The well-known law firm VP McMullin Solicitors had cause for celebration once again last weekend when they lifted the Ulster Law Firm of the Year for the second year running at the Danske Bank Irish Law Awards 2013 in Dublin.

Sinn Féin councillor Barney O’Hagan has called for a strategy to be put in place to maximise the benefits of the A5 project.

Reusing the original Waterside Railway Station as the city’s 21st century terminus would demonstrate “prudent” use of public money, according to a lobby group calling for its revamp.

Money allocated to the beleaguered A5 road scheme should now go towards the redevelopment of one of Derry’s busiest roads, a Sinn Fein councillor has said.

More than 100 people came off the dole in Derry last month - but almost 6,000 are still signing on in the city.

Around 650 jobs are to be created by IT company Allstate across its three locations in the north - Belfast, Derry and Strabane.

Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Maeve McLaughlin has called on the roads minister to reactivate a traffic management scheme for the Park Avenue area. Ms McLaughlin said a draft proposal for the introduction of a one-way system for the area, drawn up last year, needs to be revisited.

Following a board meeting of Dublin’s Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT) yesterday, it’s been reported that Derry man Dermot McLaughlin has been suspended with pay and without prejudice pending an investigation by the board.

ON Saturday, May 4 1872 at twelve o’clock a public meeting of a committee appointed at the last half-yearly meeting of the Board of Conservators for the district of Coleraine was held in the Court House, Toomebridge, Co Londonderry, for the purpose of “considering the best means to be adopted for protecting and preserving the fisheries” of Lough Neagh, the River Bann and their tributaries, reported the News Letter during this week in 1872.

Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Cooper has welcomed the news that the longawaited residents’ parking scheme for the Bogside area has been given the green light.

The Divisional Manager of the Road Service has said her department is still committed to delivering the A5 road upgrade project.

Whiskey production is set to return to Derry for the first time in more than 100 years as plans for a new distillery at Campsie have been given the green light.

Derry is perfectly placed to regenerate its economy through high-tech medical innovation, the president of the Massachusetts State Senate has said.

Two Derry sisters who are set to do battle in the British Sandwich Designer of the Year competition.

Movie rental chain Xtravision is to close eleven stores in the North - but the two stores in Derry are to remain open.

House prices in Derry and Strabane remain among the lowest in the North.

A new one stop shop for North West farmers is to open in Strabane.

Steps have been taken to begin legal proceedings over plans to build a gasification plant outside Derry.

Diamond Corrugated, one of the biggest business success stories of recent years, is gearing up for even more growth thanks to ongoing investment and additional jobs at its sites in Pennyburn and Campsie. This week, SEAN McLAUGHLIN spoke to Managing Director Paul Diamond and Operations Director, Maureen McLaughlin, to find out the secret behind a 40-year-old success story.

One of Derry’s leading businessmen says much more must be done to stem the tide of talented young people leaving the city to find work.