NI traffic alerts: Broken down vehicle on M1 partially blocking lane
Here’s the latest traffic and travel news from around Northern Ireland. Read more Coroner raps PSNI for failings in probe into Co Down woman’s death Ulster Rugby parking ‘chaos’ sees…
Lammy tells Nato members to ‘get serious’ about increased defence spending
David Lammy urged European Nato members to step up defence spending ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The US president-elect has been highly critical of European states…
EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers
The European Union has agreed to a one-year delay on the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation – caving in to…
WWE announces superstars heading to Belfast as part of unprecedented WrestleMania tour
WWE has announced the superstars heading to Belfast next year as part their unprecedented European tour ahead of WrestleMania 41. The Road to WrestleMania Tour is coming to Belfast’s SSE…
Hundreds of hospice beds shut due to a lack of funding – charity
Hospices should not be viewed as a “nice-to-have” service, industry leaders have said, as it emerged that hundreds of hospice beds are not in use in England. One hospice boss…
British band Sports Team robbed at gunpoint on first day of US tour
British band Sports Team have revealed they were robbed at gunpoint on the first day of their American tour. The Mercury Prize-nominated group had stopped for a coffee at a…
The County Down poultry farmer, the Chinese gangsters, and the cannabis haul
When Belfast Telegraph reporter Sam McBride went investigating a massive cannabis operation in Hillsborough he was confronted by an angry poultry farmer, Clive Weir. Not only did Weir deny any…
Drivers giving same explanation see third of parking tickets overturned
16million Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) have been issued to UK drivers for parking offences since 2022, new data reveals, anda third of them have been successfully overturned on appeal –…
Ofgem delays smart meter reforms AGAIN as thousands of customers sent incorrect bills over £1,000
Energy regulator Ofgem has delayed crucial smart meter reforms at a time when thousands of households are receiving incorrect bills over £1,000. The reforms, which will introduce mandatory half-hourly meter…
UK at risk of ‘quinthrupledemic’ before Christmas as five diseases could strike at same time
A health specialist is sounding the alarm over the possibility of the UK facing a ‘quinthrupledemic’ with five different disease outbreaks potentially occurring at the same time before the end…