News
Police at Balmoral Show
LOCAL PSNI officers visited the Balmoral Show at the Maze last week. The officers and Crime Prevention colleagues, including Crime Prevention Officers Stuart Gibson and Michael Green, were on hand to provide advice and guidance on protecting against rural crime.
Officers escape injury in attack
LAST week’s gun attack on police officers who were responding to a burglary call in the Foxes Glen area of Twinbrook has been condemned by local MLA Jonathan Craig.
Killer’s sentence is welcomed
DETECTIVES from the PSNI Serious Crime unit investigating the murder of 28-year-old Ksenjia Vorosilina welcomed the sentencing of her killer on Wednesday in Belfast Magistrate Court.
Translink’s decision on Lisburn stop is ‘ludicrous’
A LISBURN man has described as ‘ludicrous’ a decision by Translink to avoid the city centre as part of their Dublin Airport to Belfast bus route and instead stop at Sprucefield.
Warning on identity theft
THE police are urging people to take necessary steps to keep their identity safe after a spate of incidents involving identity thefts.
Sport
Garvey come back to earth
LISNAGARVEY came back down to earth following a good start to the season, when they lost by 29 shots though they did take two points away to Newcastle in the NIWBA Senior League on Thursday.
Mixed fortunes for Rockmount
LAST Saturday saw the rain return with a vengeance at Rockmount. A large number did brave the rain to play in the Sean Lawell Asphalt sponsored competition; the early starters getting the best of the day.
Heavy rain closes course at Lisburn
AFTER the brilliant sunshine last Friday, Lisburn golfers were looking forward to good weather on Saturday. The weather forecasters proved correct as the drizzle in the early morning got steadily heavier and by lunch time many parts of the course were flooded making it unfit for play. The course was closed and the competition cancelled.
Lisburn schools in cup clash
FRIENDS’ School and Wallace High School are to meet for a place in the semi-finals of the Ulster Bank Schools’ Cricket Cup.
Pearson too hot to handle as he sets record in fairytale win
LISBURN rider Michael Pearson set a new track record last Sunday on his way to a fairytale Superbike win in the Czech Republic.
Lifestyle
Countrysports set for Moira
THE Northern Ireland Countryside Festival is back bigger and better this year in Moira with a focus on the wonderful world of industry, heritage and culture in Ulster.
Artist exhibits work at library
A FORMER teacher now working as a full time artist is staging an exhibition in Lisburn Library running from June 4.
Lisburn District host ‘Dander with the Banners’ parade
THE Lisburn District Orange Lodge LOL No 6 will be having a “Dander with the Banners” parade around Lisburn City Centre on Friday June 7, starting at 7.30pm from Lisburn Orange Hall.
Countrysports Festival on way
THE Northern Ireland Countryside Festival is back again in Moira Demesne over the weekend of May 25-26 and it’s bigger and better this year with a focus on the family entertainment, countryside activities and the heritage and culture of Northern Ireland.
Jenny Monroe speaks to David Murphy, music consultant
David Murphy, 30, is a consultant in his family business AA Music, one of Northern Ireland’s longest established piano dealers and music shops based on the Leckey Road in Ballinderry.
Jenny Monroe speaks to Chris Connolly of Murdock’s Builder’s Merchants
CHRIS Connolly, 33, is a sales rep for Murdock’s Builder’s Merchants which has a branch on the Ballinderry Road, Lisburn.
Community
Lifeboat street collection
THE Lisburn and Hillsborough branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have thanked all those who helped in any way with their street collection.
Why land on Moon
In May of 1969 Terence Murtagh wrote a piece in the Ulster Star entitlted, “Why land on the Moon?”
Kids oppose school closure
IN May of 1988 a group of local schoolkids from Magheraknock Primary School on Ballynahinch Road staged a roadside protest after the education and library board recommended the school’s closure.
Ulster crown for Wallace
In May of 1999, Wallace High School won the Ulster School’s Golf Championship for the first time.
Ferguson plane ‘lands’ on the dual carriageway
AN aeroplane grounded just off the A1 dual carriageway caused a few surpised glances from unsuspecting motorists this week - but, thankfully, it was all in the name of art.
Dealing with dementia in pets
AS it is National Dementia Awareness Week next week (May 20-26), leading veterinary charity, PDSA, is raising awareness and understanding of this condition, which can affect pets as well as people.
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Weather for Lisburn
Sunday 26 May 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Heavy rain
Temperature: 6 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: South
