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The company which operates the transfer test exam has bowed to public pressure and re-opened registration after a backlash against a strict deadline that had passed.

It’s been a while since I had to pull on the uniform to head off every school morning to the wonderfully named Harmony Hill Primary in Lambeg, Lisburn. I still have the orange and grey school tie in a drawer at home.

Ulster University is to replace advertising signs aimed at attracting new students after a dispute over its use of the phrase “world-leading”.

IN Glasgow , a lone figure in black insouciantly rides his e-scooter through the Clyde Tunnel, bringing the traffic behind to a crawl as his machine struggles with the incline.

For someone who grew up on a Co Down vegetable farm, surrounded by cats and dogs, working with animals would seem to be the ideal job.

There are three different schools within a mile radius of Magherafelt and one word keeps coming up as pupils gather to collect their GCSE results.

Walking along the water’s edge at Ballyronan, it doesn’t take long to notice the 40 shades of green have been joined by a 41st.

In 1984 he left Co Tyrone as a teenager to see the world with the Army. But they immediately sent him back to Northern Ireland.

President of the NUS-USI students’ union Chloe Ferguson is ready to welcome thousands of new faces following A-level results day.

An ex-military intelligence officer has said the PSNI security breach is one of the worst he can recall.