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Campaign aims to increase awareness of ‘hidden killer’
The Mayor of Newtownabbey has joined Home Accident Prevention Newtownabbey to
raise awareness of the risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning following the
recent deaths of two local teenagers.
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Fears grow over latest ‘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 North
Down and Ards.
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Volunteers urged to join trek in aid of cancer charity
A Newtownabbey woman is to trek up Slieve Donard to raise money for charity —
a year after she was diagnosed with lymphoma.
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A big deal going on in the garden
Young people from Newtownabbey were celebrating recently after a Big Lottery
Fund windfall from its Big Deal Small Grants Programme.
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Free dog health checks
Dog owners are invited to bring their canine companions along to PDSA’s
PetCheck vehicle which arrives in Newtownabbey next month.
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On the grapevine - August 19
CITY-CENTRE
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Search is on for best business
The search is on for the best of Newtownabbey’s businesses, as the
Newtownabbey Business Awards 2010 were launched today at Chain Reaction
Cycles.
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Put your best form forward on the job hunt
Top tips for those seeking employment ‘in today’s challenging economic times’
are on hand from local Careers’ offices.
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Alcohol warning for youths
With thousands of young people receiving exam results this summer, the Public
Health Agency (PHA) is reminding parents of the value of talking to their
child about alcohol.
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Sit-down protesters are told to keep on walking
Sit-down protesters have been urged to stay away from this weekend’s
controversial Apprentice Boys parade in Ardoyne.
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Inside News
Arthur’s quest for justice
Thursday, 26 January 2012
A north Belfast man whose father was murdered 37 years ago by the IRA is asking the Chief Constable and the Police Ombudsman to reopen the case. Arthur Rafferty was shot on September 8, 1974 in Newington Street. The 56 year old Catholic civilian died three weeks later.
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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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Women’s training group overwhelmed by demand
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Training and employment organisation WOMEN’STEC have stated that a new purpose-built premises needs to be created to improve job opportunities and tackle deprivation in north Belfast.
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Delegation meets over dissident threat
Thursday, 12 January 2012
A north Belfast MP and his party colleagues have met with senior police officers this week in an attempt to learn more about the police response to dissident terrorism in north Belfast and how the police are dealing with the threat — after a bomb was planted on a soldier’s car in Ligoniel 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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Two days of violence leave residents’ windows broken
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Innocent people in two areas of north Belfast have suffered damage to their property in seperate incidents of youth violence last weekend.
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Nepalese police learn lessons on working with community
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Nepalese police officers have been visiting north Belfast to find out how to develop partnerships with the community.
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Firefighter raises over £31k for local charities
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Firefighter Noel McKee, from the Whitla Fire Station, Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) has managed to raise a staggering £31,000 in the past two years for a variety of local charities.
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Shock at violence of new car crime spree
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The vandalism of a graveyard in Antrim is the most destructive incident of joyriding to have originated in north Belfast in recent weeks. At least four incidents of car thefts, joyriding, or hijackinng have been perpetrated in north Belfast since Wednesday of last week.
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Nursery gets its Hopes up and nets £20,000 award
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Hope Nursery School, on the Shankill Road, will receive £20,000 funding from Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. having recieved the greatest number of public votes in the channel’s nationwide social responsibility campaign Help Dora Help.
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Notes on a revolution from tech firm’s link-up
Thursday, 17 November 2011
The Ulster Orchestra and Northern Ireland’s largest indigenous IT services company, Northgate Managed Services have joined forces to announce a ‘special partnership’ at Glengormley Integrated Primary School.
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Children targeted in sectarian attacks
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Politicians have met with senior PSNI and Belfast Education and Library Board (BELB) officers after reports of strangers approaching children in the north of the city — and an incident that saw two young boys assaulted in a sectarian attack.
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NIHE says sorry for not highlighting balcony risk
Thursday, 10 November 2011
A freedom of Information request submitted by residents of the Seven Towers high rise flats in the New Lodge area of north Belfast has revealed that specialist consultants advised the Housing Executive (NIHE) in June 2011 of their ‘serious concern over the condition of the metal surrounds to the balcony glazing units’ and recommended ‘in our opinion, it would not be unreasonable to stop people from using these balconies in due course.’
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Minister announces help for those not on benefits
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Department of Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland last week announced funding for voluntary and community organisations committed to driving forward innovative new ways to increase benefit uptake.
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Lynn’s helping women unlock a look that suits
Thursday, 10 November 2011
North Belfast woman Lynn McInnes has created a website — The Image Mistress — to help women find their own individual styles.
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Mater’s A&E intake likely to increase
Thursday, 3 November 2011
The Mater Hospital is set to see more visitors to its casualty department as the City Hospital’s Accident & Emergency unit has now closed its doors — without ceremony — in what many fear is a permanent measure.
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Help shape a new era for Ballyrobert village
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Newtownabbey Borough Council is inviting residents to have a say on how Ballyrobert might look in the future.
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Patricia waxes lyrical over hair dare challenge
Thursday, 3 November 2011
A local charity fundraiser has offered ladies a chance to give the beauty regime a break and ditch the razor to raise vital funds for a cause close to her heart.
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Milestone birthday for 16th Newtownabbey BB
Thursday, 3 November 2011
THE 16th Newtownabbey Boys' Brigade connected to Belfast City Mission in Rathcoole will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on February 11, 2012.
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Finucane family walks out of meeting with PM
Thursday, 13 October 2011
The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane yesterday walked out of a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron because they felt ‘angry’ and ‘insulted’ by his proposal for a leading QC to review the case, rather than conduct a full inquiry.
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