- Calcium-heart attack link found
- Sister weeps over Shafilea's death
- Rabies case is confirmed in UK
- £1.1bn less tax recouped after cuts
- Early roll-out for single benefit
- Clegg: Greek euro exit damaging
- Poll: Public wants more media rules
- Euro: Enough is enough says Cameron
- HP issues British job cuts warning
- Met detective held in bribery probe
News
Man dies after Newtownabbey crash
A MAN has been killed in a road crash involving a motorbike and a tractor in Newtownabbey on Wednesday evening.
Man charged over 1998 murder
A MAN has been charged with the murder of Thomas Lockard in Belfast more than 14 years ago.
Our forgotten Prime Minister
H.H. Asquith called his successor Bonar Law “the unknown Prime Minister”. James Chichester-Clark, the tenth anniversary of whose death occurred on May 17 last, is Stormont’s forgotten Prime Minister.
Call in PSNI over suspected fraud, say MLAs
A MISUSE of public funds by a body which had two of Belfast’s best doctors on its board but only ever employed one person was probably fraudulent, MLAs have said.
Retired top civil servants involved
TWO former heads of the Northern Ireland Civil Service are named in today’s report because of their involvement with the BTI project.
Sport
McMahon finishes in top five
Sycerika McMahon produced another solid swim the finish in fifth place in the final of the 100m breaststroke at the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary yesterday.
Irish lads come out fighting
IRELAND A recovered their pride after an encouraging second day against Kent IIs at Maidstone yesterday, but they are still staring down the barrel of a heavy defeat.
SHIELS REVELS IN NEW KILLIE DEAL
Kilmarnock have extended the contracts of Northern Ireland duo Kenny Shiels and Jimmy Nicholl.
McAree is relishing new season
DUNGANNON Swifts coach Rodney McAree can’t wait for a new Premiership campaign to get up and running.
Gary delight at McCashin capture
GLENAVON have signed defender Sean McCashin from Lisburn Distillery.
Video
Parade celebrates centenary milestone video
ONLY tolerance of each other’s traditions will ensure a peaceful decade of centenaries, a senior Belfast Orangeman told the first major unionist historical rally that passed off peacefully at the weekend.
Lifestyle
NR GREER: Stormont’s spinning is making us dizzy
TOURISM. That’s the thing that is supposed to save the Northern Ireland economy, but unfortunately the reality is in serious danger of falling short of the rhetoric.
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The knight has passed but his days live on
THIRTY three years ago this week, a truly unique Ulsterman’s heart stopped beating - a heart that pulsed with enlightenment and learning. CHARLIE WARMINGTON marks the publication of a book about Sir John Henry Biggart C.B.E., written by his son Denis Biggart
Ulster mother making manners matter
LAURA MURPHY meets Coleraine born woman Sheila Keast, whose classes on the art of etiquette have gone down a storm in the States
Belfast actress scoops role in primetime crime drama
BELFAST actress Seanin Brennan will star in new primetime BBC drama The Fall - a psychologically-gripping series about a serial killer - opposite X-Files icon Gillian Anderson.
Fertility and illness explored in evocative new dance sequence
DANCER Suzannah Creight has used her experiences of being diagnosed with cancer while pregnant to create a moving, evocative new dance piece called Plants & Hopes.
Community
Lost potential of Maze sports site
IT has become very clear to me that due to our biased, blundering politicians the full potential of this wonderful site at the Maze has been completely lost.
Greek tragedy hurts everyone
DURING their wars of independence against the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s and 1830s, Greek forces were commanded by the Anglo-Irish general, Sir Richard Church.
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ANYONE who has visited Belfast Central Library in this year of “Our City, Our Time” would not fail to be impressed by the restoration of the outside of this beautiful building, but would be dismayed at the changes to the inside of it, such as the “altar”-like counters in the front hall and the changes made to the lending library which now has new bookshelves grossly out of keeping with the heritage of this important WH Lynn building.
Ivy turning trees into shapeless lumps
WILLIAM Burgess’s (Letters, May 14) appeal for action on halting the rapid spread of ivy is timely and a wake-up call for those in authority.
Two peoples living in a single state
“YES, we can share space, albeit demarcated, but for so long as republicans don’t want to live in the UK and unionists don’t want to live in a United Ireland then I’m not sure how we ever create the framework for a shared future,” - Alex Kane (April 23).
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