Environment

Mourners today bid farewell to a member of the loyal orders who lost his life in a road incident last week.

Police in Foyle have branded a shooting incident in the Creggan estate on Friday, December 21, “abhorrent”.

Police were today (Saturday) investigating a number of thefts of home heating oil in the Chapel Road area of the Waterside.

An environmental campaigner has lost a legal challenge to the planned building of a new fishing tourism facility near Londonderry.

Approval given for a new fishing tourism facility near Londonderry was unlawful, an environmental campaigner claimed in the High Court yesterday.

The dates have been confirmed for what will be the ninth annual Stendhal Festival in Limavady next year after record-breaking attendances again this summer.

A record number of Northern Ireland parks and green spaces have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award.

The many visitors to Limavady this year were truly spoilt for choice when it came to the sheep classes.

The hosepipe ban which has been in force in Northern Ireland since June 29 was scheduled to end on Thursday, with no prosecutions having been launched.

Sea anglers and coast lovers on the North Coast are being encouraged to get involved in efforts to protect some of our most endangered marine wildlife: sharks, skates and rays, as part of Ulster Wildlife’s new ‘Sea Deep’ project.

Crowds were starting to gather along the banks of the River Foyle this morning ahead of the grand opening of the Foyle Maritime Festival.

A Stormont department is to face a widened legal challenge over approving Northern Ireland’s biggest roads project, a High Court judge has confirmed.

Fire-fighters are currently monitoring a mile long gorse fire in the Glenshane area.

Translink has declared itself “delighted” that councillors on the Derry City and Strabane local authority have approved proposals to redevelop the train station for the city.

Police in Strabane have confirmed that a 62-year-old man who has been reported missing has now been found.

Street light columns on Londonderry’s busy Foyle Bridge were being removed today (Saturday) after one of them collapsed.

Temperatures are set to rise slightly over the coming days following a week of sub-zero conditions and snow storms which are continuing to impact across parts of Northern Ireland.

Ulster Wildlife is appealing for volunteers to help protect one of the last remaining strongholds of red squirrels in Londonderry.

A new legal challenge to Northern Ireland’s biggest roads project will be heard in June, it was confirmed on Tuesday.