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Dying to Cruise – PSNI Ballymena

PSNI Ballymena recently shared this video called “Dying to Cruise” which was made by NI Cruise and funded by the DOE. Sadly road deaths happen often in Northern Ireland. Last year the number of deaths caused on the road had gone on since the previous year. This year in Northern Ireland there have already been 28 sad losses of life and recently four more people were killed after a car crash on the outskirts of Londonderry. NI Cruise have made this video to highlight the danger of ‘cruising’ without due care and attention. Here is what they shar eon...

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Teachers Gifts – Ballymena

Ballymena schools are preparing to wrap up for the summer holidays and that means now is the time to pick up a teachers present. Galgorm Interiors at Galgorm have already got their display prepared and have some beautiful gifts that any teacher would appreciate. (Featured Image Photo Credit: Ilmicrofono Oggiono; Creative Commons). Consider a handmade card and a box of your teachers favourite sweets, a new pencil case for all their teacher tools, or a voucher for a book, beauty treatment or treat. Here are a few homemade options which we have come across; Click here for all the details of this jar...

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Handpainted Business Signs – Northern Ireland Artist Louise Lester

Northern Ireland based artist Louise Lester of LL Crafts provides beautiful hand painted business signs. Louise’s motto is that her clients can ‘Have anything painted onto anything’. Here is what Louise has to tell us about her handpainted business signs; “Does your business need a unique and bespoke ‘Name / Logo Sign’ for above your door, just like this slate sign created for ‘Bruces Hill Coffee Barn’ welcoming their customers into the luxurious and cosy coffee area of their butchers shop! Or maybe like ‘Diane’ from Australia, who was so pleased with her ‘Union Jack’ Bedroom Door Sign posted out to her Bed & Breakfast Business, to welcome her British guests …….. you can have whatever personal design you wish to match your business! Or maybe your café simply needs a beautiful ‘Open / Closed Door Sign’, whatever design you wish and in colours to coordinate your business, like this local Cloughmills business who wanted a vintage and rustic door sign created by Louise!” Visit Louise’s LLCRAFTS website to see more of her work or like her Facebook page. Contact Louise to place your personal order for a Handpainted Business Sign from Northern Ireland Artist Louise...

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Fine Art Landscape prints from Steven Hanna Photography

Steven Hanna from Cullybackey near Ballymena is selling Fine Art Landscape prints of Northern Ireland and beyond from the Steven Hanna Photography website. We, at Ballymena Today, think it is a great excuse to look at some beautiful local scenery shot by Steven. Here we go: Slemish, Co. Antrim   Slemish, Co. Antrim   The Mourne Mountains, Co Down Wow, we can just image a canvas of this print up in the Ballymena Today office to remind us of climbing slieve donard. Click here to visit the Steven Hanna Photography online shop and view all the photographs which are available to...

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Exam stress – Ballymena

In Ballymena lots of students and school pupils are right in the middle of exams. Exam stress is something which can really effect even the most studious among us and sometimes students put too much pressure on themselves trying to get good results. The truth is that exams are difficult and unfortunately revision is necessary. Here are a few things to remember if you, or your child, are in the middle of important exams: 1/ Not everyone is good at everything. As you study there will be topics and subject which you will find more difficult than others –...

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