"You think you're having a rough weekend?" PSNI Craigavon said on Facebook on Sunday morning, "at least your car hasn't touted on you."

Officers were called out to a crash last night [Saturday], when a Ford Fiesta being driven by a 29-year-old man who was over the limit, crashed.

Police said: "Some cars these days are pretty clever. Did you know that some can even phone police automatically to let us know you've crashed?! That's a really good safety feature. "It is however a really bad feature to have if you're a drink driver.

"That's right, you're picking this up correctly - a CAR phoned us to let us know about a crash last night when it turned out the driver was drunk.

"Feel free to phone us if you suspect someone is drink driving. This driver wasn't the only drunk driver caught over the weekend.

"We do take action, but your help is vital in ridding the road of these potential death drivers."

This is Local Newspaper Week (May 15-21) which celebrates the role of trusted local newspapers in their communities and, through Making a Difference, their unique ability to campaign for real change which improves people’s lives.

To celebrate local newspapers’ campaigning successes, 28 powerful campaigns from the past year have been shortlisted for the Making a Difference award which will be decided by an online public vote.

Each of the campaigns are strong examples of how daily and weekly local newspapers benefit their communities by getting behind a worthy cause which matters to their readers. Whether it’s a fundraising drive to raise cash for families hit by floods, or a campaign against cuts to local public services, local papers deliver real results for the communities they serve. And no other media can do this.

The Making a Difference campaigns this year include a successful drive to provide badly needed help for a seven-year-old girl who suffers from Jacobsen Syndrome. Her family needed to move to a suitable new home that was specially-adapted to meet her needs.

Another shortlisted campaign was sparked by the revelation that a specialist cancer scanner had lain idle for almost 18 months while a decision about its location was being reached. The local newspaper campaigned successfully for it to be brought back into use.

Other powerful campaigns include the highlighting of lenient dangerous driving sentences and another rallied readers to donate food, toys and cash to help people who were struggling and using food banks over Christmas.

The winner of the Making a Difference vote will be announced at the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards.

Political leaders Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron have all lent their support to LNW and their messages, which will be published later this week, celebrate the industry’s essential democratic role in the lead up to the general election on June 8.

The leaders note that through local newspapers, which are read in print and digital by 40 million people each week, people are able to access trustworthy information and make well-informed decisions. By investing in high quality local journalism which holds power to account local newspapers help to underpin democracy.

This year, LNW follows directly on from the local media industry’s Fighting Fake News campaign which saw hundreds of local press titles join forces to highlight how local papers fight fake news through their investment in highly trusted local media journalism. The campaign highlighted how local news brands, in print and online, offers readers and advertisers a highly-trusted environment free from the risks associated with other platforms.

On Friday, May 12, as part of this activity, the industry held a Trusted News Day which saw local papers across the UK open up their newsrooms to readers through interactive initiatives such as live blogs and Q&As, to show how their trusted content is produced.

LNW unashamedly seeks to shout about what trusted local newspapers contribute to our society. We hope that you will join us in this celebration of local democracy, freedom of speech, and the importance of highly trusted local newspaper journalism.

A sick Dungannon girl travelling to London for vital surgery and her distressed parents were left stranded at the George Best airport for several hours on Monday after their Aer Lingus flight was cancelled at the last minute.

Dessie Hughes, whose seven year-old daughter Carla suffers from Muscular Dystrophy, criticised the airline for how it treated his family.

Due to fly on the 8.45am flight to London Heathrow for an operation at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, the Hughes learned that the flight had been cancelled due to technical difficulties.

“They made no apology or attempt to book us onto another flight, given the importance of our travel arrangements”, said Dessie. “We had to be at the hospital by 5pm to be admitted onto the ward. So we had to make several frantic calls to the NHS emergency line and the hospital.”

At one point a representative of the airline told them that there would be no Aer Lingus flights that day due to technical difficulties.

“We had to wait for three hours until they finally confirmed that they were putting us on the 1.15pm flight. By this stage, we were all very stressed out.”

Carla underwent specialist face reanimation surgery on Thursday morning to help bring back her smile.

The condition has wasted the muscles around her mouth making it difficult for her to form facial expressions. Surgeons removed muscles from her leg and implanted them in her neck.

Doctors say it will take ten to twelve weeks before they will know whether the operation has been successful or not.

A spokesperson for Aer Lingus said: “Aer Lingus made every effort to resolve the technical issue as soon as possible. We did attempt to seek seats with another carrier for the passengers in question, however none were available.

“The family were subsequently accommodated on the next available Aer Lingus flight which was scheduled at 13:15 that day.

“We understand these situations can be stressful for our guests, especially when travelling for medical reasons, and we sincerely apologise for the delay caused to this family’s travel plans.”

The full scale of the international cyber attack that continues to disrupt the NHS may only become apparent when people return to work on Monday, experts have warned.

More than 200,000 victims in around 150 countries have been infected by the ransomware which originated in the UK and Spain on Friday before spreading globally.

Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, said the outbreak could continue to infect more systems and other victims may emerge.

"On Monday morning at the start of the new working week it's likely that successful attacks from Friday that haven't yet become apparent will become apparent," he told the Press Association.

"And also existing known infections can spread, we can't say what scale the new cases will occur at but it's likely there will be some."

It is not known how the attack has affected GP surgeries, which are due to open as usual on Monday.

An NHS England spokesman described it is a "very complex emerging picture".

People are advised to attend any hospital or doctor appointments as normal, unless they are contacted and told not to.

Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard of the Royal College of General Practitioners said many GPs went into their practices on Sunday to reboot their computers and install updates.

"GPs, of course, can still diagnose and treat patients without using computers but we ask our patients to bear with us if routine services such as repeat prescriptions and appointment booking services are slightly disrupted this week," she said.

"In the meantime, we wish to reassure patients that your GP will be there for you as usual if you are taken ill and that you will receive the best possible care from the NHS, despite the current difficulties."

Around a fifth of NHS trusts were hit in the attack, forcing them to postpone operations and procedures over the weekend.

Seven hospitals remained on A&E divert on Sunday afternoon, with ambulances taking emergency patients elsewhere, NHS England said.

Dr Anne Rainsberry, NHS incident director, said: "We have been working with 47 organisations providing urgent and emergency care who have been infected to varying degrees.

"Most have found ways of working around this but seven, including St Barts in London, have asked for extra support."

It comes amid concerns networks were left vulnerable because they were still using outdated Windows XP software.

Brad Smith, Microsoft president and chief legal officer, described what happened as a "powerful reminder" of the importance of updating software.

"The fact that so many computers remained vulnerable two months after the release of a patch illustrates this aspect," he said in a blog post.

"As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, there is simply no way for customers to protect themselves against threats unless they update their systems.

"Otherwise they're literally fighting the problems of the present with tools from the past."

Medical staff reported seeing computers go down "one by one" as the Wanna Decryptor ransomware, also known as WannaCry, took hold, locking machines and demanding money to release the data.

The apparent chink in the NHS's defences led to criticism of the Government, with the Liberal Democrats demanding an inquiry.

Labour's shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, in a letter to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, said concerns were repeatedly flagged about outdated computer systems.

Investigators from around the globe, including the National Crime Agency, are working to hunt down those responsible for the virus.

A British cyber whiz was hailed an "accidental hero" after he registered a domain name that unexpectedly stopped the spread of the virus.

The anonymous specialist, known only as MalwareTech, issued a warning that hackers could upgrade the virus to remove the kill switch.

Among those affected by the virus was Nissan, but the car manufacturer said there had been no major impact.

A spokesman said it was "business as usual" for the Sunday night production shift at the plant in Sunderland.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Ashworth accused the Government of "raiding" NHS capital budgets to fund day-to-day spending.

"Infrastructure budgets have been raided, have been cut back, which has meant hospital trusts have not been able to spend the money on upgrading their IT systems," he said.

However, security minister Ben Wallace blamed changes under the last Labour government to stop contracting across the NHS with Microsoft, instead leaving IT up to individual trusts.

Mr Wallace said the attack had been "very potent" and had spread very quickly, adding: "It's not about a billion pounds in this infrastructure or that infrastructure."

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which was hit by the attack on Friday, said some out-patient appointments had been cancelled on Monday - especially at Selby War Memorial Hospital - but most were not affected.

The trust said bone scan appoints had been cancelled in Scarborough and in Selby: "All outpatient appointments are cancelled except blood-taking and MSK physiotherapy."

But it said in a statement: "All outpatient clinics at York Hospital, Malton Hospital, Bridlington Hospital are going ahead.

"Planned operations are also going ahead as scheduled."

The statement added: " The situation will be reviewed daily and information will be shared regarding any cancellations to appointments and services later in the week.

"There will be some delays to our services as we recover from the effects of the cyber attack, and we ask for people's patience and understanding as we work to fully restore our systems.

"We will ensure that we re-schedule any cancelled appointments as soon as possible."

Staff at the trust volunteered to work over the weekend to repair the main computer system and individual computers, prioritising in-patient wards.

It was reported that 2,000 of the trust's 6,000 computers were infected as well as the central system.

York trust chief executive Patrick Crowley told BBC Breakfast: "O nce the situation unfolded it became clear it was almost engulfing the organisation. At the last count, we had 2,000 of our 6,000 PCs out of action and, clearly, that's quite disabling for clinical services.

"Over the weekend, we've been working round-the-clock to get PCs back online and I'm pleased to say over half of them are back and recommissioned."

Mr Crowley said: "A ll our services are pretty much back as normal. "

He asked people to be patient, saying: " Things may run a little bit slower."

As some services are reliant to a degree on paper, Mr Crowley asked for "a little bit of patience, a little bit of understanding and a lot of appreciation for a huge army of staff who've done so well to get these services back online".

Security minister Ben Wallace said the NHS had followed some "pretty good procedures" in combating the cyber attack, with technical staff restoring data and replacing security patches over the weekend at trusts across the country

He told BBC Breakfast the Government had put £1.2 billion into combating cyber attacks during the last strategic defence and security review, including a £50 million pot to support NHS IT networks.

And he defended the Government after a National Audit Office report in November warned that taking money away from NHS services would leave them vulnerable.

He insisted individual trusts have enough money to protect themselves against cyber attacks, saying: "After the NAO report and indeed at numerous occasions after there are incidents, whether there are cyber attacks, small or large around the world, we pass on information to the trusts.

"We make sure the trusts are aware of their vulnerabilities and ask them to make sure they keep themselves up to date. What we don't do in our NHS is micromanage it from the desk."

Mr Wallace said it was a "red herring" to focus solely on the Windows XP operating system as being vulnerable, saying the virus had also attacked both Windows 7 and 8.1.

The "real key" was whether trusts had regularly backed up data and whether they were installing security patches.

He said: "Some security patches were issued by Microsoft back in March and some trusts absolutely clearly loaded those up to protect themselves. Of course, after this we have got to ask ourselves why was it not uniform."

Mr Wallace also suggested there had been no statement over the weekend from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt - despite him attending a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee on Saturday - because it had been a "criminal attack on an organ of the state", with the Home Office taking over in matters of "defence of the realm".

Arriving in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said: "Cyber-security is a huge issue for all of us in all our countries.

"It's not specifically on the agenda today, but a huge amount of work goes on between the UK Government and all our friends and partners around Europe, and indeed in the United States, where they are now stepping up their precautions against cyber attacks of these kinds."

The Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust said patient safety is being "maintained" but difficulties are continuing.

Patients scheduled to have operations today have been asked not to attend hospital unless they have been contacted directly.

All outpatients and endoscopy appointments and routine MRI and CT scans scheduled for today have also been cancelled.

Patients have been contacted directly if they need to attend, the trust said.

Patients needing dialysis have been told to attend as usual and the pregnancy assessment unit and all antenatal clinics will be open as usual.

A statement from the Trust added: "We would like to thank all staff within the Trust and colleagues at partner organisations across the region for their continued support."

However The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust reported their IT system had not been attacked and was operating normally.

Likewise the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale, said they had not been affected by the attack but had taken precautionary measures to protect their IT systems.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG are still experiencing some IT problems.

They said services are open and operating "as best as possible" but asked patients only to attend A&E in life-threatening and urgent cases.

Many GP practice computer and telephone systems in the area have also been affected by the attack, though all will be open as usual today. However, p atients may be required to wait longer to be seen.

A Londonderry-based manufacturing plant has announced a number of new jobs and a major investment this morning.

Campsie based Global Equipment Spares Limited (GES) is more than doubling its workforce over the next three years as part of a strategy to grow its export sales six-fold.

With support from Invest Northern Ireland GES, the company is investing £1.9million to upgrade its facility, purchase new machinery and create 61 new jobs across a range of roles.

Announcing the investment, Invest NI’s Executive Director of Business & Sector Development, Jeremy Fitch said: “Invest NI’s offer of £396,000 is enabling GES to undertake growth development plans aimed at positioning the business so that it can manufacture and export more components, particularly into North America.”

Theresa May flew into Northern Ireland on Saturday and visited the Balmoral Show.

The prime minister’s arrival was warmly welcomed by the crowds at the annual event, which this year was experimenting with an extension into the weekend.

Mrs May’s visit to the Province was important symbolically during a busy general election campaign.

She was accompanied by the Secretary of State James Brokenshire, and also by members of the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland. But unless there is an unexpected revival from an extraordinarily low base, the Tories are unlikely to benefit much from the visit.

The prime minister, instead, was seeming to want to make clear that she would visit all the main regions of the UK.

During the visit, she fielded questions about political problems here, from the border to legacy. On the latter subject, Mrs May was guarded and called for proportionate investigations, while defending the independence of prosecutors.

This was of course the right thing to say. Prosecutors are, and must always be, independent.

But the situation in Northern Ireland at present is one quite without precedent, as senior British politicians will be aware. So much resources have been spent on investigating alleged Troubles wrongdoing by state forces, it is no wonder that terrorists are not being charged on a significant scale.

Tom Elliott, who is hoping to be re-elected for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, is right to express outrage at the current situation in which Bloody Sunday soldiers might face trial, while the IRA culprits in crimes against humanity do not.

This must change after June 9.

Julian Lewis, the Tory MP, is wrong to talk about amnesties. A range of other responses are needed, including government funds for private cases against the IRA if the state cannot get criminal convictions.

A judge has handed down sentences totalling 17 years to a gang of heroin ‘street dealers’ operating in the greater Portadown area who were caught in an undercover police operation.

Jailing the seven men and imposing a suspended sentence on the one woman at Craigavon Crown Court on Friday, Judge Patrick Lynch QC said while they were involved in street dealing, “these individuals made sure that drugs were readily available to anyone able to pay”.

“They are essential cogs in the drugs business, a business which wrecks lives and as the court has seen so often, has such deleterious effects on society,” he said.

Previous courts heard how the gang were arrested when “the police conducted a proactive investigation into the possession and supply of class A drugs in the greater Portadown area” between November 2015 and February last year which resulted in the eight defendants being arrested and charged.

Undercover cops calling themselves ‘Ricky’ and ‘Ian’ conducted a number of test purchases which were all covertly recorded and formed the basis of the Crown case.

Of the eight, all of whom were addicted to drugs the court heard, the only one to walk free from court was 23-year-old Amy Hunniford, Beechcote Avenue, Portadown, whose 15-month jail term was suspended for three years.

Judge Lynch told her he was satisfied hers was an exceptional case and at the lower end of involvement because she had driven her boyfriend Floyd Hobson (30) to three of the drug deals, pleading guilty to three counts of being concerned in the supply of class A heroin.

Hobson, from the Glebe in Portadown, kissed and hugged Hunniford before he was led to the cells to begin his 30-month sentence.

He had pleaded guilty to nine counts including one which was based “solely on his admissions” at police interviews.

Glen Carrol (32) from Navan Cottages in Armagh, who was handed a 27-month term, was described by Judge Lynch as a “facilitator” in the drug deals.

The other five are all Portuguese nationals. 41-year-old Paulo Jorge Santos, from Toberhewny Lane Lower in Lurgan, was given a 40-month term, the longest of the gang, for what the judge said was his “heavy involvement”.

He pleaded guilty to 11 counts including eight for supplying heroin and cannabis.

Nuno Pinheiro (30), from Montague Street, pleaded guilty to three counts, and was given a 27-month term, while Hugo Duarte (31), also from Montague Street, admitted four counts and was handed a 27-month term.

Marco Nicolou (37) from Churchill Park was handed a 36-month sentence after he pleaded to four offences of supplying class A as well as one of supplying class B cannabis. He has a drug trafficking conviction in his native country.

Helder Azeveso (53), from Hanover Street, who pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying class A, was given a 29-month term for his role as a “facilitator”.

Of the immediate jail terms to be served, Judge Lynch ordered that each defendant serve half in custody and half on licence.

Former Lagan Valley MLA Brenda Hale is to hold a coffee morning fundraiser this weekend in memory of her friend Drew Nelson.

Mr Nelson, who was Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, passed away on October 10 last year after a short illness.

The 60-year-old Dromore solicitor, a former chairman of Banbridge District Council, was described as “the heartbeat of the Orange Order” and “perhaps its greatest ever advocate.”

Mrs Hale, who lost her Stormont seat in the Assembly election in March this year, is preparing to close her constituency office in Dromore.

However, before she hands back the keys this weekend, the DUP representative is planning to hold a coffee morning on Saturday, May 20 in memory of Mr Nelson.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to Croom Elbow - the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland’s student accommodation at Queen’s University.

“Drew signed my first nomination papers in 2011 and I valued his support and sage advice during my six years as an MLA,” Mrs Hale explained.

“Everyone is welcome to pop in to my office at 3 Church Street, Dromore, between 10am and 12.30pm on Saturday for coffee or tea and a tray bake, and to donate to this worthy cause,” she added.

Young people used stones to attack police as they conducted a search of a property in Londonderry on Sunday.

A number of items including suspected Class A and B controlled drugs, prescription medicines and drugs’ paraphernalia, as well as a number of electronic storage devices were seized during the search of a property in Carnhill and have been taken away for further examination.

Officers came under attack from stone-throwing youths in the area and a number of police vehicles were damaged as a result.

Detective Inspector Tom McClure from Reactive and Organised Crime Branch said: “This investigation is ongoing. We are committed to tackling illegal drugs and keeping communities safe. I would continue to appeal to members of the public to come forward with any information about the supply or use of illegal drugs by contacting police on the non-emergency number 101.

“Alternatively, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

Two men are expected to appear in Coleraine magistrates court today charged with a number of offences including common assault, possession of an offensive weapon and threats to kill.

The men - aged 18-years and 44-years - were arrested after an incident in the Stiles Way area of Antrim on May 13.

As is normal procedure, all charges are reviewed by the PPS.

What is it with the UUP and Lady Hermon? In 2010 they fielded a candidate against her and he recorded the lowest ever number of UUP votes in the history of the parliamentary constituency.

In 2015 the party selected a candidate (Carl McClean) to run against her, only to withdraw him at the last moment.

Mike Nesbitt explained the decision: “It is now clear that Lady Hermon is to contest the seat again. In our view, she is not only a suitable choice for Ulster Unionists, she is still an Ulster Unionist in spirit and on that basis it makes no sense to stand against her. I am grateful to our prospective candidate for agreeing to stand aside.”

At the time a number of senior UUP figures told me: “Sylvia is coming back to us, Alex. This makes it easier for her.” I dismissed the prospect in this column.

A couple of weeks ago the UUP announced that North Down MLA Alan Chambers would be their candidate. Then, on Thursday afternoon, Robin Swann issued a statement: “Given Sylvia’s previous links to the Ulster Unionist Party and the fact that North Down is a unique constituency, the party decided to withdraw. Sylvia has enjoyed overwhelming support as the Member of Parliament for North Down.”

Hmm. Wouldn’t it just be easier if the party admitted that it has no mission of winning the seat and isn’t going to waste a few thousand pounds just to be humiliated by her? And maybe they could also face the fact that she isn’t returning to the fold.

Meanwhile, what happened to the possibility of a UUP/DUP pact in East and South Belfast – allowing the DUP a free run in East, in exchange for the UUP being given a crack in South? Things started badly when, two days before the negotiations, the media ran a story that Mike Nesbitt was the UUP’s choice for a solo run in South Belfast. That day I was contacted by a very senior DUP member: “There are no circumstances under which the DUP will agree to Nesbitt as a unity candidate for South.”

Later in the day I was told by the UUP: “The Nesbitt story didn’t come from us. It doesn’t help.” It clearly didn’t help, because that Monday Arlene Foster wrote a piece in which she confirmed that, with the DUP as the lead party in South Belfast, a deal involving Nesbitt wasn’t going to happen.

I am told that, during a subsequent meeting with Arlene Foster, Robin Swann suggested Danny Kennedy for South Belfast, but that the DUP vetoed this on the grounds that Kennedy was nowadays ‘too traditional a UUP figure’ for the constituency.

The DUP offered an alternative, someone who didn’t belong to either party, but had close links to unionism. The UUP rejected this candidate because “even though he doesn’t belong to the DUP, he has very close personal, family links to it”.

At that point a deal became almost impossible. The UUP had already played their best card by having unilaterally withdrawn from North Belfast and didn’t have any other card to play. The negotiations folded: the UUP announced Hazel Legge (a long-time party staffer) for East Belfast and Michael Henderson (their losing Assembly candidate) for South, while the DUP named Emma Little Pengelly for South.

The DUP won’t be shedding any tears. They believe that East Belfast – although clearly not ‘in the bag’ – is probably still winnable. And they’ve also been helped by the fact that the UUP candidate is very low profile and that the PUP, TUV and Ukip won’t be standing.

While a pact might have delivered a unionist in South, there were no guarantees, because some Alliance, Greens, SF, others and non-regular voters might have shifted to the SDLP. A four-way split between DUP/SDLP/SF/Alliance might – just – allow the DUP to sneak across the line. They were the largest party (20.8%) in the Assembly election; and if enough of the UUP’s 9% gravitate towards them (and it’s likely that quite a few will) then they’re certainly in with a good chance.

In North Belfast Sinn Fein’s decision to run John Finucane came as a surprise, but the odds still favour Nigel Dodds – even with the SDLP accused of running a ‘paper candidate’.

In South Antrim (presently held by the UUP’s Danny Kinahan) the DUP has an outside chance of stealing the seat back. So, as I noted last week, the DUP is reasonably comfortable and reasonably confident: in other words, comfortable and confident enough not to worry too much about a pact with the UUP.

For the UUP it’s a different picture. Fermanagh/South Tyrone remains, at best, 50/50 for Tom Elliott: while Danny Kinahan can’t take anything for granted. Unionists were very badly spooked by the Assembly election and it’s possible that they may rally around the lead party in every constituency. In South Antrim the DUP had a 13% lead over the UUP in the Assembly election, compared to a 2.6% UUP lead when Kinahan won the Westminster seat in 2015.

That’s quite a mountain for a sitting MP to climb. The UUP might have been better to stand aside in South Belfast if the DUP agreed to do the same in South Antrim: although it’s probable that the DUP had already concluded that the UUP was too weak to push for anything.

In March, the UUP and DUP lost 16 of the 18 seats in the shift from 108-90 seats: and with it the unionist majority in the Assembly. The DUP is desperate to push ahead of SF again – in seats and votes – and their likeliest targets are UUP seats. A unionist pact is going to be very difficult against that background. The UUP needs to do well on June 8: if not, it could be fighting for its very survival in a few months time. The DUP doesn’t deal in the normal sense of the term. The DUP eats.

Two Ulster Rugby players are showing their ‘sweeter’ side by branching out into the world of coffee and donuts.

Team mates Callum Black and Darren Cave are the owners of Guilt Trip which opened just over a week ago on Orangefield Lane in east Belfast.

Prop forward Mr Black explained: “I’ve been into coffee in a big way for quite a while now. I created an Instagram account called @baldybarista to show my home barista work.

“I really enjoyed trying lots of different coffees and roasters from all over the world. I’ve wanted to open a coffee shop for a while but didn’t want to open one just for the sake of it.

“With my passion I wanted to strive towards serving the best coffee possible. Then along with donuts, keeping it simple but doing them very well.”

The 31-year-old American-born rugby player continued: “I’ve known Darren for over 10 years through rugby and he has always supported my coffee on Instagram and pushed me to open a coffee shop.

“Darren has good business sense which stops us running away with our passion for coffee. I’m very passionate about coffee and we are slowly creating a team of like-minded people that strive to be the best at what they do.”

When asked which Ulster player is the biggest donut lover, Mr Black had no hesitation in naming the club’s captain Rob Herring.

Mr Black and Mr Cave developed the concept of Guilt Trip along with branding company Angel and Anchor and barista Ben Hamilton.

Manager Mr Hamilton said: “We serve speciality, single-origin coffee from a variety of roasters each month. We also have our delicious donuts made by chef Corri Withers in our own kitchen in-house.

“We set out to build a brand that was bigger than a coffee and donut shop. We wanted to create an experience which people could engage with on different levels. We wanted to harness that feeling you get on a road trip when there is only good vibes and the journey.”

He added: “If people haven’t experienced speciality coffee before we want to take their coffee game to the next level.

“It’s important for us to educate the customer on where the coffee is from, the flavour you expect and the different methods to brew. Similarly, regularly visitors of Belfast’s other great independent coffee shops will find themselves at home with us.

“Since opening we’ve had to increase our daily batch every day to meet the demand and they are still selling out quickly. There has been a constant flow of customers, queuing often outside. We’re already beginning to get regulars.”

A High Court judge today (Monday) overturned the granting of bail to one of the men charged with murdering prominent loyalist George Gilmore.

Brian McLean, 35, is to remain in custody amid claims he helped lure the victim into a deadly trap during a paramilitary conflict in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.

Mr Justice Treacy ruled: “Given the circumstances surrounding the ongoing feud in the area it would not be appropriate to release this applicant on bail.”

Gilmore, 44, died after being hit by bullets fired at his car on the Woodburn housing estate in broad daylight on March 13.

He had been goaded into chasing his alleged murderers, the court heard.

The attack was part of a year-long dispute between Gilmore’s grouping and the UDA’s south east Antrim unit which has cost £1m to police, according to detectives.

McLean, from The Birches in Carrickfergus, and alleged gunman Samuel David McMaw, 28, of Starbog Road, Kilwaughter, are jointly charged with the murder.

Both men face further counts of attempting to murder two of Gilmore’s associates and possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life. They deny all the offences.

Police and the Public Prosecution Service mounted an appeal after McLean was granted magistrates’ bail last week.

Gilmore had been returning with others from attending court in support of friends accused of trying to kill a pub doorman at the Royal Oak bar in the town two days previously.

His son, George Junior, was said to be travelling in convoy in a second vehicle.

Two men, allegedly identified by witnesses as McMaw and McLean, were spotted standing in the Cherry Walk area.

Prosecutors claim they began shouting and making hand and arm gestures in a bid to provoke the Gilmores into a pursuit.

McMaw was then allegedly seen crouch down in an alleyway, attempting to pull a balaclava over his face and brandishing a gun.

As Gilmore tried to speed off seven shots were fired from a 9mm pistol.

One bullet went through the windscreen, striking and fatally wounding the loyalist.

His car continued on, mounting a pavement before crashing into a wall.

McLean has been charged with murder on a joint enterprise basis, a Crown lawyer confirmed.

Defence counsel Paul Bacon argued that the identification evidence against his client is weak and inconsistent.

He refused to concede McLean was arguably even at the scene.

“It’s hard to see how this could be considered to be a planned attack,” Mr Bacon added.

But based on a detailed report of the alleged attack, the judge held a prima facie case had been established and refused bail.

Referring to the prosecution case, Mr Justice Treacy said: “The two of them, according to some of the evidence, were both goading the injured parties for the purpose of luring them into some sort of trap which enabled one of them to discharge a firearm with fatal results.”

Chamber President George Fleming described Mr. Duddy as 'an inspirational leader of the city, both in terms of his role in the business community and as a peace-maker'.

"Brendan’s central role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland has now become well recognised. Londonderry and the rest of Northern Ireland would be a very different, and less happy place, were it not for Brendan," Mr Fleming said.

“But we also remember Brendan as an important figure in the local business community, where he was for many years chair of the City Centre Initiative. In that role he again played a major role in achieving agreement on parades in the city, resolving another issue of tension and conflict.

“The Duddy Group is today one of Londonderry’s largest and most important business groups – and that is also a fitting testament to a man who will be greatly missed.”

Breweries across the UK have been recognised by travel guide Lonely Planet as among the world's best for visitors.

More than 20 UK breweries feature in the new Global Beer Tour book, which claims the country's use of New World hops and innovation within styles are "changing the way people view beer".

There is "a good brewery in every corner" of London, such as Beavertown, Brew By Numbers, Fourpure and Meantime, the book states.

But tourists are also advised to "get out of the capital because there are excellent breweries to visit across the country".

These include Hilden in Lisburn, Northern Ireland; Sulwath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; Northern Monk in Leeds and St Ives Brewery in Cornwall.

Each "represents their region" through different recipes or the local water they use, according to the guide.

The book, which features the best breweries in 32 countries across five continents, adds: "Beer touring in Britain is a wonderful way to engage in the history of this densely populated little island."

A jury of 10 men and two women has been sworn in to hear the case of 54-year-old Co Londonderry man Fred McClenaghan who is accused of murdering his former girlfriend Marion Millican in March 2011.

Prosecution QC Richard Weir told the Belfast Crown Court jury that the case involved the killing of Mrs Millican who had been in a relationship with McClenaghan, from Broad Street, in Magherafelt.

However, shortly before Christmas 2010 she ended that relationship and McClenaghan “was not happy about that”.

Mr Weir said that around 1.30pm on March 11,2011, McClenaghan showed up at the Harbour Hill laundrette in Portstewart where Mrs Millican worked. At the time McClenaghan was armed with a shotgun. He grabbed Mrs Millican by the arm and pulled her and fired a shot into the floor.

Mrs Millican’s friend, Pamela Henry, ran off. Mrs Millican was found later “lying face down, with a gunshot wound to the chest”.

The prosecution lawyer said that McClenaghan was arrested later in the Kilrea area where he had gone to talk to a Mrs Sheila Donnelly, and spoke to her about the shooting.

McClenaghan was subsequently interviewed and charged with Mrs Millican’s murder the jury panel was told.

They also were told that the trial, due to begin on Tuesday, “on one pessimistic view” could run until the end of June.

Adjourning the case until Tuesday, trial judge Mr Justice Horner warned the panel, and several other reserve jury members, not to do their “own research” into the case, or to discuss it with others.

Detectives are appealing for information following a creeper type burglary in the Kansas Avenue area of Belfast.

Around 9am police received a report that sometime overnight a flat on the street was entered and a sum of money and the keys to a beige Nissan Note car stolen.

The Nissan car was also taken.

Detective Sergeant McPhillips is appealing for anyone who may have noticed any suspicious activity or who knows of the whereabouts of this car to contact Detectives at Reactive and Organised Crime at Musgrave PSNI Station on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 195 15/05/17.

Alternatively, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Workers across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have been placed on high alert over cyber security.

Family doctors in Ireland have been warned not to use their practice computers on Monday until they are certain their anti-virus security systems are up to date after a mass hack which has spread around the world since Friday.

The PSNI said some people's systems may already be infecting and waiting to activate after the weekend.

More than 200,000 computer systems in nearly 100 countries have been infected with the so-called WannaCry ransomware since Friday.

The software locks files or a whole machine until a ransom is paid.

The malware has caused severe disruption to health services, industry, transport, academia and law enforcement around the world.

Detective Chief Inspector Douglas Grant, head of PSNI Cyber Crime Centre, said: "While no incidents have been reported in Northern Ireland as yet, we do expect further infections to come to light globally over the next week and we cannot rule out the possibility that local systems may be vulnerable.

"As people return to work tomorrow after the weekend, many will have unopened, potentially infected emails in their inboxes, or their systems may already be infected and are waiting to activate.

"It is of the utmost importance that individuals and organisations act to ensure the integrity of our local cyber networks and take appropriate action to reduce the threat posed by cyber criminals."

In the Republic, the Health Service Executive (HSE) cut its network off from external communications as a precaution.

The decision means its facilities will be unable to receive emails from outside the organisation.

But HSE chief information officer Richard Corbridge said the impact on patients is unlikely to be significant because email is rarely used to communicate with patients.

The PSNI said the latest advice and patches are now available to protect current and older legacy systems via: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/ransomware-latest-ncsc-guidance

Police are appealing for information after a racially motivated hate crime at a north Belfast home.

The incident - a burglary - happened at a house in the Cliftonville Road area of Belfast on Friday, 12 May.

A PSNI spokesman said sometime between 9.30pm and 10.15pm a house was entered and graffiti spray painted on the hall and living room walls with a distinct blue spray paint. Pictures, chairs and a kitchen window were also damaged.

A PSNI spokesman is not asking anyone who has information about this incident or saw any suspicious activity in the area to contact Police at Tennent Street on the non-emergency number 101 quoting reference 1497 12/05/17.

Alternatively, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Antrim Lough Shore Park is the place to be on Saturday 10 June for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s Viking Boat Race.

The event, held in partnership with Cancer Fund for Children, runs from 12 noon until 3pm and features a spectacular river race with teams competing in replica longships to win the coveted title of Viking Boat Champions.

As well as the river race, spectators can enjoy a display of Viking battle tactics and a living history exhibition showing that the Vikings weren’t just horned-helmeted raiders, but farmers, traders and settlers.

There will be a range of children’s entertainment on the day including free Viking themed arts and crafts, Jumping Clay, Jump, Jiggle & Jive dance workshops and much more!

Budding Vikings will also have the opportunity to design their very own Viking shield at a cost of £1. To add to the excitement there will be a DHOL drumming display which has received financial support from The Executive Office through the Council’s Good Relations Programme.

Cancer Fund for Children Corporate Fundraiser, Matthew Allen, is inviting companies to enter a team.

He says: “This is a fantastic teambuilding opportunity, and the gathering together of ten battle hungry colleagues in this spectacular and fun Viking race epitomizes what team motivation is all about. We are absolutely delighted with the support and enthusiasm from Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and I would encourage any companies who would like to enter their team to contact me as soon as possible, in order to secure a place. The money raised will help us support families across Northern Ireland affected by cancer”.

The Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor John Scott commented: “We are delighted to be able to support such a worthy cause. The Viking Boat Race will be a family fun day for all, with teams competing against the clock in aid of a good cause. This is an opportunity for spectators to have a great day out and for participants to enjoy a spirit of comradeship with their team mates, while helping to raise vital funds”.

To enter a team please contact Matthew Allen, Cancer Fund for Children T. 028 9080 5599.