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An action-packed fun day for all the family, featuring volleyball, kayaking, rowing and more, will take place in Mid and East Antrim next month.

A young Larne man was one of 24 Cinemagic film trainees given the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals to bring a new short story to life on the screen.

When Larne apprentice, Courtney Bird finished her GCSEs, she wasn’t quite sure what to do next.

Residents in Mid & East Antrim aged 60 years and over are invited to a Tea/Coffee and Cake Event in the Auction Room at Larne Market Yard on Wednesday, June 13, from 10am-12 noon.

South Antrim Community Transport and East Antrim Blind & Visually Impaired Group are the latest local organisations to benefit from Asda Foundation support through its Green Token Giving scheme.

Mid and East Antrim Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) is running a free trailer marking event at Ballymena Mart on Wednesday, May 23, from 10am to 2pm.

Green-fingered plant enthusiasts and budding gardeners will already know the benefits of composting at home and during Mid and East Antrim’s Compost Week, Council is helping to spread the message throughout the borough.

Mid and East Antrim Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) is running a free trailer marking event at Ballymena Mart on Wednesday, May 23, from 10am to 2pm.

Green-fingered gardeners in the borough are being challenged to grow the tallest sunflower.

A visually impaired brother and sister have been recognised for almost 80 years of outstanding work for a company dedicated to helping people with disabilities.

A number of green-thinking groups have teamed up with Council to carry out a number of litter picks in Larne.

A revamped Friends Goodwill Music Festival will take place in Larne on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday 13.

Taking place from May 4-6 at Antrim Castle Gardens, this year’s Allianz Garden Show Ireland will be returning bigger than ever.

Olderfleet Masonic Lodge No 501 will be holding a Fun Quiz with Sean Haveron on Friday, April 27, at 8pm in St John’s Masonic Club, Mill Brae.

Members of the public are being urged to help make Glenarm Strand gleam again, by taking part in a beach clean on Thursday, April 26, from 1pm to 3pm.

The East Antrim branch of Leukaemia and Lymphoma NI will hold its annual antiques and craft fair on Saturday, May 5.

The leading, global, travel-publisher Lonely Planet recently crowned Belfast and the Causeway Coast as “the world’s best region to visit” in 2018.

A new festival is coming to Glenarm Castle next month featuring a packed weekend of musical entertainment.

The Consumer Council has revealed that a third of mid and east Antrim consumers have received an item of mail which they considered to be a scam and of those consumers 85% have ignored it or thrown it away.