Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks.

We are not just combining two companies; we are building a formidable team' - Navantia chairman Ricardo Domínguez

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

The formal acquisition of Harland & Wolff’s four UK shipyards is expected to be ratified on Wednesday when senior figures from the Spanish-owned Navantia visit Belfast to meet workers. Parent company H&W Holdings,

Showcasing the best young boxing talent, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Wales and BBC Scotland will broadcast a series of three boxing events live on BBC iPlayer and BBC television, starting with Belfast on Saturday 1 February. Nations Fight Night will bring live boxing back to BBC audiences right across the UK.

Earlier red warnings covered the entirety of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Now the most serious alert covers parts of Scotland as the storm brings winds posing a danger to life.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

SNOW and ice warnings have been issued to Brits as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the UK. THE Met Office have urged Brits to “be prepared” with a number of snow and ice

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly highlighted that compensation payments were available in Scotland ... Buildings in Belfast, Ms O’Neill said ...

Three years have passed since substantial changes were made to the GB Highway Code, which introduced new rules on a ‘hierarchy of road users’, junction priority, close passes, and much more. While the Northern Ireland government is waiting to see the impact of those changes, Cycling UK has warned that greater delays will cost more lives.

The bank has blamed the decision to shut the branches on customers shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services.

The closures announced by Lloyds Banking Group will include 61 Lloyds branches, 61 Halifax branches, and 14 Bank of Scotland branches, with the shutdowns scheduled between May 2025 and March 2026. See below for the full list of branches closing, and the dates on which they are expected to shut.