In 2001 there were 1,602 pupils in Irish-medium education, compared to 7,811 in 2025 but there are only two Irish-medium post-primary schools in NI. Source link

Dearbail Jordan & Jemma CrewGetty ImagesWage growth in the UK eased to 4.5% between September and November, official figures suggest, following a sharp slowdown in private sector pay increases.The ...

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentWatch: Octopuses filmed by divers off the coast of Cornwall this yearA wildlife charity has declared 2025 "the Year of the Blooming Octopus" after record numbers were ...

Michelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesMore than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Daniel Wainwright, Tarah Welsh and Jemma CrewBBC NewsBBCColleagues Amber and Bella both live with their parents and say it is too expensive to move outThe number of new homes ...

Opposition to a bill which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales is growing among MPs, the BBC has found.The Assisted Dying Bill was supported by 330 MPs ...

The UK's statistics agency has said the headline inflation rate for April was too high after it discovered it had been given incorrect road tax data by the Department ...

Rock band Sleep Token have scored their first ever UK number one album.The British group's fourth full-length release, Even In Arcadia, shot to the top of the chart after ...

Jonah FisherBBC environment correspondentReutersSewage spilled illegally into England's largest lake on a record number of days last year, an analysis of water company data by campaigners suggests.The analysis, which ...

Meanwhile, Naomi Osaka retired from the final of the Auckland Classic with an abdominal injury.The four-time Grand Slam winner, who was playing in her first WTA final for three ...

ReutersThe NI construction sector was one of the fastest areas for jobs growthEmployment in Northern Ireland is at a record high but growth is levelling off, new official figures ...

BBCThe figures cover the 12 months to the end of June before the wave of recent attacks and disorderThe number of racially-motivated incidents reported to the Police Service of ...