Publication: Belfast Telegraph

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Woolwich 'serious incident' shuts area: Reports soldier 'beheaded' with machete in street and two suspects shot by police

Witnesses have described seeing a man 'beheaded' in the street today (Wednesday) in Woolwich, south east London. The Met Police have confirmed a man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds following the "serious incident",understood ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Nick Raynsford, Police, John Wilson

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

SOCA Serious Organised Crime Agency

Drugs and vehicles seized in raid

Drugs and cars with a combined value of more than £450,000 have been seized in Co Down by detectives investigating a suspected organised crime gang. Cannabis plants worth in excess of £350,000 were recovered from a concealed cultivation factory in rural ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Drugs, Northern Ireland, Cannabis, SOCA Serious Organised Crime Agency

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

Suicide at Notre Dame cathedral

Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. It's the first suicide in decades at the landmark site, said Monsignor ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Suicide, Paris, Dominique Venner, 12th century

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Gun found in east Belfast dissident search

A gun has been found after a raid over dissident republican activity in east Belfast. A number of homes were evacuated earlier today after reports of a suspicious object.Army bomb experts were sent to the scene at Mountforde Drive in the Short Strand ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Belfast (United Kingdom), Bomb, Security

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

We still need a Bill of Rights

FIFTEEN years ago today, the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement was overwhelmingly approved by a referendum of the people. It heralded the beginning of the end to conflict and a start to a new society. Its full promise of the agreement has yet to be delivered. ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 19 hours ago]

Entities: UK Government, Good Friday Agreement, Belfast (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Mississippi

Oklahoma tornado: Obama pledges federal government will get everything it needs 'right away'

US president Barack Obama has promised that the federal government would get everything needed “right away” to victims of the devastating tornado that struck on Monday afternoon, killing at least 24 people. “The people of Moore should know their country ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma (United States), Oklahoma City, Mississippi

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Security alert in Fermanagh village has ended

A security alert in a Co Fermanagh village which led to a number of homes being evacuated has ended. Roads have been reopened in the Kinawley area after a suspicious object was declared "an elaborate hoax", the PSNI has confirmed.Police were called to ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 21 2013]

Entities: Security, Tom Elliott, Police

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Looted Irish treasures recovered in England

Almost 900 artefacts illegally looted in the Republic by a treasure hunter with a metal detector have been recovered. They include three 'gun money' coins, the emergency war money coined by James II from 1689-91 to pay his forces to fight William of ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 21 2013]

Entities: England, Ireland, Tipperary Corporation, British Museum

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Security alert in Fermanagh village

A security alert has led to road closures in a Co Fermanagh village. Police were called to an alert in the Kinawley area earlier on Tuesday morning.Roads in the area have been closed to traffic as a result, including the Stragowna Road to the Derrylin ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 21 2013]

Entities: Security, Police

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Treatment of teacher complaint criticised

A Belfast high school's handling of a complaint against a teacher suspended from some of her duties has been shambolic and unfair, the High Court has heard. Counsel for the woman with nearly 30 years classroom experience claimed the treatment could have ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 21 2013]

Entities: Belfast (United Kingdom), Barrister, Complaints

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Bank must pay up for truck deal funds gaffe

A company boss defrauded in a £91,000 deal to sell two trucks overseas has won a legal action against his bank. The High Court backed Jeremy Taylor's claim that he was assured payment from the Dubai-based buyer had cleared in his account before he released ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 21 2013]

Entities: Contributory Negligence, Breach Of Contract, Belfast (United Kingdom), Internet Fraud, Counterfeit

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Film version of Dracula to be filmed in Northern Ireland

A film version of Dracula is to be made in Belfast. The Universal Pictures horror shoot will last from August to November. Production will be based in Belfast but will be filmed across other locations, Stormont's First Minister and deputy First Minister's ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 20 2013]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Belfast (United Kingdom), Sarah Gadon, Moth

Quotes

"A lot of these people like to play up to the cameras and Natalie has done performing arts but I haven't. I'm quite a shy person, people don't see that side of me. I'm quite opinionated but if you put me in the middle of the street with a bag of potatoes it probably won't go down too well - I need to warm up."

Derry's Leah Totton 'will go far', says Apprentice reject Uzma Yakoob [Published Belfast Telegraph - 1 hour ago]

Lord West, former security minister added: "The fact Cobra has been called and the Home Secretary is chairing it shows there are concerns that this was a terrorist incident but we will have to wait to see all the data to see if it is pure terror incident."

Attack on Woolwich soldier is 'not like IRA' terror threat [Published Belfast Telegraph - 2 hours ago]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Derry's Leah Totton 'will go far', says Apprent... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 1 hour ago]
Attack on Woolwich soldier is 'not like IRA' te... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 2 hours ago]
If we pay, then big business must also [Published Belfast Telegraph - 6 hours ago]
Woolwich 'serious incident' shuts area: Reports... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
Woolwich 'serious incident' shuts area: Reports... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
Tensions 'whipped up by dissidents' [Published Belfast Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
Gun found in east Belfast dissident search [Published Belfast Telegraph - 8 hours ago]
Drugs and vehicles seized in raid [Published Belfast Telegraph - 8 hours ago]
Eight arrested over cannabis find in Co Down [Published Belfast Telegraph - 9 hours ago]
Man in court over 1982 IRA Hyde Park bomb [Published Belfast Telegraph - 9 hours ago]
Suspended teacher's legal challenge resolved [Published Belfast Telegraph - 10 hours ago]
Man arrested after car stolen in north Belfast [Published Belfast Telegraph - 10 hours ago]
Sarah Louise McCall's songs are inspired by tra... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 10 hours ago]
Cow handbag design offal-y daring [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
North West 200 riders' wives and girlfriends ab... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Keep your tears for Facebook, Sheryl, they just... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Jim's busy with his Renaissance [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble ... in islandm... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Darker forces at work behind our summer sorrows [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Why Ryan could never hit right Eurovision note [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
What The Fall says about our enduring fascinati... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
University proud of efforts to help transition ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 11 hours ago]
Homes evacuated after suspicious object found i... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 12 hours ago]
4m euro facelift for Grafton Street [Published Belfast Telegraph - 12 hours ago]
Brothers accused of fraud hand over family home... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 12 hours ago]
Crusaders win right to challenge £25 million Wi... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 12 hours ago]
Loyal Orders 'generate millions of pounds a yea... [Published Belfast Telegraph - 12 hours ago]
Octogenarians race in Everest duel [Published Belfast Telegraph - 15 hours ago]
Police seize drugs and cash in raid [Published Belfast Telegraph - 15 hours ago]
Gun victim is shot in both legs [Published Belfast Telegraph - 16 hours ago]