Police Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

We have reviewed our social media channels and taken the decision to close our District X accounts on Monday 9 February. Followers can continue to get news updates from @PoliceServiceNI and traffic and travel updates via @NIRoadPolicing.

We will continue to share information, updates and engage via our other X accounts, Air Support, Office of the Chief Constable and Police College, our Facebook and Instagram accounts and our website psni.police.uk.

We have reviewed our social media channels and taken the decision to close our District X accounts on Monday 9 February. Followers can continue to get news updates from @PoliceServiceNI and traffic and travel updates via @NIRoadPolicing.

Motorists are advised that the A1 southbound is reduced to one lane between Banbridge and Newry, due to a vehicle fire. Delays are possible in the area.

We are appealing for information and witnesses following an early-morning arson attack at a house in Markethill. At approximately 3.40am today, Wednesday 28th January, a suspected petrol bomb was thrown at a property in the Bunker Hill area. Full details: orlo.uk/pZLhV

Road-users in Armagh are advised that the Killylea Road is currently closed due to flood water, with closures also at the junctions of and along Ballycrummy Road, Nursery Road and Cathedral Road, which are impassable. Please avoid the area.

Motorists are advised that the Armagh Road, Tandragee, is flooded close to the junction with Cordrain Road and Cooly Hill. Please seek an alternative route for your journey.

Kornelijus Bracas sentenced for murder of his sister, Alesia Nazarova, in 2023. Details below: orlo.uk/smSab

A security alert in Lurgan has now ended. orlo.uk/ghXak

Police are currently at the scene of a security alert in the Shankill Street of Lurgan, and are advising members of the public to avoid the area. Road closures are in place. An update will follow in due course.

Caugheys Road near Dromore, County Down, is closed in both directions due to flooding. Road users are asked to seek an alternative route.

The Markethill Road in Tandragee is closed due to flooding. The closure is in place close to the junction of Cooley Hill, one car is currently stranded in the water.

We are investigating the circumstances surrounding a seriously injured man in Portadown this morning, Tuesday 20th January. A report was received concerning a man who had been potentially struck by a car in the Loughgall Road area. Full details: orlo.uk/8RYao

Road-users are advised that the Loughgall Road in Portadown which was closed earlier today due to a road traffic collision, has now reopened.

Road-users in Portadown are advised of closures on the Loughgall Road, between the Brownstone Road roundabout and the Baltylum Meadows/Ashton Hall roundabout due to a traffic incident. Please seek an alternative route for your journey.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland can confirm a man has sadly died following a single vehicle road traffic collision in Armagh on Thursday, January 15. Read more here: orlo.uk/hDn0A

Road-users in Banbridge are advised of closures currently in place at the junction of the Ballydown Road and the Rathfriland Road and at the junction of the Ballydown and Castlewellan Road due to a road traffic collision. Please seek an alternative route for your journey.

Road users are advised of congestion in the Northway area of Portadown due to a broken down vehicle in the Craigavon-bound lane. Please exercise caution in the area.

Road-users are advised of diversions currently in place at the Tandragee Road, Portadown due to a two-vehicle collision involving a lorry and a car. Traffic is being diverted from the Tandragee Road onto the Mahon Road.

Road-users are advised that the Hamiltonsbawn Road, Armagh, which was closed due to a one-vehicle road traffic collision, has now reopened.

Road users are advised to avoid the Hamiltonsbawn Road, Armagh, as police and colleagues from emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious one vehicle road traffic collision. Diversions are in place. An update will follow in due course.