Author: Cherry

Creative Gardens in Galgorm have all you need for Christmas

Christmas has well and truly landed in Galgorm’s Creative Gardens. Creative Gardens specialise in all year round, colourful plants for both the experienced gardener and beginner alike. Plants are complemented by a huge range of garden accessories, giftware and interiors, with a highlight of the Creative Gardens calendar being their annual Christmas shop that is a seasonal attraction not to be missed. In addition to the main shop at Creative Gardens, the new centre at Galgorm will also include one of the businesses popular cafes, offering the best in home style cooking and baking to the people of Ballymena...

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Advent Reflection in Ballymena

During each week of Advent churches in Ballymena will be opening their doors to welcome people to a time of reflection. Advent is the four weeks which lead up to Christmas and each Wednesday people in Ballymena will have the opportunity stop for a quiet moment. The event is being run by the Ballymena Church Members Forum. Ballymena Church Members Forum is having the annual series of Advent Reflections in the 4 weeks of Advent prior to Christmas. The services are on Wednesdays at lunchtime – from 12.30 to 13.15 so that anyone in Ballymena either having a lunch...

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Ballymena host meeting about Air Ambulance in memory of Dr John Hinds

Ballymena Today want to help promote an important petition which aims to bring a vital Air Ambulance service to Northern Ireland. The campaign for the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for Northern Ireland has been created as a tribute to Dr John Hinds who sadly lost his life in an accident while providing medical support at the Skerries 100 in Co.Dublin. Lets push ahead with Dr John Hinds campaign to get an Air Ambulance off the ground for Northern Ireland. Let’s make this a Lasting Tribute for an Exceptional Man. #HEMS4NI Dr John Hinds is known in Northern Ireland as...

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Steroid use amongst young men

We at Ballymena Today were disappointed when Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews dropped out of the latest series of “I’m a Celebrity get Me out of Here”. His reason was even more disappointing: He said: Why did I leave I’m a Celebrity after just three days? The simple answer is that I screwed up, and have some explaining to do. Shortly after I arrived in Australia I told the production team that I was taking a steroid-based medication that had begun some weeks ago. When I started taking this programme of pills it was in preparation for a charity boxing match which, ironically, never took place. Vanity, I suppose, had been the reason for wanting to bulk up a bit for the fight. I had intended to come off the pills gradually, but there was no time to do this before I reached the jungle. My admission to the production team that I was still taking these pills led to the conclusion that it would be unsafe for me to stay in the jungle – a decision which I found extremely hard to stomach. I pushed back but ultimately the show’s duty of care prevailed and bags had to be packed. (Source) While we don’t know exactly what steroids based medication he was taking but we understand that many people, especially young men, are getting help with bulking up....

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Head to the Creamery Can for a Christmas treat

The Creamery Can is a family run local Ballymena business. It is located in Glarryford just outside Ballymena and they have been sharing some very tasty treats on their Facebook page. Head to the Creamery Can for a Christmas treat If you are craving a festive pick me up then head over and order one of their beautiful Hot Chocolates which comes with fresh cream and mini marshmallows. Looks amazing doesn’t it. The Creamery Can has been serving the public from their beautiful Glarryford location since 2014. They say: We serve from the heart. We believe in generosity of...

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