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Limavady photo retailer will swap unwanted Christmas presents for personalised gifts

Limavady photo retailer will swap unwanted Christmas presents for personalised g...
A photo retailer in Limavady is inviting locals to trade in their unwanted Christmas presents for a free personalised gift – turning festive flops into thoughtful keepsakes.
Scarlett Stevens

Nuala McKeever

Nuala McKeever to lead 4 Corners Festival workshop for Belfast students
IMRO award-winning playwright and broadcaster Nuala McKeever is set to facilitate a special event for sixth form pupils from across Belfast as part of the 4 Corners Festival 2026 programme.
Lyndsey Hodgkinson

Wonderful Wander storytellers Jim Deeds, Mylie Brennan and David Campton

Wonderful Wander goes station to station during 4 Corners Festival 2026
The 4 Corners Festival Wonderful Wander is back for this year’s festival and this time the guided city walk will explore how transport has shaped the city of Belfast.
Tina Calder

Broadcaster Carolyn Stewart and Breast Friends Ambassador and artist Jacqueline Rooney (front row) pictured with fellow participants supporting Action Cancer at the Marbella Walking Festival in October 2025.

Action Cancer returns to Marbella for Spain’s biggest walking festival in 2026
Action Cancer, Northern Ireland’s leading, local cancer charity, is delighted to announce that it is heading back to Marbella for the Walking Festival in October 2026.
Sonya Cassidy

Throughout her career, Carmel’s approach has remained consistent. Dance is not about steps or technical perfection, but about meeting people where they are and offering them a way to connect.

Arts care artist Carmel Garvey awarded BEM for services to dance in Tyrone
An artist who has spent more than four decades bringing dance into the heart of communities, hospitals and care settings across County Tyrone and beyond has been recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours List.
Tina Calder

A new national mindfulness app is helping more Derry residents to live well in winter

National mindfulness app launches to help more Derry communities live well in wi... Philip Lindley

ARC Fitness Team

ARC Fitness secures nearly £500,000 in National Lottery funding to further work Rachel Sinton

Energy Companies should be brought into public ownership.

Political opinion: Workers Party representative says consumers facing fuel price... The Workers Party Northern Ireland Region

Robert Carmichael, the East Londonderry UUP Association Chairman.

Political opinion: Give us tougher mercy workers protection laws, UUP tells Just... John Coulter

Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone - Courtesy Of Tourism Northern Ireland

10 things to do in Northern Ireland Michael Scott

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Jim Clarken, CEO of Oxfam Ireland with Paul Vallely, Founder and CEO of Kukoon.

Kukoon Gaza appeal sparks surge in sales and customer loyalty Michael Scott

Cash ISA

What the budget means for Cash ISA savers in Derry and across Northern Ireland Dmytro Spilka

Maria Ferris at her MAP graduation alongside Howard Hastings, Chairman of Hastings Hotels and Dr Nikki McQuillan from Ulster University.

Stepping back into classroom helps tourism and hospitality’s rising stars MAP th... Michael Scott

East Londonderry UUP Association Chairman Robert Carmichael.

Political opinion: Support local farm produce in 2026, UUP urges constituents John Coulter

Ulster Unionist Party Councillor Richard Holmes of Causeway Coast and Glens Council.

Political opinion: Farm Tax changes 'a welcome step', says UUP's Holmes John Coulter

Paul Beattie (left) with Jonny Lennox (right) and Pete Jamison

Fix singer ‘overwhelmed’ by response to Boxing Night concert for Paul Barry White

Young people Joshua Curtis with Siblings Abdelmonieum and Maryam Salman with Ed Petersen of Clonard Monastery and 4 Corners Festival.

Young people set to take centre stage as 4 Corners Festival 2026 events announce... Alexandra Feher

Co-founders of the 4 Corners Festival Rev Steve Stockman and Father Martin Magill

4 Corners Festival returns to Belfast for 2026 with latest theme: Journey Alexandra Feher

L–R Lorraine Goodman, Bunzl Rafferty Guest Amenities; Jim Creaney, Linencare; Vicky Green, President of the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation and Claire McNaughton, Tourism Northern Ireland.

A clean sweep for excellence as NIHF launches the 15th Housekeeping Awards Sonya Cassidy

MURDER:STAGED is coming to Derry

True crime talk featuring live psychopath test is coming to Derry Cheish Merryweather

Pictured at Bank of Ireland event (l-r): George Higginson, Managing Director, Everyday Banking, Bank of Ireland UK, Professor Malachy O’Neill, Director of Regional Engagement, Ulster University, Chris Gray, Chief Executive, Gray’s Communications, Anna CEO, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, Stephen Kelly, CEO, Manufacturing NI, Eíghréan Horner, Senior Bank Manager, Bank of Ireland UK.

Bank of Ireland marks 200 years with special event at Ulster University Sasha Allen

Workers Party established its new Derry branch on Monday 8th December branch officers are ready to hit the ground running.

Political opinion: The Workers Party establishes new Derry branch

East Londonderry UUP Association Chairman Robert Carmichael.

Let's make it an accident-free Christmas, UUP urges community

L-R: Rose McGuinness from Faughanvale PS (second place), Sadhbh Callan from Broadbridge PS (first place) and Aoife Duffy from St Colmcille’s PS (third place) pictured after Round Two of the 15th Flahavan’s Athletics NI Cross Country League held at Templemore Sports Complex, Derry.

Derry athletes are oat-so fast in Round 2 of Flahavan’s League

Christmas at Jungle NI

Embrace a giant festive season across Northern Ireland Lynne Mcllroy

Photo Caption: Smiles all round as student Amber Duncan from Foyle College dives into the NI Water Science Hybrid Work Experience programme for its second year. In partnership with Futures for All, enthusiastic 16-19 year olds are enjoying real-world science, from hands-on experiments to exciting VR tours. NI Water looks forward to inspiring future talent throughout this academic year, with an engineering session to look forward to in early 2026 too.

Return of NI Water student hybrid work experience programme following strong fir... Aisha Delargy

Smiles all round as student Amber Duncan from Foyle College dives into the NI Water Science Hybrid Work Experience programme for its second year. In partnership with Futures for All, enthusiastic 16-19 year olds are enjoying real-world science, from hands-on experiments to exciting VR tours. NI Water looks forward to inspiring future talent throughout this academic year, with an engineering session to look forward to in early 2026 too.

Return of NI Water student hybrid work experience programme following strong fir... Aisha Delargy

In Your Space Circus

Unity Trust Bank awards £5,000 Impact Grant to In Your Space Circus Hope Aquilina

PSNI launches drink drive crackdown

Northern Ireland drink-drive alert issued ahead of festive season Julien Speed

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