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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Laughing in the face of recession

3 hours ago

Stand up comics hope audiences will turn to live comedy to find relief from the economic downturn.
War veterans receive drug support

3 hours ago

Funds are announced to help war veterans and their families deal with drug dependency issues.
'I was completely black and blue'

4 hours ago

UK plastic surgeons say there are seeing more and more people who need follow-up treatment after cosmetic surgery done abroad has gone wrong. They are warning that such patients should not always be entitled to NHS …
Suspect object found at rail line

5 hours ago

Police in south Belfast discover a suspicious object at Bentham street, close to a railway track.
Man in 70s attacked by burglars

5 hours ago

A man in his 70s is held down in a chair in his house by three robbers wearing ski masks.