Lingerie chain La Senza collapsed into administration today triggering 1,300 redundancies and the closure of more than 100 outlets in the UK and Ireland.

A man has been injured after shots were fired through a house window in the Northe police said today.

The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the North jumped by the largest number in more than 20 years last month, it was announced today.

The Irish and British governments were tonight united in their insistence that plans to unveil proposals for a new power-sharing executive will go ahead on Thursday as planned despite the killing of Denis Donaldson.