The County Down Spectator and Ulster Standard is a weekly newspaper based in Bangor, County Down

Bangor, County Down

Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. It generally serves the area covered by the North Down

North Down (UK Parliament constituency)

North Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Sylvia Hermon, elected as an Independent in the 2010 General Election. -Boundaries:The county constituency was first created in 1885 from the northern part of Down...

 parliamentary constituency. it is published by Spectator Newspapers and has a sister title, the Newtownards Spectator

Newtownards Spectator

The Newtownards Spectator is a newspaper serving Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland and the nearby Ards Peninsula. It is published by the Bangor-based Spectator Newspapers and has a sister title, the County Down Spectator....

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Awards

In 2008, the newspaper won the prize for the Weekly Newspaper of the Year at the annual Chartered Institute of Public Relations

Chartered Institute of Public Relations

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations is the professional body for PR practitioners in the United Kingdom. Founded in February 1948 as the Institute of Public Relations, by 2009 it had grown to over 9000 members involved in all aspects of the public relations industry, and is the largest...

Press and Broadcast Awards for Northern Ireland.