Good luck to the Regent House Karting Team who will be competing in the finals of the British Schools Karting Championship this weekend at Milton Keynes, England. The team, consisting of Ben Cousins, Ross Balfour and John Haddick, have successfully made it through the Northern Ireland finals and will now face tough competition in the finals at the fabulous Daytons Milton Keynes circuit.
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The PSNI Crime Prevention and Ards District Policing Partnership are providing another trailer marking service, this time in Comber on Saturday 32st March. The service is free and has proved very popular, so bring your trailer along to S H Long Produce, 33 Ballycreely Road, Comber.
Bring your family along and enjoy an Easter trail around the gardens, with a prize for every completed quiz sheet. Peter Rabbit has been a naughty little bunny again!
While taking a large bag of Easter eggs home to his Mother, he starting teasing Jemima Puddle-Duck who was enjoying a nice swim in Mount Stewart’s lake. Continue reading
From this Wednesday until Saturday (14 to 17 March) the skies over Newtownards and Strangford Lough will be illuminated by a spectacular laser display from dusk until midnight. The Global Rainbow light show is the creation of American artist Yvette Mattern and will be projected from Scrabo Tower as part of the countdown to the London 2012 Festival.
The show has previously taken place in New York, Berlin and Nantes before coming to the UK where the spectacular was presented over the cityscapes of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Preston in the north of England. Now, for four nights this week, around 400 lasers will project a bright rainbow effect down the eastern coast of Strangford Lough.
An attempted carjacking took place in broad daylight in Newtownards on Wednesday afternoon. At around 3pm two men attempted to steal a car from a woman while she was driving along Mill Street in the town. The men, who were described as being in their early thirties, we’re wearing dark tracksuits. Fortunately, the lady had her car doors locked at the time which prevented the would-be hijackers from taking her vehicle.
Anyone who was in the area at the time and may have seen anything is urged to contact CID at Ards PSNI on 0845 600 8000.
These photos are of a Chinese farmer’s homemade airplane! The builder, a 58-year-old farmer, watches as members of his family help with work on his aircraft which is being built on top of his house in the village of Xiahe in Shenyang, China.
The 5m long plane has taken 2 years to build from scrap metal at a cost of around £4,000. Cheap flights anyone?
A recent survey has claimed that up to 45% of children aged between 5 and 13 can’t tie their own shoe laces yet well over half are more than capable of logging on to the internet, working an iPhone or recording programs on SkyPlus.
Unbelievably…
- 87% don’t even know how to repair a bicycle puncture
- 58% can’t climb a tree
- 79% can’t erect a tent
- 65% can’t make a cup of tea
- 81% can’t read a map
Drawing room Mount StewartMount Stewart
Admission to the house and gardens of Mount Stewart over the weekend of 10th and 11th March 2012 will be free of charge. Come and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
We are also holding our popular Second Hand Book Fair on the same weekend, come and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and browse for a bargain book.
