- New venture tackles illegal dumping
- Tennent's treat for unsigned bands
- People urged not to use smoky coal
- New moderator makes community vow
- Legal chief 'could face Assembly'
- Killer bug found in more baby units
- Property prices 'tumble by 10%'
- Robinson 'targeting liberal voters'
- Church leader's prayers for Paisley
- Court cases to face time limits
- Airport emergency jet lands safely
- Republic 'should join Commonwealth'
- Maze group chairman to be appointed
- Concern over school toilet training
- Man, 21, arrested in murder probe
- New Presbyterian Moderator named
News
Watch out for counterfeit notes
POLICE have received a number of reports of counterfeit £20 bank notes in circulation over the last week in the Banbridge area.
A Lyttle donation to Donard’s Disney fund
DONARD School’s Disney trip fund is set to get a Lyttle bigger as a local musician - and uncle of one of the nursery pupils - donates proceeds from the sale of his new CD.
District labelled badger baiting ‘hotspot’
LOCAL criminals involved in arranging cruel fights between badgers and dogs will be tracked down and arrested.
Caution urged over special education reform
DUP Chairman of the Education Committee Mervyn Storey MLA has urged John O’Dowd to proceed with caution when reforming the Special Educational Needs provisions in Northern Ireland.
Locals urged to vote for Dromore contestant Ryan
A DROMORE High School pupil is one of two Northern Ireland contestants from among an overall entry of more than 1,000 to have reached the semi-finals of a design competition run by WWF and Tetra Pak.
Sport
Sweeps, Winter League results and mental mastery
SWEEP RESULTS - SATURDAY JANUARY 28 - The course was frozen early on and playing conditions were far from easy.
Heavy loss for U11s
TOWN Juniors U11s were unlucky to conceed six goals in what was a closer game than the scoreline suggests.
Academy hit double figures in cup game
BANBRIDGE Academy Firsts, sponsored by The Belmont Hotel, began their defense of the Burney Cup against Ballyclare High School at Havelock Park on Friday.
Village Seconds get revenge for earlier league defeat
THIS was a big game in the title race for the 3C title with the Bangor side the only team to have beaten Dromara in the league this season.
Late Rafferty strike denies Town a point
BANBRIDGE Town welcomed back Ryan Moffatt and Mattie McCartan to their starting line-up against Steel and Sons Cup winners Bangor.
Video
Ireland put Wales defeat behind them and get back to work video
With just a six day turnaround between their late defeat to Wales and their next game against France, Ireland are back down to business as they look to get their Six Nations campaign back on track.
Lifestyle
Study looks at deprivation and dereliction in Dromore
A REPORT quantifying town centre dereliction, social and economic need in Dromore has been presented to Banbridge District Council.
Mystery Co Down man wins £1,000,000
A MYSTERY National Lottery player from Co Down has banked £1 million without ever touching a ticket.
Ex-pats keep in tune with Rathfriland during festive period
RATHFRILAND ex-pats from as far away as Saudi Arabia, Australia and Canada were able to enjoy some voices from home over the festive period, thanks to community radio station Fuse FM.
Community
Plans for Dromore Jubilee event
A PUBLIC meeting is to be held in Dromore with a view to planning a Diamond Jubilee event in town.
Sorrow and disbelief at Issac’s passing
PROFOUND sorrow and a sense of disbelief was felt throughout the Loughbrickland and Banbridge district and indeed much further afield when it was learned of the sudden passing of Mr. Isaac Alexander Moorhead which occurred at his home 6 Maple Drive, Loughbrickland on Wednesday January 11.
Historical society goes back to your roots
WHO are you? That is the question which will be posed to those attending the next meeting of Banbridge Historical Society on Thursday February 2. Ian Mxwell, a genealogy researcher who was previously employed by the Public Records Office (PRONI) will give an illustrated talk on the methods used to identify one’s ancesters.
Banbridge student rows her boat for charity
A BANBRIDGE medical student has set herself a tough physical challenge as part of her involvement with Queen’s University’s rowing club.
Male Voice Choir get in tune for Age NI
Dromore and District Male Voice Choir will perform with internationally renowned Northern Irish Soprano & Universal Records Artist, Margaret Keys, at Belfast’s Ulster Hall on Friday February 24 at 7.45pm, in support of Age NI’s Spread the Warmth campaign.
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Weather for Banbridge
Thursday 09 February 2012
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