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Best of the BelTel: The 'living hell' of winning the Lottery
We all dream of winning the Lottery, but then we hear stories about how winning the millions sent some people’s lives into a tailspin. The self-descr…
2 years, 10 months ago
Best of the BelTel: The life and crimes of Ballymena’s 'Cocaine King' Noel Johnston
On October the 15th, 2021, the PSNI launch a raid an apartment in Ballymena, as part of a wider operation against drug in the town. The man who lived…
2 years, 10 months ago
Best of the BelTel: John DeLorean, the man who brought the future back to Belfast
John DeLorean was an eccentric but brilliant engineer. He had remarkable success in the US automotive industry, but he dreamed of striking out by him…
2 years, 10 months ago
Best of the BelTel: ‘How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped’
Most people believe that they could never be brainwashed into a cult or be totally enthralled by a cult leader, but it is believed that thousands of …
2 years, 10 months ago
Best of the BelTel: Gerard Mackin, the Belfast-born Kinahan enforcer the criminal underworld fears
Gerard Mackin is the six-foot-tall gangland enforcer who is feared from the Falls to Limerick That is not surprising when you consider he was convict…
2 years, 10 months ago
Stalkers, sexism and Santa: Could Christmas movies like Love Actually be made today?
December is drawing to a close, so it’s time for some seasonal escapism as we consider the humble festive art form that is... the Christmas movie. Fr…
2 years, 10 months ago
‘Winkie’ Rea: The loyalist leader who led the Red Hand Commando
Winston Rea, known as Winkie Rea, died aged 72 at the beginning of December. He was the ex-leader of the loyalist terror group, the ‘Red Hand Command…
2 years, 10 months ago
Israeli ambassador says “absolutely no” to Palestinian statehood
Israel's ambassador to the UK has strongly reject the prospect of a future Palestinian state. Tzipi Hotovely told Sky News Israel will not accept a ‘…
2 years, 10 months ago
Alexei Navalny: Imprisoned but still Putin's greatest opponent
The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is no longer at the prison colony where he was being head. The loss of contact likely signals…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sam McBride: 'Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has struck a deal’
The Belfast Telegraph’s Northen Ireland editor, Sam McBride, joins Ciarán Dunbar with his assessment of what’s going on at Stormont.
Is Sir Jeffrey D…
2 years, 10 months ago