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Northern Ireland

Children take part in the main St. Patrick’s Day parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Paul McErlane/Getty Images)

How to watch Belfast’s St Patrick’s Day parade and road closures

NHS workers across the UK will get a pay rise in 2022/2
NHS workers across the UK will get a pay rise in 2022/2

Explainer NHS workers to get pay rise: who will get it and when?

Peace walls dividing communities in Belfast, 2017 (Photo: Getty Images)
Peace walls dividing communities in Belfast, 2017 (Photo: Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden to visit Northern Ireland for GFA anniversary

The number of people in default on their debts is rising, the study found. Image: Adobe Stock/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg
The number of people in default on their debts is rising, the study found. Image: Adobe Stock/NationalWorld/Kim Mogg

The UK's stark debt divide revealed

Dog walkers in the snow at The Arno near Birkenhead in north west England (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
Dog walkers in the snow at The Arno near Birkenhead in north west England (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Met Office issue weather warnings over ‘blizzard conditions’ across UK

Snow can be bad news for your local council bin collection (images: AFP/Getty Images)
Snow can be bad news for your local council bin collection (images: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer Councils halt bin rounds due to snow - how to see if you’re affected

Former prime minister Boris Johnson addresses Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland during the Global Soft Power Summit, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. Picture date: Thursday March 2, 2023. Credit: PA
Former prime minister Boris Johnson addresses Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland during the Global Soft Power Summit, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. Picture date: Thursday March 2, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson will find it ‘difficult’ to vote for Sunak’s Brexit deal

Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NI Brexit deal: DUP chief whip says party should have a say on deal

Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday announced their new ‘Windsor Framework’. Now, they have to win over hardline Tory Brexiteers and the DUP. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld
Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday announced their new ‘Windsor Framework’. Now, they have to win over hardline Tory Brexiteers and the DUP. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Analysis Has Rishi Sunak really ended the post-Brexit stalemate?

The Prime Minister agreed the ‘Windsor Framework’ on Monday (Photo: Getty Images)
The Prime Minister agreed the ‘Windsor Framework’ on Monday (Photo: Getty Images)

Sunak in Northern Ireland to sell ‘breakthrough’ deal with EU

The Windsor Framework will amend part of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. (Credit: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)
The Windsor Framework will amend part of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. (Credit: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

What is in the Windsor Framework? Main points explained

Police in Northern Ireland are treating the shooting of an off-duty police officer as “terrorist-related”, and their primary line of inquiry is the New IRA.
Police in Northern Ireland are treating the shooting of an off-duty police officer as “terrorist-related”, and their primary line of inquiry is the New IRA.

Explainer What is the New IRA? Group claiming to be behind police shooting

A lorry passes an anti ‘Northern Ireland Protocol’ sign as it is driven away from Larne port, north of Belfast in Northern Ireland (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
A lorry passes an anti ‘Northern Ireland Protocol’ sign as it is driven away from Larne port, north of Belfast in Northern Ireland (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

What is the Northern Ireland protocol? A simple explainer

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, who has been named as the off-duty police officer injured in a shooting at a sports complex in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Issue date: Thursday February 23, 2023.
Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, who has been named as the off-duty police officer injured in a shooting at a sports complex in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Issue date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

Police investigate IRA shooting claim, as detective fights for life

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen

Rishi Sunak and EU chief to hold face-to-face talks over Brexit deal

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was targeted in the shooting (Images: PA / Handout)
Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was targeted in the shooting (Images: PA / Handout)

Shooting of off-duty detective now considered ‘terrorist-related’

The DUP has described the Northern Ireland Protocol as “an existential threat” to the future of Northern Ireland’s place within the UK. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
The DUP has described the Northern Ireland Protocol as “an existential threat” to the future of Northern Ireland’s place within the UK. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Explainer Who are the DUP and what do they stand for? Views on Brexit explained

Rishi Sunak might have to tell the Duke and Duchess of Sussex they’re barred from Charles’ coronation (image: AFP/Getty Images)
Rishi Sunak might have to tell the Duke and Duchess of Sussex they’re barred from Charles’ coronation (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer Northern Ireland Protocol explained as Sunak admits ‘still work to do’

The Met Office has revealed the UK storm names for 20222/23 (image: Getty Images)
The Met Office has revealed the UK storm names for 20222/23 (image: Getty Images)

Met Office reveals UK storm names for autumn and winter 2022/23

Here are how UK regions compare on Covid-19 infection rates. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld
Here are how UK regions compare on Covid-19 infection rates. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Covid: UK regions with the highest infection rates

RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen (second left) with members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Credit: PA
RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen (second left) with members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Credit: PA

Nurse strikes: RCN announces two more strike dates in February

The average UK house price edged down in November from a previous record high, according to official figures. (Pic: Getty)
The average UK house price edged down in November from a previous record high, according to official figures. (Pic: Getty)

UK house prices: average price falls in November 2022 - ONS figures

Children enjoy a day off school with some sledging in February 2019 (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Children enjoy a day off school with some sledging in February 2019 (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

How cold does it have to be for UK schools to close?

Undated family handout photo issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of Natalie McNally. Picture: PA
Undated family handout photo issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of Natalie McNally. Picture: PA

Natalie McNally: police to revist scene of pregnant woman’s murder

Millions of people in the UK are estimated to have self-reported long Covid.
Millions of people in the UK are estimated to have self-reported long Covid.

Long Covid: the worst affected regions across the UK

Schools across the country will start going back this week (image: Adobe)
Schools across the country will start going back this week (image: Adobe)

Explainer Here’s when schools go back across the UK - and when spring term ends

Yellow weather warnings for ice are in place for Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of northern England (Photo: Getty Images)
Yellow weather warnings for ice are in place for Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of northern England (Photo: Getty Images)

Yellow weather warnings for ice across UK as temperatures plummet

Chinese visitors to England will require a negative Covid test from January. Credit: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images
Chinese visitors to England will require a negative Covid test from January. Credit: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese travellers to England will require negative Covid test

At least 30 children in the UK have died after contracting Strep A.
At least 30 children in the UK have died after contracting Strep A.

Strep A: Scarlet fever cases hit record high

Temporary accommodation: 135,000 children in the UK do not have a permanent home this Christmas (Image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)
Temporary accommodation: 135,000 children in the UK do not have a permanent home this Christmas (Image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

‘Truly shameful’: 135,000 kids to spend Christmas in temporary housing

There are multiple bank holidays to look forward to across the UK in 2023.
There are multiple bank holidays to look forward to across the UK in 2023.

Bank holidays UK 2023: full list of public holiday holiday dates

The RCN has warned a “clock is running” for the Prime Minister to agree a pay deal (Photo: PA)
The RCN has warned a “clock is running” for the Prime Minister to agree a pay deal (Photo: PA)

Nurses threaten post-Christmas strikes unless pay deal made by Friday

Explainer What is the drink drive limit UK and what are the penalties?

Covid tests are no longer free for most people (Composite: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld)
Covid tests are no longer free for most people (Composite: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld)

All the people still eligible for free Covid tests and where to buy

Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on 15 and 20 December. Credit: Getty Images
Nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on 15 and 20 December. Credit: Getty Images

Nursing strike: which hospitals are affected by historic NHS walkout

Cold weather has caused disruption to travel in the UK. (Getty Images)
Cold weather has caused disruption to travel in the UK. (Getty Images)

Cold weather expected to continue in the UK

Thousands of NHS nurses are striking to demand better pay (Photo: PA)
Thousands of NHS nurses are striking to demand better pay (Photo: PA)

Tens of thousands of nurses strike in biggest walkout in NHS history

Strep A: how does this year’s outbreak compare with 2018?

A yellow weather warning for snow has been issued for Scotland (Photo: Getty Images)
A yellow weather warning for snow has been issued for Scotland (Photo: Getty Images)

The UK is bracing itself for ‘severe cold weather and icy conditions’

Drivers urged to take care as temperatures set to plunge to -10C

School terms across the UK vary depending on region and local authority (Photo: Getty Images)
School terms across the UK vary depending on region and local authority (Photo: Getty Images)

Here’s when schools break up for the Christmas holidays in the UK

NHS staff will be given free Uber rides and Uber Eats over the festive season
NHS staff will be given free Uber rides and Uber Eats over the festive season

Uber is offering NHS staff free rides and meal this Christmas

Christmas. Picture: Shutterstock
Christmas. Picture: Shutterstock

Is it illegal to buy alcohol on Christmas Day?

Full abortion services are to be set up in Northern Ireland.
Full abortion services are to be set up in Northern Ireland.

Full abortion services to be formally set up in Northern Ireland

More than one million people across the UK are estimated to have Covid.
More than one million people across the UK are estimated to have Covid.

The UK regions with the highest Covid infection rates

File photo dated 21/12/2021 of a nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients .
File photo dated 21/12/2021 of a nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients .

Video: Nurses’ strike explained - All the key questions answered

Mum-of-four Anna Hamill, who has saved £200 from Christmas present budget using a clever Secret Santa trick.
Mum-of-four Anna Hamill, who has saved £200 from Christmas present budget using a clever Secret Santa trick.

Mum saves £200 from Christmas budget using clever Secret Santa trick

Covid infection rates are continuing to drop across most of the UK, new data from the ONS shows.
Covid infection rates are continuing to drop across most of the UK, new data from the ONS shows.

Regions in the UK with the highest Covid infection rates

Fly Atlantic intends to operate flights to 35 destinations from Belfast (Photo: PA)
Fly Atlantic intends to operate flights to 35 destinations from Belfast (Photo: PA)

‘Game changer’ budget airline to offer transatlantic flights from UK

Covid infection rates have dropped across the UK.
Covid infection rates have dropped across the UK.

15 areas in the UK with the highest Covid infection rates

20mph limits ‘have little impact on road safety’, report claims

Major incident declared at Antrim Area Hospital. Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker
Major incident declared at Antrim Area Hospital. Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker

Antrim Area Hospital Emergency Department declares a ‘major incident’

A golf fan is seen during crazy sock day in the third round of the Shell Houston Open at the Redstone Golf Club in 2013 (Photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
A golf fan is seen during crazy sock day in the third round of the Shell Houston Open at the Redstone Golf Club in 2013 (Photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

This week marks Anti-Bullying Week in the UK - how to get involved

Covid infections have dropped across the UK.
Covid infections have dropped across the UK.

The UK regions and nations with the highest Covid infection rates

McDonald’s customers rage as chain axes plastic cutlery across UK

Probate is a long and complicated process (image: Adobe)
Probate is a long and complicated process (image: Adobe)

Probate explained - what does it involve and how to apply