A family from Drumsurn have spoken of their devastation after their house was badly damaged in a fire which started on their neighbour’s property.
Trevor and Linda Irwin’s Temain Road home went up in flames on July 2 after a fire started in a shed in their neighbour’s yard.
The couple, who have a daughter, Caitlin, were [...]
COUNTY Derry band General Fiasco have been nominated for a prestigious award by one of the world’s biggest rock magazines.
The band, made up of brothers Owen and Enda Strathern from Bellaghy and Stephen Leacock from Upperlands, have been announced as one of the nominees for the Kerrang! Awards.
The lads are up for Best British Newcomer [...]
A County Derry woman has won €72,000 on a major TV show.
Margaret O’Hagan last week took part in RTE’s ‘The Big Money Game’ on behalf of her mother Kathleen who’s from Desertmartin.
And Margaret certainly did her mother proud by scooping a fantastic amount.
Kathleen celebrated her 87th birthday last month. Her late husband Seamus passed away [...]
A terrified chip shop worker was taken to hospital after a day light robbery last week.
The Magherafelt woman needed treatment for shock after a masked man carried out the raid at Marvin’s chip shop on the Ballyronan Road at 10am last Sunday.
The woman, who is in her 40’s, was opening up at the premises when [...]
Worried homeowners in Magherafelt have vowed to fight plans to build a major food store in the south Derry town.
Magherafelt based Conway Group has revealed plans to construct a £17 million store on a 13 acre site at the Moneymore Road in Magherafelt.
The firm claims up to 200 jobs could be created during construction and [...]
A County Derry man has complained about the quality of care given to his mother at a local hospital.
Kilrea man Francis McWilliams says he was forced to change and clean his 87-year-old mother Nancy during a recent visit to the Causeway Hospital where she is a patient.
The angry Kilrea man says he was disappointed by [...]
The grieving widow of a County Derry man who was killed after falling at work has hit out at the penalty handed down to the firm responsible for breaching health and safety regulations.
Jonathan Friel, a married father of two, suffered severe head injuries and died two weeks after falling through unsupported plywood while working on [...]
Campaigners have vowed to continue their fight to have essential Accident and Emergency services restored to the Mid Ulster Hospital.
Since the unit closed last Monday the campaign to block the closures has continued to gather momentum.
The hospital received a further blow last night when Northern Trust chiefs confirmed that operating hours at the radiology( x-ray) [...]
Homes in Claudy and Eglinton received a face lift recently after the Housing Executive installed new kitchens.
PK Murphy Construction Ltd were responsible for installing new kitchens in 55 Housing Executive homes.
The project which cost £277,000 included homes in Millpath in Eglinton and Desmond Avenue in Claudy.
Commenting on the completion of this project, Trevor Glenn, Operations [...]
A pack of ‘devil dogs’ are being blamed for killing ten lambs in a crazed weekend attack.
The new born lambs were savaged as they grazed in a field in the Temple Road/Glen Road district of Garvagh.
It is understood there was a total of 12 lambs in the field but by the time the killer K9’s [...]
