Lurgan, Northern Ireland News

Launching the United Churches, Mission Hope which will take place at Mourneview Park in May are Roy Dreaning, Gerald Hewitt, Henry Holloway, Gary Cobb, Director of Training with the Billy Graham Association and Rev Maurice Laverty.

Standing in the dock of Lisburn Magistrates Court, Lurgan men 20-year-old Christopher Wright from Mount Zion House, James Jordan from Princes Street and 21-year-old Richard Chester, of no fixed address, were all charged with the murder of Andrew Lorimer last Sunday.

Graffiti art and DJ classes are the unlikely activities being used to bring young people together in one of Northern Ireland's most divided towns.

Detectives investigating the murder of Andrew Lorimer in Lurgan have have been granted a further 36 hours to question three men.

HEALTH Minister Edwin Poots met with GPs from the High Street and Moore's Lane surgeries last week to discuss innovative plans for the Lurgan area.

The man was found dead in the Mourneview estate in the early hours of yesterday morning.

An officer from the Police Service of Northern Ireland was seriously injured after being attacked by a suspect in Co Armagh.

Neil Hyde, 32, has signed a contract that police hope will convict the killers of the Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan A man who had been accused of murdering the only reporter killed covering the Northern Ireland Troubles and their aftermath has been jailed for three years.

The Commission has launched a public consultation, asking local people to share their views on proposed changes which would see the number of the Westminster constituencies in Northern Ireland reduced from eighteen to sixteen.

A NEW peace building programme has been earmarked for Lurgan, but it appears the communities where it is to be implemented have been left in the dark about the project.

A WITNESS at the trial into the murder of Banbridge policeman Stephen Carroll has been accused of lying to the court.

STAFF at Bonmarche, who have learned they will soon be made redundant, said they are devastated that the shop is to close.

PACEMAKER BELFAST 10/3/09 New collect picture of murdered PSNI officer Stephen Carroll.

THE Union flag will fly for four days in Craigavon this June to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's reign.

The final choice for the co-option was made by the party's central executive on Wednesday afternoon, with three in the 'hat' - Mr McCusker, Portadown businessman Robert Oliver, and Lurgan hopeful Marc Woods.

The lecture, which is organised by Craigavon Trades Council, usually takes place each November but was delayed to accommodate Mr O'Dowd's ministerial schedule.

Colin Duffy has been accused of murdering five members of the security forces in the past 20 years in Northern Ireland.

AS revealed in the 'MAIL' at the start of November - a number of escorts are operating in the local area.

In a bid to denounce current president Nicolas Sarkozy, presidential candidate Marine Le Pen used posters which included images of a derelict factory and a homeless man.

It took just seconds of "distilled evil" to change lives forever, the broken-hearted family of a young soldier gunned down in a Real IRA attack in Antrim nearly three years ago has said.