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Man rescued from Craigavon flat fire

A MAN in his mid 20s was rescued by firefighters and had to be resuscitated after a fire occurred in a flat in the Moyraverty area of Brownlow around 6pm on Thursday (May 17).

Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson. INLM2012-994con

Serious sex crime soars

SERIOUS sex crimes in Craigavon have soared by 45 per cent over the past year.

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Moon Walk raises cancer awareness

FORMER Lurgan women Joanne and Sarah Ferry (nee Kennedy) set out to take part in a Midnight Walk or ‘Moon Walk’ through the streets of London last weekend in aid of breast cancer awareness.

Largest number of firearms found in Craigavon district

THE largest number of firearms seized across police areas in Northern Ireland over the past year was in Craigavon.

Anti-social behaviour and drug seizures are down

THERE has been a fall in antisocial behaviour in Craigavon, according to statistics released by the PSNI.

Sport rss

Seniors defeat holders

Lurgan 75 (5) Bangor 67 (2)

Neill Harvey, secretary of the Mechanics' Institute, presenting 2nd XI Captain Matthew Parks with the sponsorship board for the match versus CIYMS III. INLM2012-221con

Seconds suffer another heavy defeat

VICTORIA Second XI suffered another defeat on Saturday as they lost by 68 runs to CIYMS in Lurgan Park.

Wicket for Lurgan's John Guy at Coleraine on Saturday, INLM2012-218con

Lurgan firsts crash out of Irish Senior Cup

LURGAN lost heavily in the First Round of the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, crashing out of the competition to Coleraine by 185 runs.

Waringstown's Kyle McCallan with a lovely ball  during their recent Irish Cup match at the Lawns.  Picture by Jeremy Marks INLM2012-915jm

Waringstown set up cup final repeat with Brigade

WARINGSTOWN are through to the last 16 of the Bob Kerr Irish Cup but the holders began the defence of the trophy with a nervy home performance against Strabane.

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Footballer taken to hospital after clash

A MAN was taken to hospital after sustaining an injury during a football game on Saturday afternoon in Lurgan.

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The good old days video

HERE we have a selection of pictures from our archive.

Lifestyle rss

Ballet at Market Place

HIGHLY acclaimed European Ballet will presents the classic and enchanting ballet ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ in The Market Place Theatre on Thursday, May 24 at 7.30pm.

Olympic hurdle for Mairead

IT’S her Olympic dream but Lurgan girl Mairead McMahon is facing her first hurdle on her way to Wembley.

D’ya hear yer man

Lose weight the easy way

Fun run at Craigavon Lakes

BUDDING athletes and fun runners alike are being urged to get their running shoes at the ready and sign up for the annual Craigavon Lakes 10km race and fun run taking place on Wednesday, June 6.

History talk at St Peter’s Hall

AS part of this year’s theme, ”Understanding our Neighbours”, the Community Outreach Group has presented a series of talks to explore the many different facts of our shared history, to be informative and to give us the opportunity to examine together the often very varied perceptions of our history.

Community rss

The good old days video

HERE we have a selection of pictures from our archive.

Darren Clarke wins prize

THIS week in 1983 a gentleman named Darren Clarke beat off several challenges from the field of over 220 to capture the President’s prize at Lurgan Golf Club with a magnificent five under par total of 65.

Pioneer dies

A TWO MINUTE silence was observed before the match at Davitt Park between St Peter’s and Carrickcruppen for gaelic pioneer Billie Barbour in 1983.

Taghnevan man wins at dog show

THIS WEEK in 1983 Billy Creaney, a Taghnevan man from Monbrief Walk, brought his dogs down to one of Ireland’s largest shows.

Deaths in the community

William McMahon

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