Retail is likely to reopen on 30 April followed by outdoor hospitality on 10 May, the BBC understands.

NI Assembly research says the problems related to the pandemic will be felt "for many years".

Breakfast clubs also get the green light from the education minister, as Covid-19 restrictions ease.

Police describe the attack on a man in Dunmurry, west Belfast, as a "barbaric act".

Police say the man is being questioned about the shooting in north Belfast on 2 February.

BBC News NI answers your questions on the Coronavirus pandemic in Northern Ireland.

Some 1,000 people were killed and 100,000 left homeless when German bombers attacked the city in 1941.

Many hundreds of people lost their lives in Luftwaffe bombing raids in the spring of 1941.

In April and May 1941, bombs rained down on NI as German bombers targeted docks and factories.

A joint report by Birdwatch Ireland and RSPB NI finds 54 of 211 species are on a so-called Red List.

Arlene Foster's defamation action against Dr Christian Jessen centres on an "attack" on her marriage.

Caolan Gormley, 23, of County Tyrone, pleads not guilty to conspiracy to assist illegal immigration.

Another 97 people test positive for the virus and eight Covid-19 patients are in intensive care.

Robin Swann says the time is right for the executive to further ease Covid restrictions.

Northern Ireland is the last part of the UK to lift the rule, but people will be told to "stay local".

Covid-19 patients will now be cared for at the Mater Hospital, as Belfast City focuses on surgery.

The Department of Finance has written to 480 firms requesting the repayment of money issued incorrectly.

BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about the latest steps to ease lockdown.

It is the first time all pupils in Northern Ireland have been in school since before Christmas.

In a column for BBC Sport, Rachel Furness reflects on helping Northern Ireland make history, sustaining a broken leg and collecting football stickers.

Hannah Lockhart, 23, says surgery for endometriosis is being refused due to her age and childless status.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

US investment in Ireland could dry up if President Biden leads a major change to global tax rules.

BBC News NI charts the rioting in several towns and cities since the end of March.

Cara Murphy from Hillsborough was commissioned to design the prize for this year's race at Aintree.

The health minister says the “scales are tipping” in favour of accelerating the process of relaxing restrictions.

The Woodland Trust is calling for more ambitious targets to be set to bring back Northern Ireland's forests.

Watch extended highlights as Northern Ireland seal their place at Euro 2022 with a 4-1 aggregate win over Ukraine in Belfast.

A Cookstown teenager teams up with the Afghan Women’s Orchestra in a peace-building video.

Funds for the Strathfoyle play park redevelopment were cast into doubt at a council meeting on Tuesday.

In Derry, a man is shot in the leg in what police have described as a "barbaric act".

The incident involving a passenger train is described as a "reckless endangerment to life".

Peggy Deery, a widowed mother-of-fourteen, was the only woman to have been shot on Bloody Sunday.

Derry City and Strabane District Council gave the 8.5km cross-border route the green light on Monday.

It is understood the child was playing near her Tipperary home when she was hit by a bus.

More than 300,000 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with 1.06m doses delivered, figures show.

The firm's imports to GB now incur tariffs when they are distributed onward to its stores across Europe.

The trade figures were the first since new rules came into force as a result of Brexit.

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee says the AstraZeneca vaccine should be limited to over-60s.