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⚖️ Brenda Campbell KC, counsel for Fiona Donohoe, has suggested ten police failings in how Noah's case was handled.

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Noah Donohoe inquest: Officer faces questions over ‘12-hour delay’ in identifying culvert The inquest continued to hear evidence from Sergeant Hutchings today

"There is nothing I can see we could have done differently to find Noah any sooner."

The inquest into Noah Donohoe's death has heard further evidence from the police search advisor in charge.

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Noah Donohoe inquest: Jury taken to north Belfast park where teenager was last seen alive The jury in the Noah Donohoe inquest has been taken on a site visit to the area in which the teenager was last seen alive in June 2020.

⚖️ Today the jury has retraced the route of Noah's final jury and been shown the park close to where he was last seen alive.

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Noah Donohoe inquest told more than 100 volunteers involved in search More than 100 search and rescue volunteers were involved in the search for Noah Donohoe, an inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ "In the cold light of day, it has been dissected in my brain every day of life."

CRS reg commander Sean McCarry has given evidence to the inquest.

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Health Trust declared serious incident after asbestos was disturbed during care home refurbishment Surveys over the years at Pinewood in Ballymena failed to identify presence of the deadly material.

🏥 | Traces of amosite (brown asbestos) went undetected in previous surveys.

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Noah Donohoe: Former PSNI officer said search had been as professional and as urgent as possible YouTube video by Belfast Telegraph

⚖️ "To think of someone going on that journey alone in the dark…I still think about it today."

The inspector who led the search for Noah Donohoe in the culvert has answered questions about the operation.

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A cold and wet Liam underneath a Belfast Telegraph unbrella

🌧️💨 Getting in with this umbrella was like a pulling match with a corner forward

Noah Donohoe: Conditions in pitch-dark tunnel would have be ‘challenging’ to survive in YouTube video by Belfast Telegraph

⚖️ Crawling through a pitch-black tunnel and a "febrile atmosphere" as police arrived to search the culvert.

Week 4 of evidence in the Noah Donohoe inquest.

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Noah Donohoe: Seven key takeaways as week three of inquest concludes Noah Donohoe: Further witness say they heard ‘screams’

🔴 | Noah Donohoe inquest is resuming at Belfast Coroner's Court this morning.

Here's what we learned before the mid-term break.

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I cannot like this enough 😂 same goes for voice notes!

Witness tells Noah Donohoe inquest of seeing ‘torchlight’ at back window on night teenager disappeared A resident living close to where Noah Donohoe was last seen alive has told the inquest into his death that he was woken in the early hours of the morning by “torchlight” at his back window on the nigh...

⚖️ Late night screams and an unexplained torchlight in the early hours

Latest from Day 8 of evidence at the Noah Donohoe inquest in Belfast.

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Witness heard ‘high-pitched scream’ on night Noah Donohoe went missing, inquest hears A witness heard a “high-pitched scream” on the night Belfast teenager Noah Donohoe went missing, an inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ "If I had to guess, I’d say a young person or a woman because of the pitch"

Day 6 of evidence: a late-night scream, early morning door rattling and answers on CCTV mystery.

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Noah Donohoe inquest: Witness saw schoolboy’s jacket 'lying over front wall' The inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Noah Donohoe is continuing today.

⚖️ One witness has told the inquest he was only shown CCTV relating to Noah's disappearance a 'fortnight ago'.

The witness earlier identified feet in the footage as his own.

The inquest is continuing at Belfast Coroner's Court.

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Witness tells Noah Donohoe inquest she ‘never told police’ of head injury despite them basing theory on her evidence A witness whose evidence was used by the PSNI to form a theory that Noah Donohoe had sustained a head injury “never told police” that, the inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ “I knew I hadn’t said he had a head injury. I know I didn’t see him hit his head."

The inquest has heard from further eye witnesses, including residents from the Northwood area where Noah entered the storm drain.

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Noah Donohoe inquest: Eyewitness recounts seeing schoolboy fall over handlebars of bike The inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Noah Donohoe, who was found dead in a storm drain nearly six years ago, will continue today.

⚖️ "I beeped and I remember him looking back at the jacket and then cycling on."

The Noah Donohoe inquest has heard from a number of eye witnesses who saw him on North Queen Street.

Follow proceedings on the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk website.

Noah Donohoe inquest: Schoolboy’s last Google searches before leaving home revealed to jury The inquest into the death of 14-year-old schoolboy Noah Donohoe, who was found dead in a storm drain nearly six years ago, will continue today.

⚖️ "He wanted to go to Trinity and wanted to be a dermatologist. He could have done anything with his life."

The inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe is continuing in Belfast as the jury hears from another of his friends.

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Noah Donohoe told friends he had been ‘really up and down’ in days prior to his disappearance, inquest hears A 14-year-old boy found dead in a storm drain in June 2020 told friends he had been “up and down” in the days before his disappearance, an inquest into his death has heard.

"Noah had such an expressive face with a bright, beaming smile."

Today the inquest heard from one of Noah's friends and a number of his teachers.

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Almost 50 children referred to social services following NI race riots Almost 50 children have been referred to social services by the PSNI after race riots in Northern Ireland over the last two years.

Almost 50 children referred to social services following NI race riots @ismiseliam.bsky.social

Child criminal exploitation by racist thugs. To force other children from their homes through violence.

The self-styled 'defenders of women and children'. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Noah Donohoe’s mum is still ‘tormented’ that tragic teenager’s legacy could be tainted by rumour and suspicion, inquest told The mother of a 14-year-old schoolboy found dead in a storm drain is “tormented” his legacy could be “tainted” by rumour and suspicion, an inquest into his death has heard.

⚖️ | "The sound of his belly laugh still thankfully fills my head."

Report from a heavy day of evidence at Laganside court as the 999 call Noah's mother made to police was played for the jury at his inquest.

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Noah Donohoe inquest: Schoolboy had been crying in his bedroom the day he left home, jury told A jury has been sworn in for the inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy found dead in a storm drain almost six years ago.

🔴 | "My son, he's 14, he's not back home yet."

Jurors at the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe have been played a recording of the call mum Fiona made to police after the schoolboy went missing.

📰 | Full details on the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk website

🔴 | An interlude at Laganside Courthouse as the building is briefly evacuated after an alarm was triggered.

All back in, slightly damp.

Jury selection continues in the Noah Donohoe inquest.

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Almost 50 children referred to social services following NI race riots Almost 50 children have been referred to social services by the PSNI after race riots in Northern Ireland over the last two years.

👮 | Almost 50 children were referred by police under child criminal exploitation protocols following race-related rioting in NI over the last 18 months.

An IRC report last month said there was "no doubt" of a paramilitary element to the disorder.

@enddbelfast.bsky.social

More than 72,000 verbal and physical abuse incidents in five years.

Belfast Trust are to become the latest to pilot bodyworn cameras for staff.

NIAS previously said the cameras resulted in some 36 convictions following their introduction in 2022.

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‘I was thrown against the wall’: Constant assaults leading to burnout, say NI healthcare staff A Northern Ireland nurse has described being “grabbed by the collar and thrown against the wall” as she tried to de-escalate a mass brawl in an emergency department (ED) waiting room.

"One of the patients had grabbed me by the collar and thrown me against the wall."

"If we reported every instance of verbal abuse, you would get nothing done."

🏥 An insight this week into the shocking tsunami of violence faced by our healthcare staff.

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The NI Assembly is holding a consultation on the right to wear trousers in school. You read that right – in the year 2026, girls are still not permitted to wear trousers in many NI schools.

Please help to end this cruel situation (closes 20th Feb).

consult.nia-yourassembly.org.uk/education/pr...

Homeless children left adrift by non-existent school transport support Northern Ireland betrayed its promise to provide transport for homeless families, leaving displaced children behind and limiting school access

“A new report […] reveals a near-total absence of transportation support the Education Authority had claimed is available for displaced children, many of whom are classed as homeless.”

Read more about our latest investigation in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Had a chat with Jon Ronson once about how most of the evil being done in the world is carried out by very grey and boring people doing incredibly abstract things and that makes it very, very difficult to cover.

Traitors star on how he 'lied' about sexuality to his NI church... and how accidental email led to 'catastrophic' coming out The Traitors contestant Matthew Hyndman's life was turned upside down six years ago, when he sent an accidental email to 100 members of his Londonderry church congregation about his sexuality.

👇 This is the reason I realised:

County Derry man fighting to ban 'conversion therapy' Two years since the UK government said they would ban it, campaigners are still waiting.

📺 I pay almost no attention to Traitors but realised today I've interviewed Matthew before - almost six years ago now for @derrynow.bsky.social

Health Department issues warning after life-saving breathing equipment malfunctions during use The Department of Health (DoH) has issued a warning to staff following reports that a number of life-saving breathing devices had malfunctioned during use.

🚨 | The Dept has urged vigilance after a number of incidents where the device powered off during use, sometime without alerting users.

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