Lurgan, Northern Ireland News

ARMAGH Orange District LOL 5 is all geared up and ready to go for the Twelfth on Monday, with at least 20,000 visitors expected to watch the 5,000 Orangemen - plus 70 bands and 100 Lambeg drummers - adding colour, noise and spectacle to the Primatial City.

"They are saying there is a severe security threat from dissidents on the one hand, especially in specific areas like Fermanagh and Lurgan" Jimmy Spratt, DUP By Sam McBride THE PSNI is sending out mixed messages to former members of the security forces by warning them of an increased dissident republican threat while withdrawing many personal ...

BANBRIDGE residents making late-night emergency calls for police assistance could find themselves relying on PSNI response vehicles coming from as far away as Armagh under new proposals, an MP has claimed.

OLD Grace Hagan from Portadown has won the coveted title of Little Miss High Street Mall 2009.

Militants who want to end British control of Northern Ireland by force number around 300, the province's police chief said on Sunday, as his officers questioned more people over sectarian killings.

The public inquiry into the 1999 murder of a Belfast human rights lawyer is now preparing its report.

The first one went up eight years after construction started on the Berlin Wall, but 20 years after that wall went down, Northern Ireland still has its so-called peace lines.

A CLASSIC vehicle show is being held at Lurgan Rugby Club on Friday, July 3 to raise funds for Lough Neagh Rescue.

BOYS' Brigade adventurers very nearly had a blast on a recent expedition in the Mourne Mountains.

THE father of the Craigavon teenager seriously injured in an assault early on Sunday morning said he wouldn't like any other parent to go through what he and his wife have experienced this week.

COLERAINE pair Peter Ferris and Wayne Pollock will tackle the third leg of their attempt to run seven marathons in seven counties in seven days.

Paul Clark and Lynda Bryans present the local news from Northern Ireland. Teenager fighting for life Seventeen year old Martin O'Hagan was attacked by a gang as he made his way home after a night out in Lurgan.

Taking photo's, a hobby of mine, good or bad I post them here, looking for advice, criticism, even if I'm honest the odd bit of praise and encouragement.

A TOP British undercover soldier must come face to face with three alleged CIRA members despite claims that his life will be under threat if his identity is revealed in court.

The full list of Northern Ireland people named in the 2009 Birthday Honours lists is as follows: Knights Bachelor Dr William George HASTINGS CBE, Chairman, Hastings Hotels.

Former Unionist leader David Trimble remembers nothing of his meeting with the former American state department official Kendall Myers , who has been accused of spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years.

THE families and soldiers of 2 Rifles are making a permanent peacetime home at Ballykinler in the wake of the Troubles.

THE words 'Joe Fest', synonymous with great live music, were on everyone's lips this week in Lurgan and well beyond as the Fa' Joe's team once again pulled out all the stops to lay on an unprecedented feast of amazing live talent in support of the Southern Area Hospice.

SUMMER finally arrived at Kirkistown for round three of the 500 Club Championship car meeting on May 29.

JUST how much the man or woman on the street cares about who gets into power as a result of the European election is almost certainly the question being considered by our politicians at the minute.