A Belfast City Council motion by the DUP to extend sympathy to the families of the two British Army corporals who were shot and killed after driving into an IRA funeral in March 1988 has been described as “crass”. The DUP’s Ruth Patterson will present the controversial motion at tonight’s (Wednesday’s) full Belfast City Council […]
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Students warned over Paddy’s Day
Students in South Belfast are being warned by the PSNI that anyone engaging in anti-social behaviour during the St Patrick’s celebrations could face prosecution and damage to their future reputation. Police chiefs have been working with Belfast City Council, Queen’s University and University of Ulster to ensure that those intending to stay in student populated […]
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CRIMINAL GANG CLAIM MURDER
The criminal gang behind the murder of Whitewell man Danny McKay has this week claimed responsibility for his killing, four months after the North Belfast News revealed its role in the attack. Now labelling themselves Action Against Drugs rather than Correct Action Against Drugs, the gang which shot dead the 36-year-old in his Longlands home […]
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Nationalist majority is inevitable for North Belfast
NORTH Belfast is changing dramatically and will soon boast a nationalist political majority despite the “state of denial” in which unionists are existing. That’s the opinion of leading political commentator Brian Feeney who was speaking this week during a debate about sectarianism in the north of the city. The North Belfast man also accused unionist […]
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Loyalist violence in town centre
A GLENGORMLEY community worker has spoken of the terror inflicted by loyalist thugs as they ran riot through the town at the weekend. Around 100 people threw bottles and bottles at police on Friday night (March 8) and attacked the offices of Alliance Party MLA David Ford. The windows of a health and safety consultancy […]
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Paedophile jailed over indecent images
A PAEDOPHILE from North Belfast has been jailed for nine months for possessing nearly 4,000 indecent images and videos of children. 52-year-old Samuel Lawther, of Ashfield Gardens, pled guilty to having child porn stored on his computer. Belfast Crown Court heard that police seized two laptops and a hard drive when they carried out a […]
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