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Green light for 3G pitch in the park

By Ciara Quinn c.quinn@belfastmediagroup.com THE controversial new 3G pitch in the Falls Park has been given the go-ahead. The recommendation to proceed with the new pitch was made at a Belfast City Council Parks and Leisure Committee meeting held last Thursday night. Despite opposition to the plans from the Love Falls Park Group, Sinn Féin […]

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OAP foils knife gang by throwing sweets

ARMED thugs fled a North Belfast convenience store empty-handed after a plucky pensioner fought back by hurling sweets at the would-be robbers. The drama unfolded at around 7am on Sunday when three hooded men – one of them brandishing a fearsome nine-inch blade – entered Marshalls news-agents on the Oldpark Road. They threatened the 72-year-old shop […]

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It’s all change for Sinn Féin

At a special election con-vention in the Felons last night (Wednesday) Sinn Féin big-hitters Alex Maskey and Máirtín Ó Muilleoir were expected to be nominated unopposed as new MLAs for West and South Belfast respectively. The changes have been brought about by the resignation of former West Belfast MLA Sue Ramsey. Two weeks ago we […]

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Top cop: ‘We will go where evidence takes us’

The PSNI officer in charge of investigating racist hate crime has told the North Belfast News that recent attacks on homes cannot be linked to loyalist paramilitaries. However, Superintendent Paula Hillman said that many of the recent attacks were still under investigation and police would “go where the evidence takes us”. Speaking from her office […]

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Students’ phones are snatched at bus stop

A GANG of criminals believed to be responsible for a rise in break-ins and burglaries in the New Lodge area are preying on vulnerable schoolchildren as they queue for buses after school on the busy Antrim Road. On Tuesday, a 16-year-old Belfast Royal Academy pupil became the second of the school’s students in a month […]

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Why don’t we want money for business?

Just over £7,000 has been offered to West Belfast business start-ups by Invest NI over the past year, leaving it way behind the rest of the north in the race to create new jobs. Shock new figures released by Invest NI show that in the financial year 2013 to 2014, just £7,780 in financial assistance […]

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