Northern Ireland
The priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing met Martin McGuinness shortly before he died, the deputy first minister confirms.
Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.
The police say a device left close to a primary school in Crumlin, County Antrim was "viable".
A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence has met with families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI.
An alleged former UVF chief accused of murdering UDA boss Tommy English ten years ago has been granted bail.
The Irish government says it will break up the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as part of the failed lender's resolution.
A security guard is found guity of exposing himself to a woman after a student union pub quiz
The Secretary of State warns that the government will reappoint the Parades Commission if there is no local agreement on parading.
MOD declines to discuss a claim that a senior Army IED expert is to be deployed to tackle the threat from dissident republicans
A County Down nursery which closed while an E. coli outbreak was investigated is to reopen on Friday.
A Belfast woman travelled 30 miles in a taxi to assault her former lesbian partner with no money to pay the fare, the High Court is told.
The DUP MP for North Belfast Nigel Dodds is to step down from the assembly within days, the BBC learns.
A man from north Belfast appears in court charged with rape and a number of other sexual offences, including one with a child.
Concerns are expressed after several seals which suffered violent deaths - including some which were beheaded - were found in County Down.
Two Londonderry women are badly beaten in a mugging in Portugal.
Irish police are continuing their search of an arms dump following the discovery of a "significant amount" of items.
Domiciliary care packages cut as health chiefs warn they face the most difficult financial year in a generation
A 62-year-old man from Londonderry has pleaded guilty to benefit fraud totalling more 19,000.
A Northern Ireland man's attempt to fly around the world in a tiny autogyro is put on ice until the spring.
A new comedy show poking fun at everyday life from a "unique Northern Ireland perspective" hits television screens.