Trolls existed before social media, you know. Back in the days when they ‘took to Royal Mail’, I got the poison-pen treatment after daring to suggest that Tiger Woods might not be the pristine icon his acolytes were purporting him to be. The temerity extended to the hitherto outrageous claim …
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Selfless: May Steele Ulster Unionist honorary president May Steele who ’embodied’ the party dies at 83 BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Tributes have been paid to May Steele, the honorary president of the Ulster Unionist Party, following her death at the age of 83. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ulster-unionist-honorary-president-may-steele-who-embodied-the-party-dies-at-83-38842520.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/a8fd5/38842519.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/2020-01-08_new_56120371_I1.JPG Email Tributes have been paid to May Steele, …
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Brutal attack: William Stevenson Postman who scalded mum with boiling water before beating her sent to prison BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A Royal Mail worker has been jailed for 18 months for throwing a kettle of scalding water at his mother and then beating her with her walking stick. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/postman-who-scalded-mum-with-boiling-water-before-beating-her-sent-to-prison-38832626.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/d9757/38832625.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/2020-01-04_new_56037988_I1.JPG Email A …
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Roger Taylor is being honoured for services to music (Yui Mok/PA) Queen drummer Roger Taylor made OBE BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Queen’s Roger Taylor, who has defined a generation of drummers with his bombastic, arena-filling sound, has been recognised in the New Year Honours list. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/queen-drummer-roger-taylor-made-obe-38817250.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/4ae5d/38817246.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_6ff95cf9-0764-4947-be93-8d94aaf7f5f8_1 Email Queen’s Roger Taylor, who has …
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Donkeys on Bridlington beach (Danny Lawson/PA) Why a donkey may have been the perfect choice for Mary’s journey to Bethlehem BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Mary’s journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus may have involved an inspired choice of transport, according to new research. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/why-a-donkey-may-have-been-the-perfect-choice-for-marys-journey-to-bethlehem-38811113.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/1be02/38811108.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_9b07809e-5934-4389-ab6a-3dbae83ec4ea_1 Email Mary’s journey to Bethlehem for …
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Richard Leonard introduced Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at a rally in Glasgow on Wednesday (Andrew Milligan/PA) Voters will ‘seize opportunity’ to elect Labour – Richard Leonard BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has said he is confident of a win for his party in Thursday’s election. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/voters-will-seize-opportunity-to-elect-labour-richard-leonard-38774646.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article38774643.ece/f81e3/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_963aca5d-5bf9-4a53-9733-26175d5a0ee0_1 Email Scottish …
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson has criticised Labour’s renationalisation plans, calling them a “distraction”. Lib Dems will not support Labour’s renationalisation plans, says Swinson BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The Liberal Democrats could not support Labour’s renationalisation plans in the event of a hung Parliament, the party’s leader Jo Swinson has said. …
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is hoping the deal passes its Commons test today Leo Varadkar warns the only ‘Plan B’ is exit without agreement BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that the only “plan B” to Boris Johnson’s Brexit agreement is no-deal. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/leo-varadkar-warns-the-only-plan-b-is-exit-without-agreement-38609727.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/article38609726.ece/0ebfd/AUTOCROP/h342/2019-10-19_new_54249991_I1.JPG Email Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that …
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Unionism ‘more than red post boxes,’ blasts DUP’s Nigel Dodds over Varadkar Brexit reassurance bid BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s attempts to reassure unionists Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was not threat to the constitutional position of Northern Ireland have fallen flat with the DUP blasting them as “offensive”. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/unionism-more-than-red-post-boxes-blasts-dups-nigel-dodds-over-varadkar-brexit-reassurance-bid-38608634.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article38608687.ece/68e99/AUTOCROP/h342/leod.jpg Email …
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There has been an influx of Irish passport applications since the Brexit referendum (Brian Lawless/PA) Irish passport applications from UK soar as Brexit deadline looms BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The number of people in the UK applying for Irish passports has dramatically increased, as the Brexit deadline approaches. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/irish-passport-applications-from-uk-soar-as-brexit-deadline-looms-38558841.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article38383242.ece/e3a63/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_41062bf8-10aa-4245-92ca-8b42d0396900_1 Email The number …
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