A retired inspector said the hazardous environment team intended to ‘rule out’ the possibility Noah entered the storm drain.

More than 40 firefighters battled the blaze at the former Antrim Arms Hotel at The Diamond in Ballycastle on Sunday night.

Local residents were advised to keep windows and doors closed.

Finance Minister John O’Dowd said he expects a ‘significant cost of living crisis’ amid rising energy costs.

Police said a man was stabbed in the lower abdomen in the Kelvin Road area in the early hours of Sunday.

A man has been left in fear following burn injuries to his face and upper body following the incident at Strabane Magistrates’ Court last week.

Police said substantial damage was caused to the house and vehicles.

The Education Authority said more than 414,000 user accounts have been reconnected following the incident earlier this month.

The victim was left with burn injuries to his face and upper body following the incident at Strabane Courthouse on Thursday.

A 53-year-old man was arrested at the scene at Mourne Drive in Warrenpoint.

The non-jury trial of the trio started at Belfast Crown Court almost two years ago.

Police said it was reported that a man had thrown hot water over another man at Strabane Magistrates’ Court on Thursday morning.

Mark Mulholland KC, representing one of three men facing a joint enterprise charge, queried assertions by the prosecution.

The university employs 3,100 staff across its campuses in Belfast, Jordanstown, Coleraine and Derry.

Promising Gaelic football player Caoimhe Loughran, from Newry, was just 20 when she had a pacemaker fitted.

The incident left schools and pupils unable to log into their accounts.

Fuel protests took place in a number of locations in Northern Ireland.

Slow-moving convoys of tractors and other vehicles formed in Belfast and several other areas as part of protests against rising energy bills.

The investigation by the Planning Appeals Commission is taking place at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh.

A protest is due to be held at Leinster House on Tuesday, to coincide with a confidence vote in the government.

The 14-year-old was found dead in the storm drain after going missing in June 2020.

A judge has accepted a request from a barrister for accused Brandon Rainey to allow further time for mental health assessments of his client.

McIlroy’s hometown Holywood Golf Club in Co Down erupted in cheers as he tapped in to seal a one-shot victory.

The Police Ombudsman published its report on Thursday.

Police are continuing to investigate and are appealing for witnesses to the collision to come forward.

The blaze was believed to have started in a communal area inside the flats at Society Street.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday in Derry.

Generations of children have read Marita Conlon-McKenna’s Under the Hawthorn Tree set amid the Irish Famine.

Members of trade unions staged a counter protest outside Coleraine Town Hall on Saturday.

An IT system used by pupils in Northern Ireland was impacted.

Police said a child was struck by a bottle and nine officers injured during disturbances at Windsor Park.

Jonathan Gill appeared before the High Court in Dublin on Friday morning.

The 13 newly funded initiatives cover a broad range of themes, including youth development, arts and cultural exchange and environmental stewardship.

Around 300 sheep were moved out of the shed while efforts continued to extinguish the fire.

Officers in the major investigation team are handling over three times the cases recommended, the Chief Constable said.

He condemned those who carried out the attack as ‘cowards’ and said dissident republican groups ‘have no support and nothing to offer’.

A woman was rescued from a house in Saintfield following the attack in the early hours of Wednesday.

Local people were advised to keep windows and doors closed.

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris have condemned the attempted proxy bomb attack in Lurgan on Monday.

A food delivery driver was hijacked and forced to transport a bomb to Lurgan police station on Monday night.

The house was set alight in the early hours of Wednesday.

Emergency services were called to Coleraine Grammar School on Tuesday.

PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson was speaking after an incident in Lurgan.