Parties consider electoral pact
UKIP’s deputy leader used an address to the TUV conference on Saturday to make a direct appeal for the party to stand aside in the next European election in favour of UKIP.Paul Nuttall, who travelled...
View ArticleTraders are facing a make or break Christmas
It will be a “life or death” Christmas for many small traders this year, it has been claimed, with Northern Ireland now having almost twice the national average for vacant shops. The warning came last...
View ArticleIndigenous stores need your trade
THE retail shop business in Northern Ireland is going through a very lean time, with the stark revelation, from quarterly figures just published, that one in five local stores on the high street are...
View ArticleStalemate the best we can hope for
IN much the same way that the United Kingdom and the United States have been described as two countries separated by a common language, it seems to be similarly true that when unionists and republicans...
View ArticleChurch to vote on women bishops
A VOTE will take place this week on whether the Church of England should allow women to become bishops.While there is some strong support from high profile figures including the outgoing Archbishop of...
View ArticleIllegal betting probe uncovers cash
Cash and betting slips were seized in Newry on Sunday during a police raid at a bookmakers.Police officers searched a premises in Francis Street and found a number of customers and staff during their...
View ArticleMother of boy on fire released on bail
THE mother of a four-year-old boy who was found burning in a street in Ballymena after his clothes caught fire was arrested on Saturday, police have confirmed.The 28-year-old woman, from the Larne road...
View ArticlePetition calls for Magilligan prison to be saved
PRISON officers fighting the potential closure of Magilligan prison have taken their campaign to Stormont.Members of the Prison Officers Association (POA) handed a petition of 5,500 signatures to...
View ArticleCo Down man (25) dead after Australian road crash
A 25-year-old from Co Down has been killed in an accident in Australia.Ryan Doyle, from Leitrim outside Castlewellan in Co Down is thought to have died after a road accident. He had been working in...
View ArticleProbe launched after fire at Lough Erne resort
AN investigation has begun into the cause of a fire at the Lough Erne hotel in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh.Six fire engines attended the scene at the luxury resort just before 7am on Monday and the fire...
View ArticleWISE OWL’S TUESDAY’S SELECTION
WISE OWL is the News Letter’s daily racing tipster.We placed second overall in the UK national competition, the Corals-sponsored Racing Post Naps ChallengeSelection for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 is:ROC DE...
View ArticleUlster Bank is fined almost n2m
Ulster Bank has been fined almost n2 million over liquidity risk management failures, it emerged yesterday.The Irish Republic Central Bank said the n1.96m penalty reflected the importance it placed on...
View Article‘Chatting about Jane Austen over tea brings us closer’
In the last instalment of our Relative Values series, JOANNE SAVAGE meets a grandmother and granddaughter whose love of books closes the generation gapJOAN Havlin, 74, is talking about her love of...
View ArticleMission to China closes on high note
A WEEK-long mission to promote Northern Ireland in China has been hailed a huge success and has generated at least one significant contract for a local firm.County Antrim company, Texthelp, has agreed...
View ArticleRyan Doyle fell from taxi in Australia ‘after driver row’
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Co Down has died following a car accident in Australia.Ryan Doyle from Leitrim, outside Castlewellan, fell from a moving taxi in the city’s Belmont area after an argument with...
View ArticlePrison bullying claims not investigated, Ombudsman finds
PRISON bosses did not adequately investigate the bullying of an inmate in Northern Ireland who took his own life, it has been revealed.Samuel Carson, 19, from Belfast, was repeatedly targeted for...
View ArticleInquest families win right to appeal suspension
THE families of people killed in controversial circumstances have won the first round in a legal battle over a decision to suspend their inquests.A High Court judge granted them leave to seek a...
View ArticleJohn McCallister in bid to force legal Opposition at Stormont
IN the first concrete move to create a Stormont Opposition, John McCallister is preparing to introduce a bill in the Assembly in an attempt to force the issue.The former UUP deputy leader, who in the...
View ArticleRace to save Ulster landscape from ash tree disease
NOBODY associates The National Trust with destroying chunks of the natural world.But last Friday it was forced to do just that, digging up around 2,200 trees it had planted just nine months earlier.The...
View ArticleJim Wells avoids ban over Sinn Fein murderer claims
A DUP politician accused of calling a Sinn Fein ministerial adviser a murderer in the corridors of Stormont has avoided a week-long ban from the Northern Ireland Assembly.Assembly members narrowly...
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