Locations of 8 new bottle banks set to replace 33 binned by Co Down council
Five are in greater Bangor including two situated a mile apart near Groomsport
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Householders in Ards and North Down have to use kerbside caddies which are collected every four weeks (Image: Belfast Live)
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The week began as many good things do with a coffee. I was standing outside Ragazzi in Dalkey, stuffing my gob with a jammy apricot croissant and an espresso when I noticed this powerfully built fella dressed in black, sporting massive biceps that were covered in tattoos. You would just know by looking at him that he was a tough cookie. He had a taut look to his mouth that said, “don’t mess with me”.
“That’s Ger Kennedy, the ice man,” says my friend Harriet. “Do you know him?”
I never met the bloke before but Harriet knew all about Ger, an endurance athlete who is famous for pushing his body to the limits by swimming under metres of heavy ice. That evening Harriet phoned him and asked him to call down to me at the cottage. And fair play to him, he did.
Ards North Down Council row over continued Sunday hours trading extension
Some councillors claim the health measure gives big shops an advantage over local business
18:09, 29 JAN 2021
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Bloomfield Shopping Centre (Image: Google)
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Jean Thompson: activist and humanitarian
After fundraising and campaigning to end poverty for almost 30 years, Jean Thompson has pledged a gift in her Will to Christian Aid.
Friday, 8th January 2021, 9:05 am
Jean Thompson: “I’m passionate about Christian Aid because they help people in poor countries, regardless of their religion.”
Bangor lady, Jean Thompson has been a Christian Aid supporter since 1994. She makes a monthly donation by direct debit as well as ad hoc donations in response to emergency appeals.
Since retiring from her role as a clerical officer in a residential home, Jean has had more time to devote to her unpaid work as the Christian Aid organiser at First Bangor Presbyterian Church. Each May during Christian Aid Week, she carries out a house-to-house collection in the town, and after church on Sundays she holds coffee mornings and Traidcraft stalls to raise funds for the charity’s work. She is supported by many friends in her church but makes special men