Derry pilgrims who are to travel to the renowned holy city of San Giovanni have just received the news that the body of Saint Pio is to put on permanent display in the city’s basilica.

A dangerous new tranquiliser is being used recreationally in Derry, a local MLA has warned.

The mother of a Derry toddler who “almost drowned” after falling into a water-filled trench on a Galliagh housing estate has praised the eight year- old schoolgirl who “saved his life”.

A man who assaulted his “vulnerable” girlfriend with a stiletto shoe has been jailed for three and a half years.

Concert goers planning on travelling to Derry this weekend for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend are being advised to plan their journey well in advance and to avail of the additional rail and bus services that have been put in place.

Derry charity Foyle Search and Rescue have said it’s ‘farcical’ that they may have turn to their own funds to cover Radio 1’s Big Weekend event.

A packed programme of celebrations is being organised to mark the 1450th anniversary of the departure of Derry’s patron saint, St Columba, to Iona.

17 year old Andrea* says being fostered by her grandparents was ‘life-changing’.

Women’s groups in Derry have met Swedish MEP Mikael Gustafsson in the city to discuss gender equality issues.

Derry community worker, Damien Coyle, is currently on a mile-amassing, fundraising adventure, which will see him undertake challenges in Derry, Donegal, Strabane, England and Italy, all in aid of assisting impoverished street children in Nairobi, Kenya.

The families of the six remaining dementia patients at Derry’s Slievemore Nursing Unit received a boost to their campaign today when Health Minister Edwin Poots announced the unit will not close at the end of this month as originally planned.

Several thousand people turned out in Guildhall Square in Derry this evening for the Bright Brand New Day event - and heard Martin Luther King III say that peace-building in Derry and Northern Ireland can have an impact around the globe.

Every time a notable building in Derry is demolished, a “tiny unique thread is rent from the city’s fabric - forever lost.”

A youthful 89, Rolfe Monteith, has many memories of his time in the Canadian Navy - including many convoys he was involved in as part of the Battle of the Atlantic.

The Department of Social Development has invested £150,000 in a unique project in the Triax area of Derry designed to improve the physical environment of the area.

The Derry cleric behind this weekend’s historic visit to the city by Martin Luther King III is urging the public to “leap hurdles” for the sake of peace.

A Derry woman who left the city in 1948 as a GI Bride returned last week with her family to show them her home town.

A Spanish television network has been to Derry to record a feature on the historic links between Derry and Spain.

More than 5,000 parking tickets issued in Derry over the last three years have gone unpaid, it has been revealed.

Foyle MLA Mark H. Durkan has described the ATOS medical assessments for cancer patients as “unfair and unfit for purpose.”