A Stormont appointed panel recommends Relationships and Sex Education be compulsory in all schools.

Hospital inpatient rates fall and vaccination rates rise as NI edges closer to an easing of lockdown.

Disused banks in some towns remain vacant, while others are repurposed as hotels, cinemas and theatres.

Sinn Féin snubs what it calls a "PR exercise" by Boris Johnson, while the DUP raises NI Protocol concerns.

Three councils freeze their rates for 2021/22, while there are rises in the remaining eight.

It is the second time the armed forces have been asked to support NI health services in the pandemic.

He was one of two boys who were attacked by a gang of five in the north of the city.

A man in his 30s was injured in a stabbing at a flat on the Antrim Road.

The coroner says the restraint itself was a poor technique and there was a joint failure on training.

Thomas Hogg gets a suspended sentence after being convicted of an offence against a 15-year-old boy.

Gerard Lagan, who has a Dublin address, denies murdering Edward Burns and Joseph Jones.

Plans to celebrate NI's centenary include a concert, a special post-mark and a church service.

A comprehensive review of NI's tax and revenue powers is due to be completed by next year.

It follows the UK government's decision not to order a public inquiry into the Pat Finucane murder.

They were on patrol in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on Thursday night when their car was hit.

No jobs are being lost and there is a focus on ensuring staff "disconnect" at home, says the firm.

The virus was mentioned on 33 deaths certificates in the week to Friday 5 March 2021, Nisra said.

A plan for children in primaries one to three to return to remote learning from 22 March is scrapped.

Queen's and Ulster universities say they deal robustly with students who break the lockdown rules.

The rollout of tests to some sectors comes as NI passes more than 600,000 first doses of the vaccine.

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

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

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

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.

The PM discusses the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and the NI Protocol on a visit snubbed by Sinn Féin.

Meabh Bradley is 18 years old, has cerebral palsy and uses a specialist computer to communicate.

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

A woman who lives in a care home is reunite in person with her daughter after Covid-19 restrictions are eased.

The front window of a car in Derry was smashed before it was set alight, police say.

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.

An independent body which advises the government says the vaccine should be used 'without delay'.

Leo Varadkar demands answers from AstraZeneca over its failure to meet Irish vaccine supply targets.

The Fine Gael leader was challenged after saying Sinn Féin had no Protestants as senior politicians.

The European Commission says the doses will help tackle hotspots and facilitate free border movement.

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