Northern Ireland News

A man who was to be charged in connection with a break-in at Special Branch offices in 2002 will not be brought to trial.

An Irish aid worker with the charity Goal is kidnapped by an armed gang in Kutum in the Darfur region of Sudan.

A teenager who admitted murdering west Belfast man Harry Holland must serve at least 12 years in prison.

The main Derry to Belfast road is re-opened after being closed because of a suspected gas leak at a filling station.

A total of 1,946 people arrests are made for drink or drug driving in Northern Ireland in 2009 this year.

A Lithuanian gang tried to stab a Portuguese man in the eye before stabbing him in the back with a carving fork, a court hears.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service announces that Steve Rodford will be the new Governor of Maghaberry Prison.

The chief constables of four English regions are among five candidates shortlisted to succeed Sir Hugh Orde.

Michael Jackson looks set to break a record set by Ruby Murray in 1955 by having six singles in the UK top 20.

A mural on the Shankill Road has managed to do to Wayne 'Pocket Rocket' McCullough what many opponents tried but failed - hurt him. Well his feelings anyway.