Northern Ireland

An e-scooter is an electrically-powered vehicle consisting of a narrow foot platform mounted on wheels, attached to a long, narrow steering column with handlebars. Users travel by standing on the platform, known as a deck, and are propelled forward by an electric motor which is powered by a rechargeable battery. …

People in County Down have been advised to keep their windows and doors closed over what the police have described as a suspected chemical leak. Three fire appliances are at the scene on the Steps Road in Magheralin. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said it was dealing …

A man has pleaded guilty to possessing an assault rifle seized by police during an undercover surveillance operation. Patrick James Collett, of Rossnagalliagh in Londonderry, appeared at Belfast Crown Court to be formally re-arraigned on a charge he had previously denied. He is charged that on 21 May 2024, he …

The Parades Commission has begun a series of meetings about the Drumcree dispute as it weighs up whether to allow a controversial Orange Order march to go ahead this weekend. The order wants to parade along the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road area of Portadown on Sunday afternoon. It is one of …

A 38-year-old man has admitted repeated sexual assaults on two children. Paul Allen, from County Down, appeared in Downpatrick Crown Court on Tuesday. His barrister asked for him to be re-arraigned on 13 of the 18 offences against him. Allen, with an address at Cherryhill Crescent in Dundonald, entered guilty …

The inquiry into the Omagh bombing has heard from an academic expert on dissident republicanism. Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the Real IRA bombing in the County Tyrone town on 15 August 1998 – the biggest single atrocity in the Troubles. It came less than …

Increases to the NI budget are determined by a calculation known as the Barnett formula. Whenever spending is increased on a service in England, Stormont gets an equivalent spending increase, adjusted for the extent to which each service is devolved. This money is known as “Barnett consequentials”. Stormont has a …

Edgar-Jones is surrounded by Irish actors in the film, with Irish star Caitriona Balfe playing her mother Mrs Dashwood, Fiona Shaw as Mrs Jennings and Hamnet’s Bodhi Rae Breathnach, who plays the Dashwoods’ youngest sister, Margaret. Balfe has often appeared on screens in recent years, mostly in her roles in …

Living in Kilkeel she told BBC News NI that the change of location for her, which was already about 45 minutes away, means “more travelling, more time off work and a bit more anxiety-inducing”. “It’s a bit of a kick in the teeth for such a lovely hospital because I …

Firefighters are attending the scene of a fire at the former Crumlin Road courthouse in north Belfast. The Crumlin Road has been closed in both directions between Agnes Street and Carlisle Circus due to the fire, police said. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service says it has “five fire …

Administrators have been appointed to Northern Ireland business Glens of Antrim Potatoes. The business operates from sites in Cushendall and Ballymena and employs 95 staff, most of whom have lost their jobs. Stuart Irwin, Ian Leonard and Robin Coughlin from Interpath were appointed joint administrators to Glens of Antrim Potatoes …

Teachers in Northern Ireland will take industrial action short of a strike as part of a dispute over what they describe as “unsuitable workloads”. The NI Teachers Council, which represent the five teaching unions in Northern Ireland, said the action will be begin next Monday, 28 September. It added it …

Almost a dozen nationalist residents’ groups have warned some parading settlements “could unravel” if the Orange Order insists on marching down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. The order has applied for a parade on Sunday. The Drumcree parade as it is known, has been banned from the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road …

The Ulster Unionist Party and Traditional Unionist Voice are up for talks about unionist co-operation in next year’s elections, but have warned it cannot result in gains alone for the DUP, its leaders have said. Jon Burrows and Jim Allister were responding after Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson …

Google has been fined €403m (£345m) by the Republic of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over its handling of location data. The penalty – one of the largest of its kind imposed by the Irish watchdog authority – followed an inquiry launched into the tech giant six years ago, following …

The loss, or potential loss, of any service from any of our hospitals in Northern Ireland is always a contentious issue. You just have to look at recent wranglings over emergency general surgery within the Northern Trust. And it’s an argument the Southern Trust will remember well as the Department …

Gary Anderson remains at large a week after he absconded while attending his father’s funeral in Derry. BBC News

Martina said Anita’s running journey began when she entered a parkrun ten years ago. From this she “slowly but surely took to running”. “The group of runners that we have, have become part of the community which enabled us to think about doing a half marathon and with their support …

The court service has now published the full 15 page judgement from the judicial review. It reveals the decision to refuse Anderson’s request to attend the funeral was taken by the duty governor at Maghaberry Prison. But the judge found that that decision “was based upon inaccurate information which was …

Casual sex. Relationships. Parenting. Sharon Horgan has already seen us through several life stages via hit comedy dramas such as Pulling, Catastrophe and Motherland. Now, with her latest show Youth, Horgan puts the spotlight on 50-something women, imbued with her trademark tightly balanced mix of hilarity and pathos. The HBO …