“IT’S the best love story in the world,” says former X Factor star and classical music titan Rhydian Roberts of Jesus Christ Superstar, which is set to wow theatre audiences during its Grand Opera House run until the end of February. In between rehearsals the Welsh Baritone told the Andersonstown News that he was thrilled […]
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Rhydian’s delighted that a musical phenomenon keeps winning fans 40 years on
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Trust ‘holding up’ inquiry into ‘legal high’ hospital death
A police investigation into the death of a young Belfast man in hospital two years ago is being “held up” by the Belfast Health Trust, a court heard this week. Sean Paul Carnahan died on July 24, 2013, four months after he tried to take his own life while under the influence of a legal […]
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Police documents scattered over road in extraordinary ‘Keystone Cops’ paper chase
An absent-minded policeman drove out of a Belfast police station with a pile of police documents on the roof of his car, we can reveal. The dozy officer performed a hasty u-turn when he realised his mistake, exiting his car near the entrance of the police station to begin frantically gathering up the A4 sheets […]
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Physiotherapy clinic to put profits into charity
A new state-of-the-art physiotherapy clinic in Belfast will be ploughing all of its profits into a charity helping brain injury victims rebuild their lives. Rebound Physio, located in Castlereagh Business Park off the Castlereagh Road is a social enterprise donating all of its profits to Brain Injury Matters, a charity dedicated to supporting people with […]
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Amnesty International calls for Kincora to be included in wider inquiry
Amnesty International has called for the investigation into child abuse at Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast to be included in the wider Westminster child abuse inquiry. The call comes as one of the child sex abuse victims is due to challenge Kincora’s exclusion from the inquiry in Belfast High Court today. Last week the […]
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Fiery and fearless: Fr Fred Hanson is laid to rest
A famed Columban father who served in St Teresa’s parish in the turbulent seventies and eighties has died aged 98. Fr Fred Hanson was revered for his fiery sermons and no-nonsense approach — he often roared from the pulpit to admonish latecomers who stood at the back of his Glen Road chapel when seats were […]
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