⚖️ A day of legal arguments at the Noah Donohoe inquest today - here's why there was no evidence. Inquest coverage here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/6vxms6yh 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ The jury heard from an anonymous witness today in relation to a call made to police about Daryl Paul. A juror was also discharged. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ Noah Donohoe inquest: Police witness 'briefed' ahead of giving evidence as confusion reigns over search for green coat. ▶️ Full podcast rounding up the week's evidence on the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk YouTube channel now:

⚖️ The inquest today heard missed CCTV may have delayed the identification of the last place Noah was seen alive. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ The jury today heard details of forensic analysis carried out when Noah's body was recovered from the culvert. More details of missed CCTV footage and water samples were also aired. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🙏 Guilty: When the verdict came, the roars of relief could be heard in the courtroom next door. A day of vindication for the McNally family devastated by the loss of Natalie. Great work from Allison Morris and Chris Woodhouse in court for the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ The jury today was shown the view from the camera at the rear of a house that looks out onto the storm drain. No footage was ever collected. In the video, an officer can be seen moving around the area around the culvert entrance. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"We cannot afford to shrug our shoulders as yet another woman’s portrait tells the story of her gruesome death." Thoughts with the family and friends of Amy Doherty after the weekend's awful news. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ Toxicology experts and questions over Instagram memorialisation: Week 8 of the Noah Donohoe inquest has concluded. Here are this week's key points. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

👀 "Leeds is a very nervous club to watch most of the time." Spoke to 1992 title-winner John McClelland, @cmcmenamy.bsky.social and @oddytsb.bsky.social ahead of @thesquareball.net show in Belfast next week. A great night in store for Leeds supporters. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ No evidence of drugs in Noah's system, inquest hears. The jury today heard from two forensic scientists in relation to toxicology reports. Both said the possibility could not however be completely ruled out. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴| The PHA has issued further guidance to parents and guardians, but has stressed the case is not linked to the ongoing outbreak in Kent. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏥 No increased risk - but remain vigilant: PHA issues advice following outbreak of meningitis in England. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "There was no evidence to suggest the involvement of another individual." Significant day of evidence at the Noah Donohoe inquest as the jury hears from three pathologists who said the teenager died from drowning. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ Brenda Campbell KC, counsel for Fiona Donohoe, has suggested ten police failings in how Noah's case was handled. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ 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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "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. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏥 | Traces of amosite (brown asbestos) went undetected in previous surveys. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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

⚖️ 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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | Noah Donohoe inquest is resuming at Belfast Coroner's Court this morning. Here's what we learned before the mid-term break. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ Late night screams and an unexplained torchlight in the early hours Latest from Day 8 of evidence at the Noah Donohoe inquest in Belfast. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "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. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ 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. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ “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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ "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.

⚖️ "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. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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...

⚖️ | "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. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | "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. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 🔗 tinyurl.com/49fevd4b

👮 | 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

"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. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 1/2

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...

“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.

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

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

"One criticism levelled at Maduro in the past is that sweeping decisions were often made without congressional approval. A few thousand miles north, there was no congressional approval for President Trump’s move to detain him." Monday's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk column on events in Venezuela.

APNewsAlert: CARACAS, #Venezuela (AP) — No visible signs yet that US is running Venezuela after Trump claims, as country's security forces control key sites.

Can you think of any other kind of business or industry where this sort of thing would be allowed to happen and the governments of the day just did nothing about it?

📈 The figure for Daisy Hill has been above four days since at least 4pm. The Trust has told me the longest waiting time is just over three hours. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 1/2

"I don't want Callum just to be another sad story.” Childhood friend of footballer killed in Christmas Eve crash pays emotional tribute to "amazing person" Callum McVeigh (23). 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Just clocked off after my Boxing Day shift - all these headlines and stories are from today. Tragedy has unfortunately visited a lot of families over the festive period. Horrible shock and sadness at any time of year but especially when families are together at Christmas 🙏

🔴 | NEW: A man in his 40s has died following a house fire in Ballymena. It brings the number of fatal house fires in NI this year to 16, more than three times the 2024 figure of 5. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🎄 Everyone is bedded down for another year. One by one the twinkling lights on the houses flicker off.  Preparation done and a few hours sleep before the little footsteps come running to ask if it's too early to go downstairs yet.  At least they still ask.  1/

⛪️ | Summary - including live blog - from today's General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland on its plans to address significant safeguarding failures. Members also discussed a potential redress scheme for victims. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk