Tom Elliott

A5 'Road' Plan Debated

There have been intensive discussions on the 'road ahead' this week as an Ulster Unionist MLA joined a UU peer to look at local concerns over the proposed A5 Transport Corridor.Lord Laird of Artigarvan and transport specialist...

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Daniel Rubin: Leading city kids to classical awareness

At Penn Wynne Elementary, everybody got to pick out an instrument in fourth grade. Ben Raper chose the trumpet. Lower Merion paid for the rentals back then, so the boy's horn came free, as did the lessons, once a week, held in...

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Funding for GAA needs close scrutiny (Nov 16) :: The News Letter -- Editorial

Published Date: 16 November 2009 THE figures released by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure about the funding of the GAA need close inspection. Since 2004 the Ulster Council of the GAA has received almost £20m while...

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LGBT continues quest for senate seat

The SMU Student Senate met Tuesday afternoon to discuss a proposed legislation to give senators an opportunity to submit legislation anonymously, legislation for a Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity seat in Senate was...

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France's AXA, AMP poised to sweeten bid for AXA Asia

By Morag Mackinnon And Denny Thomas SYDNEY - French insurer AXA SA and Australia's AMP Ltd need to sweeten their bid for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings by about 10 percent to seal the proposed $11 billion deal, analysts and fund...

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Family Focus: Adoption

Fermanagh MLA Tom Elliott and his wife, Anne, share their experiences of adoption. To mark National Adoption Week, Family Focus has been looking at the process of adopting a child. Sarah Travers asks why so many children are...

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Barbershop chorus to present Christmas concert

RED BANK — "Voices of Christmas" is the seasonal theme this year for a singing showcase by The Red Bank Area Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The society will present a concert at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6, at Ocean...

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McGuinness demands help for mutual society's savers :: Irish News -- William Graham

STORMONT Assembly By William Graham Political Correspondent Help for members of the Presbyterian Mutual Society (PMS) “needs to be expedited” as people are enduring great uncertainty about their savings, Martin McGuinness said...

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Tackle ATM Gang, Says MLA

The gang - or gangs - behind a series of daring digger-robberies of automated teller machines (ATMs) should be targeted by police.According to an MLA, the PSNI set up a special task force to tackle the growing problem of ATM...

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Unionist rivals must deliver poll strategy (Oct 30) :: The News Letter -- Editorial

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Published Date: 30 October 2009 THERE is more than a strong sniff of electioneering in the air. Nothing is ever certain in politics, but we can be...

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