Well known Ards family to celebrate 100th anniversary with charity fundraiser
CELEBRATING over 100 years of being part of the fabric of Newtownards, the Cafolla family hopes to raise funds for a charity close to...
Living legend Tommy honoured for huge Children’s Hospice support
By Ismay Woods
LEGENDS will often be memorialised in statute form – but one local ‘living legend’ has been captured in an unusual way –...
Geese invasion sparks concern
By Julie Waters
A KILLINCHY farmer fears his family’s Highland cattle could be forced off their idyllic island home after an invasion by thousands of...
Horse rally returns with beach, batons and brave hearts
Five teams of riders will thunder along the sand this Saturday as Donaghadee’s best-loved summer festival tradition, the Horse Relay, returns to the town’s...
First look at Newtownards’ new library
PLANS for a major new library and citizens’ hub in the heart of Newtownards have been unveiled, giving local people a first look at...
Killinchy dad raises over £15k for hospital which saved his daughter
By Lesley Walsh
MORE than £15,000 has been raised for a specialist children’s hospital unit which helped save the life of a three year-old girl.
A...
Campaign running to seek return of Norman ‘Movilla Stones’
By Julie Waters
THE campaign to return Movilla Abbey’s 13th century Anglo-Norman coffin lids to the borough is gathering pace, eight years after they were...
Mystery over who owns Killyleagh wall damaged in Storm Bram
By Sarah Curran
THE owner of a damaged seawall in Killyleagh is proving to be ‘untraceable’ a local councillor has said.
A damaged section of seawall...
Six crashes in two weeks on dangerous Ards to Portaferry Road
By Violet Brown
CALLS have intensified for road safety improvements on the Newtownards to Portaferry road after two cars crashed onto the beach at the...
Dancing partners from Ards and Lisbane win gold for Northern Ireland
By Joe McCann
TWO young women from Lisbane and Newtownards have celebrated 15 years of dancing together by winning the Global Dance Open Finals in...