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Police are appealing for information after a car was deliberately set alight in Ballymena in the early hours of Monday morning, with a petrol bomb discovered on top of the vehicle. The incident happened around 6.20am on Monday, 13 April, prompting a response from police and firefighters. On Monday morning police teams were seen with the vehicle in the area of Kintyre Park in the Ballykeel 1 estate in the town. The vehicle sustained damage to its boot area, and detectives are

Drugs seized by police in the Ballykeel area of Ballymena A routine patrol in Ballymena has led to a major drugs seizure worth an estimated £450,000, in what police have described as a “substantial disruption” to illegal activity in the area. Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stopped and searched a suspicious vehicle in the Ballykeel area on Thursday, 26 March 2026. What they discovered inside was far from routine. Approximately 30 kilos of suspecte

Inset: Victor Hamilton who was murdered in Ballymena in 2022 A man charged with the murder of a Ballymena resident has been arrested in Portugal, reigniting scrutiny of serious criminal justice and deportation failures highlighted by Ulster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie. Victor Hamilton, a 63-year-old man who had only recently moved to Ballymena, was stabbed to death in July 2022. His body was discovered in the driveway outside his home on Orkney Drive in the Ballykeel area of th

Murder victim Victor Hamilton, and the scene of the incident in Orkney Drive, Ballymena. Ulster Unionist justice spokesperson Doug Beattie MC MLA has challenged serious failures in the deportation of foreign national offenders, citing the murder of a Ballymena resident as a stark example of systemic breakdowns within Northern Ireland’s Criminal Justice System. Speaking about the killing of Victor Hamilton in July 2022, Mr Beattie said the case exposed “yet another failing” i

The site of the approved housing development in Ballymena A planning application has been submitted seeking non-material amendments to a previously approved housing development at Crebilly Road in Ballymena. The proposal relates to a residential scheme that received planning approval from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council in June 2021 for the redevelopment of a 1.3 acre site at 115 Crebilly Road, opposite the Ballykeel 2 estate. The approved development consists of 16 famil

Pupils of Ballykeel Primary School enjoying time in the Mayoral Parlour at The Braid, with Mayor of Mid & East Antrim, UUP Councillor Jackson Minford Pupils from Ballykeel Primary School enjoyed a lively morning at The Braid in Ballymena as they put local elected representatives on the spot with a series of challenging questions about life in local government. The Year 6 (P6) class met with Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Councillor Jackson Minford, and Independ

River View, Ballymena Ballymena police have arrested two individuals following a property search in the River View area of Ballykeel 1,...

Detectives are appealing for information after a burglary at a residential property in Ballymena on Tuesday night, 30th September. Police...

Ballykeel 1 estate, in Ballymena Police are appealing for information following a report of a suspicious approach to three young girls in...

Police in Ballymena have launched an appeal for information after receiving a report of an assault involving a group of men in the Orkney...

Victor Hamilton Three men were sentenced today, Wednesday 2 April, in connection with the murder of Victor Hamilton in Ballymena in 2022....

Crebilly Road, Ballymena where pipelaying works is taking place for planned development at the former site of the Knockeen Lodge NI Water...

Two local men, James Kenny, aged 62, and Daniel Sherwin, aged 25, both residents of Orkney Drive, appeared in court today charged in...

Detectives from Ballymena CID, investigating an assault in the Orkney Drive area of Ballymena on Tuesday, 29th October, have charged two...

Detectives in Ballymena have made two arrests after they received a report that a man had been assaulted at 6.15am this morning, Tuesday...

Police in Ballymena have attended an incident on Sunday afternoon (22 September) after it was reported that a man approached two children...

Organised to coincide with Good Relations Week, the seven-a-side tournament brought together more than 20 teams from across the greater...

A multi-agency investigation is underway today (Wednesday 18 September) to establish the cause of a blast that occurred in Ballymena on...

Emergency Services have rushed to the scene of an incident on Tuesday night (September 17) in Ballymena. Police, Fire Service and the...

Detectives are appealing for information following the report of an arson incident at a flat in the Crebilly Road area of Ballymena on...