A news round-up of what is happening in Northern Ireland and beyond.

News

UTV News: NI health system "not sustainable". Read more...

Belfast Telegraph: Canned food raise levels of chemical linked to heart disease, obesity and diabetes. Read more...

Health

BBC News: Basic home care help "breaching human rights". Read more...

BBC News: Dreaming "eases painful memories". Read more...

BBC News: NI GP surgeries to "widen services". Read more...

Belfast Telegraph: Cancer drugs recalled over poison fears. Read more...

Belfast Telegraph: Royal Victoria Hospital Ward restrictions after C-Diff outbreak. Read more...

Obituary

BBC: Pop artist Gerald Laing dies at 75. Read more...

BBC: Opera performer, Sena Jurinac, dies. Read more...

Technology

Guardian Blog: How digital media can transform charities' reach. Read more...

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An exhibition of the Belfast Blitz: An era soon to be forgotten.

The Springfield Charitable Association has been awarded funding by the Big Lottery Fund and is using the money to present an Exhibition on two separate occasions and in two separate venues. Best of all, it is FREE!

1. Monday 21^st November 2011 in the Conway Mill Centre, Falls Road
2. Thursday 24^th November 2011 in the Spectrum Centre, Shankill Road.

Both exhibitions start at 10am and will last to 5pm. The Exhibition is a celebration of the time and of stories that will soon be lost as the generation is slowly, but surely dying out. 

This exhibition will be the culmination of an intergenerational cross community research program, involving schools from across Belfast. The schools interviewed older people and using the information wrote a news story of the time. At the exhibition will be memorabilia of the time. A small film will be played on loop, produced locally by students from Workforce Training Services, illustrating the damage of the blitz. 

Also on display will be an smaller exhibition from Joe Baker, local historian. 

Local historian Denis Hughes has been facilitating the discussion between the schools and the older people. He also created an 8 page booklet illustrating some unusual facts of the time. Denis commented:

That this is an important part of our history that for one reason or another has been lost and we are endeavouring to shed some light on a time in Belfast’s history when many people died, no matter what religion. 

Terry McNeill, General Manager SCA stated:

This big lottery sponsored event enables us to work with younger men and women and older people. At the heart of the project is the reminiscence of a terrible time in all our history. We would encourage all people to drop in and see this event.

A news round-up of what is happening in Northern Ireland and beyond.

News

UTV News: NI constituencies among worst in UK for unemployment. Read more...

BBC News: Two unemployment blackspots in NI. Read more...

Arts

Al PAcino: Why I love Oscar Wilde. Read more...

Health

BBC News: Doctors back proposed smoking ban. Read more...

BBC News: Alcohol policy a joke, say British Liver Trust. Read more...

UTV News: Drivers "put off road" by petrol hike. Read more...

Technology

BBC News: Broadband's "rush-hour" revealed. Read more...

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Age NI's Spread the Warmth Campaign is, well, heating up rightly.

Spread the Warmth is Age NI's push to ensure that this winter is not as harsh as it was last year for so many older people.

Winters are harsher for older people now more than ever and not just because of the cold snaps we have been having the past few years.

Fuel and food prices have shot up so much that there are many who have a stark choice - heat or eat. Nearly 1000 older people died last year because of this.

Aside from that, many older people feeling more isolated and alone.

No matter how little or how much you can do, Age NI will help you Spread the Warmth this winter.