Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Thu 12th Dec 2013

Belfast Newsletter News Willie Frazer: I would consider immunity for my father's killers High-profile victims’ campaigner Willie Frazer says he would consider a form of immunity for his father’s killers as part of the Haass recommendations on the past. Read more... More than 27,000 domestic abuse cases reported this year The number of domestic abuse reports received by the PSNI is at its highest in nine years, it has been revealed. Read more... Gay couples can adopt after court rejects Poots appeal Gay and unmarried couples may now apply to adopt children in Northern Ireland, after a ban was lifted. Read more... O'Dowd pressed to reveal cross-border education cost to NI DUP education spokesman Mervyn Storey has noted that more than 400 children from the Republic attend schools in Northern Ireland whilst the figure for children travelling in the opposite direction is much lower. Read more... DUP calls for official transfer test The DUP has urged the Department of Education to reintroduce its own post-primary transfer test, after a group of European experts warned that children are “losing out” in the current system. Read more...   Sport 'We are in it to win it' insists Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter Stephen Baxter insists Crusaders are “in it to win it” after being paired with Sligo Rovers in the quarter-finals of the Setanta Sports Cup. Read more... No pressure to sell top players says Gers boss Rangers manager Ally McCoist insists he has not been put under any pressure to sell players in January. Read more... 'The show will go on' insist Setanta Cup organisers Organisers of the Setanta Sports Cup insist the ‘show must go on’ despite Linfield and Cliftonville withdrawing from next year’s competition. Read more... Whitey Anderson excited by Setanta Sports Cup test for Mallards Ballinamallard United boss Whitey Anderson admits the Ferney Park club didn’t have to think twice about competing in next year’s Setanta Cup. Read more... Coleraine boss Oran Kearney: 'This is a massive opportunity for club' Oran Kearney has described Coleraine’s late Setanta Sports Cup entry as a “massive opportunity” for the Showgrounds club. Read more...   Please do not respond directly to this email as this mailbox is not monitored. To contact Belfast Newsletter direct go to http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ and click on Contact Us Johnston Press are the publishers of Belfast Newsletter. You have received this email as you have subscribed to this newsletter on our website. Edit or Unsubscribe Preferences | Edit Your Profile Company Name: Johnston Press plc | Registered in Scotland no: SCO15382 | Registered Office: 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS