Duke Street re-opens but security alert still ongoing in Waterside area of Derry
The PSNI has re-opened the Duke Street area of the Waterside to traffic but has said that the security alerts at the railway station and the Quarry Steps in the Spencer Road area remain ongoing. The...
View ArticleDerry security alert ends after 'nothing untoward' found by police
A security alert in Derry has ended after the PSNI confirmed that 'nothing untoward' was found during searches of a number of areas in the Waterside. The railway station at Duke Street was evacuated...
View ArticleFire Service tackle blaze at flat in Galliagh area of Derry
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) are currently attending a blaze in the Galliagh area of Derry. The fire broke out at a flat in the Altcar Park area (pictured) earlier tonight. The...
View Article£1,000 window smashed a former Derry Turner Prize building
Police in Derry are appealing for information about damage caused to a large glass pane at the former Turner Prize building in Ebrington Square in the Waterside area of the city. Two males and one...
View ArticleGreyhound racing: tonight's Brandywell card
First race 8.00pm. Race 1 (300 yards): 1, Mulroy Cruise; 2, Inishowen Review; 3, Shanless Lucy; 4, Any Thingway; 5, Cologue Star; 6, Equity Faith. Race 2 (300 yards): 1, Gash Louis; 2, Clean Sheet; 3,...
View ArticleForum dates confirmed for 'When the Bogside Spinster Met the Carndonagh Stud'
The Millennium Forum has announced tickets are now on sale for the new Brian Foster play, “When The Bogside Spinster Met The Carndonagh Stud,” which will run in the Forum from Wednesday, 16 November to...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: 7 December 2015 (updated)
ALEXANDER, Essie – 6th December 6th 2015, (peacefully) at Rush Hall Nursing Home, Limavady. much loved wife of Sammy, loving mother of Hilary and James, devoted grandmother of Daniel, Faith and Martha,...
View ArticleDeath crash driver has jail sentenced doubled
The Court of Appeal in Dublin has doubled the jail sentence handed down to the driver of Ireland’s worst ever road crash. Eight people died in the horrific crash on the Buncrana to Clonmany road in...
View Article‘Cahoon should never be let out of prison’: murder victim's family
The family of a murdered Derry mother-of-four has said her killer should never be released from prison. Stephen Cahoon, with a last address at Harvey Street in Derry, was found guilty by unanimous...
View ArticleMcEleney frustrated by Derry efforts to keep him at Brandywell
Derry City Football Club looks to have lost the battle to keep Patrick McEleney at the Brandywell. The 23-year-old has been continuously linked with a move away from his hometown club in recent weeks,...
View ArticleDerry mourns loss of Paddy O’Donnell: a ‘true gentleman’
Derry is mourning the loss of one of its most popular and well-known athletics coaches, Paddy O’Donnell. Paddy (pictured), a stalwart of athletics locally for close to four decades, led countless...
View ArticleDerry police defend actions during Waterside security alerts
Derry’s most senior police officer has defended the PSNI’s actions during weekend security alerts after questions were raised over its handling of the incident. The alert was raised after 3.00pm on...
View ArticleResidents felt ‘abandoned’ after Derry homes hit by flash flooding
A number of Derry families have hit out at the response from a housing association after gallons of mud swamped their homes during a flash flood at the weekend. Houses in the Ballymagowan area of...
View ArticleGreyhound racing: tonight's Brandywell results
Race 1 (300 yards): 1, Any Thingaway 9/4 fav; 2, Mulroy Cruise 5/2. Time: 17.30. Distance; 4 lengths. Race 2 (300 yards): 1, Clean Sheet 1/1 fav; 2, Coolronan Cuckoo 4/2. Time: 17.05. Distance: 3.5...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: 8 December 2015
McLAUGHLIN, Rita (née Kelly) - 7th December 2015, beloved wife of the late Gerry, loving mother of Pauline, Martina, Kieran and the late Michael and Lynne, dear mother-in-law of Gerard and Colm, a much...
View Article‘Cowboy operators’ will not be tolerated at Altnagelvin car park
The chairman of the Western Health Trust has given assurances that ‘cowboy operators’ will not be brought in to manage new car parking arrangements at Altnagelvin Hospital. It comes after the Trust...
View ArticleLocal councillor to appear in court charged with drink-driving... for a third...
A unionist councillor on Derry City and Strabane District Council is to appear in court later this month charged with drink driving for a third time. The allegations arise out of a two-vehicle crash...
View ArticleRamsey’s replacement to be named before Christmas
The SDLP in Derry will select a replacement for the Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey within the next three weeks, the party leader has confirmed. Mr Ramsey, 57, announced his retirement from politics last week,...
View ArticleDerry school kids win major competition
Young entrepreneurs at a Derry school have won a major competition. Students at Lisneal College in the Waterside area of the city scooped the Overall Company award at The Big Market event in Belfast....
View ArticleHuge increase in number of autism referrals for local children
There has been a significant increase in the numbers of local children being referred to autism assessment over the past seven months, it has emerged. The figure was revealed at a meeting of the board...
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