A planning application for a multi-million pound redevelopment of part of Belfast city centre has been submitted.

A young Irish director will get the chance of a lifetime to have a short film screened at an international movie festival if it scoops the top prize in a competition in Belfast next month.

A central Belfast shopping centre lay in ruins today after being destroyed in a major fire.

COMIC Dylan Moran and British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alistair Campbell are set to be the star attractions at this year’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Belfast.