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Help us to stop the propsed reduction of eighteen Maritime Resue Coordination Centres down to eight!

There's no doubt that we're all feeling the pinch at the moment, although according to figures released this morning, inflation has peaked and will be dropping - along with interest rates hopefully - fairly quickly over the coming months. In the mean

I just don't know how many billions of pounds, euros and dollars our governments will have to throw at the financial institutions to get us out form under the credit crunch. Seems like it's here to stay for a while. Which is why I hope you will join

So I'm sitting in the back seat of a taxi in Belfast and realised exactly why they call it a 'taxi rank' - this was one rank car. Not only was the back of the car messy, but the smell of cigarette smoke from either the driver or a recent passenger wa

With over 200 people in Northern Ireland awaiting organ transplants and 700 throughout GB, maybe it is time for us to accept that there is a better way for us to tackle organ donations. At the moment, only those of us who carry an organ donor card ar

We're all looking for great ways to save money in these challenging times. The best way to do it locally is to have a look at some of the best businesses in the Borough to be found here on the Best of North Down website. But there are other opportunitie

There's nothing like a great loaf of bread and we're in the hunt for the best home bakery in North Down. For me, it's got to be Sheridans in Ballyholme. The aroma of freshly baked loaves and other goodies fills the air around Ballyholme every morning an