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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

DUP's Gavin Robinson says the party is focused on what it wants to achieve in restoring NI's place in the UK internal market.

DUP: Ball is in the government's court

Gavin Robinson

'Northern Ireland set to lag far behind England in terms of rising funding'

East Belfast man Dr Bill Woods OBE served for 60 years as a medical missionary, treating people with leprose in the Acre region of Brazil.

Brazilian President's tribute to Belfast medical missionary Dr Bill Woods OBE

Stormont MLAs are unlikely to create 'an economic upsurge' given that the poor quality decision making of previous devolved administrations in fact exacerbated Northern Ireland’s economic difficulties

Owen Polley: A revived Stormont is more likely to be populist than boost economy

The concept of a Gaeltacht Quarter was discussed at a meeting of Belfast City Council Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

DUP councillors have criticised the concept of a Gaeltacht Quarter in Belfast

Presbyterian moderator the Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney

Moderator’s hospital visit evokes memories

Image of the Typhoon over Banbridge

NEW FOOTAGE: Mystery of fighter jet flying low over east Northern Ireland solved

Patrick Kielty as Shane and Seána Kerslake as Eileen

Patrick Kielty says Ballywalter film debut most ‘terrifying professional thing’

Sinn Fein headquarters Connolly House

DUP calls for the closing of donation loophole after SF income revealed

The old News Letter offices at 55 -65 Donegall St Belfast. Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Church of Ireland move from the old News Letter building

Jimmy Martin (centre) during his time at Linfield. (Photo by Linfield FC)

Linfield and Glentoran tributes to striker who scored famous 'Big Two' hat-trick

Dr Mary Bew, who was born in Cork and became a World War Two veteran. She died last week at the age of 101. Dr Bew was the mother of Prof Lord Paul Bew and grandmother of John Bew, the Downing St advisor

Irish WW2 veteran who became a GP in east Belfast during Troubles dies at 101

The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland headquarters in Church Street. The proxy vote application form was hand delivered and accepted but later rejected for not having a Digital Registration Number

Letter: Bureaucratic bungling when I tried to get my dad, 87, his vote

Danny Purkis has signed for Carrick Rangers. (Photo by Carrick Rangers FC)

Danny Purkis 'sold' on Carrick Rangers ambition after switch from Glentoran

St Matthews parish church Richhill

Presbyterian Church's 'United Appeal' balances the books
When the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland met in Belfast last month, it did a number of things. On the opening day, it elected Dr Sam Mawhinney as its new moderator for the forthcoming year, the first in nearly 25 years to come from a congregation in the Irish Republic.

Curtis McCutcheon

PSNI issue information appeal for whereabouts of man wearing band uniform

George Best playing in his Windsor Park testimonial in 1988. I doubt his detractors contributed as much as he did to his native land

Letter: George Best put our wee country on map for the right reasons

The Battle of the Somme Parade passes through East Belfast on Saturday evening. Pic Pacemaker

Battle of Somme parade in pictures - see 25 images of what happened

Kingspan Stadium

Ulster Rugby plan for 3G pitch at Kingspan approved despite objections

Ballymacarrett District lodge No 6 says the annual Somme Commemoration parade in east Belfast has been running since the 1920s.
Photo: Aidan O’Reilly Pacemaker Press

Over 100 parades marking Battle of the Somme sacrifice

The route of the parade in east Belfast, running anti-clockwise from the red arrow. The area to the left of the red arrow is the Short Strand, coloured in green. It is separated from neighbouring areas by a peace line (in black)

Parades Commission takes organisers of major Somme Orange parade to task

The Prince of Wales meeting members of the public after his visit to the East Belfast Mission at the Skainos Centre, Belfast, as part of his tour of the UK to launch a project aimed at ending homelessness. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Prince of Wales receives warm welcome as he visits Northern Ireland

Gavin Robinson is MP for East Belfast, where the Titanic itself was originally built. He has spoken out about the plight of the missing sub that was attempting to visit the wreck of the ill-fated liner.

MP: Missing Titanic sub 'harrowing reminder' of original disaster

Fred Nugent and Ruth 'the love of his life'

The Roamer: Warm memories of a poetic dad on the eve of Father’s Day

Gavin Robinson has been elected deputy leader of the DUP. He said: 'I look forward to continuing to work with colleagues at every level within the party as we seek to deliver on our election commitments'

East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson 'honoured' to be elected DUP deputy leader

Dace Delaney, Self Help Africa Northern Ireland Volunteer, is pictured with Elaine Gillespie, manager of Self Help Africa Northern Ireland on Cregagh Road, East Belfast

Give back to your community and improve your wellbeing by volunteering
Volunteering makes a huge difference in the lives of others. But it can also improve your health and wellbeing. Self Help Africa is just one organisation you might consider giving time to

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson with party colleagues Jonathan Buckley and Gavin Robinson as the party gets set to vote a deputy leader

DUP MLAs and MPs to vote for party's next deputy leader

The Single Transferable Vote system provides extra information about voter preferences

Alliance vote transfers suggest the centre is moving towards nationalism

Stars and Stripes newspaper announcing Hitler's death, and the News Letter announcing VE Day a few days later

VE Day 2023: Parade set for East Belfast marking Nazi Germany's demise

Sinn Fein and DUP logos

DUP says unionist voters 'must not repeat the mistake of 2022' on May 18

Author and storyteller Doreen McBride

The Roamer: Daughter trusts dad to ‘chase away naughty noise’ of blitz

East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson

Funding for public services 'unfair to NI and will get worse': DUP MP

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) meets with US President Joe Biden at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast

Biden urged not to push for increased Dublin role in NI affairs

Kim Kelly from Mighty Women NI and Elaine Cahill from East Belfast who has availed of Action Cancer's services

Female network Mighty Women NI to raise funds for Action Cancer

Former UVF member and PUP leader David Ervine (1953-2007) is the subject of a new play written by ex-prisoner Bobby Niblock

Ex-prisoner Bobby Niblock pens play about late PUP trailblazer David Ervine

Danny Purkis celebrates after netting his second for Glentoran in their 5-1 home win against Portadown.

Rodney McAree urges Glentoran players to secure automatic European football

Glenavon's Rory Brown makes a save against Glentoran at The Oval.

Rory Brown 'league's best goalkeeper' says Glenavon boss Gary Hamilton

H&W Welders boss Paul Kee and assistant Graeme Philson celebrate after beating Glenavon in the previous round

Paul Kee's H&W Welders daring to dream of Irish Cup upset against Larne

There is a pillbox within the grounds of Glentoran Football Club

Belfast's WW2 pillboxes to be restored in plan to boost war era tourism

Marie Curie social worker Emma Smyth - who works at the Marie Curie Hospice in East Belfast

How to manage your emotions on Valentine's Day if you have lost a partner

H&W Welders Irish Cup match-winner Oisin Barr

Welders boss Kee looking to follow up "biggest result in club's history"

Morning View

Editorial: Sectarian use of Irish makes unionists wary of the language

Still from the nominated short film, An Irish Goodbye

Short film from east Belfast filmmaker nominated for Oscar

Flout! focuses on high quality ingredients and craftsmanship. Peter makes his own doughs, the piece de resistance for Food Review Club, who described his pizza dough as “spectacular” and “iconic” for its light and crispy texture.

UK’s biggest food reviewer scores east Belfast pizza a perfect 10

DUP MP Gavin Robinson

Westminster 'ultimatum' for DUP would be 'rewriting the Belfast Agreement'

Shannon after losing weight

TikTok star Shannon Mitchell lost 6 stone - now she tells her 50k followers how

A welder at Harland & Wolff shipyard factory in Belfast. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

New Harland and Wolff jobs give Belfast 'hope for a brighter future'

Energy bill.

Pressure grows for helpline to deal with £600 payment queries

New LGBTQIA+ centre: DUP says councillors 'must be mindful' of public spending

Sir Richard Dawson Bates photographed with his wife Lady Muriel in 1937

Gordon Lucy: Hero to ordinary unionists, but Bates polarised opinion

Glentoran fans protest after Saturday's defeat against Larne at The Oval.

Glentoran fans stage protests after defeat against Larne at Oval

Elizabeth Pole's copy of the Geneva Bible

Ancient 'Geneva Bible' sells for £20,000 in East Belfast

The council initiative distributes £100 of vouchers to households on a first-come first-served basis

Sinn Fein and DUP accused of 'carve-up' over Belfast fuel hardship fund vouchers

NI ‘remains subject to EU diktat’ under the protocol

Protocol’s open wound in NI politics is turning gangrenous