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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.

Lord Empey

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”.

PACEMAKER BELFAST 8/5/2007. Job done! Peter Hain pictured before he entered Stormont Parliment on the first day of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Picture Charles McQuillan/Pacemaker

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”.

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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.

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Carling Premier League, Cliftonville v Coleraine
Coleraine manager Oran Kearney during Saturday's game at Solitidude

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.

Keith Amor at the Ulster Grand Prix

Farquhar hails tough guy Amor

Ryan Farquhar has paid tribute to Scotsman Keith Amor following his shock retirement from the sport.

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Carling Premiership - Distillery v Linfield 

Linfield's Michael Carvill celebrates scoring against Distillery during Tuesdays Carling Premiership game at Ballyskeagh.

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.

21/10/11: Robert Dowd of the Belfast Giants has his shot saved by Chris Whitley of the Dundee Stars during the Elite League game in Belfast. Picture: Michael Cooper

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.

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 Heineken Cup Pool Four, Ulster v Leicester at Ravenhill.

Ulster's Chris Henry is tackled by Leicester's Martin Castrogiovanni and Steve Mafi

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.

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Sarah Sharvin and Peg Hynds bringing home firewood outside Downpatrick

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.

Lynda Bryans, Olivia Nash and Pamela Ballentine will star in The Vagina Monologues

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.

Maghera Sons of William flute band

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.

Private First Class Milburn H. Henke (August 24, 1918 - April 26, 1998) of Hutchinson, Minnesota, assigned to the United States Army's Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division (the

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 Langsford with her father Dennis

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 rss

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.

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UUP 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.

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Power to break Union lies in London

HAVING Scots ancestry, I would be very sad to see Scotland leave the United Kingdom.

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Time 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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