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Brendan Rodgers’ relief as son cleared of sex charges

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:25:16 GMT

The Northern Irish manager of Liverpool FC Brendan Rodgers spoke yesterday of his relief after his son Anton was cleared in a sex case involving a teenage girl.

Picture Special: Radio 1 Big Weekend in Derry-Londonderry

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:58:03 GMT

The Saturdays have lit up the stage at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Northern Ireland.

One of Belfast’s ‘most prolific burglars caught for 99th time’

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:41:34 GMT

A judge has declared he was “absolutely not” releasing one of Belfast’s most prolific burglars after hearing how was allegedly caught for the 99th time.

Video: TA soldiers march to freedom honour in Castlereagh

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:40:46 GMT

SOLDIERS from the Territorial Army marched in Castlereagh on Saturday, as they became free men and women of the borough.

Elderly woman bitten in hi-jacking bid

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:09:00 GMT

An elderly woman was thrown to the ground and bitten during a botched hijacking in Belfast.

Belfast bomb could have killed say police

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:12:19 GMT

A pipe bomb which partially exploded on a suburban street in Belfast could have killed people, a police chief has warned.

Terror suspect allowed leave from prison if accompanied by GAA club chairman

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:18:40 GMT

An architect charged in connection with an alleged terrorist training camp can leave prison to be at his son’s first communion, a High Court judge ruled today.

Man charged with making malicious comments about murdered soldier on Facebook

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:33:54 GMT

A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

Robbie Williams rocks Londonderry

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:19:10 GMT

Robbie Williams joined rapper Dizzee Rascal for a cameo rendition of Losing my Mind.

Heathrow chaos forces two One Weekend acts to cancel

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:46:43 GMT

Some performances have been cancelled at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Londonderry because of disruption at Heathrow Airport in London.

Tourism chiefs back golf resort

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:17:11 GMT

Tourism chiefs have insisted plans for a controversial £100 million golf resort near the Giant’s Causeway should proceed without delay, despite the objection of a world heritage body.

‘Too early’ to speculate on Causeway’s world heritage status

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:31 GMT

Unesco has said it is too early to say if the Giant’s Causeway’s status as a world heritage site is at risk over a golf course development

Gallery: A taste of the Moira fair

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:42:32 GMT

The 2013 National Countrysports Fair will be held at Moira Demesne this weekend.

‘Micky bo’ killers sentenced for schoolboy murder

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:03 GMT

Two sectarian thugs who admitted their part in the bigoted murder of a teenage schoolboy seven years ago have been ordered to spend at least 17 years behind bars between them.

Care home fall ‘had role’ in pensioner death

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:58:36 GMT

Injuries caused when a pensioner fell from a lifting hoist at a Belfast care home contributed to his death, a coroner has said.

Video: Family ‘proud’ of murdered soldier

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:01:45 GMT

The tearful family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby today spoke of their pride for him.

BBC apologise over SF/IRA name card

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:08 GMT

The BBC has confirmed it is investigating how a floor plan for Question Time on Thursday night came to feature the letters ‘SF/IRA’ beside the name of panellist John O’Dowd.

Ministers defend cost of international travel

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:42:36 GMT

Five-star hotels and business class flights are essential for political leaders engaged on international trade missions, it has been claimed.

Paint attack at Belfast Islamic centre

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:56 GMT

An Islamic centre in Belfast has been doused with a paint bomb in what police are treating as a hate crime.

Causeway A&E saved my life so don’t close it, pleads patient

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:14 GMT

A Coleraine grandfather last night appealed for government decision-makers to “have some common sense and realise that lives will be lost if rumours are true and the accident and emergency department at the Causeway Hospital is to be run down”.