Council

Derry and the wider North West city region’s unique strategic cross border location will be one of the strong selling points for a cross border trade delegation travelling to Philadelphia and Boston this week.

Detailed plans for a major new housing development with over 350 dwellings in Derry were given the go ahead by members of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Planning Committee last night.

Derry & Strabane Council is to ask central government in London for more funding to secure City of Derry Airport’s future amid warnings it could become unsustainable within two years if additional money is not found.

SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack has congratulated and thanked NI Water for taking action to remove graffiti from their premises in Victoria Market car park.

A Day of Action calling for Welfare Reforms to be scrapped and an end to cuts will be held in Derry on the anniversary of the historic 1968 October 5 Civil Rights march.

Details of this year's Christmas Switch on and celebrations have been released by Derry City & Strabane District Council.

Derry & Strabane Council is to adopt and maintain Maurice Harron’s ‘Celebrate’ sculpture in the heart of Creggan.

Derry’s ‘A Stitch In time’ artwork is to be removed from its site atop Rosemount Factory and put into storage following repairs until a new site can be found.

Members of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Governance and Strategic Planning Committee heard how the local economy is showing signs of positive growth despite the uncertainties presented by wider issues such as Brexit and the absence of a NI Assembly.

Thousands of local Housing Executive tenants with spare bedrooms are set to be hit with bedroom tax if mitigations are not extended in 2020, the Housing Executive has warned.

Derry’s plans to cope with the impact of a no-deal Brexit - including a possible backlog of bin waste, potential power cuts and a probable downturn in tourism - will be revealed by the local Council next week.

Calls for an all-Ireland register for animal abusers is due to be debated by Derry & Strabane Council this week.

SDLP Councillor Rory Farrell has said that local public artworks must be properly maintained “to enhance our tourism offering”.

Young people in Derry are to lead a Climate Strike protest in the city centre later this week.

An all-party climate emergency working group is to be established in Derry and Strabane to look at further measures that can be taken locally to mitigate against the global climate crisis.

Commenting on the news of the discovery of two bodies in a house in Derry on Sunday morning Sinn Féin Foyleside Councillor Mickey Cooper said the local community was shocked and saddened.

A former deputy Mayor who has been disqualified from his role as a councillor for 15 months is to appeal the decision.

SDLP Councillor Mary Durkan has written to Department for Infrastructure calling for pedestrian crossings in the Creggan Road area of the city.