Monthly Archives: July 2013

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FLOODING ALERT…..WESTLINK CLOSED OVER HEAVY RAINFALL

THE PSNI has said on Wednesday evening that all lanes, countrybound and citybound, on the Westlink are now closed. It is because of the persistent rain over the past 11 hours in Belfast which has flooded the lanes at the Broadway underpass. Diversions are in place at...more

BREAKING NEWS…TEEN CANOEISTS RESCUED FROM ROUGH WATERS

A RESCUE operation was launched on Wednesday evening to pluck 16 people to safety from rough sea waters. Some of those on board the canoes were as young as 14. They got into difficult when bad weather set in while out on Lough Neagh. The Northern Ireland Ambulance...more

POLICE PROBE ARMED SHOP ROBBERY

DETECTIVES are investigating after a man armed with a gun robbed a shop. The robbery happened at the Hillsborough Road in Carryduff, Co Down on Wednesday afternoon. Police say that shortly after 3 pm a man pointed a gun at staff and demanded cash before fleeing in the...more

QUEEN’S DRESSES ON DISPLAY AT HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE

BY TIM HEDGLEY, TRAVEL EDITOR A new exhibition of outfits worn by The Queen during recent cross border state visits will open to the public at Hillsborough Castle tomorrow, Thursday, August 1. Among the collection are outfits worn Her Majesty during her Diamond Jubilee...more

JUDGE: RIOTERS PUTTING LIVES OF POLICE OFFICERS AT RISK

A self-confessed rioter has been charged at the High Court in Belfast following serious public disorder in north Belfast on the Twelfth of July. Gary Hindes, of Magheraconluce Road, Belfast, was identified on CCTV footage by police investigating rioting in the Woodvale...more

AARON WAS A LOVELY BOY AND WE WILL DEEPLY MISS HIM, SAYS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

THIS is Aaron Macaulay sitting happily smiling in the middle of his four older teenage brothers and sisters posing for a family picture. Yesterday, the world of his siblings and that of his parents Wendy and Maurice were turned upside down when Aaron was killed in a...more

LORD MAYOR LAUNCHES HIS ‘VISION FOR BELFAST’

SINN FEIN'S Lord Mayor of Belfast said people need to come together to build a lasting peace. Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir was speaking today as he unveiled his `Vision for Belfast` document. He urged residents across the city to help him achieve the theme of his...more

COUNTDOWN BEGINS TO WORLD POLICE AND FIRE GAMES IN BELFAST

IT has been years in the planning and now the time has almost come for the official start of the World Police & Fire Games in Belfast. And BBC Northern Ireland will be bringing live coverage of the opening ceremony at 6.30 pm. Police and fire officers from around...more

BODIES IN THE BOOT: FATHER ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS TWO SONS

THE father of two young boys found strangled to dead in the boot of a car has been arrested on suspicion of their murder. Sanjeev Chada was discharged from Mayo General Hospital shortly after noon on Wednesday. He was immediately arrested by Garda detectives for the...more

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