CHARGES against the nine defendants accused of the murder of UDA man Tommy English were dismissed at a hearing in Belfast Crown Court today (February 22).

A CROSS-COMMUNITY facility in Glengormley which was destroyed in an arson attack in July 2010 is set to reopen early next month.

A MAJOR review in the provision of Catholic education could see Glengormley’s Edmund Rice College amalgamate with other schools in the north Belfast area.

IRRESPONSIBLE dog owners are costing the council “thousands upon thousands of pounds” it was revealed at a recent meeting of the organisation’s Environment Committee.

LONG-AWAITED upgrade schemes on two of Newtownabbey’s busiest roads could get under way in a matter of months, it has been revealed.

MINDLESS thieves have stolen almost £24,000 worth of lead from Newtownabbey schools over the past nine months, it has been revealed.

IT’S business as usual at Nortel Athletic and Social Club, despite the pending sale of the Doagh Road property to aerospace firm Bombardier.

THE father of a missing Glengormley man has vowed to continue searching for his son and to “bring him home”.

A RATHCOOLE woman has hit out at “lazy locals” for using the estate as a dumping ground.

FIREFIGHTERS who rescued a 61-year-old woman from a house fire in Glengormley last week have been praised for their life-saving actions.

A BALLYCLARE man has hit out at the PSNI over its handling of an investigation into the theft of an expensive quad bike from his family’s farm.

THE devastated family of a man killed at the Mallusk landfill site have vowed to continue to fight for tougher safety laws to be applied in Northern Ireland.

GLOBAL aerospace company Bombardier has signed an agreement to purchase the former Nortel facility near Monkstown, the Times can reveal. Bombardier snaps up Nortel factory site

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Rathcoole pensioner who was tragically killed in a house fire last week.

QUESTIONS are being asked about why the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service’s Specialist Rescue Team wasn’t called out to try to save a Glengormley man who fell into the River Lagan last month.

A GLENGORMLEY teenager could be just one small cake away from winning a prestigious scholarship to one of the world’s finest culinary institutions.

RESIDENTS living in a high-rise block of flats in Rushpark have branded the property “a death trap”, warning that a lack of fire safety measures is putting people’s lives at risk.

A COUPLE whose pet dog was attacked by a Rottweiler during a terrifying incident in a Newtownabbey park last week have appealed to dog owners to be more responsible and keep their animals on a lead.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a remarkable Glengormley woman who passed away last week, aged 100 years and six months.

A BALLYCLARE beauty is hoping to become Ireland’s new face of fashion.