A BUSINESSMAN has pleaded guilty at Derry Crown Court to running of a brothel.

A JURY presiding over a trial in Belfast where two men stood accused of attacking another man in the Tiger's Bay area has failed to reach a verdict.

A LISBURN man has admitted kicking his 15-week-old puppy to death.

A NOTORIOUS convicted rapist has been remanded in custody accused of failing to inform police of his living arrangements.

FOUR masked men, one armed with a crowbar, have broken into a house in Co Antrim.

A FORMER monk has pleaded guilty to a series of historic child sex offences, bringing the number of his victims to four.

A man accused of using social media to name the woman at the centre of a rape trial involving two rugby stars stayed away from court as his case was raised before a judge for the first time.

Arlene Foster has defended her party's special advisers at a public inquiry into the botched green energy scheme Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

A former press secretary for the Northern Ireland Executive has denied a claim he called an ex-minister a "monster who had to be put to sleep".

ARLENE Foster has told the RHI inquiry that if she had known the scale of the difficulties around the RHI scheme in the autumn of 2015, she would have raised it during the Fresh Start Talks.

The family of a Co Tyrone man who died in Australia earlier this year has raised almost £100,000 for the charity that brought his remains back to Ireland.

THE haunting tune of `You'll Never Walk Alone' was played as the coffin of 24-year-old Storm Ali victim Matt Campbell was carried at his funeral yesterday.

BELFAST International Airport has apologised to travellers after they were stuck in long delays at security yesterday morning when key equipment failed.

THE biker killed in a road crash near Newry was last night described as "a good man" and the "life and soul" of his motorcycle club.

A 21-YEAR-OLD boxer has been awarded £8,500 after he alleged he was not selected for an international amateur team because he is Protestant.

A VIOLIN teacher has gone on trial at Derry Crown Court accused of sexually assaulting four female young students.

THE girlfriend of a man who died in a custody cell at Lisburn police station wept in court yesterday as she was questioned about the hours leading to his death.

BIRDS of prey were targeted in almost 20 separate incidents in Co Down over a five year period, new figures reveal.

ARLENE Foster's return to the RHI inquiry marks the start of what could be a particularly bruising week for both her and the DUP.

ARLENE Foster has denied there were was a "party narrative" by the DUP to discredit former minister Jonathan Bell in the fall-out over the RHI scheme.