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- PM talks to king about preacher
- 'Hope' for UK police Libya visit
- Bank set to add £50bn economy boost
- Firefighters' pension strike threat
- Disruption fears as snow forecast
- Nine bomb plot terrorists jailed
- Redknapp 'hasn't thought about' job
- Sisters named oldest living twins
- Pupils suspended for snowball fight
- PM urges more women in boardrooms
- Three admit abuse at care home
- Lottery winners thank 'lucky' vibe
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News
Truth process ‘must include Dublin and IRA’
ONGOING talks between the government and political parties about dealing with the past will not be allowed to result in a one-sided process which lets Dublin and the IRA off the hook, an MP says.
Survey confirms near 50pc house price drop
HOUSE prices in Northern Ireland have almost halved from peak levels, the province’s most comprehensive residential property survey revealed yesterday.
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Trimble questions Robinson’s bid to woo Catholic voters
PETER Robinson’s appeals for a shared future in Northern Ireland are aimed at wooing liberal Protestants rather than Catholics, Lord Trimble has claimed.
Prayers and messages of support for Paisley
FORMER First Minister Ian Paisley remained in intensive care for a fourth night at the Ulster Hospital last night surrounded by his wife and family.
Minister under fire for ‘snub’ on fishing talks
THE Conservative Party has attacked the Sinn Fein Agriculture Minister for failing to show up at a meeting with Portavogie fishermen and the UK fisheries minister.
Sport
Burrows secures ex-Amor Honda
Evergreen road racer John Burrows will ride a Honda CBR600-RR for the Moira Motorcycle Club on the roads this season.
Ferris cleared to play as Earls returns for French clash video
The return of Keith Earls to the Irish starting 15 is the only change being made by Declan Kidney for this weekend’s daunting Six Nations trip to Paris.
Morrow is top player for month of January
Chris Morrow’s silverware collection is steadily growing this season – and he hopes the success continues in 2012.
NI boss confirms backroom panel
NORTHERN Ireland Manager Michael O’Neill has confirmed his backroom staff.
IRELAND RECEIVE FERRIS BOOST
IRELAND and Ulster backrow, Stephen Ferris, was exonerated yesterday by a Six Nations disciplinary panel for any alleged misdemeanor from his tackle on Welsh lock, Ian Evans, during Sunday’s match in Dublin.
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Ferris cleared to play as Earls returns for French clash video
The return of Keith Earls to the Irish starting 15 is the only change being made by Declan Kidney for this weekend’s daunting Six Nations trip to Paris.
Lifestyle
‘Bowel cancer test may save your life’
BOWEL cancer is the second most common cancer in Northern Ireland and claims the lives of 400 local people each year, but when detected at a very early stage there is a 90 per cent successful treatment rate.
‘I feel lucky cancer was detected’
Alaster Smyth, 68, from Glynn, near Larne in Co Antrim praises the bowel cancer screening programme, led by the Public Health Agency, for saving his life.
George VI: remembering the monarch 60 years on
King George VI died peacefully in his sleep at Sandringham on February 6, 1952 and his death was the occasion of a great outpouring of national grief. Local historian GORDON LUCY reflects on monarch’s life
Silver surfers face up to social networking
If we’re complaining that our children are too busy to talk to us, there is one medium through which we can be sure of keeping up with their adventures - Facebook. And more older people then ever before are logging on to this popular website, as LAURA MURPHY finds out when she meets two ‘silver Facebookers’
‘I’m back in touch with people’
ABOUT two years ago Co Down woman Hilary Glenn set up a Facebook profile and received her first friend request.
Community
BEN LOWRY: The epidemic of bad grammar
HOWEVER you feel about Gerry Adams, we can recognise one thing.
Maze plan shows victims no respect
IN response to your excellent Morning View about the proposed Conflict Transformation Centre at the Maze (February 4), which finished with the question of ‘why perpetuate a living nightmare and cause further anguish for the multitude of victims?’ I would submit the following:
NR GREER: NI needs to explore its potential
I have not been skiing for 25 years or so, but last weekend I got talked into a weekend in Andorra.
Praise for courage of Irish ‘deserters’
I must respond to the letter ‘A case for pardoning deserters’ from Tom Cooper, Dublin (News Letter, January 31).
Maze centre is ‘totally disgusting’
WITH hospitals and industry struggling for funding and financial solvency we are informed that the mandarins in Stormont, having pursued European money, are to allocate £18m to a conflict resolution centre at the Maze.
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