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Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against outsiders, study suggests Belfast

Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against outsiders, study suggests

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. People from Belfast proved most able to detect someone faking their accent, while…
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November 20, 2024
‘Gorgeous mum’ gush fans as RTE’S Miriam O’Callaghan shares heart-warming snap with mum after receiving top honour Belfast

‘Gorgeous mum’ gush fans as RTE’S Miriam O’Callaghan shares heart-warming snap with mum after receiving top honour

RTE star Miriam O'Callaghan has shared a heart-warming snap with her mum before the pair headed off on a trip together. The popular presenter has six kids of her own - three of which with current husband, Steve Carson. 2 Miriam was going on a road trip with her 96-year-old…
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November 16, 2024
Hillary Clinton praises Belfast as a city ‘quickly reinventing itself’ Belfast

Hillary Clinton praises Belfast as a city ‘quickly reinventing itself’

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said that Belfast is “reinventing itself” after the end of decades of conflict. The former US presidential candidate was speaking at the final day of the Global Innovation Summit 2024 at Queen’s University Belfast. The conference will be held at the University…
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November 14, 2024
Prince William takes ‘any excuse’ to jump on motorbike during re-arranged royal visit Belfast

Prince William takes ‘any excuse’ to jump on motorbike during re-arranged royal visit

Prince William made the trip to Belfast today for a one-day visit to Northern Ireland where he tried out cutting special effects at a video production training centre Video Loading Video Unavailable Prince William tries out motorbike in state of the art visual studio Prince William took a motorbike for…
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November 14, 2024
Prince William makes motorbike admission that would fill Princess Kate with ‘horror’ Belfast

Prince William makes motorbike admission that would fill Princess Kate with ‘horror’

The Prince of Wales couldn't resist jumping back on a motorbike, albeit a stationary one, as he visited Northern Ireland on Thursday. He tested out the special effects in the Virtual Production Studio at Ulster University's Belfast City Campus, appearing to ride the bike through the Arizona desert. Watch below……
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November 14, 2024
Evolution in technology delivers revolution in experience for SSE Arena Belfast Belfast

Evolution in technology delivers revolution in experience for SSE Arena Belfast

The SSE Arena, Belfast, is a beacon of success, a venue that has delivered sensible, simple innovation consistently since it first opened in 2000. With a focus on fan experience, delivering an atmosphere that engages and entertains, Northern Ireland’s biggest live events venue has gone from strength to strength with…
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November 11, 2024
Migrant communities in Belfast ‘feel a fear of the like I have not seen in over 40 years of policing’ Belfast

Migrant communities in Belfast ‘feel a fear of the like I have not seen in over 40 years of policing’

Red, white and blue bunting flutters in the breeze; around the corner, a man sweeps glass and debris from the street outside his burnt-out supermarket. This is Sandy Row, a working-class, staunchly loyalist part of south Belfast near the city centre, which was traditionally a UDA stronghold and where the…
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August 10, 2024