Funding for Stranfgord Lough seabirds.
Environmental charities across Northern ireland will receive a ¼ million pounds in funding to help complete community projects over the coming months. Wildlife projects will benefit including the Strangford Lough seabirds, Londonderry bats and Fermanagh squirels while plus funding for constructing weirs in the Dun River, woodland management at the Crom Estate in Fermanagh and projects to reduce wildfires in the Belfast Hills.
Two male teenagers, aged
17 and 18, have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a woman was struck by a car whilst out walking along the Bangor Road, Newtownards on 12th December last year. The pair are expected to appear at the Newtownards Magistrates Court on 2 February.
