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Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA Diana Armstrong.

Fivemiletown report highlights Daera 'shambles from start to finish' - UUP

Deborah Erskine speaking during a farmers protest at Stormont back in August. Pic: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Daera got it badly wrong on cattle cull – DUP’s Erskine

The UFU's dairy chair, Cyril Orr, says farming families are coming under increasing financial pressure from rising costs but money from milk price rises isn't being passed to them.

Money from rising milk prices not coming to farmers, says UFU

A woman in her eighties has died following a collision in Newtownards last week, the PSNI has reported.

PSNI report woman in eighties has passed away after fatal collision

Upper Newtownards Road passes through both residential and shopping districts. Image: Google

Bid to build Irish signs over four miles of unionist area fails

Caoimhe Archibald has today announced measures to tackle the high price of home heating oil but Diana Armstrong (right) says they do not go far enough

Economy minister refuses to impose price controls on home heating oil

CarMoney NI is run by husband-and-wife team Lyndsey and Richard Kerr, who have 45 years of motor trade experience between them

Belfast couple launches motor finance business to support NI dealers

Michelle O'Neill with Sinn Fein MLAs Pat Sheehan (left) and Danny Baker speaking to the media in the Great Hall of the Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast.

O’Neill claims DUP ‘punishing children’ by blocking Bills over Drumcree row

John Keane and Sandy Keane of the Ardmore Group, Rosie Pierce and Julian Vogel of Modus

NI PR group expands into London with major agency acquisition

Traffic and Travel

Pay-as-you-go 'superloos' like this one on Belfast's Custom House Square are out of order across the city, council reports state. Photo: Iain Gray/News Letter

Belfast toilet trouble: Spending a penny to cost £100k

Kilrea Bridge

No 'plan B' for future Kilrea Bridge closures

'Car shuffling' used to be a way of attempting to cheat time limits and overstay in roadside parking bays. According to council officials, it's made a comeback in Ards and North Down.

Plea to tackle parking space issue meant be extinct years ago

Traffic & Travel: Co Down road closed after 'serious' collision

Road closed

Traffic & Travel: Newry road closed following collision

Road Closed

Traffic & Travel: A1 closed near Banbridge southbound

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Maryam Moshiri will appear in Taskmaster’s New Year Treat after becoming known for a viral BBC News moment in which she was accidentally shown making a middle-finger gesture during a studio countdown.

Maryam Moshiri joins Taskmaster after cancer battle

Is a Sudden Stratospheric Warming about to deliver a massive cold snap in the UK? It could, but it’s not that simple.

Explainer Sudden stratospheric warming: What could it mean for the UK weather?

Kevin the Carrot and Chantenay launch a search for missing Cauli Dog in Aldi's 2026 Christmas advert.

Shoppers hail Aldi's Christmas advert 'the best' one - watch it here

A Ryanair flight from Madrid was caught up in Thursday’s disruption (photo by Jaime REINA / AFP via Getty Images)

Plane bomb threats: all flights and airports affected

Crime

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PSNI renew appeal for missing Bushmills man Mark Dinsmore

Other serious offences could also qualify in the legislation put forward by Stormont Finance Minister John O’Dowd.

New law proposed to restrict parental access those who murder partner

Poppy wreaths stolen from cenotaph

Carrie Mullane (Noonan), 39, is known to have travelled to Enniskillen on October 10 but has not been seen since. Family Handout/Press Association

Carrie Mullane (Noonan) murder probe: PSNI recover body from Lough Erne

A new documentary about the 1983 Maze prison break-out revealing first hand accounts from IRA prisoners and prison officers is to be screened at cinemas across Northern Ireland.

Maze film to reveal first hand accounts of IRA escapees and prison officers

Police can be contacted on 101. Photo: PressEye

Two houses ransacked by burglars on the same day

Weather

However, full restoration of all properties remains 6pm on Tuesday.

Storm Boelo: Thousands without power and flights and ferries cancelled in NI

A warning for high winds is in place this weekend as Storm Boelo lands

Dublin Marathon participants face windy run - weather warning extended

Business

Awards success puts spotlight on NI health and wellbeing campaigns

Marc McKee, Founder of Renatus Collective Group, which has commissioned Beyond Weight Loss: A Patient Experience Study, conducted by Patient First Research, with the support of the British Obesity Society.

100 people in NI needed for major UK study into life after weight loss

Boots has completed a major refresh of its Londonderry Foyleside store, introducing an enhanced beauty, wellness and healthcare offering

Boots unveils major beauty and wellness revamp at NI shopping centre

Politics

Owners and managers of almost 180 reservoirs across Northern Ireland could face criminal prosecution, including prison sentences, under legislation being considered at Stormont today.

Reservoir owners could face jail if they breach new regulations

Alliance Party deputy leader Eoin Tennyson said the unionist party had “weaponised children” as part of a “culture war”.

Alliance Party accuses DUP of ‘gambling’ with Stormont institutions

Education Minister Paul Givan said he is “concerned” about the impact of the measures on families.

School meals ‘not a luxury’, watchdog warns, as prices set to increase

Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast, Pat Sheehan.

DUP move to block Irish-medium education blatant sectarianism –Sheehan

UK Trending

Irish family-owned skincare brand unveils festive gift sets for sensitive skin

The study was commissioned by Plusnet to celebrate the arrival of its own new mascot

Kevin the Carrot in top 20 mascots

Data revealed that the quality of toilet facilities affects how much people are willing to spend

UK hospitality industry risks losing £500m because of poor toilets

Over half of parents saying their child avoids creativity due to fear of getting it wrong

Parents say screen time and homework hold back children's creativity

Fern Brady reveals UK's biggest housemate icks

Brits biggest houseshare 'icks' revealed

1 in 3 are choosing to spend their weekends cooking

Brits ditch nights out for home cooking

Farming

New death duties have plunged farming families across Northern Ireland into money stress, industry bodies have said, leaving them worried they won't be able to afford to inherit the family land. Photo: James Hardisty

MPs call on Westminster to scrap family farm inheritance tax

Ulster Farmers' Union president, John McLenaghan.

Farmers: Budget hasn't touched taxes strangling our family businesses

People

Dobbies Garden Centre in Lisburn has unveiled a new-look restaurant and coffee shop in time for Christmas, following a refurbishment designed to bring the garden indoors

Dobbies gives NI restaurant and coffee shop a new look following Antrim closure
Lisburn refurbishment adds 90 seats as first phase of six-month improvement programme
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Leading professional tour guiding body Tour Guides NI (TGNI) is celebrating its 10th birthday this month with the announcement of Declan Lawn, co-creator of BBC TV drama Blue Lights, as its first Honorary President. Welcoming Declan to the organisation is Tour Guides NI chairman Donal Kelly and TGNI secretary Christine Donnelly

'Essential role': Blue Lights star shines light on NI tour guiding milestone

Northern Ireland construction company Gilbert-Ash has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to sustainability after winning the Environmental Impact Award at the prestigious Building Awards 2026

NI construction firm wins top UK award for environmental commitment

Council was told the premises at 26 Killead Road provide all essential building requirements for the charity’s first residential centre in the province Pic: Google

Vacant guesthouse earmarked for use as a supported residential centre

Fusion Antibodies secures a £45,000-plus antibody engineering project, using its proprietary RAMP technology for an established pharmaceutical client. Credit Fusion Antibodies

Belfast biotech firm secures £45,000 project with global pharmaceutical company

Education

MLAs told basic human rights for children at stake

The main speaker at the dinner was retired Brigadier Mike Murdoch

QUB military Services Club holds 100th anniversary dinner

The hoax email threat was sent to 300 schools across Northern Ireland recently.

Lessons learned review ordered after school bomb threats

Jay Basra highlighted that the Order of Service for the QUB Remembrance Sunday service on 8 November stated that Orange collarettes were not to be worn.

Royal British Legion distances itself from QUB Orange collarette row

Clare Quinn, Trade Engagement Officer, and Zoe Bratton, Product Development Officer, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, with Level 2 Hospitality trainees Ciara and Ellah and Northern Regional College’s Emma Louise Davis and Gabrielle Quinn.

Rising chef talent shines at Northern Regional College's 'North Coast Table'

Lyric Theatre Belfast Creative Learning Department has completed a five-week tour of primary schools in 11 council areas across Northern Ireland of their production ‘Waste Busters the Eco-Musical’.

Eco musical completes five week tour of primary schools across NI

Health

Dr. Michael McBrien, Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, is made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle.

Belfast anaesthetist awarded MBE by The Princess Royal

Founded by Ulster University alumnus and CEO Dr Alan Kennedy, PulseAI's proprietary deep learning technology for advanced ECG analysis was developed in collaboration with research expertise from within the University

NI AI firm secures US approval for life-saving heart-monitoring technology

A funding boost of £40m agreed as part of a deal with GPs should make it easier to get appointments, the Health Minister says. Photo: Lightfield Studios - stock.adobe.com

New deal with GPs should make it easier to get appointments: Health Minister

Alliance Party deputy leader Eoin Tennyson wants to ban attempts to change someone's sexuality or 'gender identity'. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Stormont conversion bill is overwhelmingly rejected in public consultation

Opinion

Morning View

Editorial: Horrific attack a reminder of dangers faced by our emergency services

Undoubtedly, this has been a difficult few years for unionism, writes Paul Givan

Paul Givan: ‘Time all shades of unionism acted with their head’

Margaret Thatcher had a rocky start but won three elections and spent more than eleven years in Downing Street

Simon Hamilton: Uber-fication of politics has made us all impatient

Morning View

Editorial: There is more to Remembrance Sunday than past

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Hailey Bieber's go-to OPI nail polish gets a Black Friday discount

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This is the clothes airer Mrs Hinch told fans she 'fell in love with'

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