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Factory staff’s anger at an extra day off for the queen

WORKERS at the FG Wilson Springfield Road plant have hit out at their bosses who they say have given them an extra day off for the queen of England’s diamond jubilee – out of their annual leave. An extra Bank Holiday has been declared for Tuesday, June 5, to mark the jubilee, forcing many businesses to shut up shop for the day.

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How New Brunswick swept away old problems

Driving the success of the town has been medical giant Johnson and Johnson, which has its global headquarters in New Brunswick. After the Hungarian uprising of 1956, J&J promised that it would provide employment to anyone who could make it out of the communist state…

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All at sea with Liam

What’s the story? A good boy gone bad, Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is the polar opposite to his older, wiser and more straight-laced brother Stone (Alexander Skarsgard). But when Alex meets the beautiful Sam (Brooklyn Decker), he falls head over heels in love and, in a bid to make a clean break and stay out of jail, Alex decides to join the US Navy.

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Inside the cannabis factory

THE astonishing lengths to which criminals are going to cultivate cannabis were laid bare this week when the Andersonstown

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Bring our dad home

The family of a West Belfast man stranded in Thailand with a serious illness has spoken of their pain and anguish.

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Up to eight cats poisoned by anti-freeze

A distraught Newtownabbey pet owner fears local children are at risk of serious harm after two of her pets were killed by suspected anti-freeze poisoning last month. Two of Julie Blair’s cats have died in the last month and one has been tested positive for anti-freeze

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