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Ian Paisley’s peace role foreseen by mandarins
By the early 1980s, “official circles” in London were beginning to believe Ian Paisley could prove to be a constructive force, the new Margaret Thatcher biography claims.
Former Ulster Unionist Terry Wright joins the Conservative Party
The former deputy chairman of the Ulster Unionist party is to join the NI Conservative Party.
Reconciliation will falter if it is used as a political football, insists PUP
A loyalist party linked to the UVF has set out its stall on the vexed questions of reconciliation and the past.
Stormont will hand over more powers to new super-councils
After years of delay, the Executive has at last confirmed that councillors will be handed new powers currently held by Stormont.
Stormont Executive failing on peace, claims Fianna Fail's leader Micheal Martin
Stormont's ruling political parties have created a dangerous vacuum in Northern Ireland by failing to fulfil the promise of peace and reconciliation, the Fianna Fail leader has claimed.
Boris Johnson among Tories calling for 'Thatcherite zeal' against trade unions
Conservatives have called for curbs on trade unions' powers to call a strike, with Boris Johnson encouraging the government to show "some Thatcherite zeal" against potential industrial action this year.
Labour pledge to outspend Tories
Labour is preparing to fight the 2015 election on a bold but risky pledge to spend more than the Conservatives.
A quintessentially British protest: Margaret Thatcher’s detractors opt for loud but peaceful dissent
Yes there were shouts of anger and outrage. Banners were held aloft and the streets occasionally echoed to sound of whistles, booing and catcalls.
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness hold 'bonding session' to tackle the thorny issues that have divided them
Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson have spent time together in what is being described as a "bonding session".
Margaret Thatcher's funeral will be Who's Who of surviving Cold War warriors
Old Cold War warriors from both sides of the Atlantic will be reunited for perhaps the last time today as they gather to pay respects to one of their most significant figures.
Ard fheis: New Deputy Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin eases concerns
It was during an Assembly vote on replacing the Deputy Speaker's post with a new Sinn Fein face that First Minister Peter Robinson took the opportunity to raise concerns about his partners in Government.
Sinn Fein ard fheis survey: The change is genuine, but attitudes are harder to shake
The Belfast Telegraph survey showed that Sinn Fein figures like Martin McGuinness have been leading from the front, rather than just following opinion, when they condemn dissident terrorism. More may be needed.
Sinn Fein survey was an accurate reflection of opinion
The Belfast Telegraph's random, non-weighted sample of opinion at the Sinn Fein conference was a survey, not a poll.
Sinn Fein ard fheis: Just where do they stand on law and order?
Sinn Fein have come under attack from the DUP amid accusations they're sending out mixed messages on their attitude to law and order.
Telegraph's bus lane revelation: minister quizzed
A Belfast Telegraph report revealing that thousands more taxis than expected could be about to flood Belfast's bus lanes has sparked questions at Stormont.
Sinn Fein vows to oppose welfare reform at Stormont
Sinn Fein has pledged to go head to head with the British Government over welfare reform.
Poll: Quarter of Sinn Fein supports still back armed struggle
More than a quarter of Sinn Fein members still back an armed struggle so long as there is British rule in Northern Ireland, a Belfast Telegraph poll has found.
Glenda Jackson on Margaret Thatcher death: 'I had to speak out to stop history being re-written'
Glenda Jackson, the Labour MP who stole the show during Commons tributes to Margaret Thatcher, claimed that messages coming in from the public were ten-to-one in her favour.
MP in Sinn Fein conference first
Labour's shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will become the first senior British politician to attend a Sinn Fein party conference this weekend.
Tough-talking Martin McGuinness puts blame on 'disrespectful' unionists for instability at Stormont
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has warned that the Stormont Executive lacks cohesion and has blamed unionists for the problems, questioning their commitment to being in Government with him.
Radio One's Big Weekend
Three-day festival underway in Derry
Belfast Telegraph Runher 2013
Video, pictures and finisihng times
Review: The Hangover Part III
Comedy with big following means blockbuster
Cannes femmes: Shayk and Ambrosio on red carpet
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
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Vintage 1976 Apple computer sold new
One of Apple's first computers, a functioning 1976 model, has been sold for a record 516,000 euros (£441,000).
48 rescued as boat runs aground new
Forty eight people have been rescued from a passenger boat after it hit a rock on a Welsh island, coastguards have said.
Thousands run final marathon mile new
Thousands of athletes have joined victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to run and walk the last mile of the race, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line.
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Hartley dismissed as Tigers claim title new
Northampton captain Dylan Hartley's British and Irish Lions hopes appear to lie in tatters after he was sent off for dissent during Saints' 37-17 Aviva Premiership final defeat against Leicester at Twickenham.
Hartley could miss Lions tour new
Dylan Hartley could be suspended from the British and Irish Lions tour after he was sent off during the Aviva Premiership final.
Magician works Curragh magic new
Magician gave Aidan O'Brien his ninth victory in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.
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The Saturdays light up Big Weekend new
The Saturdays have lit up the stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Northern Ireland.
Ioan Gruffudd wary of 'wannabes' new
Fantastic Four star Ioan Gruffudd gets on better with big-name actors than "wannabes".
David Beckham 'makes family plans' new
David Beckham has a host of plans he wants to fulfill with his family now he has retired from playing soccer.
