Southern Trust faces ageing buildings, rising maintenance backlog and underused sites

The Southern Health Trust is grappling with ageing facilities, mounting repair bills and growing levels of underused space across its estate,...

Suspended jail term for Craigavon man who admitted shoplifting at Tesco on three separate dates

A Craigavon man who shoplifted at Tesco in Lurgan has received a seven months jail term suspended for a year. Francis...

Co Armagh lorry driver caught with £780,000 worth of cannabis jailed

A Co Armagh man was today (Tuesday) jailed for nine months after he was caught with around £780,000 worth of cannabis...

Summer fun for everyone with getactiveabc!

Summer is a season of new adventures and much-needed breaks from the everyday grind but for families of children with disabilities,...

Tearful Craigavon woman appears in court after racially abusing nurse and telling another she would ‘punch his teeth out’

A Craigavon woman who told a nurse in Craigavon Area Hospital he should "go home" and told another she would "punch...

Craigavon pharmaceutical company and Armagh PKU campaigner call for greater awareness

Craigavon-based pharmaceutical company Galen Limited has joined calls for greater awareness of phenylketonuria (PKU) ahead of International PKU Day (28 June),...

Craigavon: £7m ‘purpose-built’ nursing facility planned to help alleviate hospital pressures

Ann’s Care Homes has submitted a planning application for a new £7m purpose-built nursing and step-down care facility at Lisnisky Lane,...

Water way to shake up your summer!

Dive into summer fun with the getactiveabc swimming programme, including £2 junior swims, swimming lessons, qualifications and the mighty Beast indoor...

Industrial action to cause ‘significant disruption’ to Southern Trust services

Patients across the Southern Health Trust area are being warned to expect “significant disruption” to services during two days of planned...

Calls for ‘convicted paedophile’ Jeffrey Donaldson to be stripped of Knighthood

A letter has been sent to the Honours Forfeiture Committee seeking that Sir Jeffrey Donaldson be immediately stripped of his Knighthood...

Families ‘left their home with their children’ after flags erected once more in Craigavon estate

Families “left their home with their children” after flags were once again erected in a Craigavon housing development. Upper Bann Sinn...

Jail for man after ‘breeze block’ attack on Portadown house

A man has been jailed following a "breeze block" attack on a house in Portadown. A breeze block smashed through a...