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A dartboard at home can quickly turn a casual evening with friends into a tournament

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Lisburn takeaway named as finalists in awards. Pic credit: Google

Lisburn takeaway named as finalist in British Kebab Awards

Mark Surgeoner with the British Chambers of Commerce International President’s Award

Coleraine man lands top international business award

Lick Gelato in Newcastle is Northern Ireland’s tastiest food. Picture shows joint founder Simon Welby receiving his award in London

NI food producers scoop record haul of Great British Food Awards

Morning View

Editorial: PM's proposals will need careful scrutiny

Sandwiches have more experimental fillings than they used to

Ad Feature Why the sandwich remains Britain’s workplace lunch champion

Separatists are agitating to break up the United Kingdom

Owen Polley: Mingling of race and identity is toxic

TV Host Alison Hammond surprised some of Britain's most loyal people

Britain's most loyal people surprised by Alison Hammond

A Hawker Hurricane Mk1 – Hurricanes fought in the Battle of Britain

Letter: Honouring the sacrifice of ‘The Few’ on Battle of Britain Day

Dunbia, which is headquartered in Dungannon, has won major awards for unique beef burgers

Tyrone burger named Britain’s best at major meat industry awards

Morning View

Editorial: Chancellor's failure to rule out tax rises is grim news for everyone

An Officer from the Royal Marines examines a pile of ammunition and other equipment laid down by Argentinian troops at the Goose Green surrender.

Britain’s commitment to Falkland Islands ‘absolute and unshakeable’ – Streeting

All passengers using ferrys between Britain and the Republic of Ireland will now require passports.

Unionists welcome ferry passport rule, but say Republic must tackle immigration

Ferry passengers between Ireland and Britain will need a valid passport from the end of next month, according to the requirements of the UK Border Force.

Ferry passport rule change should include Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein says

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Bankrupt Britain needs to tap into North Sea oil gold, says Donald Trump

The UK Industry Minister, Chris McDonald, at Harland & Wolff, to “celebrate hundreds of millions" of government funding in NI businesses. At the News Letter we make sure such visits are covered given extensive media coverage of Dublin’s shared island money, which now includes a media funding to promote cross-border stories

Ben Lowry: London lets Dublin look generous and Britain mean - undermining UK
This month we covered the visit of a UK government minister to several prominent businesses in Belfast.
Ben Lowry

Newly confirmed Labour Party leader Andy Burnham after speaking with local stakeholders and party supporters about his plan to deliver good growth in every postcode across the country, during a visit to Gravesend Town Pier in Kent. The former Greater Manchester mayor, who returned to Westminster last month as Makerfield MP, will take over as prime minister and enter No 10 on Monday. Picture date: Friday July 17, 2026.

Andy Burnham’s five pledges in his first speech

Morning View

Editorial: The Twelfth is always a special day for the wider Orange family

Rev David McMillan, Free Presbyterian Church

Thought for the week: Dates that deserve to be marked

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Britain ‘just had a bad moment’ over Iran, says Trump as he hails Nato unity

Benjamin Franklin spent time in Hillsborough a few years before the signing of the American Declaration of Independence

Founding father Benjamin Franklin fought hard to stay close to Britain

May 31, 1916: HMS Lion, left, is shelled and HMS Queen Mary, right, is blown up by German shells during the Battle of Jutland (photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jutland anniversary: 'Do not forget Ulster contribution to 'Somme of the Sea'

Morning View

Morning View: A needed defence shift towards drone technology

Navantia UK’s Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast already runs on certified renewable electricity, as the company confirmed a wider shift to green power across its UK operations

Belfast yard leads Navantia UK’s move to renewable energy across Britain

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech in Downing Street, London, as he said he will resign as leader of the Labour Party and he has informed the King of his decision. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Andy Burnham could be PM within weeks as emotional Starmer quits

Newry construction firm Cunningham has announced the appointment of Martin McKinley as commercial director, further strengthening the company's leadership team as it continues to expand its operations across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Pictured is Lisa Murtagh, chief operations officer, Martin McKinley, commercial director, Joanne Cunningham, company secretary and Tim Cunningham, chief executive officer

New director appointed as NI construction company targets expansion

Northern Ireland mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer Roco is investing £2.5million in a factory expansion and 30 new jobs. Pictured during a visit to Rocco, Crossmaglen are Alistair Quinn, head of Southern Regional Business, Invest NI, Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald and Shane Connolly, CEO, Rocco. Photo William Cherry/Presseye

NI manufacturer invests £2.5m in new factory and doubles headcount
The Northern Ireland mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer is doubling capacity after securing £8m in export sales over the past year
Claire Cartmill

Ireland’s experience shows that growth after crisis is possible — but also that economic pressure can sometimes force the reforms needed to create the conditions for growth

IMF crisis could force economic reform in NI

John Dunlap, the Strabane-born printer who produced the first copies of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776

NI printer behind the birth of the United States to be honoured in his home town

The poster image of Lord Kitchener that helped recruit his New Army

Lord Kitchener, poster boy of Britain's WWI effort, was disliked by colleagues

The Leapmotor T03 brings affordable electric motoring back to the city car segment

Leapmotor T03 review: The £15,995 electric city car Britain needs

(Left to right) Lieutenant Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, from Surrey; Petty Officer Owen Green, 24, from Hampshire; and Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson, 42, from Somerset, who died when their helicopter crashed in a field on Wednesday. Photo: Ministry of Defence/PA Wire

Royal Navy helicopter crash victims named as families and military pay tribute

Morning View

Editorial: McCullagh’s jail term is hefty, albeit not enough

The Belfast Agreement set in stone, and handed down from Mount Sinai, has since been amended by the Northern Ireland Protocol

Letter: The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Morning View

Editorial: Ukraine might be turning tide against Russia

Essity carried out the study to mark the opening of its new £30million recycled paper facility at its manufacturing site in Prudhoe, Northumberland.

Kids in Britain flush up to 13,476,238 MILES of loo paper annually

Soulful chef Wendy McGuire of Windrush Cuisine has widespread catering experience that includes the renowned Established Coffee Shop in Belfast

NI chef brings Caribbean flavours to Belfast with new dinner box venture

An anti-protestant hate slogan was daubed on Strabane's war memorial in an overnight attack.

Letter: Strabane war memorial vandals don’t know their history

An old News Letter front page from March 1749

The capture and death of notorious highwayman Dick Turpin (1739)

The Ulster University York Street Campus in Belfast. Stormont Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald has defended not raising university fees in Northern Ireland as Ulster University faces redundancies.

Minister defends decision to not raise tuition fees as UU announces redundancies

Morning View

Editorial: Fuel costs are a disgracefully high burden

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Step on-board and save with Stena Line’s foot passenger sale

Eamonn Holmes. The GB News presenter is recovering in hospital following a stroke

Eamonn Holmes 'doing okay' following stroke says his son

The programme follows Donal MacIntyre as he casts a microscopic lens over real cases from across the UK

Ad Feature Donal MacIntyre’s UK Killer Evidence returns to TRUE CRIME next week

Sir Keir Starmer’s priority seems to be managing Labour malcontents

Owen Polley: A strong PM would hold firm line on immigration

The House of Lords have voted to approve the details of the Crime and Policing Bill that will decriminalise abortion up to birth

Letter: Public wasn’t consulted on abortion ‘up to birth’

Morning View

Editorial: Stormont like Westminster has to boost manufacturing skills in NI

Morning View

Editorial: Khamenei was most to blame for Iranian bloodshed

Lead Actress winner Lola Petticrew at the 2026 IFTA Awards at Dublin Royal Convention Centre. Photo: Andres Poveda/PA Wire

MLA 'glad' Lola Petticrew didn't have to live through NI Troubles

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The greatest Winter Olympics Games moments of all time have been revealed.

The greatest Winter Olympics Games moments revealed

Recreation of, The Few airmen of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the aviators of the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (RN) who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War, part of The Longest Yarn, A Thread Through History 2, a knitted and crocheted display depicting events and life during World War II, on display at St Macartan’s Cathedral in Enniskillen. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

‘Britain at War’ knitted figures in Enniskillen praised for bringing era to life

Laura Murphy, managing director of Omagh’s Oatco Superfuel, at a Meal Deal showcase in a local Tesco superstore

Healthy oats fuel Omagh firm’s super growth in Britain and Ireland

Sides, which has Caribbean-style chicken restaurants in London and Manchester, partnered with Rich Sauces, one of the UK’s leading producers of a wide range of sauces for catering and retail on the unique platter

Winning London Jerk Platter rich in flavours from Newtownards

Sides, which has Caribbean-style chicken restaurants in London and Manchester, partnered with Rich Sauces, one of the UK’s leading producers of a wide range of sauces for catering and retail on the unique platter

Winning London Jerk Platter rich in flavours from Newtownards

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