Blocking a controversial proposal to ban abortions in private clinics allows Marie Stopes to operate under a cloak of darkness, it was claimed tonight.

A driver was injured when rioting loyalists hijacked two buses as violence returned to the streets of east Belfast.

Management from Northern Ireland’s first private abortion clinic will be summoned to Stormont to explain how they are complying with the criminal law, it has been revealed.

The North's Attorney General has called for an investigation into the opening of Belfast's first private abortion clinic.

The island of Ireland's first private abortion clinic will officially open today amid protests from pro-life campaigners.

Stormont’s Health Minister Edwin Poots is taking legal advice on how to regulate Ireland’s first private abortion clinic.

Pro-choice campaigners have called for the Irish Government to change the law on abortion after the Marie Stopes charity announced it is opening a private clinic in Belfast.

The Pro Life Campaign says it is doubtful that a clinic offering medical abortions will open as planned in Belfast next week.

Anti-abortion campaigners have hit out at the opening of the North’s first abortion clinic.

The first ever clinic to offer abortions on the island of Ireland will open in one weeks' time.

A teenager tried to hijack a motorbike from a woman in rush hour traffic, police have said.

Car traffic around parts of Belfast’s City Hall will drop to two lanes to encourage motorists to bypass the city centre, it was revealed today.

A major new transport hub for buses and trains could be on the way for Belfast city centre.

The interests of the economy should be given greater weight by planners in the North, Sammy Wilson said today.

The North’s planning minister today launched a stinging attack on officials in his own department for refusing permission for what would have been the region’s tallest building.

Construction of yet another Belfast city centre hotel was getting under way today.

A pensioner died after she was trapped under a bus, police said today.

A number of petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown at police during disturbances in east Belfast last night.