An influential evangelical Protestant lobby group has described the decision to move the Belfast City Marathon to a Sunday as an example of the “dismissal of Christian values”.

After several days of cold, blustery and showery weather, conditions look set to improve considerably as we get closer to Easter. But sadly the predicted warm sunshine may not last past the weekend.

A Jewish film-maker who recorded extreme anti-Semitic remarks in a Londonderry pub says the anti-Semitism he experienced on the island of Ireland was “frightening”.

Cathy McAleer will fight for the third time when she appears on the ‘Summer Brawl’ event being staged at the Europa Hotel on May 18.

Belfast light-heavyweight Steven Ward will appear at the York Hall on April 26.

Liverpool eased into a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona as a late flurry of goals saw them triumph 4-1 in Porto and 6-1 on aggregate.