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The top performing schools in Northern Ireland have been revealed in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023

Top schools in Northern Ireland named in Sunday Times list

The red and gold postbox, located at Belfast's Donegall Square West will be festively-decorated with snowmen, snowflakes and gold stars and merrily respond to post with one of three festive tunes: Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Deck The Halls

Christmas singing postbox to bring festive cheer in Belfast

After almost 45 years building The Plough Group into one of the most successful hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland, brothers William and Richard Patterson have sold The Plough Inn. Credit ©Press Eye/Darren Kidd

End of an era at The Plough in Hillsborough after almost 45 years

L-R William, Stuart, Ben and Raymond Walker - the makers of the Lundy effigy. Photo: William Walker

Tall order making 20ft, one ton Lundy for Apprentice Boys of Derry parade

Young Emma Trainor was delighted to meet Santa and Mrs Claus, during a visit to their Grotto at the 'Chriistmas On The Hill' Celebrations in Rathfriland.

Here are a selection of Santa Claus pictures taken at events through the years

Historic grade 2 listed seaside property on the Ards peninsula on the market

The Apprentice Boys of Derry 335th ‘Shutting of the Gates’ takes place in Londonderry on Saturday, 2nd December. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Advice issued ahead of weekend Apprentice Boys ‘Shutting of the Gates’ event

Aidan Jennings has over 28 years of experience within the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Aidan Jennings is new chief fire officer at NIFRS

Irish singer Shane McGowan of The Pogues has died

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65

Jai is a beautiful 5 year old active Springer Spaniel with a zest for life.

Unfortunately Jai hasn't had an easy life to date. He was found by Dogs Trust in the pound and he was in a very sorry state.

Jai's background means that he struggles to build relationships with new people and isn't used to living indoors.

For the right person, the journey to build trust and a bond with Jai will be very rewarding.

Jai enjoys the company of other dogs and has made lots of doggy friends here at the centre. J

These dogs are now available to be rehomed from the Dogs Trust

Spotify Wrapped 2023 revealed: But how to check previous stats up to 2016?

Tullylagan Country House Hotel, Tullylagan Road,
Cookstown, BT80 8UP

Hotel/B&B

Have a look around this hotel with idyllic grounds is now up for rent

File photo dated 18/2/1975 of Breakfasting at Claridges Hotel, Opposition leader Mrs Margaret Thatcher and the American Secretary of State, Dr Henry Kissinger. Kissinger, the US secretary of state who dominated foreign policy under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, has died aged 100, his consulting firm Kissinger Associates said.

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

New Drinkaware research: More than three in five Northern Irish drinkers feel their country has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol

Northern Ireland's unhealthy relationship with alcohol revealed

Pancreatic cancer survivor Tom Hawthorne (66) from Lisburn welcomed the new partnership

Partnership to improve outcomes for people with pancreatic cancer in NI

NIAS

Man in 70's dies days after one vehicle road collision
Sympathy has been expressed after a man died following a one-vehicle road traffic collision in Donaghadee last week.

Anne Madden's debut novel The Wilderness Way is based on the story of the notorious Glenveagh evictions when landlord John Adair put more than 200 people out of their homes in April 1861

NI writer Anne Madden's debut novel The Wilderness Way

Road closed

Motorists asked to take alternative route due to low hanging electricity cables

Symi island

New island destination announced for Summer 2024 by Jet2holidays

Antrim train station

Man charged with assault, assault on police and disorderly behaviour

NI student Harry Blakiston Houston has installed more than 10,000 plastic windows in areas of war-torn Ukraine

Insulate Ukraine plans to install 50,000 windows across war-town areas by March

Aaron McKinney

Updated appeal for missing Aaron McKinney who hasn't been seen since November 12

Gerard Greene from Craigavon, with his wife Margaret, is backing a Cancer Research UK campaign for lung cancer screening. Picture: released by Cancer Research UK

Great-grandfather with inoperable lung cancer backs NI screening call

Buster the German Shepherd enjoyng the snow

Advice issued to help you keep your dogs warm and safe during cold spell

Ben Dunne's casket is carried in to St Mochta's church in Clonsilla, west Dublin for his funeral service. Mr Dunne, 74, who was the former director of family business Dunnes Stores and the owner of a chain of gyms, died last week while holidaying in Dubai.

Ben Dunne 'did the Christian thing and forgave his IRA kidnappers'

Worshipful District Master of Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) No 1, cattle farmer, husband and father to two children Darryl Hewitt's Orange Order Collarette or Sash,Bowler hat ,tie and parade gloves lie on his bed early on Sunday morning 7th July on his farm outside Portadown Co.Armagh. Later he will head into the town centre to lead the annual Orange Order parade to Drumcree Parish Church.:-

The long running Portadown Drumcree parade dispute in pictures

Households in Northern Ireland are paying less for their home heating oil than their counterparts in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, recent statistics have revealed. On average, the cost of space and water heating for an average sized three-bedroom house using a condensing boiler, radiators and DHW cylinder in Northern Ireland is £1,190 per year, according to figures released by the Sutherland Tables

Home heating oil costs less in NI than rest of UK and RoI and prices are falling
On average, the cost of heating for an average sized three-bedroom house in Northern Ireland is £1,190 per year, currently 24% less than RoI and 7% less than rest of the UK

Over 450 companies and organisations have signed a pledge to stop all road deaths in Northern Ireland. Pictured are Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, councillor Mark Cooper, councillor Matthew Brady, chairperson of Antrim and Newtownabbey Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) and Lynda Hurley, head of road safety promotion at the Department for Infrastructure

Over 25,000 sign pledge to stop all road deaths in Northern Ireland

Kilkeel grandmother Maura Ward recently completed an epic cycle across the Jordan desert raising £12k for Cure Parkinson’s

Co Down granny raises £12k for Parkinson’s research after 100km cycle

Enda Young (Managing Director of Mediation NI), Laurie Randall (Mediation and Development Director), Dr Catherine Turner (Chair of the Board), Rob Colwell (Operations Director)

Conflict resolution charity awarded six-figure Lottery grant

Former England, Barcelona and Tottenham manager Terry Venables has been remembered after taking his Spurs side to Glenavon for a pre-season friendly in 1992

Glenavon recalls Terry Venables' visit to Mourneview Park in 1992

Tributes have been paid to Arlene McKeown following her sad passing on Saturday

Tributes paid to 'a real lady' after the sad passing of Arlene McKeown

PSNI issue advice against money lending

PSNI caution about turning to loan sharks over Christmas who are 'not friends'

1916. : British artillerymen manning a 9.2" gun mounted on a flatbed railway truck.:-

The Battle of the Somme has come to define the brutal trench warfare of WW1

A regal horned lizard, which live in the deserts of south west USA and northern Mexico.

GoFundMe started to help rehome more needy snakes, lizards and frogs in 2024

Colonel Wilford, who was in charge of the first battalion of the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday. Photo: PA

Officer commanding Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday dies aged 90

Christmas dinner

NI consumers left feeling anxious and “caught off guard” by rising food prices

Missing Vivienne Szilagyi

Increasing concern for missing 19-year-old last seen one week ago

Aaron McKinney

Urgent appeal to locate Aaron McKinney who was last seen on November 10

C S Lewis was born 125 years ago, and died 60 years ago on the same day J F Kennedy was assassinated

C S Lewis’s love of Co Down was inspiration for Narnia

Rev William Anderson, sovereign grand master (left), with Gary Cassells, executive director of the Somme Nursing Home. Pic: Graham Baalham-Curry

Chapter Chat: Royal Black puts heat on for veterans at Somme Nursing Home

Jude Ashton helping to dispatch the Amazon delivery vans. Picture: family image

Watch as Amazon helps birthday wish comes true for delighted six-year-old

Undated handout screenshot issued by Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh of their festive advert which features an elderly man with a sad expression on his face, walking through town alone until he enters the bar and is joined by a couple who sit, drink and talk with him. The advert was released on Friday and has clocked up millions of views on social media

Enniskillen pub's Christmas advert brings 'a tear to the eye'

In this photo provided by the Israeli Army, Emily Hand, a released hostage, reunites with her father on Sunday

Nine-year-old Irish-Israeli hostage Emily Hand freed by Hamas

People react as they hear the news of the release of 13 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Unionists welcome the release of hostages by Hamas

New Sky Christmas movie, The Heist Before Christmas, starring James Nesbitt, Timothy Spall, Bamber Todd and Joshua McLees

Why James Nesbitt is in heist spirits with new Christmas movie set in NI

Computer generated image of the rebuilt Casement Park. Photo: Ulster GAA

Casement Park rebuild contractor no longer able to work on the project

Over 60 Northern Irish businesses have joined forces for Young Enterprise. Picture: supplied by Young Enterprise

60 businesses unite to fuel young entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has been an integral part of the UK’s space ambitions. Picture: Billy Huynh on Unsplash

9 ways Northern Ireland has contributed to the UK's space ambitions

Flowers on the coffin of Afghanistan veteran William Onion in Antrim as his family look on during his funeral. He passed away after a climbing accident on Mount Snowdon.

Veteran had genius for building communities

House of Commons

Protect Six Nations for free-to-air TV, MP says

Siobhan Brown

Treatment of Sean Brown’s family has been ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’

Ulster Scots enthusiast and author Liam Logan (left) and East Belfast GAA club secretary David McGreevy at the club's Ulster Scots evening at the Stormont Pavilion in Belfast on Wednesday.

East Belfast GAA celebrate the ‘Hamely Tongue’ in first event of its kind

Girls Aloud

Tickets for GIRLS ALOUD go on sale at 9am on December 1 for SSE Arena in Belfast

Patrick and Ciera Grimley passed away after a road accident in Markethill on 4 November. A fundraising website for their chilren, Tadgh (14) Mya (13) Cadhla (11) has raised £311,000 so far. This last family photo was taken on a night out only hours before the couple died. They sent their children home early in a different vehicle.

Darkley church praised for supporting tragic family