'Doctor Who' Matt Smith to take on 'Sherlock' Moriarty in one-off play
Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Sherlock's Andrew Scott are to star in a new one-off play. The Audience - a sequel to hit West End show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - will see Smith's...
View ArticleMy song of praise to broadcasting Muslim call to prayer
It is aimed at the devout. Its purpose is clear: to call followers to prayer, to convert non-believers, to ring out across the land like an air-raid siren from on high. The programmes, for...
View ArticleUS, Germany to discuss surveillance
Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a top-level meeting of security officials in the coming days to discuss in greater detail reports of surveillance activities by the US...
View ArticleArmagh TA base to close in shake-up
An Army reservist base in Northern Ireland is to close as the Government frees up funding for a major expansion of numbers. Armagh Territorial Army Centre is one of 35 bases across the UK to be shut...
View ArticleBelfast Telegraph's Claire McNeilly does double to scoop top award again
The Belfast Telegraph's Claire McNeilly has been named one of the UK's top journalists in a glittering awards ceremony. Claire won the Regional Award in the British Insurance Brokers' Association...
View ArticleState agencies create 9,000 jobs
Almost 9,000 jobs were created by the state's enterprise development agencies last year. Richard Bruton, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, revealed the total permanent employment rose to...
View ArticleThere's just no need for any shrine to terror
Open letter to Peter Robinson and Mike Nesbitt: In both of your open letters published over the past two days, you have referred to the rights and wrongs of having a Peace and Reconciliation Centre on...
View ArticleWhere is Nelson Mandela in your hierarchy?
ED Curran wrote recently when talking about victims: "In my book, a hierarchy is obvious. To place Ann Travers, whose sister was shot in the back after attending Mass, in the same category as...
View ArticlePatient is accused of sex attack on nurse
A man rushed to hospital after binging on drink and drugs exposed himself and sexually assaulted a nurse trying to help him, the High Court has heard. Joseph Gallagher head-butted walls, screamed...
View ArticlePolice act in Mandela children's bodies row
AS Nelson Mandela's supporters held a vigil yesterday, South African police smashed padlocks and forced their way into a compound to retrieve the buried remains of three of the former president's...
View ArticleMum tells inquest of agony over son's death
The mother of a young member of the Traveller community wept as she listened to details of her son's death during an inquest in Londonderry Coroner's Court. A police constable told Coroner Jim Kitson...
View ArticleFinland sends William and Kate 'baby starter kit' containing condoms
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a received a baby starter kit from Finland's social security agency – that contains condoms. The agency Kela sent the couple a box containing everything parents...
View ArticlePrison for man who hid firearm
A judge has warned that anyone caught with a loaded gun faces "lengthy" imprisonment. Craigavon Crown Court Judge Gemma Loughran spoke as she handed a three-year custodial term to Gary Scullion (21)....
View ArticleBuddhist monks bless Lord's turf
Buddhist monks have put a new spin on sporting chants after blessing the playing field at Lord's ahead of the Ashes. The Gyuto Monks of Tibet performed a Mahakala chant to protect the surface before...
View ArticleKerry Katona is ditched by loan firm
Kerry Katona has been dropped as the face of a payday lending firm after filing for bankruptcy for a second time in five years. Katona, the face of Cash Lady, recently filed for bankruptcy at Wigan...
View ArticleA night to remember as music unites two cities
A tale of two musical cities was celebrated at the Guildhall in Londonderry last night, with a phenomenal fusion of two world leaders of classical music and poetry with a modern twist. The acclaimed...
View ArticleElton John blasts The Voice for 'producing nonentities'
Sir Elton John has accused BBC1 talent show The Voice – dominated by two Northern Irish singers this year – of producing "nonentities". The veteran musician has often been a critic of TV talent shows...
View ArticleThe agonies of the Troubles continue
What does the legacy of Northern Ireland's recent violent past really mean? For your answer read the hugely moving interview with Kenneth Llewellyn in this newspaper today. His brother Samuel, dubbed...
View ArticleStone head of Geordie 'god' found
An 1,800-year-old carved stone head of a possible Geordie Roman god has been discovered buried in an ancient rubbish dump. The discovery was made by a first year archaeology student at Binchester...
View ArticleDon't wreck this plan of success
THE Dickson Plan education system has worked without controversy in the wider Craigavon area for many years. The significant change it made was the doubling of local populations at grammar schools and...
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