No ‘dial-emma’ for planners backing BT phonebox axe in favour of new Banbridge ‘digi street hub’

Banbridge is ringing in the changes with a traditional BT payphone box in the town centre is to be scrapped and...

Dungannon library closes ‘for number of weeks’ to facilitate repair works

Dungannon Library has issued an urgent notice to members that it has been regrettably forced to close due to “damage”. In...

Six months prison term for Buckfast drinker who assaulted police officers

A Buckfast-drinking man from Lurgan who punched a police officer and attempted to headbutt another has been jailed for six months.......

Cross-border police pursuit through Newry ends with arrest in Armagh

A suspected drink or drug driver has been arrested after a cross-border pursuit which began in the Republic of Ireland and...

‘Completely stupid’ early morning cross-border chase costs Forkhill teen his licence

A 19-year-old Forkhill man who led police and An Garda Síochána on a cross-border pursuit after repeatedly ramming a PSNI vehicle...

Co Armagh teens resurrect short-lived flute band 50 years on after seizing upon idea at the Somme

From following in the footsteps of the Fallen at the Somme, to marching the streets of County Armagh and beyond, a...

Man accused of asking nine-year-old girls in Finland to perform sex acts with hairbrush bailed

A 40-year-old man has been bailed following accusations that he asked two nine-year-old girls in Finland to perform sex acts with...

Driver disqualified for series of motoring offences told ‘you may sell your Mercedes’

A man with a “substantial record” for motoring offences has been disqualified from driving, warned of jail time and told “you...

‘Heartbreak’ as charitable Tandragee winter wonderland comes to ‘unforeseen end’

A Tandragee winter-wonderland that has over the course of the last 13 years raised over £46,000 for charity will sadly no...

Vietnamese man found in Co Armagh house with cannabis plants claimed he was ‘abducted’ after crossing English Channel in small boat

A Vietnamese man found in a house in County Armagh where cannabis plants were being grown, claimed to have crossed the...

Poyntzpass lorry driver has ‘premium’ put on his ban after refusing breath tests following late-night crash

A Poyntzpass lorry driver who failed to cooperate with police after reporting his car was taken from his driveway and crashed...

They’re Craigavon a laugh: Déjà vu as councillor forced to flag missed bin collections yet again!

Bin there, done that! Or, in Craigavon, as the case may be, didn’t! For missed bins again have left ratepayers there...