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    New Year’s Day baby for Ards couple

      By Gabrielle Swan A NEWTOWNARDS couple welcomed a new arrival into the world on New Year’s Day. Baby Ezra was born to Katie McCartney and Aaron...

    New police appeal over Ards murder of loyalist

      POLICE have issued a new appeal into the savage murder of a leading loyalist in Newtownards 22 years ago. Thirty five year-old Stephen Warnock was...

    TV chef to headline Comber Earlies Food Festival

      IRISH TV chef Anna Haugh will headline this year’s Comber Earlies Food Festival. A familiar face on BBC shows such as Morning Live, Saturday Kitchen,...

    Tributes paid to former Portaferry man who touched many

    Tributes paid to former Portaferry man who touched many TRIBUTES have been paid to former Portaferry man, Joe Breen OBE, who died on Monday after...

    The Rivenwood Bomb and the Easter Tuesday Raid 

    Wartime museum recalls deadly impact of Luftwaffe raids THE recent discovery of a 500kg Second World War bomb in Newtownards has revived memories of the...

    Travel info ahead of Armed Forces Day

    SEVERAL travel restrictions and alternative plans will be put in place for the highly-anticipated Armed Forces Day this Saturday. The event at Ards Airfield is...

    Narrow escape for pair in mystery Ards blast

    MIRACULOUS By Lesley Walsh A NEWTOWNARDS woman and her disabled daughter are recovering in hospital following a ‘miraculous’ escape when an explosion ripped through their West...

    Football club restores memorial to UDR four killed in bombing

    FOOTBALLERS from Newtownards have helped restore a memorial to four UDR soldiers murdered by the IRA 34 years ago. John Bradley (25) , John Birch...

    Council appoints new chief exec

    MEET the new boss of Ards and North Down Council - Susie McCullough. A senior official on the council for the last seven years, she’s...

    OLYMPIC GOLD FOR RHYS

      ‘Find a dream that you love, chase it and enjoy that journey’ By Sarah Curran HOMECOMING celebration plans are underway to welcome the prince of the...

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