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Hundreds living in the Murchison Townhouses and the Elliott Circle units in Fayetteville are expected to have their homes completely rebuilt

A proposed Co Down Titanic memorial to the last person whose body was recovered after the sinking has failed to gain support following a Newry councillor’s discovery of another victim from the district.

A DUP councillor has been left “baffled” after his motion for a memorial to a Co Down man who died on the Titanic was sent for further committee scrutiny.

IT’S the centuries old pub set in Southamptons medieval walls and featured in the Oscar winning Hollywood film Titanic.

Blackburn magistrates heard James McGrady responded by saying it was because he was homeless. McGrady, 36, of The Salvation Army Hostel, Heaton Street, pleaded guilty to four charges of vehicle interference, the first of them on Christmas Day, and four charges of theft from motor vehicles. He was remanded on bail for the preparation of a pre-sentence report. Paul Sumner, prosecuting, said all the offences were committed between Christmas Day and New Years Eve and many of them were caught ...