12/08/2014

'A comic genius' - Tributes to actor and comedian Robin Williams, also“My daughter saved my life”- ex-policeman Mark on his depression battle
Most of us woke up to the tragic news this morning that the actor Robin Williams has been found dead, in an apparent suicide. He was 63.The American actor and comedian, best known for films like Mrs Doubtfire and Good Morning Vietnam, had been "battling severe depression".Williams has also talked, and even joked, in the past about his struggles with alcohol and drugs.

Fracking row rages after Ministerial decision
Former finance Minister Sammy Wilson has slammed the Environment Minister's refusal to allow a fracking company to drill an exploratory borehole in a quarry in Fermanagh.
Although Mark H Durkan's decision has been warmly welcomed by enviromentalists and campaigners - ardent supporter Sammy Wilson says that Fracking can free us from the "mad mullahs of the Middle East".

Benefit Cap for NI - Should we get less than London?
Should N Ireland have lower benefits than richer parts of the UK?That's what a think thank wants to see.Its proposing the benefit cap being lowered outside London and south east England.The benefit cap sits at £26,000 a year, but Policy Exchange wants that lowered in most of the UK.What a row that would kick off. The Assembly hasn't even agreed the £26,000 benefit cap here