Police appeal for help finding missing schoolgirl, 14, ‘who may be with her father’

Police appeal for help finding missing schoolgirl, 14, ‘who may be with her father’ after she was last seen in early hours of morning Teenager Oliwia Mazgieko, 14, was last seen in Dungannon, Northern Ireland  Oliwia is believed by police to be with her father called Michal Zaborowski  The teen is described as 5’4 tall with … Read more

Lord Frost and EU counterpart set for crunch Brexit talks tonight

Lord Frost and EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic set for crunch Brexit talks in Brussels tonight amid hopes of breakthrough on Northern Ireland border checks as MEPs FINALLY vote in favour of UK trade deal Lord Frost and Maros Sefcovic are meeting in Brussels for dinner this evening   Talks between UK and EU ongoing on how … Read more

Britain is blanketed by April snow, sleet and hail as temperatures plunge to MINUS 5C overnight

Britain has been hit with a flurry of April snow, sleet and hail showers ahead of pubs and restaurants reopening outdoors tomorrow, as temperatures are set to plunge to a frosty 23F (-5C) overnight.  Those heading to the beer garden tomorrow may need to don their thermals, as swathes of the Midlands and parts of … Read more

Two men appear in court over Belfast riots after police were pelted with stones

Two men charged in connection with riots in Northern Ireland were today denied bail on grounds that they could re-offend – as police were pelted with stones and missiles on an eighth night of violence.  Matthew Shaw, 32, and Jonathan Maitland, 25, both from Belfast, appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court, having been arrested following the … Read more

Sister of killed Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee pleads with rioters to end violence

Lyra McKee was shot dead by the New IRA at a riot in the Creggan area of Londonderry in April 2019, called on the mobs to withdraw The sister of killed Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee called on rioters last night to end the violence in west Belfast before someone dies. Nichola McKee Corner spoke after water … Read more

Police use water cannons in Belfast as nineteen more officers are injured

Violence exploded on the streets on the Belfast again last night, forcing police to use a water cannon – as 19 more officers were injured. It brought the huge numbers of officers hurt in a week of unrest across Northern Ireland to a total of 74. Parts of the violence focused on gates which separates nationalist … Read more

EU has fanned flames of division in Northern Ireland, says historian RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS

I love Northern Ireland and most of its people, and find it heartbreaking to see the province in the news today not in commemoration of its centenary year but once again because of vicious communal violence. The law-abiding majority feel betrayed, and a new generation of young people is being encouraged by criminals to run … Read more

Covid-19 UK: UK’s Covid outbreak is now in a similar position as it was in JULY

Boris Johnson today faced fresh calls to speed up lockdown easing plans as even more data showed England’s coronavirus outbreak is still in retreat, with cases now at levels not seen since last summer. Experts tracking the spread of Covid claim the country is still in a similar position as it was in July, when … Read more

Crisis talks in Northern Ireland after eight police officers were injured on sixth night of rioting

Northern Ireland is set for crisis talks after a sixth night of rioting in Belfast saw Catholics and Protestants pelt each other with petrol bombs over a ‘Peace Wall’. Secretary of State Brandon Lewis is flying in to speak to First Minister Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken and Alliance party … Read more

Covid-19 UK: Number of Britons getting tell-tale coronavirus symptoms has HALVED in a week

The number of Britons getting tell-tale Covid symptoms has more than halved in a week, as the UK continues to bounce back from the depths of the pandemic in winter. The Covid Symptom Study, run by ZOE and King’s College London, estimated there were around 1,924 people becoming ill every day from March 20 to April … Read more