Ambulance call-outs to Belfast's Odyssey area treble on the nights of cheap drinks promotions, the social development minister has said.

Harry Redknapp says his "nightmare" is over after being cleared of tax evasion along with Milan Mandaric.

The Policing Board asks the PSNI for a report into a newspaper story that an officer's mobile phone had been obtained by dissident republicans.

Checks are ordered on all Airbus A380 superjumbos after cracks were found in wing components, extending an earlier safety ruling covering 20 planes.

Judgement is reserved over whether to quash the conviction of a man for a Twitter message threatening to blow up a South Yorkshire airport.

The death of a man following an incident at Gatwick Airport is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

A man has been questioned over potential manslaughter offences following last year's Chevron oil refinery blast at Pembroke, which killed four people.

Virgin Media confirms that around 250 new jobs are being created in Swansea.

Comedian Steve Coogan and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne are among the latest people to have settled their claims for damages over News of the World phone hacking.

The prime minister clashes with Ed Miliband over the controversial NHS bill in the Commons - shortly before the amended plans return to the Lords.

Nearly 160 people are arrested during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police's new dedicated unit tackling gang crime.

Low-earning women could be frozen out of a scheme to automatically enrol workers into a pension scheme, the TUC warns.

Milly Dowler's killer is refused permission to appeal against his conviction for her kidnap and murder.

Downing Street denies claims by Argentina that it is "militarising the South Atlantic", in a dispute about the Falkland Islands.

Former England midfielder Paul Merson is given a 14-month driving ban after falling asleep at the wheel on the M40 while drink-driving.

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester tells the BBC he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus.

Three men appear in court charged with murdering a man whose body was found buried in North Lanarkshire.

A fire badly damages the cookery school kitchens at TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage in Axminster.

Asma al-Assad has been condemned for speaking out in support of her husband, Syrian President Bashar Assad - but can autocrats' wives ever be a moderating influence?

The family of a toddler who went missing in Germany 30 years ago are demanding the Royal Military Police let them see her case files.

Acts prepare for Radio Two Folk awards in Manchester

British number one Andy Murray believes new coach Ivan Lendl has improved his game already.

In the US and UK the market for clothing for pets is growing. But is it a sensible bit of indulgence or an inappropriate fad?

Figures from the Department of Education suggest that more than 450,000 extra primary school places will be needed by September 2015.

The government faces "difficult decisions" on deploying its military resources if it wants to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya, MPs have warned.