Stormont ministers are due to provide more details on plans to tighten the coronavirus restrictions, amid soaring case numbers.

NI's political calendar is set to be jam-packed again this year - here's what to expect.

Sainsbury's has not taken over the convenience retailer - it's all about the new Irish Sea border.

An assistance dog charity expresses concern over new post-Brexit rules for dogs entering NI from GB.

Businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat.

The serious assault occurred in Ballymoney on Sunday night close to the Joey Dunlop leisure centre.

A 44-year-old man is in custody after a 24-year-old pedestrian, Lucy McIlhatton, died in the crash.

A terminally-ill mother whose final wish was to get married dies with cancer shortly after ceremony.

Economy Minister Diane Dodds writes to Cabinet Office Secretary Michael Gove over the issue.

As businesses return to work after Christmas, the amount of freight moving through NI will increase.

NI's first minister says the UK-EU deal eases "some of the difficulties with the NI Protocol".

Several loads of food products arrived on Friday and Saturday without the correct paperwork.

The UK-EU trade deal was the final piece in an old jigsaw - and the first piece in a new one.

From citizens' rights to trade, Northern Ireland will have a different Brexit to the rest of the UK.

The Department of Health's aim is for all people older than 80 to receive a jab by the end of January.

The executive also plans to give its stay at home message legal force, with new travel restrictions.

Dr Ultan Power, professor of molecular virology at Queen's University, answers questions on Tuesday night.

BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about how the new restrictions will affect you.

People with the chronic condition say some post-Covid patients are reporting "identical" symptoms.

Police also served 34 prohibition notices over parties and two businesses were given penalty notices.

From the first case of coronavirus to Stormont squabbles and a vaccine, here's how the crisis unfolded.

The unusual phenomenon looks like candy floss on the trees - but touch it and it melts away.

Neil Watt and Kris Reid spent most of 2020 in Castle Ward with no visitors - so set to restoring it.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Ronan McAuley helped his father on their farm in Glendun, County Antrim, until his death in 2016.

The Veg Bank Project in County Fermanagh grows vegetables to help supply local food banks.

Protestant and Catholic leaders say NI's centenary creates "opportunities for greater understanding".

Eileen Lynch, 94, was among the first people in NI to be given the the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Northern Ireland's first minister. spoke to the BBC's Andrew Marr about border control and Brexit.

A 79-year-old woman became the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.

Twenty people died during violent clashes in the city in a single week.

The Tun Liffey tanker is now back in Foyle Port after running aground on a sand bank on Tuesday.

A motion calling for Derry and Strabane council to close City of Derry airport fails to win support.

Police say the alerts caused disruption to a lot of families who had to leave their homes.

Gardaí (Irish police) say the 17-year-old's body was recovered in the Bull Head area on Sunday.

The frontman, who found success with songs such as Summer in Dublin, "passed away suddenly" aged 65.

Ireland moves to Level Five with household visits banned, non-essential retail shut and a travel limit.

George Nkencho was shot by gardaí in Dublin after reports of a man armed with a knife at a shop.

An investigation is under way after a man died after being shot by gardaí in west Dublin.