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DUP leader and former Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster giving evidence at the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) inquiry yesterday

RHI Scandal

Live RHI inquiry: Updates as Foster gives evidence

Arlene Foster has returned to the RHI inquiry to give her fourth day of evidence.

Northern Ireland

Court told head of drugs gang 'spent £500k' on jewellery

Alleged head of organised drugs gang led a "lavish" lifestyle, court hears.

Footage of the incident on the Falls Road, Belfast

News

Violent criminal linked to attack on bus lane camera car

Criminal was jailed for a brutal hammer attack on sleeping grandfather

Big Tom McBride’s remains arrive for public reposal at Oram Community Centre in Castleblaney

News

Big Tom's fans: ‘The saddest day of our lives’

No obstacle was too difficult for Big Tom's loyal fans to traverse.

Police seal off the Ballysillan Road in Belfast after a serious crash. It is believed a hit and run driver in a stolen car hit a person. Police are at the scene. Pic: Alan Lewis - PhotopressBelfast.co.uk

'Pedestrian killed in serious Belfast crash' - man arrested at scene

A DUP councillor has said that a woman has been killed following a serious car accident in north Belfast.

Claire Kelly, who was killed in a car crash in 2011

Northern Ireland

NI mum's forgiveness inspires Australian justice scheme

Northern Ireland mother met and forgave the drunk driver who killed her daughter.

Northern Ireland

Plea to help find Northern Ireland woman Ann Penney

Police are appealing to the public for help to find missing Antrim woman.

News

TV presenter Dale Winton dies aged 62

Winton, host of Supermarket Sweep, has died at the age of 62.

Northern Ireland

Bishop of Derry urges voters to keep 8th Amendment

Donal McKeown urges voters to keep the 8th Amendment in Republic's referendum.

Derry has suffered years of under-investment, Colum Eastwood as said.

Almost every other person in Northern Ireland city 'out of work' - MLA calls for action

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has warned something needs to be done to prevent an exodus from Northern Ireland.

The Belfast Telegraph has been nominated for a string of awards. (Photo by Kevin Scott / Belfast Telegraph)

Northern Ireland

Belfast Telegraph leading NI nominations for Press Awards

Belfast Telegraph has been nominated for a string of awards.

Contracts revoked: Stuart Olding and Paddy Jackson

Northern Ireland

Vast majority of Ulster rugby fans appalled by sackings

Nearly 80% of fans who took part in a survey said they were 'appalled'.

Belfast Zoo welcomes a new arrival - a giant anteater baby.

News

Pictured: Belfast Zoo welcomes giant anteater baby

Belfast Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a giant anteater baby.

News Analysis

When Ian Paisley toyed with idea of united Ireland

Some unionist leaders have compromised, which is what politics is for.

Should same sex marriage be legalised in Northern Ireland?

Increasing support for same sex marriage across Northern Ireland

A new report shows there is an increased support for marriage equality across most sections of Northern Ireland.

Staffy attack saw my dog lose an eye, says owner

Portadown pet owner watched in horror as dog gripped Shih Tzu in his jaws.

Kyle Donaghy will spend his 21st birthday in prison

Man who burgled Belfast pensioner on drink and drugs will spend 21st birthday in jail

A young man who has no memory of breaking into the home of an 82-year old woman was urged on Thursday to "reflect" on the fact he will be spending his 21st birthday in Hydebank.

9 things happening in Northern Ireland this week

Take a look through our highlights of what's happening across NI this week.

Northern Ireland traffic updates: Foyle Bridge closed

Follow our feed for the latest traffic updates from across Northern Ireland.

Pictured at Campbell College in Belfast is Graham Childs, ICT Specialist at BT Business in Northern Ireland and Karl Wilson, Bursar at Campbell College

Top marks for results driven innovative partnership

The digital economy has become a new reality that touches almost every aspect of our personal and professional lives.

Police treating north Belfast body find as murder - two men arrested

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found on a residential street in north Belfast.

Actress Claire Danes (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Tiffany & Co.)

Fashion and Beauty

Fashion spy: 'Claire Danes - I love her Prada look'

Rachel Dean checks out the style in Victoria Square, Belfast.

Northern Ireland

Irene Hynds funeral - tribute to 'highly regarded' teacher

Popular teacher Irene Hynds was 'vibrant and enthusiastic'.

Cars

Ford launches all-new Focus family hatchback – with £2k off

Ford has launched new Focus hatchback, knocking more than £2K off popular models.

Podcasts

Ulster Rugby podcast E27: Who can replace Jackson?

Impact on Ulster's squad of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding's departures.

What are you having for dinner tonight? - SPAR surprises Belfast shoppers with Meal...

SPAR has one important question to ask - what are you having for dinner tonight?

Northern Ireland

Court told alleged head of drugs gang spent nearly...

The alleged head of an organised drugs gang led a "lavish" lifestyle involving nearly £500,000...

Man who burgled Belfast pensioner on drink and...

A young man who has no memory of breaking into the home of an 82-year old woman was...

Almost every other person in Northern Ireland city...

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has warned something needs to be done to prevent an exodus from...

Live Emergency services attend plane crash in Co Antrim

A small aircraft has crashed in Co Antrim with reports of fatalities.

Sport

Face-off: Carl Frampton (left) and Nonito Donaire at Europa Hotel yesterday as Frank Warren looks on

Promoter Frank Warren promises Carl Frampton his Windsor Park fight

Frampton's dream fight could be just one win away

Coleraine's Eoin Bradley celebrates scoring

Coleraine close in on 6,000 ticket sales for Irish Cup...

Coleraine are on course to bring as many as 6,000 fans to this year’s Tennent’s Irish...

Robbie has been following in the footsteps of his famous stepfather Mark

Watch: Mark Allen's stepson chalks up historic 147...

Meet the UK's youngest ever person to hit a 147 in snooker - and he hails from Northern...

Liverpool 2018-19 home jersey from behind

Liverpool launch new home kit for 2018-19 season

The club have stuck with their traditional red for next year

Ground down: Premiership football is unlikely to return to Drumahoe

Billy Weir: Splits leave us up in the air and head...

Our man takes an in-depth look into why the end of season splits have come to the fore this...

Business

Arthur King, managing director, Eden Contractors Ltd; Sandra Finney, New Developments manager, Rodgers & Finney, and Jim Burke, director of Sales and Acquisitions, Hagan Homes

Nearly 100 new apartments and houses planned in Comber and Dundonald to meet big demand

House builders are planning nearly 100 new homes in Comber and Dundonald in multi-million pound projects as the popularity of the areas continues to grow.

More workers moving jobs amid fall in...

Recruitment firm Cpl has said Northern Ireland is home to a "vibrant" jobs market as unemployment...

Surprise inflation fall 'good news for consumers but a...

Inflation has unexpectedly dipped to a one-year low, providing relief for cash-squeezed...

Northern Ireland surveyors are the 'least optimistic'...

Northern Ireland surveyors are the least optimistic in the UK as political uncertainty...

Northern Ireland dairy farmers in dark over future...

Hundreds of dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are facing potential upheaval after LacPatrick...

Go wild in your garden this Spring

Ulster Wildlife has teamed up with the Belfast Telegraph in a celebration of spring! This helpful resource will help you make space for nature and create a safe haven for animals who need your help.

UK

Athletics – Virgin Money London Marathon 2015

Hottest April day for nearly 70 years brings warning for London Marathon runners

Britain is baking in the hottest April day since 1949, triggering warnings for...

World

A man touches a monument when attending an independent ceremony (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

In Pictures: Poland marks 75th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Poland has marked 75 years since the Warsaw Ghetto uprising against the...

Takeda has had a takeover bid rejected (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Shire rejects £44 billion offer from Japan’s Takeda

Pharmaceutical giant Shire has rejected a mammoth £44 billion takeover bid from...

Emma Hardy urged the Government to consider launching a full public inquiry into the use of mesh (Chris McAndrew/UK Parliament)

Vaginal mesh ‘biggest medical scandal’ since thalidomide, MPs told

Doctors are “voting with their feet” about the use of...

Green energy scheme was not a personal priority, says Arlene Foster

Arlene Foster has said the ill-fated Renewable...

Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces overseeing the evacuation of rebel fighters from the Army of Islam and their families from the town of Dumayr (Sana/AP)

Syrian rebel fighters lay down weapons and leave another town

Hundreds of rebels fighters in a Syrian town northeast of...

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Michael Kappeler/AP)

France’s Emmanuel Macron promotes EU reform agenda on Germany visit

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in...

People with daffodils gather for non-official anniversary ceremonies (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

Poland pauses to remember Warsaw Ghetto uprising after 75 years

People in the Polish capital are holding a day of...

Republic of Ireland

Communications Minister Denis Naughten making a statement on claims around Independent News and Media in the Dail. (Oireachtas TV/PA)

Tanaiste defends ‘straight politician’ Denis Naughten amid lobbyist controversy

Under-fire communications minister Denis Naughten is a straight politician, the...

Opinion

Don Anderson: One November day in 1971, Ian Paisley toyed with the idea of a united...

Yet again, a prominent unionist - in this case Mike Nesbitt - is...

Denis Naughten making his statement to the Dail (Oireachtas TV)

Denis Naughten on tip-off claims: I have nothing to hide

Ireland’s communications minister has denied passing insider information...

People queue to pay their respects to singer Big Tom McBride at Oram Community Centre (Brian Lawless/PA)

Fans bid farewell to king of country music Big Tom McBride at public wake

Fans have bid a final farewell to Irish singer...

Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were acquitted of rape (Niall Carson/PA)

Ulster Rugby fans rule out protest over sacking of Jackson and Olding

An official Ulster Rugby fans group has ruled...

Ireland’s Matthew Bell playing against Poland during the EuroHockey Championships in 2017, but yet Northern Ireland could not enter a team in this year’s Commonwealth Games

Nelson McCausland: Why Team Northern Irelands's exclusion from several sports at...

The Commonwealth Games are over and...

In the latest example at the weekend, DUP leader Arlene Foster and party colleague Carla Lockhart were the victims of vicious comments after they posted a picture of them together as a social event

Editor's Viewpoint: Social media brings out our darkest side

Social media as it was intended to be used is a...

The group calling itself the Irish Republican Movement

Eilis O'Hanlon: Dissidents can kill, injure and threaten us... the one thing they can't do...

Sometimes words get used so often that one can be...

Entertainment

Pictured: Belfast Zoo welcomes arrival of giant anteater baby

Belfast Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a giant anteater baby.

Tributes to Dale Winton: lovely with a touch of...

Tributes have been paid to “well-loved” Dale Winton after his death aged 62.

Dale Winton doing a ‘Supermarket Sweep’ in Brent Cross, London, to promote the midweek National Lottery. The presenter has died at the age of 62, his agent has said (Tony Harris/PA)

From Supermarket Sweep to Dale’s Great Getaway

Dale Winton became a household name through hosting a variety of gameshows.

Big Tom's fans: ‘It’s the saddest day of our lives’

No obstacle was too difficult for Big Tom's loyal fans to traverse.

Peter Kay announces ‘improvised’ Car Share

A special unscripted episode of Peter Kay’s Car Share will air on Bank Holiday Monday.

Nightlife galleries

Nightlife

People out at Bot Wednesdays. 11th April 2018. Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX ©

Nightlife: Bot Wednesdays, Belfast - April 11 2018 [photos]

Nightlife

People out at Filthy McNastys. Saturday 14th April 2018. Picture by Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX ©

Nightlife: Filfthy McNasty's, April 14 [photos]

Nightlife

People out on Easter Monday at QUB Speakeasy for Meltdown. 2nd April 2018 Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX ©

Nightlife: Easter Monday at QUB Speakeasy for Meltdown, Belfast - April 2 2018 [photos]

Live Belfast airport crash - 'two killed'

Northern Ireland

Margaret White, of Beragh, who took ill suddenly and died while abroad

NI mum dies on river cruise holiday

Northern Ireland

Footage of the incident involving three women in an altercation with door staff at Kelly’s Cellars has been posted online

Watch: Belfast women arrested after altercation outside Kelly's Cellars pub

Podcasts

Ulster Rugby podcast E27: Who can replace Paddy Jackson in Ulster's squad?

House and Home

No 10 - Robinsview, 94a Monlough Road, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, BT24 7HN - Price £1,350,000

Revealed: 10 most expensive houses for sale in Northern Ireland - Spring 2018

Northern Ireland

Only British passport holders can apply for border jobs in Belfast

Politics

Poll: Should Belfast council get extra £20k for Riviera trip?

Northern Ireland

A new action plan from the Education Authority has identified 27 schools which could be set to close or merge due to sustainability issues in 2018/19. (David Jones/PA)

Revealed: List of Northern Ireland schools which may close or merge over sustainability

League Tables

Exclusive Revealed: School league tables - GCSE and A-Level

Education

Half of P7 pupils in Northern Ireland sit tests each year

Exclusive Revealed: School transfer test grade intake

Archive

UDA on the streets of Londonderry. 30/09/72

Northern Ireland Troubles gallery - conflict and bloodshed

Opinion

Opinion: Topical and political cartoons from Belfast Telegraph

Video News

RHI whistleblower was "dismissed with disbelief"

Arlene Foster gives evidence to the RHI Inquiry for a fourth day. Mrs Foster explains...

Life

House and Home

Apt 1, 35 Newforge Lane, Malone, Belfast

Watch: Video tour of stunning Belfast apartment with private garden new

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend a reception with delegates from the Commonwealth Youth Forum during the Heads of Government Meeting

Bride-to-be Meghan Markle turns heads with daring look

Meghan Markle took full advantage of the warm weather in London.

Lucy Mecklenburgh: My five best beauty buys

The former TOWIE star on the beauty products she just couldn't be without.

True talent: Big Tom performs on stage in Dublin’s Cabra Grand in 1974

Philomena Begley: The Big Tom I knew

The Queen of Country writes exclusively for the Belfast Telegraph.

Fashion and Beauty

Belfast fashion spy: 'Claire Danes has a great style'

Viral

Viral

There’s a Yodelling Walmart Kid action figure and it’s just getting silly now

Watch the shocking moment a house exploded as police officers approached

Remarkable footage shows the moment an explosion...

Shopper charged more than £930 for 11p banana

A leading supermarket has been forced to apologise after it charged a shopper more...

This telephone box is Brighton’s smallest coffee shop

They have been a familiar sight across the UK since the...

Viral

The extra fingernail (Randhawa et al/IJSO)

This man had an extra nail growing out of his middle finger

Cars

Cars

Live: Light aircraft crashes near Belfast International - reports of two killed

Live RHI inquiry: Updates as Foster gives evidence

Court told head of drugs gang 'spent £500k' on jewellery

Violent criminal linked to attack on bus lane camera car

Big Tom's fans: ‘The saddest day of our lives’

'Pedestrian killed in serious Belfast crash' - man arrested at scene

NI mum's forgiveness inspires Australian justice scheme

Plea to help find Northern Ireland woman Ann Penney

TV presenter Dale Winton dies aged 62

Bishop of Derry urges voters to keep 8th Amendment

Almost every other person in Northern Ireland city 'out of work' - MLA calls for action

Belfast Telegraph leading NI nominations for Press Awards

Vast majority of Ulster rugby fans appalled by sackings

Pictured: Belfast Zoo welcomes giant anteater baby

When Ian Paisley toyed with idea of united Ireland

Increasing support for same sex marriage across Northern Ireland

Staffy attack saw my dog lose an eye, says owner

Man who burgled Belfast pensioner on drink and drugs will spend 21st birthday in jail

9 things happening in Northern Ireland this week

Northern Ireland traffic updates: Foyle Bridge closed

Top marks for results driven innovative partnership

Police treating north Belfast body find as murder - two men arrested

Fashion spy: 'Claire Danes - I love her Prada look'

Irene Hynds funeral - tribute to 'highly regarded' teacher

Ford launches all-new Focus family hatchback – with £2k off

Ulster Rugby podcast E27: Who can replace Jackson?

What are you having for dinner tonight? - SPAR surprises Belfast shoppers with Meal...

Court told alleged head of drugs gang spent nearly...

Man who burgled Belfast pensioner on drink and...

Almost every other person in Northern Ireland city...

Live Emergency services attend plane crash in Co Antrim

Promoter Frank Warren promises Carl Frampton his Windsor Park fight

Coleraine close in on 6,000 ticket sales for Irish Cup...

Watch: Mark Allen's stepson chalks up historic 147...

Liverpool launch new home kit for 2018-19 season

Billy Weir: Splits leave us up in the air and head...

Nearly 100 new apartments and houses planned in Comber and Dundonald to meet big demand

More workers moving jobs amid fall in...

Surprise inflation fall 'good news for consumers but a...

Northern Ireland surveyors are the 'least optimistic'...

Northern Ireland dairy farmers in dark over future...

Go wild in your garden this Spring

Hottest April day for nearly 70 years brings warning for London Marathon runners

World

In Pictures: Poland marks 75th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto uprising

Shire rejects £44 billion offer from Japan’s Takeda

Vaginal mesh ‘biggest medical scandal’ since thalidomide, MPs told

Green energy scheme was not a personal priority, says Arlene Foster

Syrian rebel fighters lay down weapons and leave another town

France’s Emmanuel Macron promotes EU reform agenda on Germany visit

Poland pauses to remember Warsaw Ghetto uprising after 75 years

Tanaiste defends ‘straight politician’ Denis Naughten amid lobbyist controversy

Don Anderson: One November day in 1971, Ian Paisley toyed with the idea of a united...

Denis Naughten on tip-off claims: I have nothing to hide

Fans bid farewell to king of country music Big Tom McBride at public wake

Ulster Rugby fans rule out protest over sacking of Jackson and Olding

Nelson McCausland: Why Team Northern Irelands's exclusion from several sports at...

Editor's Viewpoint: Social media brings out our darkest side

Eilis O'Hanlon: Dissidents can kill, injure and threaten us... the one thing they can't do...

Pictured: Belfast Zoo welcomes arrival of giant anteater baby

Tributes to Dale Winton: lovely with a touch of...

From Supermarket Sweep to Dale’s Great Getaway

Big Tom's fans: ‘It’s the saddest day of our lives’

Peter Kay announces ‘improvised’ Car Share

Video: Man attacks Belfast bus lane camera car

Video: Altercation outside Kelly's Cellars caught on camera

WATCH: Hundreds line streets to pay tribute to 'King of Country' Big Tom on his...

Watch: Ulster players make statement in response to Paddy Jackson and Stuart...

Watch: Brawl between women breaks out in west Belfast

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Nightlife: Bot Wednesdays, Belfast - April 11 2018 [photos]

Nightlife: Filfthy McNasty's, April 14 [photos]

Nightlife: Easter Monday at QUB Speakeasy for Meltdown, Belfast - April 2 2018 [photos]