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Police appeal to identify scrambler riders

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Cold callers push their way into woman’s home

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Students Catherine Lennon and Sandra Janik of St Louis School Ballymena pictured at Monaco helipad as they arrived by helicopter for the winners' dinner in Monaco having earlier in the day showcased their winning creations at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Picture: Brian McEvoy

Red carpet for St Louis’ girls

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Lewis Allison and Taylor Devlin are pictured at the Pozieres Memorial which bears the names of 14,657 British and South African soldiers of the Fifth and Fourth British Armies missing or killed in action from March to August 1918 during World War I.

WWI battlefields tour for local cadets

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Ballymena Foodbank services praised

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Borough on agenda at Westminster visit

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First known death in NI from new narcotic

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From Bertha’s Bar to Ulster Hall, Castlerock brother and sister rocking up a storm

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Pictured at the recent BID for Business workshop in Ballymena are Eugene Reid, Vice President of the Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BID Manager, Alison Moore, Anna Macaulay from 'The Savvy Retailer' and Tom Wiggins from the Ballymena Borough of Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Savvy Retail advice at BID business breakfast

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Macmillan award for Elma

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Commuters slam overcrowded train service

Transport

£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 >>

Police appeal to identify scrambler riders

Crime

Cold callers push their way into woman’s home

Crime

Jailed for shoplifting spree in several Ballymena stores

Crime
Marek Sinko claimed he punched his uncle five times

Judge rejects challenge against bail for man accused of murdering uncle

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Education More Education >>

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

Education
(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

Education
Getting out in the snow

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

Education
Kayden Fleck, who died on Saturday, was in his first year at Harryville Primary School

Kayden Fleck’s principal: it won’t sink in that he is gone until we see his empty desk

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

Business
Commuters on the Derry to Belfast service on May 17.

Commuters slam overcrowded train service

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Reader competition

D-Max Yukon: Have you entered the competition?

Business
The new Farming Life app

New Farming Life App goes live

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Politics More Politics >>

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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Ian Paisley MP speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday

Paisley demands apology for RHI inquiry ‘lies’

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Forestry Service seeks your views on North Antrim parks

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

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

Environment
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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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

Health
Members of Connect Cycling at Green Pastures in Ballymena.

Free bike rides help community take to the road

Health
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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Kathryn Le Coz donated a kidney to her brother David.

Kidney donor Kathryn takes on London run

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