Abortion is a devolved matter but commissioning a service has been held up due to political deadlock.

The branches, including Holywood, Warrenpoint, Maghera and Clogher, will start to shut in September.

The Public Services Ombudsman is to look at how health trusts communicate with patients.

It covers topics like same-sex attraction, puberty and conception but not contraception.

Thirty-one people have died from choking since 2016 in Northern Ireland, including 10 in the last 15 months.

One family reflects on how their lives have been changed by a two-vehicle crash in October 2020.

BBC Sport NI catches up with Rangers fans from Northern Ireland after their Europa League final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night in Seville

From 90s nostalgia, to Derry slang and cameos we take a look back over some iconic moments.

Team NI will send its biggest ever representation of Para-Sports athletes to the Commonwealth Games when the multi-sports event begins at the end of July in Birmingham.

As prices rise to a 40-year high, BBC News NI hears from families struggling to make ends meet.

Police praise the victim's bravery for reporting the attack which happened in Bangor in September 2020.

David Holden, 52, is accused of the manslaughter of Aiden McAnespie near Aughnacloy in 1988.

One victim was given an hour to repay £63,000 which she delivered in a bucket with the help of family.

The Irish government says it does not support UK government plans on Troubles prosecutions and inquests.

Healthcare leaders issue a plea to politicians, saying the "price of political instability is severe".

Business leaders call on politicians to form a power-sharing executive, saying they need stability.

The Good Friday Agreement brought devolution to NI in 1998, but Stormont's future has often been threatened.

The chief electoral officer says Covid-19, the STV system and other factors meant a lengthy wait.

Boris Johnson has moved from junking Theresa May's deal to trying to fix his own, writes John Campbell.

First ministers and deputy first ministers have equal powers, so why do the names suggest otherwise?

The North West 200 returned for the first time since 2019 and fans were treated to action-packed racing, sunshine and controversy.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

For this year's A-level pupils, formal exams will be a first, after two years of Covid disruption.

Boris Johnson says the Northern Ireland Brexit deal he negotiated is "turning into a political problem".

Rangers supporters from Northern Ireland are among the 100,000 or so fans in Seville for the Europa League final.

Sinead Rainey describes having one hour to pay the post office £63,000 she was wrongly accused of taking.

Christine Taaffe's children will always be fed - but then the meter runs empty and the bills do not get paid.

Garden centre owner John Shannon has first-hand experience of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Ballougry Primary in County Londonderry, which has 44 pupils, is earmarked for closure next year.

Three men, including two brothers, are charged with the 2018 murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry.

Three men, including two brothers, are charged with the 2018 murder of Karol Kelly.

Nathan McDonagh is remanded in custody after three people were hurt on Saturday night.

The Irish police make 10 arrests on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing in the League of Ireland.

The 59-year-old from Dundalk, County Louth, is accused of weapons smuggling for the Real IRA.

Ireland go home after Thursday's semi-final, despite a warm reception for Derry girl Brooke Scullion.

The case is being linked to an unexplained type of hepatitis reported in children around the world.

Gardaí say the investigation was at an early stage and that no further information was available.

The lower VAT rate, which was due to expire in August, is extended until the end of February 2023.

Gardaí say the investigation was at an early stage and that no further information was available.