With theatres closed and work dried up for the present time, some of the North’s best known actors – including many familiar faces from the Belfast arts scene – have come together to release a video to show support for one another during these unprecedented times. The idea was the brainchild of Andersonstown actress Debra […]
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VIDEO: Ghost lights still shining as our actors deal with lockdown
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WATCH: Starjets punk anthem finds new audience thanks to Green Day
A punk anthem from late 70’s Belfast quartet The Starjets has been introduced to a new audience some 40 years later, thanks to Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. The Starjets which included Terry Sharpe – later The Adventures’ lead singer – as well as Paul Bowen, Sean Martin and drummer Liam L’Estrange, discovered their […]
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It’s take-off for Bearforce 1 on BGT
A GROUP of Belfast singers and dancers have made it through to the next stage of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent show. West Belfast duo Brian McBride and Ambrose Donnelly together with Allen Gordon and North Belfast man Robert Brown make up the modern day Bearforce 1. Bearforce 1 take their name from the original […]
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WE SAY: Executive right to paddle its own canoe on Covid exit roadmap
THE five-point plan signposting the way out of the lockdown outlined by the Stormont Executive on Tuesday is a thoughtful and considered response at a critical time in the Covid crisis. The work done on it is also an encouraging sign that the seriousness of the pandemic has finally hit home and that local geopolitical […]
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Search on for more families willing to help troubled children as Foster Care Fortnight kicks off
FIND OUT MORE: www.adoptionandfostercare.hscni.net or 0800 0720 137 Foster Care Fortnight™ is the biggest foster care awareness raising campaign, delivered by leading charity, The Fostering Network. Belfast Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust is delighted to support Foster Care Fortnight 2020. We hear from two families who show the commitment, passion and dedication of foster carers and […]
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Hotel proposal for Glen Ten site ‘an absolute joke’ as pandemic craters tourism sector
There are fears this evening for the viability of a mammoth mixed-use development at the former St Pat’s Home on the Glen Road which has been ten years in the making. The Glenmona plan, which includes a hotel and “a retail hub” alongside social and affordable homes has been in the works since the Glen […]
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