Britain

More than half of homeowners are prioritising cosmetic makeovers because they believe it adds more value

Britain’s top ten modern status symbols for the home

Morning View

Editorial: Islam cannot be alone given protection from blasphemy

Grenade stops the nation from hitting a wall

Capybara cools off at Chester Zoo

Watch these super-cute Capybaras cool off with a swim

Property expert and TV presenter Scarlette Douglas teams up with Smart Energy GB to spotlight how Brits are embracing green home upgrades. With 95% of those making eco-changes reporting cost savings, and simple steps like getting a smart meter helping them to reduce energy bills, Douglas uncovers the home improvements with financial and environmental benefits.

Britain embraces the 'Greenovation' with green home upgrades

Food entrepreneur Peter Hannan is targeting global markets with Moira’s Abernethy Butter

Moira butter maker’s fame spreads to global markets

A dad is raising his sons on boats - with 'cinema' and study nook.

Watch: Single dad raising sons on boats - with 'cinema' and study nook

New research has revealed the most toe-curling mobile mishaps that leave Brits red-faced and flustered

Britain’s top phone faux pas revealed

The stunning roof garden at Golden Hill Fort, an old Victorian fortress on the Isle of Wight, where a three-bedroom house is for sale with a guide price of £295,000

Look around unique house for sale in old Victorian fortress

Pioneering Northern Ireland woman, Dr Louise McIlroy, who made history as the first female Professor of Medicine in Britain and Ireland, has been commemorated with an Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque. CREDIT NEWS LETTER

Blue plaque for ground-breaking north Antrim doctor

A new 102-bed hotel is earmarked for Belfast City Centre.

Business News in under 2 minutes: Hotel plan given green light

I’m a coffee expert - and here’s what your coffee order says about you

New research reveals Britain as a nation of ravers and the top twenty tunes guar...

Getting everyone in the shot is Brits biggest frustration when it comes to taking group shots

Top celebrities Brits would NEVER cut from their group shots

Gen Z is increasingly turning to the divine to help them cope with an ever-complex world

Young people are bigger believers in God than their elders, study

Caption (L-R): Councillor Jonathan Craig, Chair of the LCCC’s Communities and Wellbeing Committee; Megan Keery-Smyth, Atlas Centre; Councillor Kurtis Dickson, Mayor; Alderman Hazel Legge, Chair of LCCC’s VE-Day Working Group; Lyndsey Tavares, Atlas Centre and Councillor Nicholas Trimble, Chair of LCCC’s Corporate Services Committee.

Council launches VE-Day 80 with a community grant fund

A commemorative racing car sculpture was unveiled in Ballyrobert in 2014 as a lasting legacy to the English Racing Automobiles racing car that won the first international road race in Britain after the Second World War in 1946. Then Mayor, Ald Fraser Agnew, is pictured with Mr and Mrs David Beattie from the village and Ald Mark Cosgrove. (Pic: Freddie Parkinson).

Which well-known local figure deserves a statue in Newtownabbey?

'I’m a golf expert: this is the one mistake that can knock 30 yards off your dri...

The Great British Bake Off - series 15 bakers

Calling all home bakers! Applications for the next series of The Great British B...

Watch: Silent Crime - The Untold Story Of Victims documentary

Watch: Silent Crime - The Untold Story Of Victims documentary

Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

I have a collection of 4,000 bricks...each one tells a story

The Knockmore Hill/Lissue industrial area has been selected as one of the four industrial cluster projects within NI to reduce its carbon footprint, a move which has been cautiously welcomed by Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Picture: Jessica Black. Free for use by BBC newswire partners.

Industrial estate gains council support for a reduction in its carbon footprint

Zanshin Shotokan NI Karate Club at Karate Union of Great Britain Shotokan Cup Championships

Zanshin NI Karate Club bring home eight medal haul from GB Championships

Britain in Bloom judges visit Randalstown. Pictured with the Mayor, Cllr Neil Kelly and Helen Boyd.

Britain in Boom judges take to the streets of Randalstown

Henry Wee Wheels visiting Stena Line's Pet Lounge

Furry travel with Stena Line

Schoolchildren know more about vitamins than adults do, survey finds

Aldi is looking to open new stores across the country

Aldi names 27 areas where it wants to build shops - full UK list

London is Britain's 'smiliest' region

The UK National Dunking Championship 2024

Simon Girma, the best biscuit dunker in Britain

Brewdog will be giving away a free pint of Cold Beer to customers who come wearing shorts this Bank Holiday weekend.

Brewdog will be giving away free pints of beer this Bank Holiday

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited the Coca Cola factory in Lisburn to meet business leaders last year. Pic by 10 Downing Street

Summer ballot for Northern Ireland voters

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rogue, is held by his owners whilst he waits for a micro-chip to be implanted at the PDSA Pet Hospital From 6th April 2016 it will become law, in the UK, that all dogs should be microchipped and recorded in the National Canine Database. Credit: Getty Images

Mid Ulster MLA calls for streamlining of dog databases to keep animals safe

The stunning northern lights dazzling skies above Knaresborough this month.

Northern Lights to return

Melissa McMullan, Vineyard Compassion Emergency Housing Manager along with staff from Nationwide Coleraine. Credit Vineyard Compassion

Vineyard Compassion receives £60k homelessness funding

Helen Mulholland has joined the famed Last Drop Assembly in London. Credit Sam Butler

Elite role for Irish whiskey expert blender Helen

Causeway Speciality Market in Coleraine has just named UK Best Small Outdoor Market 2024 at the annual Great British Market Awards

Timely boost for shoppers as M&S closes in Coleraine town centre

Workers at Massereene Golf Club clearing away a fallen tree on the Lough Road, Antrim on Monday following the devastation of Storm Isha. Picture: Stephen Davison / Pacemaker

Storm Jocelyn, named after NI-born scientist, to bring more rain and wind

Watch the video that 'proves' big cats roam Britain's countryside

The essential works will be carried out between Christmas and New Year.

All of the train stations affected by Network Rail's Christmas works

A Black Country boozer called The Tilted Barrel where pool balls 'roll uphill' is now Britain's wonkiest pub following the loss of the Crooked House.

Britain’s newly crowned ‘wonkiest pub’ set to go on auction

The love story behind the world's best-loved hymn is coming to Coleraine. Credit Living Breath Productions

Play about John Newton coming to First Coleraine

The Great British Bake Off 2023: How to play Fantasy Bake Off