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Alliance Party secure best-ever result in European elections

A historic all female line-up will take their seats in the European Parliament after the count of last Thursday’s vote. The Alliance Party collected 170,370 votes, 115,000 more than the party received in the 2014 European election. The quota of 143,112 votes was not reached by any candidate. DUP’s Diane Dodds, who won the first […]

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Timely staging of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyric

THEY told me to take a streetcar named Desire,” says self-designated southern belle Blanche DuBois, who stands neat as a pin in her vivid green suit, heels and ‘merry widow’ head dress as the Lyric audience is transported to the stifling heat of the 1950s New Orleans Latin Quarter. Blanche, who “taught school”, is someone […]

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Pic of the day, Tuesday May 21

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A lifeline for dementia patients in the community

LOCATED in Duncairn Avenue, Bruce House is a residential home for people living with dementia run by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The home provides a bedroom for each resident, which is decorated to their personal taste. There are also homely communal areas and facilities such as a garden and hairdresser. Staff members provide […]

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: Andersonstown Road at standstill as gas main is damaged during new leisure centre construction

THE Andersonstown Road came to a standstill on Tuesday morning after damage was caused to a gas pipe. It is understood a gas line at the currently under construction Andersonstown Leisure Centre site was struck just after 9.30am. The area from lower Casement Park to the Bengal Spice Indian restaurant remains cordoned off as traffic […]

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Pic of the day, Tuesday May 14

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