Sophie Fletcher

Freelance Journalist. My views are my own

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⚠️NEW: Women impacted by cervical screening scandal feel 'insulted' as emotional Minister says sorry and public inquiry is RULED OUT

🎤Reporting from Oxford Island in Lurgan.

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💔🗣NEW: Natalie McNally’s brothers paid tribute to their sister, saying having her in their lives was “the greatest joy we’ll ever have.”

Stephen McCullagh, 36, of Woodland Gardens, Lisburn was found guilty by a jury during the fifth week of the murder trial at Belfast Crown Court.

Natalie McNally, 32, was 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed in her home in Lurgan in 2022.

@sfletcherjourno was there.

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👑🤣Royal Visit: 'I told her the wise men came from the East.' Duchess of Edinburgh in Belfast.

📍East Belfast has had a Royal visit this week.

🌟The Duchess of Edinburgh spent time at the centre speaking to a range of different groups.

The Walkways Community Centre caters for people of all ages, from babies to seniors.

Our reporter @sfletcherjourno spoke to Reuben Walls, a local teenager who met the Duchess, as well as @duponline Leader @GRobinsonDUP.

She also spoke to Rachael Davison, Centre Manager at Walkways Community Association Centre, and Marlene Dempster, a member of a women’s group based at the centre.

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👑🐕Royal Visit: Duchess of Edinburgh presents special honour to Guide Dogs NI in east Belfast.

🌟The award was given to mark the organisation’s 1,000th active member in Northern Ireland.

@guidedogsni is also celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

The presentation took place at the Walkway Community Centre in east Belfast, where the Duchess met staff, volunteers and service users.

The Royal is a patron of the Guide Dogs organisation.

Hannah Lyons from Guide Dogs NI told reporter @sfletcherjourno it was a special moment.

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⚠️🌊NEW inshore marine protection strategy for Northern Ireland launched launched.

✅️This long-term strategy will see areas identified as “ecologically significant and deserving of enhanced protection” further developed and managed.

👥Stormont’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister worked with a range of stakeholders across the marine, fisheries and environmental sectors to develop the five-year plan.

🎤@sfletcherjourno spoke to Minister @AndrewMuirNI and also heard from Mathieu Lundy, Head of Marine Recovery at Ulster Wildlife; Joanne Sherwood, Director of RSPB Northern Ireland; and Matthew Service, Programme Leader for Marine Ecology in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems at AFBI.