NI Secretary Of State James Brokenshire set for talks with SDLP #BBCNolan
Dealing with the legacy of the past has been a major stumbling block in politics here.New Secretary of State James Brokenshire has been meeting parties to try and make progress on this, including talks with the SDLP today.
7m Sep 12, 2016
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Would you fancy snuggling up to a stranger? Belfast held its first Cuddle Party over the weekend. #BBCNolan
Would you fancy snuggling up to a stranger? Over the weekend a group of strangers came together in Belfast to enjoy an unusual party where they were encouraged to touch, cuddle and spoon together.
11m Sep 12, 2016
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Dozens of young people hospitalised after concert in Derry. #BBCNolan
Doctors say dozens of young people attending the weekend MTV concert in Derry had to be treated in Altnagelvin Hospital. Thirty people were brought to A&E for drug and alcohol-conditions. People also were brought to hospital after being assaulted during and after the concert at Ebrington Square.
7m Sep 12, 2016
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'Too lazy' and 'Too fat'? Is the UK’s business community not reaching its full potential?
International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox was recently recorded describing some sectors of UK business is too lazy and too fat. He was speaking at a 'Conservative Way Forward' event at the weekend. But is he right? Is the business community not reaching its full potential?
6m Sep 12, 2016
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Headmaster under fire over strict policy on school uniforms. Did he go too far? #BBCNolan
Last week, a headmaster decided to put his foot down when it came to the subject of wearing the correct school uniform... Including - No trendy shoes, short skirts, trainers, overt jewelry or general scruffiness! The result was a full scale backlash from pupils and their parents at Hartsdown Academy in England. Many accused the principal of taking the rules too far with some parents - removing...
20m Sep 12, 2016
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Belfast City Council splash £40,000 on trips for staff and councillors. Is it worth it? #BBCNolan
More than £40,000 of ratepayers' money has been spent by Belfast City Council putting its staff and councillors up in luxurious hotels around the world. The 5 star China World Hotel in Beijing and Donald Trump's hotel in Las Vegas were among those used according to the Belfast Telegraph. And over £30,000 alone has been spent on accommodation over the last 12 months for council officials.
12m Sep 12, 2016
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Gregory Campbell MP has called for an investigation into BBC NI sick day total. #BBCNolan
Staff at BBC Northern Ireland took almost 5,000 days off sick - in the last year.That's according to a Freedom of Information request obtained by the Belfast Telegraph. It works out at an average of 7.9 - nearly eight days per employee. It is also nearly double the UK average for the whole labour market - which, according to the Office for National Statistics, in 2014 stood at 4.4 days.The BBC ...
15m Sep 12, 2016
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Big #BBCNolan Friday interview - @vinnybelfast chats to comedian @Halcruttenden
Comedian Hal Cruttenden is on his way to Northern Ireland as part of his current tour. His star has risen in recent years with performances on hits shows like - Have I Got News For You. His show - Straight Outta Cruttenden - will contain jokes about things that annoy him. Vinny spoke to Hal about the things that get on his nerves...
19m Sep 09, 2016
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Brexit and the border – reaction from #BBCNolan callers and commentators
Political commentators Alex Kane and David McCann plus #BBCNolan callers react to results of a new Brexit opinion poll
24m Sep 09, 2016
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Noises that get on your nerves. What's your pet hate? #BBCNolan
Yes, a recent survey of the most annoying sounds that drive us mad found that snoring topped the pile.Other ear aches were said to be caused by fingers on a chalkboard, dripping taps, grinding teeth and scratching a fork on a plate.
10m Sep 09, 2016
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Has Brexit changed the debate about Northern Ireland’s future?
Brexit was the biggest political event of a generation. There was shock from some while others celebrated, when it was announced the UK had voted to leave the European Union. But what are the implications for Northern Ireland? And has Brexit had an affect on the chances of a united Ireland?
20m Sep 09, 2016
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#BBCNolan interview - @vinnybelfast talks to @Baddiel
But now he's spending more time writing childrens books. David Baddiel's has launched his latest children's book 'The Girl Who Had Never Been On A Train'. I have been speaking to him and began by asking him how he started writing children's books
9m Sep 08, 2016
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Does Anjem Choudary case raise free speech issues? #BBCNolan
He's one of the UK's most notorious radical clerics and now Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. That was for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group.The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after backing the group in an oath of allegiancepublished online.Police say Choudary's followers carried out attacks in the UK and abroad. But for some this has b...
14m Sep 08, 2016
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Fly tipping and litter louts - @vinnybelfast shocked at law flouting
What do you do if you see someone dumping rubbish from a car? This happened to me the other day I was driving home from work and the car in front of me threw a bin bag full of rubbish out the window. A full bag of rubbish. So what is the right thing to do in that situation?
24m Sep 08, 2016
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Could controversial 50/50 PSNI recruitment policy make a comeback?
Has the end of 50/50 recruitment made the PSNI a colder house for Catholics? That's the question posed by Belfast Telegraph columnist Malachi O'Doherty.At present the police workforce is comprised of 67 percent protestants and 31 percent of catholics. That's an increase of just one percent of catholics since 50/50 recruitment ended in 2011.The PSNI has now commissioned an independent research p...
29m Sep 08, 2016
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Bluepint for Belfast - @vinnybelfast talks to Gordon McElroy from Chamber of Commerce
Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce have launched their Belfast manifesto - this is their vision for the city over the next ten years.
6m Sep 07, 2016
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#BBCNolan interview @LindaRobson58 opens up to @vinnybelfast about cancer awareness
We have a special guest on the line now, best known to TV comedy fans as Tracey Stubbs in Birds of a Feather.Yes, it's Linda Robson, who's been using her celebrity status for a good cause.
13m Sep 07, 2016
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The great outdoors can make you happy! Where is your favourite beauty spot? #BBCNolan
Get outside for a walk.Could that be what your GP prescribes for you?A lot has been said about doctors handing out so-called "green prescriptions" - getting some outdoor exercise to improve your health instead of pills.
19m Sep 07, 2016
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Should Belfast City Marathon be switched to a Sunday? #BBCNolan
Yesterday the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce launched their Belfast manifesto - this is their vision for the city over the next ten years. They say its aim is to make Northern Ireland an excellent place for business by ensuring that Belfast thrives. But one of their ideas is to move the Belfast City Marathon from its traditional May Day Monday date - to a Sunday.
9m Sep 07, 2016
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Green light for transfer test coaching @vinnybelfast talks to Minister @peterweirmla
It's been a huge issue in Northern Ireland since Martin McGuinness scrapped the 11 plus when he was education minister. And it's in the headlines again. Primary schools are now free- again - to prepare pupils for the unregulated tests. It follows a decision by Education Minister Peter Weirto reverse the department of education policy.
27m Sep 07, 2016
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Taxi man Jim slams bus lane fine
Jim contacted the show about a bus lane fine he received.
7m Sep 06, 2016
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"I love my kids, but I don't love yours" - Fionola Meredith on noisy children
"I love my kids, but I don't love yours".That's what Belfast Telegraph columnist Fionola Meredith has written as she welcomed September and the return to school for children around the country.Fionola says she is fed up by screeching kids in cafes spoiling her enjoyment of a quiet cup of coffee and the paper.And she says the problem lies with parents who just - will - not - say - no.
7m Sep 06, 2016
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Education Minister @peterweirmla on scheme for newly-qualified teachers #BBCNolan
8 million pounds. That's what will be spent by Stormont to free up jobs for newly qualified teachers. At present around half of those who qualify to teach each year - are without regular work. The 'Teaching Workforce Scheme' will mean 120 teachers aged 55 and over - are released from the profession at their request. In turn that'll provide job opportunities for recently qualified teachers. BUT...
13m Sep 06, 2016
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Transport chief talks to @vinnybelfast about new £45m bus and rail ticketing plan
A new smartcard is to be introduced to make buying bus and train tickets quicker and easier in Northern Ireland. The Minister forInfrastructure Chris Hazzard announced the new project and said the £45m investment would deliver a modernised ticketing system which would "transform travel" and lead to more people using public transport.The scheme is expected to be put in place from 2018.
13m Sep 06, 2016
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MLA Jenny Palmer apologises for Facebook ‘joke’ about immigrants
Ulster Unionist Jenny Palmer has said she had been attempting a joke, but accepted it could easily have been misinterpreted as a racist comment.Ms Palmer has said it 'in no way represented her views'.The UUP politician, who was elected to the Assembly earlier this year, made the remark on Facebook over the weekend. The post has since been deleted
26m Sep 06, 2016
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Should obese people be forced to lose weight before surgery? #BBCNolan
A move that could have seen obese patients refused surgery in an attempt to save money is to be reviewed after national NHS bosses intervened. A proposed restriction by the NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Groupwould have seen non-life threatening procedures - delayed by a year for those with a body mass index exceeding 30.The rule would also apply to smokers.
13m Sep 05, 2016
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What song would you have played at your funeral? #BBCNolan
What song will you have played at your funeral? It's been revealed Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars has topped the UK indie funeral music chart. You didn't know such a thing continued? Well neither did we!! Frank Sinatra's My Way tops the overall funeral song chart compiled by Co-op Funeralcare - just ahead of 'Time To Say Goodbye' by Andrea Bocelli - new research shows that pop songs are becoming in...
8m Sep 05, 2016
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Should our MP’s private lives stay behind closed doors? #BBCNolan
The Sunday Mirror newspaper has reported that Labour MP, Keith Vaz, paid for the services of male escorts. It's alleged the married father-of-two paid for the men to visit him one evening last month at a flat he owns in London. The MP is chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee which monitors crime and drugs policy.He says he was referring the claims to his solicitor AND would be seeking a...
17m Sep 05, 2016
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Callers react - Should life-saving public service employees ever be allowed to go on strike? #BBCNolan
Should the right to strike ever be limited?Theresa May is being urged by Tory MPs to punish junior doctors by banning their right to strike.Backbench Conservatives want the Prime Minister to put medics in the same category as the armed forces and police, with a bar on industrial action.It comes after the doctors announced a series of five-day walkouts - in the bitter dispute over seven-day cont...
9m Sep 05, 2016
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Should life-saving public service employees ever be allowed to go on strike? #BBCNolan
Should the right to strike ever be limited?Theresa May is being urged by Tory MPs to punish junior doctors by banning their right to strike.Backbench Conservatives want the Prime Minister to put medics in the same category as the armed forces and police, with a bar on industrial action.It comes after the doctors announced a series of five-day walkouts - in the bitter dispute over seven-day cont...
28m Sep 05, 2016
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Caller Pat recites #backtoschool poem ‘Wee Hughie’
Nolan Show caller Pat called in during our school memories discussion with a poem to share.
2m Sep 02, 2016
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Is it time for a Troubles museum? @malodoherty and @basilmccrea discuss #BBCNolan
Commentator Malachi O'Doherty has been writing about the controversial subject of troubles tourismAnd he thinks a museum should be created.Writing in the Belfast Telegraph, he says he wants "One that will tell everything, from the bombs to Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday, to the knee-cappings and the back-alley killings, the maggots in the filthy cells of Long Kesh, the work of the ambulance se...
8m Sep 02, 2016
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We take a walk down memory lane with #BackToSchool memories
It's the start of September and for thousands of kids across the country it's back to school this week.They say school days are the best days of your life, but was that the case for you at home?Have you fond memories of your school mates and teachers, or did you dread going back after the summer holidays?
9m Sep 02, 2016
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Callers react - Stormont getting flak over job losses. But are the attacks fair?
Up to 250 workers are facing the prospect of the dole this morning and the Stormont Executive is feeling the heat. Its been accused of complacency on the manufacturing sector. And at a time when businesses here are facing their biggest challenge in Brexit - Sinn fein and DUP had separate meetings with the man who is going to manage the Uk's exit strategy. Farcical is how the Alliance party have...
6m Sep 02, 2016
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Stormont getting flak over job losses. But are the attacks fair?
Up to 250 workers are facing the prospect of the dole this morning and the Stormont Executive is feeling the heat. Its been accused of complacency on the manufacturing sector. And at a time when businesses here are facing their biggest challenge in Brexit - Sinn fein and DUP had separate meetings with the man who is going to manage the Uk's exit strategy. Farcical is how the Alliance party have...
30m Sep 02, 2016
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Should men always fork out on dinner dates? #BBCNolan
Now should a man always pay for dinner when on a date? Two contestants on the channel 4 TV show First Dates have left viewers divided - after the man asked the woman to pay half towards her meal. The show partnered Brian with Mary for a date and things seemed to be going well between them until the waitress arrived with the bill and asked if they were doing half and half to which he replied yes...
10m Sep 01, 2016
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‘I’m proud of my ADHD’ – teenager Shania opens up about her condition
I'm proud of my adhd. Don't be ashamed of having adhd, it's a great quality to have. Those are the words of 13-year-old Shania from Coleraine who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder when she was 7.
12m Sep 01, 2016
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Fears of major job losses –Caterpillar workers are expecting bad news
It's been a worrying night for local workers of the US owned Caterpillar company. They will be given details of job cuts later.Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of heavy construction equipment. The firm has operations in Larne, Newtownabbey and west Belfast.
12m Sep 01, 2016
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Callers React - Charity launches helpline for women who take illegal abortion pills
A free 24-hour phoneline to help women who have bought abortion pills over the Internet has been launched in Northern Ireland.The British Pregnancy Advisory Service say the aftercare helpline will provide reassurance and advise women if they need urgent medical help.They are advertising the service in a local newspaper here today but anti-abortion campaigners have labelled it a "publicity stunt".
10m Sep 01, 2016
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Royal College of Midwives warning on ‘return of backstreet abortions’ #BBCNolan
A free 24-hour phoneline to help women who have bought abortion pills over the Internet has been launched in Northern Ireland.The British Pregnancy Advisory Service say the aftercare helpline will provide reassurance and advise women if they need urgent medical help.They are advertising the service in a local newspaper here today but anti-abortion campaigners have labelled it a "publicity stunt".
27s Sep 01, 2016
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Charity launches helpline for women who take illegal abortion pills
A free 24-hour phoneline to help women who have bought abortion pills over the Internet has been launched in Northern Ireland.The British Pregnancy Advisory Service say the aftercare helpline will provide reassurance and advise women if they need urgent medical help.They are advertising the service in a local newspaper here today but anti-abortion campaigners have labelled it a "publicity stunt".
29m Sep 01, 2016
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Should pensioner voting rights be limited? #BBCNolan
Jeremy Paxman has been accused of insulting pensioners, after suggesting their right to vote should be limited.The former Newsnight presenter also claimed politicians are afraid to offend "whiffy" interests of OAPs.He made his comments in a Financial Times article poking fun at a magazine for older people. Its publisher has hit back.But does he have a point about Governments putting older voter...
18m Aug 31, 2016
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Is Northern Ireland obsessed with tourism? #BBCNolan
If we want real jobs and careers, they won't come through tourism.So claims commentator Ian Parsley.He's criticised what he sees as an obsession with tourism in Northern Ireland.And he says no serious economy relies on it.His views caused a bit of a stir on social media.
7m Aug 31, 2016
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Would you challenge a dog owner letting his pet foul in the street? #BBCNolan
Have you ever told a dog walker to pick up after their pooch? If you saw someone let their pet foul the foot path would you step in or would you walk on by? A survey from the Dogs Trust, the UK's largest dog charity has warned that while people in the UK say dog poo is their biggest bugbear in public spaces they are 'too polite' to tackle the problem.
12m Aug 31, 2016
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Plotting course through the post-Brexit maze – what matters most to NI?
Dealing with the fall-out from the EU referendum will be one of the biggest challenges facing politicians for years.What are the top priorities, the biggest challenges and policy areas? An Ulster Unionist Party delegation is this week on a fact-finding mission in Brussels.What is it hoping to achieve?
29m Aug 31, 2016
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Bake Off hopeful Andrew on his Jaffa Cakes disaster #GBBO #BBCNolan
Now did you watch the return of The Great British bake off last week, 12 new amateurs bakers were asked to create drizzle cakes for the Signature bake and Jaffa Cakes in the Technical challenge, and among those taking part was local man Andrew Smyth from Holywood who shone in the showstopper round with his ultimate mirror cake.
7m Aug 30, 2016
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Should police officers be allowed on the beat with visible tattoos? #BBCNolan
How would you feel if you saw a police officer in uniform - with a tattoo on his face, neck or hands?The Police Federation of England and Wales says that officers should be allowed to have visible tattoos.Some forces, including the Met Police, have a blanket ban on all visible tattoos, saying they send out the wrong message, but with one in 3 young people now having a tattoo, should that be cha...
8m Aug 30, 2016
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Time to ditch the deep fat fryers? #BBCNolan
Talking of the Great British Bake Off, MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace has criticised Bake Off star Mary Berry over her suggestion that no family should own a deep-fat fryer. Writing in the Sun, Wallace said the UK was "built on chips and spam fritters", and called Berry's comments an "attack on our British way of life".Berry told Good Housekeeping that homes should not have fryers and children ...
7m Aug 30, 2016
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Sinn Fein revolt - 18 party members quit in North Antrim
Revolt in the ranks of Sinn Fein. Eighteen activists in north Antrim, including a councillor, have quit the party. They say it's in protest at the treatment received by former MLA Daithi McKay who resigned from the Assembly. That came after it was revealed he'd been in contact with the loyalist Jamie Bryson before he gave evidence to a Stormont committee.
10m Aug 30, 2016
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Should MPs have the final say on Brexit? #BBCNolan
Should MPs have the final say on Brexit? There has been media speculation that Theresa May will trigger Article 50 and UK's exit from the EU without a parliamentary vote. Is that the right move? Is it time to just get on with it now?
7m Aug 30, 2016
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