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Council decides to hedge its bets on neighbour complaints charge

PROPOSALS to reduce the fee charged to ratepayers on low incomes who wish to make complaints about high hedges have been shot down by Castlereagh Council.

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Lo hits out angrily at home invasion ‘thugs’

A SOUTH Belfast councillor has described those who robbed an elderly man in South Belfast as “thugs”.

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Booze-fuelled violence a new priority for cops

Violent crime associated with South Belfast’s boozy nightlife will be a priority for cops this year, the PSNI have revealed.

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Thugs halt play park work

CONSTRUCTION work at the Lenadoon play park has come to a halt due to ongoing vandalism. The contractor who is carrying out the final phase of the work has refused to come back onsite until the anti-social behaviour that has been plaguing the site ceases.

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Enda breakthrough

THE Ballymurphy Massacre families have welcomed news that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has agreed to meet them to discuss the families’ ongoing campaign calling for a full independent international investigation of the 1971 atrocity.

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Anniversary marked at Connolly home

The 96th anniversary of Irish revolutionary James Connolly’s execution will be commemorated at an event at his former Falls Road home this weekend. On Saturday, members of the James Connolly Society will gather at the house where the 1916 patriot lived during his stay in Belfast.

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