MID-ULSTER DUP MLA Ian McCrea has expressed his delight at the overwhelming response to the Farmwatch event held at Coagh Sports Centre last Friday.

AN information session on funding for community-led road safety projects will be held in Cookstown next week.

A MAN arrested at a £200,000 cannabis factory in Dungannon told Belfast Crown Court that he was only at the present at the premises to carry out concreting work.

ULSTER Unionist MLA for Mid-Ulster Sandra Overend helped launch Community Relations Week 2013 at an event in Parliament Buildings.

MID-ULSTER DUP MLA Ian McCrea has welcomed the announcement by party colleague and Social Development Minister, Nelson McCausland MLA that his department will be funding £106,000 to aid in a number of revitalisation projects in Cookstown.

POLITICIANS have welcomed the news that the headquarters of the Rivers Agency is to be relocated from Belfast to Cookstown, announced last week by Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill.

THE Ulster Unionist Party’s Mid-Ulster MLA Sandra Overend has welcomed confirmation of the commencement date for a major resurfacing and reconstruction scheme for Queens Avenue, Kirk Avenue and Kirk Lane in Magherafelt, by her party colleague, Roads Minister Danny Kennedy MLA.

MOE’S Bar Cookstown are delighted to announce that they are finalists in ‘Bar of the Year’ and ‘Style Bar Of The Year’ at the Licensed & Catering News Awards 2013.

THE Sperrins Gateway Landscape Partnership will benefit from a £12,000 Natural Heritage Grant to develop a ‘Spurs of Rock’ geodiversity strategy over the next two years.

POLICE in Magherafelt made a number of arrests over the weekend as part of ongoing efforts to keep the community safe.

A DUNGANNON based recycling manufacturer has won a new business contract worth around half a million pounds in France.

A NEW training and employability programme for the Coalisland and Dungannon areas has been made possible after the Department of Social Development announced funding of £276,000 for the initiative.

SDLP Economy Spokesperson and Chairman of the Enterprise Trade and Investment Committee at Stormont, Patsy McGlone has requested a meeting with the Minister for Regional Development over the suspension of road works in Northern Ireland during the G8 summit.

Sinn Féin Councillor, Sean Clarke, has said the recent proposals outlining the District Electoral Areas for the new Mid Ulster Council will be scrutinised over coming weeks.

Diane Dodds MEP has committed to working alongside local Churches and Faith based organisations to help bring funding into the Magherafelt area. Mrs. Dodds was speaking at a packed “Funding Workshop” in Magherafelt Council Offices last week,

A GROUP of Cookstown High School pupils visited Berlin during their Easter holidays with the Department of Modern Languages.

THE Coalisland Parish Youth Team – iYOUTH - is holding a day of workshops for 16 to 35 year olds in St Joseph’s College Coalisland on Sunday, 7 July.

TYRONE Rose Joanne O’Neill is rallying her supporters to follow her to Portlaoise for the Rose of Tralee Regional Festival from May 30 to June 3.

MID Ulster MLA’s have urged local constituents to prioritise personal well-being and support the work of the Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association (NICHS).

DUP Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, Ian McCrea MLA has welcomed the news that a new dedicated PSNI unit to tackle rural crime is to be formed. This is something which the DUP has called for inside the board.