Down News

Newtownards bomb: Loud bang heard as controlled explosion carried out on WW2 bomb

Newtownards bomb: Loud bang heard as controlled explosion carried out on WW2 bomb

U.K.
William Turner

PSNI confirm munition was air-dropped SC-500 German bomb from World War TwoBomb was ‘significant risk to public safety’ Watch: Huge explosion as ...

RingGo parking app: Northern Ireland councillor expresses concern over ‘sneaky’ charges in Lisburn and Castlereagh

RingGo parking app: Northern Ireland councillor expresses concern over ‘sneaky’ charges in Lisburn and Castlereagh

Business
Robert Johnson

Eight local councils entered into a new contract with Marston (Holdings) Ltd to provide enforcement services at their off-street car parks from ...

Hawthorne Court, Bangor: Man (85) arrested on suspicion of murder after death of pensioner

Hawthorne Court, Bangor: Man (85) arrested on suspicion of murder after death of pensioner

U.K.
William Turner

LATEST |  Police and forensic officers at the scene of a sudden death of a woman aged in her 80s in the Hawthorne ...

Cultra: Body of woman found on Co Down beach as community ‘in shock’

Cultra: Body of woman found on Co Down beach as community ‘in shock’

U.K.
William Turner

latest |  Police at the scene after a woman’s body was found on a beach in Cultra. Image: Jonathan Porter/Press Eye Police at ...

Northern Ireland forecast: Wet weather expected in coming days after sunshine but temperatures to rise

Northern Ireland forecast: Wet weather expected in coming days after sunshine but temperatures to rise

U.K.
William Turner

The warning for rain will be in place from 12pm on Monday to 6am on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Met Office ...

Planned closure of 11 PSNI enquiry offices ‘part of full-blown crisis’

Planned closure of 11 PSNI enquiry offices ‘part of full-blown crisis’

U.K.
William Turner

PFNI Chair, Liam Kelly, said: “I understand that communities that are affected will view this decision with dismay and disappointment. “That said, ...

Banbridge shooting victim named as he fights for life in hospital

Banbridge shooting victim named as he fights for life in hospital

U.K.
William Turner

The victim, who has been named locally as Brian McCourt, was shot in the abdomen in Banbridge on Friday evening. The patient, ...

Banbridge shooting victim named as he fights for life in hospital

Banbridge shooting: Victim ‘critical but stable’ after being shot by masked man

U.K.
William Turner

The victim, aged in his 40s, remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, police said this afternoon. The shooting happened ...

Banbridge: Man seriously ill in hospital after Co Down shooting

Banbridge: Man seriously ill in hospital after Co Down shooting

U.K.
William Turner

It happened shortly after 8pm last night in a car park on the Rathfriland Road. The victim, who is aged in his ...

Giovanni Buggea: Elderly man who collided with lorry and discovered dead several miles away in Co Down named locally

Giovanni Buggea: Elderly man who collided with lorry and discovered dead several miles away in Co Down named locally

U.K.
William Turner

Giovanni Buggea, who was in his 70s, was hit by a white HGV Renault lorry in The Square, Ballynahinch, on Monday and ...