A consortium including the Spanish construction group Ferrovial was today in poll position to construct two major road schemes in the North.

Members of a borough council in the North will today be urged to stand up to people who issued a death threat to their chief executive and his family.

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.

The British government has announced plans to give private firms greater opportunities to provide public transport services in the North.

The British government was today accused of snubbing the border city of Newry during a public consultation on a vital piece of policy.

Planning polices are being tightened up in a bid to strengthen flood risk defences at new developments in the North.

The latest member of Northern Secretary Peter Hain’s ministerial team will today make his debut in the North as its Agriculture Minister.

A Scottish MP has been added to Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain’s ministerial team, it was announced today.