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New chairs elected for committees

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Gaston calls on council to display Assembly artefacts

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Woman threatened in burglary

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Gobbins cliff path.

Mid and East Antrim calls for ‘proper support’ from Treasury on tourism and economy

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‘Lucky’ cow rescued from muddy reservoir

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Man in court over £1m drugs seizure

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‘A great time to head to the coast and catch a glimpse of these amazing creatures’

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Memorial benches unveiled at People’s Park

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Pictured (L-R) at Rylands Nursing Home in Ballymena are Trevor Duncan, Managing Director, and Ryan Mawhinney, Business Manager, Commercial Banking NI at Ulster Bank.

Rylands upgrade investment boost

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Car crash spurs Ronan to carve out new career

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Transport More Transport >>

Commuters slam overcrowded train service

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£230k road improvement works in Kells

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Traffic and travel

Road reopened following collision

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Motorists advised to seek alternative route

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Traffic and travel update

Diversions in place due to road closure

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Crime More Crime >>

Woman threatened in burglary

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Man in court over £1m drugs seizure

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Man charged in connection with £1 million drugs seizure

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Man due in court over drugs find

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Education More Education >>

Whatsapping your way through revision 'just isn't possible'

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2018 Mount Charles Big School Cook Off winners Katherine Stronge and Catherine Chesney Ballymena Academy are joined by (L-R) John Brolly, Marketing Manager at the Irish News, Caitriona Lennox, Big School Cook Off Ambassador, Trevor Annon, Chairman of Mount Charles and Gillian Douglas, Head of Home Economics at Ballymena Academy.

Win for Academy in ‘Big School Cook Off’

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Pictured at the first 5 Star Futures event at DWF in Belfast are (from left): Alice Wright, DWF Law, Cameron Muir, Ballymena Academy, Gail Taylor, DWF's Diversity and Community Engagement Manager, Niamh Watt, Ballymena Academy.

Five star opportunity for Academy pupils

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(Back from left): Brian Malone RPS, Councillor Audrey Wales MBE, Richard Carolan GRAHAM Construction and Catherine Watkins from NI Water pictured with Emily and Oskar from Gracehill and Galgorm Community Playgroup and NI Water's Peter Ferguson

Ballymena playgroup makes its mark at new facility

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Getting out in the snow

Who makes the final call if your child's school needs to close due to snow?

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Business More Business >>

Mid and East Antrim calls for ‘proper support’ from Treasury on tourism and economy

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The current proposals could bring jobs losses this year close to 200

Wrights Group staff warned of redundancies

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Connell McLaughlin.

Connell secures £100k investment pot in Dragons’ Den-style contest

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Commuters on the Derry to Belfast service on May 17.

Commuters slam overcrowded train service

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Politics More Politics >>

Electoral Commission probes Paisley dinner cash

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The Deputy Mayor of Mid & East Antrim Borough Council, Cllr Cheryl Johnston, at the Pensioners Parliament with Vijay Sethi and Matthew McPeake from Ballymena, Caroline McKeown from Carrickfergus and Bea Martin from Islandmagee.

Pensioners pull no punches over Stormont collapse

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IRA bomber abstains from vote on memorial to his victims

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Distribution of police stations in 1999. Compiled by Adam Kula

Revealed: two-thirds of all police stations shut in two decades

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North Antrim MP Ian Paisley

Paisley says sorry over ‘Ramadan’ retweet

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Forestry Service seeks your views on North Antrim parks

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Broughshane is one of the areas which has benefitted from the scheme.

Funding available ‘to bring community and environmental projects to life’

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Alison Diver (MEA) with volunteers at Ecos Nature Park

Business support for ‘Be a Saint Day’

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Celebrating success at the Translink Ulster in Bloom 2017 Awards in which Ballymena won the Large Town Award, and the Roses inTownsTrophy are from left: Cllr Cheryl Johnston, Deputy Mayor, Alderman Arnold Hatch, President, Northern Ireland Local Government Association, Alison Diver, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Frank Hewitt, Translink Chairman, and Noel Robinson, Mid & East Antrim Borough Council.

Double win for our ‘Rose among Towns’

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VIDEO: Not shifting the pounds? This could be why

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Image taken from a US government DEA website of U-47700

First known death in NI from new narcotic

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Lauren Neilly. Image taken from GoFundMe

NI woman diagnosed with cancer after toothache

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Members of Connect Cycling at Green Pastures in Ballymena.

Free bike rides help community take to the road

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Jo-Anne Dobson, organ donation ambassador and son Mark with Sarah Lamont (right) who is joining the Team Kidney Care UK team running the Belfast Marathon in aid of the charity and her son Joe.

Marathon effort for Ballymena ‘hero mum’

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