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A St John Ambulance volunteer from Northern Ireland was in the right place at the right time after one of the guests watching the Royal wedding in the grounds of Windsor Castle collapsed during the service.

Balmoral Show is a unique event in terms of smells.

One of the spectacles of this year’s Balmoral Show is a customised farmyard set which had been specially modified to include moving tractors.

Dame Esther Rantzen was in Northern Ireland this week to talk about the loneliness suffered by older people, an isolation she says that she is not exempt from herself.

A new book by veteran NI journalist Stuart Bailie explores the link between Northern Ireland’s celebrated music scene and its bloody chronology of violence.

“Hello Graeme, we need a generic bald man to inconspicuously occupy a seat on a bus, four rows behind Sandra Bullock – are you available?”

An experienced consultant neurologist has been stopped from practising by the Belfast Trust after aspects of his work came under scrutiny.

A professional female wrestler who grew up in Northern Ireland will return to these shores in her wrestling attire for the first time this Sunday.

Chris Bennett had never visited the site where the great ship that gives the area its name was built until 2007, but now admits he is a “complete nerd” when it comes to the history of the newly-developed city region.

World-renowned chef Marco Pierre White was in Belfast yesterday to remind people of his credentials as the first overseas celebrity chef to put down roots in Northern Ireland.

A local historian has gone to great lengths to tell the story of the ‘forgotten’ GAA men who fought for the British Army in World War One.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to ensure it is not the end of the line for a unique train which served Northern Ireland for four decades.

The European premiere of the groundbreaking debut film by a Belfast-based circus performer takes place at Belfast Film Festival on Saturday night.

Long-serving DUP politician Jim Wells has said he expects his party to take “stern disciplinary action” against him after criticism of its leadership in a series of interviews.

More than 100 years after Private James Furphy made the ultimate sacrifice at the Battle of Messines, two members of his family have made a poignant trip to his grave.

A team of friends from a Lurgan gym are in training to take on a huge walking challenge in June.

Northern Ireland presenter Ruth Sanderson is a woman who is in her element while exposed to the elements.

Snow Patrol’s front man Gary Lightbody has apologised for a below par performance at Sport Relief.

The recent surge in hotel growth in Belfast has led some to question where all the guests are coming from, but expert opinion is that demand far exceeds supply in terms of hotel beds in Northern Ireland’s capital.