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Updated / Saturday, 31 Oct 2020 21:31 Tommy McCarthy could enter the conversation at world level after becoming European champion Belfast cruiserweight Tommy McCarthy reached a new height in his career tonight as he became EBU European champion by beating Bilal Laggoune in London. McCarthy won by majority decision, 116-112,…

There's something truly engaging about Thom Southern's songwriting. A musician with a gilded touch, this Belfast-born, Liverpool-based artist drapes his every utterance in something melodic. New single 'Perfect Someone' taps into those shoegaze influences, and from the opening note you feel it's going to be something special, a sugar-coated dream…

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating after a man was shot in the leg in west Belfast in what has been described as a “paramilitary-style assault”. The man, who is in his 40s, was hospitalised after he was brought into an alleyway at the Creeslough Walk area of west Belfast…

Digital artist Dervla Hillan plunges into a technicolor ravescape of undulating organisms and virtual architecture. While Belfast producer Liam McCartan, aka Son Zept, may draw his influences from the rich history of the hardcore continuum, his intricate, genre-exploding club constructions transport the listener so far past his house, techno and…

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Northern Ireland's Secretary of State has pledged to take a decision on whether to order a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane by the end of November, the High Court in Belfast heard today. Counsel for Brandon Lewis gave the commitment and offered an apology for the time taken to reach…

Date published: Sunday 11th October 2020 10:14 Elland Road full-back Stuart Dallas has revealed that Erling Haaland showed his love for Leeds by singing ‘Marching On Together’ when the two met up last month. The duo came head-to-head on international duty. And it was Haaland who stole the show by…

Electronic duo Bicep will release their new album 'Isles' on January 22nd. The pair's celebrated debut album landed in 2017, and spawned a hugely successful international tour. Work on a follow up progressed alongside this, offering what the group term “a snapshot in time” of their work. New album 'Isles'…

There have been 669 further cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.  There has also been one further death reported, taking the number of people with Covid-19 who have died there to 585. Cases of Covid-19 have been rising rapidly in Northern Ireland in recent…

Queen’s University Belfast for the second time in two weeks has chartered a Qatar Airways plane to bring hundreds of Chinese students to Belfast. On Saturday about 400 new and returning Queen’s University students were flown into Northern Ireland from Beijing by Boeing 777 to begin the college term. Two…