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24 Feb, 2019 Top stories of the week A round up of the most popular news stories this week. Latest News Crying out for help: Ex-RUC man makes emotional plea for help for veterans A Troubles veteran has spoken out about his ongoing battle with depression and suicidal thoughts in a bid to highlight the need for better support for ex-servicemen and women who are suffering mental ill health. Sam McBride: Failing to win over unionists doesn't mean Sinn Féin's charm offensive is failing A year into her leadership of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald came to Belfast on Monday to give a speech to an audience of 'civic unionists'. A frontstop will keep an invisible Irish border and is an alternative to the Brexit backstop The Brexit impasse over the border and the backstop reminds me of the run up to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement (GFA). Ben Lowry: The first-past-the-post electoral system is producing massively unjust outcomes and needs urgent reform Our reproduced old News Letter report yesterday, from 280 yeas ago, referred to the king's opening of Parliament in February of 1739. Loughinisland: Killers' getaway car had no forensic value The Loughinisland killers' getaway car was of no forensic value whatsoever by the time it was crushed the year after the 1994 UVF atrocity, scientists have finally confirmed. Anne Morgan: 'She was a special lady who meant so much to us' After reading a story in the News Letter last month about the importance of good neighbours, Belfast woman Paula Tabakin felt compelled to pay tribute to her neighbour Anne Morgan. Ben Lowry: Road ads in Northern Ireland that seek to shock are less effective than the subtle ads in Great Britain that hint at carnage This week on Twitter I came across a video from Highways England, warning drivers of the danger of driving too close to the car in front. Before and after: one of the dogs saved by NI rescuers from slaughter in China Gabrielle Gardiner – who along with her fiancee set up a group to save dogs from the Chinese meat trade – talks to GRAEME COUSINS about her passion for animals See all the day's news here

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