The British government is to scrap the practice of making voters in Northern Ireland register every year for elections.

Strabane-based business owner John Friel has been elected chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Northern Ireland Regional Committee at this weekend’s AGM in Cookstown.

Far right groups are taking advantage of paramilitary intimidation of ethnic minorities to gain a foothold in Northern Ireland, it was claimed today.

TOUGH new laws to combat hate crime and joy-riding in the North came into force yesterday.

The Irish and British governments are considering introducing a special smart card to enable pensioners and other groups to have free access to public transport on both sides of the border.

Children’s rights organisations in the North have attacked new laws intended to tackle anti-social behaviour which came into force today, claiming they do not work.

Young thugs rampaging through Northern Ireland’s towns and villages could be banned from neighbourhoods under new laws which came into force today.

ATTACKS against disabled people are to be scrutinised as part of a British government offensive on escalating hate crime in the North.

A British government drive to stamp out increasing hate crime in Northern Ireland moved forward today when draft legislation was laid before Parliament in England.

FORMER paramilitary prisoners could be offered greater protection from discrimination under the North’s single Equality Bill.

New CCTV systems are to be installed in a £2m (€3m) offensive against town centre crime in Northern Ireland, it was revealed today.

Political parties in Northern Ireland are to be blocked from major fundraising abroad, the British government announced today.

A new human rights chief will be appointed in Northern Ireland within months, the British government announced today.

Angry trade unionists stormed out in protest as Northern Ireland Office Minister John Spellar prepared to address a major conference in Derry today.

The British government is planning to publish only a heavily-censored version of a report on four controversial killings in Northern Ireland, it was claimed tonight.

The North's justice system was challenged today to enforce tough plans to lock up racist thugs for up to 14 years.

Race hate killers in Northern Ireland could be jailed for at least 30 years under tough British government proposals announced today.

The sister of a Belfast man shot dead by two British soldiers will promote her family’s campaign to get them dismissed by standing in a Westminster by-election, it was revealed today.

Belfast City Council has passed a unionist motion condemning Lord Mayor Martin Morgan’s decision to boycott British government official John Spellar.

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan was today facing a knife-edge vote over his decision to boycott events involving a British government minister.

Belfast’s Lord Mayor, Martin Morgan, today looked like losing a city council vote over his decision to boycott meetings with a British Government minister.

Belfast’s nationalist Lord Mayor was today facing a censure motion against him, following his boycott of events involving a British government minister.

The SDLP mayors of Belfast and Derry have announced plans to boycott events involving a Northern Ireland government minister.

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan has vowed to boycott all public functions attended by British government minister John Spellar.

The mother of a Belfast teenager shot dead by two British soldiers eight years ago is due to meet a British official today to demand that the murderers be expelled from the British army.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is to meet the mother of a Belfast teenager shot dead by soldiers, it was confirmed today.

A former British Opposition spokesman on the North has been appointed to take over from Minister Des Browne at the Northern Ireland Office.

The number of passengers travelling on British Airways has fallen by up to 25% following the US terror attacks.

The British Government was today being urged to launch an advertising campaign encouraging people to fly to help stem job losses in the beleaguered aviation industry.

Nato ministers were meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss what to do about depleted uranium.