South Antrim Vox

05/08/2026

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Road users are advised to expect traffic disruption across the North Antrim area on Friday 7th August and Saturday 8th August with the Ulster Rally taking place. On Friday, road closures will be in place in the Glendun area between 12.30pm and 9.30pm on the Old Cushendun Road, Glendun Road and Clady...

31/07/2026

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Significant damage was caused to a property, after the fire from a vehicle which was targeted in an arson attack in Newtownabbey, spread in the early hours of Friday morning (31st July). At approximately 12.20am, police received a report of a car on fire in the Bleach Green Avenue area. ​ Officers...

28/07/2026

Get involved!

Local adventurers are being encouraged to take on one of Northern Ireland’s toughest fundraising challenges as Action Cancer’s Seven Peaks Challenge returns on Saturday 12 September. The challenge will see participants conquer the seven highest peaks in the Mourne Mountains during a demanding 10...

23/07/2026

Weekend traffic news......

There may be potential traffic congestion in Portrush on Saturday, 25th July due to two planned events. A rally organised by Causeway Coast & Glens Concerned Parents Group will take place in the carpark on Sandhill Drive commencing at 2pm. At 3.15pm a parade organised by the same group will assemble...

23/07/2026

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A firearm has been recovered by detectives from the Police Service’s Paramilitary Crime Task Force following a search carried out in the Newtownabbey area earlier this week. Detective Inspector Maguire said: “Following the search of a vehicle in the Antrim Road area, a firearm was recovered. “...

23/07/2026

New Blue Plaque at Andrew Jackson Centre

22/07/2026

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A new film club is launching this September at The Old Courthouse in Antrim, adding another exciting event to the venue’s programme during its 300th anniversary year. The monthly film club has been developed in response to local interest in more evening activities within Antrim town centre, creati...

19/07/2026

Latest from west Belfast.....

14/07/2026

UPDATE

An eight-year-old girl was among three members of the same family found dead in what police are treating as a double murder and sudden death in Cullybackey. The three people, a 41-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and the young girl, were found at a house on the Cullybackey Road in Ballymena on Mon

13/07/2026

https://southantrimvox.co.uk/murder-investigation-launched-after-deaths-of-three-people-in-cullybackey/

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major Investigation Team have launched a murder investigation following the deaths of three people in Ballymena. Mid & East Antrim District Commander, Superintendent William Calderwood, said: “The bodies of a male and two females were dis