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Young local singer Holly Mountstephens, a pupil at Dromroe Central Primary School, has been shortlisted for the BBC Northern Ireland School Soloist of the Year Competition 2022.

Gigantic Monsters will be brought to life while kings and knights of old fight to rule Carnfunnock Country Park on Saturday 30 October – but there’s no need...

The current instruction from Education Minister Peter Weir prohibits pupils singing individually or in choirs. Mr Weir said the decision was taken on the advice of the chief medical officer and the Public Health Agency (PHA). The playing of brass and wind instruments is also currently banned indoors. School choirs in Northern Ireland were previously permitted to sing indoors from last September to December as long as social distancing and good ventilation were in place. In order to highlight th...

Q Tell us about your childhood.

Q Tell us about your childhood. A I had a wonderful childhood growing up in a very warm and loving family. Im an only child and lived with my parents, Raymond and Jean, in the country which was idyllic. As well as their positive influence I had a grandmother who adored me and my wonderful Aunt Lily who is like a second mother. I was involved in music from an early age singing in the church choir and at school. A lady called Ethel Benson got me to sing in church when I was about five and that wa...

  CALGARY -- Some frontline workers deemed essential under previous public health restrictions say they’re frustrated to discover they do not qualify for the recently announced Critical Worker Benefit. The joint federal-provincial program will issue a one-time $1,200 cheque to about 380,000 eligible Alberta workers this spring, meant to act as a sort of retroactive danger pay. Among workers eligible for the benefit are grocery store clerks, gas station attendants, retail sales supervisor...

Specialist fund administration: The brain gain for private equity fund admin There is no stopping private equity – or the specialist administration firms that provide services to private equity funds. There are said to be more than 2,000 specialist fund administrators, many rooted in the trust and corporate services sector that traditionally provides legal and accountancy work for ‘special purpose vehicles’ (SPVs) – the structures often used for private equity funds as well as wealthy i...

Changed days: actress Allison Harding working as a chef in a care home in Belfast "Earlier this year I signed up with a temping agency and now Im working for an NHS trust, covering people who are shielding and cooking in a childrens home at Flaxfield, as well as Glenmore Cottage and Lindsay House," she says. "I start at 10am and finish at 5.30pm. I spray everything down, start lunch and then once lunch is done I prep for their tea. "I enjoy working with the children - we asked if we could get a...