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News
Police officer injured in knife attack
A POLICEMAN has been seriously injured after being slashed with a knife in Lurgan.
Farmer robbed 14 times
A NORTH Antrim farmer whose property has been raided 14 times has told of his anger over thieves sending his insurance “through the roof”.
Omagh families ‘have new evidence’
NEW evidence on the Omagh bombing has emerged to strengthen calls for an international inquiry into the atrocity, bereaved families have said.
UUP had private opposition talks
ULSTER Unionist MLAs privately discussed going into opposition to the DUP less than a month ago while most of them did not know the party was engaged in talks with the DUP.
No jail term leniency for Massereene killer
THE limited life expectancy of a terminally-ill dissident republican convicted of murdering two British soldiers should not influence the length of his jail term, his defence lawyer has accepted.
Sport
ONE TO SAVOUR
JUST one goal on this occasion – but substitute Joe Gormley’s wonder strike was good enough to eclipse any of the 17 goals these two sides served up in their previous two meetings this season.
Fans voice their anger at call-off
Angry Coleraine fans slammed the referee after their Premiership fixture against Dungannon Swifts was postponed because of an electrical fault.
McFadden admits defeat is hard to swallow
Fergus McFadden admitted defeat against Wales in the Six Nations opener was hard to swallow for Ireland.
More injury agony for Ronnie as Ports win
PORTADOWN manager Ronnie McFall must be sick of the sight of New Grosvenor.
McCaul is toast of Glenavon after win
BRIAN McCaul was the toast of Mourneview Park on Saturday as his hat-trick moved Glenavon off the foot of the Carling Premiership.
Video
RBS Six Nations Preview - Ireland ready for Wales test video
Preparations are almost complete for Ireland’s opening game of the Six Nations Championship which is a rematch of the World Cup quarter-final defeat against Wales
Lifestyle
It’s all about Billy
GRAHAM Reid’s Billy plays, screened in the 1980s, offered, for the first time, a glimpse into working-class Ulster Portestant life.
Entertainment for short attention spans
THE BELFAST Children’s Festival returns with a week-long programme beginning, March 9, of fun-filled events and low cost activities for children aged 0-14.
Host a tea party and fundraise for cancer
EVERY year in Northern Ireland more than 180 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Grim statistics, yet funding and awareness of ovarian cancer remains low.
Who will be 2012 Nurse of the Year?
THE search is on to find the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2012.
Sign up for charity’s Wonder Woman challenge
WONDER Woman Niamh Callan is taking off to sign up for the Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) Wonder Woman Challenge in April.
Community
IAN PAISLEY: In praise of our heavenly ‘Vagabond King’
THE New Statesman recently carried an article entitled The Vagabond King. It tells the story of Valentine Strasser. In 1992 he became the world’s youngest head of state when he seized power in Sierra Leone. But now, according to this article, he lives with his mother and spends his days drinking gin by the roadside.
1 commentNI needs to take reins from London
I ENJOYED Alex Kane’s musing on the possibilities of a Northern Ireland ‘Arab spring’.
3 commentsTime to muzzle dogs
YET again another child is savaged by a dog, so I ask: how long will it take before a child is killed by such dogs?
NICK GARBUTT: The demonisation of Fred ‘the Shred’
BY the time I joined National Australia Bank Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin had already left. I never found anyone who had a good word to say about him.
Confusion reigns over Sabbath laws
IN response to Mr Boyd’s letter (December 19) concerning the Sabbath commandment, much of the confusion relating to the law of God is due to a lack of understanding regarding its three-fold division.
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