Two County Derry community groups have been awarded funding from BBC Children in Need to help make a positive difference to lives of children and young people in the area.
Roe Valley Residents Association were rewarded £52,321 while Feeny Community Association picked up a grant for £28,200.
The allocation of these grants was announced at a special [...]

When Magherafelt man Kenny Gibson applied for a hearing dog his family and friends thought he was barking mad.
But Kenny’s new found K-9 friend Troy has transformed his life.
And the pet pooch was recently won the ‘life-changing hearing dog of the year’ at the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People awards in London.
Kenny, who has been [...]

MAGHERA and Portglenone are to host heats of the North’s most prestigious beauty contest.
The search for the new 2010 Miss Northern Ireland was launched last week and local girls are to be given the chance to impress at two local heats.
Walsh’s Hotel in Maghera will host a heat on Friday, May 7, and another heat [...]

Police have launched a probe after a financial worker was robbed at knifepoint in Magherafelt last week.
The man, who works for Provident Personal Credit, claims he was approached by a man with a knife as he got into his car at around 9.30am on Tuesday, February 23 at Mullaghboy Crecent .
The man says the thief, [...]

A new water treatment plant has been causing a stink among householders and business people in a north Derry village.
Claudy residents say a gas-like odour from water treatment works, which are located just yards from a housing estate, a football pitch and a health centre, is creating problems.
Eddie McLaughlin, who lives beside the plant in [...]

A south Derry advice service has handled a staggering £3.5 million in debt in the last 11 months it has emerged.
The shocking extent of debt in the distrtict emerged at the launch of a specialised advice service in Magherafelt last week.
Funded by the local council, Magherafelt District Advice Service, recently secured funding from the Department [...]

Two Magherafelt based paramedics have been hailed as heroes after pulling an ill woman from a burning ambulance.
The £100,000 ambulance was transferring a female patient to Antrim Area Hospital when it began to fill with smoke as they sped along the M2 towards Antrim around 4pm on Sunday.
After pulling over to the side of the [...]

SEVEN community groups in Magherafelt have secured funding of more than £180,000, it was revealed yesterday.
The money is to be handed out through the European Union’s new PEACE III Programme which is delivered through the council areas of Magherafelt, Cookstown, Dungannon and South Tyrone and Fermanagh.
The cluster has a budget of over £3.4million [...]

A three day event in County Derry at the end of April is set to reunite O’Kane’s, Mullan’s, Keane’s and McCloskey’s from far and wide.
Organisers behind the O’Cathain festival have been planning the event since last June and are hoping it will attract hundreds of people who want to learn more about their heritage.
The last [...]

Big hearted truckers across the county are planning a massive fundraising event later this year.
And all cash raised will go towards the construction of a palliative care unit at Antrim Area Hospital.
The centre is set to be run by Macmillan Cancer Support and will help people who have contracted the disease.
Organised by the Mid-Ulster Truckers, [...]