Antrim news

• Damaged car with drill, superglued house locks and poisoned plants, court told

  26-07-2017 21:56
  A woman who used a drill to cause severe damage to a car belonging to her former fiance has been warned she could face jail. Anna Maguire , of Glengorm Avenue, Coleraine, carried out a campaign of harassment against Andrew Farrer from Portrush and also superglued locks at his home and poisoned plants in his garden, Coleraine Magistate's Court heard yesterday .
  
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• No incidents of counterfeiting of new 12-sided pound coin so far, minister says

  26-07-2017 17:10
  The new pound coin has stumped the counterfeiters, with no evidence the 12-sided design can be faked, a Government minister has said. Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Jones hailed the latest quid as the most secure form of currency in the world as he marked a significant milestone in the coin's introduction.
  
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• Royal Marine with links to republicanism made pipe bombs deployed in N Ireland

  26-07-2017 14:35
  Ciaran Maxwell pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to preparation of terrorist acts between January 2011 and August last year A Royal Marine with links to dissident republicanism made 14 pipe bombs - four of which were deployed in Northern Ireland, a court heard. Ciaran Maxwell, 31, compiled a library of terrorism documents, bought chemicals and components and went on to manufacture explosives and devices, which he stashed in purpose-built hides in England and Northern Ireland.
  
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• NI newspaper review: Bonfires, compensation and direct rule

  26-07-2017 10:10
  Three of Northern Ireland's papers lead with a story about two Ulster and Ireland rugby stars facing prosecution for offences relating to allegations of rape. The Belfast Telegraph, Daily Mirror and News Letter each have a picture of Paddy Jackson, 25, and Stuart Olding, 24, on their front pages.
  
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• Fulfil Billy McConville's dying wish and compensate abuse victims, brother says

  26-07-2017 06:02
  A brother of abuse victims campaigner Billy McConville has urged politicians in Northern Ireland to fulfil his dying wish and compensate those who suffered http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/fulfil-billy-mcconvilles-dying-wish-and-compensate-abuse-victims-brother-says-35968886.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article35968885.ece/e1490/AUTOCROP/h342/PANews%20BT_P-f8284f74-c697-4ee7-9886-8ade704326c8_I1.jpg A brother of abuse victims campaigner Bill
  
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• Tragic carers remembered one year after horror crash

  26-07-2017 01:50
  One year after a horror crash claimed the lives of two carers in Co Antrim, their loved ones have revealed how they helped secure improvements to the crash site for other drivers. Michelle McStravick, 35, from Randalstown - who had a teenage daughter - died along with 56-year-old Lorraine Clyde, who was a mother-of-five from the Antrim area, following the incident on the Church Road near Randalstown shortly before 8am on July 25, 2016.
  
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