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Fri, 13th November 2026

Stephen Herron, director of public prosecutions at the PPS, has ordered a review of the non-prosecution decision

PPS will review decision not to prosecute policemen sacked by PSNI
The PPS has said it will review its decision not to prosecute two policemen who were sacked by the PSNI for gross misconduct.
Adam Kula

Eleanor Donaldson was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offending following a trial of the facts at Newry Crown Court earlier this year.

Eleanor Donaldson placed on sex offenders’ register and given supervision order

Today's email outage caused disruption throughout the civil service and at the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Stormont suffers 'major problems' from Microsoft outage

An artist's impression, dating from 2019, of the flyover at Waringsford Road which forms part of Phase 2 of the scheme

Department set to begin procurement for plan to close A1 gap junctions

Two large student accommodation buildings owned by Queen's University in the heart of Belfast are to become short-term lets over summer. Photo: Martyn Boyd

Hotels fear for future as QUB turns 600 student rooms into tourist lets

Jacqui Durkin strongly condemned the behaviour of the officers

Officers sacked over video of woman with learning difficulties in bed

Garth Brooks is set to play three dates in Belfast in May 2027

Garth Brooks promoter warns of phantom tickets as extra Belfast date added

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir. Pic: Liam McBurney/Press Association

Fivemiletown cattle cull: Top civil servant says she is proud of Daera staff

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A woman trying to access her Microsoft Hotmail email inbox on a phone. Photo: Yui Mok/PA

Microsoft outage ‘not cyber-attack’, says executive after services hit around UK

Blue-green algae at Battery Harbour on Lough Neagh near Cookstown

Hundreds of farmers caught in Lough Neagh legal battle

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Michael O’Neill won’t 'get too bogged down in' Euro 2028 permutations

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy with fans as he makes his way to a tee on day two of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Rory McIlroy accepts 'tricky' Earth Course 'challenge' in Race to Dubai push

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Police are on the scene to the south-east of Ballymena (photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Motorists urged to steer clear as homes evacuated in rural security alert

The case was heard at Ballymena Courthouse

Employee 'was under pressure from gambling debts' when he stole coal

Three people are under arrest and being quizzed by detectives (photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Teenage girl among those arrested by detectives probing burglaries

Carrie Mullane's body has now been formally identified

Body in Lough Erne officially identified as Carrie Mullane

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Cost Of Living

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

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

Cutting the costs of welfare will require the government to spend more in other areas, like education, Andy Burnham has suggested.

Andy Burnham: ‘Welfare cuts will result in spending in other areas’

Goods being sorted at a food bank. An emergency food parcel will be provided every 10 seconds across the UK this winter, the Trussell charity has predicted. The food bank organisation said rising costs of essentials such as food, electricity and rent are pushing more families "to the brink". Issue date: Wednesday December 3, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Almost 200,000 in NI at risk of needing to use food banks

Opinion

Morning View

Editorial: Opening up to the cameras has helped depoliticise the PSNI

News Letter editorial on Thursday November 12 2026

Editorial

Morning View

Editorial: People get on board with UK’s Be Ready plan

Morning View

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

Editorial: Youth benefit plans are radical but stakes are high

Editorial

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

Sport

Premier League club Bournemouth are reportedly set to sign Cliftonville teenager Cillian Murray. (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Getty Images)

Bournemouth set to win race for highly-rated Cliftonville teenager
Premier League outfit Bournemouth are reportedly set to win the race to sign Cliftonville teen Cillian Murray – with the attacker expected to complete his move ...

Northern Ireland’s final training session in Belfast before facing Ukraine on Saturday across the UEFA Nations League return. (Photo by Pacemaker Press)

Step-by-step Northern Ireland focus for Michael O'Neill

Northern Ireland training ahead of Saturday's match against Ukraine. (Photo by Pacemaker Press)

Talking points as Northern Ireland face Ukraine in Nations League

Northern Ireland's Terry Devlin. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/Press Association)

Championship boss confident NI star 'can play pretty much anywhere'

Glentoran’s Zeno Ibsen Rossi in action against Coleraine. (Photo by INPHO/Stephen Hamilton)

Glentoran star determined to 'prove my worth' after frustrating injury setback

Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton has won the Irish Cup and BetMcLean Cup during his time at Solitude. (Photo by Presseye/Stephen Hamilton)

Former Cliftonville star feels Jim Magilton 'has worked wonders' at Solitude

Former Northern Ireland international Jonny Evans (left) with Michael Carrick during time together at Manchester United. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Northern Ireland hero Jonny Evans thanked in Michael Carrick's Man Utd farewell

Irish League Football

Glentoran manager Duncan Ferguson. (Photo by Desmond Loughery/Pacemaker Press)

Duncan Ferguson's 'very special' first 25 days into Irish League learning

Northern Ireland U21 international James Simpson has impressed at Larne. (Photo by Andrew McCarroll/Pacemaker Press)

Larne teenage star subject of transfer interest from English clubs

Coleraine sit second in the Premiership, one point behind Linfield. (Photo by Andrew McCarroll/Pacemaker Press)

Former Coleraine star on challenges provided by 'deep squad'

Coleraine manager Ruaidhri Higgins. (Photo by Desmond Loughery/Pacemaker Press)

Ruaidhri Higgins reveals why Israel interest 'not something that appeals to me'

David Healy celebrates winning his second league title in 2019 - Linfield had finished fourth the season before. (Photo by INPHO/Brian Little)

Would winning title this season stand as David Healy's best at Linfield?

Food & Drink

Kestrel’s Forest Feast has pioneered healthy fruit and nut snacks

NI snack explorers secures new business with leading US retailer

Oscar Woolley of Suki Tea Makers in Lisburn has been nominated for a key role in the main tea industry body

Lisburn's award-winning Suki tea maker named interim European president

Crime

15/08/98: A body is removed from the scene of the bombing in Omagh, Co Tyrone

Former police officer claims ‘Garda-MI5 source’ linked to Omagh bomb plot

A general view of a PSNI roads policing operation

Man handed motoring ban after being breathalysed at almost five times limit

The crash happened on the Moy Road, Dungannon (photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Man in his 40s hospitalised in Co Tyrone crash involving car and a cyclist

The culprit appeared before Ballymena Magistrates' Court today

Man with 123 convictions gets probation for violence against police officers

Murdered solicitor Pat Finucane.

Former loyalist chief to get core participant status at Finucane inquiry

Schools across Northern Ireland were mass emailed hoax bomb threats on Wednesday morning. Picture: unsplash (stock image)

School threat hoaxes ‘growing issue’, say education chiefs

Your World

Special Olympic Ireland athletes Adam Young and Ashwin Malaki pictured with Master Jack Deurden

Stena Line and Special Olympics Ireland celebrate ‘inspiring’ partnership’s anni...

Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Councillor Henry Cushinan and Economic Development Manager, Jill Murray launch the Employee Upskilling and Learning Fund

Council Launches Skills and Development Fund

Stock image. Accounts Administrator is the best-paid part-time job advertised in and around Belfast right now, at £15.00 an hour.

Belfast part-time jobs: the 5 that pay the most right now – top rate £15.00 an h...

Retro

An artist's impression of how the vessel could potentially look if restored

Historian hopeful of bringing 100ft ship back to the heart of Carrickfergus
A man who is trying to bring a 100-foot ex-warship back to the heart of Carrickfergus says that his plan remains alive despite it having vanished from the blueprints for the town.
Adam Kula

Department for Communities handout artist impression of the pavilion soon be constructed at Ulster Folk Museum

Ulster Folk Museum 'to be reawakened' thanks to project costing £50 million

The Heritage Room at the Harbour Office, Belfast Harbour

Harbour looks to the future while marking its past after significant investment

A solemn salute at Sunday's Remembrance service in the grounds of Belfast City Hall. Photo: Pacemaker Belfast

'One of the biggest crowds in years' as Belfast solemnly pays tribute to fallen

The News Letter reports the death of Czar Nicholas of Russia at the start of March 1855. Picture: News Letter archives

‘The Disastrous Campaign in Crimea’ and sudden death of the Czar (January 1855)

Homes & Gardens

11 Strandview Drive, Portstewart, BT55 7LN, is on the market for offers over £595,000 with Armstrong Gordon.

Property of the week: bungalow in one of north coast's most sought after areas
With views of Portstewart Strand, the Donegal headlands and the Atlantic Ocean, it’s not hard to see why 11 Strandview Drive is our Property of the Week.
By The Newsroom

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

Mrs Hinch uses this clothes airer to help dry her laundry indoors.

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

Stacey Solomon has described the Shark PowerDetect Transformer PowerTrio System as her “vacuum of dreams” – and now shoppers can save big on the same model in the Black Friday sale.

Stacey Solomon's favourite Shark vacuum is £150 cheaper plus free gift

Sam Sayers of S & DS Construction and Cathal Brannigan of Alskea, regional winners at the 2026 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards, which recognise excellence in house building

NI’s best site managers win ‘Oscars’ for high quality house building

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TK Maxx has beauty gift sets which could all make lovely Christmas presents. Stock image.

Forget candles as TK Maxx has beauty gifts worth giving instead

Fashion and homeware feature in TK Maxx’s Christmas campaign. We set out to find three gifts for £50, including delivery.

Three TK Maxx Christmas gifts for £50 with 4p to spare

Coleen Rooney teams up with her mum for new Primark collection packed with party-season outfits

Coleen Rooney’s new Primark collection is made for party season

Stacey Solomon has praised the 'bouncy blow dry' look the ghd Chronos Curve Hair Curler Tong gives her.

Stacey Solomon reveals the ghd curler she’s buying for Christmas

Lifestyle

Cafe Storm, established in 2014, has opened its new Sion Mills location in the historic Sion Stables, creating a fresh hospitality destination in the Co Tyrone village

'The wait is over': New café brings historic 1884 NI stables back to life

Londonderry-based car and motor insurance agency CRASH Services has marked another major milestone in its continued growth with the opening of a new accident management hub in Dungannon. Pictured is Sinead McAllister, chief financial officer, Chris Harte, fleet director, Michelle Murphy, operations director, Paul O’Hare, finance director and Paula Mahoney, marketing director

Family-founded NI accident management firm opens latest facility

Anna McErlean succeeds Peter McBride following organisation’s annual general meeting. She is pictured with Retail NI chief executive Glyn Roberts

'Deeply passionate': Lisburn family business director takes top Retail NI role

The Duke of Gloucester has visited Henry Brothers’ impressive new headquarters in Magherafelt, marking an exciting milestone for the family business

'It's a real honour': NI construction firm's new headquarter fit for royalty

Entertainment news from NationalWorld.com

David Beckham's favourite Ninja gadgets with up to £200 off

Rochelle Humes reveals her top Abbott Lyon jewellery gifts for Christmas after landing new role

Rochelle Humes shares her Christmas jewellery picks

Keira Knightley returns to star in Waitrose's 2026 Christmas advert, reprising her role in the festive romantic storyline.

Waitrose Christmas advert gets fans talking after surprise return

OPI's Funny Bunny nail polish is a celebrity-loved shade associated with Hailey Bieber's signature milky-white manicure, and now it’s on sale for Black Friday.

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

People

An image from a remembrance quilt stitched by corporal Kidd's relatives, depicting Christ Church in Strabane and carpentry tools; inset is corporal Kidd himself

Family of republican murder victim says he is 'forever missed' half-century on
The family of a man who killed by republicans 50 years ago next week has said he remains “forever missed”.
Adam Kula

Susie Megahey, commercial director at Barclay Communications in Belfast

Up to 15 new jobs as NI firm secures place on £1.5bn UK Government framework

The aftermath of the devastating fire at Buckshot Hughes Garage in Loughgall, Co Armagh. Credit Facebook

Community rallies behind Co Armagh mechanics after garage destroyed in fire

Business

Gerry Murphy of the ICTU said a 'sea border' is appearing when it comes to the rights of workers in GB compared to NI

Trade union chief warns of emerging 'sea border' for workers' rights

Popular Microsoft apps including email service Outlook have been hit by the global outage. Photo: Yui Mok/PA

Cancer centre, vets and major construction firm all hit by Microsoft outage

The existing Supervalu in Moira is to be replaced by a new store early next year. Pic credit: Google

Former PSNI station in Moira to reopen as SuperValu in New Year

A first draft concept design for the 'Hope Street' mural included with documents filed to get planning permission. Image: BBC

Hope Street mural tribute planned for real-life Port Devine in Co Down

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Alan Cumming will feature on the BBC dancing competition during a group dance on Sunday’s results show

Alan Cumming to make surprise Strictly Come Dancing appearance

It's Sunday lunch season - but which wine should you choose?

Six best red wines under £15 for your Sunday roast

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Julia Hartley-Brewer quits Talk after 10 years

Colin Firth attends the "Disclosure Day" photocall at Rose Court on 5 June 2026 in London, England.

Premier League club releases Christmas advert starring Colin Firth

UK Trending

AXA UK partnered with Vanessa Feltz and James Jordan to show the positive impact of cross-generational friendships

Family, food and sport are the top things uniting generations

Amy Hunt, the fastest woman in Britain, has teamed up with Sky Broadband

Gen Zs are so time-poor they listening to voice notes at double speed

On average adults just eight seconds of patience before hitting refresh

It takes just 12 seconds to experience ‘WiFi rage’

Nearly have of prospective homebuyers are waiting for prices to go down

Budding homebuyers hold fire as four in 10 wait for prices to drop

The Strictly judge made a surprise appearance to kick-start festivities in Manchester

Craig Revel Horwood reveals the exact moment Christmas begins

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

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