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Northern Ireland

Man shot in ‘paramilitary-style’ attack in Londonderry

A man has suffered potentially life-changing injuries in a “paramilitary-style” shooting in Londonderry.

Mary Lou McDonald (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein will not take seats and 'save the day’ for May’s Brexit deal

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has ruled out any possibility of her party’s...

Belfast Telegraph Property Awards 2018 in the Crowne Plaza, Belfast. Pictured l-r: Sarah Little, Bill Wolsey, Petra Wolsey and Gail Walker. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Northern Ireland

Belfast Telegraph Property Awards 2018 [Photos]

The Belfast Telegraph Property Awards 2018 were held in Belfast's Crowne Plaza Hotel on Friday, November 16.

Johnston Press, which publishes The Yorkshire Post, is in administration (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK

Union demands ‘meaningful guarantees’ over futures of Johnston Press staff

Union bosses are calling for jobs and newspaper titles to be protected as...

A man has been shot multiple times in Londonderry.

Northern Ireland

Man shot multiple times in Derry paramilitary style attack - Police attacked at scene

A man in his 30's has been left with potentially life changing injuries after...

Police Scotland said the victim is in a serious condition in hospital (David Cheskin/PA)

UK

Man injured in knife attack

A man has been seriously hurt in a knife attack in Renfrewshire.

Sainsbury’s is to sell roasted crickets from November 18 (Martin Rickett/PA)

UK

Sainbury’s becomes first UK supermarket to sell edible insects

Roasted crickets are now on the menu at Sainsbury’s as it becomes the first UK...

Police have appealed for witnesses following the fatal crash (Andrew Milligan/PA)

UK

Second teenager dies after Fife crash

A second teenager has died following a fatal car crash in Fife.

Popular

Supporters with a Parachute Regiment flag

Whistle blown on football fans who booed anthem and waved Para flag Northern Ireland

Belfast Telegraph Property Awards 2018 in the Crowne Plaza, Belfast. Bill Wolsey Director of Beannchor Group with his wife Petra. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Watch: Merchant Hotel owner says Brexit plan is 'an opportunity to be grasped' as he... Northern Ireland

Jake Pulford’s pictures have gone viral

Pint-drinking pet spotted at Belfast pub lapped up by online fans Northern Ireland

Darren Randolph was the Republic’s hero (Brian Lawless/PA)

Republic fans booing God Save the Queen a 'disgrace', says Sinn Fein TD Republic of Ireland

School teacher Fionnuala Kennedy

Hundreds pay their respects at funeral of 'selfless' teacher Fionnuala... Northern Ireland

7. Spaghetti Junction - 46 William Street, Derry

Revealed: 10 best Italians in NI

The Woodman's Cottage

Video tour of Woodman's cottage in stone mill

DUP leader Arlene Foster and Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys pay their respects at the Enniskillen Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. Picture: Ronan McGrade Pacemaker

Northern Ireland marks centenary of Armistice Day [Photos]

Comedian Lee Nelson disrupts Theresa May speech

Comedian Lee Nelson, real name Simon Brodkin, interrupted Theresa May's keynote...

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

John Simpson: Businesses believe this is a Brexit compromise deal that will work

Isaac Higginson with his wife Isabella on their wedding day in 1941

Northern Ireland Navy hero torpedoed by U-boat who went on to serve with...

The son of a Royal Navy war hero from...

Tragedy: Darryl Thompson

Priest pays warm tribute at funeral of Tyrone man killed in M1 accident

A young Co Tyrone man killed in a...

An MLA has called for new powers extended to civil servants to be used to progress Northern Ireland's largest roads project

Civil servants urged to use their new powers to press on with troubled A5...

An MLA has called for new powers...

Northern Ireland

Diane Dodds

Diane Dodds: My party can’t support deal that handcuffs us to Europe

UK

UK

Primary pupil Abby McConnell was delighted to meet her hero, Sir Billy Connolly (Rosaleen Bonnar Photoworks/PA)

Parkinson’s fundraiser aged seven meets hero Sir Billy Connolly new

Confident: Leo Varadkar

Varadkar warns 'very difficult' to avoid hard border if no Brexit deal

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted...

Arlene Foster

Theresa May: we’re still working with DUP and aim to allay Brexit plan...

Theresa May has said she cannot...

Peter Seeclear died of severe traumatic chest injuries (Merseyside Police/PA)

Man faces murder charge over death of camper in Merseyside park

A man has been charged with the murder of a...

Business

Johnston Press, which owns newspapers including the News Letter and Derry Journal, is preparing to enter into administration. (PA)

Insolvency looming for owners of News Letter

Republic of Ireland

Entertainment

Radio 4 is set to examine the arts and culture of Northern Ireland and the Republic following their prominence in Brexit negotiations. (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Radio 4 to air series on arts and culture in Northern Ireland and Republic

Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street yesterday

Leading Northern Ireland business organisations back May's draft deal as way...

Leading business organisations in Northern...

Members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) during Operation Barracuda, a training exercise simulating a terrorist attack, at Dublin City University (Brian Lawless/PA)

Terror attack simulation played out at Dublin City University

A major emergency training exercise...

Darren Randolph was the Republic’s hero (Brian Lawless/PA)

Republic fans booing God Save the Queen a 'disgrace', says Sinn...

A Sinn Fein TD has hit out at fans of...

Northern Ireland

Anger: Robin Swann

UUP leader Robin Swann rejects May's plan as he lambasts 'asleep at wheel' DUP

World

World

Demonstrators block a crossroads in Marseille (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

One killed and 47 injured in France fuel tax protests new

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump: I answered Mueller questions ‘very easily’

Donald Trump has said he “very easily” answered written questions...

Relatives of the missing crew of the ARA San Juan submarine marked the year anniversary of the vessel’s disappearance earlier this week (AP Photo/Vicente Robles)

Argentina submarine found sunk a year after disappearing, navy says

Searchers have found a missing submarine...

A firefighter searches for in a trailer park destroyed in the Camp Fire in Paradise, California (AP Photo/John Locher)

California wildfire death toll rises as number on missing list tops 1,000

More than 1,000 people are now on a list of...

World

Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifts off (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Second shipment of supplies blasts off for space station

Health

Northern Ireland

The high street chemist service is heading for collapse despite a £104m rescue package, it has been warned

Warning Northern Ireland pharmacies 'will shut' despite £9m bailout

Health Minister Simon Harris (Brian Lawless/PA)

Women from Northern Ireland will be able to access abortions in...

The Irish Health Minister has confirmed...

Peadar Toibin.

TD Peadar Toibin quits Sinn Fein over abortion row - 'I will now help build a...

Meath TD Peadar Toibin has resigned...

Questions have been raised into the investigation of medical failures in Northern Ireland.

Number of patients die from diarrhoea due to medical failures at...

A number of patients died of diarrhoea at...

Northern Ireland

Solicitor Ciaran Moynagh is a partner in Phoenix Law

Former patients of neurologist Dr Watt may take legal action against Belfast Trust

Education

Republic of Ireland

The Making History textbook

New school history book derided for inaccuracies and 'airbrushing' past

Kilkeel High School in Kilkeel / Credit: Google Maps

Kilkeel High School should be praised for cross-community work, says...

A Northern Ireland councillor has praised...

Kilkeel High School in Kilkeel / Credit: Google Maps

'Don't use pupils as political tool' ... Northern Ireland school hits back after...

A school has said it must "draw a...

Hollie Massey / Credit: Help for Hollie/ GoFundMe

East Belfast schools raises over £20,000 for teen girl's 'life changing'...

An east Belfast school has raised over...

Northern Ireland

Chancellor Philip Hammond (Victoria Jones/PA)

Extra £300 million for shared and integrated education in Northern Ireland

Politics

Northern Ireland

Brian Irwin

Brian Irwin: Deal may not be perfect, but it’s far preferable to hard Brexit scenario

Belfast Telegraph Property Awards 2018 in the Crowne Plaza, Belfast. Bill Wolsey Director of Beannchor Group with his wife Petra. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Watch: Merchant Hotel owner says Brexit plan is 'an opportunity to be...

One of Northern Ireland's most prominent...

Northern Ireland's business groups have come together to give a cautious welcome to the proposed Brexit withdrawal agreement.

Draft withdrawal 'not perfect' but paves the way for trade deal, say...

Northern Ireland's business groups have...

File photo dated 10/10/17 of Amber Rudd, who is returning to Government as Work and Pensions Secretary, a source has told the Press Association - Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

New ministers appointed to replace Dominic Raab and Esther McVey

Two new ministers have been appointed to replace...

Northern Ireland

Brian Kingston

SIF steering group members deny they had any say or influence over where the money went

Obituaries

Northern Ireland

Respected: Ronnie Harper

Obituary: Tele sport stalwart Ronnie Harper, who cued up Alex Higgins for fame

Tributes: Peri Gillespie

Crohn's charity chief 'left legacy of helping others'

Peri Gillespie, who died last Sunday aged 56, was a founding member...

Artistic flair: Meta Patterson

Margaret Patterson: Dress designer who dedicated her life to youth work

Tributes have been paid to a Lisburn...

Charming: Samuel Bartlett

Obituary: Highly-respected US diplomat who served as consul general in...

Samuel Bartlett, who passed away at his home...

Opinion

The Rev Dr Robert Coulter, a former UUP MLA, has passed away aged 88

Opinion: Presbyterian minister and UUP stalwart championed special needs education

Sunday Life

Sunday Life

Pete Tong and the Heritage Orchestra perform during filming of the Graham Norton Show at The London Studios, south London, to be aired on BBC One on New Year's Eve.

Pete Tong: I thought playing Ibiza dance hits with classical music was going to sound pants

Sinn Fein’s Mairtin O Muilleoir (Niall Carson/PA)

Sinn Fein ex-minister Mairtin O'Muilleoir on driving charge

Leading Sinn Fein politician Mairtin...

Joe Gormley

Sunday Life: Cliftonville rocked as Shamrock Rovers prepare bid for Joe...

SHAMROCK Rovers have set their sights on signing...

Richard Mailey

Exclusive Greysteel killer's son fears he will be executed by dissident republicans

The son of Greysteel killer Stephen Irwin...

Sunday Life

Joe McCaw (left) and Gerry Spence (right) on Spotlight.

Convicted rapist was member of UVF-linked government-funded justice group

Technology

Other Sports

Gary Anderson celebrates with the Sid Waddell trophy after defeating Phil Taylor of England in the final of the 2015 William Hill PDC World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace

'I swear on my children's lives that it was not my fault' - Controversy erupts in darts match over farting... new

A surfer rides a wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal – (World Surf League/Laurent Masurel)

Watch the most incredible wipe-outs from the WSL Big Wave surfing...

Surfers from all over the world travelled...

A surfer rides a wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal – (World Surf League/Laurent Masurel)

Watch the most incredible wipe-outs from the WSL Big Wave surfing...

Surfers from all over the world travelled to...

VIDEO: More remains found after relentless California wildfires

Authorities have found eight more...

Entertainment

Primary pupil Abby McConnell was delighted to meet her hero, Sir Billy Connolly (Rosaleen Bonnar Photoworks/PA)

Parkinson’s fundraiser aged seven meets hero Sir Billy Connolly new