THE FACE of a Triad gang active in North Belfast has been handed a 15 month prison sentence for her involvement in a multi-million pound drug operation. Lan Lan Guo, 31, posed as a respectable business woman to dupe unknowing landlords of at least nine different properties including two addresses in Ardoyne and in Ballysillan. […]
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‘No sign’ of illegality at Triad house
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Ambulance is hit by ball-bearings as it races to shooting
THE Andersonstown News has learned that ball-bearings were fired at the emergency services on Tuesday night, breaking two windows in an ambulance as it raced to help the victim of a paramilitary-style shooting in Turf Lodge. The glass on the ambulance’s passenger side door was shattered and the front windscreen hit twice as paramedics went […]
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The day Pelé signed for Cliftonville
By IRISH ECHO REPORTER Kevin Brady Young reporters are used to living on table scraps when it comes to stories and so it was that a crumb tossed my way turned into one of the highlights of my career: a meeting with the most famous man on the planet. No one else wanted the story; […]
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Big names at a key Féile debate
A GROUNDBREAKING debate is set to take place during next month’s Féile an Phobail, bringing together a former PSNI Chief Constable and an award-winning investigative BBC journalist. Hugh Orde will be joined on stage at the Balmoral Hotel on August 7 (3pm) by Panorama’s John Ware, during a discussion organised by victims’ group Relatives for Justice. Clara […]
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Mother terrified after daylight attack
A 41-year-old mother-of-two who was brutally beaten in broad daylight last week by a well-known criminal has spoken of her terror after her assailant went to ground. The woman, who does not want to be named, was attacked on the New Lodge Road last Thursday (July 3) as she walked to work around lunchtime. Still […]
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Enough’s enough says Aldo’s owner
THE owners of a popular West Belfast fish and chip shop are calling for urgent action as crowds of up to 20 people are gathering nightly at the business to engage in anti-social behaviour. Tanya Raffo, who co-owns Aldo’s fish and chip shop with her sister Lydia, says crowds are gathering from 4pm at the […]
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