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A soldier who survived the Ballygawley bus bomb has appealed on the anniversary of the atrocity to find the woman who saved him as he lay dying at the roadside.

From the Belfast News Letter of August 7 1739 (August 18 in the modern calendar):

A former Campbell College schoolboy who won a Victoria Cross for bravely holding the line in a First World War trench has been remembered at a special exhibition in Belfast.

A young fan stole the show at last night's Foo Fighters concert in Belfast.

Details of the funeral of NI businessman and rally sponsor John Mulholland have been released.

Businessman John Mulholland has been praised as a “gentleman” whose word was his bond, following his death from cancer at the weekend.

Members of the Bangor and Portaferry Coastguard Rescue Teams were tasked to rescue a dog that had been cut off by the tide in Strangford Lough on Saturday.

Two thousand people attended East Antrim’s first ‘gay Pride’ event which took place in Larne on Saturday.

Police have confirmed that 'some sort of device' has detonated whilst officers were at the scene of an ongoing security operation in Newtownbutler.

Visitor numbers at Whitehead Museum have increased by 50 per cent since opening in 2017.

Live Science presenter James Soper will be winging his way to Northern Ireland’s north coast for this year’s Air Waves Portrush event.

Police have appealed for the 40,000 attending the Vital / Foo Fighters concert at the Boucher playing fields in south Belfast tonight (19 August) to respect the law and keep safe.

Radius Housing has completed a £60,000 refurbishment of communal facilities at Barn Halt Cottages in Carrick.

Paralympic gold medallist Kelly Gallagher swapped her skis for the hurley stick as she joined a wheelchair hurling project in Mid Ulster.

Police are appealing for information after the assault of an 11-year-old child in north Belfast.

A re-enactment of Schomberg’s Siege of Carrickfergus will take place on Bank Holiday Monday (August 26) at Castle Green.

Tributes have flooded in after the death of car dealership giant and rally sponsor John Mulholland.

Tonight around 35,000 music fans will descend on Boucher Road Playing Fields to watch the Foo Fighters in action.

From the Belfast News Letter of August 7 1739 (which is equivalent to August in the modern calendar):