On the first Monday of every year thousands of commuters discover that cars left idle throughout the Christmas period will not start.
A Christian Aid report details climate change-linked storms, hurricanes, floods and typhoons which caused the most financial damage this year.
The Royal Horticultural Society is predicting a range of new and continuing gardening trends for the new year.
A former NIO minister had launched a consultation on a new good relations strategy for NI in 2003.
Father Aidan Troy received multiple loyalist death threats in January 2003 over his role in the Holy Cross dispute in Belfast.
Tony Blair’s Labour government introduced the ceremonies for those seeking UK citizenship, with the first ceremonies taking place in 2004.
Hundreds of files are being opened for public viewing under the 30/20 year rule at the Public Record Office in Belfast.
National Highways figures show 988 incidents involving ‘oncoming vehicles’ were reported on England’s motorways in the year to November 17.
Last year nearly 1,600 pupils were affected by consortia arrangements, which enable pupils to travel to other schools for lessons.
The figures have been obtained by the PA news agency from Freedom of Information requests.
More than a fifth of people over 50 in England are living in a poor-quality home that could be making their health condition worse, a charity said.
Newly released files show that the cost to Northern Ireland of the bridge from Warrenpoint to Omeath would have been £200,000.
A priceless piece of lunar rock given to Ireland following a Nasa mission was lost in a fire at Dunsink Observatory, newly released records show.
Emanuel Wallace, known as Big Manny on TikTok, has more than 1.9 million followers on the app.
The Irish Government wanted to appeal to the UK side against ‘manipulating’ every scenario for favourable election results in Northern Ireland.
The year also marked the milestone of £50 billion raised for good causes, operator Allwyn revealed.
Kyle Vaughan was 24 when he disappeared in Newbridge, Gwent, on December 30 2012.
Labour has said it wants to increase rates of recycling, which have stalled since 2015.
A top GP has urged people to seek help before purchasing weight loss jabs online.
Hundreds of prisoners were released from jail as part of the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
The confidential briefing note is part of the tranche of documents made public by the Irish National Archive.
Each cigarette can shorten a smoker’s life by 20 minutes, researchers found.
Stormont minister Maurice Morrow told an official he would not raise the issue with the Northern Ireland Executive.
Minutes of an Executive meeting from 2000 show a warning that other action would be taken ‘as appropriate’ against the DUP ministers.
Polling by KPMG found more than half of the finance industry plans to ramp up hiring in early 2025.
