Pension warning: Reducing tax-free lump sum a ‘tempting option’ at Budget but how likely is this to happen?
Reducing the pension tax-free lump sum is likely to be a “tempting option” for the Treasury to consider as they work to fill the £22bn hole in the public finances.…
Work in cemetery is destroying unmarked graves of ‘forgotten people’, it’s claimed
Campaigners claim work at Belfast’s best-known graveyard is disturbing the unmarked graves of countless “forgotten” people. The Catholic diocese in charge of Milltown Cemetery – the final resting place of…
Thanks but no thanks, Microsoft – I don’t need your AI tool to let my children know I love them
If you could hand over control of your life to a technology which can do most of what you can do — but better than you — would you do…
Man steals car with girl (17) inside in Belfast then speeds towards Irish border at 100mph
A man has been arrested in Dundalk after stealing a car in south Belfast with a teenage girl still inside it. The car was parked on Botanic Avenue on Saturday…
Serial bomb hoaxer jailed for breaching ASBO with Facebook post
A woman nicknamed ‘Asbomb’ because she repeatedly makes bomb hoaxes has been jailed for six months for another breach of her anti-social behaviour order (ASBO).
Prince Harry’s time away from Meghan Markle set to continue as duke lines up ‘flight to South Africa’
Prince Harry’s time away from Meghan Markle looks set to continue as the Duke of Sussex will travel to South Africa next week, according to a source. The royal will…
Labrador residents say ‘inhumane’ food prices force families to go hungry
A mother in a community where the cost of living is one of the highest in the country says grocery prices are “inhumane” and retailers are putting profits ahead of…
Lord Alli let Starmer’s allies use another property after lamenting ‘entitled’ MPs over expenses scandal
Lord Alli has been accused of letting Sir Keir Starmer’s allies stay at another luxurious London property as the Labour peer’s damning comments about the MPs’ expenses scandal resurface. Alli,…
Liberal political strategy at odds with Bloc demands for old age security bill
The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Québécois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the…
Senegal’s president on reforms, snap election and pan-Africanism
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Africa’s youngest elected leader, became Senegal’s president in April, weeks after being released from prison. The 44-year-old’s rise followed political unrest and marked him as a symbol…