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The daughter of one of the 10 fatal victims of the Kingsmills Massacre, which took place 43 years ago today, has said the “ultimate sentence for those responsible is yet to come”.

Many people just “do not want to hear” about the violent background of the British Isles’ first woman MP, a historical researcher has said, as Jeremy Corbyn praised her for being a “trailblazer for the Irish people”.

A senior Army officer savaged the propaganda offensive against the IRA in 1990 – but prompted an exasperated response from the NIO’s most senior official who said that the Army expected the government to give them cover for bad behaviour, declassified files reveal.

Queen’s University Belfast is seeking to meeting the DUP to explain why it has suspended links with a Presbyterian college, after the party highlighted the “concern, anger and confusion” caused by the decision.

An estimated £60,000 worth of suspected herbal cannabis has been seized in the Mid Ulster area.

The lucky Northern Ireland couple who won a staggering £114.9m EuroMillions jackpot on New Year’s Day say they plan to make “quite a few” of their loved ones millionaires.

From the fourth surviving Belfast News Letter. The edition is dated Dec 22 1738 but that is Jan 2 in the modern calendar. The paper was founded in Sep 1737 but the first year is lost:

Power tools valued around £7,500 have been stolen in Ballymena.