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A lorry driver was threatened and his vehicle set alight during an attempted hijacking in North Belfast on Thursday. Police received reports shortly before 1.30pm that a lorry carrying stones was parked at the Hillview Road area. It was reported that the armed man then entered the vehicle and threatened…

LONDON: Zimbabwe claimed their first one-day international win for nearly a year with a 38-run victory over Ireland in Belfast on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza saw the tourists post a competitive 266-7 from their 50 overs before Blessing Muzarabani took 4-29 with the ball to strangle…

Craig Ervine. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Zimbabwe claimed their first one-day international win for nearly a year with a 38-run victory over Ireland in Belfast on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza saw the tourists post a competitive 266-7 from their 50 overs before Blessing…

One of the standout achievements and fan favorites at this year’s Telluride Film Festival is Kenneth Branagh‘s Belfast, an autobiographical film about Branagh’s childhood in Northern Ireland as the Troubles quite literally exploded around him. The dramedy had its world premiere here in the Rockies on Thursday and has been…

I have to say I’m really appreciating what Ted Lasso is doing in season 2, and this week’s episode had some really great work from Jason Sudeikis and Sarah Niles. I won’t spoil it, but it was remarkable how the couch scene, which would have been just another “Ted being…

Until watching Kenneth Branagh’s wistfully autobiographical “Belfast,” I don’t think I realized that one of Britain’s greatest living actors — a talent who’s embodied everything from Henry V to Hercule Poirot, Kurt Wallander to Laurence Olivier — had been born in Northern Ireland. Maybe that’s because his family got out…

A PUB-bomber pensioner masterminded the opening an Irish language pre-school on a Protestant housing estate in Northern Ireland. etired market trader Charline Freel (73) is a former Red Hand Commando who was jailed for blowing up a Catholic-owned pub. And when a reporter caught up with him, the father of…

Traveling is one of the most beautiful things in our lives and we all can’t wait to have free time to be able to travel to some new destination or go back to somewhere where we had a fantastic time. The Internet has made our trips even easier, both because…

On Thursday, the 46th edition of the UEFA Super Cup will take place in Windsor Park, Belfast between Champions League winners Chelsea and Europa League holders Villarreal. 🔜 Chelsea 🆚 Villarreal 🏟️ National Football Stadium #⃣ #SuperCup All you need to know 👇 — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 9,…

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