The men, aged 39 and 46, have been taken to Musgrave police station.

The government is in talks with hotels to secure thousands of rooms for new quarantine rules from 15 February.

A Trinity College immunologist says AstraZeneca vaccine data is too limited for it to be used on over 70s.

Funding provisions for such a facility were outlined in the deal that restored NI devolution last year.

The R-number in the community is now sitting between 0.75 and 0.85, Arlene Foster says

MLAs hear the former minister did not feel the PSNI had "full understanding" of threats to staff.

Barney and Sarah McGlinchey were holding hands in Altnagelvin Hospital when they passed away.

The payments will be made to almost 40,000 students by the end of March.

Some firms say the end of the transition period has offered new opportunities.

Chief Constable Simon Byrne says there is a lot of emotion, but no evidence of plans for violence.

A man is in hospital after he was rescued from a nearby river during a search of the area.

A review of 718 patients is being carried out by the Belfast Trust after some women became pregnant.

DUP leader Arlene Foster accuses the British government of "sleepwalking" into NI's Brexit arrangements.

Health minister confirms 221,809 first doses and 24,612 second doses are administered in NI.

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.

Mr Kammerling was brought to Northern Ireland as a refugee in 1939 and returned many times.

Unionist leader Edward Carson stood down 100 years ago, but why was he reluctant to lead Stormont?

Ben Robinson died after suffering concussion during a school rugby match. A decade on, his father Peter remembers his son who "lived life to the full".

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

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

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

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

Hospital staff are praised for the care they showed a Derry couple who died within six minutes of each other.

The post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland are giving some businesses a competitive advantage.

'They were left completely powerless' - Call for NI children to have mental health checks

The Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - CPAP - machine is the last line of defence before ICU.

Derry school principal says he is "chuffed to bits" to get letter from Manchester United bosses

Police are investigating the incident in Dundooan Park in the County Londonderry town.

The vice-chancellor warns the 10,000 student target in the New Decade, New Approach deal requires changes.

Diane Dodds says Ulster University must demonstrate the Coleraine campus is central to its plans.

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

Ian Wright says he is "disappointed" after a teenager who sent the former England striker racist abuse was not given a criminal conviction.

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

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.