Belfast Telegraph
DUP mayor
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- DUP mayor
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- UDR veteran and former taxi driver settles into office as new DUP mayor of Lisburn and Castlereagh.
For more on this story, visit the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Stormont politicians react to yesterday's Jeffrey Donaldson verdict
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- 4:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- For more updates on the reaction of the trial that has gripped the nation, check out our blog on the Belfast Telegraph homepage.
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- In Good Company: Elanna McGowan discusses social media
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- 'Everyone will have an opinion!': Conquering the social media 'cringe' and finding your niche.
On this week's In Good Company podcast, Cathy Martin is joined by Elanna McGowan, owner of Pearl Beauty.
Listen now on the Belfast Telegraph website or wherever you get your podcasts.
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- In Good Company podcast: Elanna McGowan
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- In this week's In Good Company podcast, Cathy Martin is joined by Elanna McGowan, the owner of Pearl Beauty Cosmetics – a functional makeup brand which is making waves in the UK, Ireland and beyond.
Listen to the podcast on the Belfast Telegraph website or wherever you get your podcasts.
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- "Everyone's gonna have an opinion":How to grow your social media | In Good Company with Cathy Martin
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- 29:24
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- From a beauty counter in Debenhams to a global beauty brand.
Elanna McGowan is the owner of Pearl Beauty – a functional makeup brand which is making waves in the UK, Ireland and beyond.
Originally from Canada, Elanna moved from Ontario to Ballymoney after meeting her now husband. Having built up a following on YouTube of almost 300,000, she decided to start a beauty brand that anyone could use – and pearl beauty was born.
She joined Cathy to talk about finding your niche, building a brand, and staying true to yourself in business.
#ingoodcompany #pearlbeauty #beauty #lifestyle #business #businesspodcast #northernireland
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- “Utterly astonishing”: Sam McBride reacts as Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 11:16
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of 18 historical sex offences, including one count of rape, 13 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency.
The offences were against two women when they were children. His wife Eleanor Donaldson has been found to have committed the acts relating to offences of aiding and abetting following a trial of the facts.
The leaders of the UUP and TUV immediately called for the Donaldsons to be stripped of their titles.
Jeffrey Donaldson has been taken to Maghaberry prison to start his sentence.
In this clip of The BelTel, Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride.
In the full episode, Allison Morris and Suzanne Breen speak to Ciarán Dunbar about the court case and subsequent reaction.
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- Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Six points of evidence
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of 18 historical sex offences, including one count of rape, against two women when they were children. See how today's verdict unfolded on the blog on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty: Listen to the podcast
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- GUILTY: Jeffrey Donaldson is now a convicted child rapist
Listen to the podcast now on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- What happened inside the court when Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty?
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- 3:40
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- What happened inside the court when Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty?
Belfast Telegraph crime correspondent Allison Morris reports on what happened inside the court room as Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty on all counts.
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- Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of all charges against him, including rape | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 7:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of all charges – the judge said prison is “inevitable”.
A jury of seven men and five women had considered its verdicts for more than nine hours over two days, and reached a verdict just after lunch on Monday.
The 63-year-old former MP had pleaded not guilty to 18 offences including one count of rape.
His wife Eleanor Donaldson found guilty of all charges including five of aiding and abetting – she was facing a trial of the facts and cannot be convicted or go to prison.
Belfast Telegraph reporter Kyle Frazer joins Ciarán Dunbar.
#jeffreydonaldson #northernireland #uknews #newspodcast #court
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- Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of rape
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of all charges including rape in historical sex offences trial. Read more on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Belfast baseball team celebrate 30 years of hitting home runs
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- There has been a recent surge in the popularity of American sports in Northern Ireland in recent years, but one team based in south Belfast has celebrated its innings with three decades of home runs in the city.
The Belfast Northstars, established in 1996, is the longest-running baseball team in the region.
It is part of the Ulster Baseball and Softball Club which is made up of three teams: the Northstars, the Buccaneers, and the Angels.
General manager Mark Lorimer said: "Across the whole of Ireland we have people taking part — Catholics and Protestants as well as people from all nationalities, including Bolivian, Venezuelan, Mexican, American and Canadian. Everyone is from everywhere and that’s really the appeal of the club.
“I just think people like variety as well. I personally love all sports. I’m one of those FOMO people that if there’s a sport going, I’m in.
“I played football, table tennis, rugby, cr...
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- Ciara Mageean on cancer journey: ‘I won’t take for granted the good things that I have’
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Ahead of releasing her memoir, the Co Down Olympian Ciara Mageean opens up about her life and the future after stage four cancer diagnosis last year.
My Greatest Race charts the universally admired athlete’s life from Portaferry — a town she name-drops with pride throughout this conversation — to the challenges faced by her cancer diagnosis in 2025.
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- New Belfast Telegraph office opens in Derry~Londonderry #northernireland #belfasttelegraph
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Belfast Telegraph has now officially opened a new office in Derry~Londonderry as part of a major expansion of our news coverage across the north west.
Louise Doyle, Shaun Keenan, Gabrielle Swan and long-standing north west journalist Garrett Hargan are based at Ebrington Square, placing the team at the heart of local life.
More than 70 people from the worlds of business, community, sports and politics from across the north west attended an official launch event at the office on Thursday evening. Guests included Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald.
Read more on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- TradFest returning on July 26
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Belfast TradFest returns from July 26 to August 2.
In an interview Dónal O'Connor, artistic director, speaks on the importance of arts to the city of Belfast.
Read the full story on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Belfast TradFest — now in its eighth year and continuing to get bigger
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- 'You know I'm just from Magherafelt reading the Belfast Tele and the next thing we're playing four men and the dog tunes in Alaska.'
World-famous bodhrán player Gino Lupari speaks about the "cutting-edge" growth of Irish music. To mark the start of the annual eighth year trad festival running from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2026.
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- North Belfast couple reflect on 60 years of marriage
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- A north Belfast couple have reflected on their time together after celebrating 60 years of marriage — which included nursing a baby gorilla in their own home.
David and Eileen Fulton — both 79 — first found each other when Eileen’s brother brought David to her house for tea after work.
Eileen joked that her brother acting as her wingman was how she “met all my boys”.
She said, “When my brother brought his mates home for tea, I got dates. We were 16 when we met.”
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- Muckamore Inquiry
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Tom Kark KC, Chair of Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry, says: "We recgonise that your fight isn't over."
Read more on the inquiry on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Macklemore wears NI football jersey
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Seattle-born rapper Macklemore (real name Ben Haggerty) has been spotted at the 2026 World Cup in the USA wearing a 1982 Northern Ireland top. Let us know of any famous faces spotted wearing NI regalia in the comments 👇
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- Donaldson Trial: Evidence “not sufficiently reliable” to convict, court hears | The BelTel
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- 7:14
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Jeffrey Donaldson’s trial is nearing its end. The court has now heard the closing arguments – all that remains is for the judge to give directions to the jury.
On Wednesday, Donaldson’s barrister told the jury the complainants were “not sufficiently reliable enough to drive you to a sure conclusion that he is guilty”.
63-year-old Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences which include one count of rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency.
His wife Eleanor Donaldson’s barrister asked the jury to end her nightmare by returning verdicts that she did not do the acts alleged.
The sixty-year-old from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, Co Down, denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.
She is facing a trial of the facts to test the evidence in the case but cannot result in a criminal conviction.
Allison Morris was i...
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- Lionel Messi at the World Cup 2026
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The highway out to Arrowhead Stadium heaved like one of those Sunday night pilgrimages to a Chiefs game, writes Adrian Rutherford.
But for one magical night, Kansas City - a place where this World Cup has found its soul Stateside - belonged to Lionel Messi.
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- "I was told I wouldn't see 40": The truth about 'skinny jabs'
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Marc Mckee was once told by his doctor that he wouldn’t see 40. At his heaviest, he was over 23 stone, and was heavily struggling with anxiety, food noise, and physical health issues.
Now, after losing 9 stone through GLP-1 jabs, he’s started a skincare business, Elastik, to help others who have had a similar journey. He joined Cathy Martin to talk all things GLP-1, the lessons he’s learnt in his journey, and how he’s found running his business alone.
You can listen to the latest episode of In Good Company wherever you get your podcasts
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- Inside the castle aiming to set the standard for NI wedding venues after £20m restoration
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The owner of a historic Co Armagh castle that has undergone a £20m restoration believes it can set a new standard as an exclusive events venue.
Gilford Castle was built on a bend in the River Bann in 1864 by Benjamin Dickson, a prosperous linen merchant whose family helped shape the village’s industrial fortunes.
Current owner Adrienne Moffett bought it in 2019 and said the restored interiors of the Victorian structure showcase “a huge amount of original features”.
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- Sam McBride assaulted as he questions protesters in east Belfast | The BelTel
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- 38:10
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Editor Sam McBride went to East Belfast to ask people blocking a road – albeit peacefully – why they were protesting. That led to him being assaulted, challenged to a fight, intimidated and sworn at.
Fallout from last week’s riots continues with 35 arrests and 23 people charged ranging from riotous behaviour, possession of an offensive weapon, disorderly behavior and assault on a police-designated person.
Police have described the events of last week as “inexcusable lawlessness”.
Sam McBride joined Ciarán Dunbar.
This podcast has explicit language at some points.
#riots #podcast #news #immigrations #northernireland #riots #unitedkingdom #uknews #newspodcast
01:39 Violence Context and Police Response
03:39 Roadblock Protest and Paramilitary Presence
10:57 Audio Footage of Threats
14:40 Protest Confrontation Escalates
15:44 Why Proteste...
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- Donaldson Trial: ‘It is their word against his word’, defence tells jury | The BelTel
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- 13:20
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- A prosecution barrister has told a jury that the two complainants in the case against Jeffrey Donaldson had ‘No reason to lie’. But Jeffrey Donaldson’s barrister has told the jury to look at evidence ‘dispassionately’, and that “When all is said and done, it is their word against his word”.
Rosemary Walsh KC, for the prosecution, told the jury in Newry Crown Court that Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife Eleanor “was aware her husband had a sexual interest in pre-pubescent girls”.
The former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. The 63 year old has pleaded not guilty to the 18 alleged offences.
Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road, Dromore, Co Down, denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.
Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph
#beltel #northernireland #news #podca...
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- Age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Children as young as 10 can still be held criminally responsible in NI after a proposal to raise the age was blocked.
Campaigners against the decision say criminalising children at a young age can have lasting consequences, while opponents say offenders must be held accountable.
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- Thinking of starting a GLP-1? Here’s what you need to know | In Good Company with Cathy Martin
- Runtime
- 31:09
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Marc Mckee was once told by his doctor that he wouldn’t see 40. At his heaviest, he was over 23 stone, and was heavily struggling with anxiety, food noise, and physical health issues.
Now, after losing 9 stone through GLP-1 jabs, he’s started a skincare business, Elastik, to help others who have had a similar journey.
He joined Cathy to talk all things GLP-1, the lessons he’s learnt in his journey, and how he's found running his business alone.
#ingoodcompany #lifestyle #podcast #lifestylepodcast #weightloss #glp1 #glp1medication #ozempic #mounjaro #wegovy
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- Explainer | Social media ban for under-16s
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The UK's biggest social media companies are questioning whether Sir Keir Starmer's proposed ban on under-16s using social media will actually work.
Here, Niamh Costello tells us more. Find out more on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Henry Cushinan on becoming first Sinn Fein mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Former republican ‘blanketman’ Henry Cushinan tells of pride at becoming first Sinn Fein mayor of Antrim and Newtonabbey. Read the full story on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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- Do you agree with the social media ban? #northernireland #news #belfast
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Sir Keir Starmer says banning under-16s from social media would help young people “get their childhood back”.
As the plans were announced, we took to the streets to ask one question: Do you agree with the ban?
See the Belfast Telegraph website for the full story.
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- 'This is the Belfast I recognise': Anti-racism rally takes place in west of city after week of riots
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- An anti-racism rally has taken place in west Belfast at the International Peace Wall.
Sinn Fein MP John Finucane said the gathering represented the "Belfast he knew".
He added: "For me, this is much more representative and something that we can put our shoulders back and say this is the Belfast that I'm proud of. While those other people might get headlines, they're not representative of who we are."
It comes after a serious stabbing in north Belfast earlier this week, which sparked protests and was widely shared across social media.
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- Donaldson Trial: Prosecution accuses Jeffrey Donaldson of ‘sinful and deceitful lies’ | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 7:43
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has now been cross-examined by the prosecution in Newry Crown Court where he is on trial over 18 alleged offences.
He has plead not guilty to charges including rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency. Both complainants alleged they were abused as children.
His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending. She is facing a trial of the facts on mental health grounds.
Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.
#news #jeffreydonaldson #podcast #court #newspodcast
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- Donaldson Trial: Jeffrey Donaldson denies child rape, admits affair | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 16:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Jeffrey Donaldson has denied raping a seven-year-old child, under cross-examination, saying “it simply didn’t happen”. The former MP spent Thursday on the witness stand in Newry Crown Court. During the questioning, he admitted having an affair. Mr Donaldson is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. The sixty-three-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the 18 alleged offences.
Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.
#news #northernireland #jeffreydonaldson #beltel #podcast #newspodcast
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- Police deal with a second night of violence in Belfast
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Police deal with a second night of violence in Belfast
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- 'Please think again': Plea from Dundonald resident after violent protests
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A local resident in Dundonald's Bute Park has pleaded with those behind protests which turned violent last night to "please think again".
She said: "It didn't work before, it won't work now. They're just annoying their own neighbours, and what for? I really think it's not the answer. It never will be."
It comes after unrest broke out following the Belfast knife attack involving a Sudanese man, the riots that followed, and how authorities are preparing for tonight.
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- Glider bus and homes destroyed in NI race riot chaos | The BelTel
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Northern Ireland has seen serious race riots for the third year in a row. Masked men staged violent protests in number of areas, but the trouble was concentrated in the greater Belfast area, with homes set alight off the Crumlin Road and in east Belfast. A Glider bus was set alight on the Newtownards Road and a police car was burned in Portadown.
The disorder followed an attempted murder involving a knife in north Belfast on Monday night – a 30-year-old Sudanese man has been charged.
The Belfast Telegraph’s Visuals Editor Kevin Scott was on the ground in Belfast and Liam Tunney was in court.
#news #Belfast #UKnews #riots
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- Court hears north Belfast stabbing victim lost his left eye as Sudanese man appears
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A 30-year-old Sudanese man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder over the stabbing in north Belfast on Monday.
Hadi Alodid is accused of attempting to murder Stephen Ogilvie and possession of a knife in a public place.
Alodid, of Duncairn Avenue, is also charged with threatening to kill an NHS radiographer.
He appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court where the charges were put to him via an Arabic interpreter.
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- Hijacked Glider bus set alight on Newtownards Road in Belfast
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/north-belfast-newtownabbey/north-belfast/homes-set-on-fire-in-belfast-and-police-car-and-hijacked-bus-among-vehicles-ablaze-as-disorder-erupts/a/156285563.html
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- Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Day 10
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Full podcast: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/donaldson-trial-eleanor-says-husband-jeffrey-unfaithful-throughout-marriage/a/156460983.html
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- Donaldson Trial: Eleanor says husband Jeffrey unfaithful throughout marriage | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 12:34
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Eleanor Donaldson “met with a blank wall” when asking her husband Jeffrey about an incident with an alleged abuse – a jury has heard.
Eleanor Donaldson also accused her husband of infidelity during police interviews.
And Jeffrey Donaldson told police a letter sent to one of his alleged victims had nothing “to do with any allegation or any action involving sexual abuse”.
His trial over alleged sexual offences is continuing in Newry Crown Court.
The 63-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 18 charges, including one count of rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency.
His wife Eleanor Donaldson faces five related charges including aiding and abetting – she is facing a trial of the facts due to her mental health issues.
Allison Morris is covering the trial.
#podcast #northernireland #news #jeffreydonaldson #jeffreydonaldsontrial
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- 'Man with hurl' hailed for intervention in Belfast 'attempted beheading'
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- 0:15
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A "man with a hurl" has been praised for his bravery after intervening in an "attempted beheading" in north Belfast.
Social media footage appears to show a man stabbing another man several times in the head with a knife. One man can be heard saying in the video: ‘He’s trying to cut his head off.’
DUP leader Gavin Robinson described the attack as "medieval" and praised the "brave man who with a hurl in his hand intervened to save his neighbour's life".
The injured man, aged in his 40s, is in hospital where his condition is described as serious. The attack has left the man with significant injuries to his eyes, face, neck and back
A Sudanese man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remained in police custody on Tuesday afternoon.
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- Shock over ‘attempted beheading’ in north #Belfast | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A man believed by police to be Sudanese has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a violent incident involving a knife in north Belfast.
The attack, which has been declared a ‘critical incident’, happened in Kinnaird Avenue shortly after 10.30 PM last night. The victim - a man in his 40s - is in hospital in a serious condition. A video of the attack has shocked and horrified the public in Northern Ireland.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer labeled the incident as “sickening”.
A major police investigation is ongoing.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph Visuals editor Kevin Scott.
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- ‘It’s human nature to be scared’: How to master networking | In Good Company with Cathy Martin
- Runtime
- 27:39
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Alastair Cameron is the founder of TechTides – a growing programme of regional tech conferences across the island of Ireland. His mission is simple – to bring everyone in the tech ecosystem on the island of Ireland together.
In 2023, his life was turned upside down, when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which eventually advanced to stage 4 and metastasised to his liver.
While recovering, he spent his time contemplating changes in technology – and TechTides was born.
He spoke to Cathy about how to master networking, his experience with OCD, using LinkedIn to your advantage, and much more.
00:00 Meet Alastair Cameron
00:48 The beginning of TechTides
02:23 Beating Networking Anxiety
05:59 How to battle the LinkedIn ‘cringe’ and put yourself out there
09:10 Cancer and Mental Health
12:23 Building TechTides Bigger
17:38 Is AI really a threat?
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- North Belfast stabbing: 'Horror' as MLA reacts to ‘some of most depraved violence I have ever seen’
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A warning has been issued over social media footage circulating after a serious stabbing incident in north Belfast.
Video posted to social media appears to show a man stabbing another man several times in the head with a knife.
Police confirmed a man was arrested in relation to the incident and is in police custody while a second man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The “bravery” of an intervention has been praised after an eyewitness to the attack told the Belfast Telegraph “three men, one armed with a hurl, got the fella with the knife off the victim.”
Alliance North Belfast MLA Nuala McAllister condemned the "depraved" attack, branding it "some of the most depraved and barbaric violence I have ever seen". She appealed for the police investigation to be allowed to take its course, a sentiment echoed by SDLP councillor Carl Whyte.
He said: "People who view this footage will feel fear, anger and shock. If you are sent this footage,...
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- Struggling with networking? Here's what to do | In Good Company with Cathy Martin
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Alastair Cameron is the founder of TechTides – a growing programme of regional tech conferences across the island of Ireland. His mission is simple – to bring everyone in the tech ecosystem on the island of Ireland together.
In 2023, his life was turned upside down, when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which eventually advanced to stage 4 and metastasised to his liver.
While recovering, he spent his time contemplating changes in technology – and TechTides was born.
He spoke to Cathy about how to master networking, his experience with OCD, using LinkedIn to your advantage, and much more.
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- Donaldson Trial: Jury hears denials during police interviews | The BelTel
- Runtime
- 10:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “I can’t get my head around” the abuse allegations made by Witness B, Jeffrey Donaldson told police.
The tape of the former MP’s interview with the PSNI was played at his trial in Newry Crown Count on Monday morning.
The jury also heard Donaldson deny that he apologised to Witness in the case because he thought it would “make this go away”.
“I wasn’t doing anything untoward,” Jeffrey Donaldson told police officers in relation to accusations made by Witness A.
Donaldson (63) is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. He denies all 18 alleged offences. There are two alleged victims, Complainant A and Complainant B.
His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.
Allison Morris was in court.
#news #northernireland #jeffreydonaldson #trial...
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- Court hears Jeffery Donaldson ‘sent WhatsApp to minister saying he wanted to repent’ | The BelTel
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- 4:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Newry Crown Court has heard Jeffrey Donaldson sent a message to a minister supporting one of his alleged victims, saying he wanted to “repent before them as he had before God.”
The husband of an alleged victim in the abuse trial has broken down as he gave evidence on Thursday.
63-year-old former MP Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to all the 18 charges he is facing, they include rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault.
His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, County Down denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.
She is facing a trial of the facts.
Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.
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- Natalie McNally murderer Stephen McCullagh gets 31 years | The BelTel
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- 16:16
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Stephen McCullagh will do at least 31 years of jail time before he is even considered for release.
32-year-old Natalie McNally had been 15 weeks pregnant when she was subjected to a violent attack and murdered at her home in Lurgan in December 2022.
The judge, Mr Justice Kinney, told McCullagh that he committed a “brutal senseless murder and planned it in remorseless detail.”
“The killing was cold blooded and calculated.”
McCullagh tried to pin the murder on Lewis Jones, Natalie’s ex-partner, after having set up a false alibi.
But the jury rejected that and found McCullagh guilty of the murder at Belfast Crown Court earlier this year.
Kurtis Reid was in court for the tariff hearing.
- Title
- Jeffrey Donaldson Trial: Witness says she wishes she had “screamed”
- Runtime
- 10:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A woman who claims former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson raped her as a child has told a court in Newry she regrets not contacting police sooner.
Witness B said she has “tried not to be a victim” in the years since the alleged abuse.
During cross-examination on Wednesday afternoon, she said she wished she had “screamed out”.
Jeffrey Donaldson is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. The former MP has pleaded not guilty to the 18 alleged offences.
His wife, Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, Co Down, denies several charges of aiding and abetting – she faces a trial of the facts as she has been ruled unfit for a criminal trial.
Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.
#news #jeffreydonaldson #northernireland
- Title
- Audio of Natalie McNally killer’s 999 call and arrest footage released for the first time
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Audio of the frantic 999 call made by Natalie McNally’s killer after he pretended to discover her body has been released for the first time alongside footage of him being interviewed by police.
The material was published by the PSNI on Wednesday as Stephen McCullagh was sentenced to 31 years in prison for murdering the 32-year-old in her Lurgan home in December 2022.
Read more on the Belfast Telegraph website.
