How a new community hub is supporting Bristol’s fastest-changing area
A new community hub has opened in one of the fastest-changing streets in Bristol, with the locals behind it calling for more volunteers to come together and help run the…
Tim Dolighan cartoon, Nov. 30, 2024
Tim Dolighan cartoon for Nov. 30, 2024. Tim Dolighan cartoon for Nov. 30, 2024.Photo by Tim Dolighan /Special to Postmedia Network
Bristol’s best fish and chips as Kingswood chippy takes top spot
A fish and chip shop on the outskirts of Bristol has been crowned the area’s best by our readers. Last month, we asked you what Bristol’s best chippy is. Having…
NI church leaders share ‘deep disappointment’ over assisted dying vote
Religious leaders in Northern Ireland expressed “deep disappointment, sadness and regret” that assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales. A majority of MPs, including Prime Minister Sir Keir…
Mohamed Al Fayed ‘manipulated’ Harrods managers to hide alleged sexual abuse
A former Harrods director has described how Mohamed Al Fayed would manipulate managers to conceal his alleged sexual abuse of dozens of women and girls. Jon Brilliant, who worked in…
Dame Kelly Holmes on her ‘Queen of NI’ friend, her favourite tourist hotspots and ‘best’ Belfast restaurant
Lady Mary Peters has been crowned the “Queen of Northern Ireland” by her long-time friend Dame Kelly Holmes.
Harry Brook: England quick Chris Woakes was ‘dagger to the heart’ of New Zealand
Harry Brook claimed Chris Woakes delivered a “dagger to the heart” of New Zealand as England prepared to wrap up victory in the first Test at Christchurch. Brook top-scored with…
Belfast hotel builds lifesize gingerbread house – the largest in all of Ireland
In a holiday feat that’s as sweet as it is grand, this gingerbread house stands as the largest on the island of Ireland, but sadly it’s a feast for the…
Why the critics need a reality check on Band Aid legacy
If you were asked to describe Bob Geldof, would you say goodie, baddie, or just somewhere in between such as “well-meaning but often intensely irritating”?
Streets of Belfast: Bryson Street – where religious divide created two doorways in Belfast
Two years ago this month, on November 13, 2022, I, like many others, was deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of historian Dr Éamon Phoenix after a brief…