A South Belfast woman administered life-saving first-aid to a victim of the weekend Indian train derailment which claimed the lives of two British tourists, Daily Belfast can reveal. The woman and her husband were passengers on a luxury train which left the track on Saturday, causing two fatalities. They’ve spoken exclusively to Daily Belfast about […]
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Exclusive: Belfast couple who survived Indian train crash describe horrific aftermath
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‘I’m not sure. I think I heard that on TV or on the news’ – what a detective told Bobby Storey about the reason for his arrest
Sinn Féin Northern Chair Bobby Storey has spoken of his anger at the nature and timing of his arrest. At a weekend press conference at the Roddy McCorley Society on the Glen Road in West Belfast, he said that when a detective was asked by Mr Storey’s solicitor why his client had been arrested, the […]
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PSNI visited North Belfast schools 83 times in six months
THE PSNI were called out to schools in North Belfast 83 times in the first six months of this year, we can reveal. Among the range of serious criminal offences for which police were called out to local schools were sexual offences, violence with injury and possession of weapons. Statistics gathered by Daily Belfast through […]
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‘Palpable anger’ among republicans over arrest of SF northern Chair Bobby Storey
REPUBLICAN sources have told Daily Belfast that there is “palpable anger” at the latest round of arrests in connection with the killing of Kevin McGuigan. Senior West Belfast republican Bobby Storey was yesterday morning arrested by police at his West Belfast home. Officers searching his West Belfast home took away a number of boxes. Mr […]
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Villiers failed attempt to hit Finucane family with costs bill was designed to stymie any appeal bid, says son of murdered solicitor
The son of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has described as “mean and petty” a failed bid by Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to make the family pay for a failed legal challenge. The Finucane family’s bid to overturn a British government decision to renege on a promise to hold a public inquiry into the killing […]
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New MRI scanner for Children’s Hospital
After a lengthy wait, a new MRI scanner is due to be delivered to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children today. Funding for the vital equipment was raised in part by charities and the public over the past few years. The total capital cost of the MRI scanner is estimated at £4m. The Health […]
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