09012024 - Flipbook - Page 3
3
TUESDAY JANUARY 9 2024
PICTURES: MAL MCCANN
Work begins yesterday on the demolition of Havelock House, the former home of UTV on Ormeau Road in south Belfast
Demolition work starts at Havelock
House ahead of social housing plans
JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE
site on Ormeau Road yesterday amid
warehouse, Havelock House became
plans
the home of UTV in 1959, until the
to
build
more
than
100
new
social homes.
D
The
EMOLITION
gun
at
work
Havelock
Belfast,
the
has
be-
House
former
in
home
of UTV. Work began at the
broadcaster
proposal
has
been
submit-
ted by Lotus Property and developed
with
the
Belfast’s
A local campaign group had opposed the plans to demolish the well-
tion, subject to planning permission.
known south Belfast building, which
in
1871
Housing
to
Associa-
Built
Clanmill
relocated
City Quays in 2018.
as
a
hemstitching
is not listed.
Icy conditions force some
schools to shut as winter grips
PAUL AINSWORTH
C
ONDITIONS
as
described
“treacherous
and
icy”
forced some schools to shut
as parts of the north were
plunged into a cold snap.
Several
schools
in
the
Newry,
south Down and south Armagh areas
remained closed yesterday morning
as freezing weather took hold overnight.
The Met Ofce had issued a yel-
el Street area said in a post yester-
“
day: “Due to icy, treacherous conditions on the school grounds, buses
Due to icy, treacherous
conditions on the
school grounds, buses
have been cancelled
and the school will
remain closed
have been cancelled and the school
will remain closed today.”
Other
day
ry
schools
included
School,
to
shut
yester-
Ballyholland
Jonesborough
PrimaPrimary
School and St Mark’s High School in
Warrenpoint.
Black ice also forced the closure
of several roads, while a gritter vehicle
collided
with
parked
cars
in
Newry yesterday morning after skid-
School statement
ding
low weather warning for ice across
between
the
Forkhill
Rounda-
bout and Meigh village area.
parts of Co Down and Co Armagh,
Newry’s
which remained in place until 10am
parents and pupils it would be shut
the Newry, Mourne and Down, and
yesterday.
yesterday.
Armagh,
The warning told of difcult trav-
“Due
to
Hill
area
dangerous,
Banbridge
areas
were
and
also
across
Craigavon
postponed
for
There was no weather warning is-
on
at
health and safety reasons. Teachers
sued for the north for today though
risk of slips and falls. The PSNI had
will be in contact with pupils regard-
cold
also issued a warning for motorists
ing work,” a spokesperson said in a
for last night, and the Met Ofce has
to expect “widespread ice through-
statement posted to social media.
said the north can expect mostly set-
pedestrians
out the road network”.
Our
Lady’s
Grammar
A
School
in
closed
spokesperson
for
school
council
collections
campus
be
the
condi-
bin
tions
will
Hill,
icy
Some
treated roads and potential dangers
with
Chequer
advised
elling conditions for motorists on un-
pavements,
on
Chequer
today
St
Mary’s
High School in the city’s Upper Chap-
until today.
temperatures
were
predicted
tled conditions for the week ahead,
with maximum temperatures of 7 C.
Icy weather led to school closures in parts of Co Down and Co Armagh yesterday