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01/07/2024

Zero-hour contracts allow employers to hire staff with no guarantee of the hours they will work.

Conor Murphy will outline the details in an Assembly statement on Monday.

01/07/2024

Spirit is Northern Ireland’s most significant manufacturing employer with about 3,500 staff.

Spirit is Northern Ireland’s most significant manufacturing employer with around 3,500 staff.

01/07/2024

It comes after five days of industrial action by pilots represented by the Ialpa.

Aer Lingus pilots and management return to the table today at the Labour Court

01/07/2024

“When Shania Twain calls and asks if you want to go on tour, you grab your cowgirl hat and you go on tour.”

Australian singer Delta Goodrem performed in Ormeau Park in Belfast alongside Shania Twain

30/06/2024

"She was flying planes at a time when so very few women even drove a car."

Artist Jeks' Amelia Earhart artwork has been completed during the four-day Get Up Street Art Festival.

30/06/2024

"They are launched with great fanfare and hang around for a short while but once they hit the ground, they are quickly forgotten."

BBC NI's political editor Enda McClafferty looks at how effective manifestos are in Northern Ireland.

30/06/2024

New proposals include separating out dry recyclables so that glass isn't mixed with paper, card and cans.

Some people think it would help boost our recycling rates, but some think it would be too much work.

30/06/2024

"Families should be looking forward to the summer, they shouldn’t be worrying about finding money to put meals on the table"

A local charity calls for a free school meal grant to be reinstated ahead of the summer months.

29/06/2024

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, the voice of Gaelic games, was known for some of the finest and funniest lines of sports commentary.

The most memorable quotes of the late Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

29/06/2024

Aer Lingus pilots' strike action began at 05:00 and it will last for eight hours

The strike action, which lasts for eight hours, began at 05:00 local time on Saturday.

28/06/2024

✨ "Dublin, we've arrived!," she said. "You guys are making me feel so good, it's gone straight to my head. I feel very, very powerful." ✨

At least 150,000 Swifties are descending on the Irish capital for three nights.

28/06/2024

UPDATE: Aer Lingus has confirmed it is cancelling a further 122 flights due to the ongoing industrial action by pilots.

Talks between Aer Lingus and the union for airline pilots in Ireland broke down on Thursday.

28/06/2024

🎧Belfast's homegrown DJ tells BBC News NI about how his dream started with getting his first decks aged 8🎧

The Belfast born DJ DAIRE will take to the 2024 Belsonic stage supporting Scooter and Ben Nicky.

28/06/2024

🐘 Dhunja and Yhetto have been residents in Belfast since 2009 - but now they are packing their trunks and heading for retirement 🐘

Dhunja and Yhetto are joining two other elderly elephants at a retirement home in the Netherlands.

28/06/2024

Two people who received treatment for alcohol addiction at a residential rehab centre in Newry have spoken of their experiences nearly four decades apart.

Cuan Mhuire has supported around 25,000 people in 40 years through its total abstinence programme.

27/06/2024

Politicians from Northern Ireland clash over health funding and the reform of power-sharing in the final TV debate of the general election campaign.

NI's five largest political parties face off in the second TV debate of the general election campaign.

27/06/2024

Politicians from Northern Ireland's five main parties are going head-to-head in BBC NI's General Election Leaders' Debate.

You can follow our live coverage here:

Representatives from the five main parties face questions from a studio audience.

27/06/2024

The stage is set - the order in which politicians from NI's five largest political parties will stand in the Northern Ireland Leaders’ Debate has been randomly drawn.

Tune in at 21:00 BST to watch on BBC One NI, BBC iPlayer or the News Channel. https://bbc.in/3L3JOL0

27/06/2024

Aria and her mother Nicole, who is also a self-confessed Swiftie, say they still cannot believe they will be seeing the global superstar live in concert.

Swifties Aria and her mother, Nicole, from Strabane won tickets to a sold-out show in Dublin.

27/06/2024

🗳Elections can seem boring but the results are often the opposite - analysis from our political correspondent on this year's election🗳

The BBC's Gareth Gordon says elections can seem more boring but the results are often the opposite.

27/06/2024

🎸🎤Here's a guide to some of the Northern Irish and Irish artists who will be performing at Glastonbury.🎸🎤

Glastonbury kicks off this week with many Northern Irish and Irish artists taking to the stages.

27/06/2024

A Love Story is on the cards for Dublin as Taylor Swift's sold-out Eras tour touches down this Friday - is the city ready for it?

Dublin is getting ready for at least 150,000 Swifties to descend on the capital for three nights.

27/06/2024

EasyJet has announced it will be operating from the City of Derry Airport for the first time as it introduces two new routes.

The new flights to Liverpool and Edinburgh will operate twice a week from the City of Derry airport.

27/06/2024

Politicians from Northern Ireland's five largest parties will face off later in the second TV debate of the general election campaign.

The BBC is hosting the second debate of the election campaign, featuring the five largest NI parties.

26/06/2024

One of Northern Ireland's most well-known broadcasters is hanging up his BBC Radio 3 mic 🎶📻

The broadcaster has been the host of the daily music magazine In Tune for more than 25 years.

26/06/2024

A father and son hoping to meet up at Euro 2024 in Germany are two of the many who have fallen foul of cancellations caused by the Aer Lingus pay dispute.

An indefinite work-to-rule is under way by Aer Lingus pilots with an eight-hour strike on Saturday.

26/06/2024

Launching his party's manifesto, Colum Eastwood says the SDLP will hold any Labour government's "feet to the fire" to ensure it repeals the controversial Legacy Act.

Colum Eastwood says his party will hold Labour's feet "to the fire" to repeal the Legacy Act.

26/06/2024

Northern Ireland failed by “invisible, ineffective and absent MPs", says Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie as he launces his party's general election manifesto.

The UUP manifesto pledges to defend NI’s place within the union and work to reduce corporation tax.

26/06/2024

The 14-year-old was taken to hospital after the crash on Tuesday.

The one-vehicle crash happened in Eglinton on Tuesday afternoon, police say.

26/06/2024

"This is a big, big announcement and we're all very pleased about it."

Kaftrio, Symkevi and Orkambi are modular drugs and work to treat the root cause by bypassing the genetic errors responsible for the disease.

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The stage is set - the order in which politicians from NI's five largest political parties will stand in the Northern Ireland Leaders’ Debate has been randomly drawn. Tune in at 21:00 BST to watch on BBC One NI, BBC iPlayer or the News Channel. https://bbc.in/3L3JOL0

An inquiry found there was a "cover-up" in the hospital death of Alan Roberts' daughter - now, after a similar call from Northern Ireland's human rights commissioner, he says doctors must be made legally bound to tell the truth. Read more here: https://bbc.in/4eFMCvm

Four-time world kickboxing champion, Billy Murray, said 'you have to keep getting up' - after he was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer.

How do first-time voters feel about the general election? Read more: https://bbc.in/3zcKZVZ

"Farmers aren't trying to destroy the environment.. we're the custodians of the environment". John Egerton has farmed his land near Rosslea in County Fermanagh for four decades. But, now, the way he farms is changing. Read more here 👇🚜 https://bbc.in/4cr9BIC

It's 'crazy' to use sunbeds - skin cancer expert

"It's mad to go to a tanning parlour, it's just crazy." NI sunbed users are warned that they are paying for a service that exposes them to the risk of skin cancer. https://bbc.in/3Rqmgnc

Glenavy River fish kill 'harrowing'

"A lot of them were struggling to breathe, upside down in the river" Angling club chairman says pollution may have killed hundreds of fish in the Glenavy River Read more here: https://bbc.in/4enHXxY

BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme team are in the Guildhall this morning, hearing from candidates in the upcoming General Election. #GE24 You can listen along here: https://bbc.in/3RrYpnj

Pupils from Park Special School in Belfast have set up an award-winning business designing and selling suncatchers. While the pupils have learned a lot, their teachers are worried about options when they leave school. Read more here: https://bbc.in/3RoNYRt

Fans of Derry Girls, we're sorry to say that Nicola Coughlan doesn't think there should be any more episodes made. But it's for the very good reason that she thinks the show is a "perfect little time capsule". Speaking while promoting the hit Netflix show Bridgerton, she told us she feels "forever privileged" to have been a part of Derry Girls. https://bbc.in/3xj54Jo

Remembering D-Day - commemorations take place across Northern Ireland and France to remember those who lost their lives during the World War Two operation 80 years ago. https://bbc.in/3yRtvhL

Events are being held across Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. BBC News NI has live coverage online, on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Newsline throughout the day #dday80 https://bbc.in/4bKjWzF

"Some came home - but a lot didn't - there was joy and there was sadness." Ada Chell, from Bangor, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, when she was 17 in 1941. Three years later she followed the events of D-Day from Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn. Read more: https://bbc.in/4e3dANp

Meet the students hoping to kickflip their way to top marks in their skateboarding GCSE. 🛹 Northern Ireland is the first part of the UK to introduce the sport as part of the PE curriculum. Read more here 👇 https://bbc.in/3X0xVg0

Sireli McGoon had planned to retire to Togoru in Fiji where he grew up, but climate change is causing coastal erosion and the village is vanishing into the depths of the Pacific. For more on this story, click here 👉 https://bbc.in/4bVtSG7

Former sub-postmasters from NI who are set to have their convictions from the Post Office scandal overturned have spoken of their "joy" and "disbelief" at the move. A law quashing convictions from the Horizon IT scandal has come into effect today. Rory O'Reilly reports.

"You think you're invincible and none of us quite are" - Tyrone GAA joint manager Feargal Logan is adjusting to life after a stroke. Read more here: https://bbc.in/4dXeDyb

From cows and sheep, to owls and alpacas, the Balmoral Show is a moo-ving experience for thousands of visitors:

Speaking on the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, Irish President Michael D Higgins criticises the UK's Legacy Act and says relatives of those killed or injured during the Troubles shouldn't be asked to 'move on'. Full story here: https://bbc.in/3QSfo1Q

Given up for adoption, Billy Scampton didn't know he had a sister. But the Derry man was overjoyed to meet his sibling Shannon Leet from Ontario earlier this month. "It is just beyond the stuff of dreams," he said.