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Rolling but not rocking

It’s 1987 – noisy, flamboyant, big-haired stadium rock is at its zenith and small-town girl Sherrie (Julianne Hough) is desperate for a slice of the action. Leaving Oklahoma for the bright lights of LA, her dream is to make it big in the music business. Arriving in Hollywood, Sherrie bumps into Drew (Diego Boneta), a cute boy with a similar dream of rock stardom and the two instantly hit it off.

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HE’s latest district plan ‘fails to address’ the chronic housing need for nationalists

The Housing Executive’s District Housing Plan for the incoming year fails to address how the chronic waiting lists for social housing in Nationalist areas of North Belfast will be tackled, a local housing expert has said.

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MUM’S BODY IS FLOWN HOME AFTER HOLIDAY FALL TRAGEDY

The heartbroken daughter of a popular North Belfast woman who tragically died while on holiday in Bulgaria will accompany her body as her remains are flown back to Ireland today (Thursday).Mother of two Jacqueline McClafferty (41), orginally from the New Lodge but who was living in Dunmore off Alexandra Park Avenue, fell from the third floor of the Poseidon Hotel in the Sunny Beach resort on Saturday (June 16).

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Families on housing waiting list rejecting Holyland, meeting told

FILLING social housing in the Holyland area of South Belfast is proving problematic – thanks to party-loving students. Though private landlords own the majority of properties in the area, some are owned by the Housing Executive and Trinity Housing and are used for social housing.

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Finaghy loyalist flags are flying again

THE erection of flags by loyalists at Finaghy has been slammed by both politicians and traders, who said the former flashpoint should remain a “neutral” area. Traders and residents awoke last week to find loyalist flags erected at the crossroads and along Finaghy Road South leading to the Malone Road.

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Hopes high that new hotel will boost tourism and trade

DETAILS of a new luxury hotel to be built in South Belfast have been released as the ambitious project forges ahead with its planning application. Novotel, a four-star hotel, will be built on the site of the current Fanum House building on Great Victoria Street if it gets the green light

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