The Whitehead branch of the Royal British Legion is holding a coffee morning on Saturday in Whitehead Community Centre (9.30am - 12.30).

BANBRIDGE walkers are being urged to step out in aid of international charity WaterAid by climbing their favourite mountain.

THE local branch of the TUV has made a fresh call for people to sign the petition opposing a ‘Terrorist Shrine at the Maze’.

AN inspirational woman from Annaclone near Banbridge, who has been fostering children for more than 15 years, has been named Foster Carer of the Year 2013.

AS part of their 70th anniversary celebrations members of Dromore Cathedral Girls Brigade attended a Celebration Dinner for past members and current leaders in Brownlow Castle on Thursday evening.

THE district’s farmers have been advised to make full use of the 2013 DARD (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) Fodder Transport Scheme.

POLICE are investigating an alleged attack on a woman at the Belmont Hotel, Banbridge, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

AS Banbridge students buckle down for exams, TV Licensing is offering some good news in that those moving home for the summer might be able to claim a refund on their TV Licence.

A 26-YEAR-OLD man is still being questioned by detectives following the attempted murders of three police officers in Dunmurry.

A NEWLY-WED couple from Banbridge had a honeymoon they will never forget after the aircraft they were travelling on had to make an emergency landing in Bermuda.

JUST over three years after once keen archer Stephanie Shannon was badly injured in an accident on Dromore’s Ballynahinch Road, her family is planning to stage a second fundraising archery shoot in aid of the Child Brain Injury Trust.

LOWER Iveagh Royal Arch Purple District Chapter No1 is holding its Annual District Service on Sunday 12 May.

A DROMORE Orange Lodge recently sent one of its members to deliver a donation to the Buddy Bear Trust Conductive Education School.

A BLACKSKULL mother whose daughter has a congenital heart defect has been told there are no school places for either her daughter or son.

EDUCATION minister John O’Dowd has refused a meeting to discuss his rejection of an additional classroom at Donacloney Primary School.

BRITISH Foundation Northern Ireland will be carrying out door to door fundraising in the Dromore area between 13 May and 19 May.

DROMORE High School pupil Sophie Fletcher has been named the KEY Programme’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

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