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News Letter
11 Mar, 2019
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NI to be blasted with days of YELLOW weather warnings for snow and ice – and wind
The Met Office has issued a raft of yellow weather warnings for Northern Ireland.
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Pensioner robbed of wallet in own home by man armed with hatchet

A wallet was taken from the pocket of a pensioner by a burglar wielding a hatchet.

Trevor Ringland: ‘Lord chief justice must set out plan to deal with unsolved terrorist murders’

In a letter to the News Letter last week (‘Where is the six-year plan to investigate 700 unsolved security force murders,’ Feb 28), I highlighted that over 700 murders of members of the security forces remain unsolved.

ATM theft branded ‘disgraceful attack on a local retailer’

A Northern Ireland business organisation has condemned the theft of a cash machine from a service station in Co Tyrone as “a disgraceful attack” on a local retailer that “provides an invaluable service to the community”.

Reported 280 years ago (March 1739): Ship sights strange object far to the west of Donegal

From the Belfast News Letter of February 23 1738 — March 6 1739 in the modern calendar. The new year did not begin until late March, and so December, January and February were all part of the same year:

Sport Update
Top 10 winners in history of North West 200

We take a look at those riders who have won the most races ever at the North West 200 as the event revs up for its 90th anniversary meeting in 2019.

VIDEO: Caolan Loughran celebrates his run of goals and Carrick team spirit after fightback at Portadown

Caolan Loughran - for the third successive Bluefin Sport Championship match - bagged a brace as Carrick battled back from 2-0 down to leave Shamrock Park with a share of the spoils.

Rising star Davey Todd covets flying start to 2019 road racing season

Davey Todd says he will be ready to hit the ground running at the fonaCAB International North West 200 in association with Nicholl Oils in May.

And finally...
Reported 280 years ago (March 1739): Fine farms of good land for sale near Ballymena

From the Belfast News Letter of February 23 1738 — This equivalent to March 6 1739 in the modern calendar, which is confusing. It is because there is an eleven day time lag between the two calendars, but also because the new year then did not begin until late March. Thus February was considered part of the same year as the months that preceded it, including December:

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