Stephanie Bell

Jan 29, 2025 | independent.ie | Stephanie Bell

Co Down mum hits ‘pause’ on her iconic fashion brand to take up new career: ‘I was running on anxiety, dread and stress’Sara Hall’s luxury cape brand Sands & Hall was a hit with the stars and saw her featured in VogueSara with husband David and their two girls Evelynne and AriannaSara Hall found more stress than glamour in haute couture when she launched her successful luxury cape brand Sands & Hall in 2016.

Jan 28, 2025 | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Stephanie Bell

A Co Down mum has swapped the pressures of running a busy designer fashion label favoured by A-listers for a calm new career helping people with their mental health. Sara Hall found more stress than glamour in haute couture when she launched her successful luxury cape brand Sands & Hall in 2016. It became an instant global success after stars like Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson and Olivia Palermo were seen wearing the beautiful bespoke winter capes and was even featured in fashion bible Vogue.

Jan 8, 2025 | independent.ie | Stephanie Bell

Jamie Donnelly is tipped as one of the hottest new talents in the industry but she told Sunday Life that she also dreams of making it big in the West End. The ambitious 24-year-old, from Strabane, was thrilled to get advice on both careers from the master himself — 1970s pop superstar and musical theatre veteran David Essex — when she played support at his Belfast gig in December. “I knew him more from his musical theatre.

Jan 8, 2025 | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Stephanie Bell

Stardom beckons for Co Tyrone singer … and she has the gongs to prove itOne of country music’s newest stars has been picking up awards and topping the singles charts while still in full-time education. Jamie Donnelly is tipped as one of the hottest new talents in the industry but she told Sunday Life that she also dreams of making it big in the West End. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories

Dec 10, 2024 | sundayworld.com | Stephanie Bell

Michelle Bradley, a florist from Dromara, says doctors treated her husband Stuart (42) for sciatica for months before he was finally diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June — but it was too late. He passed away on September 4, leaving behind a devastated Michelle (38) and their three young children Kayla (13), Paige (9) and Blake (4). Now his widow has shared their story to help support the #TimeMatters campaign organised by local pancreatic cancer charity NIPANC.