Charollais females set for Dungannon
CHAROLLAIS sheep enthusiasts will have the opportunity to view females from some of the top UK flocks at the Annual Charollais Sheep Female sale which will take place in Dungannon Market on Monday 29th...
View ArticleAppeal for old copies of News Letter
DO you have a very old copy of the News Letter from before 1850?If so, we are keen to hear from you.Numerous readers have already been in touch to tell us about some remarkable collections that they...
View ArticleTragic mystery of man, 82, killed by his tractor
A RETIRED farmer’s body could have lain beneath a tractor for days before being discovered by family.That is the conclusion of an inquest into the death of 82-year-old Thomas James Scott, who was found...
View ArticleTragic Millie changed, claims her mother
RACHAEL Martin, the Co Fermanagh mother facing charges linked to her toddler’s murder, claimed there were changes in her daughter’s behaviour in the month before she died from head injuries in December...
View ArticleTragic medic will be repatriated to the UK
THE body of Army medic Corporal Channing Day from Comber in Co Down – killed on Wednesday in the Afghanistan war zone of Helmand Province – will be repatriated to the United Kingdom on Tuesday, it...
View ArticleChanning a modern-day hero for Comber
THE violent theatre-of-war death of Corporal Channing Day from Comber could not have happened at a more poignant time, given the town’s active Royal British Legion Branch is launching its annual Poppy...
View ArticleMinister ‘held merger talks’
THE Education Minister has been in talks involving a property developer about a single new campus in Portadown that could see five post-primary schools merged, it is claimed.The SELB is on record as...
View ArticleDUP ‘fully behind Dickson Plan’
DUP education spokesman Mervyn Storey yesterday rubbished rumours surrounding the future of the Dickson Plan and academic selection in Northern Ireland. The North Antrim MLA said that while there was...
View ArticleMan critical after house stabbing
A 24-year-old man has been left fighting for his life after he was stabbed in a house in Co Armagh.The knife attack happened in the Enniskeen area of Craigavon, Co Armagh, at about 11pm yesterday.The...
View ArticleTobacco giant is fined £150k over crush death
NORTHERN Ireland’s best-known tobacco producer has been fined £150,000 for health and safety breaches after an employee was crushed to death while carrying out maintenance work.Engineer Trevor Allen,...
View ArticleSerious road accident, Londonderry
A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a serious road accident in Londonderry early this morning.The Foyle Road has been closed following the accident.A PSNI spokesman said the...
View ArticleMissing husband: I won’t be back
A COUNTY Armagh man who left home a week ago – leaving his shattered wife and two young sons – finally got in touch with them yesterday, insisting he will not be coming back.Trevor McMurdie, 47, whose...
View ArticleFull steam ahead on the Broomstick Belle
PASSENGERS on the main railway lines from Belfast had better beware tomorrow as hundreds of wizards and witches will be riding past them on the Hogwarts Express.They will be onboard the Railway...
View ArticleSANDRA CHAPMAN: Italy loses patience with its scientists
MOUNT Vesuvius was looking splendid in the mid morning sunshine last weekend. It wore a skirt of luscious green vegetation topped with rich browns and yellows. And as we drove down the motorway that...
View ArticleMan, 20, charged over knife attack
A suspect has been charged with attempted murder over a knife attack.A 24-year-old man has been left fighting for his life after he was stabbed in a house in the Enniskeen area of Craigavon, Co Armagh,...
View ArticleThird arrest over McKay murder
A third suspect has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Danny McKay.The 36-year-old was gunned down as he sat in the living room of his home at Longlands Road in Newtownabbey, Co...
View ArticleBook of condolence opened for Army medic
A book of condolence will open today for Corporal Channing Day who was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan.Hundreds of people are expected to pay tribute to the 25-year-old soldier, who died...
View ArticleSister’s tribute to ‘brave and beautiful’ soldier
A soldier killed while on patrol in Afghanistan was a brave, beautiful and determined woman, her heartbroken sister said.Corporal Channing Day, who served with the 3 Medical Regiment, died alongside...
View ArticleMan killed in fall on to cattle gear
A MAN in his 70s has died in an accident at a farm in County Tyrone.Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive are investigating the fatality which happened near Dungannon at about 8.30pm on...
View ArticleGallery: pictures from the past
NEWS Letter picture editor Gavan Caldwell delves into the archives to unearth pictures which capture life in Northern Ireland from years gone by.
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