CONCLUDING PART Big Geordie flexed his pudgy fingers furiously. The pyjama cord that bound his wrists behind his back had cut the blood flow until his hands were white and numb. From across the tiny caravan table scarred with cigarette burns and UVF graffiti, the stranger studied his face silently and intently by the soft […]
Archive | November, 2014
Distressed man threatens to set himself alight at Newtownabbey B&Q store
A shopper who witnessed a man threaten to set himself alight in a Newtownabbey hardware store on Wednesday evening (October 29) has told the North Belfast News of his horror at what he saw. Carnmoney man Patrick Taggart said he was entering the store around 7pm yesterday when he witnessed the man, who was in […]
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Gun law always fails
THE circumstances surrounding the shooting to death of Edward Gibson in the Divis area on Friday remain unclear, although already charges have been levelled in relation to the chaotic scenes that led up to the fatal incident and those matters will ultimately and rightly be dealt with by the courts. The killing has evoked grim […]
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Holy Family may close churches to deal with £1.6m debt
BY Evan Short e.short@belfastmediagroup.com A major restructuring of Holy Family Parish due to falling numbers of massgoers and a debt of £1.6 million could see all three places of worship in the parish – St Therese of Lisieux on the Somerton Road, the Church of the Resurrection on the Cavehill Road and Holy Family church itself […]
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Grow house ‘one of most intricate’ uncovered by cops
BY Evan Short e.short@belfastmediagroup.com One of the most sophisticated cannabis grow houses ever seen in the North of Ireland was uncovered yesterday off the lower Antrim Road with a police operation to remove the equipment lasting over 24 hours. Almost £160,000 worth of cannabis and two skips full of growing equipment was removed from two three-storey […]
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Hit-and-run mum lay for 20 minutes
A woman injured in a suspected hit-and-run incident in West Belfast says she may have lain unconscious by the side of road and ignored by passing pedestrians and motorists for up to 20 minutes. Ballymurphy mum Deirdre Sloan is believed to have been hit by a car as she crossed the Whiterock Road at around […]
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