He was the Hollywood star who became one half of the most famous couple in the world, but before that Richard Burton rose to fame while living in Hampstead. The son of a Welsh miner - one of 13 ...

As part of the celebration, WiBC unveiled its next blue plaque. The plauqe honours Maxine Duffus, who made history in 1983 as South Yorkshire Passenger Transport’s first black woman bus driver.

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The first female professor of medicine in Britain and Ireland, from County Antrim, has been recognised with an Ulster History Circle blue plaque. The pioneering Dame Louise McIlroy was the first ...

Ulster History Circle The blue plaque was unveiled by the Very Reverend Dr Godfrey Brown At the start of the World War One, Dame Louise served as a chief medical officer at a camp hospital in France.

Often, the picturesque views aren't matched by the ambience and warmth of a pub - but, with the Black Horse at Beamish, it's proved that you can have both and more. After seeing rave reviews for ...