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SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood speaks to the media with Claire Hanna and Nichola Mallon after talks with Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith at Stormont House on Monday, December 16. Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

NI health leaders urge parties to break deadlock

Talks will take place to get Stormont ‘back up and running’ (Niall Carson/PA)

Read: Pressure on NI leaders to restore power-sharing or face another election

MLAs sitting in the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2006

Jon Tonge: Revival of Stormont looks more plausible in new year

Northern Ireland

Block on patient transfers to GB to help waiting lists, claims doc

But patients can be sent to Lithuania for treatment, he said.

Michael Conlan and his promoter Bob Arum

Northern Ireland

Watch: Conlan's promoter 'gets a kick' out of IRA songs at fights

We'll maybe play an IRA song to get everybody excited back in Ireland

Muckamore Abbey Hospital, where a number of staff are suspended

Northern Ireland

Muckamore Abbey: Woman arrested in patient abuse probe

Detectives investigating alleged mistreatment of patients.

Features

Meet The Principal: Robin McLoughlin, Banbridge Academy

It's humbling to see our pupils, staff and parents helping others'

Police at the scene of a sudden death in the Fernagh Drive area of Newtownabbey on December 16th 2019 (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph)

Death of child in Belfast investigated

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a child in Newtownabbey.

Defending champions Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham are all in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Premier League

Champions League draw: City and Liverpool face Madrid duo

Liverpool and Manchester City will both go to Spain in the Champions League last 16 for two mouthwatering ties.

Teammates from Carrick Rangers during the funeral of Irish League footballer Jerry Thompson at Sacred Heart Church in Belfast

Northern Ireland

Jerry Thompson's loving nature 'touched so many people'

Irish League player will be remembered for his 'kindness and goodness'.

Irish League

Ballinamallard deny forcing grieving Portadown to play

They deny game went ahead because they refused to postpone it.

Stephen Nolan confronts convicted fraudser Jay Cartmill

Sunday Life

Nolan scammer Cartmill linked to £1m bank fraud

He once swindled £50k from Eamonn Holmes and Stephen Nolan.

Liam Whoriskey outside Londonderry Crown Court yesterday

Liam Whoriskey jailed over death of little Kayden McGuinness (3) in Derry flat

A Londonderry man has been sentenced to 15 years jail for causing the death of a three-year-old boy with suspected autism.

Patrick Kielty. Picture: Kevin Scott / Belfast Telegraph

Northern Ireland

Patrick Kielty bids farewell to US war hero uncle

Modest Down man who moved to America and became a war hero.

Northern Ireland

How Co Down guitar-maker Hannah ensures Ed Sheeran stays in fine tune

Not every teen's job involves keeping Ed Sheeran in guitars.

Jack Whitehall on stage at the Brit Awards 2019 (Victoria Jones/PA)

News

What's on in NI: Jack Whitehall, Colin Davidson and Aladdin

Here's our top pick of things taking place December 16-22 in Northern Ireland.

A 20-year-old was struck by a car on the Westlink early yesterday

Northern Ireland

Tributes after pedestrian's death on Belfast's Westlink

Tributes have been paid to the 20-year-old man from Newtownabbey.

Election 2019

Jon Tonge: Revival of Stormont looks more plausible in new year

With the DUP's days in the Westminster sun over and Sinn Fein's absence from Stormont increasingly questioned, the revival of the Northern Ireland Assembly seems one of the better political bets for 2020.

Suzanne Breen: Parties are more in the mood for a new deal

Opinion: Michelle O'Neill: We need to have political institutions restored on a credible basis

Opinion: Arlene Foster: Time to work together on what matters ... like schools and hospitals

Eilis O’Hanlon: Electorally wounded Sinn Fein must learn to curb its nasty side

Opinion: Suzanne Breen: Naomi Long making Alliance force to be reckoned with across Northern Ireland

Eoghan Harris: The battle against Sinn Fein's bullying brand of nationalism will not be fought and won at Westminster, but in cockpit of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Ruth Dudley Edwards: My euphoria at seeing the UK rescued from extremists who would have destroyed it

Ed Curran: Divided, mired in scandal and out of touch, unionism needs to take hard look at its image

Suzanne Breen: DUP's fall from grace is not the result of a Sinn Fein plot... these wounds have been self-inflicted

Joe O’Neill CEO Belfast Harbour, Gerry McQuade CEO BT Enterprise with Belfast Harbour Technician Marc McCombe with the live 5G enabled AR device

5G – entering the age of invention

Our journey towards digital revolution starts here

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Cecil 'Foggy' Ellis murder probe police get extra time to quiz suspects

Police have been given extra time to quiz two suspects in the murder of father-of-two Cecil Robert Ellis.

Belfast Telegraph - Run Forest Run - Kilbroney, Rostrevor - 14th December 2019 - Photograph by Mervyn McKeown, My Sports Photo

Run Forest Run Kilbroney 5K & 10K- Video, pictures and results

The latest Belfast Telegraph Run Forest Run race has taken place in Kilrboney.

Restaurant review: Sports club's a winner with its authentic Italian cuisine

The most incongruous setting for an Italian restaurant award must go to Belfast Boat Club.

Watch: Historic mill transformed into beautiful home

Our main feature home this week is unique on many fronts.

Northern Ireland traffic alerts: Latest updates

Follow the latest updates from our travel feed below.

Co. Tyrone mumpreneurs - Joanne Gallagher and Stephanie Rice – launched Good Vibes in their hometown of Strabane, after identifying a gap in the market for alternative and holistic treatments in the town, thanks to support from the Go For It Programme in association with Derry City and Strabane District Council. Pictured with Stephanie Rice (left) and Joanne Gallagher (right) and with their business advisor, Orla McNulty, Strabane Enterprise Agency (Centre).

NI Entrepreneurs urged to kick-start their business ideas

NI Councils team up to deliver Open Evenings for new business start-ups

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Close family: Sonia and Philip with their children Cathal and Aisling and their dog

Sonia Kinsella: ‘I thought I had beaten this cancer but out of the blue it came back. This Christmas my family and I just want to make nice memories’

Mother-of-two Sonia Kinsella is planning her last Christmas determined that it will be as normal as possible for her family. Normality and building special memories are now her focus as she and her family come to terms with a recent terminal cancer diagnosis.

Big hit: Brittany McArthur singing to Nellie Barr

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's 'singing nurse' set to graduate

She became a social media star after being filmed singing to patient.

The tribute to murdered teenager Inga Maria Hauser

Northern Ireland

Christmas gift plea for Inga Maria Hauser's family

Greatest gift would be information about her death, memorial heard.

Shane MacGowan singing Fairytale of New York with Philomena Begley

Film and TV

Begley accused of 'butchering' Fairytale of New York

She stumbled over the words of a classic Christmas song.

Northern Ireland

Archbishop calls for return to 50-50 PSNI recruitment

Head of the Catholic Church in Ireland calls for return to 50-50 recruitment.

Northern Ireland

Cecil 'Foggy' Ellis murder probe police get extra...

Police have been given extra time to quiz two suspects in the murder of father-of-two Cecil...

Michael Conlan's promoter Bob Arum says he 'gets...

A video has emerged of Belfast boxer Michael Conlan's promoter stating he "gets a kick" out...

Muckamore Abbey: Woman arrested in patient...

A woman has been arrested by detectives investigating alleged mistreatment of...

Block on Northern Ireland patient transfers to...

A senior Northern Ireland doctor has claimed there is a block on allowing the transfer of...

Sport

Rangers, Celtic, United, Arsenal and Wolves will all be watching today's draw with interest.

Europa League last 32 draw in full: Rangers face Portugal trip while Celtic take on Copenhagen and Manchester United go to Belgium

The Old Firm clubs and the three English representatives have all discovered their fate in the Europa League round of 32.

Ballinamallard hit out at claims they forced grieving...

Ballinamallard United have denied that Saturday's Bluefin Sport Championship clash with...

Champions League draw: Liverpool and City face...

Liverpool and Manchester City will both go to Spain in the Champions League last 16 for two...

Michael Conlan punches Vladimir Nikitin during their featherweight bout at Madison Square Garden on December 14, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Michael Conlan one fight away from world title shot...

Michael Conlan has kissed the Blarney Stone, embraced the hyperbole that the Irish Americans...

Anthony Joshua, right, fought Andy Ruiz Jr in Riyadh at the weekend (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Carl Frampton: AJ had the gift of jab as Ruiz was left...

Anthony Joshua reclaimed the IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight titles last weekend and...

Ensure your heating system is working at optimal efficiency

As temperatures plummet and winter draws closer, many homeowners across Northern Ireland are firing their boilers up for the first time this autumn to discover inefficiencies and inadequacies in their home heating systems. These issues can be spotted...

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