A WOMAN who works with vulnerable young people at a north Belfast interface has praised a youth programme for helping her get a place on a degree course.

Forensic tests have yet to be completed on guns and ammunition allegedly discovered in the boot of leading loyalist Winston Irvine's car, a court heard yesterday.

LATERAL flow testing in Northern Ireland has been extended until July 31 amid a rise in Covid cases.

THE age at which people will be allowed to get married in the north could rise from 16 to 18 under a proposed change in the law.

BANK of Ireland's motor finance subsidiary Northridge became one of Northern Ireland's most profitable businesses in 2021.

NEWRY-based cruise ship outfitter MJM Marine has been awarded a multi-million-pound ship refurbishment contract with TUI Group subsidiary Marella Cruises.

BELFAST Chamber of Commerces new president has pledged to remove the city's "dirty old town" image and ensure the basics of cleanliness and safety don't become a deterrent for visitors or investment.

CONSUMER goods chief Elaine Birchall is taking over the chair's role at CBI Northern Ireland.

The former first minister said his party needed to see delivery on the Government’s Bill to axe parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

THE Sue Gray report may have provided the catalyst for yesterday evening’s vote of confidence in Boris Johnson, but Conservative grievances with the prime minister stretch back much further.

Last night Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote but 148 Tory MPs refused to back him.

Boris Johnson still faces major challenges despite confidence vote victory

A YOUNG Donegal girl who died in a drowning tragedy in Majorca is now lying in the arms of her father who was killed in an accident just weeks before she was born, mourners at her funeral have been told.

Leo Varadkar said there is only so much ministers can do to help ease the pressures on household finances and struggling families.

A YOUNG girl, who was born just weeks after her dad was killed in a construction site accident, has died in a drowning tragedy in Majorca. Grace Mary Sweeney (7) from Co Donegal died in hospital two ...

OMICRON sub-variants are behind a new wave of Covid-19 in the Republic, health experts have warned.

Friday’s strikes come a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.

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The president said he could understand why the American people are frustrated.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline runs under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.

TWO girls who missed out on places at a Co Fermanagh grammar school after transfer tests were cancelled due to Covid-19 have lost a High Court challenge to its admission policy.

PLANNING permission has been approved for a new £25 million school building in the Glens of Antrim.

Irish students can expect a cut at a future date in college fees, the Higher Education Minister has said.

COMPLAINTS about university courses in England and Wales were at the highest level on record last year, with some reporting technology issues during online exams.

The House of Commons voted 215 to 70, majority 145, in favour of the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022.

The Secretary of State said he would move to commission full abortion services in the region ‘relatively soon’.

Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann was speaking on World Blood Donor Day.

"Bad practices" were allowed at Muckamore Abbey Hospital to "the terrible detriment of a number of patients", the chair of an inquiry into the Co Antrim regional facility has said.