopes for America's tallest building as unions offer loan
- Former Blink-182 drummer settles plane crash case
- Obama sets out new plan to reinvigorate US economy
- Ex-SS man admits killings
- 100th British soldier killed in Afghanistan is named
- Mother-in-law takes centre stage in Tiger Woods drama
Don’t let Magilton vanish from game
Magic. A little bit of word play from the Ipswich Town fans as they nicknamed a man who became a firm favourite with the Portman Road faithful.
- Buzsaky happy to stay and ‘focused on next match
- Magilton’s twinkle will come back: Hamilton
- ‘Innocent’ Magilton now fighting to save his job
- Owen still a world class performer, says United team-mate Carrick
- Everton to sign Galaxy star Donovan
- Suarez could be first of many for Chelsea
- Extra training key to Celtic's run of success: Caldwell
- Campbell hoping to seal Manchester United deal
- Cliftonville and Crusaders to launch joint academy
- Maguire into last four in UK Championship
- IFA forced to apologise
Fresh twists in Tiger's tale mean Woods is far from out of the woods yet
Is it just me? Or is Tiger Woods only an average-looking guy? He's not unattractive, but neither is he likely to cause a riot in a shopping mall.
- Is it worth putting power-sharing in jeopardy for a will-o'-the-wisp?
- Why we shouldn’t scream ‘Italian job’ over Amanda Knox
- It’s time to nail the Z-list I’m a Celebrity Rat Pack
- Sarah Palin: The media have been unfair to me, that's the price of democracy
- Why Martin only had to say the word to make a good impression
- Islam, music and the struggle over the human soul
- Are Tiger’s moralising critics really just envious?
- The border should not be a barrier to compassion
- Sean O'Grady: UK to drop out of global top 10 of international economies
Transatlantic alliance made in heaven
A Transatlantic alliance that aims to improve Northern Ireland’s electricity network was announced in Belfast.
- Boss to take flight from budget airline
- ‘Fierce’ Christmas price war predicted
- Financial watchdog bares teeth over extending stricter pay rules
- Darling faces a tricky task with his balancing act
- Industry leaders in pre-budget appeal
- Manufacturers dealt recovery blow
- Wilson wants NAMA input to avoid commercial property sell-off
- 200 jobs to be created at £35m Glengormley shopping centre
- National Irish Bank to cut 150 jobs
- PM pledge over 'culture of excess'
- Tesco slashes upmarket range prices
SDLP may nominate Ritchie for justice post
Speculation is mounting that the SDLP will nominate Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie for the position of Justice Minister.
- Taoiseach Brian Cowen is warned over ‘coup’ threat
- Multi-job Sammy Wilson rapped over plan to stand again as an MP
- £1bn funding at risk over justice powers delay: McGuinness
- Peter Mandelson talks his way into gobbledegook prize
- Tories plan double-job ban
- Robinson pressured over policing
- Adams and his pals in red, white and blue
FA denies Viagra player report
The Football Association has denied England are considering taking Viagra to help cope with playing at altitude at the World Cup in South Africa next year.
- Beer and coffee "may slash prostate cancer risk"
- GPs’ revolt over hours may hit swine flu jabs
- Alert over swine flu jab
- New pilot scheme to clean up hospitals
- No swine flu related deaths in two weeks
- Britons drink 84 times their own weight
- Toxic fears for baby bottles
- Men ‘largely ignorant’ of processed meat risk
- Number of swine flu cases falls
"Sort It Out" message delivered to Stormont
They were just one mother and child — but they represented the frustration and hopes of many thousands more.
- One in four adults will find it hard to read this
- Re-think Protestant schools' grant cuts Irish government urged
- Sort It Out campaign won’t be over until all parties sit down and sort it out
- Transfer campaign: Public opinion seems to be causing a shift within Sinn Fein
- Schools petition that Stormont can’t ignore
- Schools at centre of election bust-up
- We got it wrong on 11-Plus, says Sinn Fein MLA
- P6 parents should get behind the Belfast Telegraph's transfer campaign
- Education body delay to cost £21m, says Ruane
Carbon capping won't help Third World countries
Paul Hopkins' article (December 7) correctly analyses many of the problems facing the poor in Africa. However, he is sadly mistaken in linking improvement in the condition of Africa's poor with reduction of so-called 'carbon emissions' by the nations of the world - rich and developed or otherwise.
- Responsibility lies with Vatican
- Poots' politics are clear to see
- Hunting with hounds is just utterly cruel
- 'Protestant' schools are to blame for mess
- High Court's abortion decision is the right one
- Prescription charges must be abolished
- TUV guilty of rank hypocrisy
- Police deserve to be praised
- Help is on hand for all people with arthritis
- Integration is obviously not a priority now
- We deserve to have Bill of Rights without delay
- Confessions of a working mother: ‘Yikes! Is it really only 15 days to Christmas?’
- Helen Mirren: We need more females behind lens
- The ten best childrens coats
- Girls Aloud's Nadine Coyle has one group of young fans very close to her heart
- Confessions of a working mother: ‘I’m so glad to be home from hospital’
- Confessions of a working mother: Looking after my wild kids is just snow joke
- ‘Seeing James read the news should help others go public’
- Female perspective on Belfast’s sexual history
- My Lost Life
- Anti-depressant hailed as 'Viagra for women'
- Meet Catherine, the transport chief who takes photos of train seats
Digital dilemma: New world disorder
Over the last 10 years, the internet has utterly transformed the world. But as we embrace this new-found connectedness, asks Johann Hari, are we losing our culture?
- US publishers in digital news venture for portable devices
- Internet retailer Amazon denies plans to open a chain of shops in the high street
- Pop-ups 'slow you down more than you think'
- What gets Belfast Googling? As ever, we’re obsessed by the past
- Wikipedia UK 'not dying' despite editors exodus
- Tesco to fight rivals on price with iPhone launch before Christmas
- How the internet use is re-wiring our brains
- Fox boss: Ban illegal downloaders from internet
- Illegal downloaders face broadband limits
- Telly host Eamonn Holmes is top celeb on Twitter
- Wireless electricity: Leap forward for the way we live
Ricky Gervais set for Golden Globes tease
Ricky Gervais said he planned to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models.
Live Aid 'most significant event'
Live Aid has been named as the most important music event of the last 30 years, 25 years after the release of Band Aid's groundbreaking single Do They Know It's Christmas?
48 hours in: Istanbul
Mosques, mansions and markets: Turkey’s biggest city has lots to intrigue the weekend visitor. Twenty years since he first prescribed the perfect 48 hours here, Simon Calder returns
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• The border should not be a barrier to compassion
It was not so long ago that the Republic of Ireland was being heralded as the fastest growing economy in western Europe.
• Vatican didn't know either? Pull the other one, there's church bells on it
It would be wrong to say that nothing has changed, but right to say not much. T
• How middle-class shoplifters keep up with the Joneses
I have not yet stolen anything from a shop but, if I am to continue the lifestyle to which I have become accustomed, it is only a matter of time.
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Columnist Comments
• Our game is changing for better
We are living in an ever-changing society. Work practices, social trends, communications — in practically every aspect of our lives, change is taking place and at a rapid rate too.
• James Lawton: Button’s odds on but real hero is Strauss
Here's a challenging proposition for the British sports public that a growing consensus believes, insultingly or legitimately, take your pick, is quite beyond its powers.
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