Secrets of the Bellaghy bog body are finally revealed The person had an estimated height of around 5ft 6in The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025
Firefighters searched rubble ‘not knowing if family members were among dead’ Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) area commander David Doherty gave evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry. Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
Weather warnings for wind and rain issued as temperatures rise The Met Office said it could be 16C in parts of the UK on Friday. Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
UK Braces for 144-Hour Arctic Blast with '10cm Per Hour' Snowstorm Incoming The UK is set to be battered by a 144-hour Arctic blast this month, with up to 10cm of snow falling per hour in some areas, according to the latest weather The Fashion Central · Feb 19, 2025
Mapped: The areas of England and Northern Ireland where stamp duty rises will hit hardest The stamp duty changes could add an extra £1.1 billion annually in the tax to government coffers The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025
Locations where home buyers most likely to be hit by stamp duty costs revealed More home buyers in England and Northern Ireland will be liable to pay the tax when stamp duty changes take effect from April 1 Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
Final call for testimony from Northern Ireland mother and baby home survivors The deadline to register to give testimony to the Truth Recovery Independent Panel process is on May 1. Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2025
Almost 5,000 apply to join Police Service of Northern Ireland The figures indicate a last-minute surge of applicants for the latest recruitment drive. Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025
Northern Ireland’s leaders ‘still to consider’ US St Patrick’s Day trip Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said she and First Minister Michelle O’Neill have not yet received invitations for St Patrick’s Day events. Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2025
Play about Belfast student life to be staged in Brussels Float is produced by Crybaby Productions and written by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson. Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2025
Funboys review – some of the most fearless comedy in years This utterly idiosyncratic sitcom about young men in smalltown Northern Ireland has hints of This Country – but with a pedalo-based masturbation scene that is unspeakably, brilliantly awful The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025
Call for ‘reality check’ over funding Northern Ireland’s health service Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said demand is set to increase sharply and the budget must rise too. Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025
Former Northern Ireland minister calls for judicial review after Clonoe inquest Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee described the coroner’s findings as ‘perverse’. Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025
King hosts Prime Minister and devolved leaders at Windsor Sir Keir Starmer was invited along with the First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025 King to host political leaders from across the UK at Windsor Castle Sir Keir Starmer, as well as devolved leaders from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, have been invited the event, it is believed.
Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025 O’Neill and Little-Pengelly to meet King at Windsor Castle Sinn Fein’s Ms O’Neill previously met Charles when he visited Northern Ireland in 2022.
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025 Storm Eowyn damage to schools in Northern Ireland cost millions, Stormont told Education Minister Paul Givan said the cost of the damage is still being counted.
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025 Record increase for treasure finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland Norfolk continues to hold the title of the most treasure finds.
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025 MPs call for changes to coroners’ rules in response to Clonoe inquest DUP leader Gavin Robinson said the coroner had to answer ‘where, when, who and how. He had no role in trying to answer the question as to why’.
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025 Stormont backs GB Energy Bill despite concern over ‘lack of detail’ Several MLAs voiced concern at a lack of information around how GB Energy will operate in Northern Ireland.
The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025 Cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past estimated at more than £2 billion The Policy Exchange said the costs include court and inquest processes as well as compensation.
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025 Clonoe ambush ruling feeds ‘IRA attempt to rewrite history’, says ex-minister Sir David Davis said last week’s coroner’s report into the Coalisland shootings was ’51 pages of fact and eight pages of naive speculation’.
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025 Skills shortage in Northern Ireland projected in coming years A resource has predicted a shortage of 5,400 individuals per annum needed to fill vacancies.
The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025 Heartbroken mother forced to send stillborn baby from Northern Ireland to Liverpool for post-mortem After the heartbreaking loss, Victoria Buckley and her husband Kyle were told that if they wanted a post-mortem examination to be done, Ollie would have to be taken to England
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025 US job creation slowed in January; UK can’t say ‘job done’ fighting inflation, say’s BoE’s Pill – as it happened US economy added 143,000 new jobs last month, fewer than expected