- Memorial service for Marie Colvin
- Heckled May faces calls to resign
- Children's TV to leave BBC1, BBC2
- Proposal for schools to set own pay
- Queen praises Charles' work on town
- PM brushes off attack over Brooks
- Police abuse 'mistakes' condemned
- Bank chief's verdict on debt woes
- Jobless figure falls by 45,000
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News
Life-saving equipment found in burglary probe
EQUIPMENT used to save lives in emergency situations has been recovered from a house in Belfast by police investigating burglaries.
Police in Castlereagh carried out a pro-active search of a house in the Dundonald area as part of an investigation into recent burglaries.
During the search, a number of items of medical equipment were discovered, including defibrillators used in heart attack and cardiac arrest emergencies.
Officers are now working to determine the origin of the items so they can be returned to their owners.
Fresh appeal over teen’s murder in 2001
AN investigation into the murder of a teenager in west Belfast 11 years ago, has been reopened by detectives after a review of the case.
Customers ‘won’t be hit’ by Phoenix Gas takeover
THE Consumer Council has reassured Phoenix Supply Limited customers that there “should be no immediate impact” by the Airtricity takeover.
McNarry rapped over ‘quit’ claims
REBEL Ulster Unionist David McNarry is being disciplined for a third time since the start of the year – over comments which he made to the News Letter.
Sport
Jessopp’s 208mph blast can’t stop Seeley
Overseas raider Martin Jessopp’s staggeringly fast 208mph top speed record at the Relentless International North West 200 wasn’t enough to topple race favourite Alastair Seeley.
Super Seeley makes flyinh start at NW200
World Supersport challenger Martin Jessopp may have blitzed the top speed record at the Relentless International North West 200 after rocketing through the timing beam at a mind-blowing 208mph on Tuesday, but it was Ulster hero Alastair Seeley who topped the Superbike and Supersport time-sheets.
Connolly willing to look at his options
CLIFTONVILLE goalkeeper John Connolly is ready to speak with other clubs after being transfer-listed by the Reds.
McCann: I can still do a job
RELEASED Crusaders midfielder Ryan McCann insists he has “plenty to offer” in the Irish League.
STARS TURN ON THE STYLE
ON a night when the great and good from Manchester United past and present came to Windsor Park to honour Munich survivor Harry Gregg the banner in the Kop Stand said it all.
Video
Royal Irish honoured with freedom of town video
THOUSANDS of people lined the streets of Ballymoney on Saturday to see the freedom of the town conferred on the Royal Irish Regiment.
Lifestyle
‘Monty’ victors of bands battle
THE pipe band season got under way on Saturday as the bands returned to Newtownards after an absence of almost 50 years.
Feeling those good vibes over Hooley biopic
The veteran of Belfast’s 1970s music scene tells JOANNE SAVAGE how it feels to have his life story made into a film
Strictly for the love of dance
Strictly Come Dancing favourite Flavia Cacace tells JOANNE SAVAGE about new dance show Midnight Tango
‘I’d never even heard of coeliac disease’
IMAGINE living without bread, biscuits, pasta, pizza, cornflakes, beer, pastries and cake.
Get brain injury aware!
BRAIN injuries are increasing each year across Northern Ireland, and whilst such incidents can happen in seconds, their effects last a lifetime.
Community
Is a horse agricultural or domestic? Sandra Overend MLA explains
THE role of the Northern Ireland Assembly, in my opinion, is to legislate and deal with the issues that affect the everyday lives of people and businesses across Northern Ireland.
Total alcohol ban is urged
THE Scottish Government’s proposal of a mere 50p minimum cost per unit of alcohol clearly indicates that they are not taking the dangers of alcohol seriously.
Elders at ecumenical service
WITH reference to your correspondent, Concerned Free Presbyterian, and the attendance of Ian Paisley at the ecumenical service held in Ballymena on Sunday April 29. Thanks to the internet I can quote exactly what Mr Paisley stated as to the reason that he could not attend the nuptials of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer: a Roman Catholic cardinal, Basil Hume, would participate and he determined that this was “an undermining of the Protestant foundations of our nation”.
In favour of 15 councils
YOUR correspondent Councillor Ross M Hussey, MLA, West Tyrone, is correct in his view on the 11-council plan.
ALEX KANE: CoI increasingly like warring UUP
THE Church of Ireland’s ongoing debacle about gay marriage reminded me (and not in a good way) of the days when the Ulster Unionist Council was called every few months to try and patch up the differences between the pro and anti-Belfast Agreement factions.
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