A man has been left with serious head injuries following an attack in Newtownards last night.

The PSNI plans to adopt an awareness campaign created by a Dublin community project to highlight the linkages between recreational drug use and the power of gangs.

A man has been charged with kidnapping and possession of a firearm in the North.

The leader of a group which commemorates fallen IRA men has denied in the High Court he was involved in an "arranged road traffic accident."

A man has been arrested in the North in connection with the murder of Colin Horner.

The case against a man accused of the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park is "weak, tenuous and circumstantial", his lawyer has told a court.

The case against a man accused of the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park is "weak, tenuous and circumstantial", his lawyer has told a court.

A man has been charged with the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park as his three-year-old son looked on.

A man has been arrested over the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park as his three-year-old son looked on.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a man in Co Down.

Two young men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead following an assault.

A motorcyclist has been killed in a crash in Newtownards.

A row has broken out between the Financial Services Union (FSU) and Bank of Ireland over plans to close eight of the bank’s 36 branches in the North.

The Bank of Ireland is closing eight branches in the North.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

AT precisely 7.25am today a salvo of artillery fire from three First World War guns resounded in London’s Parliament Square.

Dairy farmers can expect another 12 months of low milk prices, Lakeland Dairies chief Michael Hanley has cautioned.

Lakeland Dairies is now Ireland’s third biggest dairy processor, having acquired Fane Valley’s dairy business for an undisclosed sum.

The best young drivers line up to contest the Circuit of Ireland that gets underway today in Antrim.

One of the most technically-advanced global export facilities in Europe was officially opened by Lakeland Dairies in Newtownards, Co Down, yesterday.

A director of a credit union in Co Limerick, who claimed his Mercedes car was taken from him by a group of men when he went Christmas shopping to the North, yesterday pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to attempting to make a gain of €52,000 by deception from AXA Insurance Ltd.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the sectarian murder of a man in east Belfast over 40 years ago.

Overseas customers are waiting to take the 45% of extra milk which Lakeland Dairies suppliers are expected to produce from 2015 onwards, rising to exceed 1bn litres annually by 2020.

Even though Finland’s Esapekka Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm (Skoda Fabia S2000) dominated most of the 10 stages in yesterday’s opening leg of the Discover Northern Ireland Circuit of Ireland Rally, the event remains delicately poised and set for a frenetic finish through today’s eight stages.

On home ground, it is not surprising that there is a wave of expectation on Craig Breen to win the Discover Northern Ireland Circuit of Ireland Rally, round four of the European Rally Championship that gets underway in Belfast this morning.

Residents in part of East Belfast have been warned to prepare for flooding because of high tides and heavy rain predicted for tomorrow.

Police in the North are hunting two masked kidnappers who abducted a man at knife-point in Co Down.

Martyn Irvine returned home today after capping a day of delight for Irish cycling with a gold and a silver medal within an hour.

116 years after the country won its first ever senior men’s track medal, Martyn Irvine took home gold and silver at the World championships on a truly historic night for Irish cycling in Minsk, Ukraine.

Ireland’s Martyn Irvine claimed two medals in an hour – the second of them gold in the men’s scratch race – at the Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk.

Loyalists in Belfast are threatening to carry out more flag protests this evening.

Lorraine Wylie gets the royal treatment in Monaco and drops in on the Irish woman who hosts Europe’s most exclusive parties.

Catherine Ketch looks ahead to Monday’s announcement of the 2012 Great Taste supreme champion

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a serious sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl in the north over the weekend.

Newtownards cyclist Martyn Irvine finished 13th overall after the sixth and final event of the multi-discipline omnium cycling event in the London velodrome last night.

Ireland’s Martyn Irvine was left bitterly disappointed after finishing 11th in the men’s omnium at London 2012 but has vowed to use his frustration to push himself on.

Ireland's Annelise Murphy is in with a medal shout in the Laser Radial class with only one point separating the top four.

Anyone ever heard of the omnium?

A guitar manufacturer in the North which made instruments for some of music’s most famous artists is going into liquidation, it was revealed.

The first couple to marry at the world’s largest Titanic attraction struck a famous pose as they checked out the venue ahead of Valentine’s Day.

In the North, army bomb disposal experts were this afternoon dealing with a suspicious object at James Street in Newtownards.