In England, GCSE students can receive results via an app for the first time in 2026.

Custody images of offenders, who receive a jail sentence of 12 months or more, will be regularly considered for publication.

Thousands of native oysters are settling in to Belfast Lough in a project to bring the species back.

According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 59,733 women in NI are now on waiting lists.

Margaret and Paula Martin were abused by former priest Con Cunningham, who was jailed in 2021.

Bodies of a boy and a man in his 40s are found at separate addresses in Clondalkin and Ballyfermot.

It follows concerns raised about some working conditions at the recently-opened hub in Mallusk, County Antrim.

Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli is criticised for pushing Conor Bradley while he was down injured - but Liverpool boss Arne Slot defends him.

The former leader of the Progressive Unionist Party died in 2007 at the age of 53.

There were 509 confirmed cases in the week ending 4 January - down from 625 the week before.

Burrows, a former senior police officer, made the announcement at Stormont on Thursday.

Ciara Mageean expresses her gratitude for the "kind words of support" she received during chemotherapy treatment.

The agriculture minister has ordered that laboratory costs will be met by the department for a limited time.

The students are showcasing their science project at the Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in Dublin.

The emergency services were called to the scene on the Lower Braniel Road at about 12:30 GMT on Wednesday.

Shots were fired through the window of the property in December.

Gary McMahon, 58, was cycling to work in November 2024 when he was fatally injured in a lorry crash.

North Atlantic right whales are among the planet's most critically endangered large ocean mammals.

Oliver James MacCormack is charged with 14 offences involving two alleged victims.

Ambulance worker Pat Withers was one of the first responders after the plane crashed across the M1.

SMA is a progressive muscle-wasting disease that can cause death within two years if untreated.

Belfast actor Michael Campbell was diagnosed with the terminal disease in February 2023.

Katrina McGibbon developed alcohol and drug problems in her 30s, but felt her recovery was impeded by the lack of a local, health-service run rehabilitation unit.

Emily Walls, who had to learn to walk again after contracting chickenpox aged two, welcomes new free vaccinations.

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Daughter remembers father who died in Kingsmills as memorial service is held to mark 50th anniversary of the attack.

The cost of a school dinner for primary and special school pupils will go up by 50p from £2.60 to £3.10.

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The former home of the Coleraine Chronicle and Northern Constitution newspapers on Railway Road in the town dates back to 1898 but this year opened as a new business hub.

Repair cafes, where damaged items are being restored to their former glories are popping up all over Northern Ireland.

Dr Dirk Brandherm and his colleagues have identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring.

Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell says the Irish actor "stood out a mile" long before break out Normal People role.

County Fermanagh musician Róis draws on the faded Irish tradition of keening to shape her award‑winning album Mo Léan.

Tradesmen can be in the right place when things go wrong, electrician Dale Lee says.

Ronan Keating says he hopes his BBC One concert will help people who are finding things difficult.

More than 50 people from Northern Ireland have been recognised in the New Year Honours List.

A group made up of blind and partially sighted people say more needs to be done to make them feel included in gaming.

The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) says 40 extra postal workers were brought in to help with the backlog.

Charles Love is accused over a bomb attack targeting a police car in 2022.

The suspected petrol bomb attack happened in the Creggan area of Derry on Monday evening.

Singer-songwriter Glenn Rosborough says life has changed beyond recognition since he found a therapist.

The man's body was found at a house near Ardara, County Donegal, in the early hours of Monday.

Former MLA Joe Byrne was once the SDLP chairman and Mary Bradley was an ex-Mayor of Derry who also served in the Assembly.

More than 50 people from Northern Ireland have been recognised in the New Year Honours List.

A group made up of blind and partially sighted people say more needs to be done to make them feel included in gaming.

On Tuesday the White House said the "US military is always an option" to achieve President Donald Trump's goal of taking over the semi-autonomous region.

Stephen McCahill's body was found at a house near Ardara, County Donegal, in the early hours of Monday.

A woman in her 40s who sustained serious injuries is the only one of five victims still in hospital.

Dr Dirk Brandherm and his colleagues have identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring.

Tadhg Farrell, who was four, and his 60-year-old great-aunt Mary Holt died in the attack in Edenderry.

A possible three-day trip to Ireland by the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, was cancelled over security concerns.

The teenager was the sole occupant of the tractor which crashed on Saturday in County Clare.

Donna Hughes-Brown has reunited with her family after five months in an immigration detention unit in Kentucky.

Padraig Casey has been found guilty of five counts relating to the seizure of cannabis and cocaine in June 2020.

Irish tricolour flags have been erected on street lights all over Dublin in recent months in what has been branded by some as an anti-immigration campaign.