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Local cop shops to be closed and sold off

Two of South Belfast’s main police stations are believed to be earmarked for closure and their lands sold off as part of ongoing reductions by the Policing Board.

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Taoiseach to guest at Aisling Awards

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will head a glittering guest list at the fifteenth annual Aisling Awards gala in the Europa Hotel on November 17.The annual celebration brings together political, business and community leaders from across the city to raise a glass to the bridge-builders and local heroes of Belfast.

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Man is charged with attempted murder

A 47-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and making threats to kill after a stabbing incident in Poleglass in September.A 34-year-old man sustained stab wounds to his arm in the incident, which took place in the Colinmill area on September 29.

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Copper, lead, then manhole covers, and now thieves are stealing our garden gates

A LOCAL mother has become the latest victim of scrap metal theft as the upsurge in thefts continues across the West.Cathy Creighton from Mizen Gardens in Lenadoon had one of her metal gates stolen from the front of her house last Saturday night as she slept in her bed. Speaking to the Andersonstown News, Cathy […]

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In 1972 Jimmy (19) ran a roadblock because his car had no insurance – the British army shot him 28 times

A WEST Belfast family are appealing for help from the local community as they seek the truth about the savage killing of their brother during the 1970s at the hands of the British army.19-year-old James ‘Jimmy’ Bonner, a lorry driver from Iveagh Street, was shot by British soldiers on June 25, 1972, when the car he was driving failed to stop at a road- block on the Whiterock Road.

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Concern for West Belfast men held by Israel

CONCERN is mounting for the wellbeing of two West Belfast men being held by Israeli forces and denied contact with their worried families.

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