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Over the past few years, the store team has organised and taken part in a number of initiatives and fun days to help raise funds towards the milestone and become one of the top SPAR fundraisers in NI. A Ballymena store team is celebrating after helping SPAR NI surpass an extraordinary £1 million raised for Marie Curie, supporting vital community nursing services across Northern Ireland. SPAR NI has confirmed its retailers and shoppers have collectively raised £1,024,167 for t

Helen Gage lives with COPD and has lent her support to NICHS’s Hall of Hope at Antrim Area Hospital to inform and inspire other respiratory patients and their families. A Kells woman living with an incurable lung condition has urged others to seek help early, as new figures reveal the number of people in Northern Ireland diagnosed with COPD has risen by 56% in just 17 years. Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS) is using COPD Awareness Month this November to shine a s

An act of Remembrance at the Ballymena Memorial Park in 2024 A series of Remembrance services and parades will be held across Mid and East Antrim this weekend to honour those who gave their lives in conflict. Residents across the Borough will come together on Remembrance Sunday (9 November 2025) to commemorate the sacrifices made by service personnel during World War One, World War Two, and other conflicts. Ceremonies will take place at War Memorials in Ballymena, Carrickfer

Sport Certificate in Horse Care Management learners received their qualifications at the Equine Awards Ceremony at Enniskillen Campus. Pictured are Abbie Thompson from Antrim , Aine Sweeney from Burtonport, Co Donegal, Alisha Cooper from Kells and Maria Elliott from Ballinamallard along with CAFRE Equine Lecturer, Dr Rachel Annan. The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) hosted its annual Awards Ceremony on Friday 17 October 2025, celebrating the outstan

The Kells, Connor and Glenwherry Angling Club has expressed “deep disappointment and frustration” after the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) once again refused to grant permits needed to reopen their river hatchery — a conservation project aimed at restoring dwindling salmon and Dollaghan trout populations in the Kellswater River system. The group said the hatchery could have played a vital role in protecting native fish and educating local sc

A free six-week programme combining football training with youth development workshops is set to launch in Kells this weekend, offering...

Kells Connor & Glenwherry Angling Club has announced that it has successfully secured funding from the Northern Ireland Environment...

Representatives of Kells, Connor & Glenwherry Angling Club, along with local schoolchildren welcomed DAERA Minister Andrew Muir to view...

The declining Dollaghan Trout (All images: Kells, Connor & Glenwherry Angling Club) A County Antrim angling club has secured backing from...

Pictured with the Mayor are Michael Willis, Director of the Budget Energy SuperCupNI, and County Antrim Junior Squad members Noah...

Sophie McAllister, judge Sue Wilkinson and Elizabeth McAllister pictured with the Balmoral Show Beltex Champion and Reserve Champion. The...

The first Abbey Autoline Bursary was presented to Matthew Arbuckle, by Lucia Turner, Agriculture Team Leader at Abbey Autoline. Matthew...

Pictured with Minister Muir are members of the Auld Toon Scots society in Kells along with Briege Conway manager of the Northern Area...

Gareth Cooper, the River Enhancement Officer for the Kells, Connor & Glenwherry Angling Club Local angling communities are raising alarms...

A number of events will take place this coming weekend across Mid and East Antrim as communities going together to mark Remembrance...

ion Ventures Ltd (ion Ventures), an international energy transition platform focused on developing, building, owning and operating...

The Kells, Connor and Glenwherry Angling Club River Enhancement Officer Gareth Cooper and TUV North Antrim MP Jim Allister. North Antrim...

The Kells, Connor and Glenwherry Angling Club have expressed serious disappointment at the refusal by DAERA of a major initiative aimed...

CCTV images released by the business owner A local business has appealed for information to help identify a man who was captured on CCTV...

Councillor Alan Barr  Braid Ulster Unionist Councillor, Alan Barr, has called for the installation of a bus shelter in the villages of...