Some families still cannot visit loved ones in care homes, says the older people's commissioner.

Two people have been charged in connection with Denis Shearer's death.

Two engineering professors are to examine whether a bridge across the Irish Sea is feasible.

Some of the debilitating symptoms of long Covid are similar to those reported by people with ME.

Grace periods on goods from GB to NI have been extended but others run out at the end of March.

Testing was to start in February, but the Department of Education says it will now begin from 15 March.

BBC News NI Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith will answer your questions.

Health Minister Robin Swann describes the Covid-19 jab rollout so far as a "fantastic achievement".

Executive ministers will discuss the proposal on Thursday but will need to consider health advice.

There is "literally hourly trolling" about appearance, says First Minister Arlene Foster.

Matthew Betty is the first landlord in NI to be prosecuted in crown court for such an offence.

The legal action is linked a dispute about sexuality education at a County Down school.

The PSNI says it is making "significant progress" in inquiries into dissident republicanism.

BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about how NI might ease out of lockdown.

The education minister said the funding is in addition to £20.5m for the sector last year.

As the executive releases a plan for easing lockdown, these are the current figures around Covid.

Coronavirus was recorded on 55 death certificates in NI in the week to last Friday, figures show.

The sister of a girl who died following a school bus crash speaks about how she copes with her grief.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

A team of academics is hoping to put holy wells on the map before some are lost forever.

In January, the executive said it would establish a victim-centred investigation into the homes.

Pupils in Northern Ireland can text for advice on issues like their emotional wellbeing and bullying.

More than 600,000 people in NI will have received their first Covid-19 vaccine by Wednesday.

The mother of a nine-year-old boy says it is a miracle a kidney donor has been found for her son.

NI's youngest students return to classrooms after more than two months of remote learning.

Two large fireworks were thrown at the home of the Sinn Féin MLA in west Belfast.

Heather Diamond, who was in her 50s, died in a fire at her home in Londonderry on Sunday.

Derry and Strabane had the biggest increase in racist incidents of any policing area in NI in 2020.

Police said the boys, aged between 16 and 18, have been released pending further enquiries.

A councillor says that "adventurous and energetic" Heather Diamond would be "sorely missed".

Three of four men arrested over a shooting that left two people in a serious condition are released.

The shooting happened at Bernard Curtis House in Bluebell in the south of the city.

The ex-CEO of Ireland's largest stockbroker Davy says he is sorry after the firm was fined £3.4m.

A government adviser says the outbreak was "quite large" and involved young adults aged 16 to 24.

RTÉ reports that Eamon De Valera's son facilitated illegal adoption long after it was made a crime.