Alliance leader Naomi Long is going to stand in East Belfast in next month’s general election, she has confirmed – just months after being elected as an MEP in what was her party’s best ever result.

Just over a week after giving a categorical pledge that the UUP would not stand aside for the DUP in any seat, incoming UUP leader Steve Aiken has U-turned after coming under intense pressure.

Police are treating as arson, an early morning blaze which caused substantial damage to a number of business premises in west Belfast.

A 20-year-old rider tragically lost his life at the MotoGP round at Sepang in Malaysia.

Paddy McLaughlin is putting fast football at the heart of Cliftonville’s slow-but-steady progress.

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has told Alfredo Morelos he is going nowhere in January.