- Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider
- Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Police probe Ferdinand package
- Farmer jailed over rotting animals
- Judges bid to speed up hacking case
- Burglary victim died of injuries
- Police perjury retrial 'unlikely'
- Face of man who helped escapee
- Two charged over decapitated body
- 350 steel redundancies 'disastrous'
- Crimewatch leads on jail van escape
- Britain braced for cold weather
- Father slams Winehouse catwalk show
- Olympics baby rule an anomaly: Coe
- Implants chief faces French charges
- Bonus for RBS boss sparks debate
- Housing market 'to remain subdued'
- Voters opt for elected mayor system
- Two quizzed over decapitation death
- Concerns raised on police phone use
News
Heartbroken parents want baby death probe
THE heartbroken parents of one of four babies who died in outbreaks of a killer infection in two hospitals have called for a public inquiry.
Empey: Scottish split ‘may reignite Troubles’
INDEPENDENCE for Scotland risks reigniting conflict in Northern Ireland, an Ulster Unionist peer has warned.
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Firefighters too slow says baby rescue hero
THE Glengormley man who caught a young mother’s baby as she dropped it through the window of her burning home has hit out at the fire service “for not doing their job fast enough”.
Facing legal fury, Hain hits back
UNDER mounting criticism for attacking one of Northern Ireland’s top judges, Peter Hain last night dismissed suggestions that his comments were an attempt to sell his £20 book, telling critics to “grow up”.
PSNI defends traffic shake-up
A DECISION to transfer a number of specialist “traffic branch” officers to other duties will improve, rather than diminish, roads policing, the PSNI has said.
Sport
KEARNEY ADOPTING FAMILIAR APPROACH
COLERAINE boss Oran Kearney admits he has relied on his previous experiences with Linfield in the countdown up to the IRN-BRU League Cup final at the Ballymena Showgrounds.
Farquhar hails tough guy Amor
Ryan Farquhar has paid tribute to Scotsman Keith Amor following his shock retirement from the sport.
Kilmartin back on board at Whites
ANDY Kilmartin will be back in a Lisburn Distillery shirt for tonight’s Carling Premier League clash against Glentoran at The Oval.
Giants out to stop losing streak against Clan
The Belfast Giants continue their road trip with an Elite League clash against the Braehead Clan tonight with coach Doug Christiansen hoping his players can halt a mini two game losing streak.
HENRY TO LEAD FROM THE FRONT
ULSTER consistent backrow performer Chris Henry, will skipper the Irish Wolfhounds in Exeter tomorrow when they face England Saxons as the curtain opens on the Six Nations championship season.
Lifestyle
Bobbie Hanvey shares the best of his photographic archive
VETERAN photographer Bobbie Hanvey has snapped the great and good, the obscure and the strange, the old and the young, poets and prelates, chimney sweeps and Orangemen and women walking with firewood in their arms.
Spotlight on female experience and empowerment in provocative play
AMERICAN Eve Esler penned The Vagina Monologues in 1996 both as a celebration of female sexuality and a rallying call against sexual violence. It was about reclaiming ‘down there’ from any sense of shame or embarrassment; inviting women to tell the truth about their sexuality and their bodies, the monologues also bear witness to harrowing experiences of rape and assault, through to the joys of childbirth and fulfilling sexuality.
Drum Beat: Four counties unite for evening of music
SEVERAL high-profile indoor band events took place at the weekend, with Co Antrim and Co Tyrone venues.
70 years on, remembering when the Yanks arrived
Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of 4,000 US infantrymen in Belfast. Local historian Gordon Lucy examines their impact on Ulster life
Ruth opens up about her ‘living bereavement’
In a moving interview with HELEN McGURK This Morning presenter and Alzheimer’s Society ambassador Ruth Langsford talks candidly about her father’s Alzheimer’s and why she is hoping a charity event in March will raise much needed awareness of the condition
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Community
IAN PAISLEY: Long and winding road back to stability
“ARDUOUS, long and uneven” are the words used by the governor of the Bank of England to describe the path to economic recovery, as news broke that our national debt hit the £1 trillion mark for the first time!
Churches unable to define a Christian
YOUR article on the conference on homosexuality held recently at Orangefield Presbyterian Church, Belfast, raises a few critically important but apparently forgotten issues.
2 commentsUUP must merge or disband
I WRITE in response to your recent article (News, January 25) regarding the talks which have been taking place between the leaders of the DUP and UUP.
3 commentsPower to break Union lies in London
HAVING Scots ancestry, I would be very sad to see Scotland leave the United Kingdom.
1 commentTime to cap handouts to layabouts
AS I understand it, David Cameron appears to be the only one taking the blame for the cap on welfare benefit of £26,000 a year. Surely this was a decision the coalition government took?
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