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Turner: "It's really sad for the women's game... Maybe this is a wake-up call to other teams to say: look, let's not let this happen to us" By Jessica Creighton, Sky Sports News Last Updated: 05/05/20 3:46pm 0:35 Kim Turner, assistant manager of AFC Fylde's women's team, says they are…

Updated May 5th 2020, 9:05 PM NORTHERN IRELAND’S HEALTH Minister Robin Swan has criticised Aer Lingus after pictures emerged of an almost-full flight from Belfast with no apparent evidence of social distancing measures. Swann made his first public comments on images of the Belfast to London Heathrow flight today. “I was…

Image copyright Getty Images Queen's University Belfast (QUB) will not hold graduation ceremonies on its campus this summer.The university emailed students at the weekend to tell them it will hold "virtual" ceremonies for students due to graduate instead.Ulster University (UU) had previously told its students it would not hold graduation…

The Irish question is back and is once again plaguing the relationship between Britain and Europe. This time the enmity revolves around a physical EU presence in Belfast. The European Commission insists that the Irish Protocol requires officials to oversee checks and controls on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland,…

A dramatic photograph was making the rounds on Facebook and Reddit in late 2019/early 2020 with an equally dramatic story attached: A woman, dressed in a patterned skirt and in what appears to be a leather jacket, stands against a wall, wielding an assault rifle. The attached story claimed the…

Image copyright Getty Images Environment Minister Edwin Poots has suggested garden centres should be allowed to reopen, if they can manage social distancing.Executive ministers are engaged in discussions about some lockdown restrictions that could be lifted in Northern Ireland.Last week, they agreed cemeteries could reopen on a controlled basis.Mr Poots…

Daniel Duckett, owner of the Lazy Claire patisserie in Belfast, was hoping for an insurance payout of up to 100,000 pounds ($123,460.00) to cover losses during the coronavirus lockdown. Now he fears for the future as he battles for the compensation. Duckett is one of thousands who have called their…

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Image copyright PA Media A further 16 Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland, according to the department of health.The latest figures released on Saturday show that 294 people have now died.This mostly includes deaths in hospitals, with the overall total expected to be much higher when other deaths…

A man has been arrested after a woman’s body was found in a flat in south Belfast. Detective Chief Inspector Darren McCartney said police were called to the property at Haywood Avenue at about 1.45am on Wednesday, where they discovered the body of a 39-year-old woman. A 21-year-old man was…