Northern Ireland's Health Minister Robin Swann says the executive will "follow the data, not dates".

The majority of pupils in NI are learning remotely but a phased return to school is planned for March.

The bank will continue to trade in Northern Ireland but there are concerns the move could impact jobs.

Restrictions will remain, but some primary school children will return to school from Monday 8 March.

Northern Ireland's lockdown has been extended to 1 April, but some pupils will return to school before.

The bank was founded by Belfast businessmen in 1836 and opened its first Dublin branch in 1862.

The men, aged 58, 56 and 34, are due to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday.

A barrister has examined how Belfast City Council organised the cremation of Bobby Storey last year.

A return to face-to-face learning for some from March in still on track, a cabinet committee hears.

Mervyn Gibson is among NI civic leaders who met the European Commission vice-president.

How are families spending their time with the February half-term break under way?

Concerns have been raised about training at Belfast's Regional Cardiothoracic Surgery Department.

The Woodland Trust cancels an order for 22,000 trees because of problems transporting them from GB.

Northern Ireland's vaccine rollout is running weeks ahead of schedule, says Health Minister Robin Swann.

The housing market's response to the pandemic is "counter to expectation", says one economist.

BBC News NI follows a community nurse as she vaccinates clinically housebound patients.

The milestone is reached after the Department of Health reported four more deaths on Monday.

Social-media posts - some described as "scare stories" - are based on misunderstandings, experts say.

Stormont is getting "unprecedented flexibility" on when it spends the money, the Treasury says.

Funding for Ulster University's Conflict Archive on the Internet project means it will be retained.

BBC News NI looks at the key moments around Northern Ireland's long-debated abortion laws.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

RRS Sir David Attenborough's Coleraine-born chief officer says he is amazed by the boat's reception.

BBC News NI speaks to some of those helping to maximise the vaccine roll-out.

Niall Montgomery sought counselling to overcome the mental health issues he faced as a farmer.

More than 2,800 people in NI who are clinically housebound have received their first Covid jab.

People across NI speak to BBC's Spotlight programme about hardship faced during the pandemic.

The village of Bonmahon has been showered in sea foam following high winds.

Kathleen Thompson, a mother of six, was killed in 1971 during an Army raid in Londonderry.

More than 600 portions of holy ashes in sauce containers have been distributed in County Donegal.

Dozens of firefighters attended the fire near Articlave, County Londonderry.

The Paramilitary Crime Task Force is helping in the area following a "significant escalation".

About 172kg of suspected cocaine has been found at Ringaskiddy Port, County Cork.

Ireland's oldest university says the project is prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement.

The Irish cabinet has signed off on primary legislation to introduce mandatory hotel quarantine.

Irish Education Minister Norma Foley says the plan will give students "clarity and choice".

Former UN official Mary Robinson says she was "horribly tricked" in the Dubai princess scandal.

Stephen Farry MP says the government must "urgently" address the involvement of suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan in professional boxing.

The Irish children's minister acknowledges former residents were disappointed by the inquiry's findings.

GAA counts cost of Covid-19 lockdown as a lack of gate receipts results in loss in revenue of 68m euros for the year ending 31 October.