People in the North wanting to set up or expand small businesses were thrown a multimillion-pound lifeline today.

British Chancellor Gordon Brown needs to improve on the offer made to an incoming Northern Executive, Ian Paisley insisted last night.

Dissident republicans may be planning a new wave of firebomb attacks across the North, police warned today.

Northern Ireland's Federation of Small Business has today welcomed the Which? General Consumer Council Report on banking and supports their complaint to the Office of Fair Trading.