Hi °C | Lo °C Disabled woman is left without heat for weeks
A severely disabled east Belfast woman has been without proper heating in her home for two weeks, and is having to spend over £10 a day trying to keep warm with two electric heaters.
New research pins down who owns the ‘peace walls’
A new £2m fund aimed at bringing down Northern Ireland's peace walls by building confidence between divided communities was announced last week, in the same week as the Belfast Interface Project released its Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space document in City Hall — a document locating all of Belfast’s interfaces.
Castlereagh council hoping job clubs will do the business
Last Wednesday Cregagh Community Centre launched a new job club aimed at developing participants’ employability skills and confidence.
Police in appeal for witnesses to shooting
A man has been arrested and released on bail pending further enquiries after a number of shots were fired at a house, causing damage to a window and a car windscreen, on Saturday night (January 7).
Chinese fined for food offences
The owner of an east Belfast restaurant has been fined a total of £2,800 for food safety offences.
Relief as oil cargo finally removed from tanker
The oil cargo that was threatening to cause an environmental disaster in the mouth of Belfast Lough was finally removed from tanker the Genmar Companion at the weekend.
Empey hopes support for Heathrow bill will take off
Former UUP leader Lord Empey has presented a bill in the House of Lords which he hopes will preserve the links between Belfast City and Heathrow airports.
‘We are fighting to protect our futures’
THE centre of Belfast was overwhelmed by public sector workers and supporters who took part in the biggest strike in decades yesterday (Wednesday, November 30) after talks between Unions and the Government over pension contributions and changing retirement ages broke down.
Former pupils move into old Mersey Street School Door bells on 30 new homes herald a new era for the former Mersey Street School in Belfast.
The Social Development Minister, Nelson McCausland opened the new £5 million social housing development, following|renovation of the building|from school to modern family|apartments.
Calls for Lord Mayor to resign following Army Cadet ‘snub’
Angry politicians and residents across Belfast have called on the Lord Mayor to resign, after he ‘snubbed’ a young female Army Cadet on Monday evening at a Duke of Edinburgh Award ceremony in Belfast’s City Hall.
Robinson’s threat to quit ‘no surprise’
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny was in east Belfast this morning, meeting politicians and community groups at the start of a two day visit to the city.
‘Recession to blame’ for rise in domestic burglaries
Police in east Belfast say they have noted a decrease of 5.1% in non domestic burglaries from April 2011 — September 2011, in comparison to the same period last year.
Ex-bodybuilder left bride in pool of blood
An east Belfast body-building champ killed his bride on their wedding day after she called off the marriage because of his violence.
Shock as woman dies in house fire
Mourners gathered yesterday for the funeral of the 55-year-old woman who died in a house fire in east Belfast on Saturday night.
NIHE expects man to live under burnt out flat
AN east Belfast man has had to move out of his Housing Executive home and lodge with a friend because the Housing Executive have still not repaired the burnt out flat above his in inner east Belfast home.
Darts players up their game by going under
An east Belfast hypnotherapist has been helping local darts players to sharpen up their game.
MLA demands action to stop winter deaths
An east Belfast MLA has said the Northern Ireland Assembly must do more to make sure the number of elderly people who lose their lives in future winters through cold weather is minimised.
Ulster hospital A&E braced for influx
The Ulster hospital is set to receive more visitors to its casualty department as the City A&E unit has now closed its doors.
Resident builders enjoy the fruits of their own labour
East Belfast residents have moved in to the Habitat for Humanity homes that they helped build, and welcomed Department of Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland in for a quick view of their homes.
Staff tied up and assaulted by armed and masked gang
A number of staff members at Shorts Social Club were left shaken after armed robbers tied them up and assaulted some of them at the Club on Sunday night.
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