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Dehydration Nation: How Much Water Should We Really Be Drinking?

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45% of Brits only drink one glass of water a day – data by air up unveils 25% (12,600,000) of Brits don’t know that a healthy water intake helps stave off weight gain 30% (15,701,000) of Brits find water boring so they don’t often drink it 29% (14,814,000) of Brits have tried, without success, to drink more water Staying hydrated is crucial in optimising […]

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Here Are The UK’s 10 Most Popular Cocktails: Which Is Your Favourite?

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New research has revealed the UK’s top 10 favourite cocktails, with margarita taking the crown.   Event Management Company MGN events analysed Google search data to determine the nation’s most loved cocktail. The research combined several terms Brits are searching for including ‘Margarita recipe’, ‘How to make a Margarita’ and ‘Margarita ingredients’ for over 350

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What Keeps You Up At Night? Here Are The Top 20 Things Keeping People Up At Night

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Millions of people in the UK admit they’re tired ‘all the time’ – but struggle to get to sleep due to stress. A poll of 2,000 adults found they say ‘I’m tired’ out loud three times a day  – with one in 10 saying the phrase five times or more. General stress (42 per cent),

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Clinton Scholarship Fund Launched At Queen’s Agreement 25 Conference

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A dedicated scholarship fund to support US study opportunities for economically or socially disadvantaged local Queen’s students is being launched by former US President, William J Clinton and the University’s Chancellor, Secretary Hillary R Clinton. The Clinton Scholarship Fund will be announced at a fundraising dinner as part of the Agreement 25 Conference in Belfast,

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New Book Reimagines Traditional Local Folk Stories For New Generations

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A new book of folk stories has been launched by local storyteller and musician Colin Urwin, in partnership with Causeway Coast and Glens Museum Services. The Iron Hag and Other Stories from the Sam Henry Collection was produced as part of the Sam Henry: Connecting with the Past, Collecting for the Future project, funded by

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Ballycastle Museum Officially Opens For 2023 Season

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Ballycastle Museum has been officially opened for the 2023 season by the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Ivor Wallace. Guests including museum volunteers attended the opening event on Saturday, with entertainment provided by members of Ballycastle / Baile an Chaistil Comhaltas. The Mayor said: “The museum is able to extend its opening hours

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Fun-Filled Day Out Re-Opens Sunnylands Community Garden!

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Sunnylands community garden was officially re-opened at the weekend with a fantastic fun day for local residents! Sunnylands and Woodburn Community Development Group have been working hard to re-develop and re-design the community garden next to Sunnylands Community Centre. Supported by funding from Areas at Risk Northlands project, the fun day included fruit tree planting

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Lord Mayor Invites City To Join Her In Celebrating Belfast

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The grounds of Belfast City Hall will be packed with free family fun activities on Saturday 22 April for Councillor Tina Black’s Lord Mayor’s Day. Belfast’s First Citizen is inviting everyone to join her in ‘Celebrating Belfast’ on the front lawns of City Hall between 12pm and 5pm. There will be something for all ages,

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OCN To Award £85k In Grants To Support NI Learners

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Open College Network NI (OCN NI) plans to award a share of £85K to education, voluntary and charitable training providers locally via their Centre Learning Grants Programme, now in its second year. The Centre Learning Grants Programme, with a closing date for applications of Friday 12th May 2023, was created by the OCN NI Board of Trustees to help fulfil its

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Belfast City Council Helps Tackle Unemployment With Citi Belfast

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A new Business Services Employment Academy is set to help people who are currently unemployed, or working less than they’d wish, and will provide the potential to secure a job in Belfast’s growing professional and financial services sector. The 10 to 12-week Belfast City Council and Citi Belfast academy will provide participants with a clear

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Chief Commissioner Responds To Announcement Of Shared Prosperity Fund Allocations In Northern Ireland

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The Equality Commission welcomes confirmation that the Shared Prosperity Fund has made over £57 million of funds available to community-based projects across Northern Ireland   Speaking about the funding announcement, Equality Commission Chief Commissioner, Geraldine McGahey said: “Whilst this announcement is very late in the day, we are pleased that this funding has been made

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Statement From The Consumer Council As Home Heating Oil Prices Reach Almost Pre-Ukraine Invasion Price

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Data published by the Consumer Council today, 30 March 2023 shows that home heating oil prices have steadily decreased this year. The average cost for 300 litres of oil today is £206.98, the lowest price recorded in weeks, and within pence of the pre-Ukraine invasion price of £206.14 on 24 February 2022. Peter McClenaghan, Director of

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Outdoor Recreation NI Encourages Public To Get Out More As Days Lengthen

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Marking the clocks going forward for spring, Outdoor Recreation NI is encouraging people across the country to use the extra hour to ‘Get Out More’. As days lengthen and the weather improves, there is no better time to explore some of the hundreds of outdoor trails and places across Northern Ireland. Kerry Kirkpatrick, Communication and

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Jonas Brothers Are Back With Soaring New Single “Wings” Today Accompanied By Official Video Featuring Haley Lu Richardson Set To Make Highly Anticipated Return With New Record The Album Out May 12th

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NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 24TH, 2023 – Recently, GRAMMY® Award-nominated powerhouse trio Jonas Brothers return with their anxiously-awaited new single “Wings,” out now via Republic Records. “Wings” launches a new era for the band and is the first single from their sixth full-length record—and one of the most anticipated releases of the year—The Album,

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Nathan Connolly ‘the Strange Order Of Things’ Debut Solo Album Released On April 21st

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Nathan Connolly has been the guitarist with acclaimed Northern Irish rock band Snow Patrol since 2002. Since then, they have gone on to sell 17 million albums, headline festivals, achieve five UK platinum albums, an Ivor Novello award and Grammy and Mercury Music Prize nominations. In 2013, Connolly founded Little Matador with drummer Paul ‘Binzer’

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Billie Marten Announces Brand New Album Drop Cherries – Out 7 April On Fiction Records

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Billie Marten has recently announced her fourth record Drop Cherries for release on 7 April via Fiction Records. Recorded entirely on tape in Somerset and Wales late last summer, Drop Cherries marks the very first time that Billie Marten has both written and co-produced (with Dom Monks) one of her records; following critically-lauded 2021 album

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Jonathan Ross Is Joined By Liam Neeson, Bella Ramsey, Mel Giedroyc, Munya Chawawa And Lady Blackbird Performs

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On this week’s The Jonathan Ross Show, Jonathan is joined by Oscar nominated actor from Taken, Star Wars, Batman Begins and Schindler’s List Liam Neeson, The Last of Us and Game of Thrones breakout star Bella Ramsey, comedian and Unforgivable host Mel Giedroyc, quick-witted Taskmaster star and comic Munya Chawawa, plus acclaimed singer Lady Blackbird

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Lord Mayor Encourages Residents To ‘take 5’ In City Parks

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Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tina Black, has visited the recently installed ‘Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing’ bench in Dunville Park. The blue bench encourages users to focus on their mental and emotional wellbeing and features a QR code directing people to the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Minding Your Head website. The initiative is part

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Candlelight: 100 Years Of Warner Bros.” Celebrates A Century Of Iconic Classics From The Most Renowned Franchises In Belfast

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In celebration of Warner Bros. Studios’ 100th anniversary, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Fever, the leading entertainment discovery platform, are proud to launch in Belfast “Candlelight: 100 Years of Warner Bros.,” a commemorative international concert series coming to 100 cities worldwide. Part of the company’s global centennial campaign, the series features music from

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Armagh Observatory And Planetarium Launches Irish Language Accessibility Dome Show

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Leading astronomical research centre, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, screened its CapCom Go Dome Show in Irish for the first time during global Irish language festival, Seachtain na Gaeilge, The recent launch of CapCom Go as Gaeilge was attended by local school groups. The screening is part of a wider initiative by Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

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Armagh Observatory And Planetarium Announces Series Of Events For Irish Astronomy Week 2023

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10th March 2023: Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has announced that a number of family friendly events will take place on site from 21st to 24th March, as part of the inaugural Irish Astronomy Week 2023. The events will include: Introduction to Astrophotography by Paul Evans, which will take place on 21st March at Armagh Planetarium. In this

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Investigation Report Of Complaints Arising From The High Street Voucher Scheme

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The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, recently published its investigation report which found that the Department for the Economy failed to comply with specific Equality Scheme commitments in relation to the equality screening of the High Street (Corona Virus, Financial Assistance) Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(HSS), commonly known as the High Street Voucher scheme. The

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Down Royal Racecourse Announce Friends Of Parkview As 2023 Charity Partner

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Down Royal Racecourse has announced Friends of Parkview, the charitable organisation which supports Parkview Special School, as its official Charity Partner for 2023. Friends of Parkview, together with Down Royal will partner to raise funds to help improve the school’s on-site hydrotherapy pool, a facility that is essential for the health and well-being of its

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New Judges In The Frame As Bradley Art Prize Competition Deadline Looms

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Young artists across Northern Ireland have just five weeks to put the finishing touches to their creative masterpieces and enter the inaugural Bradley Art Prize – a new art initiative led by renowned artist Terry Bradley and sponsored by Radius Connect which aims to support fresh artistic ideas and talent. With an unprecedented number of submissions already

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Enea’s Pioneering 5G Service Engine developed In NI

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Software provider, Enea has made a strategic investment in Research & Development (R&D) to build a 5G next generation mobile telecoms platform from its Northern Ireland Engineering Centre. Assisted by a grant from Invest Northern Ireland, the investment has enabled Enea to be first to market with a 5G next generation mobile telecoms platform. Headquartered in Stockholm and

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Women More LIkely To Change Eating Habits Than Get Cancer Symptom Checked

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Women may be inadvertently putting themselves at risk of delayed diagnosis by choosing to trial probiotic yogurt, cutting out gluten, or even a new diet regime, instead of speaking to their GP about persistent bloating.   A new survey by Target Ovarian Cancer shows that over half (55%) of women in Northern Ireland would make

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Latest Research Reveals Workplace Conflict In NI Estimated To Cost Employers Up To £1Billion Per year

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With workplace conflict in Northern Ireland estimated to cost up to £1billion per year, the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) is challenging local employers to consider how improved employment relations could lead to economic success through improved productivity. The theme took centre stage at the LRA’s first major conference in over 10 years, which brought together

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We Cannot Afford To Wait Until Tomorrow To Meet Energy Goals

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Northern Ireland has been without a government for a year and there is no indication that we will have one in place in the immediate future. As a result, the health service, education and infrastructure are all suffering from underinvestment. It is affecting almost every part of life and the political stalemate comes at a

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Price Decreases: Home Heating Oil Prices Continue To Drop and Petrol Reaches One-Year Low

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Data published by the Consumer Council today, 23 February 2023, shows that home heating oil prices have steadily decreased this year, whilst unleaded petrol is at a one-year low. The average cost for 500 litres of oil today is £373.27, the lowest price recorded in a number of weeks, however this is still around 17% (£56)

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Homelessness Report Shows ‘Basic Minimum’ Is Not Being Met To Support Children, Young People And Families In Northern Ireland

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While most children do live in adequate housing, this report launched today (Thursday), demonstrates that in Northern Ireland, there is ‘a long way to go to achieve this for all children and young people.’ ‘A Place To Call Home’, produced by Queen’s University, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People

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NI Homebuilder Renews Charity Partnership With Iconic Country Music Star

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Hagan Homes has chosen to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library again, doubling its investment to £150,000 and bringing the total number of books it will have delivered to children here to over 100,000 over six years   Hagan Homes, the Ballyclare-based homebuilder, is committing to supporting the literacy needs of young children here by renewing its

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Titanic Belfast Commissions Original Score To Create Unique Music Experience

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TITANIC Belfast has announced it has commissioned its first original music score which will run throughout the four new galleries within the refreshed Titanic Experience, creating what promises to be one of the world-leading visitor attraction’s most immersive and emotive visitor experiences to date. The score, which has been composed by Stijn Hosman from Amsterdam,

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Singer Janet Devlin Backs ASCERT’s ‘RETHINK YOUR DRINK’ Campaign

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Northern Ireland singer & social media influencer Janet Devlin has spoken about her battle with alcoholism and mental health struggles. Speaking recently on behalf of the charity ASCERT Janet revealed one thing most people who are at the mercy of addiction need is a “safe space” to talk about their difficulties. The singer emphasized how

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Cineworld Celebrates Titanic’s 25th Anniversary Re-Release With Belfast Screening In 4DX

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Feel like you’re the king of the world as one of cinema’s greatest ever stories is back at Cineworld Belfast, located just footsteps away from where the famous ship was built. Titanic in 4DX 3D will have you feeling like Rose at the front of the ship in the arms of Leo as wind effects

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Balmoral Is A ‘Show To Remember’ For The ‘Rare Breed’ Farmers

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‘RARE BREED – A Farming Year’ continues on Thursday night at 8.30pm on UTV.  It’s May and Balmoral is back with a bang. More than 3,000 farmers are competing for the red ribbons. Among them is Katesbridge goat producer, Geoffrey Ringland who has been showing at the show for nearly 30 years, winning many rosettes

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Jet2.com And Jet2holidays Announce Massive Expansion For Summer 24 From Belfast International Airport

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Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have announced significant expansion at Belfast International Airport for Summer 24, with the launch of two brand-new routes to Bodrum and Malta, and an extra aircraft coming into operation at the base to support the huge expansion. On the back of Jet2holidays announcing yesterday that it is now the UK’s largest tour operator, the companies are investing in their Northern Ireland operation by

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Lisburn Consultancy Announces Five New Hires Amid Expansion

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Lisburn – based business growth specialist, Pinnacle Growth Group, has announced that it made five new hires in 2022/23, amid a £400k expansion. The past year has seen the organisation appoint Lead Consultant, Lynsey Foster, Consultant, Hannah Quinn, Key Account Manager, Rhys Thomas and Business Analysts, Joel Beckett and Harry Simpson. Business Consultant, Hannah, joined

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