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Tue, May 22, 2018
Thursday, 24 May 2018
SIR William Wright has been made a Knight Bachelor of the British Empire by HRH the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace...
Thursday, 24 May 2018
Bad news for Cullybackey as 48 jobs go at poultry firm. Green Pastures 'shelve' their supermarket plan.Tributes to a wel...
Thursday, 24 May 2018
A FAMILY from the foot of Slemish have been given a major award for their innovative use of recycled materal in their ga...
Thursday, 17 May 2018
CARNINY Primary School Principal, Mr. Raymond Ross, has said the school is "absolutely delighted" with the news that th...
Thursday, 17 May 2018
ULSTER Unionist Councillor Lindsay Millar is in line to become the new Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.Miss...
Thursday, 17 May 2018
THE ongoing public battle against the litter louts continued at the weekend with a major clean-up taking place in the ru...
Thursday, 10 May 2018
A SCHEME to create a car and lorry free walking and cycling route from Ballymena to Cushendall is being planned. Mid and...
Thursday, 10 May 2018
COUNCILS across Northern Ireland have been encouraged to do their bit to tackle ovarian cancer - by lacing up for charit...
Thursday, 10 May 2018
BALLYMENA Celebrity chef Jenny Bristow will be doing her bit to boost the local farming and food industry by serving up...
Thursday, 3 May 2018
BERTNEL Thompson was honoured at Saturday night's Awards Evening at Ballymena Showgrounds.Ballymena United's long-servin...
Thursday, 3 May 2018
CULLYBACKEY residents say they are sick and tired of discarded 'dog poo' bags blighting the area.As the backlash agains...
Thursday, 3 May 2018
WE'VE uncovered a treasure trove of 80s pictures!Don't worry folks .. they're all in the best possible taste and we'll b...
Thursday, 3 May 2018
TICKETS for a performance by The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines are now available.The band will perform at a specia...
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Freedom honour for 'humbled' Mrs. Joan Christie Mrs Joan Christie CVO OBE has said she was 'humbled' to receive the Hono...
Thursday, 26 April 2018
A NEW home-made authentic Italian restaurant has opened its doors in Ballymena.Based at 88 Lower Mill Street in the town...
Thursday, 26 April 2018
A BALLYMENA woman has set herself a 354 hour walking challenge in memory of her husband who sadly died from cancer.Davy ...
Thursday, 19 April 2018
A BALLYMENA woman will be part of an engineering team tasked with building a potentially life-saving bridge in Rwanda....
Thursday, 19 April 2018
MORE THAN 40 volunteers took part in a community clean-up in Cullybackey recently.Cullybackey Community Partnership and ...
Thursday, 19 April 2018
A NUMBER of 'Ghost Tommies' will be erected in Mid and East Antrim to commemorate the centenary of the end of the Great ...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
PRIMARY school children are to be given the opportunity to name an iconic new meeting place in the heart of Ballymena - ...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
IN A highly unsual event in local Orange Order history, a lodge which folded many years ago has been brought back to lif...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
THE sun shone brightly for the official opening of the new new facilities at Tullygarley's state of the art play park.I...
Thursday, 12 April 2018
BALLYMENA London Landmarks Half Marathon in a faster time than expected coming in at 2.06.56 hours.The delighted former ...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
THIS week's Ballymena Guardian contains a great historical feature about one of the last great battles of World War One....
Thursday, 5 April 2018
BALLYMENA could soon be able to bloast even more 'bedspace' to cope with increased tourism.Plans filed with the Mid and ...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
DETECTIVES in Ballymena are appealing for information following a burglary at commercial premises in the Martinstown are...
Thursday, 5 April 2018
THE Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Forest Service has launched a public consultation o...
Thursday, 29 March 2018
THE Michelin tyre factory in Ballymena is to be turned into a business park, creating the potential for hundreds of jobs...
Thursday, 29 March 2018
THE arrival of the framework beams for Ballymena's new bandstand became a social media sensation last Tuesday evening.Lo...
Thursday, 29 March 2018
AN alleged blackmail victim was escorted into a bank after being informed of a £10,000 "bounty on his head", the High Co...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
POLICE probing alleged disorder and assaults in Ballymena have linked subsequent 'racial incidents' to comments and spec...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
MR. JOE Gaston, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist who lost his leg to an IRA bomb while serving with the UDR has passed ...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
PORTRUSH based artist Adrian Margey will be launching his 2018 exhibition series with a major exhibition and sale of wor...
Thursday, 22 March 2018
POLICE in Ballymena are appealing for witnesses following a robbery in the Smithfield place area on the evening of Wedne...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
RELATIONS between the political parties on Mid and East Antrim Borough Council are at an historic low after bitter confr...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
NORTH Antrim MP Ian Paisley is set to cement his relationship with US President Donald Trump. Mr. Paisley says he is the...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
CHILDREN in the Glenravel area are putting their mark on a new community campaign to make rural roads in County Antrim s...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
THE Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines will be on the march to Mid and East Antrim for a spectacular display later this...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
BALLYMENA'S controversial new bandstand will begin to take shape in the coming weeks - signifying the end of the mutli-...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
THOUSANDS of people are expected to tackle the slopes of the historic Slemish Mountain this St Patrick's Day. Mid and Ea...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
A MID and East Antrim Borough Council officer is preparing to embark on a special study visit to Israel after being sele...
Thursday, 8 March 2018
MOTORISTS who regularly use the A36 Ballymena/Larne Road are facing two months of diversion misery. The route, which is ...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
BALLEE Youth Club is set to close its doors for the final time on March 14.The club, which first opened in 1978, is to ...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
AS USUAL we have some super old pictures in our 'blast from the past' section.And we are sure this snap of a Ballymena B...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
ULSTER Unionist Councillor Stephen Nicholl has called for robust action to be taken against fly-tippers."Further inciden...
Thursday, 1 March 2018
'JINGLE All The Way' in Ballymena has raised an amazing £51,539 for Northern Ireland Children's Hospice!The staggering a...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
THE Ballymena public has rallied together to raise thousands of pounds following the tragic death of five-year-old Kayde...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
KAYDEN Fleck's parents have urged anyone who saw their two boys on the day of the tragedy to contact police. Speaking to...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
A MAJOR project which aims to compile information about men from rural areas of Ballymena district who served in the 191...
Thursday, 22 February 2018
WORK on a £200,000 flood alleviation scheme in Ahoghill began this week.The scheme has been developed following the floo...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
IN this week's Ballymena Guardian we cover the community response to the tragic death of local youngster Kayden Fleck.Ka...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
UP to 95 jobs are under threat at Wrightbus in Ballymena as the result of "challenging market conditions", the company h...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
THE googlers were working overtime on Saturday evening as people right across the UK and further afield searched for inf...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
THE Guardian understands that a major property deal which could potentially have significant employment benefits for the...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
IF your neighbour's dog is driving you 'barking' mad - you're not alone, as Mid and East Antrim Borough Council received...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
BALLYMENA man John Ibbotson would not be alive today if it were not for the valuable services of 'Good Morning Ballymen...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
YOU don't have to watch David Attenborough's sobering 'Blue Planet' documentary to appreciate the drastic impact human c...
Thursday, 8 February 2018
BROUGHSHANE is celebrating this week after making it into the final of the Channel 4 series UK Village of the Year.This ...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
AFTER a huge flood of complaints from irate motorists, the growing pothole pressure looks as if it has finally told on ...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
THE TV screens in Broughshane will be buzzing on Friday when the village appears in the Channel 4 programme Village of t...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
AS Ballymena faces a financial future without traditional mainstays of local employment such as JTI and, within months, ...
Thursday, 1 February 2018
AN 18-year-old from Cullybackey has been granted a very special wish by the Armagh based charity iCare. Having been diag...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
A YOUNG Ballymena boy who was born with congenital heart disease officially opened the new British Heart Foundation Nort...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
OUR photographers were there to record the latest Cambridge House Open Day event.Hundreds went along to the Saturday mon...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
THE family of nine-year-old Ethan McClean from Ballymena have vowed to continue with their plans for a dream holiday aft...
Thursday, 25 January 2018
THE funeral of Mr. David Patton, the famed building contractor whose firm employed thousands of local people over the ye...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
BALLYMENA residents have voiced their disappointment following the dismantling of the old, traditional style bandstand ...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
CHIEF Executive of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Anne Donaghy, has spoken of her "horror" at potential cuts to se...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
BALLYMENA film star, Liam Neeson, has been awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad.The...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
WANT to find out more about the role played by local men and women from across the district in World War One?The Ballyme...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
See this week's paper for a superb selection of pictures from Cullybackey College 6th form formal!You can depend on the...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
WITH the water fairly calm and on a showery but nippy New Years Day, as 12noon struck, a total of 91 hardy souls plunged...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
WORK has begun to dismantle the bandstand at Broadway in Ballymena Town Centre.The move is the next phase of the multi-m...
Thursday, 11 January 2018
THE state of the road network right across the Ballymena area has caused widespread anger amongst motorists.In the after...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
BALLYMENA Academy pupil, Katie McKillen was barrister of the Competition in the recent Bar Mock Trial in Londonderry.As ...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
A SLIMMING World Consultant from Ballymena has been congratulated on helping slimmers to lose weight and change their li...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
NORTHERN Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) has said that 2018 must be "the year of change and progre...
Thursday, 4 January 2018
THE Mayor of Mid and East Antrim is holding a free music concert at McNeill Theatre, Larne on Friday, January 12.Student...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
HOUSEHOLDERS in Ballymena have been warned to be on their guard about potential scams over the holiday period, with many...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
A Ballymena milkman, who retired earlier this month was "overwhelmed" by the number of cards and messages of thanks he r...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
THE Mayor of Mid and East Antrim has paid tribute to Ballymena Guardian editor, Jim Flanagan, as the highly respected jo...
Thursday, 28 December 2017
DUNCLUG College pupil, Rebecca Fowler, is in a class of her own!She was among 55 outstanding local students who were rec...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
LITTLE Ellie McAuley and her parents have an extra special reason for celebrating this Christmas! For the Dunvale family...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
BALLYMENA Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its annual Christmas social and networking event in the Adair Ar...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
PEDESTRIANS using Ballymena town centre last week have hit out at the treacherous state of the footpaths during the Arct...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
THERE was good news at Braidside Integrated Primary School last week, with the announcement that a contractor has been a...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
A BALLYMENA scientist is leading an international team which has discovered a new way of preventing the development of b...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
A BALLYMENA-based community co-operative has won a UK-wide award in recognition of its work in seeking to transform the ...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
AN Industrial Tribunal has found that a man, who worked for Gallaher Limited in Ballymena for 27 years, was discriminate...
Thursday, 14 December 2017
THE Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Councillor Paul Reid, has condemned a racist attack on homes in Ballymena.The PSNI has...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
A NEW "state of the art" unique medical centre based in a historic old church in Ahoghill was officially opened last wee...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
MORE than £9,000 was spent on the clean up of bonfires in Ballymena during July 2017, with that cost rising to almost £3...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
AN innovative move by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has proved to be a key ingredient in the growth of pavement ca...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
LOCAL community groups are being asked to come up with amazing ideas that celebrate local wildlife and bring people toge...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
WORK on a key part of the £4m Public Realm scheme to redevelop the bandstand area in Ballymena town centre will be compl...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
A SENIOR civil servant has recommended refusal of a plan to build one of Ireland's largest solar power stations near Kel...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
THE 9th annual Christmas Cantata takes place in First Ballymoney Church on Friday and Sunday, (December 8 and 10) at 7pm...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
ONE of Ballymena's last remaining milkmen is due to retire on his 60th birthday this weekend.Robert Ross from Townhill R...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
COURT proceedings in Ballymena were halted last week and the main hearings room evacuated, while police with specially t...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
BALLYMENA continues to hand out the highest number of parking fines of any local town, excluding Northern Ireland's five...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MP, Ian Paisley is set to join business leaders, parliamentarians, and Royalty this Thursday, November ...
Thursday, 23 November 2017
THE Ballymena Inner Wheel Club recently held a very successful 'Crazy Whist' evening at the Michelin Athletic Club recen...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
BALLYMENA SDLP councillor, Declan O'Loan, has said he is considering possible "further action", after the formal rejecti...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
THIS PAST week I have been embedded with the 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment in Kenya as part of the Armed Forces ...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
A UNITE union campaign demanding that the threat to jobs at Bombardier be overturned has received the backing of Mid and...
Thursday, 16 November 2017
THE 'Jingle All The Way' fund raising cavalcade in Ballymena takes place on Saturday, November 25 (2pm).Proceeds from th...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MLA, Paul Frew, has welcomed planned action to combat the flash flooding which devastated the centre of...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
BALLYMENA town was awash with visitors from all over Northern Ireland last Thursday as the town hosted the biggest day i...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
BOYZONE fever descended on Ballymena last week as Shane Lynch rolled into the Fairhill Centre to launch his new clothing...
Thursday, 9 November 2017
BACK in 1985 a group of medical staff from The Braid Valley Hospital, pulled together to entertain their patients using ...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
VANDALS who broke into a Ballymena wastewater treatment station could have killed themselves, NI Water warned last night...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
FORMER Ballymena Academy teacher, Norman S. Wilson, who left school at the age of 14 without a single qualification to h...
Thursday, 2 November 2017
AN AHOGHILL man has stumbled upon what he believes may be the remains of a 'Fairey Firefly' plane used in the World War ...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
A BROUGHSHANE man has said he is "lucky to be alive" after a tree crashed into his home, narrowly missing him, as Storm ...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
AROUND 500 people packed into the Tullyglass House Hotel last week for Ballymena's annual business excellence awards.The...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
A BALLYMENA tourist guide has discovered long lost relatives from Canada following a "total and utter coincidence" after...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
NORTH Antrim DUP MP, Ian Paisley, has written the foreword and introduction to a prestigious book written by Neil Thornt...
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...
