SPOTLIGHT

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Five other sources corroborated allegations about Gerry Adams claims BBC lawyer

McVities lit up a series of London landmarks

London's landmarks lit up - with images of chocolate biscuits

The annual event is dubbed ‘the Oscars of the charity world’

Ad Feature Lisa Snowdon to host 8th Annual Smiley Charity Film Awards

Liverpool's Conor Bradley (left) is replaced by substitute Bobby Clark during the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium. (Photo by Adam Davy/PA Wire)

Conor Bradley and Liverpool's Carabao Cup youngsters in the spotlight

Rylan Clark is rumoured to star in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing as a contestant

Rylan Clark reveals suicide attempts following marriage breakdown

Glenn Patterson, Good Vibrations writer; Ruth Moran, Tourism Ireland; Larry Kirwan, Sirius Radio presenter; Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland and Kevin O’Leary, PBS TV Producer, at the Good Vibrations preview show in the Irish Arts Center, New York on June 20

Show about Belfast's punk scene begins NYC run

Rhys Whittock the prince harry lookalike dressed up.

Meet the Prince Harry lookalike who earns over £1,000 a day

Ian Paisley, DUP MP for North Antrim

Ian Paisley: We are nowhere near the risk of a border poll

Shane Harrison is leaving the BBC after 30 years

Shane Harrison to leave BBC Northern Ireland

Matty Healy

Who is The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and his famous parents?

In 2001 Stephen became BBC Northern Ireland’s London Correspondent based at Westminster

Award-winning journalist Stephen Walker leaves the BBC after 34 years

Hit 90s show ‘in talks’ for a reboot over two decades after being axed

The Brits 2023: ITV Brit Awards betting odds - who is favourite to win Song of the Year and Album of the Year?

The Brits 2023: Favourites to win ITV Brit Awards song & album of year

Speculation mounts on Lauren Goodger’s return to The Only Way is Essex

Hold the Front Page: Josh Widdicombe & Nish Kumar join National World newspapers in Sky series - how to watch

Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar join National World in Sky series

Christopher Stalford got into politics young and matured into a thoughtful politician who seemed set to rise into positions of ever increasing importance

Ben Lowry: Christopher Stalford was a thoughtful Stormont MLA, with a dry wit
Today’s funeral for the DUP MLA Christopher Stalford is 2pm at Ravenhill Presbyterian Church.
Ben Lowry

A Bobby Sands mural in Belfast, calling for Irish unity; LucidTalk's polls have found much stronger support for unity than some others

Spotlight intensifies on NI polling firm which shows strong Irish unity support

Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe celebrates his FA Cup goal on Saturday against Newcastle United. Pic by PA.

Spotlight on Premier League’s young players to watch

News Letter editorial

Security view that IRA still exists raises fresh queries about recent IRC report...

Sinn Fein leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill at the funeral in June of IRA intelligence boss Bobby Storey

IRA is armed and still gathering intelligence on opponents, says leaked MI5-PSNI...

You could earn a share of $1million every day using a new Snapchat feature

Youngsters invited to share their talents and win prizes

Modelling gave projections of best and worst case scenarios for Covid-19

Coronavirus: Robin Swann ‘did not make public’ best case scenario of 250 deaths ...

UK government data, from 30-04-20, showing the number of coronavirus deaths

Coronavirus: Top scientist says traffic numbers ‘show people getting lax about l...

pogo

Here's how the Spotlight Hours work in Pokémon GO - and when the next one is

Tory minister William Whitelaw, centre left,in 1973 with political leaders who showed a different way: from left Brian Faulkner, Oliver Napier and Gerry Fitt

Trevor Ringland: There many histories of the Troubles, secret or not and often i...

Prior to his death earlier this year, Willie Frazer discussed with Spotlight his role in arming the UDA

Spotlight: Willie Frazer supplied Ulster Resistance guns for UDA massacres
Willie Frazer ferried Ulster Resistance guns to UDA commander Johnny Adair, resulting in multiple murders across Northern Ireland, BBC Spotlight will tonight reveal.
By The Newsroom

Letter to the editor

No Sinn Fein campaign for a public inquiry into the barbaric murder of Jean McCo...

Raymond White was the head of RUC Special Branch that ran informers in the IRA

IRA ‘realised it had so many informers it couldn’t kill them all’

A ruling by the Court of Appeal in Belfast last week said that there was a legitimate expectation of an investigation into the treatment of the Hooded Men. One of the men, Francis McGuigan, speaks to the media after that hearing. Trevor Ringland says: "Not to take away from any wrong done to the group known as the Hooded Men, in the hierarchy of wrongs that need to be investigated, it must be well down the list"

Trevor Ringland: Republicans insist on pursuing their grievances against the sta...

Pictured from left to right D.U.P. M.P., Sir. Geoffrey Donaldson, former priest turned I.R.A. man, Patrick Ryan and T.U.V. leader and M.L.A. Jim Allister.

Unionists demand apology from Irish government over refusal to extradite former ...

In footage which has never before been broadcast, Martin McGuinness is seen showing guns to young children and handing them bullets. Image: BBC Spotlight

New footage shows Martin McGuinness building car bomb and giving bullets to kids

Letter to the editor

Put up and shut up is what has happened

Ian Paisley.

Colum Eastwood refers Ian Paisley to Parliamentary Standards Commissioner after ...

Ian Paisley has declined to answer questions about the foreign trips to luxury resorts

Ian Paisley silent in face of new questions over more luxury foreign trips

Tens of thousands of cars on NI roads may be giving out illegal emissions

NI diesel cars not tested for emissions since 2006

Spotlight on Cherryfield Lofts '“ Kennedy and Lyons, Moira

BBC reporter Kevin Magee (right) attempts to interview self-styled paedophile hunter George Keenan. Pic: BBC News NI

Paedophile hunter wanted to '˜inject fear' into BBC reporter

UFU deputy president Victor Chestnutt, Farm Family Key Skills Scheme Manager SiobhÃ¡n Sheppard and CAFRE Director Martin McKendry.

Spotlight on safety at new series of on-farm workshops

Leo Varadkar

Hard to understand what UK wants from Brexit, says Leo Varadkar

Reatha Hassan OBE. Former secretary of the Saver/Naver victims' group in Co Armagh.
Picture: Brian Little

No Saver/Naver charges after seven-year PSNI investigation

Michael Keaton in American Assassin.

Cinema AND TRAILER: American Assassin - Michael Keaton and Dylan O'Brien intervi...

Alex Kane

The DUP '“ and all unionists '“ must do more to sell the Union positively

Theresa May's letter said the 'UK government is concerned that the whole system of addressing the past in Northern Ireland is unbalanced'

Legacy issues '˜unbalanced' says May in letter to veterans

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks producers warn of FAKE Facebook casting call for extras

TUV leader Jim Allister

SF welfare reform cost Â£114m with no collapse

Alex Kane

Our Executive may be an abysmal failure, but there's no alternative

Raymond McCord has received legal aid for his court challenge against Brexit

McCord challenges Foster to debate over funding for UDA members

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams. Picture: Freddie Parkinson/Press Eye Â©

Adams vows action against BBC over Donaldson allegations

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams speaks to the media at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan near Tullamore, after he denied sanctioning the murder of a British spy in the IRA. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

Adams '˜must explain death penalty informer remark'

IVU spokesman
Kenny Donaldson

IRA-dissident links under scrutiny

Norman Baxter had a senior intelligence role in the PSNI

'˜Intelligence strategy was to bring IRA into peace process'

Tom Elliott

Standard '˜blame the Brits' denials from Sinn Fein don't wash with people any lo...

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams

Adams statement denies Spotlight allegations

File photo dated 06/04/16 of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, who has denied sanctioning the murder of a British spy in the IRA. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday September 21, 2016. The allegation about the 2006 killing of Denis Donaldson was made by a man who claimed he was also a paid state agent in the IRA. See PA story ULSTER Adams. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Gerry Adams '˜must sue' BBC over Denis Donaldson murder

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