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New £3m restaurant opened just last summer slapped with one out of five hygiene rating
A swish new £3million restaurant at Belfast’s SSE Arena has received a one-star hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency.
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Update as police recover body in Withernsea beach missing teen tragedy
Grace Keeling was swept out to sea on January 2
Trump says UK will be hit by tariffs until US reaches deal to buy Greenland
Donald Trump said the UK will be charged a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached to buy Greenland from Denmark.
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Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories
Kemi Badenoch has suggested Reform UK have set a deadline for Tory MPs to defect because they fear no one else will join them, after she lost frontbencher Robert Jenrick to the party this week.
John Swinney: SNP Holyrood majority would warrant second independence referendum
First Minister John Swinney has called for another Scottish independence referendum to be held if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood later this year.
Nasa rolls out rocket for first mission in decades to take crew around moon
Nasa has begun rolling out a rocket in its mission to take astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Kemi Badenoch joins protesters calling for Government to stop China mega-embassy
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch called for the Government to stop China’s proposed central London “mega-embassy” when she spoke at a protest on Saturday.
Hundreds march in Greenland and Denmark to support island amid Trump threats
Hundreds of people in Greenland’s capital braved near-freezing temperatures to march in a rally in support of their own self-governance in the face of threats of a US takeover.
Paedophile who stabbed horse to death vows to ‘speak out’ about sex attack on girl in shock rant
A notorious convicted paedophile who also stabbed a horse to death went on a social media rant vowing to “speak out” about his sex attack on a young teenage girl.
Much-loved presenter Donna Traynor to return to screens through new YouTube series
Much-loved journalist and television news presenter Donna Traynor has announced her return to the camera after more than four years since her bitter departure from the BBC.
Air rifle and machete seized after Holyland car stop
Two men aged 27 and 21 remain in police custody
UUP considers DUP invitation to unionist co-operation talks
On Saturday, a UUP spokesperson said its new leadership team will consider any request to meet, “judged against what is best for Northern Ireland and its people”.
Bar boss rapped by judge over ‘big things’ remark about teenager’s breasts
The manager of a popular student bar cleared of sex attacks on a teenager has been blasted by a judge over lewd comments he made to the girl.
Seventh arrest over Coleraine murder amid claims victim was attacked because of £200 debt
Two more women have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Coleraine.
Further arrests in Wayne Reid murder investigation
Police believe he may have been involved in an altercation
Air rifle and machete found after PSNI stop uninsured car
An air rifle and machete were discovered after police stopped a car in south Belfast.
Tributes paid to Irish bar owner who died on 52nd wedding anniversary to late wife
Gilbert Brown, whose family run The Spinnaker Bar and Restaurant in Lanzarote, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 12
Spy opt-out in Hillsborough Law amendment ‘too broad’, northern mayors warn
The mayors of Liverpool and Manchester have called on the Government to withdraw an amendment to the Hillsborough Law that “creates too broad an opt-out” for the security services.
Horses leap through flames and pets blessed in honour of patron saint of animals
Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid took their dogs and cats to church to be blessed by a priest.
Iran’s leader calls Donald Trump a ‘criminal’ for backing protests
Iran’s Supreme Leader has branded US President Donald Trump a “criminal” for supporting protesters in Iran, and blamed demonstrators for causing thousands of deaths.