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Belfast chef Sharon McConnell was the joint winner of a global annual culinary competition with sustainability at its core. The Sustainable Chef Challenge run by her employer, Sodexo, one of Ireland’s largest catering and facilities management businesses, took place in Germany

NI chef scoops joint win with Brazilian competitor in global culinary contest

Mina Alali with calf Moo Picture: Mina Alali / SWNS

Meet Moo - a calf adopted from a petting zoo who gets taken for walks

Carrick Rangers have announced a new strategic alliance with USA-based Fan Owned Club. PIC: INPHO/Jonathan Porter

Carrick Rangers announce 'pioneering strategic alliance' with American company

Charlie the cockatoo has been caged for three months at Heathrow over paperwork issues

Pet bird caged at Heathrow for three months over missing paperwork

The bear calmly stole a fresh-caught salmon, as the fisherman who caught it could only watch on in disbelief. (Photo: Collab/SWNS)

Cheeky bear steals fisherman's freshly-caught salmon

Northern Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan showing off gold during the medal ceremony for the Men's Pommel Horse Final on day eight of the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Antwerp Sportpaleis. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Rhys McClenaghan wins World gold and highlights family support

Team Europe's Rory McIlroy chips on the 16th, during the foursomes on during day one of the 44th Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, Rome, Italy

Clean sweep for Team Europe in Friday's foursomes at the Ryder Cup

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy signing a Ryder Cup Europe flag for young fans earlier this month at the Horizon Irish Open. (Photo by Oisin Keniry/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy's Ryder Cup prep built off 'being sharp and playing tournaments'

Keady-based SFM Engineering drives ambitious growth with £3.5m support from Bank of Ireland. Pictured are Barry Breen, technical director, SFM Engineering, Diane McCall, senior business manager, Bank of Ireland UK and Paul Breen, managing & commercial director, SFM Engineering.

NI firm drives growth with £3.5m boost, expansion and jobs increase

Maya Jama will host the first-ever Love Island Games

Love Island Games start date and how to watch in UK

Rev Jim Rea

First Bangor Presbyterian church is celebrating its 400th anniversary

Letters to editor

Letter: No control over your destiny if you don't control nation's monetary base

The 1975 announce ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ UK tour including Glasgow & London - list of dates & tickets

The 1975 announce massive UK tour 2024 - List of dates & tickets

Belfast golfer Matthew McClean has been selected for GB & Ireland at this year's Walker Cup event versus the United States at St Andrews. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP)

Belfast golfer Matthew McClean selected for team GB&I Walker Cup team

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy reacts after making par on the 18th green during the first round of the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy makes flying start in BMW Championship

Northern Ireland’s innovative businesses will be showcased to more than 100 investors from the USA, Middle East, Europe and Asia Pacific regions this September. The Summit marks a significant opportunity to demonstrate Northern Ireland’s innovation and technological strengths across its internationally renowned sectors, including advanced manufacturing, software and technology, financial and professional services, and emerging health and life sciences. Speakers at the event will include Housing and Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove

Over 100 global investors confirmed for Summit in Northern Ireland
The event aims to build on the Windsor Framework and forms a key part of the UK government’s programme to create a sustainable and inclusive economy, boosting growth and generating higher-paying jobs for communities across Northern Ireland

Dundonald-based company IBC-Music has received praise from King Charles at Buckingham Palace for its strong growth in international trade. Pictured is Iain Wilson at a glittering reception at Buckingham Palace with King Charles

King’s approval for NI guitar company strumming up international business

Charlie Tuxworth, managing partner at Celsio, based in Belfast, the firm works with businesses across Northern Ireland, Great Britain, ROI and USA to streamline their processes, create new approaches and to drive innovation

Can businesses cope with the consequences of innovation? asks Celsio leader

Researchers have identified eight habits that could see people live more than 20 years longer. The study found that low physical activity, opioid use, and smoking had the biggest impact on lifespan, and were associated with around a 30-45% higher risk of death.

Health: The eight keys to a longer life

The Davis School District’s decision to ban the Bible has been reversed

Letter: Word of God is not offensive

Ian Paisley, DUP MP for North Antrim

Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker

Ian Paisley: 'Sinn Fein's charm-offensive in the USA is doomed to fail'

Unsealed FBI documents reveal IRA plot to kill the Queen

IRA plot to kill Queen in San Francisco in 1983 revealed by FBI

What are funnel clouds? Rare weather phenomenon explained

Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough

Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough reach settlement following feud

The Cloud Gate sculpture, popularly known as the bean, with Chicago's skyline

‘I went to Chicago for five days and it was better than New York’

The Sheeran by Lowden collection is a collaboration between the 50-year-old Northern Ireland-based guitar makers and Ed Sheeran. Pictured are George Lowden, founder and Luthier, Lowden Guitars with the global star Ed Sheeran

Northern Ireland Ed Sheeran guitar makers set for global stage with Amazon

Letters to editor

Letter: Without direct action injustice and cruelty would get a free run
A letter from John Fitzgerald:

Fascinating gifts given by Queen Mary to her granddaughter Princess Margaret have emerged as part of a collection estimated to make up to £14,000 at auction.

Gifts given by Queen Mary to Princess Margaret set to be auctioned

Steven Agnew, director of RenewableNI, voice of Northern Ireland's renewable electricity industry hits out at the length of time needed by Northern Ireland planning authorities to process applications for renewable energy projects

Planning issues place renewable energy projects targets in jeopardy

TUV leader Jim Allister at his party's recent conference at the Royal Hotel in Cookstown

USA wishes to impose colonial rule on NI says TUV leader Jim Allister

US President Joe Biden speaking at a state dinner at Dublin Castle, on day three of his visit to the island of Ireland. As we rightly welcome his visit we should confront those who now outrageously claim that “there was no alternative” to IRA terror. Photo: Julien Behal Photography/PA Wire

Letter: Just imagine if the US had suffered the IRA terror that NI did

Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

At a Royal Black event in the USA last autumn Sovereign Grand Master Rev William Anderson (centre) with Grand Master of the Grand Black Chapter USA James McCullough, Red Cross certificate recipients and lecturing teams

Royal Black Institution goes Stateside for major conference

Alastair Bell at Showcase Ireland

Portrush man takes Black Butter to Dublin

Then President Clinton and his wife Hillary arrive at Belfast International Airport to begin their visit to Northern Ireland in 1995

Bill and Hillary Clinton confirm visit to Northern Ireland in April

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson out canvassing in Holywood in 2022

Donaldson pledges to be strong advocate of pro-Union, anti-Protocol views in USA

US / UK flags

DUP squad heads to USA to lobby Washington figures as Joe Biden mulls NI visit

Claire Howell, music memorabilia consultant at Hansons Auctioneers, with the Sex Pistols poster.

Sex Pistols flyer from 1976 could fetch thousands at auction

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins USA - E4 release date and entire cast list including Mel B & Jamie Lynn Spears

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins USA - UK release date & entire cast

The guitar which is up for auction being used by Chuck Berry (Photo: Gardiner Houlgate)

Guitar played by Chuck Berry at Wembley in 1972 up for auction

Tommy Fury and Jake Paul will face off this weekend. Photo credit: Getty Images

Who is Tommy Fury? Boxer & reality TV star fighting Jake Paul tonight

R&B singer R Kelly has an extra year added to his 30 year prison sentence for charges related to child enticement & indecent photos of children.

Disgraced R&B singer R Kelly sentenced to one extra year in prison

UK based company Inmarsat have successfully achieved the ‘world’s first carbon neutral rocket launch’ after launching the 1-6 F2 satellite from Cape Canaveral.

UK firm achieves world’s first ‘carbon neutral rocket launch’

A woman accidentally destroyed a Jeff Koons glass sculpture believing it to be a balloon dog.

Jeff Koons £35,000 glass balloon dog smashed by gallery visitor

Millennials are most likely to share the love with a partner (photo: Adobe)

Millennials most likely to share the love

Transport minister Richard Holden (right) with contractor representative Luke Presho at the A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool site

Minister says it’s “possible” China has sent spy balloons to UK

Health chiefs in Spain are reintroducing Covid guidance to stop the spread of the virus

British tourists travelling to Spain warned of new Covid rule

Belfast City Hall row over Fleadh Cheoil bid

Belfast Fleadh Cheoil 2024 bid: Row over “junket” for council staff

Mail's in! US soldiers sprint to the mail hut in Tynan Abbey in Armagh

A Letter From Ulster: 80 years on

John F Kennedy Airport in New York

All flights in USA grounded due to computer glitch

Amazon are closing three UK warehouses

Amazon to close three UK warehouses affecting 1200 jobs

Letters to editor

Letter: Churches fail to criticise world governments' disobedience to God’s word

There will be no mandatory Covid-19 testing for passengers travelling to the UK from China

UK will not reintroduce covid testing for passengers from China

Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly

Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly in tribute to former councillor Bobby Lavery

US govt image: The Castle Bravo nuclear test, the biggest bomb the USA ever detonated. Scientists have now harnessed the same fusion process on a microscopic scale in a lab

Fusion: ‘You can’t overstate how important this is’ says Queen’s physicist