Andrew Madden

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has confirmed it will appeal the seven-year sentence handed down to a pensioner convicted of human trafficking and exploiting vulnerable young women on the grounds that it is unduly lenient.

Belfast City Council (BCC) is considering purchasing not just the historic Assembly Rooms, but also two other nearby buildings in a £2.7m deal, this newspaper understands.

Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has taken up a new role as a senior advisor to a UK-based “crypto asset recovery and insurance firm”.

In the past it’s been branded a “Victorian peep show”, with concerns raised about the welfare of animals and several high-profile escapes. Now, further questions about the financial burden Belfast Zoo is placing on the ratepayer have come to the fore.

Someone once said that prejudice is a great time-saver, because you can form opinions without having to gather the facts.

Almost £49m of £114m spent on public realm schemes in NI was in Belfast

The Public Services Ombudsman’s decision to launch an investigation into the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) follows a series of concerns raised about the organisation that have been ongoing for years.

A DUP MP has hit out after bunting was stolen from a display erected to mark the Twelfth in Portadown.

The Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) had to pay a private firm a £1.5m settlement and lost a further £3.6m as a result of a dispute over equipment at test centres, its accounts reveal.

The PSNI visited several homes in Portadown on Friday after a post appeared on an anti-immigration group’s social media.