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Northern Ireland

BBC's Nolan named UK's best breakfast radio presenter

The BBC's Stephen Nolan has been named the UK's best breakfast morning radio presenter.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit Bondi Beach on the fourth day of the royal couple’s visit to Australia (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

UK

Warm welcome for Harry and Meghan on Sydney’s Bondi Beach

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been given a warm welcome as they stepped...

Emergency services at the scene of an incident in the William Street area of Lurgan on October 18th 2018 (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph)

Northern Ireland

Breaking Tragedy as man dies after being hit by train

A man has died after he was hit by a train in Lurgan.

Police have launched a murder investigation after the incident in Battersea (Peter Byrne/PA)

UK

Man who died after brawl often confronted drug dealers, father says

A parent who died after a mass brawl by his flat frequently confronted drug...

The UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (Ministry of Defence/PA)

UK

New York welcome for HMS Queen Elizabeth after warship crosses Atlantic

Britain’s biggest and most powerful warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, will be...

(PA Archive)

Viral

A teacher is grading homework with memes and it’s inspiring her students

Trying to connect with your students as a teacher whilst still helping them learn is...

ZenitSt. Petersburg striker Alexander Kokorin (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

World

Two Russian football internationals charged after brawls

Two Russian football internationals have been charged with battery and...

Leo Varadkar used the story of an IRA bombing of a customs post to emphasise the importance of the border issue to EU leaders (Brian Lawless/PA)

Republic of Ireland

Varadkar warns risk of return to violence ‘very real’ if hard border emerges

Ireland’s premier has warned there is a “real risk” of a return to violence in...

Popular

Leo Varadkar and Theresa May (Irish government/PA)

Theresa May agrees to permanent Brexit backstop for Northern Ireland - reports could... Brexit

Emergency services at the scene of an incident in the William Street area of Lurgan on October 18th 2018 (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph)

Tragedy as man dies after being hit by train Northern Ireland

Aerial view of the scene of an IRA van bomb explosion at the Army post on the border at Newry which killed one British soldier and injured several others. 01/05/92

Varadkar shows EU27 dinner guests border bomb horror picture - Brexit deadlock over Ireland... Brexit

The IRA’s 1987 bombing of the Cenotaph in Enniskillen killed 12 people

'Would you call Nelson Mandela a terrorist?' - Sinn Fein's Ni Riada condemns... Northern Ireland

Mairead O’Neill died suddenly on Monday

'My beautiful best friend' - Mairead O'Neill's sister posts touching online tribute Northern Ireland

Down Royal could be closing its doors for the last time on December 31

Down Royal's last race on Boxing Day

The former Stewartstown PSNI station which could be turned into self-catering holiday apartments

PSNI police station could soon host tourists

Hillary Clinton at Queen's University Belfast where she is to be awarded an honorary degree. Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Hillary Clinton accepts honorary degree at Queen's University [photos]

Comedian Lee Nelson disrupts Theresa May speech

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

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

No go: Kyle Lafferty can’t play for Rangers after the IFA invoked Fifa’s five-day rule

Confirmed: Kyle Lafferty unavailable for Rangers after IFA complaint

The region has been without devolved government since January 2017 (Lynne Cameron/PA)

Union hopes legislation can ‘break logjam on NHS pay’ in Northern Ireland

A new Bill intended to assist senior civil...

DUP MP Gavin Robinson says Karen Bradley’s Bill is not asubstitute for devolved government. (PA/Brian Lawless)

Bill is no substitute for devolved government, DUP warns

A Bill designed to create time and space...

Sean Cox

Roma supporter found not guilty of serious assault on Liverpool fan Sean Cox

Roma supporter Filippo Lombardi,...

UK

DUP MP Nigel Dodds

Extended transition changes nothing, says DUP as Prime Minister quizzed on 'permanent...

UK

UK

Tony and Marie Newton tend to their Four Seasons garden as it bursts into autumnal colour at their home in Walsall in the West Midlands (Joe Giddens/PA)

Autumn splendour on show as award-winning garden reopens

An economist has claimed forecast funding for healthcare in Scotland may be underestimated (Jane Barlow/PA)

Scottish Government has underestimated healthcare funding by £400m –...

An economist has said the Scottish Government...

File photo dated 17/01/14 of a door being closed by a prison guard. A degree from an elite university opens doors – now, hundreds of top graduates are competing to unlock them in jails.

Prisoners share videos of violence and drug use from UK jails

Facebook and the Ministry of Justice have been...

Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels (Alastair Grant/AP)

May insists Brexit deal can be done after summit ends without breakthrough

Theresa May has insisted she is convinced she will get...

UK

The terror gang are challenging their convictions (West Midlands/PA)

Terror plotters challenge ‘unfair’ trial which took place amid four UK attacks

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Leo Varadkar and Prime Minister Theresa May held a bilateral meeting (Taoiseach Government/PA)

Firms will soon take decisions that bite as Brexit talks go on – Varadkar

Liverpool players with a banner for fan Sean Cox (Steven Paston/PA)

Roma fan cleared of attacking Liverpool supporter jailed for...

A Roma fan who was cleared of...

Leo Varadkar and Theresa May (Irish government/PA)

Theresa May agrees to permanent Brexit backstop for Northern Ireland -...

Prime Minister Theresa May has committed to a...

The attack occurred outside Anfield stadium ahead of the Liverpool-Roma match in April (PA)

Roma fan cleared of attacking Liverpool supporter outside...

A Roma fan has been cleared of...

Republic of Ireland

Deputy leader Nigel Dodds attacked the EU backstop plan (Jonathan Brady/PA)

DUP: Extended transition period would not solve key EU backstop problem

World

World

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as before boarding Air Force One (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Certainly looks like Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi is dead, Trump says

A security guard walks out of the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)

US treasury secretary joins those skipping Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the...

There have been further withdrawals from...

A Starbucks coffee shop on the Strand in London (Philip Toscano/PA)

Starbucks scales backs European presence but consolidates in London

Starbucks is restructuring its European operations...

US Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of U.S. and Nato troops escaped the attack (Sharida Jackson/AP)

Nato commander unhurt as guards mow down Afghan security chiefs

The three top officials in Afghanistan’s...

World

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (Alastair Grant/AP)

Emmanuel Macron under fire for remarks about women with large families

Health

Northern Ireland

Action for Children in Northern Ireland interviewed more than 160 secondary school pupils here and found that 33% are struggling, with many experiencing problems on a regular basis (stock picture)

Charity offers pupils mental health support

Impact: David and Helen Todd

Family tell of burden over heavy cost of brain tumour

The family of a Co Down man hit by a devastating brain tumour have spoken...

PUP leader Billy Hutchinson

More must be done to solve mental health issues, says PUP's Hutchinson

Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)...

Billy Caldwell, who has a rare form of epilepsy, with his mother Charlotte in Belfast city centre (Brian Lawless/PA)

Charlotte Caldwell 'crying happy tears' as medicinal cannabis to become...

Medicinal cannabis campaigner Charlotte...

Northern Ireland

Dean McIlwaine (left), whose body was found on Cave Hill in July 2017, with brother Glenn

Union to erect signs on Belfast's Cave Hill in move to tackle suicide

Education

Northern Ireland

Mark Regev, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Yui Mok/PA)

QUB refuses to withdraw invite to Israeli Ambassador - saying invite also issued to Palestinian Ambassador

Schools in Northern Ireland have seen their spending power fall by more than £230m since 2010, a group of MPs has been told

Northern Ireland schools' spending power down £230m in eight years,...

Schools in Northern Ireland have seen...

Hard time: a solider keeps watch on ‘No Man’s Land’

The Great War, week four - Newspapers in Education:

This article has been specially written for thousands of pupils across Northern...

Troops at the Battle of the Somme

Somme tragedy - biggest loss of lives in a single day of fighting

The Battle of the Somme took place near the...

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland schools on cliff-edge as squeezed budgets leave some with debts of over £1m

Politics

Northern Ireland

Anne Marie Logue

Northern Ireland councillors under investigation over 'English-only' policy social media posts

Aerial view of the scene of an IRA van bomb explosion at the Army post on the border at Newry which killed one British soldier and injured several others. 01/05/92

Varadkar shows EU27 dinner guests border bomb horror picture - Brexit...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar presented EU leaders...

The rally will take place at Belfast City Hall.

Anti-Brexit rally to take place in Belfast this weekend

A major anti-Brexit rally is taking place...

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the European Council in Brussels on October 17, 2018. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

Theresa May admits Brexit transition could get longer to solve Ireland border...

Prime Minister Theresa May has admitted that the...

Northern Ireland

Ruth Davidson

Scottish Tories accused of risking peace in Northern Ireland

Obituaries

Irish League

Bertie McMinn at his home on Belfast’s Shankill Road

Obituary: Bertie McMinn, Irish League legend who was one of the most gifted players of his generation

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...

Honour guard: Hugh Kennedy jnr

Obituary: Curley's director Hugh Kennedy jnr

A director of a multi-million pound retail business which grew out of a...

Opinion

Tributes: Peri Gillespie

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

Sunday Life

Sunday Life

Cirque

Bitten by the bug: Little critters get big treatment by Cirque Du Soleil

Duo

Northern Ireland duo Saint Sister go marching on a voyage of discovery

They are being hailed as Northern...

Michael Buble and son Noah

Michael Buble 'to quit' music in wake of son's illness

Michael Buble has announced plans to...

Louise Templeton with David Simpson

Northern Ireland politician sorry she slept with DUP MP - councillor's...

A love-rat DUP councillor has issued a...

International

Gerry Armstrong

Kyle Lafferty needs to stop being stupid because Northern Ireland need him: Gerry Armstrong

Technology

Presidential Election

Controversial Presidential campaign Peter Casey has paid a visit to the houses built for Traveller families in Tipperary (Photo: Mark Condren)

Nicola Anderson: Peter Casey left quickly after getting the exposure he’d come for new

People out for Bot Wednesdays. 17th October 2018. Picture by Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX

Belfast nightlife: The Bot, Wednesday, October 17 [Photos]

Flick through our nightlife gallery from the...

The man sued for unfair dismissal and the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld his claim. (stock photo)

Driver sacked for posting picture of 'dangerous' bus wheel to Facebook...

A coach firm sacked one of its drivers after he...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA

Latest Taoiseach urges Irish voters to send 'a very clear message' to Áras...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has roundly condemned...

Video News

Donald Trump: 'Certainly looks' like Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead new