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Mon, May 20, 2013
Thursday, 16 May 2013
HRH Prince Michael of Kent attended a Civic Reception at Coleraine Borough Council Headquarters last night (Monday) to h...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
HEALTH officials will spend the next six months considering the future of Causeway Hospital, according to Minister Edwin...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
DOG owners have been left baffled as to why Coleraine Borough Council issued a consultation on proposed Dog Control Orde...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
A NORTH coast writer has won second prize in the first ever Blackstaff Press SkyPen Writing Competition. Claire Savage, ...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
THE victim of a weekend road accident near Portrush was a 56-year-old grandfather from Ballerin.He died following a coll...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
SOCIAL Development Minister Nelson McCausland has announced a £250,000 revamp for Coleraine's historic Waterside and Bri...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
COLERAINE councillors are pondering their political future this week after publication of proposals that will see their ...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
THE University of Ulster is investing £5.1m in a new teaching block on its Coleraine campus, the Chronicle can reveal th...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
POLICE in Coleraine have issued a warning over the dangers of legal highs.The advice comes in a week in which five local...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
COUNCILLORS from all parties, except the DUP, dramatically walked out of the Coleraine chamber during a row over the beh...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
THE most recent Portrush Resident and Visitor Survey revealed the fourth highest reason people liked Portrush was becaus...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
AN 18-year-old student from the Garvagh area is getting ready to make a massive sacrifice to help those who are undergoi...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
PLANS have been lodged to convert an abandoned house on Portrush's Station Square into a prominent sea front restaurant....
Thursday, 25 April 2013
A COLERAINE-BORN surgeon has relived the terrifying and bloody aftermath of last Monday's Boston Marathon bombing in whi...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
HUNDREDS of dog lovers took to the sands of Portrush this weekend to express defiance at council plans to ban pets from ...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
HE might usually fill the airwaves with his unique blend of wit and wisdom and toil away in the Chronicle newspaper offi...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
THE acting Principal of Dunluce School has led tributes to a Ballyrock pupil who passed away on Monday after losing his ...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
THE former operators of Portrush's Ramada Hotel fear jobs could at risk when the summer tourist season ends. The busines...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
AN experienced care home worker from Coleraine, whose "loss of self-control" resulted in her subjecting an elderly patie...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
THOSE with even a fleeting interest in magical entertainment will have heard of American escapologist Harry Houdini. The...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
UP to 1,000 dog-owners and their pets are expected to take part in a protest march on Portrush's West Strand later this ...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
NEWS of Margaret Thatcher's death on Monday has re-ignited memories of her visit to Coleraine 25 years ago.The Prime Min...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
DOG owners from as far away as South Africa have appealed to Coleraine Borough Council not to introduce 'draconian' Dog ...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
THE man who died during a fishing accident last week was a committed leader of Coleraine's beleaguered Driver and Vehicl...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
A PORTRUSH graduate has been awarded a £20,000 payout after mounting a sex discrimination case against an electrical who...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are a step closer to uncovering the lost 17th century town of Dunluce after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HL...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
PORTRUSH welcomed a pair of intrepid trekkers to the north coast over the Easter weekend as they took a brief respite fr...
Thursday, 4 April 2013
THE number of local people on low and medium incomes facing the prospect of being left homeless is on the rise, a leadin...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
COLERAINE Borough Council's Planning Committee will meet tonight (March 26) to discuss an application for a major new ho...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
A POLICE officer, who caused the death of a teenager by careless driving during a car chase, has been sentenced to 240 h...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
THE health minister has provided "unambiguous support" for Causeway Hospital's A&E department, according to a locally-ba...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
A COLERAINE councillor has questioned whether he and his colleagues are capable of taking planning decisions. Responsibi...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
COLERAINE Borough Council has insisted concerns over beach warning signs raised by the death of an 11-year-old girl have...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
NEW train timetables fail to take account of passengers travelling daily from Londonderry to work in Coleraine, accordin...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
THE Housing minister has ordered refurb-ishment of derelict housing stock revealed to a Province-wide audience by the TV...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
HEALTH service managers have called on the public to help ease pressure on A&E departments over the busy winter period. ...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
THREE Coleraine schools have rejected education board plans for restructuring the local post-primary sector and have ins...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
THE UK's Department for Transport has side-stepped questions over the future of Coleraine DVA jobs.Around 260 jobs have ...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
A CHARITY auction is being held this Saturday in support of a young local lad who is suffering from Leukaemia.Darren Moo...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
A SCHOOL from Coleraine is one of 10 in Northern Ireland set to share in a £1.1m funding boost from the Department of Ed...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
THE Secretary of State has expressed willingness to intervene ahead of a UK government decision on the future of Colerai...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
THE heartbroken parents of Lauren Minford, the young teacher tragically killed in a road accident near Portglenone on Fr...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
A VERITABLE 'whos-who' of the Irish music scene paid tribute to one of their own at the weekend - legendary Coleraine gu...
Thursday, 7 March 2013
HAVING a dream and following through on it are two very different things but for one north coast duo, last year saw thei...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
LOCAL businesses with ties to one of Northern Ireland's oldest construction companies have lost close to £1m following t...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
THE former quarry site at Craigahulliar has been sold to a local caravan park operator.The 18.5 acre property one-and-a-...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
DUNGIVEN Castle will be hosting a special fundraising event next month in memory of a very special Portrush girl who die...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
A FIFTH of children in Coleraine live in poverty, according to newly released statistics which place Northern Ireland am...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
THE success of Coleraine's oarsmen at the London 2012 Olympics has prompted a cash boost for Bann Rowing Club. Six month...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
A YOUNG Portstewart man who, like Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest during a football game, is ...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
LOCAL WeightWatcher members have the best WeightWatchers leader in Northern Ireland - and that's official - after Aghado...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
COLERAINE Borough Council has agreed a rates rise that will see domestic and commercial bills rise by around two-and-a-h...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
A FIRE that engulfed a large domestic garage in the early hours of Thursday close to Artillery Road may have been starte...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
MOTORISTS were left seeing red at the Causeway Hospital on Thursday after returning to their cars to find that they had ...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
AN investigation has been launched into how Environmental Health officers at Coleraine Council responded to reports that...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
AFTER completing an epic 10-month land and water adventure that spanned 8,600 miles, David Burns can't be accused of hav...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
ULSTER Unionist calls for a rates reduction could have dire consequences for both staff and services at Coleraine Boroug...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
THE number of people living in the East Londonderry Assembly area now accounts for 5.5 per cent of the Northern Ireland ...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
THEY were literally painting the town red last week - to try to beat heart disease.A jam-packed programme of exciting ev...
Thursday, 7 February 2013
LOCAL charities turned out in force last Monday night to thank Coleraine's Caring Caretaker for all his hard work in 201...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
ST. MALACHY'S Church in Coleraine was packed on Saturday lunchtime as family and friends paid an emotional farewell to U...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
A PSNI officer has recounted the moment of pure panic when a police pursuit ended in a fatal road traffic accident.Const...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
BALLYWILLAN Community & Cultural Group held a very successful Burns Night Supper celebrating the 254th anniversary of th...
Thursday, 31 January 2013
A KILREA man will join friends and colleagues from Mitsubishi Electric on a marathon cycle through Vietnam and Cambodia ...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
TRIBUTES have poured in for the Coleraine junior doctor who died in an avalanche in the Scottish mountains at the weeken...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
THE Court of Appeal has rejected Hazel Stewart's bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of Lesley Howell.The 48-y...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
THE man accused of murdering a Coleraine pensioner has been committed for trial in the Crown Court.After two days of evi...
Thursday, 24 January 2013
OVER 3,000 local people could be affected by the Social Development Minister's decision to abolish the Northern Ireland ...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
A COLERAINE man, who exploited two young boys for his own sexual gratification, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
THE man charged with the 2001 murder of pensioner Norman Moffatt confessed to a trusted friend five years later, North A...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
LOCAL Ulster Unionist representatives met recently to discuss the on-going protests surrounding Belfast City Council's d...
Thursday, 17 January 2013
AN estate agent from Portrush has spoken of his plans to climb two of Europe's highest mountain peaks to raise thousands...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
COLERAINE Borough Council is planning to spend £51m on major projects over the next three years. According to the 2011/1...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
WHY did the 1991 police investigation into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan settle almost immediately on ...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
THE future of a 20-bed hotel in Portstewart remains uncertain after it reportedly closed its doors at the beginning of t...
Thursday, 10 January 2013
THE union representing Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff in Coleraine have stopped short of ruling out strike ac...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
THE family of Limavady man Alexander McKee have appealed for information on his whereabouts as they continue their searc...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
A COLERAINE cadet has received a Best One Star Cadet award.Cadet Lance Corporal Scott Curry was one of a number of cadet...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
PROVING age is no barrier, 90-year-old Jim Millar OBE is officially the oldest owner of an electric car in Great Britain...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
COLERAINE'S Caring Caretaker has raised a staggering £47,000 for his chosen charities this year, who will receive their ...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
DOWNHILL Pensioner John McCarter is spending his first Christmas in 29 years with mains electricity. A high level interv...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
AS Coleraine's Caring Caretaker nears the end of his annual Christmas charity sit-out, he has one question on his mind -...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
THE Mayor of Coleraine, Councillor Sam Cole, pays tribute to the sporting excellence in the borough in his Christmas mes...
Thursday, 27 December 2012
LOCAL lobbying group Causeway Hospital Campaign (CHC) has launched a blog to highlight key points of the Transforming Yo...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
They are hoping holidaymakers returning to second homes across the borough in the run up to Christmas and the New Year c...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
FACEBOOK-fuelled rumours of a flags protest prompted an exodus of shoppers from Coleraine town centre last Thursday.The ...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
A CASTLEROCK grandad, who recently performed his first ever tandem sky dive, has raised £800 for children's cancer chari...
Thursday, 20 December 2012
THE latest census has revealed a slight increase in the number of people living in the Coleraine borough and now account...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
COLERAINE Inst, Coleraine High School and Coleraine College should be replaced by a single mixed-sex grammar and a singl...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
MORE than 150 protesters gathered outside Coleraine Borough Council in protest at Belfast City Council's decision to fly...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
POLICE are hunting armed robbers who tied up an elderly Kilrea couple and threatened to shoot them if money was not hand...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
THE Department of Environment is taking steps to protect historic trees lining Coleraine's Lodge Road. Officials have is...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
A HOSPITAL pressure group has described a meeting with health chiefs on the Causeway's future as "an absolute farce." Th...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
A COLERAINE High School team has won the Northern Ireland Bar Mock Trial competition and will now represent the Province...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
A SRI Lankan woman, arrested in Coleraine last week on taking part in an alleged sham marriage, has been refused bail du...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
SANITARY towels, toilet roll and human faeces - for many people walking along a stretch of the Castleroe Road in Colerai...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
A COUNCILLOR has called on parents to protect children from potentially harmful drugs being sold legally in Coleraine. G...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
A MEETING is being held this Friday night in a last ditch bid to keep the Coleraine Royal British Legion Club open for b...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
COLERAINE'S 'Caring Caretaker' is a man used to gathering the pounds.So why, then, he is so happy at losing them all of ...
Thursday, 29 November 2012
CHAMPION golfer Darren Clarke made it a hat-trick of honours for the Province's top golfers when he was presented with t...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
HEALTH chiefs have recommended replacing Coleraine's Ross Thompson mental health unit. The proposal is contained in a No...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
POLICE arrested a 24-year-old man after uncovering a quantity of cannabis during an operation in Coleraine town centre l...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
A COLERAINE teenager launched her own Christmas card last week to help raise funds for CLIC Sargent, the charity for chi...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
THE owner of a Downhill house, deemed unfit for habitation by health inspectors, has accused Coleraine Borough Council o...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
NORTHERN Ireland's public spending watchdog has been asked to ensure Coleraine Borough Council examines concerns over th...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
At Sunday's Remembrance Day commemoration was a reminder of another, more recent trauma inflicted on Coleraine.Only the ...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
DOUBLE killer Hazel Stewart's bid to overturn her conviction for murdering her husband and ex-lover's wife will be heard...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
OWNERS of static caravans who use Coleraine Borough Council owned sites will have to pay an additional 2.2 per cent for ...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
A FURTHER 1,000 letters of support for A&E services at Causeway Hospital were presented to MP/MLA Gregory Campbell last ...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
A MAN arrested in connection with the murder of Coleraine pensioner Bertie Acheson has been released on police bail pend...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
TWO young boys, who found themselves stranded by the incoming tide in Portstewart last week, had a very lucky escape, ac...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
THE installation of hydroelectric energy systems along the Agivey River has the potential to reinstate its now forgotten...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
CAUSEWAY Hospital is not closing and will not close, the chief executive of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (N...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
PORTRUSH surfers have called on NI Water to explain why raw sewage was found on a Portrush beach.Local man Steven Mackay...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
ABUSE of social networking sites and text messaging may have caused a significant rise in incidents of antisocial behavi...
Thursday, 1 November 2012
A LOCAL business has pulled off a stunning hat-trick of success at prestigious Province wide retail awards.The Kenny's G...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
THE punishment imposed on Trevor Spiers' killer will never make up for "gaping void" left in the lives of his close fami...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
UNCO-OPERATIVE developers are hampering council plans to clean up Portrush ahead of the Irish Open, the Chronicle can ex...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
POLICE say circumstances surrounding the discovery of body in Portrush at the weekend are not suspicious.Mark street Lan...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
NORTH Coast big wave star Al Mennie completed his epic voyage to Scotland by surfboard last week - but only just!The 25 ...
