A river diverted to make way for a new multi-million pound underpass on a main Belfast thoroughfare was today believed to have been responsible for the flooding of the new roads scheme.

A Northern Ireland Office minister was today criticised for remaining silent on the death threat against the chief executive of a council in the North.

DUP councillors in Co Armagh have been accused of bullying Ulster Unionist colleagues who backed the principle of power-sharing in Craigavon last night.

A Democratic Unionist mayor today defended his response to racial attacks in his area after he was urged to take a stronger line.

The Northern Ireland Parades Commission today put on hold a decision whether or not to overturn a ban on this Sunday’s Drumcree Orange march.