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Follow the Yellow Brick Road this Half-Term
The Wizard of Oz Youth Theatre production, featuring a number of young people from the Ballymena area, will run from Thursday 17 – Sunday...
Feb 10, 2022


Love is in the air at Belfast Zoo this Valentine’s with the arrival of a tiny titi monkey!
A coppery titi monkey was born to mum, Inca, and dad, Aztec, on 17 January 2022. This is the sixth offspring for the couple since they...
Feb 10, 2022


Science Summer School Northern Ireland launched in Mid and East Antrim
(L-R)David Watson, Advisor for Ryobi; Lord Andrew Mawson OBE; Graham Whitehurst, Chair of MEA Manufacturing Taskforce; Cllr Matthew...
Feb 9, 2022


Success continues for Antrim’s Enchanted Winter Garden with profit of £138,000
Antrim and Newtownabbey’s Enchanted Winter Garden event made a profit of £138,000 last year despite a rise in admission prices, according...
Feb 6, 2022


Tourism Ireland highlights new Game of Thrones Studio Tour around the world
Fifty top international journalists and influencers – whose combined readers and followers number over 17 million – were invited to...
Feb 5, 2022


Royal Mail marks Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with 8 new special stamps
Royal Mail is celebrating Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with eight new stamps featuring a selection of images showing The...
Feb 5, 2022


Whitehead Railway Museum steams ahead with special tourism status
Whitehead Railway Museum tour guide Tom Mathers. Whitehead Railway Museum has been put firmly on track on its journey to further success...
Feb 4, 2022


Big and bright as Youth of the 80s Disco returns to Ballymena in aid of Cancer Research UK
Get out your brightest and tightest fashion, and get teasing, frizzing and curling for big hair, as the Ballymena Youth of the 80’s Disco...
Feb 3, 2022


Ulster Bank begins countdown to 2022 Balmoral Show
Kickstarting the countdown to the 2022 Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank is (L-R) Mark Crimmins, Head of Ulster Bank, NI;...
Feb 2, 2022


“New Game of Thrones Studio Tour a game-changer” – Lyons
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons pictured at the new Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Banbridge with Brad Kelly, General Manager, Linen Mill...
Feb 2, 2022


The Big Friendly Giant (BFG) is coming
The Big Friendly Giant (BFG) in Pictures exhibition, is coming to County Antrim in February. The exhibition features 40 reproductions for...
Jan 30, 2022


MEA free workshops to mark National Storytelling Week
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council in partnership with the Department for Communities are delighted to introduce an exciting programme...
Jan 30, 2022


‘Trek For Tails’ to support the USPCA this February
Northern Ireland animal welfare Charity, the USPCA, is calling on animal lovers across the region to set their sights on a tough trekking...
Jan 29, 2022


FREE | Natural Connections Photography Workshop
Natural Connections Photography Workshops have been scheduled at locations across Mid & East Antrim during February and March, organised...
Jan 28, 2022


Ballymena tuning up to host Ulster Pipe Band Championships
The Ulster Pipe Band Championships have been confirmed for Mid and East Antrim Borough this July. The prestigious competition will take...
Jan 27, 2022


IT’S A BOY! Belfast Zoo asks public to pick name for baby gorilla
Belfast Zoo have announced that their latest baby Western lowland gorilla is a boy! Born to father Gugas and mother Kamili on 8 October,...
Jan 27, 2022


Ulster Pipe Band Championships confirms return to Ballymena for 2022
The Ulster Pipe Band Championships has been confirmed for Mid and East Antrim Borough this July. The prestigious competition will take...
Jan 25, 2022


TV | PSNI – 20 Years On The Frontline
Stephen Nolan. At the stroke of midnight on Saturday 3 November 2001 the Royal Ulster Constabulary became the Police Service of Northern...
Jan 24, 2022


Tim Hortons® announce opening date for new Drive-Thru Restaurant in Ballymena
Tim Hortons®, the iconic Canadian coffee chain, will open a new drive-thru restaurant at Larne Road Link, Ballymena on Monday 31st...
Jan 24, 2022


TV | Trigger Point
Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester star in new ITV drama Trigger Point which turns the spotlight on counter terrorism policing and the...
Jan 23, 2022
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