Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson are bidding to succeed Arlene Foster.

Queen Elizabeth marks centenary of Northern Ireland with tribute to people and peace process.

Denis Lynn, the founder of the Finnebrogue Artisan food firm, has died suddenly aged 63.

It follows incidents in which shots were fired and a property was damaged in north Belfast.

An investigation is taking place after the "extensive pollution" of a river in County Tyrone.

Another 64 people test positive for the virus in Northern Ireland in the past day.

On May 3 1921 Northern Ireland came into being as the partition of Ireland took legal effect.

With Edwin Poots also running, there is a leadership contest in the party for the first time.

Historian Lord Bew begins the series with Home Rule and the Ulster crisis on Monday.

Unpaid carers say they face extra challenges during the pandemic and need more support.

Sources continue to say that Lagan Valley MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will enter the fray this week.

One council has given small retailers an extra three hours to trade on Sundays for the first two weeks of May.

Close to one million people have been vaccinated and the death rate linked to the virus is low.

The Department of Health says booking will open at 10:00 BST on Friday

NI records the lowest weekly number of Covid-19 related deaths registered since early October 2020.

Every adult in NI will be eligible for a £100 pre-paid card and offered discounts for short breaks.

As lockdown restrictions began to ease, a conservationist from NI moved to a remote UK island.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Reopening the waterway between Monaghan and Fermanagh will also encourage tourism, campaigners say.

BBC News NI looks at how local authorities' are planning to meet future demand for burial plots.

Shops, pubs, cafes and gyms reopen their doors as many lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Shoppers across NI react to pubs, shops and gyms opening in NI as lockdown eases.

A new Loughs Agency project tracks fish as they make their way from Irish rivers out to the sea.

Every adult in Northern Ireland will be eligible for a £100 voucher to spend on the high street.

Quizzed on Friday whether she would go to the House of Lords, she said that was a matter for others.

Derry City boss Ruaidhri Higgins says it was a "bad night" for his team as Finn Harps fight back to clinch a 2-1 victory in the Brandywell derby.

It follows a a virtual meeting between health officials and local politicians on Saturday.

Some eager shoppers have been queuing in Derry's city centre since early Friday morning.

Ludmila Poletelova's body was discovered in her flat at Lodge Court in Limavady last week.

There have been calls for more walk-in test centres amid high case numbers in the county.

The country has been at its highest level of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions since Christmas.

Use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine is approved for over 50s, along with the AstraZeneca jab.

Two Spanish journalists, an Irish national and a local soldier were abducted by gunmen on Monday.

The pharmaceutical giant says the legal action is "without merit" and vows to defend itself.