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The equivalent of almost five cyber-enabled sex crimes against children are being recorded every week in Northern Ireland, it has emerged.

A survey of 13 UK rivers has found they all contain microplastics - and one is more polluted than the "great Pacific garbage patch", Greenpeace said.

BBC bosses have said shouldering the cost of over 75s licence fees stemmed from Conservative austerity.

A 50-year-old security gate which divides Northern Ireland's two communities is being replaced.

The body that represents Northern Ireland's police officers has urged the Province's politicians to settle their differences and get back to work.

Trade unionists have called for the urgent restoration of Northern Ireland's devolved government.

Marathon election counts in Ireland are set to roll into a fifth day with fewer than half of the country's Euro MPs elected so far.

The case of two journalists arrested over confidential material aired in a documentary should be highlighted around the world, David Davis has said.

A sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee has vowed to "support" her killers if they hand themselves in to police.

The idea that people who do not believe in God lack morality has been disputed by new research.

A man screaming "I will kill you" has attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop in Japan, slaughtering two people and wounding 16 before taking his own life, local authorities and media said.

A man has been left shaken after his van was hijacked by masked gunmen in Co Down.

A man has been left seriously injured after being assaulted and struck by a van.

A new child abuse compensation bid is to be launched in Northern Ireland's courts.

Westlife said they were "ecstatic" and "emotional" as they kicked off their comeback tour with their first concert together in seven years.