Nine Britons on 'shot down' passenger plane
Malaysian Airlines officials have confirmed that nine Britons were on board the passenger aircraft which was shot down over Ukraine yesterday.Around 100 of those on board the flight were delegates...
View ArticleAlliance office bomb was a hoax
A suspicious device left at Alliance's East Belfast office last night has been declared a hoax.Explosives experts were called in to deal with the suspect package on Friday night and roads around the...
View ArticleSecurity alert at Maghaberry prison
Maghaberry PrisonArmy experts are currently examining a suspicious device at Maghaberry prison.The object was found inside the jail before noon on Monday. A number of prisoners had to be evacuated...
View ArticleRaymond McCord to stand down as victims campaigner
Raymond McCordRaymond McCord is standing down as a victims campaigner.The man who took on the UVF and won has revealed it’s time to stand down. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday World the...
View ArticleRussians step up drugs and extortion activity
The Russians are shifting drugs in Northern Ireland to fuel lucrative lifestylesOrganised crime gangs are set to muscle in on Ulster’s drug and extortion rackets.The Sunday World has previously...
View ArticleGirl nearly dies after being impaled on bicycle
Alanna Casement who was impaled on her bicycle handlebars on SaturdayAn 11-year-old girl nearly died on Staurday night after becoming impaled on her bicycle handlebars.Collette Casement, mother of...
View ArticleDerry man shot "by appointment" in Derry attack
A 32-year-old man has been shot in what has been described as an attack "by appointment", DUP MLA William Hay has said.The man was shot in both legs in a play area in the Lincoln Courts area of the...
View ArticleMan seriously injured in Newry stab attack
A man has been seriously injured after being seriously stabbed in Newry.The 27-year-old man was stabbed in Carnagh Park just before 3am this morning. A 57-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of...
View Article'Black hole' for NHS whistleblowers in Northern Ireland
Kevin MurrayNHS whistleblower Kevin Murray has called for better protection for anyone lifting the lid on abuse and neglect in the Health Service.The 44-year-old agency nurse lost his job after raising...
View ArticleFour police officers injured in high speed car chase
Four PSNI officers have been injured after colliding with a stolen car in County Londonderry.The crash happened in the early hours of Friday morning in Maghera. Prior to the crash, a Nissan Juke car...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland 'ecstasy' deaths linked to Hungary
The top coroner in Northern Ireland has said that 20 deaths from taking tablets similar to ecstasy is "principally a Northern Ireland problem."John Lecky made the comment during an inquest into the...
View ArticleMan dies trying to remove Irish flag from island in County Armagh lake
The flags erected on the island in BessbrookA 68-year-old man has died after attempting to swim a cross a lake to remove two tricolour flags which had been pitched in an island in Bessbrook.It is...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland in grip of legal high 'Magic Dragon' epidemic
Tracey CoulterUlster risks a lost generation unless government bans the sale of so-called ‘legal highs,’This is the face of Belfast teenager Stephanie McKeag, a young girl hopelessly addicted to a...
View ArticleCourteney Cox suns it up in County Donegal
Courtney Cox poses with fan Raymond HarleyLife’s a beach for Friends star Courteney Cox as she casually relaxes with locals on the sand in Co. Donegal.The 50-year-old multi-millionaire celebrity has...
View Article'Hate crime' attacks on homes and cars in east Belfast 'linked'
One of the vehicles damaged in the attackThe PNSI have said that homes and vehicles attacked in Belfast last night in a spate of 'hate crimes' are linked.On the corner of Elmdale Street and Bately...
View ArticleAnti-drug vigilante has dissident price on his head
Roy McAuleyBogus anti-drug vigilante Roy McAuley is on a dissident republican death list.Last month the Sunday World unmasked murder suspect McAuley as the leader of a criminal gang stalking the...
View ArticleShankill drug dealer Dee Coleman for the chop
Dee ColemanShankill drug dealer Dee Coleman is facing the chop.The Lower Shankill pill popper has fallen foul of his UFF bosses who have come under pressure to rein him in as his drug dealing and bully...
View ArticleGun attack on police patrol in Derry
A police patrol has come under gun attack in DerryThe incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the Bogside area of the city. The patrol was driving along Westland Street when a gunman...
View ArticleWoman sacked from bakery for having 'bun in the oven'
Nicola McNamee and her daughter Melissa RoseA County Fermanagh woman has won over £20,000 from a former employer after she was sacked for becoming pregnant.Millie McWilliams and Ken Neely, who own the...
View ArticlePeter Robinson's days are numbered say DUP veterans
Peter RobinsonDUP insiders are ‘furious’ that official party sources tried to dump our report of a fortnight ago that Peter Robinson is on the run – from within his own party ranks.On our front page on...
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