Elderly hit by leisure centre price increase

21 June 2017
A FLAGSHIP Down Council policy to improve the health of the over 60s is on the verge of being significantly scaled back by the new council.

Joy as Prince comes home after 16 days

A NEWCASTLE man has been happily reunited with his beloved dog Prince after an agonising 16 day search.
Parents facing two-year swimming lessons wait

PARENTS are being warned they face a two year wait for children’s group swimming lessons in Downpatrick.
Margaret humbled to receive her BEM

CROSSGAR’S Margaret Ringland says she is “honoured” to receive a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Caro-lynne given OBE for outdoor recreation

A BRYANSFORD woman has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Ballykinlar centre due within months
Group’s charitable status can help secure financial backing
Start date looms for Down High
Officer in court after PSNI pair injured in road smash
Clough school is the best in the Province

CLOUGH’S Cumran Primary School has been named the best kept school in Northern Ireland.
Strangford ferry has problem with ramp

THE new £6m Strangford ferry has encountered more technical problems.
Ex-RUC officers to contest Loughinisland findings in judicial review

RETIRED police officers have won High Court permission to challenge the Police Ombudsman’s report into the Loughinisland massacre.
Emma is new MLA for Sinn Fein in South Down

A PROMINENT member of the Loughinisland Justice Group has been selected to replace Chris Hazzard as a South Down MLA.
Resentment over brown bin charge
£645,000 investment to bring 16 jobs to district
Tommy donates thousands to hospital for saving his life
Saintfield Community Centre plans get approval

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Revenge the mission for Down in semi-final

DOWN fans are in for a while knuckle ride in Armagh on Saturday night.
Chris saves the day

THERE wasn’t a kick of a ball between the sides after an absorbing contest that could have gone either way at Macartan Park on Friday night.
Doherty's double is just perfect

DOWNPATRICK’S Jekyll and Hyde season continued on Friday night when, just a week after comprehensively beating league leaders Castlewellan, they rather meekly succumbed to county champions Kilcoo at Pairc Tomas Ruiseil.
O’Flaherty wins at Comber

AS summer approaches, there is much to whet the appetites of the running community, with midweek racing increasingly the norm on long sunny evenings.
Mayhem on the water

EVEN the weather was on side as Killyleagh Yacht Club hosted Topperdome on Saturday afternoon.
Busy time at Shimna Wheelers

SHIMNA Wheelers stalwart Marty McVeigh had meticulously spent time throughout last Tuesday preparing the proposed Inter League course from the Ballyroney end of the Lacken Road, Kilcoo-bound, with orange paint marking the road furniture and high viz si

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Acclaimed author publishes collection of latest poetry

NIGHT Divers is a collection of poetry which suggests time and circumstance can cure most ills.
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From the pages of the Down Recorder, June 21, 1977
Fleadh organisers calling musicians to trad orchestra

YOUNG musicians are being sought for the first Irish Traditional Orchestra in the Newry, Mourne and Down area.
Students get tips to deal with challenges

DOWNPATRICK students have been encouraged to enjoy the present moment during an innovative Mindfulness project.
Glees triumph with awards in competition

NEWCASTLE Glees Society is celebrating winning several prizes at the Association of Irish Musical Societies awards.
Newcastle Lions to hold collection for victims of tower fire

A LOCAL organisation is to hold a street collection to raise money for the victims of the Grenfell tower fire in London.

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