Police hunt woman with missing front teeth wearing wedding style hat and...
Police are hunting a woman with missing front teeth wearing a wedding style hat, black sunglasses and floral and leather gloves after a Belfast knifepoint robbery. At around 11.40am on Tuesday a woman...
View ArticleProsecution of 'Satanic Islam' pastor James McConnell 'could have chilling...
The prosecution of a controversial preacher who called Islam "satanic" in a sermon streamed live on the internet could have a chilling effect on other churches with an online ministry, it has been...
View ArticleLive updates: Historical abuse inquiry examines activities of paedophile...
Northern Ireland's Historical Abuse Inquiry has begun focusing on the activities of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. The (HIA) inquiry is examining whether systemic failings allowed Smyth - a member of...
View ArticleNew Year's Honours list 2016 in full
Here is the full list of recipients in the New Year's Honours list 2016. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, CIVIL Share Go To DBE (Dame) Professor Lesley Jean Fallowfield. Director, Sussex Health Outcomes...
View ArticleNew Year's honours 2016: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas...
View ArticleLuftwaffe fighters escort Queen Elizabeth into Germany for Royal visit
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Berlin yesterday for what is likely to be her seventh and last official visit to Germany. Escorted in by three Luftwaffe Eurofighters to Tegel airport, the...
View ArticleNew year honours 2015: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas, plus military and police honours...
View ArticlePolish woman appeals for help to find son missing with estranged husband
Judge gives Leyla Dad permission to write open letter to six-year-old Mani, who vanished from home in Kielce, Poland, and is thought to be with his British father...
View Article‘UK was groomed’: Irish writers throw book at Brexit
In an EU referendum campaign marked by mendacity, some of the pithiest truths have been uttered by writers. “If your head says Remain but your heart says Leave, remember that one is specifically...
View ArticleFatal car crash accused banned from Ballycastle over reprisal fears
A man charged in connection with a car crash that left two people dead has been released on bail but banned from entering the Ballycastle area because "community tensions are very high". Shane Kinney...
View ArticleIrish government rejects Nama probe calls
The Irish government has rejected mounting demands for a full State inquiry into the biggest property deal in Ireland's history. In the Dail, Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams said allegations surrounding the...
View ArticleThe Belfast Blitz: Two men, who were just boys at the time, recall their...
It is 75 years since almost 200 Luftwaffe planes rained bombs down on Belfast, wiping out more than 900 people in what came to be known as the Belfast Blitz. It was the biggest loss of life in any raid...
View ArticleNepal earthquake: First glimpse of devastation wrought on remote Gorkha...
Laprak is normally a place teeming with life. The 2,000 inhabitants of its 460 stone houses farm the surrounding terraces and dry crops on wooden platforms. Now, this village at the epicentre of the...
View ArticleProsecution of 'Satanic Islam' sermon Belfast preacher McConnell 'could have...
The prosecution of a controversial preacher who called Islam "satanic" in a sermon streamed live on the internet could have a chilling effect on other churches with an online ministry, it has been...
View ArticleBoston College tapes: Police finally get access to interviews Winston...
Police investigating murder and robbery are finally to get access to interviews a former loyalist prisoner gave to an American university project. Senior judges in Belfast today lifted an injunction on...
View ArticleOne of the only people to be convicted for begging in Northern Ireland back...
A man - believed to be the only person in recent years to be convicted of begging on Northern Ireland's streets - was back in court on Monday for the same offence after he forced a terrified woman...
View ArticleQueen's Brian May blasts plans for huge pig farm in Northern Ireland
One of the best-known musicians in the world has described the plans for a massive pig farm in Co Antrim as a "horrific prospect". Queen guitarist Brian May has spoken out in the Belfast Telegraph as...
View ArticleSolicitor charged with priest fights case
A solicitor, charged alongside a priest with perverting justice, is to argue to have the case thrown out of court, a judge heard. Committal proceedings were due to take place at Dungannon Magistrates...
View ArticlePSNI issues warning over 'Microsoft' phone call scam
Con artists are targeting computer owners in Northern Ireland by pretending to be from the software company Microsoft. Police issued a warning after an elderly woman received a phone call from a...
View ArticleBelfast man allegedly brandished a meat cleaver and threatened to cut his...
A Belfast man allegedly brandished a meat cleaver and threatened to cut his ex-partner's head off, the High Court heard today. Brian Gribben is accused of arriving at her home late at night armed with...
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