Mark Rainey

An outdoor anti-Northern Ireland Protocol rally in Co Antrim next month is likely to be the first of many over the summer months, according to loyalist activist Jamie Bryson.

​The SDLP has welcomed its Derry City and Strabane councillor Lilian Seenoi Barr becoming Northern Ireland’s first black mayor, but the selection process has led to the current deputy mayor quitting the party.

Police and search teams looking for missing woman Leah Sloan/McCrea have located a body in the River Inver in Larne, the PSNI has said.

A Co Antrim man who contracted Covid-19 might not have died if he hadn’t had Down’s syndrome he niece has said.

​Sinn Fein ministers “damaged” relations at Stormont by attending the Bobby Storey funeral, and key minutes relating to the fallout have gone missing, the Covid Inquiry has heard.

As the majority of campaigners appeared united in their opposition to the new legacy legisation that became law on Wednesday, Gavin Robinson hit out at those seeking to perpetuate a one-sided process for dealing with the past.

Belfast City Council has been urged to investigate an apparent paramilitary display at Roselawn crematorium last month.

The Labour Party has sidestepped the concerns of ex soldiers over how it will handle the legacy of the Troubles if it forms the government.

​Gavin Robinson has hit out the Irish government’s “hypocrisy” over legacy issues, and called for Dublin to “face up” to its own actions during the Troubles.

Roselawn cemetery is at the centre of another paramilitary funeral row, following reports of masked UDA members flanking a coffin at the Belfast City Council facility.