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A small dark hornet with an orange band and yellow legs has been captured in Dundonald and confirmed as an Asian hornet, marking the first verified sighting in Northern Ireland. Further reports are ...

I didn’t really know Spongebob Squarepants was a coping mechanism for me in dealing with the trauma journalism dealt me, but he rescued me many times. Like all journalists I covered all kinds of human ...

Mike Nesbitt is half-right. In a recent interview, the once-and-future Official Unionist leader outlined his vision for the ‘unionist family’, saying that there should only be two unionist parties: ...

The third episode of the Borderlands podcast has dropped. While last week’s episodes focused on the points of views of Nationalists and Unionists respectively, this one focused on the Others and their ...

Heading towards the halfway point in the third series, the question some ‘Blue Lights’ viewers have been asking was: could it maintain its strong start? Before we try to answer that, I’ll again warn ...

Fast fashion is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Globally, millions of tonnes of textiles end up in landfill each year, while new garments are produced at an ever-increasing pace. The ...

As I write, we are waiting for Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released as part of the first phase of the miraculous peace agreement in Gaza brokered triumphantly by President Donald ...