A DISPLAY of gymnastic talent welcomed Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to Rathgael Gymnastics and Tumbling Club (RGTC) on Tuesday afternoon.

"THE violent assault of a blind man in Bangor's picturesque Castle Park has 'shocked and dismayed' local residents.

SHOCK and dismay has greeted the announcement that up to 24 people could lose their jobs with the imminent closure of a Ford dealership on Bangor's ringroad.

BALLYHOLME Yacht Club's Jackie Patton is passionate about the sport of sailing.

BANGOR Hockey Men's 1st XI returned to winning ways on Saturday with a hard fought and deserved victory over an Antrim side who only last season were playing Premier League hockey.

THERE was little to cheer about at Upritchard Park last Saturday, not only because there was no senior rugby being played there, but Bangor's 2nd and 3rd teams which travelled to Portadown and Carrickfergus came home emptyhanded from their respective league encounters.

Cliftonville 4 - 0 Bangor

BANGOR's Aurora Aquatic and Leisure complex was given the royal seal of approval by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal on Tuesday.

A PRIEST was confronted by hammer wielding thugs in his Holywood church on Tuesday and robbed as he prepared for a funeral there - in a 'sickening' attack which has stunned the town.

OUR farmers have had 154 cows stolen or go missing over the past two years.