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- Picture: Lambing in Annahilt, County Down (by Kerry Harkness)
A new 30-minute documentary, Love Letters From The Front, telling the compelling real-life story of World War One English soldier Eric Appleby and his Irish sweetheart, Phyllis Kelly, will be broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle later this month.
The documentary on Sunday 17 April at 12:30 is part of a major 137-part series that will cover 200 letters, postcards and telegrams charting Eric's experiences from March 1915 until October 1916.
Fermanagh businessman Séan Quinn has responded to an appeal by the US investment funds, that took over some of his businesses, to speak out against "escalating violence and intimidation" directed at the firms.
"Séan Quinn and the Quinn family's stated position is that they have always condemned and will continue to condemn all negative activity in the local area," a statement said.
Youngsters from the Simply Me Malone Nursery School and Playschools in south Belfast got a grandstand view of the Circuit of Ireland rally drivers and cars before they left the King's Hall grounds this morning.
The cars got some fine tuning before they took part in the main event which finishes back at the King's Hall on Saturday evening.
BBC News NI Economics and Business Editor
The US investment funds that took over some of Séan Quinn's businesses have urged him to speak out against "escalating violence and intimidation" directed at the firms.
The funds have also accused Mr Quinn of trying to "drive a wedge" into the management team running the businesses. The comments are from an email obtained by the Impartial Reporter and seen by the BBC.
A 36-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman in Lurgan, County Armagh.
Laura Marshall, 31, was found dead in a bath in a flat in Victoria Street on Sunday 3 April. Gary O'Dowd from Knocknagore Road in Gilford denies any involvement in her death and has been refused bail.
Parents of students from De La Salle College in west Belfast have met the education minister, John O'Dowd, over ongoing problems at the school.
Regular protests have been held outside the secondary school in recent weeks. It followed high levels of staff absences, which some parents said were affecting pupils about to sit GCSE and A-Level exams.
Video footage of the aftermath of the incident on the M1 near Blaris, when a lorry struck a central reservation, has been posted on social media.
Justice Treacy has dismissed the application for a judicial review by victims of abuse at the Kincora Boys Home in Belfast as "premature and misconceived".
Kincora will remain part of the current inquiry in Northern Ireland.
Former British and Irish Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll has backed Wales coach Warren Gatland to lead the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand.
Gatland, 52, controversially dropped the Ireland legend from the decisive Test win against Australia in 2013.
The outside lanes of the M1 in both directions are expected to remain closed for several hours following a lorry crash - it's causing serious delays.
The lorry hit the central reservation between junction eight at Blaris and junction nine at Moira.
The BBC examines why abortions are not allowed in Northern Ireland when they are in the rest of the UK.
It follows the case of a Belfast woman who bought drugs online to terminate her pregnancy - as she had no access to a legal abortion - and was recently given a suspended sentence.