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Gas prices are set to rise. Credit: Yui Mok

Northern Ireland Premium

Call for winter fuel payments to be given to low income families as energy prices spiral

The winter fuel payment system for older people should be opened to all ages as households face a 50% hike in gas prices by the end of the year, an economist has said.

Latest News

Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) meet attendees during a reception for delegates of the Global Investment Conference at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Photo: Alastair Grant/PA Wire

Northern Ireland

Buckingham Palace won’t send another member of Royal Family to centenary church service

Jake Bailey-Sloan

Northern Ireland

Man arrested on suspicion of Jake Bailey-Sloan’s murder released on bail

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council offices were raided on Wednesday afternoon. Photo credit: Google

Northern Ireland

Police raid Mid and East Antrim council offices, leaving local councillors ‘shocked’

Map produced by the Boundary Commission

Northern Ireland Premium

Local parties mull over proposals for a shake-up of parliamentary boundaries

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Daniel O'Donnell has been cheering up fans with his new tropical music video for 'Down at The Lah De Dah'

News

Daniel O’Donnell’s new tropical music video ‘cheers up’ viewers worldwide

Irish country music legend Daniel O’Donnell has received a wave of online praise from people worldwide for his new music video, with one even referring to the clip as “pure art”.

Zac Mac will play his first headline gig at the Multi-Ethnic Youth Festival later this month

Music and Gigs Premium

Lurgan teenage guitar star strums his way to success with headline gig at festival

A self-taught teenage guitar sensation whose online performances have gone viral is to play his first headline gig later this month.

Even so, for most constituencies the amount of surgery is fairly small. In most cases the changes amount to a few wards here or there, unlikely to make a difference to the Westminster results and with not much more impact on the Assembly election due in May 2022. Stock Image

News Analysis Premium

Nicholas Whyte Opinion Boundary Commission’s proposals: Minimal change as what’s gained on the swings is lost on the roundabouts

In vain: Ireland’s Josh Little celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando. Credit: INPHO/Pankaj Nangia

Cricket

Ireland just couldn’t get into groove, says Andrew Balbirnie after loss to Sri Lanka

Headlines

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South Belfast

South Belfast man arrested after £40,000 worth of ketamine found

Nick Timoney and Tom O'Toole have held on to their places in the Ireland squad. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Ulster

Ireland squad: Nick Timoney one of seven Ulster players named but Jacob Stockdale misses out ahead of autumn internationals

Nigel Farage

Northern Ireland

‘Tiocfaidh ar la’: Nigel Farage ‘happy to say anything for £100’

Photo credit: (Rui Vieira/PA)

County Down News

Firefighters tackle blaze in Warrenpoint: PSNI advise avoiding road

Belfast's Victoria Street is currently closed

South Belfast

Man in 40s hospitalised after Belfast city centre assault

Sir Kenneth Branagh with Jamie Dornan

Film and TV

Watch: Extended trailer of Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-tipped Belfast released

Carrie Wells with daughters, Amber and Ruby pictured in the Making Sense zone in the Reimagined W5.

Northern Ireland

W5 to reopen for Halloween half term after £5m revamp

Richard Gerard Boyle (42) and his dog were killed in the hit-and-run in February 2021.

Northern Ireland

Two arrested in relation to west Belfast hit-and-run that killed man and his dog

The under-car bomb

Northern Ireland Premium

PSNI officer who discovered bomb under his car thought ‘crude and basic’ device was ‘a wind-up’

Strand Road Police Service of Northern Ireland station in Londonderry (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland

Man charged as part of INLA drug investigation

Belfast boxer Caoimhin Agyarko

Northern Ireland Premium

Boxer Caoimhin proud to represent NI... even though people from here tried to kill him

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Opinion & Analysis

Delays: Ambulance queues are a common sight outside our hospitals due to pressure on beds

Northern Ireland Premium

Lisa Smyth Opinion Stormont’s strategy finally here, but can politicians be trusted to stay on message?

Allison Morris

PM’s self interest will trump any objections to an amnesty here

Allison Morris

Why being back in the office and chatting at the water cooler will pose a problem

Ciarán Dunbar

Brian Coulter’s death…the murder next door: I received a message from a relative enquiring what was going on outside my house

Mark Bain

Malachi O'Doherty

Why Union depends on nationalists who care nothing about it

Malachi O'Doherty

Business

Peter McClenaghan, Consumer Council's director of infrastructure and sustainability

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland bills for energy and petrol could jump by £1,000 by end of year, warns Consumer Council

Shoppers have been urged to spend their £100 on the high street

Northern Ireland

NI high street voucher: Retail groups urge shoppers not to purchase online gift cards

Spacious: The site beside the Wrightbus factory at Lisnafillan Road in Galgorm

Northern Ireland Premium

Land which threatened to derail Wrightbus deal goes up for rent

Ronan McNamee, Stone Bakery business owner, with Brian Dolaghan, executive director of Invest NI

Northern Ireland

Crossmaglen bakery says £4m investment ‘will allow us to continue world-class tradition’

Sport

Rhys McClenaghan suffered heartbreak at both the Olympic Games and the World Championships. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Olympics

Rhys McClenaghan: World Championship bid ends with slip as organisers respond to chalk removal talk after Covid-19 stoppage

Ian Baraclough

International Premium

Irish FA ready to take plunge and extend Ian Baraclough’s Northern Ireland deal

Nick Timoney scores a try on his one and only Ireland cap to date against the USA over the summer

Ulster Premium

Jonathan Bradley Opinion Nick Timoney heads the list of Ulster Rugby stars wondering about their Ireland fate ahead of autumn squad announcement

Niall Quinn celebrates his first Linfield treble. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Linfield

Niall Quinn hat-trick means one Linfield staff member has to ‘hand out’ but boss delighted for ‘Mr Consistent’

Steve Bruce has left Newcastle by mutual consent (Tim Goode/PA)

Premier League

Steve Bruce says Newcastle job ‘probably’ his last as abuse takes its toll

Squad goals: The Tyrone Masters team have earned a place in the Over-40s’ All-Ireland final, in which they will take on Dublin

Declan Bogue Premium

Declan Bogue Opinion Tyrone Over-40s are proving that the GAA’s 2009 Masters decision was scandalously ageist… pathetic, even

Sunday Life

Melanie Jones of the PSNI

News Premium

Police to help MLAs beef up their protection

Premium

Chrissie Russell Opinion One wee thing about your green plan, Kate

Maghaberry inmates being taught how to cut locks... of hair

BPerfect cosmetics founder Brendan McDowell to star in his own reality TV show

Sun sets on one of Northern Ireland’s first solar farms

Live: Covid data updates for Northern Ireland

Coronavirus

How many NI people have had 1st and 2nd dose jabs?

Coronavirus

Mapping Covid cases and deaths in your area

Coronavirus

Death toll and confirmed new cases

Coronavirus

A year like no other... Life in the grip of Covid in NI

Videos of the day

Watch: New trailer for Kenneth Branagh's Belfast released

Queen cancels Northern Ireland trip after being told by doctors to rest

Dachshund with Halloween glasses

How to make a doggie den for your pet this Halloween

Aftermath of fire in Antrim industrial estate

Video: Fire Fighters battle major blaze in Antrim

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