
Residential property in NI costing on average £175,551, 5.8% annual growth since the same period in 2019 and a slight reduction in average house prices during the second quarter of 2020. The latest Quarterly House Price Index report from Ulster University has pointed to the Northern Ireland housing market stabilising with the market displaying […]
Aug 21 2020 | Posted in
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The ScamwiseNI Partnership has produced two crime prevention booklets designed to raise awareness about the ways fraudsters use to swindle people out of their hard-earned money. The booklets, ‘The Little Book of Cyber Scams’ and ‘The Little Book of Phone Scams’ are designed to help the public protect themselves from scammers. They are […]
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New data has revealed that Northern Ireland has one of the lowest burglary rates in the UK, but Newry has one of the highest number of reported burglaries. Embed from Getty Images By contrast, South Yorkshire had the highest burglary rate during the same period, with 10.29 burglaries. The figures show that from […]
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A local woman has said she is shocked and upset after vandals attacked her car in a Newry car park – the third such attack in just one week. Marketing Executive Jessica Phillips, a member of staff at Co-Working and Serviced office business Granite Exchange in Kildare Street, parked her Mercedes car in […]
Aug 20 2020 | Posted in
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Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following the report of a stabbing in a house in the Michael McCreesh Park area of Forkhill last night, Wednesday 19 August. Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Sergeant Johnston said, “We were notified by Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, just after 7.15 pm, that a man had […]
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Economy Minister Diane Dodds has welcomed the news that the Dubai Duty-Free Irish Open golf tournament is to return to Northern Ireland next month. She was speaking after the European Tour announced that this year’s tournament would be hosted by Galgorm Spa and Golf Resort in Co Antrim on 24-27 September 2020. The […]
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Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has previewed phase one of a new £1.5 million state-of-the-art play park, which officially opened on 17 August. The Minister was joined by elected representatives from Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) to mark the opening of the park in Hillsborough. DAERA has provided just under £1m […]
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Department of Health figures show that there have been more than 250,000 downloads of the ‘StopCOVID NI’ proximity app since it went live two weeks ago. Health Minister Robin Swann said, “Surpassing a quarter of a million downloads in just two weeks is a fantastic achievement. “I want to thank everyone who has […]
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Police are warning the public to be vigilant after more than £80,000 was lost in a spate of scams in Northern Ireland. Embed from Getty Images Scammers employed a variety of means to deceive their victims. Some were cold-called at home by people claiming to be from an online retailer who was told […]
Aug 19 2020 | Posted in
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Christmas in August? The special day is in aid of Barnardo’s Children’s Charity. Today Omniplex Cinemas have announced something that could only happen in 2020 – they’re doing Christmas in August. The cinema chain, which has 33 cinemas across the country will be pulling out the Christmas trees, cranking up the […]