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Police are “sick of being a punch bag for the failures of society”, the head of the North’s Police Federation has complained after at least 26 PSNI officers were injured on Saturday while assisting contractors remove an internment anniversary bonfire in west Belfast. The officers were attacked with petrol bombs,…

MORE than two dozen police officers were attacked with petrol bombs and bricks as they facilitated the removal of a bonfire in west Belfast. At least 26 PSNI officers were injured at Distillery Street as workers removed material from a bonfire pyre. 1Officers were injured in the incidentThe planned bonfire…

Police officers have come under attack in west Belfast as they facilitated the removal of a bonfire pyre. At least 26 PSNI officers were injured at Distillery Street as workers removed the material. Superintendent Melanie Jones said: "Officers came under sustained attack from large groups of youths throwing petrol bombs, masonry…

Aviation workers have staged a demonstration at Belfast International Airport calling for Westminster and Stormont to step in to save jobs. The Keep Northern Ireland Connected - Save Our Airports protest was part of a national effort demanding action to protect the sector which has been devastated by the impact…

Updated / Friday, 7 Aug 2020 22:54 Michael Gove said he believed there would be a successful negotiated outcome on a trade deal A senior member of the Westminster cabinet indicated today that Ireland may again have a role in wider London-Brussels negotiations as the UK prepares to leave the…

Updated Thu 2:01 PM PSNI OFFICERS CONDUCTED a search of playing fields in Belfast last night after receiving a call that claimed a package had been left in the vicinity of a GAA training session. A team from East Belfast GAA – a cross-community club which was set up earlier…

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BELFAST — John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died on Monday at the age of 83, his SDLP party said.Hume, who is credited with kick-starting peace negotiations…

January 18th, 1937: Born in Lower Nassau Street, Derry, to Sam and Annie Hume. 1958: Hume graduates from Maynooth with a BA in French and history. Continues to study for MA, writing a thesis on the social and economic development of his native city. 1960: Hume, now a schoolteacher, marries…