NEWTOWNABBEY Councillor Lynn Frazer has welcomed the introduction of a new support group for teenage girls in the district called ‘Choices’. The sexual health advice service operates out of Whiteabbey Hospital on a part-time basis. Councillor Frazer stated: “I welcome the establishment of ‘Choices’ to Newtownabbey. It is a good idea and deserves support, and […]
ALLIANCE Victims’ Spokesperson Eileen Bell MLA has said any Victims and Survivors Commissioner could have a major role in helping people come to terms with the past, and help lay some of the foundations for future reconciliation at the proposed Maze centre for conflict transformation. Speaking after the Secretary of State announced proposals for a […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Cllr Naomi Long has welcomed progress on the pedestrian crossing at the new Post Office on the Upper Newtownards Road in Ballyhackamore. Cllr Long requested the crossing be provided following the relocation of the Post Office to the Spar shop. Cllr. Long said, “I originally contacted Roads Service to request that […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Cllr Naomi Long has expressed her disgust at the gang of thugs who terrorised a deaf and blind 91-year-old woman in her east Belfast home. Three men kicked their way into the woman’s Melrose Avenue house last Thursday evening and ransacked the house before fleeing with her purse. The woman was […]