Stories By Richard Burden
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Armagh
/ 2 weeks agoIt’s good to talk: 12 new ‘Chatty Benches’ to help reduce loneliness to be installed in borough parks
Twelve new ‘Chatty Benches’ – designed to help reduce loneliness and isolation by giving people the chance to sit down and...
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News
/ 2 weeks agoPost-mortem to determine cause of death after ‘body discovered in field’ in Aughnacloy
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a man in the Mill Road area of Aughnacloy. Locals reported...
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Newry
/ 2 weeks agoBarry back with ’10k a day for 100 days’ challenge for addictions charity which helped save his life
A Newry man is once again pushing himself to the limit and running 10km a day for 100 days to raise...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks agoSouthern Trust ‘out of kilter’ over domiciliary care with claims £11m could be saved as Department asked to intervene
The Department of Health should order the Southern Trust to conduct a ‘value for money’ study on spending on home care...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks agoPlans to build new 46-bedroom care home near Armagh
A new 46-bed nursing home could be built close to Armagh. The development is planned on the Drumilly Road, on the same site as the...
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Portadown
/ 3 weeks agoAlderman ‘swings’ into action as deadline after deadline for new Killicomaine play park ‘slides’ by
Children in the Killicomaine area of Portadown are facing another long summer without their promised play park with one angry local...
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Banbridge
/ 3 weeks ago‘Get to grips with it’: Missed bin collections ‘overshadowing’ work of street cleansing crews
ABC Council needs to “get to grips” with missed bin collections as it is “overshadowing” the “excellent work” being done elsewhere,...
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Lurgan
/ 3 weeks agoNew modern community hub plan revealed to bring Lurgan bank building back into productive use
A County Armagh charitable organisation has sets its sights on opening a new community hub in a former bank. The Allied...
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Lurgan
/ 3 weeks agoLurgan family’s pride as little lady Sadie makes pageant history at just two years old
What a little lady Sadie is! At just two years of age, the Lurgan lass has won Diamond Ireland’s Tiny Miss...
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Banbridge
/ 3 weeks agoBanbridge Buskfest date hits bum note with menswear store who fear trade loss day before Father’s Day
It may be an annual favourite in the borough calendar but timing, as they say, is everything. For as ABC Council...
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Craigavon
/ 3 weeks agoPotential bike and scooter park costs sought as way to save green areas from damage by young people
Fresh calls have been made for ‘bike jump’ or ’scooter park’ facilities to help deter young people causing ongoing damage to...
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Armagh
/ 3 weeks ago‘I’ll miss them all’: Dr McAlinden ‘overwhelmed’ by well wishes as she retires after almost 30 years as Tynan GP
‘A wonderful GP’, ‘more like a friend than a doctor’ and ‘always there when our family needed her’. The vast number...
