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Taylor Swift album spends 10th week at number one as singer celebrates birthday

It comes after Swift became the most decorated artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024

Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trade arrangements for four more years

The vote passed on a straight majority basis in the face of opposition from unionist MLAs.

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024

Northern Ireland votes to extend post-Brexit trade arrangements for four more years

The vote passed on a straight majority basis in the face of opposition from unionist MLAs.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

‘The heavens are in tears’ for woman who died at Belfast nightclub, funeral told

Chloe Ferris died in the Lux club in the early hours of Sunday.

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

UK and Irish governments commit to finding ‘way through’ legacy disagreements

Labour committed to repealing and replacing the Legacy Act but have kept the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Deputy Irish premier refuses to be drawn on rotating taoiseach issue

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin also said it was unlikely that a new administration would be formed before Christmas.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Victims of Paul Dunleavy tell how abuse devastated their lives

The former school principal was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

Cheers and emotional reunions as Irish peacekeepers touch down on home soil

More than 200 members of the Irish Defence Forces returned home on Monday morning after six months serving with Unifil in southern Lebanon.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

Relief for family of Ian Ogle as three found guilty of his murder

His daughter Toni Johnston said it is unfair that victims have to wait so long in Northern Ireland for a trial.

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2024

Three men found guilty of murder of Ian Ogle in Belfast in 2019

Mr Ogle was beaten and stabbed 11 times yards from his Cluan Place home in the east of the city.

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024