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The 15 Northern Ireland postcodes hardest hit by coronavirus in the last 7 days Postcodes in Belfast, counties Armagh and Tyrone make up the majority Updated Latest weekly infection rate (Image: DoH) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance wit...

    Detective Sergeant Ritchie says, “At around 10 pm on Friday 5 February, it was reported that entry was gained to business premises located at the Thomas Street area of Armagh.     “A black Citroen Dispatch which was parked in the area was stolen, with damage also caused to the shutters of the premises during the incident. “Shortly before 1:15 am on Saturday 6 February, it was reported to police that two men gained entry to a house in the Flagstaff Court area of Newry.  “A woman...

Irish Sea border checks remain suspended in Larne and Belfast DAERA has temporarily suspended regulatory inspections at its site at Duncrue Street site in Belfast. Picture by Mal McCann. Connla Young PSNI officers patrol Larne Port in Co Antrim IRISH Sea border checks remained suspended yesterday at several northern ports. Physical checks were suspended at Larne Port and Belfast on Monday after council and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affai...

Screenshot: C-SPAN3. Mayor Martin Walsh breezed through his confirmation hearing Thursday morning in front of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions in Washington, D.C. The committee of Senators will review and later vote to approve or deny President Bidens nomination of Walsh to be the US Labor Secretary. Get your City Hall election news fix at The Lit Drop. After more than two and a half hours of statements and questioning, Walshs confirmation hearing came to a close....

PHYSICAL inspections of good lorries subject to Irish Sea border checks are entering the north unhindered, despite Northern Ireland Protocol requirements.

Boris Johnson warns the EU he is willing to TEAR UP parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol unless Brussels agrees to ease trade rules after telling Arlene Foster the Government will do everything we can to make the border run smoothly Boris Johnson and Arlene Foster spoke on phone to discuss border checks row PM said the UK Government will do everything we can to make trade smoother  Comes amid growing tensions over the roll-out of the Northern Ireland Protocol Michael Gove will hold talks wit...

Belfasts Emma-Rosa Dias is the founder and MD of Afro-Mic Productions, which produced the show ANYONE afflicted by the cabin fever of lockdown – ie, pretty much everyone reading this – should tune in to Adrian Dunbars Coastal Ireland tomorrow night on Channel 5 for an hour-long therapeutic dose of the great outdoors. Filmed last September as travel restrictions eased, this visually stunning two-part travelogue from Belfasts Afro-Mic Productions finds the Co Fermanagh-bred Line of Duty star ...

Northern Ireland is operating different regulatory and customs arrangements to the rest of the UK.  Under the terms of the Brexit deal, the region is remaining in the EU Single Market for goods and applying EU customs rules at its points of entry - Belfast Port, Larne Harbour, Warrenpoint Port, Foyle Port, and Belfast International Airport. All goods: EU customs declarations and extra checks are now required on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.  Under the Northern Ireland...

Brexit checks on animal and food products arriving into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended amid fears over the safety of staff, Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry has said. The decision came after Mid and East Antrim borough council agreed on Monday night to remove 12 of its staff at Larne port with immediate effect, following an “upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks”. A spokesman for Stormont’s Department of...

Meat and seafood has been left to rot in ports as shipments have been delayed by reams of paperwork. Supermarket shelves north and south of the border have been bare of certain products. Mechanics can’t get car parts, and supplies of certain bikes to Irish cycle shops have stopped. Even unionists who fought wholeheartedly for Brexit are now grumbling about its effects. The only comfort for the politicians who planned Brexit is that it has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of Covid-19. And t...