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From West Belfast to the West Coast of America – old footie photo is discovered

This picture of a Whiterock football team was brought to the Andersonstown News office this week by a local man who recovered the photo while on holiday in California. Jim Wilkinson, who hails from Whiterock, but currently lives in Turf Lodge, was on holiday in Los Angeles recently visiting his cousin and aunt when he came across the picture. “I was out there holidaying for a month and we were looking at old photos when I saw this one,” said...

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Call to open the files on 1922 murder

A WEST BELFAST man is asking for local assistance as he continues his campaign to clear his uncle’s name. Charlie Hill’s uncle John Hill was shot dead in Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim by the British army on June 23, 1922. Since the murder, the Hill family has been working tirelessly to prove their relative’s innocence but have consistently hit brick walls. Now Charlie is asking for the backing of the local community to help him reveal the truth...

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DUP and Sinn Féin on collision course over the Long Kesh site

The DUP are on a collision course with Sinn Féin after it was revealed that the North’s Environment Minister, Sammy Wilson, has asked officials to consider if he could revoke the listed building status of structures at the former Long Kesh prison. The former jail’s hospital and part of the H-Blocks are currently listed. The DUP Minister told the Assembly on Monday he has asked the NI Environment Agency to carry out “a further review of the listing and potential for...

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Lucky escape for man just out of hospital

A man who was discharged from hospital only last week has been left traumatised after he escaped a blaze at his home. Frankie Moore, who is 62 next month, was asleep in bed in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was alerted to the fire by a friend who had been staying with him while he made a recovery from his stint in hospital. The fire was started by youths who had been drinking in the alleyway behind...

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Progress being made with street drinking

A Sinn Féin MLA has said he believes the PSNI are making progress in tackling the street drinking problem in the Colin area.   Paul Butler was speaking after figures released by Lisburn Council show that there has been a considerable increase in the number of people convicted in the Colin area for the offence over the past two years.  The council figures show that for 2007, a total of seven people were reported for breaching the bye-laws governing street...

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The King of Pop – gone but not forgotten in West

As tributes continue to pour in from around the world for the King of Pop, we took to the Kennedy Centre to see what impact, if any, Michael Jackson’s life and recent death has had on locals. Many have tried and failed but Philip Dorrian from Divis – a Michael Jackson fan – claims he is able to perform Michael’s famous moonwalk. “I love Michael’s dancing, I can do the moonwalk myself,” he enthused. However, Philip said the surface of...

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