Police vow to help tackle dangerous dogs


POLICE have said they hope to be able to help the local Council deal with any dangerous dogs attacks in the area in future. The Council had previously written to the PSNI asking the force to lobby for greater resources to help police undertake serious dog attack investigations, which are currently limited to being carried […]

Charlie Lawson hints at soap secrets in upcoming autobiography


FERMANAGH actor Charlie Lawson has teased that he will be spilling at least some soap secrets from his time at Coronation Street in an upcoming book about his life. The Enniskillen man first shot to fame thanks to his iconic portrayal of the Manchester-based soap’s larger-than-life Jim McDonald. Now, Mr Lawson is planning a ‘tell all’ […]

Brollagh school fall out continues with threat to withhold support for church


THE FALLOUT from last week’s announcement St Mary’s High School in Brollagh is to close for good, is continuing, with vows of boycotts and threats of legal action. Last week Education Minister Peter Weir announced that his department had rejected proposals to give St Mary’s integrated status and the school would be closing in August. Since then there […]

Trust working to tackle serious MRI backlog


THE WESTERN Trust is working to tackle a serious backlog in diagnostic imaging appointments, which has built up since the scans were suspended during the first lockdown. As part of this, the Trust in the process of increasing its MRI capacity at SWAH to a seven day a week service, hiring two additional radiographers. However, […]