Stories By Richard Burden
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Craigavon
/ 1 month ago‘Lean on us’: All invited as life-saving Just A Chat charity to open new Craigavon community hub tomorrow
Saturday will be a red letter day for the people of Craigavon and beyond with the official opening of a new...
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News
/ 1 month agoDual language English and Irish street signs approved at Portadown estate
Dual English and Irish language street signs are to be erected in a Portadown housing development after two thirds of residents...
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Armagh
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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
/ 1 month 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...
