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Plan expected to increase target number of PSNI officers

It comes as officer numbers dropped to 6,190 last summer.

Evening Standard

Vice-chancellor says CBE highlights success of Ulster University

Professor Paul Bartholomew said the honour is ‘a great privilege’.

The Independent UK

Ulster University professor made OBE delighted that hard work recognised

Professor of personalised medicine Tara Moore has been honoured for her work into DNA research.

Evening Standard

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NI house builders warn of ‘bleak’ future because of crumbling wastewater network

A representative body has warned that some companies are already planning to wind up operations because of an inability to secure water connections.

Evening Standard

He spent ten years searching for Game of Thrones locations. It inspired a solo music career

Robert Boake was a full-time musician prior to his move into the film industry

The Independent UK

Film location scout draws songwriting inspiration from dramatic Irish landscapes

Robbie Boake toured the island of Ireland for a decade hunting suitable locations for Game Of Thrones.

Evening Standard

Tens of thousands of artefacts undergo meticulous recataloguing in Northern Ireland’s storehouse

Many of the items were unearthed decades ago

The Independent UK

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Process under way to recatalogue artefacts held in huge archaeology storehouse

Archaeologists are repackaging thousands of items kept in climate-controlled conditions in the facility in Co Antrim.

Evening Standard

Hundreds brave the cold to make a splash for charity

Swimmers raced into Belfast Lough at Helen’s Bay for the annual Christmas Eve dip in the sea.

The Independent UK

‘Little miracle’ premature baby who defied odds set for first Christmas at home

Fiadh Coburn weighed 1lb 12oz when she was born at 25 weeks in an emergency delivery that saved her life and the life of her mother Marie Louise.

Evening Standard

Man charged over cross-border terror plot denied bail

Connor Pollock, 38, from Croob Park, in Ballynahinch, Co Down, appeared via videolink from HMP Maghaberry for a bail hearing on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Government urged to go further than Windsor Framework review recommendations

Unionists have argued the review led by Lord Murphy failed to address ‘fundamental problems’ with the framework.

Evening Standard

Inquest into deaths of three teenagers outside Co Tyrone disco deferred

Connor Currie, 16, and 17-year-olds Lauren Bullock and Morgan Barnard died in a fatal crush outside the Greenvale Hotel in Co Tyrone.

Evening Standard

Charity Commission opens inquiry into Presbyterian Church over safeguarding

It comes after ‘serious and significant failings’ were found in central safeguarding functions from 2009 to 2022.

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MI5 has ‘blind spot’ over Northern Ireland Troubles, Boutcher says

The Chief Constable faced questions at the Policing Board following the publication of the Operation Kenova report into the agent Stakeknife.

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift pays tribute to fans as reason she could reclaim master recordings

Swift announced in May that she purchased the rights to all of her concert films, music videos, album art, photography, and unreleased songs.

Evening Standard

Security guarantees needed before Stakeknife is named – Burghart

Pressure is growing on the Government to name Stakeknife after the publication of the final report from Operation Kenova.

Evening Standard

Kenova report reveals Stakeknife was taken on holiday while wanted by police

It also details how the Army’s agent in the IRA was handed tens of thousands of pounds.

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Did Thatcher know about Stakeknife? asks sister of murdered man

Moira Todd’s brother Eugene Simons was disappeared by Stakeknife’s unit in the Provisional IRA in 1981.

Evening Standard

Late release of MI5 Stakeknife files a ‘significant failure’, report says

The final report of Operation Kenova said that MI5 had ‘earlier and greater knowledge’ of Stakeknife than it had at first stated.

The Independent UK

Belfast man warns of danger of ‘hidden addiction’ to over-the-counter medication

At one stage, Michael Main’s weight dropped to four stone after he became addicted to drugs he started taking for migraines.

Evening Standard

Unionists unite to force cross-community vote on bid for EU ‘observer status’

Sinn Fein is behind the bid at Stormont to address the ‘democratic deficit’ left by Brexit.

The Independent UK

Zelensky says Ireland ‘one of few countries that knows the price of freedom’

Irish premier Micheal Martin told the Ukrainian leader that Ireland would support Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’.

The Independent UK

Ireland will back Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’, Martin tells Zelensky

The Ukrainian president has made his first official visit to the country, meeting the Taoiseach and Irish president separately in Dublin.

The Independent UK

Dublin needs to ‘step up’ over legacy investigations, MPs say

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has published a report into new legislation aimed at addressing the legacy of the Troubles.

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