Extension to remote learning for schoolchildren as ‘Stay at Home’ message becomes law in NI

Schoolchildren across Northern Ireland will enter an “extended period of remote learning” the Executive have tonight (Monday) confirmed. The Executive met...

Concerns as GB-based retailers withdraw from offering deliveries to Northern Ireland

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has written to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove to call for urgent action to be taken on...

Plans for new off licence to replace former chip shop

A chip shop in Kildress looks set to be transformed into an off-licence following the submission of a planning application to...

Council considering plans for pig fattening unit near Ballygawley

Mid Ulster District Council’s planners are currently considering an application for the erection of a pig fattening unit near Ballygawley. The...

Criticism over confidential Council business is silenced

Two members of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council have criticised the decision to have specific items of business heard confidentially, to...

Police response to care home resident incident ‘reasonable and proportionate’

Relatives of a vulnerable care home resident left petrified after police were called as “a deterrent” to his clinically-recognised behavioural issues...

Billionaire businessman behind plans for massive discount retail store at heart of Co Tyrone town

Billionaire businessman Mike Ashley is behind plans to open a massive discount retail store in the heart of County Tyrone, Tyrone...

Newmills man’s relentless efforts to make life for rural residents that bit safer

A Newmills man who has cleaned over 130 road signs across rural Mid Ulster has called on people to do what...

Mid Ulster Council to gift staff working on Christmas Eve extra day’s annual leave

Mid Ulster District Council has confirmed it will gift staff working this Christmas Eve an extra day’s annual leave. Speaking to...

Brighter days ahead for Railway Park, Dungannon as lighting improvements get underway

Brighter days are ahead for Railway Park, Dungannon and not just because of the stretch in the evenings as the days...