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Local Artist – Keith Glasgow

Local Artist – Keith Glasgow

Posted by | Apr 16, 2018 |

Keith Glasgow is a local artist who you’re quite likely to bump into if you’re in Ballymena town centre. He’s often at work on one of his latest pieces in Midtown Makers on Church Street. You can also see and buy his finished artwork in Gracehill Gallery on Mill Street.   Keith’s paintings are often based on wildlife, the countryside and farm life. Introducing himself on his website, Keith says, “Growing up on a small farm on the edge of the Sperrin mountains meant that from an early age I was drawn to studying the wildlife and countryside around...

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Serious Country Sports new showroom in Ballymena

Serious Country Sports new showroom in Ballymena

Posted by | Mar 29, 2018 |

Serious Country Sports have recently opened a bright, warm and spacious showroom in Pennybridge Business Park, offering a fantastic selection of fishing tackle in Ballymena. Not only fishing tackle, there’s also a wide range of products for the equestrian and shooting communities as well as for those who enjoy the great outdoors. The new Serious Country Sports showroom in Ballymena. Offering a wide range of products for country sports and those who love the great outdoors. Serious Country Sports is owned by Ballymena businessman, Trevor Finlay and the new showroom is managed by Neil McWhirter. Many of you in...

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Attention all budding news correspondents in Ballymena schools

Attention all budding news correspondents in Ballymena schools

Posted by | Mar 27, 2018 |

Attention all budding news correspondents in Ballymena schools! The search is on to find a budding young news reporter to take on a key role at this year’s Balmoral Show! The winner of this Ulster Bank sponsored competition will become the official Ulster Bank Balmoral Show Correspondent 2018. Here are the full details of the Ulster Bank/Balmoral Show competition for all budding news correspondents in Ballymena schools. ‘Pupils attending Ballymena primary and secondary schools have the chance to take on one of the newest roles at the 2018 Balmoral Show. It’s the largest agricultural event in the Northern Ireland calendar and the...

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Willow Beauty 2nd Birthday Celebrations

Willow Beauty 2nd Birthday Celebrations

Posted by | Mar 23, 2018 |

Willow Beauty 2nd birthday celebrations begin this weekend – Saturday 24th March 2018. We called with Gillian at her Broughshane Street based, award-winning beauty salon to find out what she has planned. “As part of our 2nd birthday celebrations we have decided to give to others.  To do this we are having a raffle with a chance to win a hamper of some of our favourite things. The hamper contains items to the value of £200. The raffle tickets are £5 each and are on sale in the salon. All proceeds from this raffle will go to Northern Ireland Kidney...

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Steven Hanna Awarded PPANI Landscape Photographer of the Year

Steven Hanna Awarded PPANI Landscape Photographer of the Year

Posted by | Mar 20, 2018 |

Cullybackey based professional photographer, Steven Hanna, has recently won the PPANI Landscape Photographer of the Year 2018 award. Not just once – this is the second year in a row he’s won the prestigious award! He also picked up second runner-up in the Creative Pictorial category. For those of you follow Steven on his social media channels you will have seen many of his amazing images over the year. They say a picture is worth a 1000 words – so here’s a few of Steven’s incredible images. Steven Hanna wins the PPANI Landscape Photographer of the Year award for...

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