Britain

The proposed stadium replacement for the old one at Casement, above, is far bigger than GAA crowds need. ​How much profits from concerts will be put back into sport, health or education?. Photo: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Letter: Casement plan is really about GAA being able to make money from concerts

There have been some big changes since we last visited Waterloo Road

​Tuesday TV choice: Waterloo Road (BBC1, 9pm)

Gripping BBC crime drama Sherwood is making a triumphant return

​Sunday TV choice: Sherwood (BBC One, 9pm)

Economy Minister Conor Murphy is pictured with James Hurst, managing director, Hurst Engineering and Grainne Moody, director, Invest NI

Northern Ireland manufacturing firm secures contracts worth over £2.5m

A life-changing accident threatens dreams of a cricket tour to India

Tuesday TV choice: Freddie Flintoff: Field of Dreams On Tour (BBC One, 9pm)

An inflatable craft carrying migrants crosses the English Channel off the coast of Dover, England. Around 29,000 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in 2023

Letter: Small boats, big numbers

The Olympics Opening Ceremony’s depiction of the Last Supper featured drag queens, a transgender model and a singer made up as the Greek god of wine. It has since been widely condemned

Letter: Olympics Opening Ceremony mocked Christianity

Ballylisk Triple Cream Cheese from Portadown is in the running for a top award in Great British Food Award

Some 15 NI food firms are in line to win the Great British Food and Drink Awards

Letters to editor

Letter: United in abhorrence

Anthology of films will once again champion first-class emerging UK talent

​Monday TV choice: On the Edge: Wet Look (Channel 4, 10pm)

David Ames of Team Great Britain controls the ball during the Men's Pool A match between Great Britain and Germany on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade Yves Du Manoir on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Ex-Cookstown star David Ames devastated after Great Britain hockey exit

Martin Symington of Pure Roast Coffee is achieving global success for his coffee bags

Pure Roast Coffee ​celebrated successes in this year’s UK Great Taste Awards

Surveyors continue to report shortages in labour across all professions in Northern Ireland (Image credit: Pixabay)

Construction workloads fall flat in NI as public housing activity sees pickup

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The fierce political battle before Britain entered the First World War

Henry Wee Wheels visiting Stena Line's Pet Cabins

Furry travel with Stena Line

Centre court pay tribute to Andy Murray as he brought his career at Wimbledon to an end earlier this week

OPINION: Here's why Andy Murray is one of GB's greatest ever sports stars

Whilst it was not the ending Andy Murray would have wanted at Wimbledon, he will undoubtedly go down as one of Britain's greatest ever sports stars.

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Andy Murray's Wimbledon career is over after Emma Raducanu withdrew from the Mixed Doubles. PIC: John Walton/PA Wire.

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon career over as Emma Raducanu pulls out of mixed doubles

Newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer at No 10 Downing Street for the first time after the Labour party won a landslide victory

PM Sir Keir Starmer assembles Cabinet after vowing to rebuild Britain

Schoolchildren know more about vitamins than adults do, survey finds

Aldi is looking to open new stores across the country

Aldi names 27 areas where it wants to build shops - full UK list

​Horse Racing Ireland has stated it is "deeply shocked and appalled" by the findings of an RTE documentary into the abuse horses can suffer after they leave the racing spotlight.

Horse racing bodies express shock and concern after programme on animal abuse

Letters to editor

Letter: Time to liberate Northern Ireland and historic Palestine

Morning View

Editorial: There was no reason for Ireland to be at the D-Day anniversary

Letters to editor

Letter: The D-Day commemorations were moving for millions of TV viewers

London is Britain's 'smiliest' region

The UK National Dunking Championship 2024

Simon Girma, the best biscuit dunker in Britain

Brewdog will be giving away a free pint of Cold Beer to customers who come wearing shorts this Bank Holiday weekend.

Brewdog will be giving away free pints of beer this Bank Holiday

There’s just a small catch

Adriana Amor

The stunning northern lights dazzling skies above Knaresborough this month.

Northern Lights to return

The Great British Sewing Bee judges reflect on how far they’ve come

A popular travel website founded by Belfast student in his university bedroom is marking 10 years in business. Pictured is founder of Ireland Before You Die Stevie Haughey

How a student from Belfast became a viral travel website blogger...

Letters to editor

Letter: World politics is in a state of flux and we’re lacking great leaders

Olly Murs performing at Global's Make Some Noise Night

Olly Murs is on tour with Take That in the UK and Ireland until June

National Trust properties include some of Britain’s most important houses and gardens

Friday TV choice: Hidden Treasures of the National Trust (BBC Two, 9pm)

Letters to editor

Letter: A better method to end sick note culture

Ronnie O’Sullivan has warned he could quit playing tournaments in Britain after his quest for a record-breaking eighth world snooker title was shattered by Stuart Bingham in a major quarter-final upset at the Crucible

Ronnie O'Sullivan warns he could quit playing tournaments in UK

Leo Varadkar leaving Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin, after he tendered his resignation as taoiseach to President of Ireland Michael D Higgins.

Leo Varadkar ‘almost chickened out’ the night before resignation announcement

Amanda Hanna of Ballykenver Farm Shop has launched award -winning pudding. She’s pictured her hosting an afternoon tea

The proof is in the (sticky toffee) pudding for Amanda

Tony Mammoth attempts to make up for lost time

Wednesday TV choice: Mammoth (BBC2, 10pm)

Comber-based Mash Direct, a market leader in potato products, vegetable sides and convenience foods last week strengthened its position in Britain, its most important market outside Northern Ireland, with another significant deal with major supermarket chain Morrisons. Pictured are Martin, Tracy, Jack and Lance

New sales flow in Britain as NI's Mash Direct celebrates 20 years of success

Jarlath Burns launched deeply politicised arguments, attacking Britain’s government. Yet when it suits, the GAA portrays itself as a sporting body that is open to all and plays a healing role in our society

Owen Polley: GAA president cites nationalist grievances in bid for funding

Taoiseach Simon Harris addresses the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) at Druid's Glen Hotel in Newtown Mount Kennedy, Co Wicklow

British-Irish relationship ‘a lot better’ today than a year ago – Harris

Tuesday TV choice: Aldi’s Next Big Thing (Channel 4, 8pm)

There Irish land border between the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland. It is an arrangement that has worked well, particularly in NI when the rest of Ireland struggled for the first 50 years after its breakaway

Ben Lowry: UK can support NI more easily than Ireland

BBC2 is marking the 50th anniversary of Abba's Eurovision triumph

Saturday TV choice: Abba Night (BBC2, from 8.35pm)

MasterChef fans have been left feeling angry at professional kitchen round of the show.

MasterChef returns to BBC One at 6.30pm on Monday, April 1

Surrender of 8 German U-boats at Derry. Admiral Horton and Sir Basil Brooke, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland at the time, examine the captured subs on 14 May 1945.

Five sloops destroy six U-Boats in North Atlantic actions (1944)

Letters to editor

Letter: Placing minor order was an eyeopener

TV presenter Timmy Mallett visiting the Parliament Buildings at Stormont as part of his fundraising cycle tour of the UK

Timmy Mallett arrives in Northern Ireland for cycle trip to raise awareness

Pioneers Will and Allison Abernethy of Abernethy Butter decided to retire

Hannan spreads interests with butter buy

The North West 200 has always been a crowd pleaser in Northern Ireland

Letter: Motorcycle union are ruining the Northwest 200

Letters to editor

Letter: Motorcycle union needs to bring its rules into modern era before

Letters to editor

Letter: Sunak’s antisemitism slur won't deter us from criticising Israel

Honda Racing team manager Barry Symmons (right) watches on as Joey Dunlop signs his first Honda contract in 1981. Also pictured is Joey's former sponsor, John Rea. Picture: News Letter Archives

Former Honda and Norton team manager Barry Symmons passes away

Helen Mulholland has joined the famed Last Drop Assembly in London

​​Elite role in Britain for Irish whiskey expert blender from Co Antrim

Writer and rapper Darren McGarvey takes an unflinching look at the UK’s public services

Thursday TV choice: ​​Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In (BBC Two, 9pm)