DISGUSTED residents of a South Belfast street have been left counting the cost after their properties were flooded with sewage twice in a few days. Residents of Sicily Park off the upper Lisburn Road say they have lost faith with NI Water after sudden heavy showers on Monday saw their homes flooded
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Homeless families delight at handing over of keys
The keys to an 11 home social housing development in North Belfast were handed over to their delighted owners last week. The 11 new houses have been built in the Stanhope Street area of Carrickhill and the new owners were given the keys last Wednesday morning.
Westies take hold of Olympic torch
A WEST Belfast teenager who has overcome mental health problems was one of the torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame on the last stage of its journey through Belfast last night.
Lack of funding forces playgroup closure
A VITAL local children’s playgroup that has served the Turf Lodge area for 30 years will close its doors for the last time at the end of the month due to a lack of funding.Holy Trinity Playgroup were told by letter this week that money from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust would not be made available to them for the coming school year, forcing the closure of the facility and causing job losses.
Waterworks escapee rustles cops feathers
Bank holiday motorists came in for a surprise on Monday morning (June 4) when a fully-grown swan came causally walking up the Antrim Road. The animal, which had escaped from the pond in the Waterworks, was seen flying low over cars at around 10am.
Business is blocked out
THE manager of a West Belfast charity shop says extensive road and footpath improvement works to the front of the premises has caused a disastrous 90 per cent drop in business.Teresa Ryan-O’Connor, manager of the Action Cancer shop on the Andersonstown Road, was speaking as the third phase of the ongoing £1.4million Andersonstown Road Environment Improvement Scheme continues work on the lay-by and footpath to the front of the shops opposite the Andersonstown Leisure Centre.
