It’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...

Judge said he’d ‘be amazed’ if asylum seeker with three unrestrained children in car ever pays fine

An Afghan asylum seeker who was found with three young children unrestrained in the back of a car has been issued...

Man with ‘addiction’ to pregabalin fined after member of public spotted ‘drug exchange’ in Lurgan

A Portadown man who was arrested after members of the public reported seeing a "drug exchange from a vehicle" has been...

‘Never ever drink and drive’: One crashes in Newry, another charged after dramatic Craigavon pursuit

A motorist almost three times the legal drink-drive limit was arrested after a one-vehicle collision in the Newry area on Wednesday...

Carrickblacker House in Portadown to be replaced with larger Georgian-style home

Planning approval has been granted for the erection of a two-storey replacement dwelling and garage on the footprint of Carrickblacker House,...

Alderman ‘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...

R-driver clocked at 91mph on M1 said he received call that his father had ‘fallen unwell’

An R-driver clocked at 91mph on the M1 outside Portadown said he had received a call from his father to say...

Portadown drink driver detected after getting stuck in flood waters in Tandragee

A Portadown man who tried to reverse his car away from flood water after being rescued by a telehander – all...

Potential 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...

‘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...

Portadown man (52) who assaulted minor for kicking his door warned not to ‘take law into his own hands’

The defence counsel of a man warned not to "take the law into his own hands" after assaulting a minor said...

Long-derelict block of shops and offices in Portadown to be brought back into use as apartments

A long-derelict block of shops and offices in Portadown town centre is to be brought back into use as new housing....