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The Stormont Assembly in Belfast sat for the first time in two-and-a-half years (NI Assembly TV/PA)

Secretary of State should cut MLA pay again, says Lady Sylvia Hermon
Watch: Abortion fight not over vows DUP's Arlene Foster as Assembly meeting descends into farce
DUP willing to back Boris Johnson's Brexit deal 'if changes carried out'
Opinion: Alex Kane: Unionism feels betrayed but must caution against knee-jerk reaction
Opinion: Jon Tonge: First blood to DUP, but it's up against a ruthless Boris Johnson
Northern Ireland Assembly returns: What's reforms schools, hospital, business and voluntary sectors need
Opinion: Brexit: Whatever happens next, Boris Johnson is still best-placed to safeguard the Union

Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

'Profound' consequences if Stormont is not restored, says Secretary of State

Boris Johnson will seek to fast-track his Brexit legislation through the Commons (House of Commons/PA)

Johnson bids to fast-track Brexit bill through Commons in three days

Protesters at a rally calling for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

First same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland likely to happen by Valentine’s Day 2020

Northern Ireland

Ardoyne arson forces elderly woman out of home

An arson attack in north Belfast has forced an elderly woman out of her house.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Republic of Ireland

Varadkar rules out Brexit concessions for DUP backing

Taoiseach has said there will be no further EU concessions to win the support of the DUP.

Holy Cross College principal Clare Bradley

Education

Meet The Principal: Clare Bradley of Holy Cross College in Strabane

She nearly left the school she now loves and leads after stressful first year.

Northern Ireland

Bronagh defends Katie Jarvis over job at B&M Bargains

Bronagh Waugh has leapt to the defence of fellow actress Katie Jarvis.

Loyalists gather at Con Club to discuss 'Brexit act of betrayal'

Hundreds of east Belfast loyalists have gathered at the Con Club on the Upper Newtownards Road on Monday night to discuss their reaction to what they described as Boris Johnson's 'Brexit act of betrayal'.

Northern Ireland

Man abused by paedophile priest to receive £100k

Man was abused by a paedophile priest in Belfast nearly 50 years ago.

Northern Ireland

Man charged with murder bid as Belfast teen wounded

He was remanded in custody today charged with the attempted murder.

Northern Ireland

Tributes to Colin Henderson after brave cancer battle

Tributes have been paid to popular Lisburn man who passed away on Friday.

Sunday Life

Loyalist serial killer will admit to murders if he gets immunity

Oliver, who has been linked to 14 unsolved UVF murders in Mid-Ulster,

Shot fired through window of Derry home

A shot was fired through the window of a house in Londonderry on Sunday night.

Northern Ireland

Former IRA bomber helps design theft proof ATM 'pod'

A former IRA bomber is behind a new design to thwart would-be ATM thieves.

Charlotte Murray's body has never been found

Sunday Life

Killer Miller had help disposing of Charlotte's body

Detectives convinced an accomplice helped killer fiancée Jonny Miller.

Northern Ireland

Two in court over attack on Newtownabbey man

Accused of carrying out an assault with a wooden pole and pick axe handle.

Rory McIlroy teamed up with Brian O'Driscoll during The Challenge Japan Skins to open the Zozo Championship week in Japan.

Golf

Watch: Brian O'Driscoll holes huge putt to help Rory McIlroy

Rugby legends stepped onto the golf course in The Challenge Japan Skins.

What a sporting community means to me

Northern Ireland sports stars team up with Lidl to highlight the mental and physical benefits of sport.

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1,500 Danske Bank customers took out £1.6m in unauthorised withdrawals - Belfast man given year's probation

A 38-year-old Danske Bank customer, just one of over 1500 who withdrew over £1.6m in unauthorised ATM withdrawals in September 2017, was put on a year's probation after agreeing to complete 60 hours community service.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's was proposed to build a bridge from Northern Ireland to Scotland. Graphic: Raymond Estaban

Varadkar says Johnson's bridge plan should be considered

Varadkar said the plan should not be "dismissed out of hand".

Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid after being detained at the airport in Lima, Peru

Michaella McCollum thought Peru 'was in Spain'

Michaella McCollum agreed to become a cocaine mule for a drug dealer in Ibiza.

No limits: Ox in Belfast is chasing its second Michelin star

Restaurant Review: Ox in Belfast - masterclass from a superchef

When superchef Alan Passard, owner of the three-Michelin star l'Arpege in Paris, makes his third appearance in Belfast in three years, you know something is up.

NI traffic alerts: Latest updates

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Embrace, Visual Arts & Film @ #BIAF19

Get lost in Belfast international arts festival series of embrace, visual arts and film shows this Autumn;

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Bride-to-be left in lurch after NI wedding venue hotel closes without notice

A bride-to-be has spoken of her devastation at being left in the lurch - and thousands of pounds out of pocket - following the sudden closure of a popular wedding venue.

Suggs, performs next to Chas Smash at the Glastonbury Festival 2009 in south west England. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Sunday Life

Madness star's misery over childhood bullying in Coleraine

He quit school in Northern Ireland after being targeted by bullies as a kid.

The van has been located by police in Conway Square, Belfast.

Northern Ireland

Delivery van is hijacked in west Belfast

Police are appealing for witnesses after a van was hijacked in Belfast.

Northern Ireland

'Profound' consequences if Stormont is...

There would be 'profound' consequences if Stormont was not restored, the...

Loyalists gather at Con Club to discuss 'Brexit act...

Hundreds of east Belfast loyalists have gathered at the Con Club on the Newtownards...

Sylvia Hermon speaking during the debate in the House of Commons.

Secretary of State should cut MLA pay again, says Lady...

Lady Sylvia Hermon has called for the Secretary of State to cut MLA pay again in light of events at...

First same-sex marriages in Northern...

The first same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland are likely to taking place by Valentine’s Day...

Sport

Family occasion: Rory Best leaves the Tokyo stage with his children Ben, Penny and Richie (left)

Jonathan Bradley: Farewell Rory Best - Ireland's most successful captain will go down as a true Ulster great

Things came full circle on a day when Rory Best had no interest in such symmetry.

Watch: BOD holes huge putt to help McIlroy to third...

'Mike Tyndall!...Excuse me, Brian O'Driscoll!' The commentator's faux pas...

Kyle Lafferty is off the mark for Sarpsborg 08.

Kyle Lafferty scores first goal for Sarsborg despite...

Kyle Lafferty is off the mark in Norway despite being left on the bench for Sarpsborg 08 in...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is not a fan of how VAR is making referees officiate (Martin Rickett/PA)

Klopp critical of VAR after Rashford’s controversial...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is the latest critic of the VAR system after claiming referees...

Ireland’s CJ Stander with his wife Jean-Marié.

CJ Stander's wife slams media reaction to Ireland's World...

CJ Stander's wife Jean-Marié Stander has called media reaction to Ireland's loss against the...

Talks & Ideas @ #BIAF19

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Business

The Boulevard in Banbridge, formerly the Outlet

15 jobs are created as Levi’s opens store in The Boulevard

American clothing brand Levi's opened a new store at Banbridge shopping centre The Boulevard, creating 15 jobs.

Couples left in lurch after Northern Ireland hotel...

A bride-to-be has spoken of her devastation at being left in the lurch - and thousands of...

Ballymena in line for new 65-room hotel as plan submitted...

A new 65-room hotel, creating 30 jobs, could be set to open in Ballymena after a planning...

Government urged to act over slump in confidence...

The Government is being urged to tackle an "unprecedented" slump in confidence among small...

Profit warnings for UK firms surge to highest since...

Economic volatility in 2019 has seen the number of profit warnings by UK-listed firms surge to its...

UK

The reception marked the 60th anniversary of Cruse Bereavement Care (Yui Mok/PA)

Queen attends reception for bereavement charity volunteers

The work of volunteers with one of the UK’s leading bereavement charities has been recognised at a reception attended by the Queen.

World

Four killed as storms hit US states

A tornado has torn homes and businesses apart in a densely populated area of Dallas, and four people were killed in Arkansas...

(Left to right) Bruce Charles and Charlotte Charles (Harry’s mother), lawyer Radd Seiger, Tim Dunn (Harry’s father) and Tracey Dunn at a press conference at the Parker New York Hotel in New York, US, where Charlotte Charles said that Anne Sacoolas, the American woman suspected of causing her son’s death, should be brought back to the UK to face justice.

Harry Dunn’s family cancel chief constable meeting after bid for ‘truth’ fails

The family of Harry Dunn have cancelled a meeting with...

SDLP chief leads party out of ‘sham’ Assembly session

The leader of the SDLP denounced a Stormont Assembly session as a “sham, stunt...

Mary Lou McDonald cautioned the Government not to consider another change of tack in an effort to win DUP support (Niall Carson/PA)

Sinn Fein Assembly warning over Brexit deal veto

Sinn Fein would block the formation of a new Stormont Assembly if...

Israeli PM Netanyahu gives up on forming new coalition

Benjamin Netanyahu says he has failed to form a majority government in Israel’s...

A man looks at a pile of rubbish in the central Koukaki area of Athens (Petros Giannakouris/AP/PA)

Rubbish piling up in Athens as workers embark on series of strikes

Council workers in Athens have launched a series of...

Henry Ramirez and his mother Maribel Morales survey damage to a church (Jeffrey McWhorter/AP/PA)

Rescue teams begin search after Dallas hit by tornado

Crews searched through the rubble of homes and businesses torn apart by a tornado that ripped...

Republic of Ireland

Older men more likely to feel lonely than men living alone – study

Older women are less likely to feel lonely than older men...

Opinion

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

Eilis O'Hanlon: Whatever happens next, Boris Johnson is still best-placed to...

As they did the usual tour of Sunday morning political talk...

The Department of Justice has faced resistance to opening new direct provision centres (Niall Carson/PA)

Residents protest over plan to house 130 asylum seekers

A protest is under way in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, at an apartment...

A picture taken with a drone of a Border crossing between Co Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and Co Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland near the town of Clones (Niall Carson/PA)

Drones set to revolutionise farming

Drones are set to revolutionise farming in Ireland through a major research...

The American Airlines aircraft took off from London’s Heathrow Airport (Hannah McKay/PA)

Flight cabin crew ‘lost consciousness’ due to cleaning product spillage

Two crew members were reportedly...

Eoghan Harris: Our lives are deeply entwined with our Northern Protestant...

Last Wednesday, while sitting outside Ramen...

Ian Paisley during the 1974 loyalist strike

Alex Kane: Unionism feels betrayed by Boris Johnson over Brexit but must...

There is an anger in unionism I haven't sensed...

Anti-Brexit protesters in Parliament Square (Yui Mok/PA)

Jonathan Powell: Backing the People's Vote is DUP's best chance of preventing...

Brexit was always going to trample on...

Entertainment

Emilia Clarke opens up about backlash over Game Of Thrones ending

Emilia Clarke has admitted “it sucks” that some fans were disappointed in the Game Of Thrones ending, but said they could not have pleased everyone.

Nadiya Bychkova and David James (Guy Levy/BBC)

Strictly’s Nadiya thanks David James for ‘beautiful...

Strictly dancer Nadiya Bychkova thanked partner David James for a “beautiful journey” as they...

Jennifer Lawrence ties the knot with Cooke Maroney

Jennifer Lawrence has married her fiance Cooke Maroney.

Kylie (left) and Dannii Minogue (Yui Mok/PA)

Kylie Minogue shares childhood family photos on sister...

Kylie Minogue has shared childhood photos from the family album on her sister Dannii’s...

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La Land

The day the music died - an artform has, at least...

For the next three months, there will be hundreds of screenings all over the UK of the...

Nightlife galleries

Nightlife

12 Oct 2019 People out at the SSE Arena for Lush! Classical 2019. (Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX)

Belfast nightlife: Lush! Classical at the SSE Arena - October 12 2019 [Photos]

Nightlife

12 Oct 2019 People out at Limelight for AAA Saturdays (Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX)

Belfast nightlife: AAA Saturdays at Limelight - October 12 2019

Nightlife

05 Oct 2019 People out for Oktoberfest at Custom House Square in Belfast. Liam McBurney/RAZORPIX

Belfast nightlife: Oktoberfest at Custom House Square - October 5 2019 [Photos]

Wouldn't Change A Thing: Northern Ireland families celebrate the lives of children with Down's syndrome in...

Food, Drink and Hospitality

Couples left in lurch after Northern Ireland hotel closes without notice

Education

Meet The Principal: 'Pressure from parents via social media has grown', says Clare Bradley of...

News Analysis

DUP MPs Nigel Dodds, Gregory Campbell, and Sammy Wilson listen as Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement in the House of Commons

News Analysis: Alex Kane: Boris Johnson's Brexit setback means the DUP were lucky today

Food and Drink

Outdoor life: Jenny Bristow enjoys walking in the woods at her home

Jenny Bristow: 'Bobby and I were surfing at Portstewart Strand a few weeks ago and we were...

Joris Minne

Restaurant Review: Ox in Belfast - masterclass from a superchef

Suzanne Breen

DUP’s Nigel Dodds and Arlene Foster react after news of the deal PA

Suzanne Breen: Suzanne Breen: DUP looking foolish with DUP treachery

World Cup

Aaron Smith scored two early tries to set New Zealand on their way in Tokyo.

All Blacks demolish Ireland as Rory Best's career ends on sour note

Northern Ireland

Nicole Fegan died on the way to hospital following the 2017 accident

Our lives are now over, say parents of Newry child Nicole Fegan who was killed in crash

Features

'Banned' footage: Martin McGuinness showing off a gun and bullets

Did MI6 stop Martin McGuinness IRA film from being shown?

Northern Ireland

Explainer: What the text of the Brexit Protocol says... and what it really means

Northern Ireland

Line on the Buncrana Road which marks the border

Watch: Day in the life of a Northern Ireland border crossing

Brexit

Brexit voices from Northern Ireland - People share their hopes, fears and frustrations

Company List

Northern Ireland's most profitable companies are revealed

Northern Ireland’s Top 100 Companies 2019

Film and TV

Game of Thrones: Map of every NI location

Archive

Northern Ireland Troubles gallery - conflict and bloodshed

Northern Ireland

Today, we publish our annual guide on the GCSE performance of every post-primary school here that undertakes the examinations (stock photo)

Exclusive Revealed: GCSE league table results

Opinion

Opinion: Topical and political cartoons from Belfast Telegraph

Video News

Last-minute bid to thwart decriminalisation of abortion fails at Stormont

The first sitting of the Stormont Assembly in two...

Life

Education

'Pressure from parents via social media has grown... teachers can be vulnerable to that and be...

Eight ways to have fun with pumpkins

Helping to carve a scary face in a pumpkin is a big part of the Halloween fun...

Mani makeover: A model backstage at the House of Holland show

Colour us impressed: five fabulous nail tints for autumn and winter

Surveying the AW19 backstage beauty...

Passed on: Ulick O’Connor will not be fondly remembered by Mary Kenny

Mary Kenny: They say we shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but surely it's better...

There's a long tradition that 'we do not speak ill of the...

Features

Mummy’s girl: Maisie Colhoun with mum Dawn and (below) the six-year-old at play

Wouldn't Change A Thing: NI families celebrate the lives of children with Down's syndrome in new book

Viral

Viral

Andri Ragettli in training (@AndriRagettli/PA)

Watch: Skiing champion completes remarkable parkour routine at 232nd attempt

Orionid meteor display set to light up night skies

Skygazers are set for some celestial fireworks as Earth passes through an area of space...

Scientists develop ‘artificial skin’ that can make mobile phones ticklish

Scientists have developed an “artificial skin” that they...

It was the first delivery the nurses have worked on together (Piedmont Athens Regional)

Identical twin nurses help deliver identical twin sisters at US hospital

A pair of identical twin babies has been delivered by a pair...

Viral

Lily Rice on Ramps skate park in South Wales (John Phillips/Getty Images for National Lottery)

Wheelchair motocross world champion Lily Rice calls for Paralympic event

Cars

Cars

Suzanne Breen: Nobody any dignity after pantomime Stormont Assembly recall farce

'Profound' consequences if Stormont is not restored, says Secretary of State

Johnson bids to fast-track Brexit bill through Commons in three days

First same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland likely to happen by Valentine’s Day 2020

Ardoyne arson forces elderly woman out of home

Varadkar rules out Brexit concessions for DUP backing

Meet The Principal: Clare Bradley of Holy Cross College in Strabane

Bronagh defends Katie Jarvis over job at B&M Bargains

Loyalists gather at Con Club to discuss 'Brexit act of betrayal'

Man abused by paedophile priest to receive £100k

Man charged with murder bid as Belfast teen wounded

Tributes to Colin Henderson after brave cancer battle

Loyalist serial killer will admit to murders if he gets immunity

Shot fired through window of Derry home

Former IRA bomber helps design theft proof ATM 'pod'

Killer Miller had help disposing of Charlotte's body

Two in court over attack on Newtownabbey man

Watch: Brian O'Driscoll holes huge putt to help Rory McIlroy

What a sporting community means to me

1,500 Danske Bank customers took out £1.6m in unauthorised withdrawals - Belfast man given year's probation

Varadkar says Johnson's bridge plan should be considered

Michaella McCollum thought Peru 'was in Spain'

Restaurant Review: Ox in Belfast - masterclass from a superchef

NI traffic alerts: Latest updates

Embrace, Visual Arts & Film @ #BIAF19

Bride-to-be left in lurch after NI wedding venue hotel closes without notice

Madness star's misery over childhood bullying in Coleraine

Delivery van is hijacked in west Belfast

'Profound' consequences if Stormont is...

Loyalists gather at Con Club to discuss 'Brexit act...

Secretary of State should cut MLA pay again, says Lady...

First same-sex marriages in Northern...

Jonathan Bradley: Farewell Rory Best - Ireland's most successful captain will go down as a true Ulster great

Watch: BOD holes huge putt to help McIlroy to third...

Kyle Lafferty scores first goal for Sarsborg despite...

Klopp critical of VAR after Rashford’s controversial...

CJ Stander's wife slams media reaction to Ireland's World...

Talks & Ideas @ #BIAF19

15 jobs are created as Levi’s opens store in The Boulevard

Couples left in lurch after Northern Ireland hotel...

Ballymena in line for new 65-room hotel as plan submitted...

Government urged to act over slump in confidence...

Profit warnings for UK firms surge to highest since...

Queen attends reception for bereavement charity volunteers

World

Four killed as storms hit US states

Harry Dunn’s family cancel chief constable meeting after bid for ‘truth’ fails

SDLP chief leads party out of ‘sham’ Assembly session

Sinn Fein Assembly warning over Brexit deal veto

Israeli PM Netanyahu gives up on forming new coalition

Rubbish piling up in Athens as workers embark on series of strikes

Rescue teams begin search after Dallas hit by tornado

Older men more likely to feel lonely than men living alone – study

Eilis O'Hanlon: Whatever happens next, Boris Johnson is still best-placed to...

Residents protest over plan to house 130 asylum seekers

Drones set to revolutionise farming

Flight cabin crew ‘lost consciousness’ due to cleaning product spillage

Eoghan Harris: Our lives are deeply entwined with our Northern Protestant...

Alex Kane: Unionism feels betrayed by Boris Johnson over Brexit but must...

Jonathan Powell: Backing the People's Vote is DUP's best chance of preventing...

Emilia Clarke opens up about backlash over Game Of Thrones ending

Strictly’s Nadiya thanks David James for ‘beautiful...

Jennifer Lawrence ties the knot with Cooke Maroney

Kylie Minogue shares childhood family photos on sister...

The day the music died - an artform has, at least...

Video: Unionists react after Stormont recall fiasco

Meet the Principal quickfire quiz: Clare Bradley of Holy Cross College

Irish granddad pulls prank at own funeral with 'voice from the coffin'

Protests at Stormont as same sex marriage laws and abortion reform set to...

Police statement on Milton Keynes double stabbing

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