SHOCK AS PRIEST’S HOUSEKEEPER MARGARET MCLAUGLIN KILLED IN CRASH
Margaret McLaughlin killed in horror road crash. Her husband Pat remains in hospital in a stable condition A COMMUNITY is said to be in shock a priest’s housekeeper became the North’s 17th victim to...
View ArticleSADNESS AS SON OF DERRY MAN IS KNOCKED DOWN AND KILLED BY DRINK DRIVER IN...
Popular builder Adrian O’Kane who was knocked down and killed at the weekend in Spain while on a friend’s stag party trip THE son of a Derry-born man described as a “true gent” has been tragically...
View ArticleTWO MALES HUNTED OVER EASTER RACE HATE ASSAULT ON MAN IN DERRY
POLICE have launched an appeal for information concerning a race hate crime in Derry that has left with a man with serious injuries. The appeal comes following the report of a serious assault in the...
View ArticleMAN WANTED ON THREE WARRANTS IN DERRY ARRESTED ORDERING HIS PIZZA
A MAN wanted on three warrants by police in Derry was nabbed this week…..standing in a queue ordering his pizza at Dominos! It was a chance encounter by police who say they were heading back to base at...
View ArticleDERRY AND STRABANE PCSP POLICING COMMITTEE RECEIVE PSNI COMMANDER’S ANNUAL...
THE Policing Committee of Derry and Strabane Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) met with PSNI Senior Team this week to discuss the District Commander’s Annual Report for 2016/17. At the...
View ArticleCASH AND JEWELLERY STOLEN IN WATERSIDE HOUSE BURGLARIES
DETECTIVES in Derry are appealing for information following burglaries at two houses in city earlier this week. The properties were targeted in the Waterside area on Tuesday, April 25. Investigating...
View ArticleDERRY DRUG DEALER REFUSED BAIL AFTER CANNABIS FOUND INSIDE MARTIAL ARTS...
DETECTIVES uncovered herbal cannabis hidden inside a martial arts training dummy as part of a £20,000 seizure at a house in Derry. Officers from the PSNI’s Reactive and Organised Crime Branch recovered...
View ArticleBLOT ON THE DERRY LANDSCAPE: PLANS TO DEAL WITH NORTH’S BIGGEST DUMP
A plan is expect to be unveiled soon to deal with the biggest illegal dump in the Northern of Ireland. The cost of dealing with the massive landfill at Mobuoy near Derry could range from £20 million to...
View ArticleTEENAGER CHARGED OVER BURGLARIES AND ARSON ATTACKS IN SOUTH DERRY
A 19 year old man is due to appear Derry Magistrates’ court tomorrow, Saturday, April 29, charged with a spate of overnight burglaries and two arson attacks on vehicles. The attacks took place in the...
View ArticleSADNESS AS TWO YOUNG MEN KILLED IN DONEGAL AFTER CAR HITS WALL
THERE is sadness across the North West this morning following the news that two young men have tragically lost their lives following a single car collision in Co Donegal overnight. The car on which the...
View ArticleENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO MOVE ON ROSEMOUNT ILLEGAL DUMPERS
Cllr Cooper recently highlighted the issue of illegal dumping SINN Féin Councillor Mickey Cooper has said Council enforcement officers are to move on illegal dumpers in the Rosemount area. He added...
View ArticleSINN FEIN TO ATTEND TONY TAYLOR PAROLE HEARING – KEARNEY
SINN Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA will attend a parole hearing in Belfast today for Derry man Tony Taylor. Speaking ahead of the hearing, Mr Kearney said: “Tony Taylor was arrested in...
View ArticleFAMILY ‘LEFT SHAKEN’ AFTER PILLOW USED IN DERRY ARSON ATTACK
DETECTIVES are investigating after an elderly woman and her adult children were left badly shaken following an arson attack on their Derry home. The deliberate happened in the Lower Bennett Street area...
View ArticleBILLY CALDWELL FACES 6,000 MILE TRIP BACK TO USA AFTER NHS BROKE PROMISE,...
Charlotte and Billy Caldwell SERIOUSLY ill Billy Caldwell and his mum Charolotte face a daunting trip back to the USA for urgent treatment that Northern Ireland doctors promised would be delivered by...
View ArticleAPPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER BENNETT STREET ARSON ATTACK
SINN Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed for information after a family in Lower Bennet Street just off Foyle Road had a lucky escape in an arson attack. A pillow was placed against a gas main...
View ArticleDERRY MAN JAILED OVER BENEFIT FRAUD
A man has been convicted at Derry Crown Court today and sent to prison for making a false benefits claim. Gerry Cutliffe, of Bonds Hill in the city, falsely claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance totalling...
View ArticleCHILDREN IN DERRY AS YOUNG AS 12 HOSPITALISED WITH ALCOHOL ISSUES
ALMOST 40 children were admitted to a Derry hospital last year with alcohol related problems. The figures have been revealed through a Freedom of Information request. The children were among 200 young...
View ArticleDUFFY CONDEMNS STONE THROWERS WHO SMASHED WINDOW ON HGV LORRY
Sinn Fein councillor Sandra Duffy SINN Fein Councillor Sandra Duffy has hit out at the those who threw stones and smashed a window on a HGV lorry last weekend. “These incidents have occurred...
View ArticleTOUT-RIDDEN TERROR GROUP ONH ON ‘DE FACTO’ CEASEFIRE
Oglaigh na hEireann says it is on ‘de facto’ ceasefire but has no plans as yet to disarm THE violent dissident republican terror group Óglaigh na hÉireann – ONH – which counts Derry among is membership...
View ArticleTEEN TO FACE DERRY COURT OVER RAPE OF 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
DETECTIVES in Derry have charged a 15-year-old male with the rape of a teenage girl. He is due to face Derry Magistrates’ Court this morning, Monday, May 8, for a first remand hearing. It is understood...
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