Dennis Taylor: ‘Alex Higgins threatened to have me shot but we were ok before he died’
Snooker ace Dennis Taylor has claimed media coverage of a death threat in 1990 from his fellow Ulsterman Alex Higgins was blown out of proportion.
‘A beautiful angel’: Tributes after death of NI schoolgirl (7)
Tributes have been paid to a young schoolgirl who passed away. Lauren Lappin (7) from Co Armagh died on Saturday. She had been battling cancer. Her school, St Mary’s Primary,…
SUNshine Girl Joyceline
SUNshine Girl Joyceline is our 5-foot-8, blue-eyed Virgo. She loves fast car and dreams of driving a Tesla. Joyceline posed for us in February 2018. (STAN BEHAL/Toronto Sun)
Syrian state TV airs statement saying Assad has been overthrown
Syrian state television aired a video statement by a group of men saying that president Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free. The…
Australia beat India by 10 wickets in Adelaide Test to level series 1-1
Hosts level 1-1 on the third day after India slump to 175 all out in the second of the five-match Border-Gavaskar series. Australia’s captain Pat Cummins took five wickets in…
HMRC rules impacting petrol, diesel and electric cars introduced this month may lead to ‘sticky situation’
Experts are warning that certain drivers will be “left out of pocket” following new HMRC changes introduced this month which will affect petrol, diesel and electric vehicle owners. On December…
Peace builder by day, gangster by night: How bomb hoax was beginning of end for Winkie’s double life
The downfall of UVF chief Winston “Winkie” Irvine began the day his ‘B’ Company gang decided to stage one of the most embarrassing blunders in recent criminal history.
Charity linked to loyalists gets £500k funding from council
Belfast City Council has bankrolled a loyalist charity by more than half a million pounds, despite links to UVF leader Winkie Irvine.
Red faces for ‘peace’ group funders with Winkie Irvine still armed to the teeth
A widely hailed loyalist ‘peacemaker’ is convicted of possessing guns and ammunition. You just couldn’t make this stuff up.