Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt presented the awards on Friday and congratulated Coleraine Borough Council and the National Trust on their achievements.

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He has failed to comply with a notice of unfitness on the property, served by Coleraine Borough Council in February of this year.

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Meanwhile, as John faces his 29th Christmas without electricity, Age Concern representative, Pat Lee, said that she wants Coleraine Borough Council to step in.

BBC: Not seeing the light at Downhill

John's landlord, Coleraine solicitor Fergus McIntosh, appeared in court last year as he had failed to comply with a notice of unfitness on the property, served by Coleraine Borough Council in February 2011.

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