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Toy store chain, The Entertainer, is to open a new outlet at Rushmere Shopping Centre in Craigavon, Co Armagh.

The Entertainer to open at Rushmere Shopping Centre

Tom Greene (right) from Centra Lake Road is pictured with Eddie Devine, Head of Symbol & Independents BAT UK from category sponsor, Velo.

Top award for Greene's Centra

Lakeland Dairies Bursary Recipient Sarah Jane Meredith with her parents Cecil and Gail, Craigavon, with Liz Shouldice, Chief People Officer and Pat Shiels, Chief Strategy & Member Officer, Lakeland Dairies. Sarah Jane is studying Veterinary Bioscience at Harper Adams University in Shropshire.

Craigavon student receives Lakeland Dairies bursary

Rushmere Shopping Centre Post Office is to return to its former location next month, restoring a permanent service to Craigavon after uncertainty over its future earlier this year

'Delighted': NI shopping centre Post Office to return home with longer hours

Michael Hall, founder and managing director of Craigavon-based Kestrel Foods, has been named among the UK’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2026

NI snack entrepreneur targets £100m turnover after top UK business leader honour

Craigavon Shopping Centre, now Rushmere, under construction. LM1310-504con

Rushmere Shopping Centre's Golden Anniversary

Parties to meet Parades Commission ahead of Drumcree determination

The Ulster Unionist Party has selected Councillor Kyle Savage as its candidate for Upper Bann in next May's Assembly election

Ulster Unionists select Kyle Savage as Upper Bann candidate

A temporary Post Office opens at Rushmere Shopping Centre in Craigavon, Co Armagh.

Temporary Post Office for Rushmere

The site where the houses will be built is accessed through a laneway between Nos. 4 & 5 College Walk, Lurgan. Credit: Google

Four spacious dwellings approved as part of larger development

Newry Mourne and Down District Council had the highest level of sickness.

Council staff sick rates ‘notably higher’ than those in Civil Service

NI pharma firm set to accelerate growth with new global rare disease brand

More than £13 million in capital funding has been allocated to support innovation, business growth, start-ups and social enterprise development across Northern Ireland

‘Stimulate local economic growth’: £13.3m boost for NI businesses

The housing mix for which planning permission is being sought includes six townhouses. Image: ABC planning portal

Planning permission sought for 15 new homes

Dylan Oaks will officially open the doors to its seventh retail store on the island of Ireland this Saturday (August 8) in Craigavaon, with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony taking place at 9.30am Photo (stock image): provided by Dylan Oaks

Opening date: Growing Irish jewellery brand expands further with new NI store

The Department of Finance keeps a record of new-builds across NI's council areas (photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)

Figures reveal fastest-growing regions of Northern Ireland over the past decade
The News Letter can reveal the fastest-growing region of Northern Ireland by far in the past 10 years.
Adam Kula

Banbridge town centre

Figures reveal fastest-growing regions of Northern Ireland over the past decade

Free treats for 100 people as Wingstop opens new restaurant

The Dog Meadow is located within the demesne of Newforge House, Magheralin. Credit: Google

Permission sought to retain The Dog Meadow

A new social housing development at Drumnagoon Gate in Craigavon will bring 38 new homes to the area, with the first phase due to be completed by this autumn. Pictured at the Drumnagoon Gate development in Craigavon is Tammy Rountree, Choice good relations officer), Andrew Nixon, Choice senior development officer, Thomas Martin, Drumlough and Michael McDonnell, Choice Group chief executive

Multi-million-pound social housing development set for Co Armagh

A renewal of planning application has been lodged for a change of use of retail premises into a bookmakers at 12 William Street, Lurgan. Credit: Google

Plan for bookmakers premises in Lurgan still on the table

The proposed block of 12 apartments, seen from different angles. Image: ABC planning portal

Plans lodged for new apartments that would 'transform' vacant plot

Planning officers have approved new provision at Rushmere Shopping Centre which will improve access to the retail complex. Photo: Google

Relocated bus terminus and new shelters to provide ‘alternative access’ to mall

Resident doctors on the picket line outside Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast as they take part in a 24-hour walkout over pay. Photo date: Monday June 29, 2026. (PA Photo)

Doctors take to picket lines - but minister says less than 25% voted to strike

Gordon Cruikshanks, regional managing director, Lidl Northern Ireland, Lord Mayor of the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Mary O’Dowd, Actor Owen James and Andrew Bouskill, Lidl Craigavon store manager

Drama as Blue Lights star joins crowds at Lidl NI Craigavon opening

Tannaghmore Gardens and Animal Farm, which is owned and maintained by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, said it was delighted the animal had been safely returned

Kid stolen from Co Armagh farm..two suspects identified, arrested and charged

Lidl Northern Ireland has confirmed that its £9 million new concept store in Craigavon will open its doors on Thursday, June 18, marking a significant investment in the local area. Lidl Craigavon CGI

'We are delighted': Lidl NI announces opening date for new £9m Craigavon store
The new 2,467 sq m store near Rushmere Shopping Centre will open on June 18, creating 12 jobs and replacing Lidl’s existing Balteagh Road branch
Claire Cartmill

Doug Beattie has quit the Ulster Unionist Party after weeks of rows within the party.

Doug Beattie quits UUP - party says he was facing 'conduct' probe

Wilson's Country managing director, Lewis Cunningham and company agronomist, Stuart Meredith, inspecting new season potato crops in Co Down

'Summer food delicacy': Good weather puts NI's first early potatoes in the shops

Northren Ireland-based Almac Group, the global contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing organisation, has reported record financial results for the year ended September 30 2025, with revenue, profit and employment all reaching their highest levels in the company’s history

NI pharma leader thanks 'our people' after highest-ever revenue topping £1bn

The houses to be built at Tayto Castle are deemed to be in keeping with neighbouring developments. Image: ABC planning portal

Tayto given planning approval for 34 new homes at Tandragee Castle site

Craigavon’s Rushmere Retail Park is set for a significant boost with the arrival of Dunelm and Sports Direct, expected to create new jobs and further strengthen its growing line-up of fashion, home and lifestyle brands

NI shopping centre to welcome two new retail giant in major summer expansion

Work is well advanced at the new £9m Lidl at Rushmere Shopping Centre in Craigavon, Co Armagh which will create 40 new jobs for the area.

New £9m Lidl at Rushmere to create 40 new jobs

The new Matcha Chocolate Almonds snack created by Forest Feast with London’s top matcha tea company PerfectTed

NI pioneer creates luxury snack with Japanese Matcha Tea

Pictured from left: rom Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh, Gavin Booth, Nóe Ó hÁgáin-Fontes, Iris Hagan, Macha Ní Ágáin-Fontes, Róisín Ní Ágáin-Fontes and Cuisle Nic Liam at Belfast High Court on Thursday.

Irish signs to be erected in Portadown following legal battle

The new bar and restaurant at Rushmere Shopping Centre, Craigavon.

New restaurant / bar will 'enhance evening economy' of Rushmere Shopping Centre

(L-R) Neil Spottiswoode, Sales Director at Sync Living, Scott McMurray, Founder and Director of Epitome Living, Stephen Flynn, Business Development and Showroom Manager at Sync Living

Epitome Living partners with home adaptation experts with ambient assisted livin...

Bellamianta boss Linda Stinson pictured at the opening of the first Bellamianta store in Rushmere Shopping Centre, Craigavon.

In pictures: Stylish launch for first-ever Bellamianta beauty store

The Post Office has confirmed that its branch at Rushmere Shopping Centre in Craigavon is to close, bringing to an end almost three decades of service at the site

Vital NI shopping centre Post Office to close after nearly 30 years

McKvr Sportswear, based in Craigavon, has netted £300k grant from HSBC UK. Pictured are Fintan McCarthy, Lisa O'Rourke, Padraic McKeever, Catherine Tiernan, Aoife O'Rourke and Philip Doyle

NI sportswear firm scales up with £300,000 funding and Olympic contracts

Lissa O'Malley, ABC Council, councillor Peter Lavery, Sinead Collins, Housing Executive, NI, vice chair of Place Board, John Scally, Carling Planning, Charlene Stoops, deputy chief executive ABC Council, Lord Mayor ABC Council Alderman Stephen Moutray, Councillor Kate Evans, Colum Rooney, Dept for Communities, Elaine Gillespie, ABC Council, Kieran Carlin, Carling Planning

Community invited to shape future of Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has claimed credit for Mike Nesbitt's "u-turn" on puberty blockers. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

DUP's stance 'forced Nesbitt to change course' on puberty blockers - Robinson

DUP leader Gavin Robinson MP called for the establishment of a pro-Union voting bloc. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Alliance 'chief advocates for anti-common-sense brigade' – DUP leader

A £500k investment in Centra, Craigavon, Co Armagh.

£500k investment in Co Armagh service station

Dublin-based infrastructure investor NTR and Northern Ireland pharmaceutical services group Almac Group have agreed to increase the volume of clean electricity supplied from Murley Wind Farm, two years into their successful corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) partnership

NI pharma giant joins forces with investor to boost clean electricity supply

Directors of Simply Fruit in Craigavon Connor and Pat McCann Jnr

Simply delicious Pink Lady apple juice from leading Craigavon fruit specialist

The Tesla EV charging bays at Rushmere Shopping Centre will be similar in design to these. Photo: ABC planning portal

Eight high-power Tesla EV charging bays to be installed at shopping centre

Arbour Housing announces £8m investment to upgrade homes across Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, with tenants set to benefit from heating, windows, doors, and solar panels, enabled by ‘first-of-its-kind’ support from Ulster Bank. Pictured is Kieran Matthews, chief executive of Arbour Housing, Richard Lusty, Relationship director at Ulster Bank, Kenton Hilman, head of corporate banking at Ulster Bank, Will Chambré, chair of Arbour Housing, and Niall Bradshaw, associate director, Ulster Bank

NI housing association to invest over £8m in retrofitting 600 homes

Community delight as Lurgan Post Office officially reopens at a permanent new location in the town centre following the closure of its previous branch

Community stamp of approval as Co Armagh Post Office finds permanent location

NI artisan producers named among Britain’s top food brands

The owners of a Northern Ireland cinema chain have confirmed that the final credits are set to roll on Omniplex Armagh, bringing an end to decades of big-screen entertainment in the city. Credit Facebook

Northern Ireland cinema to 'take its final bow' after years of movie magic

The Clare Road phone box in Tandragee

Three red phone boxes in Co Armagh given green light for 'listed' status

Neurology Service Manager, Dr Andrew Kerr, South Eastern Trust, Assistant Director of Medical Specialties and Cancer Medicine, Mary Jo Thompson, South Eastern Trust, Neuromuscular Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sarah Mason Consultant Neurologist Dr John McConville, Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist Siobhan Lamb, Thompson House Interim Operational Manager Victoria Quinn, Neurology Staff Nurse Paula Woods and Staff Nurse Amy McGarry

Patient says new regional neuromuscular service is 'fantastic'

Eight business incubator units, for light industrial purposes, are going to be erected on lands close to 3c Bluestone Business Park, Moyraverty West Road, Craigavon. Credit Planning Portal

Eight business incubator units approved for NI business park

Pictured left to right is Energia employee Will Anderson, Bluebell Trust chairperson Maxine Chambers, and Bluebell Trust volunteer Sinead Quinn.

Energia support brings winter warmth to vulnerable children

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