A SOUTH Belfast dad has been awarded at a ceremony honouring parents coping with stillbirth. Simon Salter won the ‘Tommy’s Angel Award’ as part of the baby charity’s national awards, now in their 22nd year. Simon and his wife experienced the stillbirth of their daughter, Isobel, in June 2015. Held at the Landmark Hotel in […]
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Angel’ award goes to South Belfast dad
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Maureen’s family do her community proud
MAUREEN McKiernan loved three things: she loved life, she loved her family and she loved her community. And that love of her community lives on triumphantly through her family as together they have raised a stunning total of £7,760 which they are donating to various charities and organisations in West and North Belfast. Maureen was […]
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Dancers raise funds for vital treatment
BIG-HEARTED punters dug deep on St Patrick’s day to help raise an astounding £1,000 to go towards the treatment for Lagmore woman Kellie McConville. Kellie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bowel cancer in July last year, just months after her mother died of lung cancer. The 42-year-old mum-of-one has been undergoing innovative alternative […]
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Local schoolchildren spring into health at Girdwood
THE importance of health and wellbeing for children cannot be underestimated in today’s society. At Girdwood Community Hub recently over 150 pupils from schools across the city, including 30 pupils from Hazelwood Primary School, were invited to take part in a special event to promote the importance of a healthy lifestyle for young people. Hosted […]
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MLA shocked by child sex figures
SOUTH Belfast Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw has expressed shock after new figures revealed five child sex offences are recorded every day here. Police said 1,809 sex crimes against children were reported here last year, the highest ever level, and up five per cent on the previous year. A total of 777 crimes were recorded against […]
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Plans launched for Short Strand
Sinn Féin Councillor Mairead O’Donnell has welcomed community plans to develop the Translinks bus depot in the Short Strand. Launching the ‘Short Strand Vision’ on behalf of the Short Strand Partnership, Cllr O’Donnell said: “It is very exciting to finally see on paper these plans which aim to develop the bus depot site to help […]
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