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Sat, October 21, 2017
Thursday, 19 October 2017
FORMER Ballymena Mayor, councillor Audrey Wales, has called for footpath cycling in the town centre to be BANNED - befor...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
AHOGHILL has clinched the top prize in the 60th anniversary year of the Northern Ireland Best Kept City, Town and Villag...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
THE Northern Health and Social Care Trust Board has approved standing down all but one of the 'major and/or controversia...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to continue to try to stop the demolition of the 'listed' Magill Hall at First Presbyterian Churc...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
MID and East Antrim councillors were last week split over plans to obtain a full liquor license for the Braid Town Hall,...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
A CAMPAIGN is underway to ensure all local people who lost their lives during the First World War are remembered on Ball...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
SCHOOL principals met in Ballymena last week to discuss the impact that cuts to the education budget are having on schoo...
Thursday, 12 October 2017
MID and East Antrim Council last weeek approved plans to demolish the Magill Hall at First Presbyterian Church in Brough...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
BALLYMENA ratepayers will have to foot their share of a legal bill of close to a quarter of a million pounds associated ...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
MID and East Borough Council has "completely" rejected an allegation that recruitment to its most senior positions since...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
UK Agriculture minister, Michael Gove, reiterated his commitment to the local farming industry in a speech at a gala din...
Thursday, 5 October 2017
THE names of the finalists for the 2017 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards have been revealed. The awards are organise...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
MID and East Antrim Council has denied that any employee posed as a BBC reporter to garner information about a court cas...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
A PAINTING by renowned artist, William Collins, has been bought in a Portglenone charity shop for just £5. The picture -...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
THE provision of a multi-million pound regional hospital in Ballymena to service a large part of County Antrim is part o...
Thursday, 28 September 2017
A NEW Farm Watch scheme has been launched across Mid and East Antrim to help tackle rural crime.It will see the Mid and ...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
BALLYMENA police are targeting a number of local speeding 'hotspots' in an effort to help cut carnage on the roads.Last ...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
BALLYMENA boy, Ethan McClean, celebrated his ninth birthday last week with wellwishers from all over the world!And Ethan...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
THE Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Hudson, has launched an investigation into allegations North Antri...
Thursday, 21 September 2017
A NEW consultation has opened on the proposed parliamentary constituencies for Northern Ireland which, if implemented, w...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
THE distraught father of a nine-year-old boy who is fighting for his life in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital has urged...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
PRINCE Harry is officially the new royal pride of Ballee!As soon as word got around that his first ever public engagemen...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
THE family of a Ballymena man who was attacked and left for dead following a friend's wedding have appealed to the publi...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
NORTH Antrim MP Ian Paisley will know within the next few days whether he is to face a formal investigation into claims ...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
A BALLYMENA family is appealing to the local community to help give their very special ill little boy a birthday to reme...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
BALLYMENA four-year-old, Joe Lamont is said to be "recovering well" after receiving a second organ from his mother.As fe...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
THE grieving wife of Ballymena man, Patrick Faith, who tragically died during a family holiday in Bulgaria, hope to have...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
A CULLYBACKEY couple, caught up in the terrifying Tropical Storm 'Harvey' during a visit to their son in Houston, have d...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
AN Ahoghill butcher was left counting the cost of last week's freak heavy downpour which flooded the centre of the villa...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
AHOGHILL woman, Danielle Hollinger, is calling on everyone in the Ballymena community to put on their best walking boots...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
DETECTIVES from the PSNI's Cyber Crime Centre are advising County Antrim businesses to be on the alert for a phishing sc...
Thursday, 31 August 2017
MID and East Antrim's flower power was on recently at the Borough's third annual show and summer fair.The Market Yard, L...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
THE full make up of the Board of Directors, which will administer the £5m Gallaher Trust aimed at creating jobs and stim...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
TRIBUTES have been paid to the two Ballymena men who were found dead at a property in the Ballee area on Sunday morning....
Thursday, 24 August 2017
MID and East Antrim Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) has had its allocation of funding for this year cut...
Thursday, 24 August 2017
THE Housing Executive plans to spend more than £17m in upgrading and maintaining its properties across Mid and East Antr...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
DEVOTED Ballymena mum, Sarah Lamont, is set to donate one of her kidneys to her much loved son Joe in a lifesaving opera...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A COURAGEOUS young Ballymena man, who was so low he tried to take his own life, has spoken of how a special Prince's Tru...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A DISPUTE between water quality inspectors at County Hall in Ballymena and Mid and East Antrim Council, over what their ...
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A CAMPAIGN aimed at substantially reducing the amount of food waste sent to landfill in Mid and East Antrim has been hai...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
CULLYBACKEY Army Cadets will be starting back on Wednesday September 6, at Cullybackey College (7-9pm).All are welcome t...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
A CHARITY for teenagers and young adults living with congenital heart disease has benefitted from more than £3,000 of fu...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
THE High Sheriff of County Antrim has been appointed Midtown Makers Studio and Shop Ambassador!Ms Miranda Tisdale was we...
Thursday, 10 August 2017
WOMEN'S Aid in Ballymena has been given almost £98,000 to support a project working with children and young people - tha...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
TWO sisters came within minutes of being killed - or seriously injured - after a car crashed into their garden at The Sh...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
RED Bay RNLI rescued two men last Friday afternoon after their 10m yacht encountered steering problems off Rathlin Islan...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
THE quest to find cleanest, greenest and most beautiful places in the UK in 2017 is underway. From Aberdeen in Scotland ...
Thursday, 3 August 2017
ANNUAL cycling event Fun Run of the Glens (FROG) has gone from strength to strength with over 600 road or static cyclist...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
DETECTIVES investigating serious crime seized a significant amount of drugs, cash and drug-related paraphernalia in Ball...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
TWO community groups in the Ballymena area are celebrating being awarded nearly £15,000 in National Lottery funding.All ...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
A GLENARM man has fulfilled a 25 year dream of restoring a 10 foot water wheel back to its former glory!David Alexander ...
Thursday, 27 July 2017
A BALLYMENA teenager, who loved to watch her grandfather work on cars as a child, is currently Peugeot's only female app...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
ULSTER Unionist leader and North Antrim MLA, Robin Swann, has urged the community to beware of bogus callers after he hi...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
FORMER Vogue model and TV dancer, Patience Bradley, has revealed the story behind how she sold late Lord Bannside his fa...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
BALLEE residents are brushing up on their culinary skills at a new cookery class funded by the Housing Executive. The co...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
BALLYMENA residents have been rallying together in recent weeks in a final push for floral excellence ahead of visits by...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
AN extraordinary 'chance' meeting on a train led to a Ballymena woman's reunion with a man, who was able to provide her ...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
NORTHERN Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is urging Ballymena's bonfire builders to think safety first when build...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
LOCAL wind energy company, Simple Power, has announced a new CSR partnership with the Community Rescue Service (CRS) whi...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
BALLYKEEL primary school pupil, Mark Lynn, has been named a 'heart hero' at a prstigious awards ceremony.The award was h...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
BALLYMENA'S grand old lady, marvellous Maud Nicholl, had 108 reasons to smile yesterday (Monday) - one for every year of...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
A former pub, destroyed by an IRA bomb more than 40 years ago, is being transformed into a £1m community hub that will b...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
FOURTOWNS primary school pupil Hannah McFarland has scooped top prize in a national 'design a drone' competition.The com...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Two Co Antrim men, jailed for a total of 25 years last week for the brutal murder of Chinese businessman Nelson Cheung, ...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
MID and East Antrim Council is conducting an internal probe into the procurement of a major professional services contra...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
MID and East Antrim Borough Council is to lead and administer a 'crises' fund to help support an organisation providing ...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
THE Ballymena Branch of the Royal British Legion, in conjunction with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, will commemor...
Thursday, 29 June 2017
WORK has begun on a £2m investment programme at Northern Ireland's premier luxury Resort, Galgorm Resort and Spa. The ex...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
A NURSE from Martinstown has been hailed a heroine after saving the life of an English holidaymaker in Portugal.Yvonne H...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
FIVE local people received recognition at the weekend in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.Mr James Perry was been award...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
THE Ulster Unionist group leader on Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, councillor Stephen Nicholl, is to try to force ...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
SPEAKING at the launch, Mayor of Mid & East Antrim Borough Council, Cllr Paul Reid, said: "Here in Mid and East Antrim w...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
NEW North Antrim MP, Ian Paisley, said yesterday, that the DUP now had a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to wield signi...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
LARNE DUP councillor and Presbyterian minister, Paul Reid, is the new mayor of Mid and East Antrim.As the Guardian revea...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
YOUNG people from a number of Ballymena schools were treated to a visit to the Mayor's parlour recently for a presentati...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
BALLYMENA town centre will be transformed into a fun and exciting summer carnival on Saturday, June 24 and everyone is w...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
THE businesses badly affected by the devastating effects of a fire in the centre of Ballymena last week, have thanked th...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
THE new mayor of Mid and East Antrim, expected to be Larne DUP councillor, Paul Reid, will be elected at the annual meet...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
AN inquest in Ballymena last week heard a Coroner describe the prescription drug Tramadol as the "number one killer drug...
Thursday, 8 June 2017
NORTH Antrim's 77,000 voters go to the polls this Thursday, June 8, to elect the area's new MP.There are six candidates ...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
THE Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, councillor Audrey Wales, has said the local community "stand in solidarity" with the p...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
AHOGHILL toddler, Ethan Connor, has just become the youngest person in the world to visit all 50 American states - compl...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
A COPY of the Ballymena Guardian signed by editor, Jim Flanagan, is part of a package of items of interest to be 'locked...
Thursday, 1 June 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MLA Mervyn Storey has hosted a meeting with all the key partners in relation to the new build for Cully...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
PORTGLENONE'S Anna Henry has been crowned as the new Miss Northern Ireland.The 22-year-old Renewable Energy engineering ...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
THE former UKIP leader and arch 'Brexit' campaigner, Nigel Farage, has backed Ian Paisley's bid to retain his seat in No...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
BALLYMENA town Centre resounded to the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Scotland last week in a spectacular display o...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
INCREASES in drugs, cyber and sexual offences contributed to a rise in crime in Mid and East Antrim last year, new figur...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
POLICE are appealing for help in identifying 'hooligans' who marred one of the greatest nights in Ballymena United recen...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
NORTH Antrim's 77,000 voters will have six candidates to choose from when they go to the polls in the General Election o...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
A CARNLOUGH man was handed a seven month prison sentence at Ballymena Magistrate's Court last week, after "slapping" his...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
JOE Thompson, a man steeped in efforts to improve the lives of young people in Ballykeel, has retired from his voluntary...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
NI WATER is to carry out an emergency CCTV inspection of a sewer flowing into the River Braid near the Ecos Centre, afte...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
PLANS are being drawn up for a memorial to honour the 42 Gibraltar evacuees who died between 1944 and 1948 while living ...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
NORTH West Mountain Rescue's new Team Leader, local woman Hazel Anderson, has said a big "thank you" to the people of Ba...
Thursday, 11 May 2017
INVEST Northern Ireland, CEO Alastair Hamilton, last week announced a £5.5m investment by Wrightbus to develop and manuf...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
AHOGHILL born London Ambulance paramedic, Gary Moody, is to receive a special recognition award for his bravery in deali...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
JACKSON Minford, son of the first Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly after devolved Government was restored in 197...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
HOLLYWOOD star Liam Neeson has surprised Ballymena Nursery School with a signed photograph to mark their 50th anniversar...
Thursday, 4 May 2017
TWO concerts by Ballymena's Seven Towers Male Voice Choir raised £1,573 for Meningitis Research Foundation.“Thanks...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
MORE than 60 workers at the JTI factory at Galgorm are to get an extra five months work due to tobacco supply needs, the...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
ARSONISTS caused tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage to one of the main play areas at People's Park in Ballymena...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
NORTH Antrim Ulster Unionist MLA, Robin Swann, has yet to declare whether or not he will be a candidate in the constitue...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
THE Shanes Castle May Day Steam Rally is being held in the beautiful picturesque grounds surrounding the ruins of the ol...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
A LITTLE Ballymena girl, who has one of the world's rarest medical conditions, is preparing for a trip with her parents ...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
THE Ballymena Guardian, in conjunction with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, this week launches a major series exami...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
THE Northern Regional College, which has three campuses in Ballymena, is reviewing its staff monitoring procedures after...
Thursday, 20 April 2017
THE annual Ballymena Easter Egg Run last weekend raised £2,476 for Marie Curie Northern Ireland.Four-hundred-and-fifty b...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
BALLYMENA'S traders are to join forces with the police and Mid and East Antrim council to draw up plans to combat footba...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
A BIG call has gone out for the Ballymena public to get voting for Ballykeel primary school British Heart Foundation 'yo...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
A FIREFIGHTER fled from the Dunclug housing estate in Ballymena, after coming under attack early on Sunday morning, Apri...
Thursday, 13 April 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MLA, Paul Frew, has claimed motorists are dicing with death by continuing to turn right on to the A26 d...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
VANDALS who broke into the new £20m state-of-the-art Castle Tower school in Ballymena last weekend and daubed graffiti o...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
BALLYMENA'S new police chief, superintendent Darrin Jones, attended his first public meting of the Policing and Communit...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
KELLS based barrister Emma Mallon was among 10 local lawyers who went "behind bars" last week to raise money for Interna...
Thursday, 6 April 2017
THE owner of a vehicle which sustained an overnight attack in the Antrim Road area of Ballymena has said she is "complet...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
THE new Charitable Trust set up to deliver JTI's £5m economic legacy fund in Ballymena has been named 'The Gallaher Trus...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
NORTH Antrim Ulster Unionist MLA, Robin Swann, is to be the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, confirming specula...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
A PROJECT working with disadvantaged children and young people in Ballymena has been awarded a grant of £45,961 by the B...
Thursday, 30 March 2017
BALLYMENA N.I. Hospice Support Group has presented a £73,540 cheque to the Northern Ireland Hospice!At the Group's recen...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
PLANS to demolish a well known church hall in Broughshane and replace it with a modern new building have been thwarted, ...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
THE company which owns Northern Ireland's biggest employer, Moy Park has become embroiled in a scandal which is engulfin...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
MID and East Antrim Borough Council has approved its first ever Community Plan, which sets out a long term vision for th...
Thursday, 23 March 2017
RADIO Cracker has held its annual presentation of cheques to Third World charities.A magnificent total of £63,800 was ra...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MP, Ian Paisley is the only local MP invited to a White House reception this week to meet US President,...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
WATER quality inspectors at County Hall in Ballymena are threatening industrial action over what they claim are "scandal...
Thursday, 16 March 2017
FLYING into Buckna just got a lot easier as planning permission was granted last week for a local aircraft landing strip...
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Thursday, 16 March 2017
THE Meningitis Research Foundation, in association with the family of Christopher McKee from Ballymena, raised a magnifi...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
ROBIN Swann's stunning victory in the North Antrim Assembly election on Friday was so comprehensive he was immediately b...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
A POLISH woman has been left in shock after her car was paint-bombed outside her home. At around 5.30am last Wednesday, ...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
MID and East Antrim councillors will collectively receive £579,400 in basic allowances for their services next year, bef...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
OF the smaller parties, the Alliance Party can take great satisfaction from a substantial increase in their percentage v...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
NORTH Antrim's 77,062 voters go to the polls this Thursday, (March 2) to elect their five new Assembly MLAs, with all ey...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
A CONVICTED murderer was sentenced to five years in jail on Friday (February 24) for the attempted robbery of two delive...
Thursday, 2 March 2017
AFTER a turbulent couple of weeks for Joe Lamont following his liver transplant, the four-year-old is back in the Royal ...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
WALLACE'S will open a new refurbished/reconfigerated store in Church Street/Wellington Street in the town later in the y...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
A BALLYMENA pensioner has been jailed for 30 months for historical sexual assault charges.Desmond Robinson (73), from Ki...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
BALLYMENA and Cullybackey have been selected to compete in the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom UK Fin...
Thursday, 23 February 2017
NI Water recently attended the regular meeting of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council in Ballymena to update members on ...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
A CORONER said last week that four opportunities were missed by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust to save the li...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
UP to 90 witnesses could be called at an Inquest into the shooting dead of a man at a police checkpoint on Easter Sunday...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
A TOTAL of £18,840, raised by the Antrim and Ballymena Branch of Guide Dogs NI, was recently presented to the charity. P...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
TWELVE candidates will be vying for North Antrim's five Assembly seats when voters go to the polls in North Antrim on Ma...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
BALLYMENA homeowners are facing an average rise of around £25 a year in their annual rates bill next year, the Guardian ...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
A Ballymena car dealer has spoken of his devastation after seven cars were stolen from his premises just days after he o...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
A 73-YEAR-OLD Ballymena yoga instructor, who has been warned to expect a jail sentence for historical sex offences, sent...
Thursday, 9 February 2017
MID and East Antrim Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) has met senior police officers to discuss ongoing i...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
NEW border arrangements created by the UK's decision to leave the European Union will bring "protest and violence" and h...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
WELL known North Antrim republican and former Ballymena Sinn Fein councillor, Monica Digney, is to stand in the North An...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
TRADING opportunities for Ballymena businesses in China were showcased during a high powered visit to the area yesterday...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
JOBSEEKERS in the Mid and East Antrim area are being urged to make the most of the major job fair being held in Ballymen...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
MID and East Antrim Borough Council has unveiled its plans for this year's St Patrick's Day event at Slemish on March 17...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
SLEMISH College, one of Northern Ireland's most successful integrated schools, is seeking to increase in size by 160 pup...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
NEARLY 3,000 voters have been removed from the Electoral Register in North Antrim since last year's European Referendum,...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
SHE is just five-years-old but little Avah McGinty from Martinstown has been through more in her short life than most ad...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
A 23-YEAR-OLD Ahoghill, who stabbed a couple in the Moat Bar last year, pleaded guilty last week to stealing jewellery a...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
AT least one of North Antrim's MLAs will lose their job at the next Assembly election, as the number of constituency rep...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
COMMUNITIES Minister, Paul Givan visited Ahoghill last week to discuss regeneration issues.North Antrim DUP MLA, Phillip...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
A PLANNING application by First Broughshane Presbyterian Church to demolish its church halls and erect a new building in...
Thursday, 19 January 2017
A ten-year-old boy danced for charity - and raised £1,713 for Northern Ireland Children's Hospice!Young Steven McKenna c...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
A TEENAGE Ballymena sea cadet has dramatically described how his training helped him to rescue his family after a horrif...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Ballymena man Brian McIlhagga in Ballymoney have renewed their appeal for informa...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MLA, Paul Frew, has pleaded with speeding drivers on the Old Cullybackey Road to slow down.His call com...
Thursday, 12 January 2017
FORMER Ballymena Academy science student, Michael Knowles, has been recognised at the prestigious Hans Sloane Awards cer...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
RADIO Cracker has done it again, raising an extraordinary £63,800 for local and Third World charities.The sound of the f...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
TWO important Ballymena car parking facilities have been upgraded as 'pay and display' operations.Mid and East Antrim Bo...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
MID and East Antrim Borough Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) has launched a novel method of communicatin...
Thursday, 5 January 2017
IT'S been a very busy day across all of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council's Household Recycling Centres (HRC), as peop...
Thursday, 29 December 2016
SCAMMERS are using Mid and East Antrim Borough Council's official telephone number to try to mislead people into believi...
Thursday, 29 December 2016
BALLYMENA Rotarians made up over 250 Christmas hampers this year and distributed them to less fortunate families through...
Thursday, 29 December 2016
HEALTH Minister, Michelle O'Neill, has announced a series of public meetings, including one in Ballymena in January, on ...
Thursday, 29 December 2016
FORMER Cambridge House Grammar School pupil, Nadine Ritchie, is celebrating winning a top award at the annual Ulster Uni...
Thursday, 22 December 2016
MID and East Antrim Council is seeking to establish what damage the potential loss of £400m from the Renewable Heat Ince...
Thursday, 22 December 2016
A YOUNG Cullybackey family is preparing for their first Christmas without their mum, but are sure her spiritual guiding ...
Thursday, 22 December 2016
A CLOUGH family are appealing for help to raise £350,000 for father-of-two, David McClean, to have life saving treatment...
Thursday, 22 December 2016
POLICE in Ballymena are appealing for witnesses and any information following a burglary in Kells in which a rare car wa...
Thursday, 15 December 2016
A NEW £8 million contract from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will provide 170 jobs in the Province - 150 of ...
Thursday, 15 December 2016
A FORMER employee of Sunstart Bakery, who stole almost £80,000 from the company, has been remanded into custody to be se...
Thursday, 15 December 2016
THE Compensation paid out to former Gallahers workers for hearing loss is set to cost over £1 million.Hundreds of worker...
Thursday, 15 December 2016
A PROPOSED new PSNI station in Ballymena was approved on Thursday, December 8 by the Policing Board. The 2016 Estate Str...
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
FIND your own Belfast in a city alive with festive fun. There's so much to see, do, taste and enjoy with wonderful Chris...
Thursday, 8 December 2016
TEN-year-old Jack Watt from Ballykeel is his mother's pride and joy!At this time of year, when most children are thinkin...
Thursday, 8 December 2016
FORMER North Antrim Sinn Fein MLA, Daithí McKay, last week revealed he has quit the party.Mr McKay stood down from the A...
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Northern Ireland Young Artist of the Year 2017 Competition, with a mouth watering first prize of £1,000, was launche...
Thursday, 8 December 2016
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman, who suffered life changing injuries in a car accident, has appealed to young people to "slow down" ...
Thursday, 1 December 2016
PLANS for the biggest urban regeneration programme in Ballymena's history costing around £200m were unveiled yesterday (...
Thursday, 1 December 2016
DOGS Trust celebrates its 125th anniversary this year and 21 proud members of staff at its Ballymena Rehoming Centre can...
Thursday, 1 December 2016
THREE men have been jailed for their roles in a vicious attack on their 16-year-old "friend" which left him with a three...
Thursday, 1 December 2016
THE gentle slopes on some of Ballymena's new town centre pavements have been attracting negative comments from some visu...
Thursday, 24 November 2016
WALKERS have been warned to take extra care after a father and his six-year-old son were dramatically rescued from Slemi...
Thursday, 24 November 2016
EIGHT people became ill after consuming cannabis at a house in Ballymena at the weekend.The incident underlines the dang...
Thursday, 24 November 2016
HOLLYWOOD star Liam Neeson's former boxing club has been dealt a blow, after failing to attract 'matched' funding for a ...
Thursday, 24 November 2016
TRANSPORT NI are to meet with objectors to plans to prohibit the right turn from Woodgreen Road onto the A26 Lisnevenagh...
Thursday, 17 November 2016
A MAN was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week for his part in the "sectarian intimidation" of an employee of Wrig...
Thursday, 17 November 2016
I MAKE it my business to promote and exploit the opportunities and contacts that I come across for the interest of my co...
Thursday, 17 November 2016
THE victims of an "unprovoked attack" in the Moat Bar in October 2015 said they are "disgusted" that the man who stabbed...
Thursday, 17 November 2016
THE principal of St. Patrick's College in Ballymena, Mrs Cate Magee, has spoken of the "despair" of the non-selective se...
Thursday, 10 November 2016
A BALLYMENA mother has vowed to 'go to the ends of the earth' to save her four-year-old son, who is in desperate need of...
Thursday, 10 November 2016
MID and East Antrim Borough Council Dog Warden is appealing for help in investigating an alleged dog attack that resulte...
Thursday, 10 November 2016
LIDL have backed the Good Morning Ballymena community organisation to the tune of £5,000, after asking people to vote fo...
Thursday, 10 November 2016
A POIGNANT ceremony was held in 1st Broughshane Presbyterian Church last week to mark the bravery of piper Richard Maybi...
Thursday, 3 November 2016
THE JTI factory at Galgorm has been acquired by Wrights Group in a multi-million deal which will facilitate the company'...
Thursday, 3 November 2016
THE Ballymena solicitor representing a woman who was planning a Judicial Review against the proposed closure of Ballymen...
Thursday, 3 November 2016
THE decision to close Ballymena's electoral office has been criticised by NIPSA, Northern Ireland's largest trade union ...
Thursday, 3 November 2016
BRIAN Dickey's farming diversification DVD has raised a staggering £10,000 for Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke!...
