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Around 50 representatives of scouting from Northern Ireland have found themselves caught up in a major heatwave at the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea as the country struggles to cope with soaring temperatures.

NI scouts are set to leave an international event in South Korea that has been hit by extreme heat.

In 1988 Féile an Phobail was established as a direct response to the Troubles. It saw a humble parade of floats through the west of the city, an open air street party in Dunville Park and a few day trips to the seaside for pensioners living in the area, and a few outings for young people.

Fifty years ago this week, Ruth McQuillan-Wilson, as a precocious five-year-old, sailed across to the Isle of Man on the ferry from Belfast for a family holiday.

Officials say they are working flat out to ensure nearly 200 children still without a place at a special education school will get one in time for the new term.

Less than one in four of Northern Ireland’s teachers are male — continuing a long-term gender divide in the profession.

The cost of employing substitute teachers to fill in for vacancies and sickness has rocketed, standing at over £100m a year.

The Northern Ireland of the 1980s and 90s would not have been very high on the wish list of places to visit. As a destination it was a hard sell in very troubled times.

Language is the road map to understanding a culture.

A UVF flag was sold at a controversial Belfast auction for more than double the amount Adolf Hitler’s pencil went for.