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New strategy for shared education unveiled by Stormont leaders
A new strategy to heal sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland has stressed the crucial need to create a fully shared education system in the region.
Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman reveals he heard senior Tories calling activists 'swivel-eyed loons'
Another journalist has revealed that he has heard senior Tories describe activists as "swivel-eyed loons".
Politicians must decide on terror amnesty, insists DPP
Politicians need to make up their minds and decide if they want to prosecute historic Troubles cases or offer an amnesty in order to embed the peace process, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has said.
Ann Travers fury as SDLP blocks terror aide ban
The sister of an IRA murder victim has hit out at SDLP plans to help axe a new law preventing the appointment of Stormont special advisers with serious criminal convictions.
Ban on political advisers with jail record set to fail
A senior Sinn Fein official whose job was under threat from a Bill stopping special advisers with criminal convictions holding Stormont posts looks set to be rescued by the SDLP.
David Cameron offers review of civil partnerships as gay marriage Bill clears major hurdle
Moves to legalise gay marriage in Britain cleared a crucial parliamentary hurdle as it emerged that civil partnerships could be abolished as the price for getting David Cameron’s plans on to the statute book.
Northern Ireland's past looms large again in five-hour debate
Assembly Members may have been debating a law for the future but – as always – the past loomed large.
Deal heads off Tory revolt over same-sex marriage
Plans to allow same-sex marriage in the UK have survived a Tory backlash after a fraught debate in the House of Commons.
Peter Robinson saddles up for organ donation campaign
Kitted out in his cycling gear, First Minister Peter Robinson looked quite the wheelman as he hit the pedals to support GAA star Joe Brolly’s drive to raise organ donation awareness.
Outrage as MP salaries set to rise by up to £20k
MPs are in line for a dramatic pay rise of up to £20,000 in a move that could spark public fury.
David Cameron hints at going it alone without the Liberal Democrats
David Cameron has hinted that he could attempt to govern without the Liberal Democrats if disputes within the coalition made it impossible to continue.
Thugs in attack on MLA John Dallat’s office
The constituency office of SDLP East Londonderry MLA John Dallat has been attacked.
Angry Scottish mob tells Ukip leader Nigel Farage to ‘go back to England’
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, had to be given a police escort through an angry crowd as he tried to take his party's anti-EU message to Scotland.
Finally revealed: how much First Ministers spent selling Northern Ireland to the world
Foreign trips by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness over the last year have cost the public purse more than £350,000, raising questions over whether they were good value for money.
Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson's trips abroad cost Northern Ireland taxpayer £350,000
Overseas junkets for Government ministers cost Northern Ireland taxpayers more than £350,000 in the past year, official figures revealed today.
Ed Miliband ranked 20th in world’s most influential Jews list
Ed Miliband may be struggling to convince voters at home that he is the man to lead the country after the next election, but that has not stopped a leading Israeli newspaper from giving the Labour leader a top 20 billing in its annual list of the world’s most influential Jews.
Echoes of Big Ian as the First Minister Peter Robinson sticks the boot in
Peter Robinson appealed to Assembly colleagues to "take a step back" from party politicking – just before sticking his boot into the SDLP.
David Ford launches intermediary scheme to aid the course of justice
Justice Minister David Ford has launched new pilot schemes to help vulnerable victims, witnesses and defendants to communicate more effectively when giving evidence.
David Cameron to publish Bill on EU referendum
David Cameron will today try to quell a growing rebellion by his Conservative MPs over Europe by publishing a draft Bill to guarantee that an in/out referendum on Europe will be held by 2017.
Matt Baggott's Stormont plea: 'Enough rhetoric, deal with poverty'
Support for Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries will persist until politicians tackle endemic poverty and youth unemployment, the country’s most senior policeman has warned, ahead of a huge security operation to protect next month’s meeting of G8 world leaders.
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Latest News
Call to halt golf resort plans
Unesco has called for a halt to the development of a controversial £100 million golf resort on Northern Ireland's North Coast.
Freedom accolade for TA soldiers
Territorial Army soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be granted the Freedom of Castlereagh.
Charity warns of 'bailiff boom'
Fears of a "bailiff boom" as soaring numbers of people struggle to cope with council tax benefit cuts have been raised by a debt advice charity.
Latest Sport
George Best was in a different league new
George Best was the finest footballer of them all, according to England World Cup winner Ian Callaghan.
Who wins the duels across the pitch will decide final destination of pro12 crown new
They know each other inside-out as a result of having squared up so often in the past. As well as having gone head to head on such a regular basis, most of the protagonists are Irish training camp regulars. In addition, many of them have been Test match colleagues.
Tipuric ready to fight for spot new
Justin Tipuric hopes Sam Warburton's selection as British and Irish Lions captain will not harm his chances of earning a Test spot against Australia.
Latest Showbiz
Cutting It star heads for Paradise
Cutting It star Ben Daniels is joining the department store costume drama The Paradise for its new series.
Channel 4 reveal new music shows
DJ Nick Grimshaw and chart stars Rizzle Kicks have been lined up to host a pair of new music shows for Channel 4.
Flanagan fleshes out skins protest
Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan did her bit to protest against the skin trade by showing off some flesh of her own.
