Hi °C | Lo °C Why Irish and Ulster-Scots don't really do the business...
The British Council says Northern Irealnd is weak when it comes to producing workers with more than one language.
Sorry, but not all men suit a 'tache
I'm kinda glad we're into December now. Because November has become a bit of a worrying time, since men in this part of the world started getting into the spirit of Movember.
It's now time to use your loaf and stop wasting all that good food
Apparently we throw away a third of all the bread we buy. (Could you imagine what size we'd be if we ate it all?)
Why religion doesn't have a prayer
Lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth over the Church of England's decision not to allow women bishops. They say it'll set the Church back centuries ...
My shock tactic to stop teens putting foot in it ...
With manufacturing at an all-time low, I have what I think might just be a wonderful idea for job creation.
Summat's up, but will any good come of G8 bash here?
So, the top eight leading economies are sending their big cheeses to Fermanagh next June for summat, sorry, a summit. Great! Or should that be Gr8?
It's time Sally had a Twitter of sense
If the comedian Frankie Howerd were still alive he'd no doubt have updated his famous phrase to "Twitter ye not!"
Spend lots of money at Christmas? No way Jose
I'd like to meet the President of Uruguay. Not a sentence I ever thought I'd hear myself utter, but there y'go, life is full of surprises.
Fat chance of healthy recovery with NHS
What foods should you avoid if you have gall bladder problems? Any animal fats. What is a man in hospital awaiting a gall bladder removal operation offered to eat? Toast, with butter.
House about that, Nelson
More ridiculous rulings from the Hill this week. Nelson McCausland has said there'll be no holding off in introducing the new, so-called "bedroom tax" next year.
Why there's nothing sexy about make-up tested on animals
BBC Children in Need are running a campaign this year called Bearfaced. Famous women pose for frank headshot photographs with no make-up on. Well, almost no make-up.
Sign of the times for bankers
You gotta love the Judge in Ohio who told a woman driver, who'd mounted the pavement in her car to get past a school bus, that she'd have to stand at a large intersection wearing a big sign around her neck reading: "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus"!
Liam will be taken by latest honour
Congratulations to Liam Neeson. Apparently he's to be granted Freedom of Ballymena. He must be thrilled! Bet there was whoopin' in the big man's house when that news came through.
It's a good cause but celebs make me cringe
Is it just me or does the whole Stand Up To Cancer celebrity-led jamboree leave you cold too?
I yearn for old days when trust and loyalty were common values
I watch Downton Abbey. Not sure why, but I feel I have to whisper that, apologetically. Probably because so many people slag it off as lowbrow nonsense so I'm a little embarrassed to enjoy something that's not considered "quality" by the sort of people who'd happily sit through five hours of Wagner's The Ring, without wondering when they'll get the chance to nip to the loo.
Stone me, Mick will be rolling in money
Much uproar at the announcement that tickets for the Rolling Stones gigs at the O2 Arena will cost up to £375.
Boots turns up the heat on its customers
Ed Miliband and David Cameron are fighting over which of them truly offers a One Nation approach to the beleaguered country. Well, they'd both be thrilled to know that Boots the chemist is way ahead of them.
If we're all in it together, then why are the rich getting off free?
Turned on the radio the other day and thought I was listening to the BBC archives. A union boss was talking about "the working man and woman" and a posh Tory was sneering at everything he said.
Jimmy Savile: When heroes fall there's nobody left to look up to
I'm reminded of a line from an old Stranglers song this week. "Whatever happened to all the heroes?" You can't open a paper or a news website without seeing the face of Jimmy Savile or Lance Armstrong.
Cecilia, just tell me if it'll rain or not
Why is there so much news? Doesn't it ever annoy you when you watch TV or listen to the radio, the sheer amount of time spent talking about a 'story'?
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New suspects in Maddie probe
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Nice-but-dull Kate's annoying baby bump pose
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
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