Halloween is a time for big scary numbers
AT the time of writing this article my kids are sitting around the kitchen table with two friends sharing out an obscene amount of Halloween candy donated by my increasingly generous neighbours.Despite...
View ArticleFork lift firm secures major ‘lift’ in business
BUSINESS is on the up for a Lisburn company following the announcement that it has secured a deal to provide 10n new forklift trucks for a garden supply company. Handling & Storage Equipment...
View ArticleGreen house of the future opens its door
An Armagh based sustainable construction firm has developed the most environmentally friendly house in Northern Ireland whose energy savings are unparalleled.Green Future NI has created the innovative...
View ArticleMillions in US braced for superstorm Sandy
TWO Belfast women were last night among millions of people across the north-eastern United States who were bracing for Hurricane Sandy as the superstorm picked up speed over the Atlantic.Roisin McAlea...
View ArticleNI journalist tells of New York in shutdown
A NORTHERN Ireland journalist visiting New York has told how the wind grew stronger all day yesterday – resulting in the collapse of a massive crane.Liz Kennedy, editor of the Belfast News, had just...
View ArticleEx-Ulsterman prepares for the worst as storm moves in
A TYRONE man who now lives in the US was last night preparing for the worst as heavy winds and rain started to batter his home.David Wilson was raised for 17 years in Kilskeery, a village between Omagh...
View ArticleCity ‘is like a ghost town’
A NEWRY-born business analyst working in New York yesterday described the eerie quiet of the city as it awaits the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.Speaking to the News Letter at around 12.30pm Eastern...
View ArticleSunken trawler’s skipper relives dramatic rescue
A FISHERMAN whose vessel sank 10 miles off the coast of Kilkeel last Tuesday has spoken of how his colleague was dragged under by the sinking trawler.Stephen Kearney, skipper of the Ardglass-based...
View ArticleCoroner shocked by hospital death
THE circumstances surrounding the death of a man in the Royal Victoria Hospital have been condemned as “alarming and shocking” by a Belfast coroner.Laurence Bradley, from Gortinure Road in Maghera, was...
View ArticleAsh trees at risk from killer fungus
FORESTRY experts have expressed deep concern for Ulster’s ash trees, which are threatened by a killer infection.Last week, Stormont announced a ban on ash tree imports in a bid to halt “ash dieback...
View ArticleWhy Britney is a superhero to her sons
The latest celebrity gossip from the Press Association’s showbiz reporters*BRITNEY SPEARS has revealed her sons think she’s being a superhero when she’s working.The US X Factor judge is mum to Sean...
View ArticleTall Ship that wowed Belfast sinks off America’s east coast
One of the Tall Ships that wowed crowds in Belfast has sunk off America’s east coast as Superstorm Sandy begins to batter the region.The HMS Bounty was one of the stars of the Titanic Maritime Festival...
View ArticleCHRIS MONCRIEFF: Machinations of MPs no longer kept secret
A VICTORY for those campaigning for more openness in Government - and one in the eye for those who want to keep secret the machinations of MPs and their expenses claims.The Information Commissioner’s...
View ArticleRobin Hood site planned for 2015
Plans for a new multimillion-pound visitor attraction celebrating the legend of Robin Hood have been announced.Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking to build a £13 million visitor attraction called...
View ArticleHospital still going strong after 50 years
HALF-a-century of medical care is being commemorated this week.The 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first patients at the Ulster Hospital was ushered in yesterday as staff and ex-employees cut a...
View ArticleKimberley hails Strictly ‘bum lift’
Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh has revealed that competing on Strictly Come Dancing has given her a “bum lift”.The curvy singer has been dancing for around seven hours a day to prepare for her...
View ArticlePlaque honours News Letter founder Francis Joy
A blue plaque has been unveiled in Belfast city centre to honour Francis Joy, the founder of the News Letter.Among the prestigious crowd who attended the event at Joy’s Entry where the plaque has been...
View ArticleFacelift to smarten City of Culture
Next year’s UK City of Culture is being given a facelift to hide graffiti and dereliction on the streets once blighted by some of the worst violence from Northern Ireland’s troubled past.Dilapidated...
View ArticlePensioner tied up in burglary
A man in his 80s has been pushed to the ground and tied up during a burglary at his house on the outskirts of Banbridge.Two men, one of whom was carrying a knife, entered the property on the Aughnacloy...
View ArticleLife on Rathlin set to improve
A new action plan is being formulated to further improve life for the 100-plus inhabitants of Rathlin Island.Residents have commended progress made during the last two years of the previous Stormont...
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