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Forensics officers searched the scene of the murder investigation. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Lurgan murder victim still not identified ahead of post mortem

Charlotte Murray was last seen alive at Halloween 2012

Chef jailed for killing Charlotte Murray has conviction appeal thrown out

Mr Beattie said his party has always called for a “factory reset” to the settings of the 1998 agreement, which received the support of over 71% of the electorate in a referendum at the time(Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Any changes to Stormont Executive ‘must be put to the people’ – Beattie

The Portrush ALB

Portrush RNLI launched to reports of a vessel in difficulty in Lough Foyle

File photo dated 27/01/04 of a man smoking a cannabis joint.

35 people arrested and 5 properties searched in PSNI crackdown on illegal drugs

Matthew McGuigan from Funeral Times

Matthew McGuigan: Vigil to be held this evening after sudden death in Australia

People ride sledges besides the beach huts at Blyth in Northumberland on Sunday, as temperatures dropped to around minus 11C in parts of the UK over the weekend. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Some snow possible for NI - but we miss treacherous conditions in England

PSNI

Two boys (14 and 15) arrested after petrol bombs thrown at PSNI

May McFettridge is starring in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Grand Opera House, which runs until January 14, 2024

May McFettridge in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Grand Opera House

Traffic and Travel

Police are investigating a fatal RTC

Road set to close as police investigate fatal road traffic collision

Traffic & Travel

Yellow weather warning expires - Car fire on Shore Road - delays ongoing

Diversions in place

Traffic & Travel: County Tyrone road closed following single vehicle RTC

Yellow weather warning issued

Another yellow weather warning issued for NI as cold weather continues

Heavy traffic on the M1 between Lurgan and Moira , due to a road traffic collision. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Police issue appeal for information following multi vehicle RTC

A yellow weather warning remains in place

Yellow weather warning for ice in Northern Ireland expires

Crime

police custody cell

Man arrested for trying to headbutt a police officer twice in Ahoghill

Irish foreign minister Micheal Martin

No united response to riots in Dail as Sinn Fein tables motion of no confidence

James Donegan was shot dead in Belfast on December 4, 2018. Police have issued a new appeal for information five years on with a £20,000 reward on offer

Jim Donegan murder: New appeal and £20,000 reward five years after killing

Forensics in the Edward Street area of Lurgan as police launch a murder inquiry. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Two women and one man arrested following discovery of body in Lurgan

Edward Street Lurgan - Google image

Road closed off in Lurgan as police investigate a sudden death

Major Kevin McCool who has died while off-duty in Kenya.

Father of Northern Ireland soldier killed in Kenya pays tribute to 'special' son

Weather

Much of Northern Ireland has ushered in December 2023 with a seasonal covering of frost throughout the day. Pictured is a frosty lane in Co Antrim. Photo: Pacemaker, STEPHEN DAVISON

Northern Ireland welcomes in December with festive frost

Yellow weather warning issued

New yellow weather warning for ice issued for large parts of Northern Ireland

Business

The opening of the BPerfect Cosmetics Megastore in Eyre Square Shopping Centre,Galway. Picture Brian McEvoy Photography No Repro fee for one use

BPerfect opens new megastore in the heart of Galway City

The News Letter masthead, on a background of historical copies dating back to the 18th century

News Letter reporter Adam Kula wins data journalism award

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council chairperson councillor Valerie Harte pictured with Jillian Gilmore, head of city and growth deals, Department of Finance, Mel Chittock, interim chief executive, Invest Northern Ireland, Donal Durkan, executive director strategy and partnerships, Invest Northern Ireland, Deirdre McCloskey, DAERA rural affairs division representative, alderman Gerardine Mulvenna, mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Cllr Jason Barr, deputy mayor of Derry City and Strabane, Cllr John Laverty BEM, chair of the regeneration and growth committee, Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, Cllr Jennifer Gilmour, mayor of Ards and North Down, Cllr Meta Graham, deputy chair of Mid Ulster and Cllr Áine Groogan, deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast

​Launch of Digital Transformation Flexible Fund will stimulate innovation

Politics

DUP peer Lord McCrea in the Lords - Parliament TV

Peer's anger at Lords who 'want to humiliate unionists and destroy the Union'

NI Victims Commissioner Ian Jeffers at the NI Affairs Committee - Parliament TV

NI Troubles payments could take up to ten years to complete, MPs hear

DUP Deputy Leader Gavin Robinson has told party members that Northern Ireland needs a lasting financial settlement to address issues such as public sector pay.

DUP: Stormont collapse has “absolutely no bearing” on budget

Morning View

Editorial: Still time for London-based unionists to show they care about Union

UK Trending

NS&I Premium Bonds December 2023 prize winners: When is the draw date & how to check if you are a winner

Everything you need to know about the NS&I Premium Bonds December draw

Two men are being hunted by police after a man had a £28,000 Rolex watch stolen off of his wrist on a London street. (Credit: Metropolitan Police / SWNS)

Shocking clip shows £28k Rolex stolen from a man's wrist in attack

Part of the light trail at Warwick Castle

The castle that's a perfect start to Christmas

Mars has recalled Revels after rubber pieces were found in some packets Picture: Getty Images

Mars recalls popular sweet because it may contain rubber

Benn Curran-Nicholls, 14, tragically died after eating poisonous berries off a yew tree during a walk with his dad in Fletcher Moss Park in Manchester. (Photo: PA)

Boy dies after eating berries from tree in his local park

A murder probe has been launched after a man died in a house fire in Hull, East Yorkshire Picture: Humberside police / SWNS

Murder probe launched after man dies after house fire

Farming

Pictured in October 1981 is Mr J Hill, manager of the Ballymena branch of the Northern Bank, handing over championship cheques to John Harkin (supreme champion) and John Conway (reserve supreme champion) at a show and sale of pedigree Blackface ram lambs at Ballymena. Picture: News Letter archives/Darryl Armitage

Corporation scheme proposes ‘no cattle’ on the streets of Belfast (1937)

A still from No Poor Parish: Newtownstewart (1988) show fair day in Newtownstewart. Picture: Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive

Watch: No Poor Parish: Newtownstewart (1988)

People

Aaron McKinney

Police make renewed appeal for Aaron McKinney who has been missing 3 weeks
Police in west Belfast make a renewed appeal for information on the whereabouts of missing person Aaron McKinney, who has been missing for over three weeks.

Una Burns, manager and third generation of family owned Charlie’s Bar Enniskillen is joined by Sarah Thompson, founder of embroidery company, Ted and Stitch, at the announcement that the two local businesses have teamed up to launch of a limited edition apparel range after the bar’s Christmas advert went viral around the world and captured the hearts of millions of people

Viral ad inspires Charlie’s Bar and Ted and Stitch to launch loneliness appeal

Missing Louisa Parfitt

Appeal to find missing 17-year-old Louisa Parfitt last seen wearing dark shorts

The principal of Dungannon Integrated College said Major Kevin McCool - who died in Kenya - “had all the qualities of a leader” while a pupil at the school.

Major had ‘all qualities of a leader’ while a pupil

Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council partnered with both PSNI and the Policing and Community Safety Partnership for this year’s ‘Polar Plunge’ in support of Special Olympics.

This is what happened yesterday during the ‘Polar Plunge’ in Portrush

Education

More women are being encouraged to pursue careers in manufacturing thanks to a partnership between Ballymena zero-emission bus maker Wrightbus and a Northern Ireland college

Wrightbus joins forces with college to help women build manufacturing careers

Allstate NI and Queen’s University Belfast have launched the Allstate Software Studio, a new purpose-built training facility for software engineering students. Pictured cutting the ribbon are Karen Rafferty, head of school of electronics, electrical engineering and computer science, QUB, Zulfi Jeevanjee, executive vice-president and CIO Allstate, Austen Rainer, professor (education) EEECS, QUB, Stephen McKeown, vice president and managing director Allstate NI, Helen Carrick, assistant director (philanthropy) QUB and Ryan Feeney, vice-president strategic engagement and external affairs, QUB. Credit PressEye

Allstate Software Studio opens at Queen’s University Belfast

The top performing schools in Northern Ireland have been revealed in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023

Top schools in Northern Ireland named in Sunday Times list

Translink staff on the picket line in Crumlin as 24-hour strike that got under way at midnight is expected to cause extensive disruption across the public transport network on Friday. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Ulster at a standstill: Bus and train drivers striking for 24 hours

The UK must stand with Taiwan against intimidation by China, UUP peer Lord Rogan has told the World League for Freedom and Democracy conference in Taipei.

Peer presses government on teacher pay disparity with rest of UK

Celebrating the ‘topping out’ at the new student residence, MRP was joined by Grosvenor, who provided the senior debt facility, and Homes for Students, who have been appointed to manage the property under their luxury Prestige Student Living brand. Pictured are Graham Mitchell, Eamonn Laverty and Seamus McAleer, MRP, Oliver Ayling and Mitchell Bowly, Grosvenor and Mark Diamond, McAleer & Rushe

MRP celebrates 'topping out' of new student residence in England

Health

Lisa Fee is one of Cancer Focus Northern Ireland’s Family Support team. As they prepare to spend their last Christmas with a loved one, Lisa and the team will work with families to create a treasured Memory Book of photos, drawings and letters that can be treasured by the family. The charity has launched a £20,000 Christmas appeal to support the service which delivers year-round practical and emotional support, often responding to a call out when a parent is at the end of life.

Cancer Focus NI is working with families to create memory books

Holly Gormley, 11, from Strabane died in July from a rare blood condition - her family want to encourage others to give blood and save lives

Holly had a rare blood condition called Aplastic Anaemia

Almac Discovery and Queen’s University Belfast have announced a five-year project to develop a new chemoproteomics centre of excellence for drug discovery. The multi-million-pound facility, which is jointly funded by Almac Discovery and a BBSRC Prosperity Partnership award, is a first of its kind in Northern Ireland and will be located at Queen’s

Almac and Queen’s launch multi-million-pound chemoproteomics facility in Belfast

Happy Birthday! Patricia Charlton and Kenneth Henderson, residents of Jordanstown Care Home in Whiteabbey, join Beaumont Care Homes’ executive chair Wendy Wadicor to toast Beaumont’s first year in Northern Ireland. Beaumont Care Homes was launched in autumn 2022 and manages 29 care homes across NI, which are home to 1265 residents

Beaumont Care Homes celebrates a year in Northern Ireland

Opinion

People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett recently said that Israel is a state that is “built on ethnic cleansing, on apartheid and on the day in, day out, killing of Palestinians”

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Israel is extraordinarily diverse and tolerant

A Middle Eastern style meal is held on Sunday December 3 2023 at St Patrick's Parish Church of Ireland, Drumbeg after it hosted an Advent Carol service for migrants, asylum seekers and people newly arrived in Northern Ireland

Letter: An Advent service meal is held to welcome newcomers to NI

Michelle O’Neill commissioned the Bengoa Report, which made the same recommendations for hospital reform as past reviews, yet Sinn Fein is already campaigning to keep all local services open. The idea it will support what needs to be done to modernise the NHS is risible. Conor Murphy's budget was judged to lack "a coherent strategy and failed to set out its priorities properly" Pic: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker

Owen Polley: A restored Stormont will be a shambles unionists can easily oppose

Hillsborough Forest Park's Christmas Robin

When goldfinches or coal tits appear Christmas is near

Recommended

Historic grade 2 listed seaside property on the Ards peninsula on the market

1 Governors Gate Manor, Royal Hillsborough, BT26 6FZ 3 Bed Detached House Offers over £635,000

Neo Gothic Style home with a prominent spire and stone facade for sale locally

Mast

EE brings 4G mobile coverage boost to at least 139 rural communities

These are the best and spookiest costumes for children for Halloween 2023.

Cheap, scary Halloween costumes for kids - Wednesday and Marvel heroes

Must Read

The statue in Hillsborough Forest Park stands about 5m tall and was originally titled Cernunnos, after a pagan deity. The council has now removed the name but some ratepayers say it still scares young children.

Council removes 'witchcraft deity' name from ‘scary statue’

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