A motion, put forward by SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack at a Full Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 24, proposed contacting the Minister for Infrastructure, John O’Dowd, to request an “immediate full survey and audit of the conditions of their directional and safety signage, with a view to implementing immediate improvements here.” The motion added: “This Council acknowledges the poor, dirty, absent and even dangerous condition of many of our road safety measures, such as signage and bollards....
The PSNI said they liaised with local health professionals while working with ‘people in need of immediate help’ on different occasions over the weekend. Police in Derry City & Strabane responded to 171 emergency and priority calls between Friday morning, April 19 and Sunday, April 21. The calls encompassed a wide range of incidents and issues, including domestic-related incidents, missing person reports and drug-related incidents. Officers also responded to reports of assault, criminal damage...
During an annual Museum Service report to members, at a Business and Culture Committee meeting on Tuesday, Head of Culture, Aeidin McCarter, said the service had “recently been approached by the family of John and Pat Hume with a request to professionally manage and care for their parents’ archive”. Ms McCarter added: “The collection consists of papers and a small number of key artefacts associated with John and Pat Hume. “It is proposed to bring the collection formally into the Museum Service...
It follows recent Mr Harris’ recent comments that people of his generation were more familiar with Berlin and Paris than they were with places like Derry and Belfast. At the April Full Council meeting this week, Sinn Féin councillor Paul Boggs proposed that the council writes to Mr Harris, asking that he establish a citizens’ assembly on unity “as a matter of urgency”. “Young people on this island are leaving in droves to seek better opportunities elsewhere,” Councillor Boggs said. “And the...
They will be told to get therapy and crack on under plans to be outlined this afternoon as ministers seek to reduce the 3.5million disability benefits bill.
The Yorkshire Asian Business Community Action group is hosting the Building Connections workshops to build young people’s employability skills and boost their chances of landing a job. The first session, at Unity Enterprise’s Leeds Media Centre in Chapeltown, Leeds, saw Satvir Meen, project leader with YABCA, lead discussions about the importance of first impressions, confidence and having the right mindset. A YABCA spokesman said: “Throughout the session, Satvir imparted expert knowledge and...
The award-winning novelist's book, The Buddha of Suburbia, has been adapted for the stage.
A sweeping state indictment in Trump’s 2020 fake electors scheme targets 11 named defendants and seven as-yet-unnamed defendants who haven’t yet been served.
A team of researchers in six countries, including the US and UK, found that people who are generally obese or tall with an 'apple' shape were at an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
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The ordinance only allows permits for events and does not permit individuals to bring alcohol into the park and drink.
At the April Health and Community Committee meeting, Council Officers sought members’ approval for the ‘Leisure and Sports Services Pricing Policy and Schedule of Charges for the 2024-25 financial year’. An update report stated: “The implementation of a consistent pricing policy and schedule of charges across all leisure and sports facilities is a priority to ensure equality and transparency across the service. “Consideration was given to the alignment of charges with inflationary increases,...