SDLP leader Colum Eastwood warns other political leaders against "knee-jerk" reactions.

The NI Executive also announces summer extension to light touch approach to Irish Sea border for pets.

The Commission chief announces a "step forward" after criticism over EU handling of vaccine plans.

The DUP's Nigel Dodds says people are "outraged" at the move to control vaccine exports from the EU into NI.

Police say a "significant number" of people gathered for the funeral of Hugh Hill in Belfast on Friday.

It relates to an incident at a house in County Down on Sunday morning.

First Minister Arlene Foster is among those who have condemned the attack.

We need to "calm down" after the EU reverses a plan to put checks on the Irish border, Micheál Martin says.

The public is asked to be aware of a text scam as 19 further deaths linked to Covid-19 are recorded.

Restrictions and delays to major film releases leave some questioning what the future holds for the industry.

An object reported to have been found by a man clearing rubbish has been taken away for examination.

Arlene Foster wants GB-NI trade flow problems addressed, in the wake of the EU vaccine export row.

The latest figures show 455 more people have also tested positive for the virus in Northern Ireland.

The Covid death rate is high, but has been falling slowly and hospital admissions have also dropped.

There were 182 virus-related deaths registered in NI in the last week, says Northern Ireland's statistics agency.

BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about how lockdown will affect you.

The Arts Council had previously warned there was £16m less in the emergency fund than is needed.

A priest says he could never have imagined he would be saying Mass at his younger sister's funeral.

After 11 weeks in hospital with Covid-19, Colin Price has had to learn how to walk again.

The Department for the Economy says 124 of 538 payments made in error have been reclaimed so far.

The grace periods will come to an end and firms are anxious about what comes next, writes the BBC's John Campbell.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Dog kennels and catteries say they are struggling to access government coronavirus support.

The history behind the new backdrop for Stormont press briefings and what it says about the current story.

On Holocaust Memorial Day, Lill Saether reflects on how being born in Newry saved her mother's life.

Northern Irish chef Clare Smyth is the first British female to be awarded three Michelin stars.

Kellie Larkin has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic, non-verbal and communicates through a computer.

Micheál Martin says an "acrimonious row" between AstraZeneca and the EU over vaccine supply "blindsided" the bloc in a decision to trigger an emergency Brexit clause.

NI First Minister Arlene Foster says they effectively "put a border in place" between Ireland and NI.

Dr McGinley's vision of a hospice in Londonderry followed a visit to a terminally ill teenager in the 1980s.

Gerry Kelly says the party was not involved in organising a republican funeral being investigated by police.

A man accused of murdering Edward Meenan in November 2018 is released on bail until the trial begins.

Irish cricket is in mourning after the death of former international seamer and ex-national team manager Roy Torrens at the age of 72.

A threat directed at Leo Varadkar, which appeared in Belfast, is being investigated as a hate crime.

A member of the Republic of Ireland's health emergency team says it is based on a "false promise".

The European Commission argues the drug-maker is failing to fulfil its promises on the Covid jab.

Some of the changes will affect overseas passengers who then travel on to Northern Ireland.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Irish government will take "cautious" approach to easing restrictions.