Belfast

John Graham Construction Limited has been selected as main contractor for a new residential community at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Developer Watkin Jones has secured £155m in funding for the scheme in partnership with Lacuna Developments. They exchanged contracts with Legal & General and Clanmil Housing Association…

Image caption, Stanley O'Neill was not showered for three months and was found wrapping a cord around his neck By Niall McCracken & Judith Cummings BBC News NI An elderly dementia patient was failed by the system put in place to protect Northern Ireland's most vulnerable adults. Stanley O'Neill was…

A Nigerian man studying in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been arrested for allegedly trying to date and have ‘sexual relations’ with children.  The man who gave his name as Cyril Kenneth, was apprehended after relatives found out he was having sexual conversations with their 15 year old niece.  The Nigerian…

The luckiest cities to live in the UK have been revealed where the most millionaires have been made thanks to winning Lotto jackpots. Birmingham has been given the top spot as out of the 6,800 millionaires made since the Lotto launched in 1994, 205 are from the area. It is…

CGI of the Loft Lines developmentThe Loft Lines, a joint venture between Lacuna Developments and Watkin Jones, is a mixed use, mixed tenure residential-led development located in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast of 627 build to rent (BTR) units and 81 social rent affordable homes. The development is being built…

US President Joe Biden will arrive in Belfast tonight to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. He’ll be greeted by Rishi Sunak, while police are mounting a huge security operation. Read More

Updated / Saturday, 3 Jun 2023 15:16 Brian Stalford appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court A taxi driver filmed on a dashboard camera assaulting and threatening a passenger with a gun is an "enforcer" for loyalist drug dealers, a Belfast court has heard. Brian Stalford, 48, of Park Avenue, Belfast, appeared…

Alamy Stock Photo Former BBC newsreader Donna Traynor arrives at industrial tribunal. # bbc ni Ex-BBC NI presenter Donna Traynor thankful for support as discrimination case is resolved The industrial tribunal was resolved without any admission of liability on either side in Belfast today. FORMER BBC NI newsreader Donna Traynor…

Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO Luis Alberto Lopez knocks out Michael Conlan. # uppercut Conlan knocked out by Lopez in Belfast world title fight Irish featherweight stopped in fifth round by defending IBF champion. ROUNDING OFF A nightmare May for Irish boxing, Michael Conlan (18-2, 9 KOs) has been defeated in his second…

Luis Alberto Lopez and Michael Conlan squared off in the main event live from The SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday, May 27. The contest featured IBF featherweight champion of Mexicali, Mexico up against Olympic bronze medalist, representing the country-host. The scheduled for 12 rounds world championship bout…