ANGRY relatives of the Ballymurphy Massacre victims walked out of a meeting with the new Secretary of State yesterday. They attended the meeting in the hope that James Brokenshire would release funds for inquests into the murders of their loved ones. Family spokesperson John Teggart, whose father was among 10 people shot dead in August […]
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Ballymurphy families walk out of ‘terrible’ Brokenshire talks
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Our Lady’s pupils on song for top conductor
ACCLAIMED conductor David Brophy led the Ulster Orchestra at BBC Proms in the Park on the Titanic Slipways in Belfast on Saturday night. But before the big event, the classical music celebrity paid a visit to Our Lady’s Girls’ Primary School in North Belfast to lend his expertise to the school choir. The girls performed […]
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Hard-hearted thief steals birth defects charity box
THE owner of a North Belfast restaurant and takeaway says he’s outraged after a donation box for a birth defects charity was stolen from the premises. It’s estimated £30 to £50 was in the box which was taken on Sunday night at around 9.15pm by a man from Pizza Works on the Antrim Road. The […]
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Pierce’s return trip is so worthwhile
“THERE were laughs together, cries together and every other emotion that you could think of, but one thing for sure is we had the time of our lives out here and created memories that will live on forever here and back home.” Those are the words of young North Belfast man Pierce McConnell who has […]
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Local faces caught in time
THE owners of Clifton House Residential Home in North Queen Street are appealing to family members to claim paintings of former residents. Whilst archiving historic documents, staff at the Belfast Charitable Society uncovered a number of paintings of former residents of Clifton House Residential Home and they’d like to return them to their families. It […]
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Battered victim’s so grateful for support in wake of burglary
ARDOYNE pensioner Thomas Crawford says he can’t find the words to thank those who helped him after he was the victim of a savage beating during a robbery. We broke the news in last week’s paper of how the 71-year-old was attacked and robbed in his Ladbrook Drive home. And ever since the local community […]
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