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Home buyer demand was subdued in September, as higher interest rate expectations weighed on the UK housing market, according to surveyors.

The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will feature on the next series of banknotes, the Bank of England has announced.

THE first problem we need to solve with these proposed new rules is how to refer to them.

The key to Sir Paul McCartney’s childhood home has sold for £6,100 at auction.

Belfast is to get its first Ulster Scots street signs under the city council’s controversial dual language signage policy.

Increased military funding is a sign “Europe can awaken from its long slumber”, US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said.

Working with Andrew Scott was a “dream come true”, Elsinore director Simon Stone has said.

'This is not longer just about the Garvaghy Road': Residents' groups meet in Portadown

News Agreement between Orange Order and Garvaghy residents the only solution, says Irish foreign minister The only solution to the Drumcree parade dispute is where the Orange Order and the residents of the Garvaghy Road come to an agreement, the Irish for…

Childline was Dame Esther Rantzen’s favourite child, the broadcaster’s daughter has said as guests gathered to mark the charity’s 40th anniversary.

BJ BOTHA has already worked out that supporting either side on Saturday is liable to cause trouble.

Dubious funding from foreign sources.

Police said that 11 people were arrested as demonstrators clashed amid protests in London on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel.

Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after regaining consciousness almost six days after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, one of her lawyers has said.

'The whole parading issue in Portadown will come under scrutiny'

THERE is an established top four in Derry, with the same four teams competing in the semi-finals for the fourth successive season, so whoever champions Newbridge were drawn out to face, they were guaranteed a tough test, says joint manager Kevin Brady.

Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 25 civilians, including five children, and wounding around 100 in Moscow’s latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said.

A new toothpaste for sensitive teeth created by a former head of the Sensodyne brand and with the financial backing of a group of UK dentists has gone on sale in the UK.

Thomas Tuchel says the “train is rolling” without Cole Palmer after England impressed in his absence during the Nations League camp.

Clarkson’s Farm star, Jeremy Clarkson will grow and build his very own car using produce from his Diddly Squat Farm in a new special.

A decade after the Bengoa report provided the blueprint to reform Northern Ireland’s struggling health service, Spanish expert Professor Rafael Bengoa was back in town to tell MLAs “to get their act together.”

Bengoa report author 'very optimistic' about progress 10 years later

The former president of Ireland resigned as chairwoman of the body tasked to bring about integration because she was “adamant that we were going to reach every deadline”, GAA president Jarlath Burns has said.

A man has been charged with attempted murder by police investigating a reported stabbing incident in Coleraine.

Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has escaped with a suspended six-week ban for his role in the ‘Spygate’ scandal after the Football Association pushed for at least a three-month suspension.

Author and former Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris has died, aged 62.

A stand-off between Orange Order members and residents in Portadown has been described as “now bigger than the Garvaghy Road”, as residents met locals from other former flashpoint areas.

Pro-Palestine protesters have held rallies at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities on the third anniversary of the deadly October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Danske Bank Mageean Cup Group A Gaelcholáiste Dhoire 4-16 St Patrick’s Keady 1-15 The sliotar was thrown in yesterday in Stewartstown on the 75th version of the Danske Bank Mageean Cup and St Patrick’s Keady, winner of back-to-back Casement Cups, conceded…

A “deserving” Harry Kane has been backed by Gary Lineker to win the Ballon d’Or after he hailed the England captain as “phenomenal”.

One of the Royal Navy’s “largest and most powerful” aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has docked in Belfast for the first time.

A man charged over an operation to move up to £1.7m worth of cocaine in Belfast innocently believed he was collecting furniture, the High Court has heard.

The only solution to the Drumcree parade dispute is where the Orange Order and the residents of the Garvaghy Road come to an agreement, the Irish foreign affairs minister has said.

A north Belfast sports club has backed calls for a permanent memorial to one of its founding members who was murdered by loyalists 45 years ago.

Plans to redevelop Magilligan Prison are now officially on hold, over a decade after it was described as a “relic of the 1970s” that was no longer fit for purpose.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has “spent more time blocking roads” than giving evidence to her Stormont scrutiny committee, a DUP MLA has claimed.

Demolition work has begun at a historic former convent that was damaged in a storm, forcing the partial closure of a city centre street in Derry.

Portugal boss Jorge Jesus has revealed has read Cristiano Ronaldo’s lengthy explanation for walking out on the national team but opted not to comment further on the matter.

Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has avoided major punishment for his role in ‘Spygate’ after the Football Association issued a six-week ban suspended until the end of next season.

Police investigating two suspected arson attacks in Co Armagh believe the incidents may be linked.

Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 24 civilians, including four children, and wounding around 60 in Moscow’s latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said.

It would be a “bad idea” to reintroduce drinking at football games, the national police lead for the sport has said.

Gary Lineker has called on Manchester City to “own” and “accept whatever punishment” they are given for the “good of the game”.

Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about last week’s suspicious death of a laboratory worker in Siberia that has been surrounded by secrecy and claims that it could have been caused by pneumonic plague.

Sponsored by Mills Selig Mills Selig has opened applications for its 2027 Trainee Solicitor Programme, offering final-year law students and graduates the opportunity to begin their careers with one of Northern Ireland’s leading independent commercial law…

A driver to be sentenced over the death of a Belfast man who was struck and killed while walking his dog was travelling at 90mph in a 30mph zone shortly before the collision.

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and raise the threshold for death duties to £500,000 if the Tories win the next election.

Wittington Investments, the holding company for the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family, has announced a deal to buy high street chain Boots for 8.9 billion dollars (£6.7 billion).

High street giant Boots is to be bought by the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family for 8.9 billion US dollars (£6.7 billion).

Arsenal expect Mikel Arteta’s new contract to hand them a “competitive advantage” over their rivals – as the Premier League champions laid out their plan to “dominate” the game and “create a winning era”.