🏥 | Some 1,600 appointments were cancelled as a result of this week's major IT outage in the Southern Trust. Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has said work was underway to determine the cause of the failure. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | NEW: The IT outage within the Southern Trust has been referred to the UK body that handles potential data breaches. The ICO said it was assessing information after receiving a report from the Trust. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🚨 The reaction to this PSNI training exercise to test preparedness for a terror incident has been amusing. TikTok: Full Matt Le Tissier - "makes you think" Instagram: Roy Keane - "it's their job" More details here: tinyurl.com/mvpm95bn

🔴 | Stormont's newly-appointed Standards Commissioner has quit the role after just eight days. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

A reminder that what we often dismiss as the horrors of history are some people's contemporary nightmares. 📰 @nytimes.com ✍️ Jeffrey GettlemanMaya Tekeli and Amelia Nierenberg

💬 "I find it very difficult to feel love for anybody or anything." NI sports broadcaster Mark Robson on his career, recovery from illness and his ordeal at the hands of paedophile teacher Lindsay Brown. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🙏 Gaza 🎾 Wimbledon 🏳️‍⚧️ Supreme Court gender ruling 🏦 A "volatile" Executive? Spiky exchanges at today's Executive Office Committee hearing. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏥 An adjournment debate on the future of the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen is about to get underway at the Assembly. A busload of hardy campaigners have travelled up for Stormont's twilight session. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⚖️ “People who harbour the views that are alleged against you are an absolute plague," said a judge. Neil Pinkerton (37) remanded into custody after incident involving delivery driver.

🙏 Police have this week renewed their appeal for information relating to the death of Brian McDermott (10) in 1973. A horrific murder - wrote this two years ago on his 50th anniversary. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

The 44-year-old has been charged with criminal damage.

🔴 | NEW: A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of convicted sex offender Sean Small (84) in Co Down. The 41-year-old is a neighbour of the deceased. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

💬 "I’m not going to sit back and wait until other children die." 🏫 Stella McMullan, mum of Caitlin-Rose McMullan (11), who died tragically in March, has called for more scrutiny of how school bus passes and bus stops are managed. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Caitlin-Rose’s heartbroken mum, Stella McMullan, has spent months campaigning for changes to safety measures for school transport www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

🔴 | LATEST The pensioner was jailed in 2022 after a hearing at Newry Crown Court for a string of offences. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Newcastle , Co Down. Forensics officers remain at the scene in the Slievenabrock Avenue area of the town. It is the ninth murder in eight weeks in NI. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

📉 The number of people seeking asylum in NI has fallen by more than a fifth since September 2023. Some analysis of the current Home Office figures amid the fallout from the Bell Hotel/Epping Forest court ruling. 1/2

🇦🇺 Ar teilifís na hAstráile arís inniu ag labhairt faoi chás Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh i Londain agus dearcadh na nÉireannach ar an Phalaistín. Back on Australian TV today speaking about Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh's case and Irish solidarity with Palestine.

Things looking ever more bleak for the Lough Neagh eels and the industry they support. Fishing season cancelled for this year as levels plummet and putrid blue-green algae making things less sustainable by the day. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 1/3

🔴 | The area has been at the centre of anti-immigration protests and rallies in recent months. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔥 Vigilantes, protests and 5G mast fires - Belfast or Black Mirror?

⛪️ | The Bishop of Derry has joined appeals for the return of a centuries-old Apprentice Boys flag amid fears it could end up on a controversial bonfire in the city. 📰| @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🙏 27 years since the Omagh Bombing. Earlier this year the commemorative sessions of the Inquiry helped remember the people behind the headlines. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

📲 TikTok moves on account sharing videos of vigilante groups on Belfast's streets - but a phoenix account has already sprung up. DFM Emma Little-Pengelly has described the activities as having 'no place' in NI. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🎶 Traditional music already has all the ingredients for DUP Lord Mayor's vision of a 'Fleadh with a twist'. As a starting point, organisers can look to how Derry engaged with the Londonderry Bands Forum in 2013. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⬇️ The assault probe relates to footage showing an individual being knocked to the ground and repeatedly punched outside Laganside Courthouse, before their sleeping bag is thrown into the River Lagan on July 22. The victim was hospitalised. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk ✍️ Myself and Andrew Madden

🧙‍♂️ Tá beatha go fóill sa tsean-mhadadh Creating headlines for a change rather than writing them 😂 What a night at Dreen 🔵🟡

⛪ Police are conducting enquiries into the incident during which the Burkes entered the foyer of Mr Storey's church in Ballymoney. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Liquidation proceedings, civil action and a dramatic return to social media for its former CEO: what's next for the legacy of the FBA Brand Builder? 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk #ni #news #fba #business #brandbuilder

🏥 In a July 11 letter seen by the @belfasttelegraph.co.uk, the PCC outlined a number of concerns around the consultation. The Trust has not yet confirmed whether Mr Nesbitt's advice will be followed. A board meeting is scheduled for this afternoon.

📉 Liquidators for a controversial NI 'brand builder' have said they are not aware of any bankruptcy proceedings involving Mr Campbell. The ex-CEO of the FBA Brand Builder teased a return on social media, claiming he had 'gone bankrupt'. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

💻 Sunday shift al fresco as the sun goes down. Heatwave set to come to an abrupt end tomorrow...

🔥 Though grammatically incorrect, the message roughly translates as “Kill your local Kneecap”. Eleventh Night bonfires across NI will be lit within the next few hours. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Excellent piece by @ismiseliam.bsky.social in today's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk on Stanton, a rogue anti-abortion 'clinic' targeting migrants & refugees with “emotionally manipulative” tactics including telling service users they were “killing” or “murdering” their child. With global far-right ..[1/2]

🔴 | NEW: The Western Trust has now postponed its planned consultation event on Tuesday following a risk assessment It follows a surge in demand that resulted in the opening of a waiting list for the meeting. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴| NEW: Poster featuring rap trio Kneecap alongside a number of slogans has appeared on a Co Tyrone bonfire. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏥 "We will not stop until we get this back. If we have to block roads, we’ll block roads." 📲 Campaigner's viral voice note ⛔ Consultation sold out 💪 Meeting vows to fight move 📝 Trust adds second consultation 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | NEW: NIEA confirms loose asbestos found at five different locations on Village bonfire site. Material has now been removed. 🔥Bonfire set to go ahead tomorrow night after PSNI earlier said they would not intervene. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏛️ Members of the council's bonfire committee were briefed on the discovery on Thursday evening. 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | Police have confirmed they are investigating 'hate incident' in relation to the effigy placed on the bonfire in Moygashel 🔥The pyre is due to be lit this evening (Thursday) around 10.30pm 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | LATEST: Police will not intervene to assist Belfast City Council in removing bonfire material from Village bonfire 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⛔️ "How petty can political policing and interference get..." 🚅 Irish rap trio Kneecap react after gig poster refused by London tube advertisers 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

⛳ Local band says 'no surrender' over clash with Open Golf Championship despite £20K offer 🥁 Portrush Sons of Ulster's annual parade is set to clash with the conclusion of Round 3 on July 19 📰 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk 🔗 tinyurl.com/45mv3b53

🔴 | BREAKING: PSNI declare major incident over bonfire removal as paramilitaries warn of "sustained" disorder 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

👀 "With both his and Mr McKay's legal teams squeezed into a lift returning from lunch one afternoon, Mr Bryson quipped: “This looks like a conspiracy." ⚖️ A look back at a bizarre trial that cost plenty and revealed nothing. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🏦 A sworn affidavit from former DUP MLA Jim Wells - who was on the Nama trial witness list - has revealed details of the order. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

☣️ "As a regulator, they're failing to regulate," said James Orr of Friends of the Earth NI. 📝 The damning Audit Office report was published on Thursday. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

🔴 | The long-running saga should be brought to an end this morning as the judge prepares to deliver his verdict. 📰 | @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey has pleaded guilty to ten charges of deception.