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Dangers of drugs and hazards of social networking

I attended an exhibition in the City Hall last week run by the PSNI. There were a lot of different issues that they wanted to get across to young people, and I certainly had my eyes open by a few things. There was a brilliant production put together by a drama company, Spanner In The Works, which I myself have previously been apart of. The production was about young people going to university and the different problems

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Group’s call for new members

A Glengormley group set up just over a year ago in an effort to bring community cohesion to the area are appealing for new members to help their growing community building initiatives. Glengormley Community Group was set up in 2010 by a group of residents concerned at ongoing sectarian clashes and anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods.

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Planning issues are raised with minister

Newtownabbey Alliance party representatives met with Stormont ministers this week to talk about housing issues in a Glengormley estate. Assembly member for the area David Ford and councillors John Blair and Lynn Frazer met with Environment Minister Alex Attwood and Regional Development Minister Danny

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Sex abuse rally to give victims back their voice

A North Belfast woman who co-founded a survivors group after she was sexually abused as a child has organised a rally next week to raise awareness of abuse. Oldpark woman Julieanne Boyle was the first woman to come forward without anonymity in a sexual abuse case 17 years ago.

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Social housing build moves one step closer

Work on a new social housing development on the Cliftonville Road could begin within months after a housing association applied for planning permission to build ten homes. Apex Housing Association plan to build the houses at the site of the former Methodist church at the corner of the Cliftonville Road and Windham Drive.

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Leading lady’s respect for Oscar winner

A North Belfast human rights activist who was portrayed in a play a year ago by Oscar winner Meryl Streep has congratulated the actress on her latest golden statue. On Sunday the US actress won the best actress Oscar for her role in The Iron Lady, in which she played former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. […]

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