Northern Ireland's population is projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033 before starting to decline, a report by the official statistics agency suggests. The projection from the NI Statistics and Research Agency says the population will start falling due to a low birth rate.

The PSNI have received reports of ticket fraud from across Northern Ireland in the last few days of people who have lost money paying for what they believed were genuine Oasis and Coldplay tickets.

Experts from Jersey were sent to Northern Ireland after Storm Éowyn caused widespread power cuts.

Residents of Dundonald, near Belfast, will soon be able to pop to Lidl for a pint after a High Court in Northern Ireland approved plans for a pub at the supermarket.

Resident doctors in Northern Ireland have voted to accept a 4% pay rise. Their union, the British Medical Association (BMA), said almost 95% of members backed the deal. Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors before the name was changed last year, refers to qualified doctors working in GP practices and hospitals.

Josh Rock believes he is the man to challenge Luke Littler at the top of the sport in the years to come. Littler is in a position to dominate darts in the same way Phil Taylor did after winning his first world title at the age of 17 earlier this month.

Net migration is projected to cause a population increase of 53,800 while natural change is projected to cause a population decrease of 32,400 people between mid-2022 and mid-2047. There are 463,500 projected births and 495,900 projected deaths over the period.

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

About 185,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn. Strong winds battered the region from the early hours of Friday while the public were urged to stay at home amid a top-level red weather warning.

A Belfast mum is among those urging Stormont's Department for Infrastructure to update the Highway Code in Northern Ireland in a bid to reduce confusion and save lives.

Nearly 200 staff have been redeployed to Northern Ireland to date with more people and equipment expected to be sent over today and later this week. | UTV News

Damage could be seen in Belfast in Northern Ireland on Friday as a major storm continued to lash Ireland and Scotland with hurricane-force winds.