THE BT Shop for Change campaign is encouraging residents of South Belfast to support their local Marie Curie branch on October 13. People are asked to donate unwanted clothes or other items at the Botanic branch of the Marie Curie charity shop. The BT Shop for Change is a one-day takeover of Marie Curie and […]
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BT staff take over Botanic store for a day
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Suggested Belfast boundary changes in focus at public meetings
THE Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland is to hold public hearings across the north on its provisional proposals for the new Parliamentary constituencies. The changes mooted by the Commission would see the South Belfast constituency split in two, with most of it being hitched to West Belfast in the newly-created Belfast South West Constituency. The […]
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Key issues raised at monthly Council meeting
THE big screen at Belfast City Hall, street disorder and hire charges for Council pitches were among some of the issues discussed at Belfast City Council’s monthly meeting on Monday night, writes Conor McParland in the chamber. Things got off to a fiery start with the issue of declaring an interest and leaving the Chamber […]
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It’s a marvellous time for a Moondance Festival
Appalachian bluegrass, Argentinian Tango, a street ceilidh, and a pop-up orchestra of refugees and asylum seekers – just some of the highlights of Moondance Roots Festival at Bank Square in Belfast on September 30 and October 1. Folktown, Belfast’s emerging cultural quarter, is hosting its second global Folk and Roots Festival with support from the […]
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Chloe designs her future
SHE’S North Belfast’s very own fashion designer whose work has caught the eye of Victoria Beckham and feature on the catwalks of Fashion Week. But as Chloe Dougan’s name is about to go stellar after having designed a wardrobe for classical music star Ruth McGinley, she’s not forgetting her roots in the community. Based in […]
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Callous thief steals treasure memento
A SOUTH Belfast woman is appealing to the public to help her recover a precious memento of her late mother after her purse and mobile phone were stolen at a local shopping centre. Yvette McCrudden from Finaghy was outside Homebase at Shane Retail Park on the Boucher Road on Saturday, September 17 when the possessions […]
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