It is despite the executive deciding earlier in August that schools no longer had to use bubbles.

An anonymous survey on Covid-19 vaccines has been sent to UU's 27,000 students and 2,600 staff.

A further 11 Covid-related deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.

But the jabs were more effective against the Alpha variant, the largest study of its kind suggests.

The extended services will support the hospitality industry leading up to Christmas, says Translink.

The programme aims to give women the skills and confidence to help transform their communities.

House prices in Northern Ireland from March to June were 9% higher than the same time last year.

Staff working on the Strangford II vessel reported dizziness, headaches and chest conditions.

When the comedy star needed a new putter, who was he gonna call? A County Antrim blacksmith of course.

There are currently 394 patients with Covid in Northern Ireland's hospitals, up from 392 on Tuesday.

Mr McDevitt, 28, who was deaf and could not speak, was shot by the Royal Marines in August 1971.

The first minister says work will be done to offer sanctuary to refugees from Afghanistan.

The man died on Tuesday after the incident in Altaglushan Road near Galbaly.

Fully-vaccinated close contacts of people who have Covid-19 do not need to self-isolate from Monday.

Doctors report an increased number of people refusing to wear face coverings in healthcare settings.

How do restrictions here compare to other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland?

It is part of efforts to try to increase Northern Ireland's vaccination rate, amid rising coronavirus cases.

Anyone aged 18 can now get a coronavirus jab at walk-in centres across Northern Ireland.

Four people with links to the island of Ireland speak of their fears for relatives amid the chaos.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Sisters from County Tyrone started The Sibling Grief Club after their youngest sister died suddenly.

BBC NI's political correspondent Stephen Walker recalls his hometown on a dark day in 1976.

With debates over human rights and Covid-19, BBC News NI looks back to a time when jabs were compulsory.

The BBC show is asking people to contact them if they have something of interest for their experts.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says Afghan staff who helped the Army should be offered sanctuary.

Monee Warwick returned to work as a children’s nurse six months after contracting Covid-19.

Muhammad Edrees, who lives in Londonderry, says he is fearful about his family back in Afghanistan.

The Ballymena-based bus maker is hiring new staff and making another 120 posts permanent.

Police say they are investigating to try to find out the cause of the fire.

It was reported a group of men were fighting in the forecourt of a filling station in Buncrana Road.

Police say a bonfire had banners making threats towards police officers and a member of the public.

Gerard Quaile, 56, is the second person to be charged following a newspaper investigation.

Irish Olympian Jack Woolley is awaiting surgery after being violently attacked in Dublin on Friday night.

Irish Para-swimmer Patrick Flanagan's wheelchair is left "completely broken" following a flight to Heathrow en route to the Tokyo Games.

The four-year-old child was fatally injured in a house in Limerick on 13 March.

Gerry Hutch, known as "The Monk", is wanted over the 2016 gun attack at the Regency Airport Hotel.

The Status of Ireland Climate 2020 report also shows that sea levels around the coast are rising.