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Those up for a good scare have been urged to try the Temple of Terror Haunted House being resurrected in Springtown by the Rainbow Child and Family Centre for Hallowe’en.

Prisoners at Magilligan with ambitions to one day work in the construction industry have taken part in the first ever Skillbuild NI competition in a UK prison.

It never happened, no-one knows why and at this stage no-one ever will. But it was all put to right last weekend over 115 years later at Ardmore cemetery. A unique gathering of the descendants of an old Derry family came together to have a memorial dedicated to the memory of Charles O’Doherty and his wife Mary Ann and their eight children.

A number of amazing people from Derry and Inishowen have been honoured at the 25th Birthday National Lottery Awards.

Air​brio, based out of C-TRIC in Altnagelvin’s Hospital Campus won the Life and Health Science category in the recent Invent awards and scooped £3,000 for its revolutionary product to help asthma sufferers to control their symptoms.

Derry City and Strabane District Council have encouraged the public to keep an eye on their dogs this firework season.

Following its successful opening weekend across Irish and Northern Irish cinemas, the award-wining comedy drama ‘A Bump Along the Way’ has been longlist nominated for four British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

A truck convoy is set to travel across the border from Derry to Donegal and vice versa this Sunday to show the world ‘what an open border looks like.’

Sinn Féin MP Elisha McCallion has called for people to join protests today (Friday) to defend the Good Friday Agreement.

The Irish Premier says the Brexit deal reached protects the wishes of the people of Northern Ireland and avoids a hard border.

Picking out a baby name is an important decision and with so many to choose from, it can be difficult to settle on a favourite.

Vigilance is being urged after a Derry woman was conned out of more than £20,000 in an online romance scam.

Derry musicians Ryan Vail and Elma Orkestra, aka Eoin O’Callaghan, bring their groundbreaking audio-visual project, Borders, to Guadalajara, Mexico this weekend.

Hundreds of people gathered with residents of Killea, Bridgend and Muff on Wednesday night to demonstrate their opposition to Brexit and any attempt to impose border infrastructure on local communities.

The forthcoming introduction of abortion legislation for Northern Ireland has no guidelines around medical practice or protections for medical professionals who conscientiously object, Aontú representatives have warned.

The Irish Famine and the different perspectives on Northern Ireland’s peace process were the topics covered on a recent cultural trip taken by social housing tenants from Derry and County Donegal.

The Rossdowney Recovery Team at the Western Trust have said they are thrilled to launch a special CD by the unique ‘Song for the Soul’ Choir in The Playhouse.

Border Communities Against Brexit are planning a major border demonstrations campaign tomorrow night in advance of a critical EU Council summit.

A couple from Derry have described the “incredibly rewarding” experience of adoption as they encouraged others to consider becoming adoptive parents.