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EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: A Brave New World – The City’s boldest Architect imagines a Belfast reborn post-Coronavirus

As the Royal Society of Ulster Architects launches a campaign to encourage new thinking about our post-lockdown city, leading urbanist and Forum for Alternative Belfast founder Mark Hackett (left), takes a radical look at how we could develop a new city for its all its people. If we want to kick start the city in […]

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Families ‘kept in dark’ over Coronavirus crisis at Clifton Nursing Home

A woman whose mother-in-law lives in Clifton Nursing Home has said that families are being kept in the dark after a regulator ordered its closure due to Covid-19 concerns. Residents could be moved out of the North Belfast home after the RQIA raised concerns about its management of a coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed the […]

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Construction sector puts down building blocks for staged return to work

Workers in the construction sector are among the first  to return to the world of work this week as the Executive’s plan to exit the Coronavirus lockdown gathers pace. Construction sector leaders says that was always a given as the nature of outdoor work and space for social distancing on sites lessen the dangers of […]

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OVER recent months, we’ve gone the extra mile to ensure you are fully informed of all the local developments relating to the Covid-19 crisis – while keeping your finger on the pulse of the local community. As newspapers based in the heart of vibrant communities, we recognise our special role in providing a measured, vital […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Belfast City Council moves to stop bulilding work on Consulate’s ‘Great Wall of China’

A WALL erected at the Chinese Consulate in South Belfast is the subject of a current planning enforcement investigation, Belfast City Council have confirmed. The metal boundary structure on the Malone Road, which has been described as an “eyesore” by local residents, was first highlighted by the South Belfast News last month. Local resident Martin […]

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OPINION – ELLY ODHIAMBO: Man’s best friend eased Big David’s journey from a refugee camp in Uganda to sanctuary in Belfast

WHEN David Waigo was a child, there was a brutal war raging in the Arua region of Uganda where he comes from. Gun battles raging and bombs shelling the entire place. His family were given refuge by a Christian mission in the area. Children, mothers, the elderly and whole clans had nowhere to run. At […]

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