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A man died in an accident while helping to build a bonfire at a site in County Antrim has been named locally as John Steele. He was in his 30s and from the Antiville area of Larne. It happened at the Antiville bonfire in Fairway at about 21:30 local time on Saturday. The Northern Ireland […]
The Queen Elizabeth II has cancelled a trip to Northern Ireland and has “reluctantly accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days”, Buckingham Palace says. The 95-year-old monarch will remain at Windsor Castle but is still expected to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow later this month. The Queen is in […]
A former Paralympic champion who glued himself to the roof of a plane during an Extinction Rebellion protest has been jailed for a year. James Brown, who is visually impaired, climbed on to the British Airways plane at London City Airport in October 2019. The 56-year-old glued his right hand to the Amsterdam-bound plane, wedging […]
A 35-year-old mother died on August 20, due to Covid-19 complications, several days after delivering her baby. Now, the baby is getting baptized at her mother’s funeral in Derry, Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom. Samantha Willis delivered her daughter, Eviegrace, and later died after a 16-day battle with the coronavirus, reports said. The duo’s baptism […]
The collapse of an amusement ride in the United Kingdom which injured six people was caused by the ‘misuse of equipment’ by several teenagers, the theme parks operators have claimed. Four children were among those taken to hospital after the Star Flyer swing ride collapsed at Planet Fun in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland on Saturday. Their […]
Northern Ireland witnessed violence for the sixth consecutive night as unionists and nationalists clashed with police and each other. Unrest first broke out last week amid rising tensions relating to Brexit and unionist anger over a decision by police not to prosecute leaders of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein for allegedly breaking coronavirus restrictions […]
Violent clashes in Northern Ireland erupted over the weekend amid increasing tensions in a region historically plagued with sectarian violence. Sunday marked a third night of disorder in the cities of Belfast and Derry/Londonderry, where police were targeted with petrol bombs and cars hijacked and set alight. The clashes involved children as young as 12, […]
The body of a man who went missing 30 years ago was found in a car submerged in a river in Northern Ireland. James Patterson disappeared on 6 October 1991, and was last seen at Mid Ulster Hospital in Londonderry. He was 54 years old. Search teams found a Ford Orion vehicle in the River […]