Cupid’s beauty bow
DUBBED the most romantic day of the year, it has some people on countdown for hearts, flowers and kisses, and others ducking for cover!However you feel about Valentine’s Day, at least make it a date to...
View Article‘Being a woman has never been an issue’
“ONE of the things I love about Methodism is that being a woman does not actually matter,” said president designate, Rev Heather Morris.“I have not been treated any differently. It has never been an...
View ArticleVideo: Warning over online child abuse
Children are being groomed by paedophiles purely for online sexual abuse, experts have said.Sex offenders are targeting children so that they can watch them performing sexual acts over the internet.The...
View ArticleScientists bid to track ‘giant’ gene
Scientists are to carry out genetic screening to establish how widespread a “giant” gene is in a rural part of Northern Ireland.The 1,500-year-old mutated gene, which can cause excess growth in humans...
View ArticleInvestor fails in court challenge over bank lending complaint
A property investor with bank debts in excess of £2 million has failed in a High Court bid to overturn his rejected complaint about alleged lending behaviour.Joseph Walker was challenging a Financial...
View ArticleFarmer fined £6,500 for polluting waterway
A Co Antrim farmer pleaded guilty and was fined £6,500 plus costs of £22 at Antrim Magistrates’ Court on Monday.Mr Gerard Connon, of Ballyquillan Road, Crumlin, was convicted for making a polluting...
View ArticlePseudomonas deaths under investigation
The deaths of four babies from Northern Ireland during a pseudomonas outbreak are under preliminary investigation by police.The infants died from the bacterial infection at two Northern Ireland...
View ArticleMental health lifeline faces axe
A lifeline for people at risk of suicide could be facing the axe, campaigners warned today.Bereaved families, carers and mental health patients have called for the Stormont Health Minister to intervene...
View ArticleFlag protests continue in Belfast
Flag protests continue to be organised for the week ahead, as those involved show no signs of stopping.A protest is due to be held on Robbs Road in Dundonald between 7pm and 8pm on Monday.Protestors...
View ArticleVote to erect Irish sign at interface
Belfast City Council has voted to erect a dual Irish/English language sign on an interface street in east Belfast.The lower Newtownards Road interface with the mainly nationalist Short Strand area has...
View ArticlePoliticians divided over Crime Agency
The Northern Ireland Assembly has been left deadlocked over proposals for the National Crime Agency (NCA) to operate in the region.Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said the failure...
View ArticleAlex Attwood defends John Lewis decision
Belfast shop-owners faced a 15% drop in trade if unrestricted development at Sprucefield had been allowed, the environment minister has said.Almost one in four shops in the city are already empty and...
View ArticlePrison televisions cost £8k a month
Providing televisions for prisoners in Maghaberry has cost more than £8,000 a month, it was revealed.Northern Ireland`s main prison had the highest bill of all jails for the last 10 months, the...
View ArticleHorsemeat in company’s Polish beef
A second meat processing plant in Ireland has tested positive for traces of horse meat.The Department of Agriculture confirmed damaging findings of 75% equine DNA in raw ingredient at Rangeland Foods...
View ArticleDouble vice-president posts for Chamber
THE senior management team at the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce (NICC) is to be strengthened with the announcement today that Kevin Kingston, deputy chief executive and MD of business and...
View ArticleScrap APD to stimulate air growth
SCRAPPING the air passenger duty (APD) airport departure tax would boost the UK economy by at least £16 billion in the first three years, according to a report yesterday.The abolition of the unpopular...
View ArticleLocal firms aim to sow SEEDs of success
FOOD companies across six local council areas are set to benefit from a new business development programme designed to assist artisan and small businesses in the food sector.Launched today in...
View ArticleHalf of unionists still back protests
ALMOST half of adult unionists want the Union Flag protests to continue – despite repeated calls from the two main unionist leaders for them to end, a major poll last night revealed.In the first proper...
View ArticleSchools close as widespread snow returns
MANY parts of Northern Ireland have been hit with up to six inches of snow, with severe winds forecast for later on Tuesday.The latest cold snap has also forced the closure of a number of schools...
View ArticleSuspect released over 1976 murder
A 55-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested over a suspected sectarian murder in Belfast almost 37 years ago, has been released.Police say the man has been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution...
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