'Phones are ruling people's lives' - Derry health chief urges local parents...
A senior figure within the Western Trust has said that parents need to get 'back to basics' in terms of putting away their mobile devices and getting involved in playing with their children. The...
View Article'Food waste, plastic bags and soiled nappies' - Derry's council hit with £700...
A cost of £700 is incurred every time a contaminated blue bin is lifted by Derry’s council, it has been revealed. The figure emerged during a meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s...
View ArticleFoyle Stroke Support Group go purple for stroke awareness in May
Foyle Stroke Support Group hosted their yearly coffee morning on Tuesday to mark the 'Make May Purple for Stroke’ annual awareness and fundraising month for the Stroke Association in Northern Ireland....
View ArticleDerry Sinn Fein MLA urges electoral office to implement online voter...
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Electoral Office to immediately implement online registration of voters and work to get tens of thousands of people back on the electoral...
View ArticleDerry's Guildhall to be lit up tonight in solidarity with Palestine
Derry's Guildhall will be lit up from 11pm tonight with the colours of the Palestinian flag as a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people 'following the recent massacres by Israeli forces'. Sinn...
View ArticleReview into decision not to prosecute British soldier who shot 15-year-old...
The Public Prosecution Service said yesterday it would be reviewing the decision not to bring criminal charges against a soldier who shot a 15-year-old Derry boy in the head. Daniel Hegarty was killed...
View Article'Close it, Lock it, Check it' - Derry householders urged to secure their...
As children are finishing school and the weather is set to get warmer, the Derry and Strabane PCSP is again reminding householders to Close it, Lock it, Check it. Speaking on this issue Alderman Drew...
View Article'It could also eradicate the vandalism issue' - SDLP call on transport chiefs...
THE SDLP has called on a government department to add 'Derry' alongside 'Londonderry' on new road signs on the upgraded A6 Derry to Belfast route. The Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan said using both names on...
View Article50 day countdown begins until Clipper Race arrives in Derry and Foyle...
In just 50 days’ time, the first yachts from the Clipper 2017-18 Race fleet will sail into Derry-Londonderry ready to take their place as the centre-piece of the city’s world renowned Foyle Maritime...
View ArticleDerry drug accused tried to add cop’s wife on Facebook ‘to apologise’
A 21-year-old man banned from accessing the internet as part of his bail conditions tried to befriend a police officer’s wife on Facebook in a ‘bizarre’ attempt to apologise to him. Gareth Dunne of...
View ArticleDerry man accused of assaulting ex-partner and dangerous driving released on...
A 27-year-old Derry man who is accused of assaulting his ex-partner and driving dangerously while disqualified has been granted bail. Ruairi Canning of Glenabbey Street appeared before Derry...
View ArticleNew filling station with shop and ATM machines planned for the Glenabbey area...
Plans have been lodged for a new retail shop unit with ATM machines and an external fuel pump in the Skeoge area of Derry. The plans have been lodged by Lynch Foodstores Ltd and the new development...
View ArticleEnagh Youth Forum's 'YouthLed' project putting young people in the lead
Enagh Youth Forum's Big Lottery Funded YouthLed project continues to reach, include and engage local young people in Strathfoyle aged 10-25 years old. These past few months have seen 22 young people...
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‘Rainbow’ bringing colour to the Galliagh community through the voices of youth
Pictured above: Youth worker, Ciaran Quigley with children enjoying the community hub. The Rainbow Child and Family Centre in Galliagh are challenging the idea that young people of the area are somehow...
View ArticleDerry man who ‘turned his life around’ avoids jail for drug-related offences
A 23-year-old Derry man who committed a number of drugs offences three years ago, avoided jail because he demonstrated to the court that he had ‘turned his life around’. Edward Maguire of Moat Street...
View ArticleDerry court hears attack victim left 'unrecognisable' after suffering...
A Derry man accused inflicting ‘extensive head injuries’ on a male, which left him ‘unrecognisable’ to those who know him, has been refused bail. James Lee Rush, 23, of Bridge Street, is charged with...
View ArticleCourt hears Derry murder case being dealt with by 'serious crime unit' in...
The case of two brothers charged with murdering a man in Derry earlier this year is being dealt with by the ‘serious crime unit’ in Belfast, a court has heard. Sean Anderson, 20, his brother Gary...
View Article“We need to keep pressure up because it’s the North West that really needs...
CONCERNS have been raised that a new medical school planned for Derry could now be lost to Belfast. In March of this year, Ulster University said that plans for the first intake of trainee doctors to...
View ArticleChamber President welcomes Labour leader Corbyn to discuss Brexit over...
Londonderry Chamber of Commerce President Jennifer McKeever has welcomed Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn to ‘the city at the heart of the Brexit conundrum’. The Leader of the Opposition addressed Chamber...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: Friday, May 25th, 2018
DUDDY (nee Fitzpatrick) 24th May 2018 peacefully at her home, 145 Cornshell Fields, JEAN, beloved wife of the late John, loving mother of Gareth, Richard, and Darren, darling Grandmother of Jack,...
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