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Proving that the West really is the Best… again

THE Andersonstown News in conjunction with principal partner Bank of Ireland has launched its second ‘Best of the West’ competition after the mammoth success of last year’s event. The paper is again celebrating all that is great and good about West Belfast. They were blown away with the number of votes that came in last […]

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Woman dies after Beechmount house fire

A woman seriously injured in a house fire yesterday afternoon has died in hospital. The woman, described as being in her 60s, was critically injured in the blaze that broke out around 4pm in the sheltered accommodation on Beechmount Street. She is understood to have been a long term resident of Ardnaclowney House which provides […]

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Batman Bell to the rescue

IT was just another day in Gotham City – okay, it was a windy night in Lagmore – when one resident in distress was saved by Batman – or should that be Councillor David Bell dressed in a Batman jumper. Allison McNaughton from Lagmore Drive was in a panic on Thursday night when part of […]

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Bombay night will aid women’s India efforts

TWO big-hearted Belfast women are doing their bit to ensure that the women of New Delhi have a better standard of life. Roisin McDonough and Noirin McKinney will be travelling to New Delhi in March along with a team of volunteers from Habitat for Humanity NI Women’s Build, Delhi. Speaking to Daily Belfast Roisin said: […]

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Get on Tyrone at 4/1 to top Division One

THE GAA begins in earnest this weekend with the start of the National Football Leagues with everyone seemingly playing catch-up to the all- conquering Dubs. The reigning All-Ireland and National League champions are 5/4 to retain their Division One title and it will take something special to deny Jim Gavin’s men this season. Yet, the […]

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Work begins on notorious South Belfast anti-social magnet

WORK has started on a new state-of-the-art children’s play park and sensory and therapy garden on derelict land the Blacks Road. The site had up to recently been derelict wasteland which attracted a lot of anti-social activity. Speaking to the South Belfast News, local Sinn Féin Councillor Matt Garrett said: “When I took up my […]

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