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Art therapy for people affected by cancer and long term conditions is being introduced at Altnagelvin Hospital site.

Friends, former neighbours, politicians and justice campaigners joined the Devenny family at St Eugene’s Cathedral on Wednesday “in honour”, Father Paddy Baker told them, “of a great and good man, Sammy, who was a God-fearing man and a great father, a husband, a friend”.

The arrival of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and the cream of world golf at Portrush has provided a boost to Derry’s tourism economy.

A Derry priest has spoken of the “conspiracy of silence” that has prevented the family of Sammy Devenny securing full disclosure about events that led to their father’s death 50 years ago.

Further details have emerged about the restoration of Swan Park, which will be ‘even better than before.’

A teenager who survived a frightening 35ft fall from rocks at Kinnego Bay says he feels ‘extremely lucky’ to be alive.

The biggest doggy event of the year locally - the Rainbow Rehoming Centre’s popular Pooches in the Park event - returns to St Columb’s Park this weekend.

A group which helps those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster hope that a recent Sky and HBO mini-series will encourage more local people to become host families for children from the area.

The Gasyard Féile was launched yesterday and this year’s packed programme will culminate with three days of concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Bogside.

The new access road to the Ebrington site is due to be completed by the end of August, it has been confirmed.

The parents of the late Alexandra Johnston are to lobby for more services to be made available in Derry for children with cancer.

A scientist from Dungiven lead a research project which has made an ‘important’ and ‘exciting’ discovery for heart patients.

A Derry woman is to walk the 373 miles between Mizen Head and Malin Head to raise funds for a leading international development organisation which provides volunteering opportunities for young people.

A local aviation historian and pupils from Foyle College were recently part of a team which excavated a Second World War plane over 70 years after it crashed into a field in County Monaghan.

Derry-born songwriter Phil Coulter is to publish his life story later this year.

The Western Trust Maternity Units have been named as one of the ‘Ten Best’ in the UK for their work in helping detect small babies and preventing stillbirths.

Donegal County Council has issued a statement on the Mica Redress Scheme and said it is expected that applications will open ‘in the autumn’

An ecstatic couple from have fulfilled a life-long ambition of visiting the famous National Lottery winners’ room in Dublin today after they collected a cheque for €60,000 which they won on the National Lottery’s Telly Bingo TV game show.