By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
A seven year-old Galliagh boy who had his Christmas bike stolen two years in a row has been given a big surprise from a big-hearted Derry businessman.
The Derry News reported on Thursday how Caoimhin McClintock had asked Santa for a new bike after the one he received last Christmas was stolen.
However, only having [...]

By Marianne Craig
Reporter
A Derry man who was given just one year to live has been given a new lease of life after undergoing a rare heart and double lung transplant.
Ciaran Tyre, 38, from Hazelbank underwent the five hour operation on January 3 in Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire where he is now recovering.
The rare surgery, [...]

By Marianne Craig
Reporter
These pictures show the horrific injuries suffered by greyhound believed to have been pulled behind a moving vehicle.
The dog, who was discovered wandering alone between Claudy and Feeney last week, has been wounded so badly that its rear hip bones are exposed.
She is now being cared for by the Rainbow Animal Shelter in [...]

By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
A seven year old Galliagh boy is heartbroken after the new bike he got for Christmas has been stolen for the second year in a row.
Caroline McClintock said her son, Caoimhin, had not even had the chance to enjoy his new bike before it was stolen.
“It was kept in the house all over [...]

By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
These shocking pictures show the injuries sustained by a 15-year-old boy after he was attacked by a gang of men on Chapel Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Eamon Deehan needed stitches to his eye and elbow, sustained extensive bruising and required an intravenous drip due to the extent of his injuries [...]

By Ciaran O’Neill
coneill@derrynews.net
DERRY City Council paid £2,500 for a soap actor to recently turn on the city’s Christmas lights.
The Derry News has learned that £2,500 of ratepayers’ money was spent on bringing Emmerdale actor Mark Charnock to the city on Wednesday, November 18 last to turn on the lights at Victoria Market car park.
In response [...]

By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
A woman killed in a tragic road accident in Derry this week had been due to join her husband today on holiday in Switzerland.
Tributes were yesterday paid to businesswoman, Catherine Harkin, 50, who was struck by a red Mitsubishi Colt at Creggan Road around 5.15pm on Monday.
She was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital but [...]

BY Alan Healy
Deputy Editor
An 8-year-old boy was being treated in Altnagelvin Hospital last night after he was found semi-conscious in sub-zero temperatures yesterday morning in Derry.
The boy was discovered outside a shop in Ballymagroarty shortly after 6.30am, wearing just a t-shirt.
He was found by a passing taxi man who yesterday told the Derry News that [...]

SCORES of people from throughout the northwest braved the continuing cold snap to complete the GOAL Mile on St. Stephen’s Day.
Now in its 28th year, the event saw families turn up at Sainsbury’s Car Park at 12 noon to partake in the walk along the river, which saw children complete the challenge in their bikes, [...]

A Derry security firm has offered it services free of charge to a local animal shelter that has been robbed three times this year.
In the latest attacks, thieves broke into the Rainbow Shelter two weeks ago and stole over 30 bags of dog food worth over £500.
Estate Services security group have now offered to do [...]