A West Belfast pensioner says he has been left “distraught” after his wallet containing £260 was left on a bus on July 12 – and has yet to be handed in. The 69-year-old from News Barnsley, who’s asked not to be named, told the Andersonstown News that he believes he is the victim of a […]
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OAP distraught as bus thief takes wallet
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Local satisfaction as Council moves in to remove bonfire
Belfast City Council moved into a Ballymurphy street this week to remove a towering pile of wood intended for an internment night bonfire. The pile, 15 feet in height, had been collected by local youths over the past six weeks and placed on a derelict site between two homes in Whitecliff Parade. The unstable bonfire […]
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Local UFO spotted?
AMAZING footage of an ‘Unidentified Flying Object’ over West Belfast has been gathering hits on the video sharing website YouTube. Thousands of curious people have watched the film of an object hovering over the Brooke Drive estate earlier this month. The 25-second video was captured on July 12 by a sunbather in his garden and […]
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£3,000 or we’ll shoot your son
A Criminal gang is demanding £3,000 from Poleglass families, threatening that if they don’t pay up “your drug-dealing children will be shot”. A key member of the gang is a Twinbrook thug with such a heavy addiction to prescription drugs that he has been barred from every chemist in the West Belfast area. The man […]
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Community blowing its Horn for a special date
A WEEK-LONG series of events to celebrate 50 years of Horn Drive has been announced. An old photograph exhibition, a community social night, a football match and a family fun day are just some of the events taking place from August 19 to August 24. Locals have been working hard on getting the events organised, […]
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Rich treasure of hills unearthed
A study by the Belfast Hills Partnership has revealed the ancient origins of some of our most well-known place names. The Belfast Hills Townlands project unearths the beauty and history of the language of the hills. The initiative, which seeks to reconnect local communities with the hills that straddle Belfast, has been spearheaded by the […]
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