Agriculture Minister receives death threat following controversial cattle cull in Co. Tyrone
By Joe McCann
AGRICULTURE Minister Andrew Muir has said he has received a death threat in the fallout which emerged from a controversial cattle cull...
Calls for more clothing banks on the Ards Peninsula
By Sarah Curran
CLOTHING bank shortages across the Ards peninsula need to be addressed, a local politician has claimed. Alderman Robert Adair is calling on...
NI Water admit they have no idea how much pollution is pouring into Strangford...
By Julie Waters
NORTHERN Ireland Water has no idea how much sewage is being discharged into local waterways, including the internationally renowned Strangford Lough.
The revelation...
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Whiterock could become official bathing beach
By Julie Waters
A POPULAR beach on the shores of Strangford Lough could become Ards and North Down's 10th designated bathing water site under proposals...
Historic famine graveyard in Newtownards to be restored
By Joe McCann
A LONG-awaited restoration project at one of Newtownards’ most important historic sites is gathering pace.
The famine-era graveyard known as Bully’s Acre is...
Council split over Wicklow seminar decision
By Julie Waters
THE €50 cost of sending a councillor to a history festival in Wicklow reduced local politicians to deadlock at a recent meeting...
Could an Ards councillor become the next North Down UUP Stormont candidate?
By Julie Waters
THE identity of the Ulster Unionist candidate that local people will be able to vote for in North Down’s forthcoming Assembly election...
Sewage shocker as Strangford Lough flooded with waste
By Julie Waters
IT’s one of the most protected marine environments in Northern Ireland, yet new figures have revealed that just one outlet is responsible...
Ards grandfather praises lifesaving children after serious fall
By Ismay Woods
TWO 11 year-olds have been credited for helping to save the life of a Newtownards grandfather after he sustained a serious head...