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PORTSTEWART reader Maxwell Blair noticed an error in one of my recent “writings about buses and trams!” He referred me to the background of a photo I included of an old crumbling concrete bus-stop...
View ArticleViolence is damaging the image of city, say traders
THE body representing traders in Belfast has condemned the recent violence as damaging the image of the city.Speaking on Tuesday, Joe Jordan, the president of the Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce,...
View Article‘Flags are important to deprived communities’
Flags and identity have become increasingly important to disadvantaged communities with little to lose, according to an east Belfast city councillor.John Kyle of the PUP is a family doctor in one of...
View ArticleNo move against McCrea
A PLAN by opponents of Basil McCrea within his own constituency association to table a vote of no confidence in their MLA has failed to get off the ground.The plan, revealed in Monday’s News Letter,...
View ArticlePeace and goodwill are in short supply
HILLARY Clinton popped in to Belfast last week on what is being billed as her farewell world tour. Ex-president Bill Clinton had been expected to show up as well, but he decided to go somewhere else...
View ArticleChanging face of the UK population
THE make-up of the UK is changing, including in Northern Ireland.More British people are non-English speaking or non white than a decade ago, let alone 50 years ago.In Northern Ireland, a small but...
View ArticleShould the flag protests end?
While many peaceful protests have been held across the province since the decision to limit the Union Flag to fly on 20 designated days a year from Belfast City Hall, violence has also been making the...
View ArticleMan charged after car driven wrong way in Limavady
A 49-year-old man will appear in court in the New Year after a car was driven the wrong way down a one-way street in Limavady.The 49-year-old was charged with dangerous driving and possession of an...
View ArticleCannabis worth £100k found in Co Down
More than £100,000 worth of cannabis has been found during the search of a premises in Co Down.Police said they had discovered a cannabis factory in the village of Ballygowan.A 43 year old man was...
View ArticlePassengers diverted to airport in emergency
Ten fire appliances attended an emergency at Belfast International airport on Wednesday morning.Passengers on a Flybe flight from Southampton en route to Belfast City airport were diverted to the...
View ArticleRioters are not loyal to Britain
Loyalist rioters protesting over Belfast City Council’s decision to limit the flying of the Union flag are not standing up for Britain, David Cameron said today.Thugs have wreaked havoc across the...
View ArticleMonument to IRA victims vandalised
A memorial to three Scottish soldiers who were murdered in north Belfast by the IRA has been vandalised.The monument at White Brae in Ligoneil marked the spot where the three members of the Royal...
View ArticleUnemployment rate falls marginally
Northern Ireland’s unemployment rate fell slightly over the last quarter quarter to 7.8 per cent, official figures have shown.The Northern Ireland rate of 7.8 per cent compares to more than 10 per cent...
View ArticleMeasles outbreak declared after four cases detected
An outbreak of measles has been declared in Belfast after four cases were detected in recent weeks.The Public Health Agency has warned that children who have been exposed to these cases - all detected...
View ArticleCameron ‘sorry’ for collusion in Finucane murder
State employees actively furthered and facilitated the loyalist murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane but there was no over-arching conspiracy, a Government-commissioned report has found.Sir Desmond...
View ArticleFinucane family brand enquiry ‘a whitewash’
The widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane today denounced the de Silva report into his killing as “a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick”, telling a London press conference: “This report is...
View ArticleInquiry ‘could damage Army reputation’
The publication of Sir Desmond de Silva’s report on Wednesday into the killing of Pat Finucane sparked renewed calls for a public inquiry into the 1989 murder.But there was also concern over the damage...
View ArticleNavy officer jailed for spying bid
A Royal Navy petty officer was jailed for eight years on Wednesday for trying to pass Britain’s nuclear submarine secrets to men he believed to be Russian spies.Edward Devenney, 30, was told he had...
View ArticlePM’s Finucane collusion apology in full
Here is the full text of the speech given to the House of Commons by David Cameron following the publication of the report into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.“I would like to make a...
View ArticleFlag protests disrupt traffic
There was widespread traffic disruption in Belfast on Wednesday evening as loyalist protests over a dispute about the Union flag continued.Demonstrators blocked a number of routes at rush hour to voice...
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