It comes as the health minister says the time is not right to re-impose tighter restrictions in NI.

Project Stratum will get an extra £25m to provide ultra-fast broadband to remote homes.

There are currently 352 patients with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland's hospitals, with 43 patients in ICU.

Dry weather is expected over the next seven days, with warm temperatures set to peak on Wednesday.

Samantha Willis, who had Covid-19, died after giving birth to her fourth child.

Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says the small team will assist in the evacuation of Irish citizens.

The police say officers were in the area when shots were fired before a commemoration in Londonderry.

Ards swimmer Barry McClements will be the first member of Team Ireland in action at the Paralympics on Wednesday.

Chartotte McArdle is moving to NHS England as deputy chief nursing officer for patient safety.

A naval officer says the family of a man he worked with in Afghanistan are under threat.

Up to 10,000 home supporters will be able to attend Ulster's pre-season friendly against Saracens at the Kingspan Stadium on 3 September.

Funding problems delayed the opening at Ulster University's Magee campus in Londonderry.

The family, which included an eight-month-old baby girl, had been living in Ireland since 2017.

The club says it has identified those shown chanting a racist song about Japanese forward Kyogo Furuhashi.

Peter Fitzgerald says some Covid-19 test firms may not be delivering the service they claim.

The total is still being counted and the exact number is expected to be announced on Monday.

The UK-wide scheme for adults who test positive for coronavirus will launch next week.

Northern Ireland now has the UK's highest death and infection rates and its lowest vaccination rate.

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

The campaign sees regional centres offering walk-in first jabs to the over-18s for the last time.

Another 2,397 cases are reported, as doctors warn hospital staff are struggling to meet demand.

Having 90% of people in NI vaccinated would take pressure off the health service, says Robin Swann.

Northern Ireland Football League CEO Gerard Lawlor calls for "urgent clarity" from the Executive on the return of supporters to Irish Premiership matches this season.

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

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

A BBC documentary asks how serious is Boris Johnson about a link from Scotland to Northern Ireland?

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Recollections from the terraces or the pitch can be invaluable for sports fans with dementia.

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

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

A former investment banker and an ex-political adviser are among the first students at a new medical school in Londonderry.

The plane ejector seat was invented by James Martin, from Crossgar in County Down, in 1944.

From Canada to County Kerry, three Irish cousins find a message sent by a fisherman a year ago.

Gerard Doran, 62, said involvement with hillwalking and GAA have benefited him physically and mentally.

The first student doctors have started training at Londonderry's new medical school

The incident, in the Galliagh area of Derry, took place at a mural of hunger striker Michael Devine.

Ronan Boyce hits a late winner as Derry City defeat Sligo Rovers 2-1 in the north-west derby.

Four men and a teenager are granted bail after an incident at a filling station forecourt on Tuesday.

Police say four people died at the scene of the three-vehicle collision on the M6.

It is hoped the floating platform will stop the walrus from sinking more boats.

A man in his 40s and a man in his 30s die in a three-vehicle crash on the R152 at Keenogue.

Three Irish citizens have been evacuated from the country so far, Ireland's foreign minister says.

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.