The brother of a Mount Vernon UVF murder victim has launched legal action against the PSNI for failing to properly resource the investigation into the killing. Newtownabbey man Thomas McTasney, whose brother Peter was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in February 1991, is seeking a judicial review of the decision to withdraw resources from the investigation […]
Archive | May, 2015
Murder victim’s brother launches legal action against PSNI over claimed investigation failings
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Punter hits bookie with £24,000 gem
One local punter had cause for celebration last Thursday when he took Ladbrokes for close to £24,000 with a £10 each-way accumulator in his horse racing bet. The Shaws Road punter placed the £20 bet on Thursday night and realistically was looking six placers on the day but couldn’t believe what happened next. It all […]
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New York journalist says Belfast’s controversial peace walls are nearing tipping point
A NEW book to be released this summer will address the thorny topic of the ‘peace walls’ which still mark Belfast’s urban landscape in the wake of the Troubles. In ‘Belfast: Toward a City without Walls’ New York-based English journalist Vicky Cosstick tells the story of the one hundred walls, gates, barriers and other interfaces, […]
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Terminally ill pregnant mum fights to see her baby
A pregnant West Belfast woman diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer is battling every day to keep alive her unborn baby as she awaits pioneering treatment in a specialist cancer clinic. Currently 33-year-old mother-of-one Margaretlee Hilton from Kerrykeel Gardens in Lenadoon is 16 weeks pregnant. She was diagnosed with stage four cancer in April during surgery […]
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Luke’s Tall Ships challenge is set to be the adventure of a lifetime
A Belfast schoolboy is to embark on the voyage of a lifetime after being selected to take part in one of the world’s most exciting seagoing adventures. Hazelwood College pupil Luke Robinson (17) will begin his life on the ocean wave in July when vessels arrive in Belfast for the start of the eagerly anticipated […]
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New threat to Assembly as Robinson moves to bring welfare reform crisis to a head
There are fresh fears for the future of the political institutions here after First Minister Peter Robinson moved dramatically yesterday to clear the impasse over welfare reform. The DUP will next Tuesday bring the stalled Welfare Reform Bill back before the Stormont chamber, where the Minister for Social Development, Mervyn Storey, will outline a new […]
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