The Latest Breaking News from Anna Burns

Work to remove ‘disgraceful’ 150 metre waste mountain will cost over £7m

The 150-metre long trail of rubbish in a field alongside the A34 in Kidlington prompted widespread outrage

The Independent UK · Apr 14

Work begins to clear ‘disgraceful’ mountain of illegal waste near River Cherwell

The illegal waste dump has prompted a public outcry and a criminal investigation which has led to four arrests.

Evening Standard · Apr 14

Starmer says mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field is ‘utterly appalling’

The Environment Agency has said it will pursue the perpetrators to pay the clean up cost

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025

Culzean bay holiday park gets go ahead despite objections from as far away as the United States

The holiday park proposal attracted 90 objections from as far afield as the US, but none from National Trust and the Culzean estate

Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022

Pregnant care home worker called 'pathetic' by her boss for needing a five-minute break

She has been awarded £25,000 by a tribunal

Wales Online · Jun 30, 2022

Pregnant woman called 'pathetic' for needing 5-minute break while working New Year's Day

Anna Burns has been awarded nearly £25,000 in a discrimination case after a judge ruled her "bullying" colleagues at Tralee Rest Home thought she was failing to pull her weight while pregnant

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022

Top 10 Northern Irish novels

Northern Ireland has always had a voice, and we’ve never been short of storytellers. The challenge has been finding someone to listen

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

International Women's Day: 30 women from Northern Ireland who are breaking down barriers

For International Women's Day, we looked at a small fraction of women who are changing Northern Ireland for the better

Belfast Live · Mar 8, 2022