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‘He was more than a publican’ – Tributes paid to popular Bangor bar owner
By Lesley Walsh
TRIBUTES have been paid to longstanding Bangor publican George McCann who has passed away.
Mr McCann pulled what many say was the best...
Bangor group’s fun production attracts worldwide fans
By Julie Waters
FROM Bangor to New York and Japan, the Ghostbuster festive video phenomenon Pass the Trap is proving to be a global hit...
Recycling centres walk-in trial is axed
By Joe McCann
COUNCILLORS have agreed not to continue with a trial recycling scheme at Home Recycling Centres (HRCs) which allowed for pedestrian only access...
Former ‘Dee school could become Killard House campus
A DISUSED former primary school in Donaghadee could become a second campus for the Killard special school.
St Anne’s Primary School closed in October 2023...
MLA highlights poverty on North Down’s ‘Gold Coast’
By Julie Waters
PEOPLE across North Down are being ‘pushed to breaking point’ as they struggle to survive against a backdrop of poverty, the cost...
Dozens of cattle now affected by disease in Bangor
By Violet Brown
BANGOR is at the centre of an Ireland-wide agricultural crisis after an outbreak of a deadly disease.
Forty six dairy cows have now...
Housing demand ‘outstrips’ supply across borough
ARDS and North Down is gripped in a ‘housing crisis’ with demand for social housing and private rentals far ‘outstripping’ supply.
According to Housing Executive...
Bangor teen launches fourth instalment of audiobook
A BANGOR teenager has launched the fourth instalment of an audio drama, developed with people from all over the world.
Seventeen year-old Luke Dowling, a...
Local duo brave the Irish Sea for bereaved children
THROUGHOUT November, Bangor friends Corrie Leitch and Johanne Jefferson completed a daily dip in Groomsport to raise funds and awareness for childhood bereavement charity,...
Hour’s grace would ease city’s ‘parking anxiety’
By Julie Waters
A LOCAL business leader has called for a festive parking scheme that gives shoppers an hour’s grace period in Lisburn and Newry...
Donaghadee lifeboat crew prepares for key Christmas voyage
VOLUNTEER crew members at Donaghadee Lifeboat Station have been called out 19 times this year already.
Without hesitation or complaint, they board their all-weather vessel...
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Bangor mum criticises lenient sentence after city centre assault
By Lesley Walsh
THE mother of a young Bangor man, badly injured in a drunken city centre assault, has strongly criticised the suspended prison sentence...
Brave the baltic for Helen’s Bay festive swim
HELEN’S Bay is set to make a splash once again as hardy swimmers dust off their festive togs for the 29th annual Christmas Eve...