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Tribute to Wesley Colhoun - a very special neighbour Popular Creggan man passed away in January Wesley Colhoun passed away in January. Reporter: ');  '); Local community worker Eamonn Baker pays tribute to his Creggan neighbour Wesley Colhoun who passed away recently. ----------------------------- My next door neighbour (on my left) at 35 Demesne Avenue was the one and only Wesley Colhoun. Wesley was born and reared in 35 Demesne, that terrace of houses overlooking what we still refer to as the “ New Road”, a terrace built a dozen years or so before the Londonderry Corporation initia...

Ambitious plans to restore Derry to Strabane rail line are now on track Local council supports motion to look at feasibility of reinstating the transport connection Some of the tracks of the Great Northern Line remain at Foyle Road in Derry. Reporter: '); Derry City and Strabane District Council has given its support to the proposal. At the council's monthly meeting tonight, SDLP councillor Steven Edwards put forward a motion on the issue. He asked that the council recognise the 'strategic, social and economic' benefit of restoring the former Great Northern Railway line between Strabane and ...

The inquest into the shooting of a Londonderry mother-of-six almost 50 years ago heard there could be questions around the competence of a former soldier who may have fired the fatal shots to give evidence. Kathleen Thompson (47) was killed in disputed circumstances outside her home in Creggan during an Army operation in 1971. As the resumed inquest concluded for the week, Coroner Sandra Crawford was told witness KTM72, scheduled to give evidence next week, could have "an underlying difficulty". The inquest was told that the witness had been in a serious accident in 1974 and requests had been...

New investigation to take place to try and find out what causes regular flooding at Foyle Road in Derry New meeting held about an old problem One of the many examples of flooding at Foyle Road. Reporter: ');  '); A new meeting has been held to discuss long-running flooding problems in the Foyle Road area of Derry. Sinn Féin MLA Karen Mullan and Councillor Patricia Logue today said they have met with Department of Infrastructure and NI Water officials to discuss the issue. Ms Mullan said: “Following on from queries raised with the Minister, we met with local officials to raise the issues ...