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An easyJet passenger was denied boarding at Belfast after continuing to vape on the ramp

An easyJet passenger was denied boarding at Belfast after continuing to vape on the ramp

BELFAST — An easyJet flight bound for Spain was delayed on Sunday morning after a passenger was denied boarding for refusing to stop vaping on the airfield ramp. Flight U23011 was preparing for departure from Belfast International Airport to Palma de Mallorca on Sunday, October 4, 2026, when airport staff spotted a passenger vaping while […] The post An easyJet passenger was denied boarding at Belfast after continuing to vape on the ramp appeared first on AIRLIVE .

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Oct 6, 2026 · byAIRLIVE
Blue Lights review – TV’s most thrilling cop show turns up the heat

Blue Lights review – TV’s most thrilling cop show turns up the heat

This Northern Ireland-set police drama has never felt like this before … Race riots, organised crime and institutional politics bring it bang up to date Blue Lights has always been a very modern cop drama. Its tales of everyday callouts, fractious office relationships and complex long-term efforts to smash organised crime have all played out against the backdrop of post-Troubles Belfast, where lingering sectarian resentments make enforcing the law even harder than it is in the rest of austerity-era UK. But it’s never been explicitly topical: it’s never felt as if it is reading today’s national news headlines with the same appalled gaze as the rest of us. Until now. Our fourth visit to Blackthorn station pitches us and the police into a race riot. A centre offering support and resources to refugees is hosting a fete, which is a positive contribution to the area for those open to it: station sergeant and amateur baker Stevie (Martin McCann) marvels at the texture of Syrian pastry at an event that has been allocated minimal police presence. Minutes later, the whole squad has rushed to the scene to hold a line against an angry mob who want immigrants out of Northern Ireland. Bricks fly. Lives are in danger. Continue reading...

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Controversial Northern Ireland Protestant parade hits stalemate amid fresh talks

Controversial Northern Ireland Protestant parade hits stalemate amid fresh talks

The UK's Northern Ireland minister Monday admitted that talks to overcome a dispute about a contentious pro-British Protestant parade through a mainly Catholic area had so far failed to resolve one of the region's worst crises in decades. Thousands of people occupied a road in Portadown, southwest of Belfast, on Sunday to prevent the parade by 35 members of the Orange Order taking place.

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Sep 29, 2026 · byFrance 24
Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses

Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses

This tale of broken hearts and broken people moves from the Troubles of 70s Northern Ireland to an unforgiving London of squats and payphones Louise Kennedy’s first novel, Trespasses , was one of those rare triumphs, a debut that was not only rapturously received by critics but adored by readers around the world. A story of forbidden love set during the Troubles in 1970s Belfast, it was an international bestseller, translated into more than 20 languages. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s prize and scooped debut fiction of the year at the British Book awards. A four-part television adaptation with Gillian Anderson aired last autumn on Channel 4. Inevitably Kennedy found herself lauded as an overnight success – much was made of her 30-year career as a professional chef – but in fact she had been writing short stories for a decade and to considerable acclaim; her first collection, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac, was published in 2021. Included in that book was Belladonna, the story of Róisín, a young girl from Belfast who moves south with her mother and, ostracised by her new classmates, becomes friendly with the couple who live across the road. Like Briony Tallis in Ian McEwan’s Atonement, the prickly and precociously bright Róisín misinterprets the dynamic of her neighbours’ marriage to disastrous effect. Continue reading...

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian
TV tonight: Blue Lights returns – and it’s as topical and thrilling as ever

TV tonight: Blue Lights returns – and it’s as topical and thrilling as ever

We’re back on the blues and twos as the latest series of the intense Belfast police drama begins. Plus: biscuit week in the Bake Off tent. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One The Belfast police drama doesn’t mess around. Within the first half hour of the fourth series, we’re treated to an intense set piece that touches on police cuts, the migration crisis, livestreaming culture and the changing meaning of nationalism – all while still working brilliantly as a thriller. Blue Lights’ judgment of the zeitgeist remains impeccable, but its personal touches give it emotional weight, too. Superb. Phil Harrison Continue reading...

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian
‘My husband has to remind me: You’re not a real cop!’ Siân Brooke on the perils of playing a tough Blue Lights ‘peeler’

‘My husband has to remind me: You’re not a real cop!’ Siân Brooke on the perils of playing a tough Blue Lights ‘peeler’

She lit up Sherlock, made a brutal exit from House of the Dragon and now she’s back in the hard-hitting Belfast-set police drama. Will she have to stuff a chopping board into her flak jacket this time round? Sharp eyes save lives. That’s the mantra of the police officers in Blue Lights, although the words sound a good deal more urgent when said in a throaty Belfast accent. The city, dealing with past and present problems, is the turbulent setting for the hit drama. Having starred in the BBC series for the past four years, Siân Brooke has taken its lessons about vigilance to heart. “I noticed some dodgy-looking activity not far from where we live in London,” says Brooke. “I’d driven past a few times and was suspicious. I told my husband that the last time I went past, I slowed down and did a drive-by, so they’d know their untoward behaviour had been rumbled. My husband said: ‘You can’t do that, Siân. You’re not a real cop!’” She laughs. “I think Blue Lights has got to me. What was I going to do, make a citizen’s arrest?” Continue reading...

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Guardian
First Protestant march in Catholic area in nearly 30 years

First Protestant march in Catholic area in nearly 30 years

Tensions are running high in Northern Ireland after the High Court in Belfast approved a controversial parade. Around 2,000 protesters have blocked the route into a Catholic area where the Protestant march was due to pass. It is the first time in nearly 30 years that the Orange Order has been allowed to march along this route, which was a notorious flashpoint before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely brought an end to the bloodshed of the Troubles. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appealed for calm on all sides, saying he does not want to see Northern Ireland “go backwards.”

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Sep 27, 2026 · byFrance 24
Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road

Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road

Andy Burnham calls for calm as fears of unrest grow after request for countermarch in mainly nationalist area A controversial loyalist parade down a nationalist street in Portadown has been temporarily injuncted after a high court judge urged all sides to “step back from the abyss” and take responsible decisions for “the sake of everyone in Northern Ireland”. The ruling was made amid rising fears that a parade could unleash fresh sectarian violence. Continue reading...

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Sep 26, 2026 · byThe Guardian
BBC Sets New Irish-Language Comedy Film ‘Baile,’ Starring Marion O’Dwyer and Hazel Doupe (EXCLUSIVE)

BBC Sets New Irish-Language Comedy Film ‘Baile,’ Starring Marion O’Dwyer and Hazel Doupe (EXCLUSIVE)

Production has started this week on “Baile,” a new comedy feature co-commissioned for the BBC Gaeilge, the Irish-language arm of BBC Northern Ireland, and Ireland’s national Irish-language broadcaster TG4. Produced by Belfast based Village Films with support from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund, the comedy drama follows Bríghid, a fiercely independent woman in […]

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Sep 24, 2026 · byVariety
UK flights disrupted as NATS suffers second failure in two weeks

UK flights disrupted as NATS suffers second failure in two weeks

Flights were delayed or cancelled across several airports in the UK on Monday, Sept. 21. Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast all reported delays and cancellations after an air traffic control disruption. The National Air Traffic Services (NATS) stated that anything south of Manchester would be “broadly unaffected,” although London City reported some delays. A ‘connectivity […] The post UK flights disrupted as NATS suffers second failure in two weeks appeared first on Travel Radar - Aviation News .

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Sep 21, 2026 · byTravel Radar
New NATS technical failure disrupts flights across UK

New NATS technical failure disrupts flights across UK

Flights across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were disrupted on Monday after National Air Traffic Services (NATS) experienced a technical problem at its Prestwick Centre in Scotland. The issue forced NATS to introduce air traffic restrictions, affecting airports including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Belfast. NATS said the problem was resolved at around 10:30 BST […]

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Sep 21, 2026 · byAviation24.be
BBC Drama ‘Ministry Of Time’ Adds Adeel Akhtar, Ciaran Hinds & Eight More To Cast

BBC Drama ‘Ministry Of Time’ Adds Adeel Akhtar, Ciaran Hinds & Eight More To Cast

BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar (Sherwood) and Academy Award nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) have joined the cast of A24’s BBC drama series Ministry of Time. Also announced this morning are Hong Chau (The Whale), Tamara Lawrance (Get Millie Black), Emily Fairn (The Responder), Josh Finan (Say Nothing), Aisling Loftus (Sherwood), Tawfeek Barhom (Cairo Conspiracy) and Nahuel […]

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Sep 21, 2026 · byDeadline
Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK | Simon Jenkins

Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK | Simon Jenkins

It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response Monday must have been a historical first. Never before have three of the four “nations” of the United Kingdom jointly demanded freedom to vote for its dissolution. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have lost confidence in England. They declared in Cardiff that the unionist government at Westminster is “coming to an end”. There was no such Celtic alliance against the Normans, Edward I or Cromwell. Celtic MPs have never formed a voting coalition in parliament. The Victorian Liberal party advanced “home rule for all”, but that was not independence and it got nowhere. Ireland rebelled, but it did so alone. When this eventually succeeded, Britain said good riddance, kept hold of Belfast and continued to centralise power in London. Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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Sep 18, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Country diary: Facing the flax – this city was once built on the stuff | Mary Montague

Country diary: Facing the flax – this city was once built on the stuff | Mary Montague

Botanic Meadow, Belfast: I visit my local community garden, and the woman who has returned to growing this graceful crop that eventually becomes linen In my hands is a brownish-grey hank of flax yarn. I twine it between my fingers to feel the thread’s strength and admire the fibres’ diffuse sheen. Along with fruit and vegetables, it’s the produce of our Friends of the Field community garden. It’s also the work of Merle, whose love of textile crafts has led her creative process right back to growing flax. Flax yarn is used to make linen , a fabric that is folded into Belfast’s history . During the 19th century, the city was a global powerhouse of linen production, but the advent of synthetic textiles contributed to the industry’s decline . So, despite its former importance to the Northern Irish economy, I’d never actually seen flax until I saw Merle’s crop. Continue reading...

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Belfast teenager whose body was found in storm drain ‘failed by the PSNI’

Belfast teenager whose body was found in storm drain ‘failed by the PSNI’

Not enough evidence to explain circumstances of Noah Donohoe’s death, partly due to police mistakes, inquest finds An inquest into the death of a teenager whose body was found in a Belfast storm drain has found there is not enough evidence to explain the puzzling circumstances of how he died, partly due to mistakes by police investigators. Noah Donohoe, 14, was last seen on 21 June 2020 when he left his south Belfast home on his bicycle, telling his mother he was going to visit friends. His naked body was found six days later, deep inside an underground water tunnel in the north of the city. Continue reading...

Belfast
Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Number of UK anti-migrant vigilante groups surges in last 18 months

Number of UK anti-migrant vigilante groups surges in last 18 months

Exclusive: Many ‘use community protection as a cover for racist thuggery’, raising concerns about fresh disorder At least 28 anti-migrant vigilante groups have formed in the UK in the last 18 months, ranging from unauthorised street patrols claiming to protect women and children to groups harassing migrants in France and blocking ports. From Belfast to the south coast of England, the number of active groups has surged since the summer of 2025, according to analysis by the Guardian, amid widespread concerns over fresh disorder after black-clad vigilantes, many of them wearing balaclavas, blocked roads in Portsmouth and Dover last weekend. Continue reading...

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Sep 12, 2026 · byThe Guardian