A 'MAGNIFICENT Seven' from across north Down have been bestowed New Year Honours for their contribution to society locally and throughout Northern Ireland.

BANGOR hosted close league rivals CIYMS at Upritchard Park in an important fixture for both sides.

Knockbreda 3, Bangor 0

HAVING lost narrowly to Portadown at the start of the season, Bangor suffered another close defeat by 10-3 at Chambers Park, but once again managed to salvaged a losing bonus point.

BANGOR celebrated Christmas by going top of the table in Championship 1 last Saturday.

TRIBUTES have been flooding in since the shock death of North Down councillor Harry Dunlop over the Christmas period.
A veteran local representative, former deputy mayor and husband to fellow councillor Roberta Dunlop, Harry became a fixture of the borough's political scene after more than 30 years in business in Bangor.

BANGOR Grammar's long-running headmaster Stephen Connolly is about to hang up his mortarboard for the final time.

THE Health and Social Care Board together with the South Eastern Trust, local GPs, pharmacists and dentists have been working to ensure that local people have access to urgent care services over the Christmas and the New Year holiday period.

FORMER Cadets from the 1990s of G (North Down) Company, Army Cadet Force (ACF) are to hold a grand reunion on December 27 in Newtownards.

A LOCAL councillor has joined with leading campaign groups to call for the purse strings to be tightened on payday loans.