Summary

  • Updates for Monday 26 January 2015

  • More updates from 07:00 on Tuesday

Live Reporting

Ciaran Daly and Dave Culbert

  1. Goodnight!

    Ciaran Daly
    BBC News NI

    It's goodnight from us on BBC News NI Live but we'll be back again at 07:00 on Tuesday morning.

    Until then, you can keep up with all of the latest news in your area on the BBC News NI website.

  2. Ramada sold for £2.75m:

    BBC News NI Economics and Business Editor John Campbell tweets:

    John Campbell 26 Jan 2015Twitter

  3. Frankenstein on the loose

    Maggie Taggart
    BBC News NI Arts Correspondent

    Filming on The Frankenstein Chronicles began today in Northern Ireland.

    Sean BeanGetty Images

    Sean Bean and Anna Maxwell Martin will star in the reworking of one of literature and cinema's most iconic stories. It will be broadcast by ITV.

  4. Street shelter group:

    Belfast Telegraph

    The Belfast Telegraph reports that community group Common Law Northern Ireland was responsible for the emergency sleeping shelter in Victoria Street in Belfast city centre.

    The sign that was placed on the side of the sleeping shelter in Victoria Street in Belfast

    Belfast City Council has removed the box on the basis that it was there without permission.

  5. UUP motion fails

    A UUP motion calling on the education minister to review his decision to support the establishment of an Irish-medium secondary school in Dungiven has been defeated in the assembly having failed to attract cross-community support.

    John O'Dowd

    The debate centred on Coláiste Dhoire, a planned Irish-medium post-primary school, with the proposers of the motion raising concerns over its "rationality, affordability and sustainability".

  6. Labour backs NI politicians

    A Labour party source has told the Press Association that Ed Miliband would back the inclusion of Northern Ireland parties in TV general election debates.

    Ed Miliband

    The source said: "This is a decision for the broadcasters but we can see no good reason to treat Northern Ireland differently to the rest of the United Kingdom in these debates."

  7. Line reopens

    Translink

    Following a security alert between Belfast Central & Bangor the line has reopened. Knock on delays expected as service resumes to normal

  8. Sydenham bypass reopens:

    BBC NI Travel

    Sydenham bypass has just been reopened citybound at Tillysburn.

  9. Corporation tax optimism

    Belfast Telegraph

    A majority of companies are confident that slashing Northern Ireland's corporation tax rate will have a positive effect on their businesses according to a straw poll, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

  10. Gridlock:

    Mark Simpson
    BBC News NI

    BBC News NI reporter Mark Simpson tweets: If you're thinking of driving into Belfast along the Sydenham Bypass...think again.

    Mark Simpson tweet

  11. Further delays in Belfast:

    BBC NI Travel

    A minor collision on Sydenham road outside the Odyssey is adding to delays from Dee Street towards the city centre in Belfast.

  12. Commuter queues

    The ongoing security alert near Sydenham bypass in Belfast is wreaking havoc for commuters.

    Mervyn

    Our reporter Mervyn Jess is at Belfast Central railway station where there are long queues.

  13. Weather latest:

    Barra Best
    BBC News NI Weather Presenter

    It's fairly calm tonight with some isolated showers in places.

    Barra

    Temperatures will typically fall to 3-4C so there shouldn't be any ice or frost tomorrow morning.

  14. Children's wellbeing:

    Chris Page
    BBC News NI Political Correspondent

    Legislation that would compel executive departments to work together for children's wellbeing has passed through its latest stage in the assembly.

    Schoolchildren playing hop-scotchPA

    The law, if passed, would mean departments would be legally bound to co-operate in order to improve children's wellbeing in a number of areas, including health and learning.

  15. Death not suspicious

    Police say the death of a man in Newry, County Down was not suspicious.

    The body of Rimantis Tamosiunas was discovered in an end-of-terrace house in Catherine Street, Newry

    The body of Rimantis Tamosiunas, 56, was found inside a house on Catherine Street at about 20:00 on Saturday. He was originally from Lithuania.

  16. Redundancy scheme date

    The executive's voluntary redundancy scheme could open for applications by March 2015, the finance minister has told the assembly.

    Simon Hamilton

    Simon Hamilton said the scheme would be voluntary, and would run for four years.

  17. Bus and train delays:

    Translink tweets:

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  18. Access to City airport

    BBC NI Travel tweets:

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  19. Belfast congestion:

    BBC NI Travel

    To help ease congestion due to the ongoing security alert at Sydenham Bypass, traffic heading towards Belfast from Bangor is advised to leave the A2 Belfast road at Holywood, at the Church road junction.

    Belfast traffic

    From here, it is possible to travel towards Belfast by continuing along the B170, Ballymiscaw road, then to Belmont road and then on to the A55 outer ring road at Parkway.

  20. Sounds like this:

    Our reporter Will Leitch tweets: My report - online safety for kids - sent to BBC Radio Ulster via the internet. On NNC Evening Extra shortly - looks like this:

    Picture of sound deskWill Leitch

    You can hear how it all worked out on Evening Extra any minute now