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A computer generated image of the proposed new leisure centre for Strabane.

Proposals for new leisure centre take a step closer in Strabane

Plans for a new state-of-the-art leisure centre in Strabane have reached another important milestone with the submission of a planning application for the proposed development at the Canal Basin to Derry City and Strabane District Council

Multi-million Northern Ireland leisure centre plans reach planning stage

Rev. Jonathan McFarland, Branch Chaplin, Royal British Legion, pictured with Anne Carlin, DC&SDC Regeneration Project Officer and fellow Legion Members, Pearl Harron, Gareth Harpur, Poppy Appeal Organiser for Sion District, Roy Monteith, Chairman of British Legion, Castlederg, George Harron, and Crawford McCann.

Sion Mills War Memorial restoration work commences

The Cross Border Jobs Fair took place at the Ebrington Hotel in Londonderry on Tuesday.

Lyons slams disruption to RAF and Army stands at jobs fair

Northern Ireland conservation specialist Irish Stone has been appointed by Derry City and Strabane District Council to restore four historic war memorials across the district. Pictured is Jason Dougherty, chairman Royal British Legion, Anne Carlin, Council's regeneration project officer and Johnny Booth, Irish Stone

Co Down conservation specialist appointed to restore four NI war memorials

Lidl Northern Ireland has welcomed ministerial approval for its long-awaited second store in Londonderry, describing the decision as a "significant milestone" after more than six years in the planning system

Lidl hails 'significant milestone' as £8m NI store finally gets green light

A new Lidl supermarket has been given the green light for Londonderry’s Crescent Link after spending more than six years in the planning system and overcoming a previous recommendation for refusal

Green light for £8m Lidl store in Londonderry after six-year planning battle

Alley Theatre in Strabane initially closed to facilitate essential repairs, but Derry City and Strabane District Council has now confirmed the venue will not reopen this year due to the scale of the works needed

NI theatre to remain closed until 2027 after extensive damage - events impacted

Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Planning Committee has unanimously approved a major residential development comprising 27 apartments at Main Street Strabane at its meeting held in the Guildhall Council Chamber. Pictured is CGI Image of proposed development in Main Street in Strabane

Planning approval granted for 27 apartment development in NI town centre

Members of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Planning Committee were unanimous in granting full planning permission for a major new student accommodation development on the city’s Strand Road

Planners give go ahead for major new student accommodation block

Album covers embedded into flooring forms part of the redesign at Level One in The Bentley Bar as the venue reopens following a major refurbishment, transforming the upstairs space into a fully equipped rock themed live music venue in the heart of Londonderry. Credit: Aodhan Roberts.

First look: Bold new refurbishment at NI bar creates ultimate music venue

Residents living in a housing development have told of how their homes are ‘plagued by rats’

'They are big rats': Residents 'are not exaggerating' about size of rodents

Thick snow on top of bins

Bin collections suspended today due to ongoing snow and icy conditions

Lidl Northern Ireland has announced its ambition to invest £31 million in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area over the next five years. Pictured at today’s Lidl Business Breakfast in Londonderry are Gordon Cruikshanks, regional managing director for Lidl Northern Ireland and Robert Ryan, chief executive officer of Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland

Supermarket giant to invest £31m in three new NI stores supporting 600 jobs

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has submitted plans to develop a new £21 million supermarket in the Waterside, Londonderry, aiming to revitalize the former Homebase unit at the Crescent Link Retail Park

Plans for new job-boosting £21m Sainsbury’s store in NI takes huge step forward

Specialist shipping company Pack & Send Belfast East has completed first phase of a complex artefact relocation project for Derry City and Strabane District Council

Watch: NI firm moves priceless Armada shipwreck artefacts in museum relocation
Pack & Send Belfast East manages crane lifts, custom packaging and secure transit of historic treasures from Londonderry’s Tower Museum to Belfast
Claire Cartmill

The plans will transform Meenan Square into a mixed-use residential and community-led development, supported by The Executive Office’s Urban Villages Initiative

Plans for a major multi-million revitalization scheme in NI gets the green light

One of Londonderry’s best-known hospitality venues, Da Vinci’s Hotel, is pressing ahead with plans to add a new orangery as part of a major £2.5 million refurbishment of its hotel and bar complex

NI hotel owner kick starts £2.5m upgrade plans with new orangery proposal

Public have been advised of traffic and travel disruption ahead of Strabane Halloween festivities

Traffic and travel update issued ahead of Strabane Halloween activities

Proposals for a £5.8million redevelopment of the Drumahoe Eurospar retail complex and filling station have moved a step closer, with an official planning application now submitted to Derry City & Strabane District Council

£5.8m jobs-boosting NI Eurospar redevelopment takes huge leap forward

New £1.4m Tesco Express store approved for Strabane. Credit Planning Portal and HBK Architects

New NI £1.4m Tesco Express approved, creating over 60 local jobs

The proposed development will take place at 4-6 Castle Street in Londonderry

Plans to convert former NI offices in city centre into student accommodation

Milligan Bros appointed contractor for Derg Active Public Realm Phase Two projects

NI contractor appointed for Castlederg Public Realm and Castle Park works

Pictured at the Digital Transformation Flexible Fund Information Event from left are, Patrick McGirr, deputy director, Business Engagement, AICC, UU, Daneille McNally, business development manager, DCSDC, Cathal Ferry, Industry 4.0 Centre manager, NWRC, Leona Doran, business development manager, Pneuma Healthcare and Jim Murray, XR Hub manager, NWRC

NW business leaders explore digital growth

The U-Boat surrender re-enactment at the BoA Battle of the Atlantic 80th anniversary event at Ebrington Square in Londonderry Credit ©Lorcan Doherty

Battle of the Atlantic remembered 80 years on in Londonderry

Representatives for the Millennium Forum say a “forced closure” of seven weeks over the summer will put them on the “back foot” in terms of income

Northern Ireland theatre ‘forced closure’ this summer due to nearby works

Meenan Square re-development has taken a major step forward with the submission of a full planning application to Derry City & Strabane District Council (DCSDC). Pictured is a view of the entrance way of the proposed Meenan Square development from the Lecky Road

Multi-million NI re-development takes major step forward with planning
Meenan Square transformation will see the construction of a mixed-use development, comprising community services, housing and essential local economic amenities which will include retail, commercial and office space
Claire Cartmill

New planning application for pub awning which partially covers Derry Girls mural

New planning application for pub awning which partially covers Derry Girls mural

Plans to enhance the well-known Browns Bonds Hill restaurant in Londonderry with additional guest bedrooms have recently been submitted to the Derry City and Strabane District Council. Credit: Browns Bond Hill

Top Northern Ireland restaurant seeks approval for hotel-style expansion

Snowy conditions in the north of Belfast today: picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Bins going uncollected due to freezing conditions in Northern Ireland

EY Northern Ireland (EY NI) has selected Ebrington Plaza in Londonderry as the location for its new northwest regional office

Global professional services company to open new second office in NI

H&D Pension Fund has submitted an application to Derry City and Strabane District Council for a site off Melmount Road

Job creating units proposed on NI site previously operated as a bakery

General image of a water tap (photo illustration by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Soon-to-be-built homes hooked up to water/sewer grid thanks to funding package

Derry City and Strabane District Council have announced that Templemore Sports Complex is to close for a period from December 16 to carry out essential works at the centre

Northern Ireland sports complex to close for essential works

An artist's impression of the development

Almost 700 new homes to be built in Londonderry's Waterside

The development is the remaining phases of a wider housing scheme at Ballyoan by South Bank Square in partnership with Choice Housing

Council give green light to plans for 674 new affordable homes in NI

The sign in Castlederg

'Totally repulsive' anti-flag and anti-religious sign in Castlederg removed

Plans for a new bar in Londonderry city centre have been approved by Derry City and Strabane District Council Pictured is Waterloo Street, Londonderry. (file picture) Photos: George Sweeney. DER2150GS – 044

New bar approved at former Northern Ireland furniture store despite objections

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Lilian Seenoi-Barr pictured at the launch of the Council's Jam Card Scheme at the Bud Club, Northside Village Centre, Londonderry. Included centre is Catriona Porter, Access and Inclusion Officer, DCSCC and from left, Amy Harkin, Zara May McDaid, Gavin Melly and Matthew McLaughlin, Bud Club. (Photo: Jim McCafferty Photography)

What is a JAM Card and why businesses in the North West should get one

'Kneecap' pictured with former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams at the recent Belfast Premiere of the band's film

Nationalist councillors attack DUP over change of venue for Kneecap gig

Data reveals that the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area car parks bringing in the highest rate of fine are BOTH in Portrush. In 2022, 1,247 fines were issued at the East Strand car park in the resort. While 2023 saw Dunluce Avenue (PICTURED) in the town take over the top spot for the highest amount of fines being issued, a total of 1115. CREDIT NI WORLD

Parking fine hot spots both in Portrush

Derry Halloween Carnival Parade & Fireworks Display. Credit © Lorcan Doherty

Hallowe'en traffic guidance issued in Londonderry as 100,000 visitors expected

Aircoach, the leading private coach and bus operator, has been announced as official travel partner of Derry Halloween. Pictured at the partnership announcement are Aedin McCarter, head of culture, Derry City and Strabane District Council and Kim Swan, managing director, Aircoach (R) along with Derry Halloween’s Walter DeBurgh

Aircoach announced as official travel partner for Derry Halloween 2024

Work at the Culmore Community Park project will begin later this month following the appointment of a Northern Ireland contractor to complete the work at Ballynagard, Woodlands Avenue

Northern Ireland contractor appointed to complete new community play park

The Derry Halloween celebrations, the largest festival of their kind in Europe, will focus on ‘Awakening the Walled City’ trail within the streets of the city centre from Monday, October 28 until Wednesday 30 and will climax with a ‘Carnival of the Dead’ themed Halloween parade and fireworks display on Thursday, October 31

Seven days of activity across 50 venues revealed for 2024 Halloween celebrations

Largely forgotten in local history, Alexander Ector Orr (1831-1914) from Strabane was the founder of the New York subway after immigrating to the east coast of America in 1851 aged 19. In commemoration of his dedication and milestone achievement the Ulster History Circle is unveiling a blue plaque tomorrow (Wednesday) in his memory. Credit: Find a Grave

Blue plaque honour for NI man named 'The Father of the New York Subway'

Well-known Northern Ireland car dealership J.C Halliday & Sons has applied for permission to convert a long-disused office block in Campsie into industrial units

NI car dealer's bid to breath new life into long vacant office block

Susan Nightingale, Director UK Network Devolved Nations, British Business Bank

Northern Ireland’s entrepreneurs receive £17m in start-up loans

Dr Paddy Fitzgerald, Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Bernadette Walsh, Tower Museum Archivist, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Aeidin McCarter, Head of Culture (DC&SDC), and Derek Rainey, Ulster-Scots Agency pictured at the launch of the 'Ulster-Scots and The Declaration of Independence' exhibition in The Alley Theatre

Events are organised to recognise Strabane's links to North America

Group pictured at the Women in Enterprise Derry City and Strabane District Council's 'Coffee & Conversations: A Morning of Connecting and Access to Maximise Your Business Potential' event at the Everglades Hotel. Photo: Jim McCafferty Photography

Northern Ireland businesswomen enjoy vibrant networking event

Computer generated image of the plans for the extensive redevelopment on the former Northern Ireland barracks site

Major redevelopment plans on former NI army barracks site given the go ahead

McKelvey Construction Ltd in Castlederg will deliver the urban farm element of the wider £6.2 million Acorn Farm capital build project that is set to transform the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) site into a unique urban growing space. Pictured is an artist's impression of the proposed new Acorn Farm. Image: Paul McAlister Architects and Energy Consultants

NI construction firm appointed to transform a former Ministry of Defence site

Outline planning permission approved for substantial new service station at Drumahoe Junction. Pictured is the site layout

Outline planning permission approved for substantial new service station in NI

A covering of snow falls across Londonderry.

Londonderry as the council suspends refuse collection in the interests of safety

Snowfall in Londonderry on the morning of 18 January 2024. Photo: Lorcan Doherty /PressEye

Council suspends all refuse collections on strike day due to weather conditions

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