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A female pedestrian has died following a collision with a bus on a Belfast motorway.

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Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of former IRA prisoner Kevin McGuigan.

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A family of four has been rescued from a house fire after being alerted to the blaze by their dog.

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Over three quarters of NI parents are not aware of new child car seat regulations, new research has revealed.

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An Irish tourist, who may have had a Northern Ireland accent, has been found lying naked in the bed of an Australian couple who were woken up by the 'heat’ of his presence, it has been reported.

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A young woman pushed through the window of a west Belfast takeaway at the weekend has told UTV she told her attacker to let her go as she feared she was about to die.

Police in Londonderry are treating the burning of Union flags and a poppy wreath on nationalist bonfires at the weekend as hate crimes.

Three salons in Belfast have been fined after they allowed a 15-year-old girl to use their sunbed facilities.

A soldier has been ordered to stand trial accused of killing a fellow soldier in a car crash almost two years ago to the day.

The bombers behind the explosion in a postal van inside Palace Barracks in Holywood are believed to have tracked their deadly cargo every step of the way.

A body has been discovered during the search for missing man Mark Tohill in Co Londonderry.

A young boy has died suddenly while on a family day out at a funfair in Co Down.

A four-year-old child has been killed in an incident at a brewery in Lisburn.

A man has been arrested after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a lorry which drove on through the centre of Ballynahinch.

First Minister Peter Robinson has warned that there will be political repercussions if it is proven the Provisional IRA were behind the murder of Kevin McGuigan in east Belfast.

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Plans to build 600 homes and a village centre at the Ulster University’s Jordanstown campus have been refused in a move the university says is 'disappointing'.

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Two Northern Ireland destinations have been named on a global must-see list for tourists.

Andy Burnham has pledged to oppose academic selection and the so called ‘gay blood ban’ in Northern Ireland.

The bombers behind the explosion in a postal van inside Palace Barracks in Holywood are believed to have tracked their deadly cargo every step of the way.

Police in Londonderry are treating the burning of Union flags and a poppy wreath on nationalist bonfires at the weekend as hate crimes.

At least 19 people have been killed after a deadly bomb blast in the capital of Thailand.

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A young woman pushed through the window of a west Belfast takeaway at the weekend has told UTV she told her attacker to let her go as she feared she was about to die.

Sectarian graffiti threatening to "bomb out" Protestants daubed close to a new shared housing development in Newtownabbey has been condemned by unionist politicians.

Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill has called on the European Union to help beleaguered dairy farmers after meeting UK Environment Secretary Liz Truss to discuss the crisis over falling milk prices.

A dog found in Co Cork with injuries consistent with stab wounds has lost his fight for life.

Staff at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital are hoping a brand new emergency department and new ways of working will help tackle previous concerns around trolley waits and patient dignity.

A soldier has been ordered to stand trial accused of killing a fellow soldier in a car crash almost two years ago to the day.

Three salons in Belfast have been fined after they allowed a 15-year-old girl to use their sunbed facilities.

Tickets can now be booked for Co Antrim’s stunning coastal attraction, the Gobbins Cliff Path which opens on Wednesday.

A Presbyterian church in north Belfast was targeted in a burglary sometime over the last week.

Three women believed they were about to be shot in the head, after a man covered in blood forced his way into a flat in Londonderry and pointed an imitation firearm at them, a court has heard.

ITV’s Political Editor Tom Bradby has been left shocked after witnessing an elderly man drive his car off a harbour wall in Greece and diving in after him in a desperate rescue attempt.

A shop assistant and a customer have been left badly shaken following an armed robbery at an off licence in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.

Kevin Hannaway, one of a group known as the “Hooded Men”, has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin pending his trial for allegedly assisting the IRA.

The number of vacant shops across Northern Ireland is causing concern, with the figures showing that the problem is greater than anywhere else in the UK and that footfall is also down.

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