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24 Mar, 2019
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Top stories of the week

A round up of the most popular news stories this week.

Latest News
Great Escape 75th anniversary: Orangeman played key role in German POW camp break out

Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the Great Escape, though it has perhaps escaped many people's attention that a prominent Orangeman played a key role in the break out from German POW camp Stalag Luft III.

Trevor Ringland: 'No space in new Ireland for me'

A recent upsurge in divisive Irish nationalist rhetoric has left a leading anti-sectarianism campaigner convinced "there's no space in their Ireland" for even moderate unionists.

Sam McBride: Banner backlash is a foretaste of a looming dilemma for republicans

Four years ago, Sunder Katwala wrote in The New Statesman about "The Farage Paradox" – that the more media exposure the Ukip leader got, so there was a corresponding dip in support for leaving the EU.

Hundreds of RHI claimants getting quotes to go back to gas or oil

Hundreds of quotations to replace biomass boilers with fossil fuel heating systems are being sought by RHI claimants, a figure from the biomass industry has said.

Four face charges after paramilitary task force raids

Four men arrested during a search by the Paramilitary Crime Task Force yesterday (Friday 22 March) in the Greater Belfast and Ards areas have been charged with a offences, including being concerned in the supply of a Class A controlled drug.

Youth suffers second degree burns after being pushed into fire

A young male has suffered second degree burns after being deliberately pushed into a fire in Belfast.

Remnants of ATM cash machine discovered in burnt out van

A burnt out van containing the remnants of a destroyed cash machine has been discovered in a field outside Belfast.

Christmas Day assault on father and brother

On Christmas Day after he had been drinking a 26-year-old man assaulted his father and brother which, a judge said, was disgraceful and contrary to the spirit of the day.

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