Woman charged over stabbing
A WOMAN in her sixties has been charged in connection with the stabbing of a 65-year-old man in Co Down on Saturday morning.The attack took place in the Rubane Road area of Kircubbin around...
View ArticleEx-agent denies lying over garda mole claims
A FORMER British double agent in the IRA has denied being a pathological liar over claims a suspected garda mole destroyed evidence from one of the worst atrocities in the Troubles.Peter Keeley told a...
View ArticleIce warning issued as temperatures set to plunge
THE Met Office has warned that more freezing conditions are on the way for Ulster.Forecaster Helen Chivers said although the Province already has icy roads, “there is much more of it to come”.Ms...
View ArticleOrder planning way forward on parades
THE Orange Order hopes to put forward recommendations for a “workable way forward” on parading in the New Year, the institution’s Grand Master has said.Speaking to the News Letter after being...
View ArticlePoachers accused of cruelty to wild deer
A GAMEKEEPER has accused poachers in the Poyntzpass area of causing unnecessary suffering to wild deer in order to meet Christmas demand for venison.Conor Douglas, who works at the Drumbanagher Estate,...
View ArticleUlster white Christmas hopes dashed
ULSTER’S hopes of a white Christmas have been dashed by weather experts — with early predictions that temperatures may even reach double figures over the holiday weekend.In stark contrast to last year...
View ArticleBlack Santa raises £80k so far
IN excess of £80,000 has been raised so far in the annual Black Santa sit-out at St Anne’s Cathedral, it has been confirmed.Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann, said he remained confident that the...
View ArticleI’m amazed by town’s generosity, says Beckett
BALLYMONEY’S Black Santa has paid tribute to the generosity of the general public at a time of economic austerity and tightened purse strings.Liam Beckett — who continued his annual pre-Christmas...
View ArticleChurch leaders deliver Christmas messages
THE real news at Christmas is of people being valued for their intrinsic worth not for their purchasing power, the head of the Church of Ireland has claimed.Delivering his annual Christmas message, the...
View ArticlePolice hit out over drink-drive figures
TWENTY-eight more drivers have been caught drink-driving in the run-up to Christmas in 2011 than last year, police have revealed.A 16-year-old is among 250 people already caught drink-driving on...
View ArticleFootball banning orders on the way, says Ford
FOOTBALL banning orders will come into operation at the beginning of the New Year, Justice Minister David Ford has confirmed.The minister has signed an order that places the new criminal justice powers...
View ArticleFamily mourns loss after missing man found dead
THE young man whose body was found at a disused hotel in Portstewart has been described as “a sharing person and a good socialiser”.Christopher Connor, 20, from The Heights area of Coleraine, was found...
View ArticleMother’s tribute to boy, 5, killed in accident
THE heartbroken mother of the five-year-old boy killed in a tragic car accident in Belfast said last night he was everything she could have wanted.Little Emmie Delaney died after being struck by a car...
View ArticleBrave Army wives face their own battle this Christmas
THIS Sunday, 32-year-old Joanna Davies and her toddler son Jamie will spend Christmas Day with Joanna’s in-laws, who are travelling over to Northern Ireland from their native Shropshire.However,...
View ArticleNR GREER: The spirit of punk still lives on
I WAS pleased to see that Belfast punk outfit The Defects have reformed, at least temporarily, to impart onto a restless world their own particular brand of edgy old school punk. They played a...
View ArticleBelfast to vie for share of broadband cash
THE Government yesterday named 10 major UK cities, including Belfast, eligible to fight it out for a share of £100 million to boost broadband speeds.Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the UK’s four...
View ArticleMacrete invests in new version of novel bridge
Macrete Ireland, the Toomebridge-based precast concrete specialist, has announced a £637,000 investment in research and development (R&D) to develop a new version of its award-winning FlexiArch...
View ArticleRory and Darren contest sports personality award
ULSTER golf aces Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are among the leading contenders in the race to be crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2011.However, local fans are fearful a splitting of...
View ArticlePolice hope to build helipad in Fermanagh
THE PSNI is hoping to seek planning approval to build a helipad in Enniskillen, it has emerged.Police in Fermanagh have started a series of briefings with elected representatives, the local District...
View ArticleTown ‘numbed and saddened’ by deaths
THE funerals of two men who died tragically at the weekend will be held in the same church later this week.Tomorrow at 2pm the funeral of 20-year-old Christopher Connor will take place in Killowen...
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