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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…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption Titanic Belfast, a major attraction, has seen visitor numbers drop 50% on this time last year Tourism Northern Ireland has "major concerns" over coronavirus' long-term effect on the industry, after a survey showed that 1,300 tourism workers have permanently lost their jobs.The organisation carried…

Image copyright Essex Police Image caption Ronan Hughes appeared in court in Dublin A 40-year-old man has appeared at Dublin's High Court in connection with the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals.The bodies were found in a lorry trailer in Grays, Essex, in October 2019 after it landed at Purfleet from…

Image copyright Getty Images This week it was revealed that teachers in Northern Ireland will predict the grades they think pupils would have achieved in cancelled GCSE, AS and A-Level exams.Schools will also be asked to rank pupils in each subject from top to bottom.But how do teachers, parents and…

Image copyright Eventco Marquees Image caption Johnny McCamphill's marquee hire firm installed a large temporary structure at the Ulster University building site in Belfast At the start of this crisis, one of the first business owners we spoke to was Johnny McCamphill.He runs a marquee hire firm in north Antrim,…