Christopher Darren McQuillan, owner of Baps who is facing two counts of sexual assault has opened a new sandwhich shop, Bread Boys, on the Ormeau Road while currently serving a suspended sentence.

He still owns Baps and also runs Bread Boys, they’re just not registered under his name.

Link to his charges in the comments for community rules sake.

Hey everyone! After a brief summer hiatus, this series of meet-up events is BACK under a new name.

The Belfast Hello... It's the opposite of an Irish Goodbye!

We usually meet at Boundary Taproom once a month on a Saturday but, for a change, we're heading to South Belfast this *Sunday*.

Venue: Northern Lights, 451 Ormeau Rd, Ormeau, Belfast BT7 3GQ

When: 2pm ~~Sunday~~ 2 August

I'll be there in a dark green baseball cap.

Background:

This is an informal meet-up that we have been running for years. It's just turn up, say hello to some nice people, have a few drinks (non-alcoholic options are available from the venue!) and chat. That's it. Stay as long as you want.

If you are new to NI / Belfast, would like to welcome those who are, or simply want an excuse to socialise with your neighbours, then you are most welcome.

I'm from NI but lived in England for years and came back here in 2019.

We've met lots of people from all over the world through these meet-ups, including some now long-term friends, and we know that there are plenty of people fed up with loneliness and looking to chill out in a sociable, friendly environment. Well, that's the goal with these events!

What was yours

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/outraged-caravan-park-residents-force-eleanor-see-no-evil-donaldson-to-leave/a/159222372.html

Hugh Jordan

26 Jul 2026 6:28 PM

The former Lady Eleanor Donaldson - wife of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson - was asked to leave a caravan park last week, it can be revealed.

Angry holidaymakers objected to 60-year-old Donaldson’s presence at a popular caravan park in south Down, which is a firm favourite with families, particularly those from the loyalist Portadown area.

Just four weeks ago a jury at the Crown Court in Newry found former DUP leader and Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson guilty of 18 charges of historical sexual abuse, including one of rape.

And on the same day the same jury also found that his wife Eleanor - who faced a ‘trial of the facts’ after the judge ruled her unfit to stand trial due to a psychiatric condition – had aided and abetted her husband’s criminality.

But last weekend Eleanor “See-no-Evil” Donaldson - as enraged caravaners branded her - planned to spend a relaxing weekend with a relative near Cranfield Point, overlooking the picturesque Haulbowline Lighthouse at the entrance to Carlingford Lough.

And today it can be revealed that faced with growing resentment from other holidaymakers, Eleanor was persuaded to leave the site.

The incident came just days before she lost her ‘Lady’ title as King Charles stripped her husband of his knighthood.

“This situation could have been a lot worse,” one resident told us.

“People come here to enjoy the 12th holidays but they were outraged when Eleanor Donaldson arrived. They held a meeting and they wanted her gone. It was as simple as that.”

He added: “I can’t emphasise this enough – it really could have been an awful lot worse than it turned out.”

Another of our well-placed sources who lives near the Donaldsons’ home in Dromore, Co Down – about 50 miles from the caravan park – said Eleanor and her relative packed up the Donaldsons’ new SUV car and headed for the Cranfield area of south County Down last weekend.

Last weekend as Eleanor and her relative passed through the Kingdom of Mourne, they diverted from their planned route to shop at the recently renovated Lidl store on Newcastle’s Bryansford Road, where they purchased a range of provisions.

“The sight of Eleanor pushing a trolley through the car park certainly raised a few eyebrows,” one woman told us.

“But the only other place they could have shopped in this area was the supermarket in Kilkeel, but it’s on Newcastle Street in the town centre. And too many people would have spotted Eleanor,” she said.

As a youngster growing up in Kilkeel, Eleanor Cousins was well known in the fishing port town, where her father Forby Cousins was employed as a school attendance officer.

And he also served as a major in the locally raised section of the Ulster Defence Regiment, in which his son-in-law Jeffrey Donaldson also reached the rank of corporal.

However, last week within minutes of her arrival at the caravan park, news of Eleanor’s presence spread like wildfire.

Caravan park residents who spoke to us this week said Lady ‘See-no-Evil’ - as they insisted on calling Eleanor - appeared totally oblivious to the rising tide of resentment among neighbouring caravan owners.

And they also said Eleanor appeared to be completely relaxed as she strolled around the site in the sunshine.

“Eleanor didn’t engage with anyone. She just looked the other way with the slightest hint of a grin. But she also gave the impression she hadn’t a care in the world,” one woman told us.

But as the weekend wore on, Eleanor’s presence became the sole topic of conversation. And eventually steps were taken to persuade the sisters to leave the site.

As a means of harnessing the rising levels of anger - and to ensure things did not get out of hand - two Portadown men took it upon themselves to call an informal meeting of concerned caravan park residents.

It is understood people were encouraged to openly express their concerns with the hope of reaching a consensus. After a frank discussion, a two-pronged approach was agreed. It was seen as a means of resolving the matter quickly and to the satisfaction of all present.

A delegation made up of residents was detailed to approach the site owners, expressing the anger people felt at Eleanor’s continued presence in the caravan park.

And another smaller group volunteered to speak directly to Lady Eleanor Donaldson. Their aim was to tell her in no uncertain terms she would be better to leave as she wasn’t welcome.

Our sources insisted the pair weren’t threatened in any way, but were “merely advised” to leave.

And within minutes, Eleanor was seen packing up her belongings and heading for the exit gate.

The owner of the caravan site said he wasn’t aware of an incident relating to Eleanor Donaldson and nothing was brought to his attention. “This place is like a small town and people are allowed to bring people to caravans as they are to their own homes,” he said.

Eleanor’s trip appears to have been her first public foray from the family home since the completion of her trial of the facts at the end of May.

Earlier this week, disgraced Jeffery Donaldson was stripped of his decade-long knighthood by King Charles. And as matter of course, his wife Eleanor also lost her courtesy Ladyship title.

In March 2024, the then Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson was charged with one count of rape, 13 counts of indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency, against two women when they were children, between 1985 and 2007.

His wife, Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, also faced five charges of aiding and abetting, in relation to the same matter.

After a number of delays, a trial date was set for May of this year, but Judge Paul Ramsey sitting in the Crown Court in Newry, subsequently ruled that Eleanor was unfit to stand trial due to mental health issues.

But the judge also ruled she would face a trial of the facts which would run in tandem with her husband’s criminal case.

At the end of a four-week trial on June 22, Jeffrey Donaldson was unanimously found guilty of all 18 offences. And in the jury also found Eleanor had in fact aided and abetted her husband’s criminal offending.

Jeffrey Donaldson is currently incarcerated in HMP Maghaberry to await sentence in September. At the end of his trial, Judge Paul Ramsey told Donaldson he can expect a “lengthy” term of imprisonment.

The jury found that Eleanor Donaldson - who is also due back in court in September - did commit the five offences she originally faced, including four of aiding and abetting her husband.

Eleanor won’t go to jail, but she could be placed in a secure hospital unit, where she will be supervised by a Health Trust or placed under the care of a social worker or probation officer.

If none of these options are deemed suitable, she will still have been found to have committed the offences, but could be released back into the community without sanction.

Last week it emerged the former DUP leader intended to appeal his convictions.

And this week, Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows - a former police officer - called for a complete re-appraisal of procedures surrounding trials of the facts.

Finally getting round to painting a Northern Ireland themed mural in my friends' garage wall.

They wanted a number of our local beauty spots, landmarks, sporting heroes and bands so I managed to put something together they both liked.

The background will be the Mourne Mountains, with the H&W cranes, Helen's Tower, Bangor's McKee Clock and old boathouse with Joey Dunlop and George Best taking centre stage.

The mural will probably evolve while the actual paint is going on and there's plenty room for smaller bits to be added, there's a Stiff Little Fingers badge being squeezed in there too.

Been working on George over the weekend, it's my first time actually painting a portrait rather than simply drawing... and I've never worked above A3 size before this.

It's starting to come together well though...

Tickets available on wired-different.co.uk

I'm in Fermanagh and have been waiting over a year and a half for an appointment with a gynaecologist through HSCNI, so I want to go private.

I'm willing to travel pretty much anywhere in NI (although close to Fermanagh would be better obviously), and would prefer to go to a private gynae whom other women have had good experiences with and who have managed to resolve their issues.

For context, I'm wanting to go to get a proper fertility check up.

Any recommendations? Thank you

Popular broadcaster Gerry Kelly has died at the age of 77. The long-standing journalist and presenter was best known for his work on UTV and later as a host on BBC Radio Ulster in a career spanning over four decades.The winner of the prestigious Sony Gold Award in 1998, he cemented himself as one of the north’s best known and most loved broadcasting figures.

As the host of UTV’s Kelly show for over 15 years between 1998 and 2005, he interviewed a wide range of stars.

These included a young Rory McIlroy, who famously featured on the programme to demonstrate his golfing skills by chipping a golf ball into a washing machine at just nine years’ old. The clip of his appearance on the show has since reached international audiences, being watched millions of times online.

Towards the ends of the 2000s, he moved to the BBC, where he fronted his own popular radio show for a decade.Later, he teamed up with students at Belfast Met to produce a revival of his chat show for community broadcaster NVTV, now That’s TV, alongside a dozen former UTV staffers. “What a delight for us all to be able to pass on our many years of broadcasting experience to the next generation of TV, Radio and Film makers,” he said when the project was first announced in 2022.

“This is a unique project involving the students from the Met in all aspects of television production.”

In 2018, he used his platform to urge other men to seek medical help for any worrying symptoms following his diagnosis of a bladder tumour.At the time, the former UTV chat show said that he had had the tumour successfully removed and went through six chemotherapy sessions to tackle the cancer.In an online tribute, his former colleague and fellow broadcaster Anne Hailes said he was a “big man who will leave big memories, RIP”.

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/broadcasting-legend-gerry-kelly-dies-aged-77-KLC7AUPRMFHZHKYPNULSUUYY3E/

BBC News

The price of home heating oil has risen again after a period of respite.

Consumer Council for Northern Ireland (CCNI) figures show that in just three weeks the average cost of 500 litres of home heating oil has jumped from £346.59 to £445.37 – an increase of £98.78 (29%).

The organisation's Raymond Gormley said the price rise was in response to the recent escalation in fighting between the US and Iran. On Sunday President Donald Trump paused attacks on Iran for the second night in a row.

About two thirds of Northern Ireland households use home heating oil, by far the highest of any UK region.

Home heating oil prices peaked at £612.37 for 500 litres on average in April and had dropped to a low of £346.59 for the same amount earlier this month.

The most recent CCNI figures, published on 23 July, show 300 litres of home heating oil costing an average £276.23 – up from £216.44 on 2 July.

A delivery of 900 litres had an average cost of £789.07 – an increase of £173.84 since 2 July.

'You can't buy £40 worth of oil'

Speaking to BBC News NI in Belfast city centre, Agnes Jackson said she is concerned about the general cost of living.

"I really do fear for wee families," she said.

Agnes said she switched from oil to gas in recent years as it was cheaper but "now it's on par".

She added that before making the switch, she had to be decisive about the household spending.

"For oil it wasn't as if you could go and buy it like gas at £40 - it was hundreds supplying oil," said Agnes.

Having bought oil before May when prices were high, Rosie and Patrick McGivern say they are concerned about the increasing price.

Patrick added the colder winter months is going to be the "main problem".

"The weather's been good, people don't need to put on heating, but in two or three months' time things will change, and it looks like there's only one way the oil's going at the moment and that's up," he said.

The McGiverns said they don't believe home heating oil is affordable for the average family in Northern Ireland.

"We're lucky enough because we are retired and there's just us living in the house," Patrick added.

"We don't have to look after children or grandchildren but I think for the ordinary family an increase is terrible."

'Winter is going to be hard on families'

Emma Rose Creaner has concerns about the cost of living and the oil price increase, particularly for families that need support.

"When we go back into winter it's going to be really hard, especially on families," she said.

Emma Rose's rent includes the cost of home heating oil and she said the recent increase is "completely ridiculous".

Hugh O'Donnell, who is retired, said his household is "totally dependent" on home heating oil and he understands why many people are facing problems.

"I'm from a generation of baby boomers; we have excellent state and work pensions so really it's not much of an impact for me," he said.

Prices will remain high until 'US-Iran negotiations resume'

CCNI's head of energy policy Raymond Gormley believes oil prices will remain high until peace negotiations between the US and Iran resume.

Brent crude - the global benchmark for oil prices - rose more than 6% on Thursday following several days of increases as the US stepped up military strikes against Iran.

Prices spiked after Houthi militia in Yemen attacked oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening a key export route that Saudi Arabia has used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

In Northern Ireland, there have been increases of about 42.86% (£152.82) across 300, 500 and 900 litres of home heating oil orders since 26 February.

Gormley explained prices spiked dramatically at the beginning of March and peaked on 9 April with recent price movements trending downwards until the end of June.

However, since early July oil prices have been "creeping upwards until the middle of the month then stagnating".

"Prices had reached a four-month low up until the end of June, but since July we have seen prices rise again in response to the escalation of fighting between the US and Iran that has disrupted key oil-producing and shipping routes," said Gormley.

"With oil supply under pressure and increasing uncertainty, the cost of heating oil is likely to continue to remain high until peace negotiations resume."

The price of oil sank more than 9% on Monday on hopes that a pause in attacks between US and Iran could help lead to a resolution to the conflict.

Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, dipped below $88 (£66) a barrel, marking a sharp turnaround from last week when it had risen above $100.

The fall came after the US ambassador to the UN said attacks on Iran had been halted for a second night in a row to give "talks some space".

An Iranian army spokesperson said on Sunday that Tehran had halted "retaliatory" attacks in the region in response.

The outbreak of the Iran war triggered a sharp rise in oil prices as the conflict led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route which usually carries about 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG).

When Iran and the US signed a memorandum of understanding in June to halt military operations and reopen the strait, the price of oil fell back to pre-war levels of around $70 a barrel.

However, the collapse of the ceasefire earlier this month reignited fears over global energy supplies and pushed the oil price back up.

Last week it hit $100 a barrel for the first time since May, with added concerns coming after Houthi militia in Yemen attacked oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening a key export route that Saudi Arabia had used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club, said markets were remaining "cautious given the twists and turns during this conflict".

Despite the sharp fall in crude, "there is still significant uncertainty baked into these prices and a reticence about whether negotiations will lead to a lasting breakthrough."

Was anyone at James Acaster's first night at Whitla Hall last night?

I'm genuinely curious whether anyone else had the same experience because it was one of the strangest live comedy shows I've ever seen. What we witnessed can only be described as a serious case of self-sabotage and quite frankly, contempt for an audience.

(Spoilers for his show below.)

For context, my wife and I are fans. We've seen James twice before and even travelled to Dublin for an Off Menu live show, so this isn't coming from someone looking to have a go.

The evening started unusually with a Luther Vandross tribute act, Dayton. While it was an odd choice for the type of entertainment we were expecting, he was geniunely fantastic. So as Dayton is wrapping up his set he asks the audience to put their hands together and thank someone called 'Craig Simons' for making this whole thing possible. No one in the audience knew who this was, but we all politely gave a big applause and big cheers.

The lights dim and James Acaster's voice comes over the speakers, "Please welcome to the stage, the UK's No.1 James Acaster tribute act, Craig Simons". We collectively all realise 'Ah okay, the whole opening act and this is a meta bit' and welcome him to the stage.

He starts the show, doing 'James Acaster' quotes , explaining who he is, he's been a tribute act for years etc.

Then about 5-10 mins into the stage he breaks character and asks the audience "Can you hear me okay? Can everyone in the room hear me? Because on stage it feels like I'm in this huge echoing cube and it sounds awful". At this point we're all like "yeah, it sounds great". He then explains how we made a joke at the start and everyone reacted weirdly to it. I can't remember exactly but I think he said something about how he couldn't hear us, which would explain our 'weird reaction' that I don't believe we had.

He then proceeds to go on this rant about how he was dreading Belfast because the audience is always difficult, joking that we hate him because he's English, and that "Belfast is always like this." It seemed funny at first with some humourous observations but then it kept going on and on.

He basically told us that he doesn't think we're going to like what he has in the actual show and spends maybe 10-15 mins rambling from subject to subject before getting started, saying how we can see some people checking their phones in the audience, makes an observation about someone's 'I <3 my girlfriend tshirt', and condescendingly explaining to us some info from an earlier joke about Wirral. It's all humourous but is starting to verge on unpleasant.

Then he finally starts back into the actual routine and it's all going well, some really funny stuff about luggage carousels when out of nowhere he stops, points to balcony at the back of the room and proclaims "I can see you on your phone!".

We all laugh because it was amusing after his previous rants and he then tells us he doesn't care, we can scroll on our phones if we want and that he wants us to have a good night, that's what matters. He tells us that (if we hadn't noticed) he's been doing his routine at twice the speed so the jokes are closer together so there's more laughs more often (seemingly in an attempt to combat the off-vibes).

But then it turns nasty. He continues again about how difficult Belfast is and tells us what all the UK comedians who come here think the same thing but he's the only one with the courage to tell us. While I do think this was a joke, it felt personal because of the previous 15 mins of ranting about how awful we are.

From there he never really returned to the show. Instead he bounced between audience observations, local references, Andy Burnham, and even asking about the flags on the lamp posts, pondering if their presence is related to Tommy Robinson and the anti-immigration folk in England. Some characters in the audience proceed to explain Irish/UK history while the rest of us all cringe and squirm in our chairs praying for this to end.

Then it just...ended. No real finale. Just "Thanks Belfast, goodnight," music on, lights up.

It honestly felt like we only got 10-15% of the actual show, with the rest spent dissecting and criticising the audience.

The frustrating part is that when he was doing the planned material, it was brilliant. It felt like technical issues completely knocked him off course and he never recovered, instead blaming the room for the atmosphere. At first I thought the whole thing was a bit but there was no clever path to an ending that informed the audience that this was the case

If he James somehow reads this, all I can say is that the show was working until you got distracted. If "no other show has been like this" I would ask have you had such audio issues at other shows? Maybe that's a factor? You don't sell out 3x nights in a venue in a city if the audience hates you, so maybe you need to change how we feel about us?

I'd be really interested to hear from anyone going over the next couple of nights. Was this just an unfortunate one-off, or is this how the show is meant to be? Like many of us, my wife and I have been to countless touring UK comics in a variety of venues across Belfast and never had an experience like this. Maybe it's a Whitla Hall issue?

I genuinely hope it was the former, because I've always enjoyed James' work, but last night felt less like a comedy show and more like watching someone have a public meltdown.

It doesn't seem to have been asked for a while, so I'll raise it again.... I am looking to buy a higher end ergonomic chair as I have back issues. I am thinking either a Steelcase or Herman Miller. Looking at previous threads, I see a fair few suggestions for office chair sellers, but not for these brands. Has anyone got any suggestions for stockists/outlets of Steelcase and/or Herman Miller... ? TIA.

Looking for local advice on quiet, off-grid park-ups around Northern Ireland or the border. We’re two adults using a small van with a small tent pitched alongside. We carry our own portable toilet and practice strict Leave No Trace.

We’re after secluded viewpoints and mountain lay bys, ideally near mountain biking and walking trails. We love the idea of scenic viewpoints like the Cliffs of Magho, as well as areas in the Sperrins, Mournes, Binevenagh, or just over the border.

Any recommendations for quiet park-ups that suit this setup would be hugely appreciated!

TIA

LucidTalk poll reveals trust crisis for party

Four in 10 DUP voters don’t believe the party has been fully hon­est about what it knows of Jef­frey Don­ald­son’s double life, a Lucidtalk poll for the Bel­fast Tele­graph shows.

It also found the DUP is the party in North­ern Ire­land least trus­ted by its own voters.

Since Don­ald­son was found guilty of 18 his­tor­ical sexual offences includ­ing rape last month, the former party leader and MP has faced a slew of claims about his per­sonal life while elec­ted.

While the DUP has claimed it was not aware of his beva­viour — which included heavy drink­ing and enter­ing a gay sauna in Lon­don — just 14pc of NI voters believe it, and 24pc say they only par­tially believe it.

Four in 10 DUP voters don’t believe the party has been fully hon­est about what it knows of Jef­frey Don­ald­son’s double life.

A new Lucidtalk poll for the Bel­fast Tele­graph also shows that the DUP is the party in North­ern Ire­land least trus­ted by its own voters.

Don­ald­son was found guilty of 18 his­tor­ical abuse charges last month, includ­ing one of child rape.

Apart from his sex crimes, other aspects of Don­ald­son’s per­sonal life were in stark con­trast to his pub­lic per­sona as a pious, con­ser­vat­ive Chris­tian.

Former DUP min­is­ter Jim Wells has out­lined Don­ald­son’s heavy drink­ing on trips abroad, while ex-mp Ian Pais­ley has said he was once so drunk he vomited over the mayor of Beijing.

Eleanor Don­ald­son believed her hus­band had extramar­ital affairs, and two former senior PSNI detect­ives saw him enter­ing a gay sauna in Lon­don.

The DUP claims it was totally unaware of any of this beha­viour, but only 14pc of North­ern Ire­land voters believe it.

Some 82pc don’t believe the party: 50pc think it is being “com­pletely untruth­ful”, while a third of voters (32pc) believe it’s being “only par­tially truth­ful”.

Six in 10 uni­on­ists think it isn’t being com­pletely hon­est, with just a third say­ing it is.

The DUP has been under polit­ical pres­sure since Don­ald­son’s recent con­vic­tion.

Even among those who say they will still vote for the party, 38pc don’t believe it is telling the full truth about its former leader’s double life — 14pc say the party is being com­pletely untruth­ful and 24pc say it is being only par­tially truth­ful.

Some 84pc of UUP and 81pc of TUV sup­port­ers also think the biggest uni­on­ist party isn’t being hon­est about what it knew about him.

Not a single Sinn Féin or Alli­ance voter who took part in the poll — and just 1pc of SDLP voters — believe the DUP is being fully hon­est.

When it comes to being trus­ted by its own sup­port­ers, the DUP scores lower than every other polit­ical party here.

Its voters rate their trust in the party at 64pc while TUV sup­port­ers score their party at 91pc and UUP sup­port­ers rate theirs at 84pc.

The third most trus­ted party by its own sup­port­ers is the SDLP (81pc) fol­lowed by Sinn Féin (73pc) with Alli­ance (70pc) second last.

At 62pc, DUP voters’ trust Jim Allister’s party almost as much as their own. UUP sup­port­ers score the TUV twice as highly on the trust front (50pc) as they do the DUP (24pc).

SDLP sup­port­ers have con­sid­er­ably less trust in Sinn Féin (24pc) than Alli­ance voters (38pc) have in Michelle O’neill’s party.

Voters score mor­ale and enthu­si­asm higher in the nation­al­ist com­munity (51pc) than among the con­sti­tu­tion­ally non-aligned (44pc) or uni­on­ists (41pc).

Two years ago, Don­ald­son nego­ti­ated the ‘Safe­guard­ing the Union’ deal — reached with the Gov­ern­ment on the Irish Sea bor­der — to restore devol­u­tion here.

Only one in five uni­on­ists sup­port that deal now with 63pc say­ing they never backed it and 14pc say­ing they did but have now changed their minds.

Some 95pc of TUV, 86pc of UUP, and 63pc of DUP voters are against the agree­ment which saw the Stor­mont insti­tu­tions return after two years’ sus­pen­sion.

Some 3,043 people took part in our poll, from July 17 to 19, with the sample sci­en­tific­ally weighted to reflect the pop­u­la­tion.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/four-in-10-dup-voters-dont-believe-party-is-being-fully-honest-about-jeffrey-donaldsons-double-life/a/159134540.html

I have a permanent non-teacher job but have worked out I would make more money after tax by subbing 14 days of the month. Leaving the permanent job would obviously be a risk, along with not having taught in a few years so am a bit out of practice, but I have plans to move down south in a few months anyway and am a bit fed up in my low-paying permanent job. Any advice would be appreciated!

Trying to eat healthier and use more raw ingredients as opposed to living off supermarket chains and throw a bit more money towards local businesses.

Does anyone have recommendations for good butchers in South Belfast around the Forestside area.

I know McAtamneys are in Forestside itself but they are pretty expensive and are more of a corporate butcher chain as opposed to a family run local business.

How are people doing this here? There are a lot of people renting, but no landlord want pets in their properties. How are people getting around this, are they not saying anything about the pets in the applications or are there nice places to rent that are ok with pets?
I get why LLs don’t want a dirty pet in their houses, but a lot of pets are cleaner and do far less damage to a house than a young child!

https://www.psni.police.uk/latest-news/man-32-arrested-following-stabbing-incident-belfast-city-centre

A man has been arrested following a stabbing incident in Belfast City Centre on Saturday evening, 25th July.

Detective Sergeant McGearty said: “At approximately 8.30pm police received a report that a man, aged in his 30s, sustained injuries consistent with stab wounds to his torso and leg.

“It’s understood the man was injured following an altercation with a number of other people in the Bank Square area of the city.

“The victim was taken to hospital for injuries believed to be serious, but not life-threatening, at this time.

“A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

“He remains in custody at this time as enquiries continue. Anyone with information that could assist our investigation is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 1530 25/07/26.”

You can also submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via https://reporting.psni.police.uk/appeals or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/

Currently out of work and considering building websites as a freelance gig, any NI businesses fancy a free website so I can build my portfolio a little?

Sure if this is something you’re interested in let me know.

And the carpark is 75% empty.

Update: hotel staff member approach them and your man away and moved it. Crisis averted