Recently added articles from Belfast Telegraph:
Moffitt keeps Pegasus in title control
Oct 06, 2008; JOHN FLACK ... IT isn't often Sharon Moffitt steals the limelight but that wascertainly the case on Saturday as Pegasus left it late to beat theirbiggest rivals Ballymoney 2-0 in opening their quest for a recordbreaking 12th Premier League title in a row. The Belfast team's goalkeeper was in ...
Woman saved from river
Oct 06, 2008 ... A WOMAN was taken to hospital last night after being rescued fromthe River Lagan. Just after 11.30pm police received a report that a ...
Airport alert after smoke spotted coming from jet
Oct 06, 2008 ... HOLIDAYMAKERS returning to Northern Ireland yesterday were givena scare when smoke was spotted coming from underneath the plane. The incident occurred around lunchtime as the Jet2 flight fromMurcia in Spain was coming to a standstill at Belfast InternationalAirport. Smoke was ...
Sir Reg perhaps learns how not to run economy during US trip ; ASSEMBLY NOTES
Oct 06, 2008; STEVEN McCAFFERY ... EMPLOYMENT Minister Sir Reg Empey went abroad last week to getadvice on securing long-term economic success. Unfortunately he went looking for answers in the US in the sameweek that Wall Street nearly collapsed. Stormont watchers winced as Sir Reg told a conference in ...
Policing Board gets a touch of the Dutch ; ASSEMBLY NOTES
Oct 06, 2008; STEVEN McCAFFERY ... THERE was a distinctly orange hue to proceedings down at thePolicing Board last week. Not that Sinn Fein suddenly lost the run of themselves and backeda flurry of measures sympathetic to the Grand Lodge. A delegation from the Netherlands police force was in town andthe board ...
You can bank on Robinson to raise laugh these days ; ASSEMBLY NOTES
Oct 06, 2008; STEVEN McCAFFERY ... DESPITE Peter Robinson's determination not to re-form the ChuckleBrothers, the DUP leader continued to reveal his hidden comic talentlast week. Proving that economics is not necessarily a boring subject, hecracked no less than four jokes in a single speech on the economy. The ...
A stand-off that could go on till cows come home ; ASSEMBLY NOTES
Oct 06, 2008; STEVEN McCAFFERY ... GIVEN the chaos at Stormont, it's no surprise that critics arelining up to poke fun at the politicians. But when the First Minister starts drawing parallels between thepassage of legislation and a cow's bowel movements, you know we havegone beyond parody. Peter Robinson told ...
TWINKLE-TOED CHRISTINE SPARKLES ON DANCE SHOW
Oct 06, 2008; MATTHEW McCREARY ... ULSTER beauty Christine Bleakley was once again the apple of thejudges' eyes after taking to the floor in Strictly Come Dancing atthe weekend. Twinkle-toes Christine is one of the favourites to be crownedStrictly Come Dancing's outright champion after judges praised hertalents ...
'This is best day of my life'
Oct 06, 2008; MATTHEW McCREARY ... DREAMS of pop stardom are a step closer for a Co Londonderryteenager after he made it through to the next round of hit TV talentshow The X Factor last night. Eoghan Quigg (16) from Dungiven has been tipped as a possiblewinner for the recording contract prize after he wowed judges ...
Cancer hit Wendy to wed Belfast partner
Oct 06, 2008; MATTHEW McCREARY ... THE Belfast-born partner of ex-EastEnders star Wendy Richard hasspoken of the emotional turmoil her cancer has brought to their lifetogether. Ms Richard - famed for playing grumpy housewife Pauline Fowler inthe long-running soap - revealed at the weekend that she is dying ...
Kelly recalls alcoholic dad in autobiography
Oct 06, 2008 ... CHAT show king Gerry Kelly has spoken candidly for the first timeabout the alcoholic father who abandoned him as a child - and of hisown subsequent problems with drink. The popular TV star (left) said he has never felt inclined totrack down his father Isaac, who walked out on his ...
Farewell to a regal lady
Oct 06, 2008 ... THE people of Belfast turned out in their thousands on Saturdayto bid a fond farewell to the world famous QE2. The luxurious liner - launched by Queen Elizabeth II - sailedinto the city as part of its year-long final tour. The Northern Ireland public got a chance to admire ...
Building industry sheds 2,000 jobs in downturn
Oct 06, 2008; CLAIRE HARRISON; ROBIN MORTON ... THE international financial crisis bit harder on Northern Irelandtoday as the construction industry claimed it has been forced toshed 2,000 jobs against the backdrop of a record low in buildingactivity. Two leading voices in the building sector have todayindependently urged ...
Hot fuss expected as Killers returning
Oct 06, 2008; MAUREEN COLEMAN ... Brit award winners The Killers will return to Belfast next yearfor an Odyssey Arena show, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal. The Las Vegas rock band - who made their debut appearance inBelfast in the summer of 2007 - will play the Odyssey Arena onSaturday, February 21. The band ...
Suicide helpline gets 7,000 calls a month
Oct 06, 2008; CLAIRE HARRISON ... A NORTHERN Ireland-wide helpline set up in response to crisislevels of suicide is receiving around 7,000 calls per month - over200 a day - from people in distress, it was announced today. Lifeline, the new regional 24-hour telephone service set up aspart of the Northern Ireland ...
Chemo drug jab can cure testicular cancer
Oct 06, 2008; JANE KIRBY ... A SINGLE jab of a chemotherapy drug can cure a common type oftesticular cancer, researchers said today. Carboplatin, which is often used to treat ovarian and lungcancer, can replace radiotherapy to cure early-stage seminoma, astudy found. The drug is being hailed as a 'safer ...
SF chief's mum dies at home
Oct 06, 2008; WILLIAM ALLEN ... THE deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, was today inmourning after his mother died in Londonderry. Peggy McGuinness died at 7am at her home on Elmwood Street aftera short illness. A Sinn Fein spokesman said that Mr McGuinness had spent theweekend at his mother's home ...
Cancer checks in 10 minutes
Oct 06, 2008 ... A LUNCH-HOUR fingerprick test for suspected prostate cancer waslaunched today. The new blood test can assess a man's level of the cancer markerProstate Specific Antigen (PSA) in just 10 minutes. Usually men have to wait several days for the results of a PSAtest, causing ...
Threats to civil rights still exist: Durkan
Oct 06, 2008; WILLIAM ALLEN ... SDLP leader and Foyle MP Mark Durkan has claimed that the presentExecutive regime is showing echoes of old Stormont by cooking updeals in the Castle and using the Assembly as a rubber-stampingmechanism. Addressing the Civil Rights 1968 Commemoration CommitteeInternational ...
TWINKLE-TOED CHRISTINE SPARKLES ON DANCE SHOW
Oct 06, 2008; MATTHEW McCREARY ... ULSTER beauty Christine Bleakley was once again the apple of thejudges' eyes after taking to the floor in Strictly Come Dancing atthe weekend. Twinkle-toes Christine is one of the favourites to be crownedStrictly Come Dancing's outright champion after judges praised hertalents ...