A legal challenge is likely if Northern Ireland is left as the only part of the UK without marriage rights for same-sex couples, Amnesty International has warned.

Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile has apologised over his refusal to present a British army cadet with an award.

DUP Assembly members will today decide who should succeed the Reverend Ian Paisley as party leader.

Angry Short Strand residents dumped the remnants of fire works, bolts, golf balls, pipe bombs and other missiles at the Policing Board's Belfast offices earlier today.