ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA, a member of the Assembly’s Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee has welcomed the announcement of an additional four stores opening in Belfast’s flagship Victoria Square shopping centre. The brands, Hollister, Kurt Geiger, J Four and 7camicie are all trading internationally and have selected Belfast as a part of their expansion plans.

East Belfast DUP Councillor Robin Newton today urged his Council colleagues to take an unexpected opportunity to do the right thing second time around over plans for waste treatment facilities at the North Foreshore.

East Belfast DUP MLA Robin Newton, Deputy Chair of the Employment and Learning Committee, speaking in support of the above motion said this motion is one that all MLAs will have been lobbied on and that the relevance of the motion does not stop with the attendance at a class within a local college but rather has implications regarding social inclusion, mental health and the physical well-being of the entire population. 

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA said the death of another young soldier from the east of the city, Nigel Moffett, as he carried out his duty in foreign fields will again bring sadness and pain to the whole of the East Belfast community.

Councillor Robin Newton, East Belfast DUP MLA, has said that the Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau have serious questions to answer following the Tourism Minister, Arlene Foster’s refusal today to approve a pod cast designed to guide tourists on Belfast tours. The Minister pointed out, despite the protests of Sinn Fein’s Paul Maskey, it was not balanced and was biased towards one community.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has welcomed the decision of Gordon Brown to grant ex – soldiers of the Ghurkha brigade settlement rights in the UK.

Robin Newton, East Belfast DUP MLA has welcomed the glimmer of hope emanating from the office of Gordon Brown on the rights of the men of the Gurkha regiment to settle in the UK.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast Councillor and member of Belfast City Council Parks and Leisure Committee has described a proposed six day trip to Vancouver, Canada- “to smell the roses” as both unnecessary and tactless.

ROBIN Newton, East Belfast DUP MLA and member of the Enterprise, Trade and Investment committee has welcomed the visit of a delegation from Israel to Northern Ireland seeking to encourage the building of trade relations between the two countries.

Robin Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has responded to the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) report confirming that dissident republicans are an increasing threat. The DUP MLA.said this confirmation by the IMC following on from this weeks identified skills gap in policing experience will cause concern to the wider public.