In one of the most unsurprising victories of the night, the DUP's Gregory Campbell has retained his seat in East Derry.

DUP vote under pressure as Remainer pact appears to have struck a chord with electorate.

Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy has comfortably retained his seat in Mid Ulster with 45.9% of the vote.

In an unsurprising victory, Órfhlaith Begley raced across the line to claim the West Tyrone seat.

The DUP's Jim Shannon was re-elected MP for the Co Down constituency of Strangford with 7,000 votes to spare in a wave of unionist anger at Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy.

What was initially thought to be a tight race saw the SDLP's Colum Eastwood win back the Foyle seat from Sinn Féin's Elisha McCallion with a huge majority.

Sinn Féin's John Finucane has declared North Belfast has rejected Brexit after winning the seat from incumbent, the DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds.

Jeremy Corbyn defended his "extremely popular" policies and blamed Brexit for Labour's devastating defeat as he announced he would stand down as leader after overseeing a "period of reflection".

The staunchly pro-Remain Alliance Party has taken the north's first Westminster seat in a major upset for the DUP.

Counting is continuing in the north as the parties absorb the potential ramifications of a sizeable Conservative majority in parliament.

BREXIT, back stops, toxic election campaigns, industrial action in health and education and no local administration for almost three full years – it would be easy to be a little gloomy.

UNDER-THREAT red squirrels are benefitting from an unlikely ally - the predatory pine marten, according to new research.

SINN Féin has criticised anti-abortion campaigners who claim the party supports "abortion for any reason, right up to the moment of birth".

SCHOOLS are to be allowed to expand again as they brace themselves for another bumper transfer year.

ONE woman was tasered and another assaulted during a "disturbing" late night burglary at a flat in south Belfast.

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Co Down pensioner at his Bangor home last month have made a fresh appeal for information.

The body of a midwife was found buried in a roadside shallow grave after her killer was spotted by a surveillance team acting suspiciously around 800 metres away, an inquest has heard.

Lawyers seeking to halt what they allege is ongoing genocide in Burma have criticised leader Aung San Suu Kyi's defence of her country's armed forces.

SCIENTISTS have discovered the functions of the area of the brain in which Alzheimer's disease begins - offering hope for the development of future treatments.

Last minute talks to prevent a day of strike action across the health service could take place as early as the start of next week.