Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Tue 25th Sep 2012

News Sport Lifestyle Community News GALLERY: Warning as storms sweep in AUTUMN announced its arrival with a vengeance as powerful winds and heavy rain swept the Province in the last 24 hours. Read more... Baby among victims of tragic 24 hours THREE people, including a one-year-old child, have been killed and another two critically injured during a tragic 24-hour period on Northern Ireland’s roads. Read more... Widening divide between church and the Irish state “I think in some ways the Vatican has given up on Ireland. They view it as three million Catholics in a global church of almost 1.2 billion” Read more... Peace broker praises Paisley THE Catholic American politician whom Ian Paisley once denounced as “a sort of Pope” has said that he and the former Free Presbyterian Moderator have become friends. Read more... Parties hit back in IRA storm THE DUP and Ulster Unionist Party last night hit back at accusations from Fianna Fail that unionists were trying to “rewrite history” in claiming that the Irish state helped birth the Provisional IRA. 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

Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Mon 24th Sep 2012

News Sport Lifestyle Community News Covenant service 'poignant' HUNDREDS of unionists of different hues heard that this coming weekend will indicate if we are ready in Northern Ireland to commemorate a significant watershed during a special Evensong service at St Anne’s Cathedral yesterday. Read more... SAM MCBRIDE: Smooth-talking salesman sets out stall to members MIKE Nesbitt is a smooth-talking political salesman in the mould of Tony Blair, not a rousing orator like Churchill or Paisley. Read more... Weather warning for Northern Ireland An amber warning has been issued for Northern Ireland by the Met Office as heavy rain and strong winds are expected to batter the province. Read more... Road death following M1 accident A person has died in an accident on the M1 which involved a motorbike Read more... Tribute to rugby star A team-mate of tragic rugby star Nevin Spence has told an emotional memorial service that he was the epitome of all that is good in the game. 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

Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Sun 23rd Sep 2012

News Sport Lifestyle Community News IN PICTURES: UUP party conference Northern Ireland must face the inconvenient truth that ending sectarianism will take a long time, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has told his party conference. Read more... Man faces weapons and terrorism charges A 35-year-old man is expected to appear in court on Monday to face a terrorism charge and possessing a gun seized by police in Lurgan on Thursday. Read more... Food firms take recipes for succes to Dublin NORTHERN Ireland’s prize-winning food producers are heading for Dublin next week after a return to London over the past few days in a bid to capitalise on their Great Taste Award success. Read more... Covenant: Over 60,000 join online group THE creators of Facebook group ‘Covenant 100 years on let’s see how many we can get to sign this’ have appealed for more members to join up. Read more... Mickey Harte in tribute to Spence family ONE of GAA’s leading figures, Mickey Harte, has paid tribute to the “strength of the faith of the Spence family” in the face of utter tragedy. 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

Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Sat 22nd Sep 2012

News Sport Lifestyle Community News Two British soldiers die in Afghanistan Two soldiers died on Friday in incidents in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. Read more... Paisley in plea on farm safety Former First Minister Lord Bannside has suggested that government carry out a high-profile advertising campaign to warn of the dangers of slurry pits after a farm tragedy at the weekend claimed the lives of three members of the same family. Read more... iPhone 5 arrives in Belfast Hundreds of shoppers were greeted by high fives outside the Ireland’s only Apple store in Belfast on the launch day of the iphone 5 early on Friday morning, with some staying the night out to be the first to get their hands on the new mobile device. Read more... Street re-opened after bin explosion Two refuse collecters were left shaken after an explosion in a bin they were in the process of emptying on a street close to the Queen’s University, Belfast. Read more... Laundrette murderer to serve 16 years A MAN who blasted his former lover in the chest with an antique shotgun will serve at least 16 years for the murder of 51-year-old mum of four Marion Millican. 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

Headlines From Belfast Newsletter Fri 21st Sep 2012

News Sport Lifestyle Community News Paisley in plea on farm safety Former First Minister Lord Bannside has suggested that government carry out a high-profile advertising campaign to warn of the dangers of slurry pits after a farm tragedy at the weekend claimed the lives of three members of the same family. Read more... Nesbitt tells of roller-coaster of leadership Ahead of his first party conference as UUP leader, Mike Nesbitt talks to SAM McBRIDE. FUMBLING desperately in one’s pockets for a scrap of paper on which to record an unexpected interview is pretty fundamental to the profession. Read more... Farmers 'driven into debt' over milk prices THE Ulster Farmers’ Union yesterday joined forces with the Irish Farmers’ Association to say that unrealistically low retail prices for milk were driving dairy farmers into debt. Read more... Focus on slurry gas detectors after tragedy A GROUP of Northern Ireland farm safety experts could be meeting within days to test slurry gas detectors. Read more... Gun permits hike 'can't be justified' PLANS to increase the price of gun licences by 140 per cent cannot be justified, it was claimed on Thursday as a public consultation closed. 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