Derry city and strabane council

The Alliance Party is disputing the count after its councillor Philip McKinney lost his seat by a handful of votes.

A “rainbow crossing” in support of the LGBTQ+ community in Derry has been restored after it was defaced in what police have described as a hate crime.

Abuse victims’ campaigner, Jon McCourt says he feels a tremendous sense of pride and honour at his nomination for the freedom of his native Derry.

Derry and Strabane council has been asked to organise a “community event” - possibly a concert - to replace a cancelled August 15 bonfire in the city’s Bogside.

Prominent victims’ campaigner, Jon McCourt is to be proposed for the freedom of his native Derry just days after revealing he turned down an MBE 

Veteran Sinn Féin councillor, Patricia Logue is expected to be elected mayor of Derry city and Strabane district council at the authority’s annual general meeting on Monday.

The performance of Sinn Féin following its difficult 2019 local government election will be a key interest point in Derry city and Strabane district council’s elections.

UPGRADE work has begun on a 66km walking trail through rural Tyrone.

Unionists have criticised a decision by Derry city and Strabane district council not to participate in any event which “commemorates or celebrates” next year’s centenary of the founding of Northern Ireland.

DERRY City and Strabane District Council is to update members on the numbers of Donegal people using northern recycling centres to dump waste.