A landmark hotel and a prime riverside site in Derry are being sold for a total of £6.5m, the Derry News can reveal.

 By Marianne Craig marianne@derrynews.net  The Waterfoot Hotel and the surrounding land, totalling approximately 4.16 acres, is expected to attract attention from developers and hoteliers alike.

Situated at the Waterside end of the Foyle Bridge, the [...]

The family of a murdered Derry teenager plan to set up a website to help other families going through the same ordeal.
 
By Melissa Towell
Melissa@derrynews.net
 
Gerald O’Hagan was stabbed a total of 15 times during an horrific attack on his 19th birthday by Paul Morrin in the Galliagh area of the city in February 2006.
 
Gerald O’Hagan’s father, [...]

Traffic chaos on one of Derry’s busiest thoroughfares almost saw a nine-month-old child killed this week.
  
By Eamonn Houston eamonn@derrynews.net
  
Little Nicola Donegan was in her pram at a taxi rank on William Street on Monday when a car reversed knocking the pram on two wheels.
 
Her mother, Claire Donegan, who was accompanied by her sister, was able [...]

Only one Derry-owned business has made it on to the list of the Top 100 companies in Northern Ireland.
By Alan Healyalan@derrynews.net 
It comes in the week where it was claimed that in the last eighteen months alone, a staggering 72 small businesses have shut down in the city.
 
The list – published this week in the Belfast [...]

An arson attack on a Shantallow property has raised concerns about a number of unoccupied houses in the area.

By Ursula Duddy
ursula@derrynews.net 

The oil tank of the empty house in Liscloon Drive was set alight on Saturday afternoon. A prompt response from the fire service ensured that the damage that the blaze caused was contained.

Sinn Féin Councillor, [...]

Well-known Derryman James Rafferty who was discovered dead in a remote woodland just outside Derry on Thursday will be laid to rest later this morning.
By Eamonn Houston
eamonn@derrynews.net
Mr Rafferty, who had been missing for nearly a week, was a popular and well-known member of the community in Carnhill.
His body was recovered from woodland in the Grainne’s [...]

A 20-year-old man has been given a two month prison sentence for breaking into office of local MP MLA Mark Durkan.

By Melissa Towell
Melissa@derrynews.net 

George McGowan of River Court pleaded guilty to the offence.

The court heard on December 19 last year police were called to the property on Bishop Street after a reported burglary.

On arrival they observed [...]

Rana denies £10m sale plan
Tillies site plans at ‘final stages’

Derry City Council forked out almost £750,000 in overtime and mileage costs in 2007.

By Alan Healy

alan@derrynews.net

The figures were disclosed at a special meeting of council’s Policy and Resources committee on Thursday afternoon, where the City Treasurer Joe Campbell revealed that council had forked out £610,392 and £171,251 on overtime and mileage respectively.
The figures represent the [...]

Today the Derry News, County Derry Post and Q102 in association with Converse Models are proud to launch the most exciting competition to hit the city in decades.

By Melissa Towell

melissa@derrynews.net

Today the search begins for the city’s top male and female models and entry is open to anyone who thinks they’ve got what it takes to [...]