Fears for future of home help services

FEARS have been expressed that a month-long move to hand over local home help services to the private sector might become...

Kingsmill massacre memorial unveiled

Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy has welcomed the unveiling of a new memorial to the victims of the Kingsmills Massacre. Mr...

Darkley: It can be a ‘hidden gem’

Darkley and its surrounding area can be a hidden gem and that it’s potential should be fully explored. SDLP councillor Thomas...

Roads closed as crowds gather

POLICE are advising that a number of roads have been closed tonight (Monday) in Portadown after what a PSNI spokesman described as a “build-up” of...

Middletown play park work due to start

WORK is due to start on a new play park in Middletown early in August.   Local Sinn Fein Councillor Darren McNally...

Smaller show of lambs at Markethill

THE seasonal good weather resulted in a smaller show of lambs at Markethill on Wednesday, July 10. Heavy lambs sold from £94.50...

Chronic fuel laundering crime to be tackled more effectively

SDLP Councillor Thomas O’Hanlon has welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister Alex Attwood MLA that he is to invest a further...

Riot averted after youths set fire to bins

Armagh City councillors have praised the actions of a local community activist who defused a potentially violent situation on the evening...

Kennedy salutes ‘glorious Newtownhamilton twelfth’

The Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for Newry & Armagh, Danny Kennedy MLA has warmly congratulated the WDM, Officers and members of Newtownhamilton District LOL No 9 for organising what...

UPDATE: Security alert ended in Hamiltonsbawn

The security alert in Bawn Meadows, Hamiltonsbawn has ended. ATO attended the scene and made safe a small viable explosive device....

Thieves snatch Armagh GAA tops

POLICE are advising people not to buy Armagh Gaelic football tops from unusual sources. It follows the theft from a shop...

Mobile roaming charges to be axed

TENS of thousands of mobile phone users in border areas of South Armagh will be better off after the announcement by the...