Three parades to be held in Derry on Friday to mark centenary of the Battle...
Three parades will be held in Derry this Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. The 36th Ulster Division suffered some 5,500 casualties on the opening day of...
View ArticlePolice warning to motorists after thieves steal valuables from cars
Police are urging motorists not to leave valuables in their cars following a spate of thefts in the Tobermore area of Co Derry. Four cars were targeted last week between Sunday 19 June and Thursday, 23...
View ArticleCan you help find missing Limavady man Darryl Agnew?
Police say they are are concerned about the whereabouts of Darryl Agnew who has gone missing. Darryl (pictured), from the Limavady area. was last seen yesterday (Monday) afternoon and was wearing black...
View ArticleNew Minister pledges action over hazardous Derry footpath
Plans to widen a stretch of dangerous pathway in Derry will only go ahead if the lands required to let the work take place can be ‘successfully acquired’ by a government department. There are concerns...
View ArticleProbe continues to find out who owns Derry's War Memorial
Investigations are under way to establish the ownership of the War Memorial in Derry after concerns were raised over who has responsibility for the maintenance of the city centre monument. It emerged...
View ArticleBrexit fallout: Rights of Irish language community must be protected – Campbell
The rights of the Irish language community must be protected in the aftermath of the EU referendum result, a Derry councillor has said. Sinn Fein Cllr Kevin Campbell (pictured) said Brexit would be...
View ArticleVIDEO: Award-winning Stendhal Festival returns to Limavady
The Stendhal Festival of Art takes place in Limavady on 12-13 August next. Acts appearing include DJ Format, Jason Clarke, The Bonnevilles, Ciaran Lavery, Ciaran Lavery, Ryan Vail, Go Wolf, Oh Volcano,...
View ArticlePolice release man arrested after stolen car crashed into garden of Derry house
The man arrested after a stolen car crashed into a garden of a house in the Creggan area at the weekend has been released by police. The incident occurred at Ballymore Park at around 7.00pm when a...
View ArticleHousing Executive launches £500,000 Social Housing Investment awards in Derry
The Housing Executive has launched its £500,000 Social Housing Enterprise Investment awards in Derry-. The launch of round two of the awards was held in the Hive Studios, marking the Housing...
View ArticleBon appetite! Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli for Clipper Race Kitchens
One of television’s best known and most popular chefs is to cook up tasty treats during during next months’ Foyle Maritime Festival. None other than Jean-Christophe Novelli (pictured), dubbed “the...
View ArticlePolice confirm car torched overnight had been stolen in creeper-style burglary
The car burned out in the early hours of this morning in the Galliagh area of Derry had been stolen earlier during a creeper style burglary in the city, police have confirmed. The silver Nissan...
View ArticleMcCartney welcomes £10 million investment to improve rural roads
The announcement by Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard that £10 million is to be awarded to improve rural roads has been welcomed by Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney. The money is to be used...
View ArticleBrexit fallout: MEP Anderson calls for urgent meeting with EU leaders to...
Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has written to the heads of the European institutions requesting an urgent meeting to discuss the result of last week's EU referendum. Ms Anderson (pictured) said Brexit...
View ArticleDerry man involved in talks to broker deal to end long-standing Twaddell...
A Derry man was behind a proposed deal to end the long-running stand-off between the Orange Order and a nationalist residents group in north Belfast, it has emerged. The talks, which involved Derry...
View ArticleNo jobs takeaway as Chinese firm takes over Derry trailer company in £100m deal
NA China-based company has bought over a Co Derry trailer manufacturing firm in a deal believed to be worth £100 million. Global trailer manufacturer CIMC Vehicles has taken Toomebridge firm SDC...
View ArticleCountry star Justin McGurk to be headline act Foreglen GAA Club Festival
One of North’s best known country singers to be the headline act at festival being staged by a Co Derry Gaa cub next month. Foreglen GAC’s event, aimed at bringing together current and former club...
View ArticleBallynease and Inishrush to get new bus service from Monday
A new rural bus service is to operate between rural areas of Counties Derry and Antrim. Translink has agreed for a new service for the Ballynease and Inishbrush areas. Local councillor Martin Kearney...
View ArticleImprovement works planned for parochial house at St Patrick's Church
A planning application has been lodged which will see improvements carried out at a parochial house in Derry. The application has been lodged by the Three Patrons parish with the local planning...
View ArticleMan due in Derry court charged with cultivating cannabis
A 24-year-old man has been charged with drug offences including cultivating cannabis in the city. He has also faces a charge of possession of herbal cannabis. The charges relate to a drugs find in the...
View ArticleLough Foyle ferry service between Magilligan and Greencastle to set sail...
The imminent return of the Foyle Ferry service due in a few days time has been welcomed by East Derry SDLP Assembly Member Gerry Mullan who described the news as very welcome in a week of turmoil as a...
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