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Scarlett Rossborough. Pic: PSNI

PSNI have appointed two dedicated family liaison officers Ruth Rodgers

Wilsons of Rathkenny are offering Honda lawn and garden spring savings of up to £500.

Honda lawn and garden spring savings at Wilsons of Rathkenny By The Newsroom

Livestock Markets

Texel ewes selling to per head £149, lambs to £125 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Prices from Massereene

Latest prices from Massereene Ruth Rodgers

Livestock Markets

Lambs selling to a top of £118 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Lambs selling to a top price of £118 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Mark Brown, business acquisition manager, Danske Bank and Robert Patton, managing director, Old Mill Saddlery

Local equestrian retailer announces £1.6m investment in new warehouse

Lambs selling to £112 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Ewes selling to £149 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Light lambs selling to 492 pence per kilo at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Prime lambs selling to £118.50 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Environment Minister Edwin Poots and Education Minister Michelle McIlveen pictured with pupils from Eden Primary School in Carrickfergus, one of 442 Primary Schools in Northern Ireland to participate in the School Milk Subsidy Scheme.

Ministers highlight benefits of School Milk Subsidy Scheme during visit to Count... Joanne Knox

Lambs sell to a top of £143 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Spring lambs sell to £143 at Massereene By The Newsroom

Kathy Irvine, Nathin Gault and Stephanie French. Image: Kevin McAuley

13 pictures to remind you of a night at a hunt ball in 2007 Joanne Knox

Holly with some of the pet lambs

Former journalist who found love with NI vet pens book about her farming adventu...

Image: PA Wire/PA Images

Fuel Prices: Cheapest and most expensive areas to fill up this week, plus latest... Joanne Knox

John Traynor

Man who died in County Antrim workplace incident named locally Joanne Knox

Man dies following tragic workplace incident on County Antrim road Joanne Knox

Prime lambs selling to a top of £115 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Carrickfergus council's guests of honour at the event to mark the castle's 800th birthday celebrations. The Marquess and Marchioness of Donegall marched to the castle with mayors from all over Northern Ireland, councillors, organisations and bands. Picture: News Letter archives

Sunday closing bid by DUP defeated (September 1981) Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes selling to £150 for Texels at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Heavy lots selling from £100 to £111 per head at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Carrickfergus re-enacted one of history's great occasions in 2002 when the town celebrated the 312th anniversary of the landing of King William III.

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: King William lands at Carrickfergus amid Orange pageantry Darryl Armitage

Left to right: Philip Thompson, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Director of Operations, Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Councillor Peter Johnston and DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA.

Recycling investment reaches £5m By The Newsroom

North Street Presbyterian Church in Carrickfergus. Picture: Darren Murphy

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: From the News Letter of April 1856 Darryl Armitage

More than 50 teachers had launched the campaign to save the schools threatened with the axe. Teachers from Dunlamber Boys' and Somerdale Boys' Secondary Schools protesting outside the Belfast Education and Library Board office in February 1982. In a statement issued to the News Letter the teachers stated: “There is not a single educational reason to justify the decision to close either of these schools. It will effectively destroy an exercise of parental choice of schools in north Belfast. It will handicap an progress towards a properly planned rationalisation of resources in north Belfast for the next twenty years.” The staff at Somerdale school had blocked the Crumlin Road for 30 minutes during their lunchtime before joining their Dunlambert colleagues in a delegation to the board headquarters in Academy Street. Picture: News Letter archives

IN PICTURES: More old photographs from the News Letter photograph archives (1982... Darryl Armitage

Heavy lots selling from £130 to £136 per head at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Heavy lots selling to £134 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

King William arrives at Carrickfergus Castle in June 1969. Picture: News Letter archives

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: King William lands at Carrickfergus

Heavy hoggets selling to up to £132 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Police are urging caution on roads due to wintry conditions.

Multiple reports of vehicles getting stuck on Carrick’s Woodburn Road By The Newsroom

CAFRE Enniskillen Campus Level 2 Apprenticeship in the Equine Industry student Kerry Creighton, Carrickfergus, riding Bruce as part of her BHS Stage 2 examination

Equine apprenticeship success at CAFRE By The Newsroom

Gordon Penrose receives an MBE in the New Year Honours list.

Carrickfergus businessman honoured for lifetime’s work in roofing industry By The Newsroom

Buoyant trade for lambs at Massereene

Kilroot in Co Antrim

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Man drowns in fatal ice accident at Kilroot Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes continue to sell at record rates at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes selling to £136 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes selling to £123 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes selling to up £128 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh pictured at Coleraine rail station during a visit to the north coast on in June 2016. Picture: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Raising of the first sod of the Belfast and Ballymena rail... Darryl Armitage

Mid and East Antrim Council is seeking a festive boost for towns. Stock image.

Christmas markets ‘being finalised’ for Larne, Carrickfergus and Ballymena By The Newsroom

Triple stack bin.

Mid and East Antrim residents to pilot triple bin system By The Newsroom

News

Another excellent show of lambs and cast ewes at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Lewis Ogilby said: "I put my life savings into the venture, which was only made possible with the availability of a top-up business loan."

New farmers miss out on Covid fund Richard Halleron