Winterwatch 2026 will be setting up home at the National Trust’s Mount Stewart in County Down to celebrate the wildlife and wonder of the winter season

After racist violence erupted there on Monday, before spreading to other parts of Northern Ireland in four nights of disturbances, many Ballymena homes are also displaying yellow posters with “LOCALS LIVE HERE”.

The new store represents an investment worth more than £8million, replacing Lidl's original Cookstown store which made history as the retailer's first Northern Ireland location when it opened in 1999

Police say 41 officers have been injured and 13 people have been arrested after three nights of rioting across several towns.

Cement industry veteran David Millar has also been awarded an MBE for services to business and to the community in Northern Ireland. Welsh-born Vicky Davies, who was named the first female chief executive of Danske Bank UK in its 200-year history in 2021, is also chair of Business in the Community NI.

Northern Ireland striker Josh Magennis has hailed Isaac Price’s “astonishing” international goalscoring record and predicts the West Brom star could come closest to surpassing David Healy’s tally.

Northern Ireland police say violence in the town of Ballymena, reportedly fueled by racial tension, have left 32 officers injured.

Mike Nesbitt said the health service would collapse without the support of international workers, including 1,700 nurses recruited since 2016.