A North Belfast shop owner has vowed she will not be put out of business after the third armed robbery of her store in just two months. On Friday (January 20) four male youths, one armed with a hammer, entered the Your Store at the corner of the Cavehill Road and Willowbank Gardens. They threatened the terrified assistant before making off with a sum of money.
Archive | February, 2012
Young boxer shocked and shaken after dog bite
A North Belfast boy has been left shocked and shaken after he was bitten by a dog and had to undergo emergency surgery this week. Newington 10-year-old John McGrath was bitten by the dog in the Grove playing fields on Monday. The youngster had been running through the park when the dog bit him on the hand, severely damaging his tendons.
Teen arrested after website posting
A local teenager has been arrested by the PSNI for posting inappropriate comments on the police’s West Belfast Facebook page.
West tops housing wait list
West Belfast currently has the longest waiting list for social housing in the whole of the North. The grim figures were released after a question was put to Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland in the Assembly.
Emptiness beside the happy memories
Mary Enright and her husband Terry are cheerful people. When I visit them, Mary chats about the weather, Terry has a little laugh at how different my head looks when I take my cap off. Then he leaves and I sit down with Mary. It’s January 12, 2012; the day before, January 11, was the fourteenth anniversary of the death of their son Terry, who was shot dead by the LVF.
Saffrons set for league opener against familiar foes
THEY say familiarity breeds contempt and while Antrim and Sligo prepare to lock horns for the sixth time in just four seasons, for Mark Sweeney Saturday’s opposition are fairly new.
