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Sat, 03 Apr 2021 07:49:29 GMT
Sandy Row: PSNI officers injured in south Belfast riot
Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were thrown at police as violence flared at Sandy Row.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 05:38:44 GMT
Coronavirus: NI Covid numbers inch towards end of a surge
Infection and death rates stay static but hospital figures are down and vaccine numbers keep rising.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 05:59:57 GMT
Mapping Belfast's forgotten alleyways and entries
An interactive alley map has been published after six months spent walking the city's alleyways.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 06:03:57 GMT
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller performers 'under-represented' on-screen
Actor's union Equity is launching a network for people from Gypsy, Romany and Traveller backgrounds.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:30:06 GMT
Covid-19: Robin Swann appeals for people to stay safe this Easter
Health minister's warning comes as it emerges that NI's Nightingale Hospital will close within days.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:07:51 GMT
Covid-19: Slight rise in deaths after eight-week decline
There were 19 deaths registered with coronavirus, after the number had fallen for eight weeks.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:06:33 GMT
Coronavirus: One further death linked to coronavirus in NI
A further 107 people test positive for Covid-19 with the total number of confirmed cases now 117,503.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:05:49 GMT
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland churches reopen for Easter services
Methodists, Presbyterians and members of the Church of Ireland are able to attend services from Friday.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:55:33 GMT
Covid-19: Dublin Airport arrests after two refuse mandatory quarantine
Irish broadcaster RTÉ says it's understood the two women had travelled for a cosmetic procedure.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:23:23 GMT
Carrowdore: Motorcyclist killed after two-vehicle collision
Alisdair Wallace, 66, from Kircubbin, died at the scene near Carrowdore, County Down, on Thursday.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 11:58:28 GMT
SONI: NI consumers 'may have been overcharged for electricity'
Investigation examines whether consumers may have faced "inappropriately higher prices".

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:06:22 GMT
Policing in NI 'has never been more politicised'
The Police Federation of NI chairman is "not surprised" there were no prosecutions over the Bobby Storey funeral.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:55:55 GMT
Covid-19: No singing inside NI schools after Easter break
Pupils will be allowed to sing outside alone or in choirs as long as they are socially distanced.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:07:21 GMT
Covid-19: All pupils to return to school after Easter
The Department of Education says that face-to-face teaching will resume after Easter.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:01:27 GMT
Stormont agrees funding for £290m post-Covid plan
It comes after Sinn Féin had accused the DUP of blocking the presentation of an initial budget.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:13:22 GMT
Coronavirus: NI golfers swing into action as courses reopen
One 90-year-old golfer in Londonderry says he is "itching" to get out for his afternoon tee time.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:07:58 GMT
NI Covid-19 restrictions: Your questions answered
BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about the latest steps to ease lockdown.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 05:53:35 GMT
Rise in pupils in NI with mental health issues in 2020
Some of the issues are "directly related" to the Covid-19 lockdown, according to new reports.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:10:03 GMT
Covid-19: Swann 'delighted' by jab at Ballymena pharmacy
Robin Swann urges people book a vaccination slot as soon as possible after they become eligible.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:31:43 GMT
Newry and Kilkeel grammar schools scrap academic selection for 2022
Five grammar schools in Newry and Kilkeel are the latest to scrap academic selection in 2022.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:07:43 GMT
What it's like driving across the new Irish trade border
Three months since the creation of the new Irish trade border, the BBC travelled with a lorry driver.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 05:53:03 GMT
Translink sets zero-emissions goals for next 25 years
The company wants to provide more environmentally-friendly buses and trains as it plans for future.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:03:32 GMT
John le Carré: Spy novelist 'died an Irishman'
The Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy author became an Irish citizen before his death, his son says.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:24:42 GMT
Brexit: Counting the cost of the Irish sea border
BBC News' Emma Vardy follows a lorry over the Irish Sea to examine the contentious Irish Sea border.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:09:28 GMT
Latest Northern Ireland weather forecast
The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 05:43:05 GMT
Irish language group to challenge NI Executive in court
The group says the NI Executive's failure to implement a strategy left it with "little other choice".

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:42:11 GMT
Belfast to host One Young World summit in 2023
Sir Bob Geldof, one of the event's counsellors, said the city had "so much to tell" young people.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 07:48:02 GMT
Petrol bombs thrown at police in south Belfast riot
Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were thrown at police during sustained rioting in the Sandy Row area.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:20:37 GMT
Coronavirus: The NI scientists developing Covid-19 treatments
Data from trials conducted in Northern Ireland has been influencing the public health response.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 19:32:54 GMT
Bobby Storey funeral: 'Crisis of confidence in police service'
NI's first minister calls on the police chief to quit after prosecutors recommended no-one face charges over the funeral of Bobby Storey.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:55:34 GMT
Bobby Storey funeral: 'Sorry families had grief compounded'
Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill reacts to the news there will be no prosecutions in relation to the funeral of Bobby Storey.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:55:08 GMT
Londonderry: Police and fire crews attacked during disorder
Politicians and police appeal for calm after a fourth consecutive night of unrest in the Waterside.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:38:25 GMT
Londonderry: Foyle College asks former pupils to help pay debt
Foyle College in Londonderry has written to past pupils about the outstanding debt of £821,000.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:50:15 GMT
Londonderry: Petrol bomb attacks on police for third night
Youths were involved and a police officer was hurt in the incident in Londonderry on Wednesday night.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:25:30 GMT
Derry council to ask UK government to fund airport
City of Derry Airport staff say government intervention is "critical" for the facility's long-term future.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:34:06 GMT
James Corbett's family 'devastated by plea deal' after retrial decision
James Corbett's wife and father-in-law were originally convicted of his murder in the US in 2017.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:46:44 GMT
Dessie Farrell: Dublin manager suspended for breach of training guidelines
Dublin suspend manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks for a breach of guidelines which prevent collective training in light of coronavirus protocols.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:06:18 GMT
Covid-19: Ireland's vaccine rollout 'catching up' on NI
Leo Varadkar says that he expects 80% of the population to have had their first jab by the end of June.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:01:14 GMT
Rights for Irish employees to 'disconnect' outside working hours
A new code of practice protects workers from the expectation that they are always available.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:58:13 GMT
Covid-19: Travel within Irish counties allowed from 12 April
Two vaccinated people from different households will also be allowed to meet indoors from 26 April.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:36:49 GMT
Irish pubs could become work hubs in post-pandemic plan
Remote workers will be enticed to live in the countryside through a new "quality of life" policy.

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:57:50 GMT
Covid-19: Two found after people flee Dublin hotel quarantine
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says it is "not ideal" that people absconded from quarantine.



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