A night held in memory of a popular Derry man turned out to be one of the hottest tickets in Derry at the weekend. Mark Kelly, who would have celebrated his 40th birthday last Thursday, passed away from cancer last November, was honoured by hundreds of friends and family at a ‘Stars in their Eyes’ [...]

THE Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal to the people of Derry to help find a suitable match for a local man in need of a life saving bone marrow transplant. The call comes as Bill Quigley (39), continues his search for a donor after he was diagnosed with leukemia last September. The [...]

  THE Derry News has been nominated for two of the most prestigious awards in journalism. The paper has been shortlisted for the Weekly Newspaper of the Year and Front Page of the Year in the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards. The awards are regarded as the Oscars of the newspaper industry in the [...]

A FAMOUS Derry house which was the location for historic talks between the IRA and the British government has been put up for sale. The house at Beragh Hill Road in Ballyarnett has been owned by the McCorkell family since it was built in 1845. Now, the family’s link to the building looks set to [...]

By Ursula Duddy Reporter A 72 year-old woman has been commended for raising the alarm after a burst water pipe caused extensive damage to eight homes in Derry. A number of pensioners, a pregnant woman and young children were among around 25 people who had to be evacuated from their homes in Lincoln Courts due [...]