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PLATING UP: Grilled salmon with bok choi carrots, tender stem broccoli

We hope you enjoy our new column with chef Paul Watters who each week will take the fear out of cooking with his easy to follow recipes...

EYE ON THE PAST: April 1985 – Lisburn Council in the dock over Twinbrook

We look at the stories that were making the headlines in the Andersonstown News this week in 1985...

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Cruncher was the voice of resistance when resisting was tough

The first time I heard “Something Inside So Strong” by Labi Siffre was one of those seminal musical moments in my life, when lyrics and melody conjured something more. The pressure on the Apartheid state of South Africa was intense and at last the momentum was with the people of a land brutalised and oppressed as part of Europe’s 19th Century Colonial adventure and shame. Nelson Mandela was still in prison, but when Labbi sang we knew that would end soon.

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: The council, the press and the Toby jugs

THE News Letter on Monday dug up a couple of people who are very unhappy about aspects of a new LGBTQIA+ services centre in Belfast city centre.

SQUINTER: Gallows poster boy has a bit of a history

ITAMAR Ben-Gvir is the poster boy of the Hang-the-Palestinians cohort in the Israeli parliament.

GERRY ADAMS: Micheál Martin has zero interest in pursuing unity

AN Taoiseach Micheál Martin was the first guest to participate in a new six part series of the podcast, ‘How to Gael’ under the title – ‘How to Unite Ireland.’

DÚLRA: Love of birds has conquered Aaron’s fear of heights

WHEN Rathlin Island made the incredible announcement last week that the island was now ferret-free after years of diligent work by environmentalists, one guy from West Belfast appreciated it more than most.

HEALTHWISE: Lion's mane is nothing to roar about just yet

LION’S mane is a mushroom that has long been used in traditional practices and cooking around the world. The mushrooms themselves are a good source of vitamin B1, B2 and B3 as well as minerals like manganese, zinc and potassium.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Brexit aftershock still hitting community groups hard

THE crisis facing community and voluntary organisations as we go into April is not a new story. Following Brexit (remember that?) many groups, organisations and citizens warned that this would happen. Leaving the European Union meant leaving an infrastructure that has been designed to develop innovative and progressive programmes which support conflict resolution and address economic deprivation.