POLICE are continuing to appeal for witnesses following a suspected arson attack in West Belfast that destroyed two businesses. JJ’s Barbers and A2B Cabs on the Glen Road were gutted in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fire started in the premises at Bingnian Drive around 4.30am. Both businesses may have to be […]
Archive | April, 2016
PSNI continue to appeal for witnesses after Glen Road arson attack
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PSNI hunt four suspects after Ligoniel arson attack
An elderly couple in their 70s had a narrow escape on Saturday when a house was set on fire in what the PSNI are saying was an act of arson. The man and woman had to be evacuated from their home in Wolfhill Avenue around 9am after neighbours raised the alarm. The house targeted in […]
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Local family so proud of grandfather’s war record
His official war medal shows him as Captain Seamus Nolan and, befitting a war hero, a representative of government was dispatched to pay tribute at his funeral when he was buried in the early 1970s. Captain Nolan lived his whole life in the New Lodge and could legitimately claim to be one of the few […]
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Series of events held to remember Belfast Blitz
One hundred and thirty North Belfast residents who lost their lives during the German bombing of the city 75 years ago are to be remembered at a special ceremony organised to mark the anniversary. On Sunday, April 17, an ecumenical service of commemoration will be held in St Anne’s Cathedral in conjunction with St Patrick’s […]
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Park murderers also behind killing of Conor McKee
The New IRA gang that carried out the murder of Kevin Kearney in 2013 were also behind the January killing of Oldpark man Conor McKee, reliable sources have told the North Belfast News. Our source told us a dissident republican who approached Kevin Kearney prior to his death demanding protection money also approached Conor McKee […]
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Quarter of a million votes for Best of the West
AN amazing quarter of a million votes have been cast in our Best of the West awards. Tomorrow, Thursday, the big night will be upon us, and now the votes are being counted – every last one of them. It’s now time for all our nominees to put on their dancing shoes and come out and […]
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