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THE Apprentice dream lives on for Derry doctor Leah Totton after she made it through to the next round of the battle of the boardroom.

Connolly: No regrets over verbal abuse of show's..

Billy Connolly has said he does not regret verbally abusing a female photographer during a performance on his Irish tour.

The Glaswegian shocked some fans when he singled

Kenny tells Church: I have duty to legislate on abortion

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has responded to calls by Catholic leaders to fight proposed new legislation on abortion by insisting he has a duty to legislate.

The Fine Gael leader was speaking after Cardinal

Open-top bus tour celebrates Cliftonville's glorious..

CLIFTONVILLE fans painted the town red - and white - as the Irish League champions paraded Belfast in an open-top bus yesterday.

The disappointment of losing to rivals Glentoran in Saturday's Irish Cup final

Three people die in crashes over weekend

ACROSS-BORDER road safety campaign will be launched this week after three more people lost their lives on Northern Ireland's roads over the weekend.

The death toll for this year has now climbed to 21 -

Explosives found

PEOPLE were forced from their homes yesterday after two pipe bombs were found on the windowsill of a house in Co Antrim.

The devices were found outside a house in Dehra Gardens in Ballymoney -

IN THE NEWS

Bruno Mars and Biffy Clyro to headline..By Seamus McKinney

CHART toppers Bruno Mars, Biffy Clyro and DJ Calvin Harris have been named as headline acts for the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend event in Derry.

The three are among 40 international bands and

Ohio women were 'bound with chains'

THE three women held captive for about a decade at a run-down US house were apparently bound with ropes and chains, police said yesterday, while charges were expected last night against the three brothers under arrest.

Burns victim left completely unrecognisable says brother

THE brother of petrol-bombing victim Thomas Curry said yesterday that his horrific burns had left him

Fans gutted at Fergie's retirement

IRELAND'S Red Devil fans last night told how they were "gutted" by the news that Sir Alex Ferguson is

Much-anticipated proposals given a cool welcome

THE first and deputy first ministers' much-anticipated proposals for building a shared

Ministers to outline shared future strategy

PETER Robinson and Martin McGuinness are today expected to outline the next stages towards creating

Child rape accused says SF leader never confronted him

GERRY ADAMS never confronted his brother Liam about child sex abuse allegations involving his

Kidnap charge man in court

A US man has appeared in court on charges of rape and kidnapping days after three women missing for