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Ballygawley bomb 30 years on: ‘I am not bitter – I mainly feel guilty I could not save more’

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Homes evacuated during security alert

Crime

Richard Annesley West's service in World War One is littered with conspicuous acts of bravery

Farming student whose war service won him a glittering array of medals

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Dr Rodney Peyton, a consultant who helped treat the soldiers injured in the 1988 IRA bomb attack on an army bus at Ballygawley in Co Tyrone.

IRA threatened surgeon for treating soldiers

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Police investigating arson attack at Sinn Fein offices

Crime

Fatal RTC: Arrested man released without charge

Transport

Cavehill bike riders unhappy with signs

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New Ballygawley bomb memorial unveiled

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CTA

The blue Peugeot car that was involved in an early morning collision in Bundoran, Co Donegal on Sunday. Two people died and one man has been arrested

Two dead and others injured after horror smash in Donegal seaside resort

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Man detained after woman attacked with metal bar

Crime

Politics More Politics >>

Bernadette McAliskey: We should bulldoze Stormont

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The Omagh bomb engraving at the site of the explosion that uses much more mild wording about the attack than another inscription in the remembrance garden

Jude Collins has helped us see what many people think about terrorism

Opinion

The government consultation paper on the legacy of the past

Doug Beattie: Victims need more time to examine the proposals on how to deal with the past

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Jim Rodgers

UUP veteran Jim Rodgers to face hearing over complaint

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Crime More Crime >>

Homes evacuated during security alert

Crime

Dr Rodney Peyton, a consultant who helped treat the soldiers injured in the 1988 IRA bomb attack on an army bus at Ballygawley in Co Tyrone.

IRA threatened surgeon for treating soldiers

News

Sinn Fein's Connolly House offices in west Belfast. Pic by Google

Police investigating arson attack at Sinn Fein offices

Crime

Man detained after woman attacked with metal bar

Crime

Farming More Farming >>

No deal Brexit will hurt consumers

Farming

Fermanagh Show Queen Megan Morrow presents the Farmers' Challenge Cup for the interbreed dairy champion to Ellie McLean from Bushmills

Fermanagh County Show: Something for everyone as season comes to an end

Farming

DNA markers are being used on livestock as farmers bid to beat rural thieves

NI farms under attack from ‘new breed of brazen criminal’

Farming

Pictured (L-R) Sinclair Mayne (AFBI CEO), Jim McAdam (Head of Grassland and Plant Sciences Branch), David Johnston and Gillian Young (Grass Breeder, AFBI Loughgall).

End of an era for AFBI grass breeder

Farming

Education More Education >>

IN PICTURES: Pupils across Northern Ireland celebrate A-level success

Education

The Eaton triplets who got matching results in their A-level exams. (Photo: P.A.Wire)

Northern Ireland triplets get matching A-level results

Education

A-level results day

Result! NI grandfather (70) celebrates A-level success

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(l-r) Campbell College pupils Andy Dong, Karl Hawthorne, Ross Miley, Dan Stevenson, Robbie Jamison and Callum Jones celebrating their A-level results. Picture: Michael Cooper

A-level results: Northern Ireland boys outperform girls at A* for first time

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Business More Business >>

Low enthusiasm for Brexit dims as firms wait for information

Business

Rising prices, benefits and tax credit freezes and Universal Credit have all hit

Minimum wage not giving families basic lifestyles

Business

Manufacturing punches above its weight in some vital areas of the economy

Manufacturing pay and productivity top UK average

Business

No deal Brexit will hurt consumers

Farming

Transport More Transport >>

Fatal RTC: Arrested man released without charge

Transport

The new Glider bus service will come into operation in east and west Belfast in September. Pic by Press Eye

Traffic chaos: Department appeals to drivers to be patient

Transport

The road has since reopened.

Lisburn road reopens after collision

Transport

Motorists are being advised to expect delays.

Road partially blocked after four vehicle crash

Transport

This photo released by the Italian firefighters, rescuers work among the rubble of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, northern Italy. (Vigili Del Fuoco via AP)

At least 20 dead in Italian motorway bridge disaster

Transport

Environment More Environment >>

Home and business owners still counting cost of flooding

Environment

Belfast may have seen the last of the sunshine for a while (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is when heavy rain will hit Northern Ireland again

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Jonny and Sophie Hazelton of Dungannon with their Simmental champion

Clogher Valley Show: Just Devine as brothers’ heifer scoops hat-trick of titles

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Belfast will bask in blazing sunshine throughout today (Photo: Shutterstock)

Belfast looks forward to the sunniest day of this week - but the rest of Northern Ireland is covered in cloud

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Half Moon Lake, Belfast. Pic by Elaine Hill

Record number of NI parks and open spaces awarded Green Flag status

Environment

Health More Health >>

Pro-life campaigners vow to cause a ‘major headache’ for Sinn Fein

Health

During a visit to the premises on 13 January 2017, Environmental Health officers found evidence of rodent activity in the food preparation areas and the company agreed to an immediate closure of the premises

NI takeaway owners fined £3,000 for string of food hygiene offences

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The trials at Queen's University were the first of their kind in the UK

New QUB prostate cancer trial could drastically cut number of treatments

Health

Charlotte Caldwell and her teenage son Billy

Charlotte Caldwell fights to bring cannabis medication rules in line with rest of UK

Health

Injection

Boys to be included in cancer virus vaccination scheme

Health