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All regulatory animal-based food checks have been suspended at Belfast and Larne ports, Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) has said. It comes after council staff at Larne Port were withdrawn from inspection duties amid concerns for their safety and welfare. A Daera spokesman said: "On…

Northern Ireland’s agriculture department has suspended some post-Brexit food checks at Larne and Belfast ports after a local council withdrew staff over concerns for their safety. A number of council staff carrying out inspection checks at Larne port were withdrawn from duty following an “upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour”…

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said it is treating as a hate crime threatening graffiti directed at Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, which was written on a wall in Belfast over the weekend. The message scrawled on a wall in the Belvoir area of south Belfast has since been…

The PSNI are treating threatening graffiti targeting Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Belvoir area of south Belfast as a hate crime. Police say the graffiti, on a wall at Drumart Square, was written sometime between 6pm on Friday and 10am this morning. They have urged anyone with information about the incident…

Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams (****) Arlo Parks is the defiantly optimistic artist we need right now. Arriving during difficult times, the 20 year-old west London songwriter’s debut album is an elegy to hope, positive thinking and keeping going when it feels as if the odds are against you. …

A group of bikers assaulted two men after their car knocked into a motorbike and forced it off the road near Machadodorp.The occupants rushed to the Belfast police station for help but the bikers allegedly pursued them.At the police station, a bakkie allegedly knocked into a police officer before speeding…

The Wrap George Clooney Eyed to Star in ‘Buck Rogers’ Revival at LegendaryGeorge Clooney will executive produce a new television adaptation of “Buck Rogers” for Legendary, and it is Legendary’s intention for Clooney to star in the project, insiders with knowledge told TheWrap. Grant Heslov will also executive produce the…

Belfast-based indie rock trio Gnarkats have released The Dreamer EP. We asked them the BIG questions . . . Teaming up once again with producer and The Answer guitarist Paul Mahon, Louis Nelson (vocals, bass), Jordan Evans (guitar) and Stuart Robinson (drums, vocals) also shot a new video with Niall…

Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Even in her late-80s Mary Ann McCracken was a familiar sight at Belfast docks,…

Singer-songwriter Van Morrison is preparing to mount a legal challenge against a pandemic ban on live music. The celebrated musician from Belfast is set to commence judicial review proceedings against Stormont regulations that prohibit live music in indoor licensed venues in Northern Ireland. Hospitality and entertainment venues are currently closed as part of a six-week…