THE annual Belfast Film Festival is returning this month, and with it comes a brand new Irish language documentary charting the history of the city over the last 100 years. The new film, titled ‘Cathair Ghonta’ (Wounded City), is produced by Bóthar Ard, the filmmaking arm of the Belfast Media Group, publishers of the South Belfast News, and sister publications the Andersonstown News and North Belfast News.
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Police object to arcade opening
POLICE patrols in the wider Balmoral area could suffer if a proposed gambling arcade is opened in a South Belfast estate, the PSNI have warned. The concerns have been revealed in correspondence between the PSNI and Belfast City Council where cops said that should the arcade planned for the Erinvale area go ahead, it could lead to a rise in crime against both local residents and business owners.
No senior staff at centre
Concerns have been raised that two new multi-million pound health and wellbeing centres in West Belfast are without full-time management – nine months after they opened.
Aisling Bursary launch
The 13th annual Aisling Bursaries were launched this week. The Aisling Bursaries is an initiative which is delivered by the West Belfast Partnership Board in conjunction with the Belfast Media Group.
Flagship restaurant still going strong despite closure of hotel
ONE of Belfast’s oldest Chinese restaurants will not be affected by its owners’ decision to close a city hotel due to turbulent economic conditions. The Welcome restaurant on Stranmillis Road first opened its doors in 1973, and is owned by the Wong family, whose Welcome Group also owns the Lansdowne Hotel in North Belfast, which shut last week with the loss of up to 35 jobs
iPlunkett greets Minister
Education Minister John O’Dowd paid a special visit to St Oliver Plunkett Primary School to see how pupils are learning through daily use of their new iPads.
