The Department of Health said it could not divert funding to continue the Covid-19 policy beyond August.

Gardening is being offered as an alternative for some to lifting weights and running on treadmills.

In an open letter, 36 members of Congress call on the PM to abandon his Troubles legacy proposals.

Former Antrim captain Anto Finnegan passes away at the age of 48 following a battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

Michael D Higgins says the title of the church service to be held in Armagh had become "political".

The NI Executive is set to consider changes to pre-departure and post-arrival testing next week.

Councillors back funding a study into reinstating the route which closed in the 1950s.

Two men suffered minor injuries after a car drove into the band parade in the Newry Street area.

The drugs were found in the boot of a taxi and at an apartment in Belfast, a court hears.

More than 100 drummers take part in the event held to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland.

Some parents of special-needs pupils in mainstream schools say swab-based testing is "traumatic".

There were 3,402 households in temporary accommodation in August - up 65% on January 2019.

The total number of deaths linked to coronavirus in NI since the start of the pandemic is 2,499.

The Department of Health in Northern Ireland is widening the criteria for flu vaccines this year.

This week's figure of 61 deaths brings the agency's total number of Covid-19 deaths to 3,307.

The MoD is considering a request to send up to 100 armed services medics to Northern Ireland.

Sammie-Jo Forde, 32. was treated two hospital beds away from her mother after both contracted the virus.

Officials say schools should not identify close contacts unless asked by the Public Health Agency.

A menopause cafe in Belfast helps women who need support or are confused about symptoms.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

House prices in the Causeway Coast and Glens area rose by 17% in the last year, according to Nisra.

Ahead of the start of qualification for the 2023 World Cup, can Northern Ireland pull off another major upset and reach the finals?

Conor Meyler says seeking help after going through "a very low point" caused by an overly-intense mindset sparked a turning point in his career

More than 100 Lambeg drummers gather outside Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast.

NI's African community holds an event to celebrate Belfast's Zimbabwe-born lord mayor.

Queen's University Belfast has said it is "unlikely" to offer a room to any student living less than 40 miles from the university.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says politics may be involved in Irish President Michael D Higgins' decision to decline an invite to a church service to mark Northern Ireland's centenary.

Ms McKee, who was 29, was observing rioting in the Creggan estate when she was shot on 18 April 2019.

The man in his 80s died in the two-vehicle crash between Muff and Quigley's Point in County Donegal.

Eamonn O'Donnell from North West Taxi Proprietors says it is difficult to provide a proper service.

The men, aged 19, 20, 21 and 33, were all detained on Wednesday under the Terrorism Act.

Unsafe water entered the public drinking water supply in Ireland at two water treatment plants.

A man whose home was demolished says the scandal shows that Donegal "is the forgotten county".

Thousands of homes in the Republic of Ireland are crumbling because of bricks made of mica and pyrite.

The service is part of a programme of events to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland.

Ireland's foreign affairs minister won a confidence motion over the appointment of a UN special envoy.