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Steinbeck won many awards, including the Nobel, for his writings.

Our Space: John Steinbeck and Derry

Help planet Earth (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Help to heal planet on this year’s Earth Day!

March is a great time for getting started with sowing most vegetables.

Sowing seed potatoes, beans and carrots outdoors

Making global warming palatable to children (phorto: Adobe)

Going Green: Making going green more child friendly

Chief Chip Technician Dan Lynes inspects the world's first square Doritos

Doritos introduce new shape of iconic crisp - and it can win you £10k

LEGO Twilight Cullen house set

LEGO Twilight Cullen house set: Release date, price and photos

Many celebrities have sadly lost their homes in the fires raging in Los Angeles. (Photo: Getty Images)

Watch: Full list of celebrities who have lost homes in LA fires

Christmas drinks offers include exciting options and deals for 2024

Top Christmas booze deals for presents and parties

A poll of 2,000 Brits found Michelle Obama, Bill Gates or Arnold Schwarzenegger would be the best next president of the United States

Brits reveal who they want as US president

Roma Downey with her Derry Journal People of the Year Award in the 'Journal' office on Friday.

Roma Downey ‘delighted’ to pick up Derry Journal People of the Year Award

Before and after: Creating a cottage garden effect from scratch.

Creating a cottage garden effect - Gardening with Brendan

The edible flowers I am using in the salad.

Making a 7 flower salad - Gardening with Brendan

Neil Young has postponed his tour due to illness

Neil Young cancels tour amid ill health, at age of 78

The first pansies, nasturtium and baby tomato, all grown from seed.

Gardening with Brendan: Throwing in the trowel and nature's power to surprise

Sarah Friar, pictured on May 3, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Sion Mills woman Sarah Friar appointed CFO of OpenAI

Surfer rescued from beach after spelling “Help” on the sand.

Watch: Surfer rescued from beach after spelling “Help” on the sand
Watch as the emergency responder attaches the surfer to a harness before they ascend up from the beach to safety.
Jessica Martin

First flowers from seed from top right, tomatoes, schizanthus (poor man's orchid), calendula, marigold and Icelandic poppy buds.

The darling buds of May: First flowers from seed 2024 - Gardening with Brendan

Renewable green energy (photo: Adobe)

Going Green

Reuse and recycle clothes by swapping for sustainable fashion and zero waste. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: We can all be greener when it comes to fashion

Pictured are some of the seedlings that have come up thus far and cell trays containing newly sown seeds.

Gone To Seed: Gardening with Brendan Vlog Week 2

Mina Alali with calf Moo Picture: Mina Alali / SWNS

Meet Moo - a calf adopted from a petting zoo who gets taken for walks

Several US states are suing the company which owns Facebook and Instagram, Meta, claiming that the social media platforms harm children's mental health. Image by Adobe Photos.

US states sue Meta claiming social media harms kids' mental health

Discussing Steinbeck at Frank Owens Bar, Limavady: Back Row: Harry Coates, Dougie Bartlett, Terence Owens. Front Row: Sharon Colhoun (RVACC), Rita Deans and Paul Campbell. Photo: Nigel McFarland.

Cannery Row Book Club announced for Limavady

Man City legend and Burnley F.C manager Vincent Kompany puts Ford Mustang GT-California up for sale

Vincent Kompany’s limited edition Ford Mustang hits the market - price

The winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot in August has come forward to claim the prize.

US winner claims £1.32 billion jackpot prize

Paul Feig and the victim Laura Ann Carleton, 66 - Credit: Adobe

US shop owner shot dead in California for displaying Pride flag

Selling The OC will return to Netflix soon for its second season

Selling The OC: Season 2 release date announced by Netflix
The release date for Selling The OC season two has been confirmed by Netflix
Charlotte Hawes

Temperatures in the UK are set to soar above those in the US this week

Parts of the UK to be hotter than California - when the rain eases

Mark Gibbs woke from a coma convinced he was in California, had won £50k - and Rihanna was on her way to see him.

Man woke up from coma convinced he was going to meet Rihanna

Julian Sands

Julian Sands’ cause of death confirmed

Lisa Marie Presley died on 12 January at the age of 54 - Credit: Getty

Lisa Marie Presley: singer died of small bowel obstruction

Corrections officer Sandra Fuentes (L) assists inmate Leslie Van Houten (R) as arrives for her parole hearing before members of the Board of Prison Terms 28 June 2002 at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California.

Leslie Van Houton: Ex-Manson cult follower released after 53 years

Barbie movie: Properties you can stay in inspired by the iconic doll’s ‘dream’ lifestyle as demand soars

Barbie movie: Property rentals inspired by iconic doll’s ‘dream house’

Seán McLaughlin, who plays Muiredach, in a still from 'A Rock in the Sea'.

Inishtrahull-shot ‘The Rock in the Sea’ selected for LA film festival

Christy Caldwell and Bob Kriva.

The brothers-in-law providing a 'Ubiquitous' experience in Buncrana restaurant

World’s Ugliest dog 2023 -Scooter - and his owner Linda Celeste Elmquist

World’s ugliest dog crowned at ceremony in California

'The Terminator' (left) who was played on film by Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images.

Netflix releases Arnold Schwarzenegger docu-series trailer

Scientists have warned the strain can evade antibodies produced from prior infection or Covid-19 vaccines (Photo: Getty Images)

New California Covid strain discovered spreads more easily - and is partially re...

Wheeler Dealers - Brewer & co. are back in business

The classic Margarita mixes tequila with triple sec, lime juice and salt for a drink with a punch.

Easy tequila cocktails to make at home for National Tequila Day

Naya Rivera was announced as missing after heading out to Lake Piru with her son (Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

Glee star Naya Rivera has been reported missing after her son was found alone on...

Joe Biden’s resurgence continues on Super Tuesday – here are all the results so ...

Author Jude Morrow pictured with his son Ethan

Derry author to embark on American book tour

A daredevil has died while trying to prove that the earth is flat

These are the new plasters from Tesco (Photo: Tesco)

Tesco has launched a range of plasters available in different skin tones - this ...

These are some pictures from the big night

Oscars 2020: 15 striking photos from this year’s Academy Awards

Are you excited for the new emojis? (Photo: Shutterstock)

117 new emojis are coming later this year - here’s the full list

Experts say a life-threatening flu virus is on its way to the UK - here’s what t...

The latest iPhones are likely to go on sale in the next few weeks (Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

This is everything we know so far about the iPhone 11

Fans of Disney can celebrate as the company announces huge expansions to its parks and resorts (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the new Disney shows, rides, hotels and cruises that will feature in t...

The LA YouTuber is being investigated by the LAPD (Photo: Twitter)

Police are investigating a popular YouTuber who abused her puppy on camera

California dreaming - a tale of two cities with Neutrals' Allan McNaughton

Doris Day was born in Cincinnati, Ohio as Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff (Photo: Getty Images)

Hollywood icon Doris Day dies, aged 97

Facebook knows how many times you've searched for your ex