TWO men are due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court this morning following a robbery at the Park Centre on Friday evening. They have been charged with 23 offences between them following the incident at the shopping centre in the Donegall Road area. Police received reports of the robbery at around 7.55pm. The arrests were […]
Archive | October, 2016
Two men to appear in court after Park Centre robbery
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You won’t forget this remarkable elephant’s story
IT was one of the most famous tales of the Belfast Blitz era. Based on the remarkable true story of Belfast Zoo’s ‘Elephant Angel’, filming has been taking place at the Cave Hill site for new movie, ‘Zoo’. Directed by Colin McIvor, the film begins with a Ministry of Public Security World War II directive […]
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‘We’ll put you in intensive care’
A woman who had her bedroom window smashed and was threatened with extreme violence says the New Lodge has been handed over to thugs who are running amok and not being challenged. The 57-year-old mother-of-one, who does not want to be identified, says she has been left living in fear after the bedroom window of […]
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Magnificent 7 ride to the rescue
The Magnificent Seven (12A) ★★★ Directed by: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt & Ethan Hawke What’s the story? THINGS are far from sleepy in the small, unassuming farming town of Rose Creek. Setting his sights on the defenceless town, heartless industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) will do anything it takes to move […]
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A thing of beauty among the waste ground
It’s funny how the wonders of nature can lift your spirits. If you’ve had a hard day at work or if the family’s testing your patience, even one of creation’s smallest, lightest creatures can brighten your day. And sometimes in the most unlikely of places. This wee patch of overgrown greenery, right, sits in […]
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Nelson blast echoed across Ireland
I’m quite sure that Belfast-based teacher Finbar Carolan and his colleagues John Sullivan, Eamon McGirr and Gerry Burns never heard of Seamus Sutcliffe or Francis Johnston. Yet they all had a connection to one of the momentous events in Ireland in the twentieth century. Nelson’s Pillar had stood in Sackville Street, later O’Connell Street, […]
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