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As part of the process to create the Paralympic Flame, Down District will be welcoming LOCOG’s lighting of a Flame in Newcastle this Wednesda...

Some pics courtesy of Kirsty McComish / NAF. Congratulations to all the Festival organisers.

The crochet activists of S.O.C.K. have fulfilled their threat to “yarn-bomb the prom” again in an audacious return to the scene of thei...

Newcastle promenade was yarn-bombed in the early hours of Sunday morning. The guerrilla attack left the town’s famous shiny sphere barely rec...

This week sees the return of the spectacular Festival of Flight to Newcastle. While there are loads of events on all week, the highlight is undoubt...

It’s time for some more fun and games at the harbour end of the town – yes, the Herring Gutters Festival is almost upon us! Our favouri...

Down District Council has announced that the Red Arrows will perform a flypast this Friday, 27 July, at 13.05pm as part of the Olympic Opening Cere...

*click for larger Following on from the great old 30s photos of the boating lake here’s the lake in vivid technicolour. Kindly sent in by Pet...

At Castlewellan Forest Park. Oh dear.

*click for larger Philip Barton writes: Attached is a wedding photo of Edith Barton and Thomas Murdock, taken in Hoylake in 1920. If any of your re...

Chris Clare of local firm Invest & Protect (website) writes: “We want to change the frontage of our office from the current unsightly mes...

Local businessman Brian Sweeney has started an online petition to restore the two lane traffic system at the start of Main Street in Newcastle. The...

Can you help the Hoylake in Bloom team? Have you got an aquaroll you no longer need (it’s used for carrying water, usually for caravans and h...

The annual Hill and Dale series of mountain and cross-country races got off to a flying start on Thursday night in Castlewellan. The series of twel...

An exhibition of paintings, a notable cut above the usual fare, is currently on display in Newcastle Library. The work, primarily in oils, comes fr...

The Olympic Torch may be coming to Newcastle, but not one of the torch-carriers is actually from Newcastle or its environs. Of the five lucky peopl...

Dear readers – I received this lovely email from Jess, who is headed this was from New Zealand on holiday, and she wants some tips on what to...

There are plans to demolish 1 Hillside Crescent in Newsome. Read more → Demolition plan for 1 Hillside Crescent

The first cows have arrived at Stirley Farm. Read more → Spot the cattle

Did you know that there’s a broadcasting weather station out on Hilbre Island? Well, if you’re interested in the local weather then boo...

All Children’s Integrated Primary School will be marking its twenty-fifth anniversary next Saturday 17th September with a celebration event a...

Vote for Newsome Ward Community Forum on the CommunityForce web site and we could get a grant to help us improve the church grounds in Newsome vill...

Discover the world’s oldest and most beautiful surviving grand music hall just around the corner from Wapping in Graces Alley. The Wapping treasu...

4.6% of the population of Annalong are werewolves. That is the shocking claim made on online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. If correct, that would mean ...

Congratulations to all the hardy souls who completed the Newcastle harbour swim today. Thirty or forty intrepid swimmers set off today shortly aft...

The Department of Agriculture has revealed that Tollymore Forest has been struck by a tree disease. The disease, caused by a pathogen known as Phyt...

Newcastle was visited last week by judges from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in London who have come to see for themselves the qualit...

Tollymore Outdoor Centre has recently opened a purpose built mountain bike skills course, which has been designed to allow bikers to develop theirÂ...

If you love a bit of outdoor action, then get yourself along to the GASP – Gravity Action Sports Park – near the Tollymore Mountain Cen...

This afternoon Southwark’s Cabinet will, barring any last minute problems, formally approve the plans for the new library in Camberwell at a site...