THE death has occured of respected Irish journalist and broadcaster Derek Davis at the age of 67. He was born in Holywood and grew up in Bangor but became a household name in the Irish Republic. He began his media career as a news reporter, working with the American network ABC and BBC Northern Ireland,…
Kicking up a Stink in Walled Garden
ARDS and North Down Borough Council is delighted to announce that this year’s Theatre In The Walled Garden will feature a fabulous production of the celebrated children’s novel by David Walliams – Mr Stink. The event will run over two days July 8-9 in Bangor’s beautiful Walled Garden. To suit this more family audience, the…
School choirs reach finals
BALLYHOLME Primary School and Sullivan Upper School have won places in the final of the BBC Radio Ulster School Choir Of The Year. They are the fifth set of schools to win places in the live final and next week the final set of choirs from across Northern Ireland will be continuing to sing to…
Bear Grylls backs campaign to save famous lifeboat
TELEVISION adventurer Bear Grylls has given his support to a campaign to save Ireland’s most famous lifeboat. His great grandfather, Sir Walter Smiles, was among 130 people who died in the Princess Victoria tragedy of 1953. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s volunteer crew at Donaghadee in Northern Ireland, aboard the Sir Samuel Kelly lifeboat, risked…
Michael takes Idris through his pacenotes for the Circuit of Ireland
BANGOR World Rally Championship driver Michael Orr has been putting ‘Nelson Mandela’ through his racing paces. For Michael has been helping actor Idris Elba try out a new role as a rally driver on the roads of Monaghan, before taking part in this year’s Circuit of Ireland Rally. Car enthusiast Elba, who played Nelson Mandela in the…
Holywood’s comic hero to hit Hollywood with ‘new Walking Dead’
A HOLYWOOD comic book writer looks set to be the next Hollywood smash with a TV show that’s tipped to be the new Walking Dead. Garth Ennis’ series Preacher was one of the biggest names on the 1990s comics scene, and over the past 15 years there have been repeated attempts to bring it to…