The NI agriculture minister will succeed Arlene Foster as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.

The department store is the latest in a series of big names to disappear from the high street in NI.

Two tourism bodies are concerned about rules on visitors arriving from the Common Travel Area.

A pair of cranes are nesting on a rewetted peat bog in the Republic of Ireland's midlands.

This week's NI Assembly debate was just the start of what will be a long and involved process.

Political voices from outside the party have been responding to the DUP's leadership vote.

The NI Assembly member for Lagan Valley has become the fourth leader of the party in its 50-year history.

Kieran McCool was described in court as "a bombmaker on behalf of the new IRA".

Boris Johnson hosts Taoiseach Micheal Martin at Chequers later, days after the Ballymurphy inquest.

The Uefa Super Cup fixture on 11 August is set to be moved from Belfast to Istanbul.

Leinster wear down Ulster to secure a hard-fought 21-17 Rainbow Cup win over their inter-provincial rivals in Dublin.

Sir Richard Needham says Boris Johnson should have met relatives in person.

Relatives say the words in a letter from Boris Johnson's are unacceptable and mean 'nothing'.

An inquest found that 10 people killed in west Belfast in an Army operation in 1971 were innocent.

A look at the background to the events of 1971 in west Belfast and bereaved families' search for truth.

BBC News NI's Will Leitch reflects on the often harrowing evidence of the Ballymurphy Inquest.

Ballymurphy families react to an inquest's finding that victims were innocent.

A priest and a mother of eight were among 10 people killed in Belfast after an Army operation in 1971.

On Tuesday, an inquest found that 10 people shot in west Belfast in 1971 were innocent.

Reaction to a coroner's findings that all 10 people shot dead in Ballymurphy in 1971 were innocent.

One million people will have had at least one jab "imminently", says the health department.

The total number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Northern Ireland is now 1,485,125.

A total of 550,000 people received the AstraZeneca vaccine in Northern Ireland up to 28 April 2021.

Given the successful rollout of the vaccination programme, we are now in a much healthier place.

It comes after it was announced that under-40s are to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca jab.

Rules are relaxed for visits to places such as care homes, hospitals, hospices and maternity wards.

BBC News NI traces the history of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), ahead of a leadership contest.

As the party prepares to select a new leader, Chris Page says the party has detected worrying signs.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

The Zimbabwe-born councillor will succeed the DUP's Frank McCoubrey when she takes up the post in June.

Lola Petticrew plays a pregnant schoolgirl whose mum faces prosecution after buying abortion pills.

Mr Poots beat MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to take on the top post in the party by 19 votes to 17.

The families of the 10 people killed in Ballymurphy in 1971 receive a letter of apology from PM.

NI Secretary Brandon Lewis says the prime minister will write to the families of those killed.

The Department of Education (DE) is set to pay schools up to £5,000 a week to run the voluntary schemes.

The 59-year-old is due to appear in court in Londonderry next month.

Irish President Michael D Higgins says Deane, who was 81, leaves an "incomparable legacy".

Five-year-old Caleb Toland was sent a signed shirt from Harry Kane after undergoing brain surgery.

The Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry reopens to traffic after a suspicious object sparked an alert.

They were arrested over the 1993 murder of a police officer and the attempted murder of an officer in April.

Ms Durkan has represented the Foyleside district electoral area since 2019.

Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson says the delays are "an absolute scandal".

On Tuesday the family of Martina Anderson said the Foyle MLA had been "humiliated" by the party.

Irish health chiefs temporarily shut down its IT system which severely impacted some services.

Kieran Creaven pleaded guilty to offences that occurred in Ireland, UK and Philippines.

The Irish health minister says the drop is due to the "strong response" of local communities.

The man and woman, who were in their 50s, died following the blaze on Thursday morning.

Leo Varadkar says he can "make the case" for the return of travel between Britain and Ireland.

However there were signs of a recovery in March with trade increasing.