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Single stab wound to neck caused man’s death, trial hears

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:48:42 GMT

A SINGLE stab wound to the neck caused the death of a 21-year-old Portadown man, a murder trial heard this week.

Engagement ring lost after 60 years

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:41:54 GMT

AN 86-year-old Portadown woman has made an impassioned plea for the return of her engagement ring which she has lost after more than 60 years.

£397,800 3G pitch on way for Tandragee

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:04:28 GMT

FUNDING has been secured for a new £397,800 full-size 3G pitch in Tandragee.

Vandals shut play park on hottest day of the year so far

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:15:57 GMT

TUESDAY, May 7 was the hottest day of the year so far in Northern Ireland, but there was crushing disappointment for families wishing to enjoy the sunshine in Laurelvale play park.

Sex charge gospel singer due in court for sentencing

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:01:00 GMT

A GOSPEL singer who last month pleaded guilty to 13 charges of indecent assault against young girls is due to appear in court for sentencing on Tuesday.

Shop owner grateful as two women report burglary culprits

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:56:30 GMT

TWO women had a dramatic end to an evening out on Sunday when they spotted a burglary taking place and followed the culprits before reporting them to police.

In this week’s Times

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:43:08 GMT

IN this week’s Times read about the start of the court trial into the murder of young Portadown man Marc Williamson who was stabbed in a flat in the town in August 2011.

Police to answer sabotage claims over Carroll case

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:19:13 GMT

POLICE are to give evidence over an alleged attempt to sabotage appeals by two men jailed for murdering Constable Stephen Carroll, a court has heard.

Teen goes missing for second time

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:57 GMT

POLICE are appealing for help in locating missing 17-year-old teenager Chantelle Lewis.

Two unionists out on a limb as they oppose plans for park service

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:27:30 GMT

A RELIGIOUS service planned for Portadown People’s Park was narrowly approved this week, following an angry debate with nationalist and some unionist councillors voicing concern about potential violence and a breakdown in community relations.

End of an era for Eamon and United fans

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:24:50 GMT

EAMON Atkinson will take his seat at Old Trafford on Sunday as part of a matchday routine essentially unchanged across decades of supporting Manchester United.

20 years on - Our special supplement on 1993 bomb

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:18:21 GMT

THE Portadown Times is publishing a special supplement to mark the 20th anniversary of the bomb that devastated the town in 1993.

Two community centre upgrades on course and on budget - council

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:27:37 GMT

The £3.2 million revamp of both Killicomaine and Brownstown community centres is on time and on budget, Craigavon Borough Council has confirmed.

Two burglaries in Gilford

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:21:54 GMT

POLICE are investigating two burglaries in the Mills Street and Dunbarton Street areas of Gilford.

New agriculture GCSE for Markethill students

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:16:33 GMT

MARKETHILL High School pupils who are interested in agriculture as a career will be able to take up a GCSE in the subject from September.

Rural churches in boost for Congo orphanage project

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:46:15 GMT

TWO rural Church of Ireland parishes - Milltown and neighbouring Killyman - have pledged themselves to build a £60,000 orphanage in the Democratic Republic of Congo after their rectors visited the impoverished African country.

What a welcome home as Willie spots himself in Times photo

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:46 GMT

WILLIE Madill - who emigrated to Canada in 1959 - arrived back in Portadown on a visit last Thursday. And there, in the Portadown Times’ ‘Old Page’, was a photo of the young Willie, taken about 60 years ago, of his days at Thomas Street Public Elementary School.

Man is jailed after admitting he assaulted own mother

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:07:14 GMT

A PORTADOWN man who grabbed his mother by the neck during an assault was sentenced to a total of nine months in prison last Friday at Craigavon Magistrates Court.

Man left a hoax bomb outside town Orange Hall

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:22:02 GMT

A PORTADOWN man who put a hoax bomb outside an Orange Hall used his own mobile to make a warning call to the police.

In this week’s Times

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:35:18 GMT

IN this week’s Portadown Times we report on Craigavon Borough Council’s decision to approve a religious service in Portadown People’s Park planned by Portadown Orangemen.