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Portglenone’s Rachel Moore shines at CAFRE Loughry Campus Awards Day
Rachel Moore from Portglenone was presented with the Dairy UK prize for attaining highest marks in dairy related subjects. Rachel...
Jun 28, 2025


TOP 10 | All the latest news from Waterstone’s Ballymena – Saturday 28 June 2025
Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena! This week’s Top 10...
Jun 28, 2025


JD Gyms to open state-of-the-art fitness facility in Ballymena
JD Gyms, one of the UK’s fastest-growing and most awarded fitness chains, has announced the grand opening of its newest location in...
Jun 28, 2025


19-year-old charged over Ballymena slurry incident ahead of Pride parade
The clean-up operation on Saturday morning on Greenvale Street in Ballymena town centre A 19-year-old man has been formally charged...
Jun 28, 2025


Sensata’s new R&D centre in Co Antrim puts Northern Ireland on the global innovation map
Pictured at Sensata Technologies’ new Northern Ireland Technology Centre in Antrim are (L-R) Darren Walker, site leader at Sensata NI,...
Jun 28, 2025


‘Critical need’: MP urges action as Trust warns of delays to vital mental health centre in Antrim
The Northern Health and Social Care Trust’s planned new £143m mental health facility in Antrim remains at a standstill without...
Jun 28, 2025


Daring Fairhead abseil raises almost £40,000 for Little Heroes charity
Images: Kevin McAuley • McAuley Multimedia On the longest day of the year, the dramatic cliffs of Fairhead in Ballycastle witnessed a...
Jun 28, 2025


Pride celebrations come to Ballymena with road closures and police safety measures in place
Mid and East Antrim Pride is taking place in Ballymena town centre today, Saturday 28 June. To facilitate the event, a number of...
Jun 28, 2025


Students celebrate sustainable food success in ‘Food for Thought’ competition
St Louis Grammar joint winners of Food for Thought sustainable food competition study visit to Greenmount College Secondary schools...
Jun 28, 2025


Slurry spread across Ballymena streets ahead of town’s first Pride Parade – PSNI make arrest
Greenvale Street, Ballymena. A 19-year-old man has been arrested after slurry was sprayed on streets in Ballymena in the early hours of...
Jun 28, 2025


Northern Trust reports 13,000 emergency patients in May – many waiting over 12 hours
Antrim Area Hospital Emergency Department (ED) The Northern Health and Social Care Trust has reported 8,307 patients seeking treatment in...
Jun 27, 2025


Filipino community in Ballymena condemns alleged sexual assault, and reaffirms support for victim
The Filipino community in Ballymena has issued a public statement today, Friday 27 June, strongly condemning a recent alleged sexual...
Jun 27, 2025


PSNI and Mid & East Antrim Council launch campaign to make gyms safer for women and girls
MEA Power to Change - Project partners, including ONUS and PSNI The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has joined forces with Mid...
Jun 27, 2025


Police investigate racially motivated hate crime in Broughshane
Police are appealing for information after a report of criminal damage at a residential property in the Whinsmoor Park area of...
Jun 27, 2025


“Raid on the Braid” fallout: MEA Council prosecution to follow FOI investigation
Two individuals face prosecution following police investigation into deleted emails linked to a 2021 FOI request. The Public Prosecution...
Jun 27, 2025


Ballymena teen among four charged over June disorder as PSNI arrest total hits 41
Two individuals from Ballymena, including a 16-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man, have been charged with riot in connection with...
Jun 27, 2025


Co Antrim man sentenced to over nine years for brutal stabbing of two brothers
Sentenced: Paul Hamilton, from Dervock, County Antrim A 34-year-old man has been sentenced at Antrim Crown Court for a brutal stabbing...
Jun 27, 2025


Man (38) remanded over alleged rape of teenage girl in Ballymena
A 38-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the alleged rape of a teenage girl in Ballymena, following an investigation into a...
Jun 27, 2025


Second man charged in Ballykeel teen sexual assault case
A second man has been charged in connection with the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in the Ballykeel area of Ballymena on...
Jun 27, 2025


Castle Tower and Carnlough lead Mid and East Antrim’s Green Flag success story
Eco-School of the Year – Castle Tower School, Ballee Campus Fifteen schools across the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area have been...
Jun 26, 2025
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