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Communities Minister joins Olympic Champion Hannah Scott at Bann Rowing Club for boat launch
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons pictured with Olympic Medallist, Hannah Scott, MBE unveiling a boat named in her honour. Communities...
Oct 12, 2025
New EU Entry-Exit System: What British travellers need to know from today
British holidaymakers and business travellers heading to Europe are being urged to prepare for new digital border checks from today, as...
Oct 12, 2025
Naomi Long: ‘Prisons must be places of hope, rehabilitation and support’
Marking Prisons Week (13-18 October), Beverley Wall, Director General of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, visited Maghaberry Prison...
Oct 12, 2025
Nesbitt urges ‘compassionate and confident’ unionism for a new era in landmark UUP conference speech
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Mike Nesbitt MLA Ulster Unionist Party Leader Mike Nesbitt MLA has called for a “radical reconciliation”...
Oct 11, 2025
NI schools benefit as Tesco expands free fruit and veg initiative to help more children eat healthier
Tesco has announced the expansion of its Fruit & Veg for Schools programme, ensuring thousands more pupils across the UK – including in...
Oct 11, 2025
Larne Leisure Centre gym welcomes members back as refurbishment moves ahead
Larne Leisure Centre gym The phased reopening of Larne Leisure Centre has reached another important milestone, with the gym officially...
Oct 11, 2025
“Be the change”: Mayor Leah Kirkpatrick shares powerful message on motherhood and politics
Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Councillor Leah Kirkpatrick Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Ulster...
Oct 11, 2025
New digital campaign empowers Year 8 pupils with mental health and wellbeing apps
On World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2025, the Health and Education Ministers of Northern Ireland launched an innovative digital...
Oct 11, 2025
Dobbies’ Antrim and Lisburn stores unveil magical Christmas shops with nearly 600 new products
Dobbies Garden Centres has officially opened its highly anticipated Christmas shops in Lisburn and Antrim, inviting customers to...
Oct 11, 2025
Robin Swann: One year in Westminster – and just getting started
Ulster Unionist Party MP Robin Swann (South Antrim) Ulster Unionist Party MP Robin Swann has told party members that “the Ulster Unionist...
Oct 11, 2025
Cookstown man, 21, named as victim of fatal road traffic collision
21-year-old Thomas Lagan Police have named the man who tragically died following a two-vehicle collision in Cookstown on Friday morning,...
Oct 11, 2025
New British passport featuring King Charles III’s Coat of Arms to be issued from December
The new British passport bearing His Majesty King Charles III’s Coat of Arms The first British passports to bear His Majesty King Charles...
Oct 11, 2025
Stewart Dickson MLA calls for urgent action on brain cancer inspired by Co Antrim young mum Rachael
Alliance MLA for East Antrim, Stewart Dickson , has delivered a powerful appeal in the Northern Ireland Assembly for increased research...
Oct 10, 2025
Tragic Cookstown road collision claims life of 21-year-old man
A 21-year-old man has died following a two-vehicle road traffic collision in the Cookstown area early this morning, Friday 10th October....
Oct 10, 2025
Council responds to FSA consultation on ‘non-compliant’ food sales like American candy
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has responded to a Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation on how to deal with the sale of ...
Oct 10, 2025
Derry Girls actor Jamie Beamish inspires Ballymena students through creative cross-border project
Derry Girls and Bridgerton actor Jamie Beamish delivers a workshop to performing arts students at St Patrick's College in Ballymena....
Oct 10, 2025
Secret tobacco factory dismantled in major HMRC operation in Northern Ireland
A secret tobacco factory — one of the largest and most sophisticated ever uncovered in Northern Ireland — has been dismantled following a...
Oct 10, 2025
Ballymena Cancer Research Group hosts exclusive Blue Lights Q&A with co-creator Declan Lawn
Declan Lawn, co-creator, writer, and director of the BAFTA award-winning series Blue Lights In a perfect fusion of television stardom and...
Oct 10, 2025
Enough is enough: Allister demands end to Sea Border ‘obstruction’ as EU calls for stricter enforcement
Pictured: Jim Allister KC MP, the leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) In a robust rebuke to recent European Union demands, Jim...
Oct 10, 2025
Northern Trust’s healthy eating revolution: Fresher options in cafes and vending machines
Staff from Braid Valley canteen are among those supporting newly revised nutritional standards within health and social care settings. In...
Oct 10, 2025
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