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Recent News

• McIlroy and Lightbody to graduate to greater things

  01 February 2012

  TWO of North Down’s leading lights are in line for further honours for their stellar achievements.

• Clock ticking on Central dream

  01 February 2012

  PUPILS, teachers and politicians came together this week to ram home that time is about to run out on Bangor Central’s dream new school.

• Race ace buys grammar school

  01 February 2012

  SPORTS superstar Eddie Irvine has made a surprise new purchase – Bangor Grammar School.

• Leisure Centre branded ‘ageing’ and ‘outdated’

  01 February 2012

  A DAMNING report has revealed that Bangor’s 40 year old council run leisure centre is in unbelievably poor shape and that time is running out for parts of the Castle Park complex.

• Smoking ´martyr´ locked up

  01 February 2012

  CONTROVERSIAL smoking champion Chris Carter has carried out his threat to go to jail rather than pay a £1,250 for lighting-up illegally in Bangor’s Town Hall over four years ago.

• Salvation Army celebrates 124 years in Bangor

  01 February 2012

  BANGOR Salvation Army is celebrating 124 years of witness and ministry in the town.

• Seniors ‘armed’ to deal with bogus callers

  25 January 2012

  WOULD you know how to deal with a bogus caller at your door, or someone on the phone trying to sell you something or get some information from you?

• Graveyard ghouls

  25 January 2012

  VANDALS who ripped two ornamental hearts off a grave have been branded as ‘devoid of humanity’.

• Low bridge signs ‘not good enough’

  25 January 2012

  THERE are fresh calls this week for improved warning signs at a problem low bridge, after another lorry encountered a ‘dead end’ there.

• Police tackle rising tide of house burglaries

  25 January 2012

  NORTH Down police are continuing to tackle a rising tide of domestic burglaries, it has emerged this week.

• Saints alive in historic Abbey’s new centre

  25 January 2012

  HUNDREDS of guests have gathered to celebrate the official opening of a distinctive new Bangor landmark - the new Bangor Abbey Parish Centre.

• Village draws battle lines over flats

  25 January 2012

  A CONTROVERSIAL plan to demolish two bungalows and replace them with an apartment complex at the scenic ‘gateway’ to Groomsport has local people and politicians up in arms.

• Thieves declare war on memorials

  19 January 2012

  A BATTLE has begun to save North Down’s war memorials - from thieves.

• New vision for town centre

  19 January 2012

  A TOP Bangor official has unveiled a brand new vision for the town centre – fewer shops, more houses and more services for local residents.

• Rough justice

  19 January 2012

  A 77 year old leukaemia patient´s car was crushed by police after they stopped him for a faulty brake light.

• ‘Put me behind bars’, says Carter

  19 January 2012

  “MY time has come!” That’s the message from anti-smoking ban campaigner Chris Carter who has vowed to go to prison rather than cough up for a £1,250 fine for lighting up illegally in Bangor’s Town Hall.

• Anti-social ‘vermin’ terrorise Bangor family

  19 January 2012

  A DISTRAUGHT Bangor mother has branded as ‘vermin’ the anti-social youths who are terrorising her family.

• Handbag thieves target 22 women

  19 January 2012

  A SHOCKING crime spree which has resulted in a blitz of handbag thefts from vehicles in Holywood over Christmas has continued well into the New Year - with 22 victims now reported to police.

• Cyclist Tom (86) thanks two Good Samaritans

  19 January 2012

  KEEN Bangor cyclist Tom Roycroft has warmly thanked the two Good Samaritans who came to his rescue after he broke his hip.

• Blaze was arson

  11 January 2012

  ARSONISTS are believed to have set a former Bangor restaurant ablaze on Tuesday night at Clandeboye Retail Park.

• Valerie Blue reflects on local fame

  11 January 2012

  WITH the advent of X Factor and other talent shows like Pop Idol it is easy to overlook the fact that talented young people in the 1960s and 70s had to work a lot harder in order to make an impact in the world around them.

• Tanker oil transfer ends pollution fear

  11 January 2012

  A HUGE sigh of relief has been breathed around North Down after over 50,000 tons of oil was successfully removed from the damaged super-tanker which had been anchored off the borough’s coast since before Christmas.

• Strictly come donating

  11 January 2012

  THIS is the Bangor dad hoping to tap his way into much-needed cash for a local children’s charity.

• Unwanted pets are latest credit crunch casualties

  11 January 2012

  CONLIG’S Assisi Animal Sanctuary is facing an influx in the number of unwanted animals as the credit crunch tightens its grip on North Down.

• Community voices concerns over rape case

  11 January 2012

  COMMUNITY concerns are high over the police handling of an alleged rape case.

• New date expected for pool opening

  11 January 2012

  BANGOR’S £40m Olympic pool build has made another false start with completion delayed to 2013, according to reports at Bangor Town Hall.