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Housing shortage is at ‘crisis point’

Local politicians are warning that east Belfast’s housing shortage is at crisis point.
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Kids injured and traumatised after coach attacked by thugs

Local children taking part in a cross-community project have been left “traumatised” after their coach was attacked with missiles.
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Hamilton slams 12-hour wait at A&E department

New statistics show that the Ulster Hospital’s A&E department had the highest number of people waiting more than 12 hours for treatment in the past year.
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Young talent has a song and dance at Rock School

Young musicians have been rocking out at Castlereagh Borough Council’s annual Rock and Pop School.
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Hospital reports increase in use of dangerous ‘party drug’

The Ulster Hospital is currently treating a person for the effects of a former ‘legal high’ prompting fears of its availability on the streets of Belfast.
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Hedge removed to benefit residents

The controversial decision to remove a hedge at Belfast’s main municipal cemetery has been backed by a local councillor.
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NIHE ‘unlikely’ to meet targets

The Housing Executive has warned it will probably fail to meet its maintenance targets for east Belfast in the current year.
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On the grapevine - August 19

EAST BELFAST
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The proposed runway extension at the City Airport

Runway inquiry fails to get off the ground

Residents have welcomed the Planning Appeals Commission’s decision to halt a public inquiry into the proposed runway extension at George Best Belfast City Airport.
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Parents unite to defend Playzone

Parents and community workers will “stand together” tonight against the threat to close “a much loved and deperately needed” children’s project in east Belfast.
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Inside News

Disabled woman is left without heat for weeks

Thursday, 26 January 2012

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.
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New research pins down who owns the ‘peace walls’

Thursday, 26 January 2012

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.
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Castlereagh council hoping job clubs will do the business

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Last Wednesday Cregagh Community Centre launched a new job club aimed at developing participants’ employability skills and confidence.
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Police in appeal for witnesses to shooting

Thursday, 12 January 2012

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).
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Chinese fined for food offences

Thursday, 12 January 2012

The owner of an east Belfast restaurant has been fined a total of £2,800 for food safety offences.
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Relief as oil cargo finally removed from tanker

Thursday, 12 January 2012

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.
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Empey hopes support for Heathrow bill will take off

Thursday, 12 January 2012

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.
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‘We are fighting to protect our futures’

Thursday, 1 December 2011

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.
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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.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

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.
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Calls for Lord Mayor to resign following Army Cadet ‘snub’

Thursday, 1 December 2011

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.
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Robinson’s threat to quit ‘no surprise’

Thursday, 17 November 2011

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.
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‘Recession to blame’ for rise in domestic burglaries

Thursday, 17 November 2011

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.
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Ex-bodybuilder left bride in pool of blood

Thursday, 17 November 2011

An east Belfast body-building champ killed his bride on their wedding day after she called off the marriage because of his violence.
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Shock as woman dies in house fire

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Mourners gathered yesterday for the funeral of the 55-year-old woman who died in a house fire in east Belfast on Saturday night.
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NIHE expects man to live under burnt out flat

Thursday, 10 November 2011

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.
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Darts players up their game by going under

Thursday, 10 November 2011

An east Belfast hypnotherapist has been helping local darts players to sharpen up their game.
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MLA demands action to stop winter deaths

Thursday, 10 November 2011

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.
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Ulster hospital A&E braced for influx

Thursday, 3 November 2011

The Ulster hospital is set to receive more visitors to its casualty department as the City A&E unit has now closed its doors.
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Resident builders enjoy the fruits of their own labour

Thursday, 3 November 2011

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.
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Staff tied up and assaulted by armed and masked gang

Thursday, 3 November 2011

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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