The victim of a gun attack that saw two bullets fired into her vehicle last week is pleading with the people behind a campaign of intimidation to end it for the sake of her children. Lindsey Ward, 29, from Spamount Street in the New Lodge says she is living in fear after the gun attack […]
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Kids ‘traumatised and hysterical’ after shotgun attack on home
A mother-of-two has spoken of her determination to stay in her Oldpark home despite a terrifying gun attack last week. Elaine Fleuty was in the kitchen of her Ballymoney Street house last Sunday evening (2 February) with friends and family, when a shotgun blast from the back of the house blew out the window of […]
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Serious matter of having your cake and eating it
“In France food is very very serious. You can mess about with everything expect food.” As a motto it’s a pretty good one, especially if you are in the restaurant business, and French of course. Abel Mehablia is both, and he is probably North Belfast’s best kept culinary secret. The proprietor of La Table ‘Pastry […]
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Hightown and New Lodge to get million apiece
the Hightown and New Lodge areas are to be among the big winners when funding of £9million due for North Belfast is announced next week in Stormont, the North Belfast News has learned. The money, which is part of the Social Investment Fund set up by the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister […]
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‘What have I done?’ asks arson target
An Ardoyne man who believes he has been made the victim of a vicious vendetta has pleaded with his attackers to make clear their issue with him after the latest in a series of arson incidents. John ‘Tut’ McLaughlin has spoken out after his car was torched on Monday night, just seven months after his […]
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The secrets of a long-lost medal are finally known
There’s a fella I meet in the pub most weekends. He always has a smile and he can tell a good story. During the summer he will turn up on a Sunday evening with a healthy colour on his face. Yes, you’ve probably guessed it – he’s a golfer. Now I gave up that game […]
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